UNIT 1.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF …

I. Sort the words into 5 groups of related words.
math, field, tourist, buffalo, geography, pilot, flight, harrow, plough, seaside
river, bait, fish, physics, visitor, hotel, history, airport, fisherman, air-hostess
1. Farming: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Subjects: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Flying: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Vacation: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Fishing: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

II. Fill each gap in the sentence with one word from the box.

brigade, fields, rubbish, weather, experience, family, danger, routines, children, neighbors

1. When her children are at school, Mrs. White does her usual ………………………
2. There’s a lot of ………………………involving in rock climbing.
3. The success of the crop depends on the ………………………
4. We can see many ………………………of corn in the village.
5. Turn the radio down, or you’ll wake the ………………………
6. Almost every ………………………in the town owns a television.
7. Whenever you see a house on fire, call out the fire ………………………
8. The street is covered with old cans and other kinds of ………………………
9. Several ………………………, aged about seven, were playing in the yard.
10. He had many interesting ………………………while he was traveling in Africa.

III. Fill each gap with one suitable word with the first letter given.
1. My grandfather always g……………up early in the morning.
2. Her mother is in the k……………cooking dinner for her family.
3. Wet weather is likely to c……………for a few more days.
4. Daisy returns h……………from work at 6:30 every evening.
5. No tax is payable on gifts between h……………and wife.
6. Literature, h……………and language are subjects of social science.
7. The p……………took off half an hour late.
8. Remember to f……………your seatbelt when you are traveling in your car.
9. Doctors worked through the night to save the l……………of the injured man.
10. Advertisements aim to persuade people to s……………more and more money.
IV. Choose the best answer
1. John isn't content with his present salary.
A. excited about B. satisfied with C. disappointed about D. interested in
2. We.................the seedlings into peaty soil.
A. take B. plough C. raise D. transplant
3. We seldom set: each other anymore.
A. sometimes B. occasionally C. frequently D. rarely
4. She purchased a number of shares in the company.
A. invested B. sold C. exchanged D. bought
5. She got...................as soon as the alarm clock went……………..
A. over/ on B. up/ down C. up! off D. on/ off.
6. The plane from Dallas ................. two hours late, so I missed my connecting flight from Frankfurt to London.
A. took on B. took in C. took over D. took off
7. We had a nice chat over a cup of tea.
A. formal talk B. informal talk C. serious talk D. long talk
8. It was time to................the kids ready for bed.
A. prepare B. get C. take D. make
9. Houses .................as a bomb exploded in the neighborhood.
A. dipped B. disappeared C. dropped D. shook
10. It was a difficult tune, but we never gave up hope.
A. stopped B. continued C. had D. offered
11. I was late for school this morning because my alarm clock didn’t ………
A. go on B. go off C. go away D. go up
12. Another word for fasten is ………………
A. frighten B. loosen C. lengthen D. tighten
13. I was born and grew up on the ……………….. of the Red River.
A. shops B. restaurants C. offices D. banks
14. Mr. Lam goes to work on foot once a week. It means he ………… walks to work.
A. never B. sometimes C. often D. usually
V. Choose the word that does not belong to the same group.
1. A. plow B. harrow C. raise D. leave
2. A. land B. field C. rest D. crop
3. A. play B. work C. repair D. pump
4. A. frightened B. cheerful C. satisfied D. contented
5. A. tent B. camp C. buffalo D. sleeping bag
6. A. flight B. lounge C. seaside D. check-in
7. A. fishing B. camping C. smoking D. farming
8. A. lovely B. slowly C. exactly D. suddenly

VI. Match the underlined verbs in column A with their meaning in column B:

A B
1. When did the plane take off? A. building
2. The thief ran away when the burglar alarm went off. B. move downward
3. Let’s take a break. We’ll go on when you are ready. C. made … stop burning
4. Could you get me up early tomorrow? D. leave the ground
5. She laughed and chatted happily with other women E. talked in a friendly way
6. Did anyone see Sue getting on the bus? F. stopped
7. Suddenly the plane seemed to dip. G. getting into
8. I’ve given up trying to understand her. H. get out of bed
9. We had trouble putting up the tent in he dark. I. continue
10. Five fighters soon put out the fire. J. rang

VII. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple and the Past Simple tense.
1. I (have) ………………… coffee for breakfast every day.
2. They (begin) ………………… to study at this school 7 years ago.
3. It (rain) ………………… very much in the summer.
4. Bad students never (work) ………………… hard.
5. He (visit) ………………… his friend yesterday and (find) ………………… that he had been out.
6. She sometimes (buy) ………………… vegetables at his market.
7. I have not seen John for a long time. I (see) ………………… him 3 weeks ago.
8. It (be) ………………… very cold now.
9. I (need) …………………some money for my textbooks.
10. Tom (like) ………………… to go to the museums.
11. He (read) ………………… that novel again during his last vacation.
12. I often (leave) ………………… the city at weekends.
13. The sun (set…………………in the west.
14. My friend (study) ………………… English for an hour every night.
15. Honesty (be) …………………the best policy.
16. The earth (move) ………………… round the sun.
17. Two and two (make) ………………… four.
18. We (watch) ………………… a good programme on TV last night.
19. Mary (love) …………………ice-cream.
20. I (have) ………………… a little trouble with my car last week.
21. We always (do) ………………… our exercises carefully.
22. I (meet) ………………… Mary last night. She’s become a very big girl.
23. She (go) ………………… to school every day.
24. How long ago (he /start) ………………… to learn French ?
25. We seldom (eat) ………………… before 6.30.
26. She (loose) ………………… her handbag on the train yesterday morning.
27. When he grew old, he often (think) ………………… of all the things he had done when he (be) …………………
young.
28. I always (tell) ………………… you to comb your hair, but you never (do) ………………… what I (say)
………………….
29. When I (hear) ………………… a knock at the door last night, I (walk) ………………… to the door and (open)
………………… it. When I (open) …………………the door, I (see) …………………my brother. I (greet)
………………… him and (ask) ………………… him to come in.
30. I (see) ………………… you in the school play last night. You (do) ………………… a terrific acting job. Had you
ever acted in a play before this one?
-Yes, I (start) ………………… acting when I was in elementary school.