Activity 10

Read this description of the voyage of a cargo ship and then write similar descriptions of the voyages of three other ships according to the information below:

On May the tenth, 1949, the S.S. Ludwig left Bremen for Rio de Janiero with a cargo of electrical goods and chemicals. She called at Cherbourg and Vigo, and then sailed straight across the South Atlantic to Brazil. Her voyage lasted seventeen days. She spent a week unloading in the harbor of Rio de Janiero and began return voyage on June 4th.

1. 2/8/53 – S.S. Mary Jane – Liverpool – Montreal – whisky and textiles – Dublin – Cork – North Atlantic – Canada – twelve days – four days – August 23rd.
2. 29/10/55 – S.S. Boston – Sydney – Lima – meat and wool – Auckland – Fiji – Pacific – Peru – twenty three days – nine days – December 1st.
3. 10/3/57 – S.S. Tyne – Durban – Bombay – cereals and tinned food – Mozambique – Mombasa – Indian Ocean – India – twelve days – five days –March 28th.

Activity 9

Please make some sentences using the words given!

example:
wait/the bus/the rain/stop
While I was waiting for the bus, the rain stopped.

1. have/lunch/door-bell/ring
2. sleep/upstairs/house/catch fire
3. drive/to London/engine/stop
4. give/lecture/lights/go out
5. watch/TV/kettle/boil over

Activity 8

Please make some sentences using the words given!

example:
she/grocer’s/meet
She was looking for a grocer’s when I met her.

1. he/baker’s/find
2. they/doctor/see
3. the nurse/chemist’s/notice
4. my aunt/florist’s/come across
5. the policeman/telephone kiosk/knock into

Activity 7

Please make some sentences using the words given!

example:
put/old suit?/silly idea
Why did you put on such an old suit? What a silly idea!

1. buy/small dog?/funny animal
2. write/long letter?/ waste of time
3. tell/obvious life?/stupid idea
4. throw away/valuable book?/awful loss
5. get/expensive watch?/nice present

Activity 6

Please make some sentences using the words given!

example:
The doctor/gave/prescription/yesterday
The doctor gave me a prescription yesterday.

1. My brother/lend/50p/last week
2. She/tell/time/five minutes ago
3. The author/show/manuscript/in February
4. My father/give/bicycle/last Christmas
5. She/read/story/last night

Activity 5

Fill in the blank with the correct word. Do not forget to convert the word into their correct form!

example:
The lady (come) … to the bank two hours ago.
The lady came to the bank two hours ago.

1. I (do) … the assignment last night.
2. Yesterday (be) … the greatest day in my entire life.
3. I (wake) … at nine and (eat) … brunch at ten this morning.
4. The bus (leave) … at seven, so I (miss) … it.
5. I (forget) … to bring your book.
6. I (buy) … this motorcycle yesterday.
7. Sara (drink) … a cup of tea before school this morning.
8. Last night, I (read) … an interesting novel written by Agatha Christie.
9. (do) … you go to the library yesterday?
10. what (do) … he (say) …. to you last night?

Activity 4

Ask questions about the following sentences. See the examples

example:
Andrew got sick because he worked too hard.
(do – redecorate)
(?) What did he do?
(+) He redecorated his house

1. Rina was sad because she get a poor grade in a biology test. (get – an “E”)
2. Rudy left the meeting because it was boring. (talk about – the budget)
3. Terry could not buy the necklace because she lost her purse. (lose – the bookstore)
4. Nova could not eat with us because she was still typing. (type – some letters)
5. I have not eaten breakfast when Rick picked me up. (do – watch tv)

Activity 2

Please find the past form of these words!

Regular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Present
Past
Present
Past
Ask
Visit
Stop
Walk
Study
Talk
Hope
Enjoy
Start
Wait
Lie
Cry
Like
Manage
Watch

Go
Buy
Choose
Come
Do
Drink
Give
Leave
Drive
Eat
Write
Send
Hear
Feel
Get

Activity 1

Please write some sentences containing the adverbs given!

example:
I drove my car carefully last night.

1. quickly
2. loudly
3. seldom
4. again
5. here