Language & Vocabulary Practice

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Language & Vocabulary Exercises Pr. Ahmed JADIR
I- Correct all the errors in the following paragraph.
Sherlock holmes and watson camping in the forest. They gone to bed and were laying
beneath the night sky. Holmes’ said Whatson look up what do you see”
“I see thosands of stars.”
“And what do that means to you? Holmes ask?
“I suppose it mean that of all the planets in the universe, we are truly fortunate to be
here on Earth. We are small in Gods eyes, but should struggle every day to be worthy
of our blessings. In a meteorological sense, it mean we’ll have a sunny day tomorow.
What does it mean to you Holmes”
“To me, it means someone have stole our tent”
II- Connect these sentences using a pronoun.
1. A lion is an animal. It is very strong.
2. A novelist is a person. He writes novels.
3. A bottle opener is a device. It opens bottles
4. The girl speaks Chinese. Her mother write poems.
5. A detective is someone. He discovers the truth about crimes.
III- I. Fill in the blanks by putting these adjectives into the correct form: competitive,
cheap, popular, good, old, lucrative, large, expensive, competitive, new, important,
wealthy
Console Wars
The video games industry, which is getting 1....... and 2....... day by day, is currently in
the middle of a vicious three-way battle between Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft.

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A round of massive price cuts took place recently -Sony’s PlayStation, which was $100
3....... than Nintendo’s GameCube, came down by 33%; Nintendo replied by making
the GameCube $50 4......., and Microsoft had to bring down the price of the Xbox to
remain as 5 .......as Sony.
All the companies are losing money on the consoles, but are getting it back on the
games, which typically cost $50 each. The PlayStation is 6....... than its7....... rivals
because it has a 8....... range of games than either of them, but they are working hard
to extend their choice.
Games are big business, and according to Goldman Sachs, may soon become 9.......
than the film industry. One of the most important changes is demographic, and the
products are not just aimed at kids and teenagers. A generation that grew up with
games has simply kept on playing. As they have grown 10....... they have also become
11......., making gaming an even 12....... market than before.
IV. Look at the graph showing trends in the share price of a telecoms company.
Rewrite the sentences using verbs and adverbs.
1. There was a sudden fall in the shares in March.
In March the shares.......
2. There was a brief recovery in April.
In April they .......
3. In June there was a dramatic collapse.
In June they.......
4. There was a considerable fall in July.
In July they.......
5. There was only a slight fall in August.
In August they only.......
6. There was a steady improvement in September and October.
In September and October they .......
7. There was a gradual improvement from mid-November.
From mid-November, they .......