Revision1st midterm

State whether the following statements are: FACTS (F)OPINION (O) Marseille is the best city in France

Travelling by motorbike is more fun than travelling by car

To study at the University is a sign of higher intelligence

Newspapers provide factual information

I like swimming better than running

I believe most people prefer to have a two day weekend

Sudan is larger than Kenya

I think students should work harder

English is the most important language in the study of medicine

Conjunctions: And- because This is the postman. He brings us mail.

She was happy. She got a blue dress.

The rickety boat creaked. The rickety boat groaned as it rocked on the rough sea.

Find the PREPOSITION(s) in each sentence.

1. The library will hold the book until tomorrow.

2. The messenger for the company stopped several times along the route.

3. The meeting of the Security Council took place at ten o’clock in a private area of the building.

4. The prompter sat behind the scenery with a small flashlight.

5. The elephants lumbered past us toward the water hole.

Adding -ing 1. put

2. buy

3. weigh

4. mix

5. eat

6. have

7. bake

8. measure

9. use

10. sieve

Adding -ed Chase

Cry

Trip

jump

Hate

Sneeze

Clap

Joke

play

slip

Adding -s Car

Box

City

Boy

Roof

Wife

Hero

Child

disco

Articles: fill the blanks with appropriate articles. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated with lot of fervor and merry-making in

***________ America. Celebrated on _______ fourth Thursday in the month of _________November every year, it is ________ time for communal thanksgiving, feeling gratitude, lavish feasts. It is __________ time to remember the pilgrims. The original pilgrims celebrated the autumn harvest with ________ feast of thanks. ________ Feast popularly known as the 'First Thanksgiving Day Feast' was held as ________ gesture of thanks to almighty God. It was celebrated in ______ year 1621. After the United States gained independence, Congress recommended one yearly day of thanksgiving for _______ whole nation to celebrate.

Fill in the blank with the correct past tense form His father…………. (be) ……………(call) John Shakespeare a Stratford upon Avon

glove-maker. He …………………(send) William to the local grammar school in 1571, but when William ………………..(be) only 14 years old his fortunes fell so low that William …………..(have) to leave school. Some historians say he …………..(work) in his father's shop.

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Paragraph question

Walking through Queen Elizabeth Park Queen Elizabeth Park, filled with the scent of pine and cedar, gives me much pleasure when I walk my dog. QE park, as the neighbours call it, shines as a beautiful place to go: the lower reaches, which I prefer, offers evergreens, a pond, and a stream. Tashi loves to sniff along the stream banks. When we round the hill to the south side of the park, if we’re lucky that day, we catch the sun as we walk into the wind on the crest, where fine views of Galiano Island and Tsawassen await, and the air smells like fresh line-dried laundry. Then, we head down the steep hill amid the trees on the west side of the park, down to where the ground is marshy and the ducks swim on a large pond. QE Park speaks softly when we are walking.