Exercise 1
What are these things? Use a dictionary if necessary.
1) an ant? ________
2) ants and bees? ________
3) a cauliflower? ________
4) chess? ________
5) a pigeon, an eagle and a crow? ________
6) a skyscraper? ________
7) Earth, Mars, Venus and Jupiter? ________
8) a tulip? ________
9) the Nile, the Rhine and the Mekong? ________
10) a violin, a trumpet and a flute? ________
Who were these people?
11) Beethoven? ________
12) Shakespeare? ________
13) Albert Einstein? ________
14) Washington, Lincoln and Kennedy? ________
15) Marilyn Monroe? ________
16) Michael Jackson and John Lennon? ________
17) Van Gogh, Renoir and Picasso? ________
Show answers
1)
1 It’s an insect.
2 They’re insects.
3 it's a vegetable.
4 it's a game. / it's a board game.
5 They're birds.
6 it's a (tall/high) building.
7 They're planets.
8 it's a flower.
9 They're rivers.
10 They're musical instruments.
12 He was a writer / a poet / a playwright / a dramatist.
13 He was a scientist / a physicist.
14 They were US presidents / American presidents / presidents of the USA.
15 She was an actress / a film actress / a film star / a movie star.
16 They were singers.
17 They were painters / artists.
Exercise 2
Read about what these people do, and say what their jobs are. Choose from:
chef interpreter journalist nurse
plumber surgeon tour guide waiter
1) Sarah looks after patients in hospital. ________
2) Gary works in a restaurant He brings the food to the tables. He ________
3) Jane writes articles for a newspaper. ________
4) Kevin works in a hospital. He operates on people. ________
5) Jonathan cooks in a restaurant. ________
6) Dave installs and repairs water pipes. ________
7) Martina takes visitors round her city and tells them about it. She ________
8) Lisa translates what people are saying from one language into another so that they can understand each other. ________
Show answers
2)
1 She’s a nurse
2 He's a waiter.
3 She's a journalist.
4 He's a surgeon.
5 He's a chef.
6 He's a plumber.
7 She's a tour guide.
8 She's an interpreter.
Exercise 3
Put in a/an or some where necessary. If no word is necessary, leave the space empty.
1) I've seen ________ good films recently.
2) What's wrong with you? Have you got ________ headache?
3) I know a lot of people. Most of them are ________ students.
4) When I was ________ child, I used to be very shy.
5) Would you like to be ________ actor?
6) Questions, questions, questions! You’re always asking ________ questions!
7) What ________ beautiful garden!
8) _____ birds, for example the penguin, cannot fly.
9) Do you like staying in ________ hotels?
10) I've been walking for three hours. I've got ________ sore feet.
11) I don’t feel very well this morning. I’ve got ________ sore throat.
12) Maria speaks ________ English, but not very much.
13) Ifs a shame we don't have ________ camera. I'd like to take ________ picture of that house.
14) Those are ________ nice shoes. Where did you get them?
15) I'm going shopping. I want to buy ________ new shoes.
16) You need ________ visa to visit ________ countries, but not all of them.
17) Jane is ________ teacher. Her parents were ________ teachers too.
18) I don't believe him. He's ________ liar. He's always telling ________ lies.
Show answers
3)
1 some
2 a
3 –
4 a
5 an
6 – (You're always asking questions!)
7 a
8 Some
9 – (Do you like staying in hotels?)
10 – (I've got sore feet.)
11 a
12 some
13 a … a
14 – (Those are nice shoes.)
15 some
16 You need a visa to visit some countries
17 Jane is a teacher. Her parents were teachers too.
18 He's a liar. He's always telling lies.
