Chapter 39 (State Verbs)

Fill in the blanks with the correct state verb.

1. John __________ (need) a haircut.
2. Do you _________ (remember) his name?
3. I __________ (have) a lot of pending work.
4. She _________ (believe) in ghosts.
5. We _________ (belong) to the same club.
6. I ____________ (know) the answer.
7. The child ___________ (look) at the TV now.
8. This cake ___________ (taste) delicious.
9. My father _________ (not/own) a car.
10. I ____________ (wear) a blue sweater today.
11. Jane ____________ (do) yoga in the park across the street right now.
12. Chan __________(think) that English is easy.
13. Lily ____________ (love) my brother now.
14. My sister___________ (not/talk) on the phone at the moment.
15. John ________________ (look) outside the window of his office. He can see two
people across the street in the park. One is a woman. She _____________ (not/have)
any hair. He _____________ (seem) angry at the woman. Maybe they ___________
(fight). They ___________(not/look) happy.
16. There are three other people in the park. They ___________ (have) a picnic. It looks
like they_______________ (have) a good time. One man ____________ (look)
delicious. The other people ____________ (play) cards.

Chapter 41 (Plural Nouns)

Fill in the gaps with the plural nouns in English for the provided singular nouns in bold.

1. How many have you visited? country

2. I saw two on the way here. wolf
3. Where are my ? key
4. There are twenty-five short in this book. story
5. Buy me three kilos of , please. kilo / potato
6. I'd like two tooth- , please. brush
7. Have you got any against him? proof
8. Those are really nasty. fly
9. I can see nothing but and of
. roof / leaf / tree
10. Try to put it all on these two . shelf
11. There are no in the woods. Cuckoo
 12. I will keep you . watch
13. Boys will be . Boy
14. Many soldiers lost their during this war. life
15. I have got two . Handkerchief
Write in the nouns in the plural form.
17. My little brother got lots of new (toy) _____________ for his birthday.
18. I heard that Indonesia has lots of beautiful (beach) ____________.
19. I am going to make two (cup) _________ of tea, one for you and one for me.
20. Larry’s father has two mobile (phone)_______________.
21. Larry’s father also has three different (watch)____________.
22. Tony is invited to two birthday (party) ___________ this week.
23. Pauline’s family have got three (dog)_______________.
24. The summer holidays begin in three (day) _______________.
25. The farm next door grows lots of (potato) __________.
26. Our town has three (church) _____________.

Chapter 42 (Articles)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles
Use ‘an’, ‘a’ or ‘the’ appropriately in the sentences given below.
1. Sheldon is ___ honest man.
2. King Arthur was ___ just king.
3. ____ lion let go of ___ mouse.
4. I have fixed ___ appointment with ___ doctor.
5. Will you take ___ picture of us?
6. I broke ___ vase my brother brought.
7. My mother has ___ polka-dotted umbrella.
8. The team organized ____ friendly match with ___ Presidents of both ___ countries.
9. We had __ mulberry tree in the garden.
10. ___ Eiffel Tower lights up at night.
11. ___ huge building turned to dust due to __ earthquake.
12. ___ famous band Beatles is coming to Texas tomorrow.
13. Charles Babbage is considered as ___ father of computers.
14. __ famous poem ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ is written by __ Romantic poet John Keats.
15. __ Pacific Ocean is one of __ five oceans of __ world.
16. __ painter drew __ life-sized portrait of Mrs Mary Poppins.
17. My son is ___ apple of my eye.
18. ___ history professor who taught us is retiring today.
19. ___ oranges I brought were very sour.
20. Sharon will take __ train from __ next stop.

Chapter 53 (Orders of Adjectives)

Put the words in brackets in the correct order.
1. We wanted _______________ (grey / a / metal) table.
2. They bought__________________ (red / a / new) car.
3. She went home and sat on___________________ (comfortable / her / wooden / old)
bed.
4. He bought________________ (woolen / a / British / fabulous) suit.
5. They have________________ (Dutch / black) bicycles.
6. He wants_______________ (some / French / delicious / really) cheese.
7. _______________(young / a / pretty) girl walked into the room.
8. He has_______________ (a lot of / old / interesting) books.
9. She bought_________________ (plastic / red / a / new) plastic lunchbox.
10. He is looking for________________ (leather / stylish / a /black) bag.
11. She dropped_______________ (old / beautiful / the) plate and it smashed.
12. I want______________ (silk / green / an / amazing) dress.
13. She drank________________ (Italian / black / hot) coffee.
14. He saw______________ (French / writing / old / an) desk.
15. They stayed in_____________ (little / a / cute) cottage.
16. I visited__________________ (ancient / a / spooky / German) castle.
17. He has______________ (silver / old / beautiful / a) ring.
18. We ate________________ (green / English / round / some) apples.
19. I need_______________ (computer / comfortable / a) desk.
20. They went on holiday to_________________ (small / wooden / a / beautiful) cabin.
 Chapter 54 & 55 (Comparatives & Superlatives)

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjective in brackets:
a. Carla is ___________ (good) than you at sport.
b. We like wearing the (late) fashion.
c. These trousers are ____________________ (comfortable) than those jeans.
d. He is ______________________ (happy) now than he was last year.
e. You are the ________________________ (tall) girl in class.
f. My father is _______________________ (old) than my uncle.
g. The red dress is the ______________________ (attractive) dress in the shop.
h. I always tell the _______________________ (fun) jokes to my friends.
i. Your hair is ____________________ (curly) than my hair.
j. My hair is ______________________ (short) than yours.
Complete the sentences with a superlative:
a. This building is very old. It’s the ______________ building in Bari.
b. It was a very happy day. It was _____________ of my life.
c. It’s a very good film. It’s _______________ I’ve seen.
d. It was a very bad mistake. It was______________ in my life.
e. It was a very cold day. It was___________________ of the year.
f. She’s a popular singer. She’s___________________ in the country.
g. He’s a very boring person. He’s____________________ I know.
h. This house is very big. It is______________ I’ve lived in.
i. My cousin is very tall. He is______________ I have.
j. Laura is a very pretty girl. She is____________________ I know.

Choose the correct answer:

a. Giovanni’s car is bigger / the biggest than his friend’s car.
b. Who is shorter than / the shortest person in your family?
c. Who is more independent than / the most independent person you know?
d. These sofas are more comfortable than / the most comfortable ours.
e. My brother is taller than / the tallest in the class.
f. Is Daniele’s dog older than / the oldest yours?
g. Who is the best / better than singer in the world?
h. We are younger than / the youngest the rest of the class.
 i. My hair is the straightest / straighter than your hair.
j. He is more popular / the most popular singer in the world.

Write the sentences in the correct order:

a. taller / than / Francesco / Marco / is.

b. trousers / Michela / got / has / new / light.

c. Maria / food / likes / eating / Mexican

d. an / expensive / Dario / wearing / coat / is

e. the / Giulia / has / scarf / got / shortest

f. the / student / he / tallest / is

g. actress / Sofia / the / was / popular / most

h. He / the / in Europe / was / footballer / best

i. plays / than / better / you / Sonia /tennis

j. father / is / your / than / stronger / mine