1.

Match the words with their meaning

all the people who live in a particular place disease

plants that are grown in a large quantities for food drought
a small creature with six legs and (usually) wings label
an illness insect
a lack of rain for a long time crops
a piece of paper that is attached to something and gives information about it population

2. Choose the correct answer:

a. The doctor told me to take the _____ to the chemist’s.
a) recipe b) prescription
b. She couldn’t find her keys even though they were right under her _____ .
a) nose b) hand
c. You should stay at home if you’re feeling ____ colour.
a) off b) out
d. Sarah’s mum was ____ when she found out how much money we had spent.
a) furious b) thrilled
e. Now that she’s had the operation, she’s out _____ danger.
a) from b) of

3. Complete with the correct form of the word in CAPITALS.

a. I don’t trust him any more because the story he told me wasn’t _______________________. BELIEVE
b. There has been an exciting _______________________ in tonight’s main news story. DELVELOP
c. James is so _______________________ that he never remembers anyone’s birthday. FORGET
d. You should measure the _______________________ of the table to make sure it will fit in the room. LONG
e. Several athletes did not finish the marathon because of _______________________. EXHAUST

4. Choose the correct answer.

a. Dad has bought lots/ many of CDs.
b. I have very little/ few coffee; I’ll go and buy some.
c. Irene is a much/ very hard-working girl.
d. Is there any tea left? Yes, there is much/ plenty
e. There is a great deal of/ many work to do today.
f. You speak enough/ too quickly for me to follow.
g. In two years, I will be enough old/ old enough to drive a car.
h. I have a great deal of/ plenty of books you can borrow.
i. The pens you gave me were too few/ little. I had to buy more.
j. I have enough money/ money enough; I don’t need more.

5. Complete the singular or the plural where possible.

Singular Plural
Shorts
Goose
Sheep
Means
Cliff
Knowledge
Loaves
lightning
6. Complete with is or are.
a. Fish ___________ my favourite food.
b. Your jeans ___________ dirty.
c. His news ___________ very good.
d. The police ___________ looking for the criminal.
e. The scissors ___________ broken.
f. Your advice ___________ always useful.

7. Write the correct anwers (plurals)

a. The new TV series Health for Allare/ is on at six o’clock.
b. Those/ That shorts that you got for the beach look great in you.
c. The doctor’s news were/ was good.
d. Thank you for your advice about a healthier diet. It/ They helped a lot.
e. This pair of pyjamas is/ are very nice.
f. The scissors are/ is in the kitchen.

8. Copy and complete the sentences with much or many and the correct form of the word in bold.
a. He grows ________________________ in his garden. POTATO
b. I don’t have ________________________ of Chinese cooking but I love the food. KNOWLEDGE
c. We won’t eat so ________________________ apples! KILO
d. You won’t have ________________________ left soon if you keep eating so much sugary food. TOOTH
e. He doesn’t take ________________________ with him when he goes on holiday. LUGGAGE
f. How ________________________ of bread shall I buy? LOAF
g. I don’t eat ________________________; I don’t really like it. FISH
h. She doesn’t have ________________________ about the best places to eat Japanese food. INFORMATION

9. Copy and complete the sentences with the correct word.

a. strengthen/ stong/ strenght
He says that his ________________________ comes from having a healthy diet.
b. believe/ believable/ belief
The doctor told me to stop drinking milk. It’s her ________________________ that I’m allergic to it.
c. scientists/ scientific/ science
There is ________________________ proof that the Mediterranean diet is healthier than the American one.

10. Copy and complete the idioms with the correct body part a-e. There is one extra word which you do not need to use.

1. right under your … a. hand

2. lose your … b. eye
3. see … to eye c. nose
4. be all … d. ears
e. head

11. Now match the underlined phrases below with the idioms (1-4) in a.
a. I argue with my wife all the time. We never seem to agree on anything.
b. I can’t find my pen.
It’s there, just in front of you!
c. Don’t tell us what happened; we are eager to hear!
d. When the fire started, the old lady panicked and began screaming.
12. Copy and complete the sentences with the correct word/ phrase.
a. In the hospital/ in hospital
Lucy is ________________________. She’s going to have an operation.
The last time I was ________________________ was when I visited my sick aunt.
b. Prescription/ recipe
If your doctor thinks you are ill, he will give you a ________________________ for some medicine.
She found a ________________________ in a cookery book for a healthy cake.
c. Complain of/ complain about
He ________________________ to the police ________________________ the noise his neighbours were
making all the time.
My son often ________________________ headaches.

13. Mixed tenses exercise: Choose the correct tense to complete these sentences.
a. I (learn) ________________________ English for seven years now.
b. But last year I (not/ work) ________________________ hard enough for English, that’s why my marks (not/ be)
________________________ really good then.
c. As I want to pass my English exam successfully next year, I (study) ________________________ harder this
term.
d. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send) ________________________ me on a language course to
London.
e. It (be) ________________________ great and I (think) ________________________ I (learn)
________________________ a lot.
f. Before I (go)________________________ to London, I (not/ enjoy) ________________________ learning
English.
g. But while I (do) ________________________ the language course, I (meet) ________________________ lots
of young people from all over the world.
h. There I (notice) ________________________ how important it (be) ________________________ to speak
foreign languages nowadays.
i. Now I (have) ________________________ much more fun learning English than I (have)
________________________ before the course.
j. At the moment I (revise) ________________________ English grammar.
k. And I (begin/ already) ________________________ to read texts in my English textbooks again.
l. I (think) ________________________ I (do) ________________________ one unit every week.
m. My exam (be) ________________________ on 15 May, so there (not/ be) ________________________ any
time to be lost.
n. After my apprenticeship, maybe I (go) ________________________ back to London to work there for a while.
o. As you can see, I (become) ________________________ a real London fan already.