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)