www.newsbrowsing.blogspot.hu December
2013
Exercises
My Country Memories
Eventful Christmases while growing up in rural
Gloucestershire have given Hugh
Fearnley-Whittingstall a love of festive family traditions and fresh air.
Read the following text and decide which of the words a-t is missing in items 1-17. There are three extras given.
a./sniffy b./then c./canapés d./sorry e./beautifully
f./plantation g./traditionalists h./extremely i./scrambling
j./bonfires k./end l./sweetens m./alight n./with
o./same p./beginning q./case r./off s./good t./gumboots
Country in the City
This month: the
salmon smoker
For questions 1-10, read the given text and think of the tense or verbal structure
which best fits each space.
1.
choose
2.
pedal
3.
create
4.
source
5.
ensure
6.
blow
7.
vary
8.
slice
9.
seek
10. prepare
Christmas character –
’I deliver groceries around the village with my donkey’
For questions 1-10 read the given text. Use the word given in capitals with
relevant number to form a word that fits
the space.
1.
LIKELY
2.
SUPPLY
3.
BEAUTY
4.
FRESH
5.
DELIVER
6.
STUBBORN
7.
ACCESS
8.
RESIDE
9.
REVIVE
10. COMBINE
Christmas character –
’I have become an expert on all matters mistletoe’
For questions 1-10 read the given text
. Use the word given in capitals with relevant number to form a word that fits the space.
1.
RELATE
2.
FASCINATE
3.
APPEAR
4.
UNDERSTAND
5.
CONSULT
6.
PRUNE
7.
EVENTUAL
8.
WED
9.
INSTRUC
10. GERM
10. GERM
