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English for Yemen: EXERCISES ON UNIT 1

Dr. Ahmed Saad

Complete the sentences with these words:


straight – rectangular – scales – plastic – fur – round
paper – curved – metal – feathers – hair - glass

1- Aisha's hair is long,…………….and black.


2- A djambia has a ………….blade.
3- Many team sports use a ………….ball.
4- If you look around a room, you'll see many……….objects
such as doors and windows.
5- You have to remove the…….of a fish before cooking it.
6- You can study the……………..of birds to understand how
they fly.
7- Some animals such as cats are covered in………….., while
others, such as camels, are covered in…………..
8- Windows are usually made of wood and………….., but
sometimes…………….or plastic is used instead of wood.
9- Newspapers, magazines and books are all made of………..
10- You should be careful when leaving things made
of……….in a hot car, such as music cassettes.

What do you say in these situations?


1- Somebody is upset and is peaking loudly.
…………………………………………………………..
2- Somebody thinks something bad is going to happen but
you think they are wrong.
……………………………………………………………..
3- Somebody tells you some bad news.
……………………………………………………………

1
Complete the sentences using however or although:
1- Football is a very popular game, ………………..not
everybody enjoys it.
2- ……………I like fishing. I don’t catch a lot of fish.
3- The factory manager gets very angry sometimes.
……………….., he is very good at his job.
4- The book wasn’t interesting. I read it from start to
finish,……………….

Complete the sentences with as……as or the same…..as.


- Ali has…………height…………..Salah.
- Mona has………….beauty……….. Sarah.
- Shimaa is………….short…………..Dina.
- Siena ………….age …………..Amira.

Complete the paragraph with these words:


drink – valley – looked – hot – walk – beach – boats
stream – cold – coastline – fishing – climbed – sunny
it was a……………afternoon, so Tom decided to go for a……..in
the countryside. He lived beside the sea in a………….between
two hills. He……..the smaller of the two hills and, when he got
to the top, he stopped and…………around him. In the distance,
he could see the………….. There were some people lying on
the………… in the sun. he could see three…………in the water.
Maybe the people in them were……….After his climb, Tom was
………He saw a small………..and decided to sit next t it and
have a ………..The water was nice and………..He lay back in
the warm grass thinking, "What a nice way to spend an
afternoon."

2
Complete the sentences with these words:
misty – plough – river – valley –distance
– desert – right – greater
1. The opposite oif left is……………………….
2. We use kilometres to measure…………..
3. A farmer uses a………….to break up the soil.
4. A mountain is……………..than a hill.
5. If a number of streams meet or come together, they
become a…………………
6. Between two hills you will always find a………………
7. A place where very little or nothing grows is called
a…………………..
8. If the weather is……………., it is not easy to see where
you are going.
Rewrite these sentences to change the information focus:
1) He felt very happy looking at the wonderful view.
He looked the wonderful view feeling very happy.

2) There were many boats on the water.


On the water were many boats.

3) After eating his dinner, he went to look at his cows.


Before looking at his cows, he ate his dinner.

4) In the distance were some high mountains.


There were some high mountains in the distance.

5) The cold, clear stream ran down the valley.


Down the valley the cold, clear stream ran down.

GOOD LUCK
Dr. Ahmed Saad, PhD

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