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NAME : __________________________________________________________________

ENGLISH
EXERCISES
2012 ..

EXERCISE 1 :
FILL IN THE CLOZE PASSAGE WITH A , AN , THE .
JEROME BECAME (1)_________________________________ ORPHAN AFTER HIS PARENTS WERE
KILLED IN (2)__________________________________ ACCIDENT SIX YEARS AGO . JEROME LIVED
ALONE IN (3)_______________________________ HOUSE HIS PARENTS LEFT HIM . IT WAS NOT
MUCH OF (4)____________________________________ HOUSE BUT AT LEAST OT PROVIDED
(5)____________________________ ROOF OVER HIS HEAD . BEING (6)________________________
LITTLE BOY IN (7)_________________________BIG CITY WAS TOUGH BUT HE MANAGE TO SURVIVE
. FORTUNATELY , JEROME HAD (8)__________________________ GOOD HEART WHICH EARNED
(9)__________________________ TRUST OF EVERYONE IN (10)___________________________
NEIGHBOURHOOD AND HE MADE (11)_____________________________LIVING DELIVERING
NEWSPAPER . EVERY MORNING WHEN (12)________________________________ALARM CLOCK
WENT OFF AT FIVE , HE WOULD LEAP OUT OF HIS BED AND START HIS ROUNDS .

EXERCISE 2 :
THE PASSAGE BELOW HAS TEN PLACES WHERE THE HAS BEEN OMITTED . MARK THE PLACE WITH ^
AND REWRITE THE WHOLE PASSAGE .
DURING WINTER MONTHS , ESKIMOSLIVES IN IGLOOS . THE HOUSES ARE USALLY ON A LITTLE HILL ,
FACING THE SEA . THE ENTRANCE TUNNEL IS CUT INTO HILL , SO WHEN YOU REACH END OF THE
TUNNEL YOU NEED TO STEP UP TO GET INTO HOUSE . INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE IS A ROUGH CIRCLE
AND WALLS AND ROOFS ARE LAYERS OF STONE AND PEAT . INSIDE HOUSE THERE IS A BENCH ALONG
BACK WALL ABOUT ONE METRE HIGH . IT IS MADE OF STONES WITH AN OVER HANG TO PROVIDE
STORAGE PLACE BELOW . THAT IS WHERE ENTIRE FAMILY SLEEPS .
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EXERCISE 3 :
LIST THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE OF THESE ADJECTIVES .

POSITIVE
SKILFUL
POLITE

COMPARATIVE

SUPERLATIVE

WORSE
MOST DIFFICULT
OBESE
MOST MODERN
LATER
HEAVIER
EXCITING
BEST
STRICTER
SIMPLEST
GRAND
EFFECTIVE
CHEAPEST
MOST USEFUL
MOST INTERESTING
WISE
HIGH
CLEVERER

EXERCISE 4 :

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