EXERCISE

NAME: M. Fadhil El Hakim

CLASS: X IPS 1

A. Complete the sentences with appropriate to be and to have.

is, am, are has, have
a. My father and my mother are 1) My friend, Fred has an old
shopkeeper grandfather.
b. I am my parent’s youngest son. 2) The photograph has a wooden
frame.
c. All the people in our village are 3) The car has an antenna.
very kind to us.
d. The village is on the hill. 4) Mr. And Mrs. Bale have an
ancient house in the country.
e. Mr. Banner is our village chief. 5) They have two sons.
f. He is about 45 years old. 6. The singers has a good voices.

B. Complete the paragraph with is, are, has and have.

Text 1
My name is 1) George. I have 2) a sister. Her name is 3) Joan.
Joan is 4) a clever girl. She is 5) the top girl in her class, and all
the teachers like her. We have 6) a lot of friends in town. Some of
them come to play with us on Saturdays. One of them are 7)
Dean. Dean has 8) a dog. Its name is 9) Spot because it has
black spot.

Text 2
My family lives at 3904 Canal Street in New Orleans. We live in a small
house. The house is 1) not elegant but it is 2) comfortable and clean. It
has 3) two bedrooms, a living room, a dining room and a kitchen, all
the rooms are 4) small.
In front of the house, there is a yard. The yard is 5) not large.
There are beautiful flowers around the yard. A small garage is 6) on the
left side of the house. On the right side is 7) a narrow alley that leads
to the back of the house. At the back of the house there is a small
garden. A mango tree grows at the corner of the garden.
My house is located on quite a large road. My house is 8) near a
bank. The bank is 9) across from my house. Two hundred meters from
my house is 10) a small McDonald’s restaurant. There is quite a big
supermarket at the end of the road. My mother often does her
shopping there.

C. Fill in the blanks with one of the adjectives in the box.

arrogant selfish well-behaved dishonest frank
self-conscious sympathetic witty reliable confident
1. Donny is very sure that he is going to succeed in the film industry.
He is very confident
2. When I told my uncle that my mother was seriously ill, he was very
sympathetic
3. Teddy always wears glasses because he’s very self-conscius about
the scar on his eyebrow.
4. Tiara is such a frank girl. She always comes out with clever and
amusing remarks about all sorts of things.
5. I took my cousins to the cinema yesterday. I was surprised how
well behaved they are. They have very good manners.
 6. If I were you, I wouldn’t trust Brenda. She’s very dishonest and
she’s always trying to cheat people.
7. I regret being so selfish with her about her new boyfriend, but I
like giving my opinion straight away.
8. I hate arrogant people who only think and care about themselves.
What about everybody else’s rights?
9. My English teacher is very witty but I look up him because he also
works hard and he is very respectful.
10. You can trust Jolie. She is very reliable If she says she won’t
tell anybody, she won’t.

D. Match the following adjectives with their meaning.

Adjectives Meaning
1. Ancient a) Nice, very pleasing
2. Boring b) Fun, thrilling, with lots of
3. Bustling enjoyable things to do
4. Charming c) Not very big, contained
5. Contemporary within a small area
6. Compact d) A place that has a long
7. Exciting history
8. Fascinating e) Somewhere with lots of
9. Lively things going on
10. Picturesque f) A crowded, busy place
11. Famous g) Dull and not very
12. Spacious interesting
h) Very well – known
i) Modern, very up-to-date
j) Having a large area
k) Very interesting
l) Charming or interesting in
a unique or unusual

1. Ancient : A place that has a long history

2. Boring : Dull and not very interesting
3. Bustling : A crowded, busy place
4. Charming : Very interesting
5. Contemporary : Modern, very up-to-date
6. Compact : Not very big, contained within a small area
7. Exciting : Fun, thrilling, with lots of enjoyable things to do
8. Fascinating : Charming or interesting in a unique or unusual
9. Lively : Somewhere with lots of things going on
10. Picturesque : Nice, very pleasing
11. Famous : Very well-known
12. Spacious : Having a large area