Study guide for the 4th semester 1/2

Circle the correct words

1.      The tourists on the bus SHOWED / WERE SHOWN the best sights in the city.

2.      The Red Sox PLAYED / WAS PLAYED against the Tigers last night.

3.      A lot of tea PRODUCES / IS PRODUCED in India.

4.      Barry’s car GAVE / WAS GIVEN to him by his parents for his birthday.

5.      All my friends WATCH / ARE WATCHED too much television.

6.      In the movie, humans TOOK / WERE TAKEN to another planet by aliens.

7.      Scientists FOUND / WERE FOUND lots of oil under the ocean a few years ago.

8.      Dr. Howard PERFORMS / IS PERFORMED surgery almost every day.

9.      The machines at the gym USE / ARE USED by many people every day.

10.    This salad OFTEN MAKES / IS OFTEN MADE with ricotta cheese.

Complete the letter with these prepositions.

Off                                    In                                    After                                    From                                    Into

Around                                    On                                    At                                    In                                    For

Dear Michael,

I’m having a great time here on our sailing trip. It’s much more fun than staying __________ a hotel. We’ve been sailing __________ almost a week now. We set out ____________ Seabourne _____________ the 6^th and we arrived ____________ Felixstone yesterday.

Every morning ___________ breakfast my sister and I usually jump ____________ the yatch _________ the ocean and swim for a few hours. There are lots of fish and you can see the big ones swimming ___________ the yacht. ________ the afternoon we spend most of the time fishing so, guess what’s for dinner: Fish, of course. That’s only if we catch some.

Anyway, sailing is awesome! You should try it some day.

Bye for now,

Jonathan

Join the pairs of sentences using the linking words / phrases in the box. More than one answer may be correct.

But                                    When                                    While                                    As soon as

Because                                    So…that                                    So / as

1.      I heard someone screaming in the street. I ran outside.

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2.      Her leg hurt very much. She started crying.

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3.      Terry got lost in the forest. He wasn’t scared.

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4.      We were exploring the attic. We found an old map.

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