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1. Let’s begin. My friend Lee Ping is from China. Look at the picture and complete the statement.
2. Lee Ping and her parents usually speak Chinese when they are at home, and Lee’s mom makes delicious Chinese meals.
Complete the statement about my visits to the Pings’ house.
I love to go to the Pings’ house for dinner. I really like ____________food.
Chinese
3. You can try Chinese food at a Chinese restaurant. Where can you try French food?
You can try French food at that French__________on
restaurant Walnut Street. Their food is great.
4. When you need or want to eat something, you’re hungry. When you’re hungry and you don’t have any food at home, you
can go to a restaurant. Complete the statement.
Hank: Hey, Mary. I’m ___________,
hungry and we don’t have anything ready to eat here. Let’s go to a restaurant.
5. Another way to say you want to eat a hamburger is to say you are hungry for a hamburger. Complete the sentence to say
Mary wants to eat Chinese food.
Hank: Let’s go to a restaurant.
Mary:OK. Can we go to Quan Yin? I’m__________
hungry _______
for Chinese food.
7. When it’s very hot outside, we generally wear a short-sleeved shirt; but when it’s cold, we usually wear a long-sleeved
shirt.
It’s hot today, so Todd is wearing a___________-____________
short sleeved shirt. Todd is going to a party this evening, and it’s going
to be a bit cold; so when he goes out this evening, Todd is going to wear a ____________-__________________shirt.
long sleeved
9. My favorite class at school is geography. Complete the sentence about my geography class.
This week we are studying about France in_____________class,
geography and next week we are going to study about Spain.
10. Mathematics is one of my classes at school too. Complete the sentence according to the picture.
11. A short way to say mathematics is math. Complete the statement about math.
I think that mathematics is a difficult subject. My friend Mary thinks that ________is
math difficult too.
12. When you have the correct answer for 9 out of 10 questions on a test, your grade is 9. What about when you have the
correct answer for 8 out of 10 questions?
When you have the correct answer for8 out of 10 questions on a test, your______is
grade 8.
13. In the United States, schools usually use the letters A, B, C, D, and F for grades. For example, when a test has 10
questions, 9 or 10 correct answers is an A, 8 correct answers is a B, 7 is a C and 6 is a D. When you have only 5 correct
answers, you flunk the test and your grade is an _______.
F
15. At the end of a semester, you get a report card with your grades for all of your classes. Look at the picture, and complete
the statement.
Man!That’s an excellent _________
report _________.
card
16. When you want something and you don’t get it, you are disappointed. Complete the statement about my friend Stan.
Stan’s parents want Stan to get good grades, but he thinks he’s going to flunk a couple of classes. He thinks his parents
are going to be________________.
disappointed
17. Your father’s brothers are your uncles, and his sisters are your aunts. How about your mother’s brothers and sisters?
Your mother’s brothers are also your uncles, and her sisters are also your________.
aunts
18. The sons of your brothers and sisters are your nephews. Complete the sentence about Stan and his Aunt Carol.
Stan’s father has a sister Carol. Carol is Stan’s aunt, and Stan is her__________.
nephews
nephew
19. The daughters of your brothers and sisters are your nieces. Complete the statement about Stan’s Aunt Carol and his
sister Jane.
Stan’s Aunt Carol is Jane’s aunt too, and Jane is her___________.
niece
21. When a restaurant or store is open, you can go in and eat or shop. Complete these statements with open and closed.
You can only go have a meal at a restaurant when it is__________,
open not when it is___________.
closed
22. The post office near my house starts serving people at 8 a.m. It opens at 8 a.m. What about the coffee shop near my
house?
The coffee shop near my house starts serving people at 6 a.m., so it____________at
opens 6 a.m.
23. The post office near my house is only open until 6 p.m. It closes at 6 p.m. What about the coffee shop near my house?
The coffee shop near my house is open until 10 p.m., so it_____________at
closes 10 p.m.
25. When you go on a one street up tp a corner, then turn and go straight on the other street, you are going around the
corner.
There is a McDonald’s restaurant___________the
around corner.
26. When you don’t have a lot of time to do something, you have to hurry. Complete the dialogue.
Nancy: Look! The movie starts in 10 minutes.
Jill: Man! We have to_____________,
hurry or we are going to be late.
27. The girls want to be at the movie theater before the movie starts. They want to be there in time. What do they have to do?
The movie starts in 10 minutes. The girls have to hurry so they can be at the movie theater ________
before ________.
movie
in time
28. When you want something to happen, and you believe that it is possible, you hope for it. Complete the statement saying
that Nancy wants to be in time for the movie, and she believes it is possible.
Nancy: I __
w __
a __
n __
t we’re there in time for the movie, Jill.
hope
29. If you want to be at a place in time to do something, you want to make it there in time. Complete the sentence about
Nancy and Jill.
make it
Nancy and Jill hope that they can be at the movie theater in time for the movie. They hope they can _______
have _____
hurry there
in time.
Further Practice
Mark the option that best completes each of the following sentences.
1. ____________one
which of your nephews is going to college next year, Jimmy or Greg?
2. It’s only 7 o’ clock. I’m sure the coffee shop is open. It____________closes
something before 10.
4. The food at this restaurant is great. I’m going to ask for the roast chicken with mashed potatoes. _________are
what you going
to eat?
6. Tommy isn’t going to get a good grade in geography, and Jenny isn’t___________.
either
7. There are__________taxis
any on this block. I don’t think we’re going to make it to the movie theater in time.
8. My parents aren’t going to like this report card. All my grades are Cs and Ds, and there aren’t________As
any or Bs.
Use the information in parentheses to complete the following sentences. Use the verbs in the appropriate form.
Answer the questions using the words or expressions given. Use your imagination.
1. “____________________________________________________________________________________________?”
do you think we're going to be at the movie theater in time?
“I think so, but we have to hurry.”
Is she your aunt?
2. “____________________________________________________________________________________________?”
She is your Aunt
“Yes, she’s my mom’s sister.”
does
3. “____________________________________________________________________________________________?”
what time do the restaurant close?
“It closes at 11 o’ clock”.
4. “____________________________________________________________________________________________?
did you do well in math
“No, I think I’m going to flunk math.”
where is a bank
5. “___________________________________________________________________________________________?”
“It’s on the corner of Main Street and 3rd Avenue. “
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
She doesn't have my telephone number
2. Why you always get up so early?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Her father lives in Toronto
4. When they are going to have a vacation?
When are they going to have a vacation?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
when are going to they have a vacation?
5. There aren’t any Coke in this bar.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
there's no Coke in this bar
6. Whose is this project?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Whose project is this?
7. How many time do we have before our flight?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
How much time do we have before our flight?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Jackson and April need to be together again
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
The girls' parents are out of town
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Does Brian have a black SUV?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mrs. Solano is a university professor at Ohio State University
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
There aren't good students in this class