I HAVEN’T SPOKEN TO BILL ….….. WE WERE AT SCHOOL. QUESTION 4

5. I haven’t spoken to Bill ….….. we were at school.

Question 4: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only

ONE word in each space.

A good memory is a great (1) …… in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by …….2……. what he hears when he is a small child, and some children like boys and girls who live ……3…… with their ……4……. seem to learn …….5……. languages almost as easily as ……..6…… . In school, it’s not so …….7…… to learn a second language because the pupils have so little ……8…… for it, and they are busy ……9….. other ……10…… as well. The best ……11…… for most of us to remember things is to join them in our mind with something ……12…… we know already, or which we easily remember because we have a picture of it in our ……13…… . That is why it is ……14…….. to learn words in sentences, not by ……15…… , or to see, or to do, or to feel what a word means when we first use it…

Question 5:

a Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below.

1 Each birthday is an occasion for various members of the family and friends ….. (together / to gather / to show ) 2 The essay …( reminds/ remembers / makes ) him of his family members and friends. 3 … (Rush-hours / Traffic-lights / Traffic-jams) usually happen in the busiest areas of the city. 4 We heard the birds … (sang / singing / to sing ) a beautiful song. 5 He tries to avoid … (took / take / taking ) his lesson.

b Correct the mistake in the following sentences.