English Exercises 1
A. Put in a, an or some in the blanks.
e.g. an egg
1. flour
2. banana
3. book
4. apple
5. oven
6. juice
7. bag
8. olive
9. oil
10. doll
B. Underline the correct word.
1. (Us, We) are going to watch the film ‘Transformer’ tonight.
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2. Tonny has lost the watch that (he, she) likes most.
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3. This is a secret between you and (I, me).
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4. The teacher asked David and Alex Jelian, “Have (you, us)
finished the work?”
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[Link] has a cat. He takes (it, them) for a walk every morning.
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6. James and I have not eaten anything since (we, they) left our
school this afternoon.
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7. (They, Them) were good friends in their school days.
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8. Those are the oranges that she brought (us, we).
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9. Madam Josephine is a teacher. (He, She) teaches us Iban
Language.
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10. My name is Michelle. (Me, I) come from Nanga Tada.
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C. Fill in with the correct word.
can/mushroom/cook/can't/peppers/stir/butter/saucepan/eas
y/tomatoes
This is an (1) recipe that anyone (2) prepare.
It is a (3) spaghetti. First heat the (4) in the (5)
. Add the mushrooms, (6) and (7) . (8)
for two minutes and add the rice. (9) it well.
You (10) get it wrong!
D. Write the sentences in the correct order.
e.g.: on/sat/chair/he/down/the
He sat down on the chair.
1. walk/dog/for/takes/She/the/a
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2. to/cook/Mum/I/help
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3. friend/is/Sarah’s/best/May
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4. leave/I/ten/at/home
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5. hurt/The/himself/boy
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6. work/I/in/the/school
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7. the/In/it is/summer/hot
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8. bath/twice/I/my pet/a week/dog
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9. In my/I/living room/have/sofa/a set of
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[Link]/TV/I like/every night
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11. dancer? /you /are/ a/ is
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12. architect. /she /a /is/ an
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13. are /we /Scottish. /a
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14. I /police? /can /pass /the /phone/ to
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15. bus /driver? /Henry /a /is
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16. can't /Bob /play /guitar. /the
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17. mobile /Frank /at the moment /checking/ is /Tim’s
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18. must /you /the /shopping /do
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19. sometimes /home /in the evening /works /Ben /at
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20. go /every /to the club /the girls /Saturday
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E. Underline the correct word. The first one (0) has been done for
you.
Lions live in families. They are the second (0) larger/largest (large)
big cat species in the world. The males are (1) bigger/biggest (
) than the females and they have (2) longer/longest ( )
hair on their heads. Most lions live in southern Africa. Tigers live
in forests. Some tigers are (3) bigger/biggest ( ) than lions.
Tigers are rare in the wild because people hunt them for their fur.
Leopards and jaguars are very similar, but leopards live in Africa
and Asia and jaguars live in central South America. Leopards are
(4) smaller/smallest ( ) than jaguars. However, leopards are
the (5) stronger/strongest ( ) climbers among big cats.
Jaguars have (6) longer/longest ( ) tails. Snow leopards are
the (7) rarer/rarest ( ) big cats. People hunt them for their fur.
They live in high mountains. Cheetahs are the (8) faster/fastest (
) animals. They are well known for their hunting as they are
(9) quicker/quickest ( ) than any land mammal. Cheetahs also
have very good eyesight, which makes the spotting of prey (10)
easier/easiest ( ).
F. Fill in with the correct antonyms.
e.g.: It is very cold in winter.
It is very hot in summer.
1. He was tall and thin.
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2. The house is new and clean.
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3. She was sad and ugly.
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4. The dog was small and white.
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5. Sue walked slowly and carefully.
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