Lower intermediate exercises

Choose the best word to fill in the gaps.

                Their       Where          Until            With               Before                        After

1.      Will you come ____________ me to buy a newspaper?

2.      _____________ do you live?

3.      We will have a rest ______________ dinner.

4.      The children wanted a dog of _______________ own.

5.      Wait ____________ the bus stops _______________ you get out.

 

In each sentence, underline the word in brackets which makes the best sense.

 

1.      We knew the little girl was unhappy because we could hear her (screaming, crying, panting, talking).

2.      The monkey was so (lively, artful, mischievous, playful) that he let us pat him.

3.      He was such a (fat, lazy, greedy, foolish) boy, he wouldn’t share his sweets.

4.      In April, we put (spring, summer, autumn, winter) flowers in our vases.

5.      The twins were so alike that we couldn’t (distinguish, separate, resemble, discover) between

 

 

Tom, Harry and Dick went fishing.  Harry caught one less fish than Dick but four more than Tom…

 

1.      Who caught most fish?

TOM              DICK             HARRY         NO INFORMATION GIVEN

 

2.      Who caught least fish?

      TOM              DICK             HARRY         NO INFORMATION GIVEN

 

3.      Who did not catch any fish?

       TOM             DICK             HARRY         NO INFORMATION GIVEN

 

 

Match the sentences from GROUP A with the sentences from GROUP B.

GROUP A

 

1.         Hello, I’m John.

2.         Excuse me.  What is that?

3.         What time is it please?

4.         Is he Spanish?

5.         Are you Portuguese?

 

GROUP B

 

a.         No, he is Portuguese.

b.         It’s a book.

c.         It’s five o’ clock.

d.         No, I’m Spanish.

e.         Hi.  I’m Anna

 

 

Complete the sentences with one word.

 

Half    spell    colour                 radio      time         down      excuse      see      day        stand

 

1.      What _______________ is your watch?  It is brown.

2.      Listen!  It’s the Games ______________ station.

3.      Sit __________!

4.      ___________ up!

5.      Goodbye.  ____________ you later.

6.      _________________ me!  What’s this?

7.      What __________________ is it please?

8.      How do you __________ it?  W – R – I – T – E.

9.      It’s ___________ past nine.

What _________________ is it?  Sunday.

 

 

 

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