1. Some of these sentences need a/an. Correct the sentences where necessary. Write ‘OK’ if the sentence is already correct.
1) Joanna eats apple every morning.
__an apple __
2) Peter doesn’t like milk in his tea.
__OK __
3) Katie rarely has biscuit with her coffee.
__________
4) George normally eats meat for dinner.
__________
5) Brian usually has omelette for lunch.
__________
6) Margaret never drinks juice.
__________
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3) a biscuit 4) OK
5) an omelette 6) OK
2. Lizzie is training to run in a marathon. Every day she writes down how far she runs and what she eats. Look at the pictures of what she ate today and complete what she wrote, using a/an where necessary.
Monday
I ran 15 km. I had (1) __cereal __ and (2) __________ for breakfast. At lunchtime I ate (3) __________ and (4) ________ For dinner I had (5) __________ and (6) __________, then (7) __________with (8) __________, followed by (9) ________
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2) an egg 3) a sandwich 4) a banana
5) soup 6) a roll / bread 7) pasta
8) sauce 9) an orange
3. Do you have a healthy lifestyle? Doctors advise us to take regular exercise and to eat at least five portions of fruit or vegetables every day. Look at what Lizzie wrote. Write down what you ate yesterday.
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The diary entry should be similar to Lizzie’s. Check carefully your use of a/an before the names of food and drinks.
4. There are mistakes in seven of these sentences. Correct the sentences where necessary. Write ‘OK’ if the sentence is already correct.
1) You need a permission from your teacher to use this software.
__You need permission __
2) We’re looking for a flat to rent.
__OK __
3) I’m late because the traffics are awful.
________.
4) He was asked to leave the club because of a bad behaviour.
________.
5) I phoned brother to wish him good luck in the exam.
________.
6) It’s a pity Rebecca had her hairs cut so short.
________.
7) I like the flat but the furnitures are very old-fashioned.
________.
8) As an old friend, may I give you an advice?
________.
9) We need to get up-to-date information about flight times.
________.
10) Cycling home in the rain wasn’t pleasant experience!
________.
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3) the traffic is awful
4) because of bad behaviour
5) OK
6) Rebecca had her hair cut so short
7) the furniture is very old fashioned
8) I give you some advice / a piece of advice
9) OK
10) wasn’t a pleasant experience
5. Complete the conversation with the words from the box. Sometimes you need the plural (-s). Use some of the words more than once.
case day experience luggage paper room scenery view weather
Mary and Liz are about to go on holiday together. Mary has come to pick up Liz in her car.
MARY: Hello, Liz, are you ready?
LIZ: Yes, just about. All (1) __luggage __ is here. I hope I haven’t got too many (2) __cases __ .
MARY: Don’t worry. There’s plenty of (3) ________ in the car.
LIZ: Oh, good. I’ve packed rather a lot of things. I wasn’t sure what to bring as I haven’t had much (4) ________ of travelling in the mountains.
MARY: As long as you’ve got some warm sweaters for the evenings, and a good raincoat, you should be OK. The (5) ________ in the mountains is wonderful, but the (6) ________ can change very suddenly.
LIZ: Well, we’ve got a lovely (7) ________ to start with.
MARY: You’re right there. And I’m sure you’ll like our (8) ________ at the hotel, because they’ve promised me the ones I had last year when I was with brother. Did you pack the guidebook, by the way?
LIZ: Yes, and I packed some (9) ________ so we can do some drawing.
MARY: That’s a good idea. It’d be nice to keep some sort of diary too.
LIZ: Yes. We might make an album afterwards, with words and pictures. And I’m sure I’m going to have some great (10) ________ to write about.
MARY: Well, the (11) ________ are like nothing you’ve ever seen. And there’s always music or something in one of the villages every evening. We’ll buy the local (12) ________ when we get there and find out what’s going on.
LIZ: Well, I’m ready.
MARY: OK, let’s go!
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3) room 4) experience 5) scenery
6) weather 7) day 8) rooms
9) paper 10) experiences
11) views 12) paper or papers
Interactive Phonemic Chart
Learn all of the vowel and consonant sounds in American English with this interactive phonemic chart.
