English 9

English club 9.4

1. Read the following paragraph. Put a circle around the letter of the correct word or words to use in each blank:
When man first learned how to make a fire, he began to use fuel for the first time. The first fuel he used was probably wood. As time ...........1............., man eventually discovered that substances such as caol and oil ...........2............. . Coal ...........3........... very widely as a source of energy until the last century. With the coming of the industrial revolution. It was soon realised that production .............4......... if coal was used instead of wood. Nowadays, many of the huge factories and electricity generating stations ...........5........... to function if there was no coal. In the last twenty or thirty years, however, the use of coal ............6............ . As a result, there have been changes in the coal industry. It .........7........ that more people ...........8.......... coal if oil and gas were not so readily available. There is more than enough coal in the world for man’s needs for the next two hundred years if our use of coal ................9............ . Unfortunately , however , about half of the world’s coal .............10........ . Mining much of it ...........11........... very expensive even if it was possible to use new equipment.
1. a. passes b. used to pass c. would pass d. passed
2. a. are burning b. would burn c. have burnt d. were burnt
3.a. not used b. did not use c. not using d. was not uesd
4.a. doubles b. had doubled c. will double d. would double
5. a. were unable b. would be unable c. will be unable d. are unable
6. a. has declined b. will decline c. declines d. would decline
7. a. believed b. is believing c. believing d. is believed
8. a. would use b. used c. use d. will use
9. a. did not increase b. would not increase c. doesn’t increase
d. may not increase
10. a. would never use b. may never be used c. would never be used
d. may never use
11. a. was b. used to be c. would be d. has been

II. Use correct from of the words in brackets:
1. It is ( wise) to buy new shoes or sandals without first ( try) them on.
2. A motorbike ( ride) can go much faster than a ( cycle).
3. People who ( eat) often become ( weigh).
4. The speaker refused ( continue) . He was infuriated by the ( interrupt).
There is a ( music) in England who played the guitar without ( stop) for 128 hours and 21 minutes.
5. They managed to find three miners who was still( live) three days after the underground explosion.
6. It was a difficult ( pregnant) and she almost lost the baby.
7. This peom shows the wonderful ( sensitive) of the poet.
8. The judge told him it was ( responsible) to drink and drive, and banned him for a year.

III. Rewrite these sentences :
1. “ You damaged my bicycle, John! “ Said Magaret. Magaret accused ..........................................
2. I don’t think John will come, said Bill. Bill doubted .....................................................................
3. There was never any answer when we rang. Everytime ................................................................
4. “ Why don’t you put a better lock on the door, Barry?” said John. John suggested.......................
5. Mary only understood very little of what the teacher said. Mary could hardly .............................
6. The fox was unsuccessful in reaching the grapes. The fox tried in ...............................................
7. I would prefer you to deliver the sofa on Friday. I would rather....................................................
8. Fares will be very likely to go up again this Autumn. It loks ........................................................



IV. Write the correct tense of the verds:
1. By the middle of the 21st century we ( build)................................... space stations which ( circle) .................................... the earth and probably ( circle) .................................. the moon, too. We ( establish) .................................... bases on planets like Mars.
2. Old Mr Williams was very concerned . He and his wife were pensioners and he ( spend)............................... the whole morning ( look) ................................ for their pension books. He ( look)............................ everywhere, but he ( not be able) ............................. to find them.
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