I. Fill each blank with an appropriate word. THe initial letters are given to help you.
1. M____ can be played with instruments like guitars and pianos.
2. The rain has the e____ of making the flowers grow.
3. What’s your o____ on the color blue? Do you like it ?
4. The birthday cake was f____ ! It tasted so yummy.
5. Please pay a____ during the story time at the library.
6. The teacher made an a____ about the change in the class schedule for the next week.
7. D____ the rain, we still had fun playing games indoors.
8. Life is like a journey with an unknown d____.
9. She felt d____ after standing up too quickly from the chair.
10. We experienced severe t____ during the flight.
II. Rewrite the sentences in indirect speech.
1. The children said, “ We are going to the park.”
2. “It’s raining outside,” they said.
3. The teacher said,” We have a test tomorrow.”
4. She said, “ They are coming to this party.”
5. Maung Maung said to me, “ I will call you later.”
6. The athletes said, “ We won the game.”
7. Lin Zaw said, “ The movie starts at 7 pm .”
8. “We shall buy a new car next year,” U Min said.
9. Ko Ko said to his mother,” I must get up early tomorrow morning.”
10. “ I would like to invite my close friends and relatives to my birthday party,” said Shwe Sin.
11. My sister said, “ I don’t like pizza.”
12. The teacher said to us,” You must finish your homework the day after tomorrow.”
III. Rewrite the sentences using the past simple or past continuous tenses of the verbs in brackets.
1. I (play) with my toys when the phone (ring).
2. She (watch) TV while she (eat) dinner.
3. We (dance) at the party when it (start) raining.
4. He (study) in the library when I (see) him.
5. The children ( laugh) and (play) in the park when I (see) them.
6. Mother (cook) a delicious meal in the kitchen at 7 pm, today.
7. He (ride) his bike when he (fall) and (hurt) his knee.
8. The cat (sleep) on the sofa when I (come) home.
9. She (read) a book when her friend (call) her.
10. I (study) my school lessons when the light(go) out last night.
11. It (rain) heavily all day yesterday.
12. They (sleep) when the alarm clock (go) off.
IV. Answer the questions on “A flight in bad weather”
1. Who did the writer visit last summer?
2. What was the writer doing while waiting to board?
3. What did the writer hear in the announcement ?
4. What was the flight delayed?
5. How long did the writer wait before boarding the plane?
6. What did the writer hear after the plane took off ?
7. Why didn’t the writer worry much when he heard the first rumble?
8. What did the captain announce to do while flying through a thunderstorm ?
9. What made the writer relieve after the turbulence ended?
10. Who picked the writer up at the airport ?
Tr Kyaw Wai Yan