REVISION EXERCISES: 1. Use each of the following words in a sentence: bough                             beret cafe                                 fete cole                                 tomb coup                                 ruse beau                                 rein 2. Find one word in each line which is not a synonym of the underlined word: agog      arid eager keen axle       axis pivot chute bark       husk rind rust beam      joint spar timber brow       brim rink edge 3. Find one word in each line which is not an antonym of the underlined word: 1.     hurt             aid              weal            soothe 2.     lean             burly          fat                slim 3.     firm             limp           ruse             soft 4.     help             coil             hinder          impede 5.     huge            sizable      small            tiny 4. What is the collective word for each of the following: 1.     ----------    of    squirrels 2.     ----------    of    swallows 3.     ----------    of    angels 4.     ----------    of    oxen 5.     ----------    of    turtles 5. Write down the plural form of each of the following words: 1.     alto 2.     axis 3.     bran 4.     calf 5.     eddy 6. Fill in the missing preposition in each of the following: 1.     to keep things      -----     focus 2.     to be                     -----     odds with someone 3.     to come                 -----     board 4.     to be                      -----     the news 5.     to be rotten            -----     the core 7. Choose which word is appropriate in each line. 1.     bail    -    bale    of hay 2.     fate    -    fete    of the prisoner 3.     feat    -    feet    of great daring 4.     hall    -    haul    of fame 5.     laud   -    lord    of the manor 8. The following five words have two different meanings. One meaning is given. What is the meaning of the other word? 1.     bank    -    a place where money is deposited 2.     ball      -    an object with which soccer, for example, is played 3.     cape    -    a sleeveless cloak 4.     iron      -   metallic element 5.     page    -    leaf of a book. 9.    Use each of the following words in a sentence: 1.     airfare 2.     catwalk 3.     flyover 4.     oddball 5.     gymslip 10.    Fill in the correct tense form: 1.     I had     (see)    something 2.     I had    (bend)    something 3.     I had    (cast)    the spell 4.     I had    (blow)    the fuse 5.     I had    (fail)    the examination 11. Complete each of the following sentences by filling in the missing verb: 1.     You must not ----------    the wrong horse 2.     Who will  ---------- the cat? 3.     It’s time for you to ---------- the hatchet 4.     Why should anyone still need to ---------- the cross 5.     She was advised to ---------- her tongue bury             curb             back             bell             bear 12. Complete the following: 1. To inherit is to come ---------- something. 2. To attack is to come ---------- someone. 3. To divide people is to come ---------- them. 4. To fail in a test is to come ---------- in that test. 5. To volunteer is to come ---------- in respect of whatever is needed. down at into forward between 13. Sketch the following: 1.     dart 2.     dart 3.     fork 4.     hook 5. mace 14. Change the following five verbs into adjectives ending in –able:- bear cure love rely view 15. Make two different words by adding 2 separate letters to each of the following: 1.     arc -                                 arc- 2.     buy -                                bur - 3.     dam -                               dam - 4.     her -                                 her - 5.     mar -                                mar – 16. Make separate compound words with each of the following: 1.     book    ----------                 book     ---------- 2.     duck    ----------                 duck     ---------- 3.     game    ----------                 game     ---------- 4.     junk    ---------                    junk     ---------- 5.     road    ----------                   road     ---------- 17. What do the following abbreviations stand for: CBD CID Cr. etc. PAYE 18. Complete the following: 1.    A fool and his money are ----------    ----------. 2.    You cannot have your cake and ---------- ----------. 3.    Keep your shop and your shop will ---------- ---------. 4.    Lend your money and lose ---------- ---------- 5. Many are called but few ---------- ----------. 19. Explain the following: 1.    bird of passage 2.    birds of a feather 3.    the salt of the earth 4.    to cry over spilt milk 5.    to feather one's nest 20. Explain the following: 1.    to come to a head 2.    to go to one's head 3.    to keep one's head 4.    off the top of one's head 5. to put out of one's head 21. Explain the following: ache acne boil coma cyst gout hives pang sore wart [ Find out how a doctor would treat the conditions listed above. ] 22. Make two lists. At the top of one list write down B I R D and on top of the second list write down F I S H.  Now separate the following words so that each word is in the correct list.. bass                 carp coot                 hake pike                 ibis wren                 teal tuna                 hawk 23. Give one word beginning with 'be- -' for each of the following: 1.     a bird's bill 2.     a long thick piece of wood 3.     to carry or endure 4.     to hit repeatedly 5.     meat from a cow 24. Let the answers for the following rhyme: 1.     a large bundle 2.     a secluded valley 3.     a strong wind 4.     strong and healthy 5.     colourless complexion 25. What would people be doing at the following: a ball              a ford a bash            a firm a club             a gala a hide             a fete a mall             a wake 26. Where would you look for the following – a buoy a deck a dial a flue a hilt a hump a sail a spur a tusk a vane 27. Close Test In the following Cloze Exercise use any suitable noun that fits each blank: [You may use the noun that originally appeared, if you wish. See the list below] He wheeled his —1— and headed blindly in the direction Wyle had indicated. He rode deeper into the pine —2—, trying to avoid snapping —3—, yet watching ahead for the slightest motion of leaf or —4—. His thin shirt clung to him damply and his body was wet with —5—. A cobweb veiled itself across his —6—. With one hand he tried to wipe it off, but suddenly he was almost unseated. Paul stared into the sun-dappled —7—. At last, far away and deep in the shadow of the —8—, he saw a blur of motion. With the —9— that lay between them, it might have been anything. A deer. Or even a squirrel. Whatever it was, he was after it! Watch Eyes plunged on. There was a kind of —10— in pursuit that made Paul and the horse one. They were trailing nothing but swaying bushes. They were giving chase to a mirage. What was that? In the clump of myrtle bushes just ahead? Paul reined in. He could scarcely breathe a —11—. Always it moved on and on, showing itself in quivering leaves or moving —12— for the wild beating of his —13—. There it was again! A silver —14—. It looked like —15— with the sun on it. And just beyond the mist, he caught sight of a long —16— of mingled copper and silver. He gazed awestruck. “It could be the Phantom’s tail,” he breathed. “It is! It is! It is! And the silver flash- it’s not mist at all, but a brand-new —17—, too little to keep up with the —18—.” The blood pounded in his —19—. No wonder the Phantom was a —20—! No wonder she let herself be caught. “She’s got a baby colt!” he murmured. Adapted from Pony Penning day by Marguerite Henry. Rand McNally, 1947 band bush colt distance ears face flash forest glory heart mirage mist pines pony shadows straggle sweat tail thicket twigs 28. Close Test Matilda Learns the Joy of reading Choose any suitable word to fill in the blanks. You may choose words from the list that is provided at the end of the passage. Mr and Mrs Wormwood had a four year old daughter who was —–1—–sensitive and brilliant. She had a —2—which was very nimble. Her parents though thought nothing of her. In fact they pretty —3—ignored her. Thus it was that she taught herself to —4—by studying newspapers. The —5— book in the Wormwood’s house was one called Easy Cooking. Matilda, for that was the little girl’s —6—, waited for her mother to leave —7— every afternoon. Then she would toddle —8— to the library. The walk —9—only ten minutes. In the library she —10 — read every single children’s —11—. Then she —12—in search of something else. Mrs Phelps, the librarian asked Matilda what —13— of book she —14— to read next? She was surprised —15—Matilda asked for a really —16—book that grown-ups would read. What book was Mrs Phelps —17—for her? At —18— she handed Matilda a book called “Great Expectations”. Matilda sat in the library reading the wonderful adventures of Pip and old Miss Havisham. Within a —19— she had finished the whole —20—. Mrs Phelps was astounded. Even so, she gave Matilda a —21— of many books by famous authors. Though she didn’t understand all the things she read, she loved the stories all the —22—. It was —23— that Mrs Phelps suggested that Matilda borrow the books and take them —24—. She didn’t —25— that she could do this. Thereafter she borrowed many books and read them in her own little room at home. [Adapted from Roald Dahl’s enchanting book: Matilda. Publishers: Puffin Books, London, 1989. book both down good home home know last like list mind much name only pick read same soon sort then took week went when 29. What treatment would you need if you had one of the following: an ache            acne a boil                corn a cyst               gout hives                a pang a sore               a wart 30. Close Test  In the following Cloze Exercise use any suitable noun that fits each blank: [You may use the noun that originally appeared, if you wish. See the list below] And then I went. Not running, but carefully over the road, my stocking-covered —1— making little noise on the —2—. But as I prepared to throw myself over the low —3— on the other side of the road, I sensed the return of one of the —5—. First the light from the hay —6— played idly up and down the road, and so brilliant was it that it shone right into the gravel where my —6—was buried. Then I sensed the other one flashing over my —7—. My —8— tingled with —9— and for the first time in my —10— I felt the hairs on the —11— of my neck pricking and rising. I could hear two of the —12— talking quite clearly. They did not sound at all —13— and yet surely they must have seen me. My body began to flinch and cringe as I imagined a bullet striking —14—. My —15— went numb, and I had no —16— how long I lay there. Finally, I vaulted over a low wall and dropped behind a large oil —17—. Then I came to a break covered by a sheet of —18— which I crawled through. All was quiet for a few —19—. Now I could hear the rumbling of the —20— and I knew that I was on the main Salonika road. Adapted from Bid For Freedom by W.B. Thomas. Cathay Books, London, 1983. LIST OF OMITTED WORDS:- body excited face gravel home idea iron life lights mind moments nape road sentries shed shoes shoulder terror trams wall 31. Complete the table below with suitable adjectives, adverbs, nouns and verbs. adjective adverb noun verb hot hotly heat heat sweeten sadly calmness charm cheapness bold quickly enticing boredom

 

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