Exercises - October www.newsbrowsing.blogspot.hu October
2014
Start Your Dream Business – The Dog Hotel
For questions 1-15 read the text below. Use the word given in
capitals with relevant number to form a word that fits the space.
1.ESTABLISH-..............................................................
2.RECRUIT-...................................................................
3.INITIAL-.....................................................................
4.MANAGE-..................................................................
5.PARTICULAR-...........................................................
6.HOSPITABLE-..........................................................
7.COMBINE-.................................................................
8.INSTALL-...................................................................
9.ADD-...........................................................................
10.ACCIDENT-..............................................................
11.REGULATE-.............................................................
12.PERSON-..................................................................
13.BEHAVE-..................................................................
14.OCCASION-.............................................................
15.SERIOUS-.................................................................
Character and Style- Charlotte
Supple has gathered together a beautiful collection of simple country pieces to
bring individual charm to her family home in a small village in
Northamptonshire
You are going to read a magazine
article about Charlotte Supple's home. Answer the questions connected to the text.
What style is reflected in
Charlotte's house as entering?
What conditions was the house in
when the family moved in?
How did her passion about antiques
start?
What are some of her favourite
finds?
What is her opinion of their home?
World Conker Championships
Read the following text and decide
which of the prepositions a-o is missing from 1-15.
a./from b./at c./in d./to e./in f./of g./by
h./in i./to j./as k./of l./until m./from n./in o./to
National Singles Tiddlywinks
Championship
The following phrases are from the
text. Put them in Hungarian.
1.
tiddlywinks-...................................................................
2.
the players swilled
pints-...............................................
3.
on the first rung of the competitive
ladder-....................................................
4.
cut-throat
competition-...........................................................
5.
is at
stake-............................................................
6.
win that on a simple nod and
wink-.................................................
7.
tiddlywink
patent-....................................................
8.
it gives you a
tingle-.......................................................
9.
the novice winker-..........................................................
10.
accumulated
score-.........................................................
My Countryside GRIFF RHYS
JONES- The comedian, presenter and author is passionate about preserving our
heritage.
You are going to read a magazine
article about Griff Rhys Jones. Some parts of the article have been removed.
Choose from the sentence chunks A-H and match them with the numbers 1-8.
A./ Given my upbringing, it's
perhaps not surprising that I have a love of trees.
B./ Looking down on the land acts
as a reminder that rural Britain is a type of heritage museum.
C./ Mine was a very wild, idyllic
upbringing.
D./ With my Welsh heritage and
English upbringing, I consider myself a bit of an essex boyo.
E./ One of the first things I do
when I visit anywhere new is go for a run.
F./ I wonder why, when we have so
much on offer right here on our doorstep, people feel such pressure to leave
the country on holiday.
G./ Pembrokeshire has to be one of
my favourite counties, though.
H./ When not in the woods, my
brother and I would join my father on his boat;he was a keen sailor.
