1st Semester Grade 10 – Smart Time Unit 3 Ms.

Mai

I. Vocabulary
A. Choose the correct item
1. Look at the frost on the trees – it’s amazing / amazingly beautiful.
2. He smiled and / so waved goodbye.
3. You need to be extra carefully / careful when you ride your bike in the rain.
4. We were driving then / when it started to rain
5. I saw something shiny on the ground next / so I picked it up to see what it was.
6. The weather is wonderfully / wonderful today.
7. We saw a flash of lightning, so / then we heard the thunder.
8. The thunder was very loud / loudly.
9. The boy spoke to his dad angry / angrily.
10.We went to a restaurant for dinner. When / After that, we walked home.
11.The children played happy / happily in the snow.
B. Choose the correct preposition
1. We were all surprised at / of the news.
2. Lisa was frightened of / with the lightning.
3. We were tired from / of the rainy weather.
4. They were relieved to / in hear the news.
5. They were satisfied with / in the service.
C. Complete the gaps with: showers, thunder, lightning, snowfall, flood, sunshine, drizzle,
raindrops
1. Dark clouds were hanging in the sky and a light ……………… was falling.
2. A flash of …………………….. lit up the dark sky.
3. Because of the ………………………. the streets of the village were under water.
4. A loud rumble of ………………………. woke us up last night.
5. Some ………………….. fell on her head, so she went back inside to get her umbrella.
6. Let’s enjoy the ………………….. and go for a walk in the park.
7. Heavy ……………………. blocked the roads, so they closed the schools.
8. We took our umbrellas with us because we expected heavy ……………. in the afternoon.

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D. Complete the gaps with: blowing, shining, drizzling, pouring, falling, freezing.
1. The sun was ………………. brightly when we started our hike.
2. It’s not raining much; it’s only ………………..
3. Snow was ………………….. all night.
4. The wind was ………………………. hard.
5. We can’t play outside – It’s ……………… with rain!
6. It is so cold here that the water in the lake is ……………………
E. Complete the gaps with: lit, blowing, fell, pouring, froze, shining.
1. The temperature dropped to -20oC and the lake ………………..
2. The sun is ……………… brightly.
3. A flash of lightning ……………………….. up the sky.
4. The rain was ……………….. down outside.
5. Snow ……………………… for a week.
6. The wind was …………………….. all night.
F. Complete the gaps with: cool, freezing, dark, violent, weather
1. A ………………….. storm blew down trees.
2. There was a nice ……………… breeze blowing.
3. I checked the …………………….. forecast online.
4. Look at those …………………….. clouds!
5. It’s ………………….. cold! Put on your coat.
G. Complete the dialogue. Use: happened, least, really, poor, horrible, alright.
A: Are you feeling ok?
B: Not 1) ………………………..
A: Why? What 2)…………………………?
B: Well, a tree fell on my car during the storm last night.
A: Oh no! That is 3) …………………….!
B: I know
A: 4) ………………… you! Are you 5) ……………………………?
B: Yes. It was scary, but at 6) ………………………… I wasn’t hurt.

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II. Grammar
A. Put the verbs in blankets into the past simple or the past continuous.
1. While Mike ……………………….. (read) a book, he ……………………… (hear) a noise.
2. It ……………………. (start) raining while he …………………. (drive) over the bridge.
3. We …………………. (eat) dinner when the hurricane ……………………. (strike).
4. Nick ……………… (see) the rainbow while he …………………. (sit) on his balcony.
5. They ………………………… (walk) on the beach when it …………………(begin) raining.
6. We ……………….. (drive) to the lake when we ………………….. (see) a rainbow.
7. Jack ………………. (shout) for help but no one could hear him.
8. The sun ……………………… (shine) and the birds …………………… (sing) while we
……………. (walk) in the forest.
9. We ………………….. (feel) exhausted but happy to be alive.
10.He ………………….. (watch) the snow as it …………………… (fall) softly on the trees.
11.What ………………….. (you/ do) at 9 o’clock last night?
12.Yesterday, we ……………….. (go) swimming.
13.She was reading a book when she ……………………. (hear) the thunder.
14.He ………………… (look) for his raincoat while Kate was putting on her boots.
15.We woke up, looked out of the window, and ……………….. (see) the snow falling.
16.She …………………. (sleep) when I called
17.I ………………………. (watch) TV at 7 yesterday evening.
18.While we …………………… (walk) through the park, it started to rain.
19.Lee …………………… (buy) a scarf yesterday.
20.It ……………………. (rain) at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon.
21.The wind ……………….. (blow) and snow ………………….. (fall) when we got home.
22.The children ……………………… (wear) their new coats when I saw them in the park.
23.While Mark ……….....… (watch) the weather forecast, Sheila ……………… (cook) dinner.
24.It ……………….(drizzle) when we left school at 3:30.
25.While we ………………. (sail), we heard a rumble of thunder.
26. I ……………………..(play) tennis when my mom called.
27.When I turned around I …………………….. (see) John standing behind me.
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28.While we …………………. (walk) through the city, there was a heavy shower.
29.………………….. (you/know) Carol?
30.What …………………… (you/do) at 7 o’clock last night?
31.What …………………. (happen) outside now?
32. There was snow at the airport so they ………………….. (cancel) all flights.
33. Tom ………………………… (sleep) while Amy ……………………..(listen) to music.
34.Mark and John ……………………….(play) basketball when it ……………….. (start) to rain.
35.We ………………..(ride) our bikes on Saturday when it …………………. (start) to rain.
36.He ……………………(watch) TV from 8:00 to 10:00 yesterday
37. Last Sunday, my friends and I ………………… (go) to the museum.
38. What …………….……….(you / do) when the storm started?
39.Nga ………………….. (look) at dresses while Lan …………….. (try on) a coat
B. Choose an adjective from the list, turn it into an adverb and complete each sentence
happy, heavy, slow(x3), lucky, loud, easy, angry, hard
1. It rained …………. During the night and it caused the flood.
2. He shouted ……………………..
3. A tree fell on the house, but …………….. no one was hurt.
4. Scientists can predict the weather ……………………
5. Drive ………….. because there is ice on the roads.
6. He shook his fist ……………….
7. Mike smiled ……………….. when he saw us.
8. He drove …………… because the road was icy.
9. It was raining ………………….
10. He walked …………………. Towards the door.

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