Practise E-update

Practice 1

Fill in each blank with a suitable word or phrase in the colums below:

walked had walked has been working will have been working
who whom twice as old as twice older than
used to was used to spend save
concern mind for with
Lesser fewer had been won had won
such very mine to me
met would have met did not didn’t do
didn’t tell hadn’t told a few few
whose whom confess apologise
bored in tired of stop stand

We stopped for a rest after we…………..for two hours.
There were many scientists at the meeting, several of………..were very young
She doesn’t write to me as often as she………….
Would you …………..opening the windows now?
……….. people go to the movies now than ten years ago.
It was ……….. a boring speech that felt asleep
If you had come to party, you …………..her
She wishes she………………you the bad news yesterday
My uncle Tom, ………………..you met the other day, is a well-known lawyer
We are…………….. listening to her advice
By the end of this year my father …………..in this company for 10 years
Her husband is ……………………..she is
You will ……………………yourself a lot of time if you take the car
He sold his car ………………….a thousand dollars
After the race ……………………, the celebration began
“ If a thing is not…………………….” he said “ I can not give it away”
Frankly, I would rather you ………………anything about it for the time being
A man whom people can’t trust will have ……………….friends.
The child was told to……………….for being rude to his uncle
My mother can not…………………seeing me at home all day.

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentences printed before it.
Philippa asked Olive if she could remember where she had put the camera
Philippa said” Olive,………………………………………………..?”

It is a six-hour drive from London to Edinburgh
- It takes……………………………………………………………….
Turn all the switches before leaving the workshop
All the switches………………………………………………………..
It is ages since Alan visited his parents
Alan……………………………………………………………………..
Mrs Taylor does not like living in such a small house
Mrs Taylor wihes………………………………………………………..
Mr Mills lost his job because he was late every day
If Mr. Mills………………………………………………………………..
James spoke to his layer before signing the contract
James did not……………………………………………………………..
They travelled across India, and then flew to Japan
- After………………………………………………………………………..
“You’d better go to the doctor if you’ve got a pain in your back, Anna” Henry said
- Henry said…………………………………………………………………
The police made the youth empty his pockets.
The youth…………………………………………………………………

Guided sentence building:
It/ difficult/ get/ there/ on time
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We/ glad/ see/ our friends/ after/ long time
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They/ finally/ find/ new house/ near/ river
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How/ far/ office/ from here?
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I/ not understand/ what/ you/ saying.
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She/ finish/ work/ very soon
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When/ we/ there/ train/ already/ leave/ station
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Why/ you/ not come/ meeting/ yesterday?
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This/ weather/ not suitable/ camping holiday
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How long/ it/ take/ you/ get/ your school/ bus?
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Translate into Vietnamese:
The Australia aborigines are a group of slender people with brown skin. They have brown eyes and dark wavy hair, and many of men have beard. When the first Europeans went to Australia to live, there were 300,000 aborigines there. They were divided into 500 tribes, each with its own language. Each tribe was a related family group and lived in its own area.
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Many organizations are trying to find a solution to the problem of world hunger. Two of them are CARE and Oxfam. They both provide food to hungry people. However, they both believe that it is more important to help people produce their own food. Because of this belief, both organizations have programs to help people improve their lives.
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Most problems of the environment come from population growth. In 1970 there were 625 million people in the world. In 1900 there were 1,6 billion, in 1952 2,5 billion and in 1980 4,4 billion. In the year 2000 the world population was over 7 billion. More people need more water, more food, more wood and more petroleum.
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