Exercise 8 Questions

Write questions about the words in italics.

Example Somebody broke the window.

Who broke the window?

	They are talking about somebody.
	Peter works for somebody.
	Somebody hit Lilly.
	Something smells awful!
	Jeremy lives with someone.
	Mike and Polly are arguing about something.
	Sh! I’m listening to something.
	Someone gave me £100!
	Someone told me Ann was getting married!
	Something has just crept across the carpet!

Vocabulary

Exercise 9 Words that go together

Match a line in A with a line in B.

A	B
play	work
alarm	post
win	the drums
part-time	in shifts
traffic	lounge
departure	hour
sign	clock
notice	lights
rush	an award
work	board

Exercise 10 Homophones

In the following sentences, the word in italics is the wrong homophone. The word sounds right, but the spelling is wrong. Correct the spelling.

Example I new Peter when we were at school. → knew

1. I got a check for £50 in the post.

2. We red about the accident in the newspaper.

3. How much is the fair to Manchester?

4. Do you like my shirt? I bought it in a sail.

5. I didn’t mean to brake your bike. Sorry.

Exercise 11 Adverbs

Put one of the adverbs from the box into each gap.

too

exactly

only

even

especially

1. I’m hungry. I __________ had a piece of toast this morning.

2. I like the Impressionists, __________ Monet.

3. It is __________ three fifty-five and twenty seconds.

4. Paul plays the guitar and sings, __________.

5. Everyone liked the curry I cooked, __________ Malcolm, who usually hates hot food.

Exercise 12 Opposites

Choose an adjective from the box. Write it next to its opposite.

Example cheap – expensive

generous	well-behaved	pleased	Tidy	quiet
beautiful	interesting	modern	poor	miserable

	ugly __________________		wealthy ______________
	annoyed _______________		happy ________________
	noisy _________________		naughty ______________
	mean _________________		boring _______________
	old ___________________		messy ________________