Gap-fill exercise

  
Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
      1. Finish the following dialogue:

        Reem asks her mother to visit her friend Marwa.
  
Reem : Can I go to visit Marwa, Mum?
Mother : Yes, of course. ?
Reem : To do our homework and study together.
Mother : What time will you go?
Reem : .
Mother : ?
Reem : I'll come back before dinner.
Mother : Don't be late home.
Reem : . Bye for now.
  
  
      2. Write what you would say in each of the following situations:
  
1. A friend asks you to go to the theatre with him. You would like to go.
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2. You see a person looking under their car. You want to help.
       
3. You warn your younger brother not to walk in the middle of the road.
      
  
  
      B. Reading Comprehension
  
      3. Read the following, then answer the questions:
        Long after the discovery of electricity, man found out that he could use the great power of water to produce electricity. Al first, man used waterfalls from high mountains. Later, he began to build dams across rivers to form a lake behind. The water is then allowed to fall under control through huge pipes to run turbines; machines which help to produce electricity. This runs into wires and is treated before it is used in homes and factories. Dams have also been built along rivers in the world to make full use of the water, so It nuns to the driest and least fertile lands to prepare them for farming. Now man uses the sun to produce electricity. Scientists never stop inventing new ways to produce energy which don't pollute the environment. Nowadays, the environment has become the main interest of both the people and the environment to live healthy.
  
    a. Answer the following questions:
1. What did man find out?
    
2. Do you think man like to use the sun to produce electricity? Why? Why not?
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3. Why did man begin to build dams across rivers?
      

    b. Choose the correct answer from a, b , c or d:
4. The word fertile in the passage means something .
    a. good   b. bad     c. sandy     d. rocky
5. The underlined pronoun "it" refers to .
    a. water     b. mountain     c. electricity     d. waterfall
  
      C. The Reader
      4. a. Match column A with column B:
A B
  1. Farmer Grey      a. was Earl Smythe's helper.    
  2. John Manly      b. was Black Beauty’s friend.      
  3. Ginger      c. was Black Beauty’s first owner.      
  4. York      d. was the horse who told the story.      
                                e. was a kind man who helped Squire Gordon.
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      b. Answer the following questions:
1. How did we know that Black Beauty had good owners?
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      2. Why did Squire Gordon’s children stop visiting the horses?
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      3. What happened to the man who hit the horses near the factory?
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      4. Do you think that John was right to have the young “Joe” as a helper?

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      5. Why do you think that the horses wanted to stay in the stables although there was a fire?

      

         5. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
1. What are the special foods …………. at the festival?
    a. eating     b. ate     c. eat       d. eaten         1-
  
2. This …………. Hassan’s car. He doesn’t have one.
    a. must be     b. can’t be     c. might be     d. won’t be        2-
  
3. The photo shows Alexandria in 1990, …………. my parents lived there.
  a. when   b. where     c. who     d. which      3-
4. Salt is often used to …………. fish.
    a. pack     b. preserve     c. decorate     d. celebrate      4-
  
5. There are many …………. that go around the sun.
     a. stars      b. vehicles      c. plants      d. planets
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6. I could hear him because he has a very loud …………. .
a. voice     b. sound     c. graph     d. ability      6-
  
      6. Rewrite the following using the word(s) in brackets to give the same meaning:
1. Ahmed spoke two languages when he was 12.     (able)

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2. He woke up early. However, he missed the bus.     (Although)
    
3. It wasn’t necessary for you to wear a jacket. It wasn’t so cold.    (have to)