prominent n - - a b - -
conspicuous o - v - - u s
detest h - - e
l o - - t h -
uncanny s - r - - g -
m - - t - r - - u s
precarious d - - g - r - - - s
t r - - c h - - o - -
deceitful d - s h - - e -
defy r e - - - t
contradict d - - p - - e
d - - a g - - -
derelict c - - m b - - n g
d - l a - - d a - - d
desolate l - - e l -
f - - l - - n
m - - e r - - l e
defiant o b - - - n - t -
- n - - l - - t
dynamic a - t - - e
l - - e l -
e - - r g - - - c
dignified s - l - - n
n - - l e
a - g - - t
conquer b - - t
d - - e - t
convince a - - u - -
p - - s - - d e
confront c h - - - e n - -
condemn c r - - - c - - e
d - - o u - - e
confess a d - - t
collapse t - - b - -
f - - l
compose d e - - - e
c - - - t e
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Fill in the blanks
slowly mildly benches regular mostly unusual circular ideal entire
lazy creating weather
In the centre of the -------- hedgerow, there was a small pond. Two ----- ducks were ------ swimming through the water -------- ripples around them. It was a ------ sunny afternoon; it was ----- to sit and relax and watch others - people, birds, animals, plants and trees - get on with their lives. Iron ------- lined the ------- edge of the hedgerow at --------- intervals. They were -------- empty as this was a day in early March during which this ---------- is quite --------.
obscuring plain glimpse perfect lush bustling continuation dotted outskirts rolling grazing located
The farm was in the --------- of the town, largely hidden from ------ view. Anyone new to this area would not expect a farm to be ------- in that part of the town. The town was a --------------- of the nearby ---------- city which might one of the reasons for the above thought. A few miles drive through the town would give a ---------- of what lies ahead - --------- hills covered in --------- green meadow ------- with trees and bushes grown to ---------- height not ----------- the view of animals ------------ and relaxing.
lazy creating weather
In the centre of the -------- hedgerow, there was a small pond. Two ----- ducks were ------ swimming through the water -------- ripples around them. It was a ------ sunny afternoon; it was ----- to sit and relax and watch others - people, birds, animals, plants and trees - get on with their lives. Iron ------- lined the ------- edge of the hedgerow at --------- intervals. They were -------- empty as this was a day in early March during which this ---------- is quite --------.
obscuring plain glimpse perfect lush bustling continuation dotted outskirts rolling grazing located
The farm was in the --------- of the town, largely hidden from ------ view. Anyone new to this area would not expect a farm to be ------- in that part of the town. The town was a --------------- of the nearby ---------- city which might one of the reasons for the above thought. A few miles drive through the town would give a ---------- of what lies ahead - --------- hills covered in --------- green meadow ------- with trees and bushes grown to ---------- height not ----------- the view of animals ------------ and relaxing.
Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Spelling
Spot the spelling mistakes in the following passage and sentences and fix them:
It was Wendsday. He was getting ready to go swiming lessons. It begun to rain. He absoulety hates going out when it rains but he did not want to miss the lessens. He suited himself with an aproppraite rain jacket and walked out. As he steped out of his home, the rain stoped. With a board grin on his face, he walked to the leshure centre. He was proud of himself that he desided to go the lessons dispite the rain.
''What a miraculos thing to happen!'' he excliamed.
It's only a temprary arangement.
Agressive behavior would attract disiplinary action.
There are a vareity of rare sweets available in the specility shop.
He learned a valueable lesson.
The stain in his shirt was not noticable
''Don't be nuaghty!'' his mother warned
It was Wendsday. He was getting ready to go swiming lessons. It begun to rain. He absoulety hates going out when it rains but he did not want to miss the lessens. He suited himself with an aproppraite rain jacket and walked out. As he steped out of his home, the rain stoped. With a board grin on his face, he walked to the leshure centre. He was proud of himself that he desided to go the lessons dispite the rain.
''What a miraculos thing to happen!'' he excliamed.
It's only a temprary arangement.
Agressive behavior would attract disiplinary action.
There are a vareity of rare sweets available in the specility shop.
He learned a valueable lesson.
The stain in his shirt was not noticable
''Don't be nuaghty!'' his mother warned
Punctuation
Add appropriate punctuation - only capital letters, apostrophes, speech marks, commas and full stops - to the following sentences:
1. get your maths homework out the teacher said and place them on the table
2. i didnt finish the homework said anna quietly because i had a bad tummy ache
3. with a smile on face is that an excuse asked the teacher
4. i am really upset sam said grumpily because you broke my favourite toy
5. to caution his friends sam said i can assure you this is an absolute bad idea that would definitely jeopardise our safety
6 with a hop and bounce in his stride he entered the room
7 to his disappointment there was no one in the room
8 the empty room flattened his enthusiasm
9 with a sigh he sat in the far corner of the room and waited for his irresponsible friends
10 how could they do this to me he complained to himself
11 the building which was in the end of the busy road appeared to have lost its glory
12 it however had intersting features such as two tall pillars with lion statues on top guarding the entrance
13 the building which was a luxury hotel in the past was partly destroyed by fire
14 as no attempts were made to renovate it it was falling into further disrepair
15 you a succesful business man and a resident of this town should try to revive its former glory
1. get your maths homework out the teacher said and place them on the table
2. i didnt finish the homework said anna quietly because i had a bad tummy ache
3. with a smile on face is that an excuse asked the teacher
4. i am really upset sam said grumpily because you broke my favourite toy
5. to caution his friends sam said i can assure you this is an absolute bad idea that would definitely jeopardise our safety
6 with a hop and bounce in his stride he entered the room
7 to his disappointment there was no one in the room
8 the empty room flattened his enthusiasm
9 with a sigh he sat in the far corner of the room and waited for his irresponsible friends
10 how could they do this to me he complained to himself
11 the building which was in the end of the busy road appeared to have lost its glory
12 it however had intersting features such as two tall pillars with lion statues on top guarding the entrance
13 the building which was a luxury hotel in the past was partly destroyed by fire
14 as no attempts were made to renovate it it was falling into further disrepair
15 you a succesful business man and a resident of this town should try to revive its former glory
Fill in the blanks
Deserts
vast surface extremely freezing barren ears vegetation sparse depth adaptations interesting landscape scanty parched humps
A desert is a type of ---------- that cover part of the earth's ------. It is -------- as there is no ------------ and the land is -------. It gets ---
rainfall and the water sources are ---------. Day time temperatures are ------------- high. However, nights can be ---------- cold as it is a --------- open space. Animals that live in the desert have ----------- such as big ------- to fan themselves and --------- to store fat. Plants have long roots to reach for water from greater ----------. Here is an ------------- fact: Antartica is a desert.
Rainforests
flora species weather humid similar fauna ecosystems tropical
changes clearing cultivate affects deforestation furniture population
Rainforests are rich --------- where hundreds of thousands of ------ of --------- and -------- live. The --------- in the rainforest is hot and
---------. They receive heavy rainfall -------- to --------- forests.
Human beings are ---------- out vast spaces in the rainforests by cutting milions of trees to get wood for --------- and construction and to free land to -------- food crops for the growing --------- of the earth. This is called --------------. This ---------- the animals that live in that area and also causes ------------ in weather patterns.
Monday, 29 July 2019
Fill in the blanks
Fill in the blanks:
scared behaviour closer attempted attention disappointed unfortunately proud picture think ignore leisurely alarmed
cooing whistle attention moving hastily frightening alert
obeserving look perching perceived danger fluttered slightest
zoom
He was sitting ------------ in his back garden. He saw ----------- a bird ---------- on a tree branch. Time to time, it gave a --------- look at him. It then pretended to --------- him. The bird's ------------- was interesting to him. To grab the bird's --------, he started to ---------. In reply, the bird made ------- sound but it did not -------- at him. He thought it would be a good idea to get a ------- look. He slowly -----to stand up from his seat. The ---------- movement he made ---------- the ---------- bird. He stopped ---------. He had to ----------- of an idea to look at the bird without ------------ it. He took his phone out and tried to take a ------------ of the bird. He could --------- the photo to see the bird closely. Giving himself a ----pat on the back in his mind, he pressed the button. ------------, the attentive bird ------------ the mild sound from the phone as -------. It ----------- its wings ------ and flew away. He was --------------.
scared behaviour closer attempted attention disappointed unfortunately proud picture think ignore leisurely alarmed
cooing whistle attention moving hastily frightening alert
obeserving look perching perceived danger fluttered slightest
zoom
He was sitting ------------ in his back garden. He saw ----------- a bird ---------- on a tree branch. Time to time, it gave a --------- look at him. It then pretended to --------- him. The bird's ------------- was interesting to him. To grab the bird's --------, he started to ---------. In reply, the bird made ------- sound but it did not -------- at him. He thought it would be a good idea to get a ------- look. He slowly -----to stand up from his seat. The ---------- movement he made ---------- the ---------- bird. He stopped ---------. He had to ----------- of an idea to look at the bird without ------------ it. He took his phone out and tried to take a ------------ of the bird. He could --------- the photo to see the bird closely. Giving himself a ----pat on the back in his mind, he pressed the button. ------------, the attentive bird ------------ the mild sound from the phone as -------. It ----------- its wings ------ and flew away. He was --------------.
Punctuation and Spelling
Add capital letters, commas, full stops and apostrophes where missing:
the building which was shaped as a spiral staircase stood tall in the middle of the bustling city it was aptly named gateway to heaven it had multi-colour windows that were glistening in the morning sun like gemstones in jewellery the buildings shadow covered the entire city like an umbrella it had ninety stories there was an observation deck on th eighty first floor there was visitors waiting eagerly in a mile long queue to buy tickets the lifts which took people up and down had glass walls this gave people fantastic views of the city as they climbed up the buiding the visitors centre in the observation deck offered an adventurous activity to abseil down the side wall of the building if youre brave give it a try itll be worthy experience
Spot the words with spelling mistakes and write the correct spelling
He carefuly walked along the narow path up the mountain. If he mised a step, he might fall into the deep valley below. He was plesantly suprised that he was brave enough to take this hike. As he asended up, he was extremly thrilled to see the scenerys on either side of the path. He started to become slightly nervos as he climbed futher up. However, he wanted to go climb up and not return back. He stoped for a rest and sat on a stone looking like a shot piller to relax for a wile. The whether was perfect: it was comfortabley sunny and slightly berezy. He opened his backpack and took out the snacks he had brought. He ate them unhurriedly, taking his time. After fourty minuts, he decided to start walking. With a bounce in his steps, he continued the rest of his journy on foot happily to reach the summit of the mountan.
Add commas, capital letters and full stops where needed:
1. the train which was scheduled to arrive at 15:30 was twenty minutes late
2. twenty minutes after the scheduled time of arrival the train reached montford city station
3. annoyed by the delay mr smith quickly disembarked the train
4. thinking he would be late for his appointment he tried to run fast as he could in the crowded platform knocking down luggages
5. looking at his not so responsible behaviour he was stopped by the station guard
6. having understood his irresponsibility he apologised
7. mr smiths appointment was at 16:00
8. as he was running short of time he decided to take a taxi to the appointment
9. after hurrying down the escalator he hopped on a taxi
10. as it was raining heavily the roads were flooded and the traffic was moving very slowly
11 nervously he was sitting at the edge of the back seat
12. worrying about missing his appointment he checked with the taxi driver whether he will be able to reach the place on time
13. the taxi driver didnt give a positive response
14. disappointed he started to look through his phone
15. as he went through the list of his appointments he was surprised to find out that the appointment was actually the next day
the building which was shaped as a spiral staircase stood tall in the middle of the bustling city it was aptly named gateway to heaven it had multi-colour windows that were glistening in the morning sun like gemstones in jewellery the buildings shadow covered the entire city like an umbrella it had ninety stories there was an observation deck on th eighty first floor there was visitors waiting eagerly in a mile long queue to buy tickets the lifts which took people up and down had glass walls this gave people fantastic views of the city as they climbed up the buiding the visitors centre in the observation deck offered an adventurous activity to abseil down the side wall of the building if youre brave give it a try itll be worthy experience
Spot the words with spelling mistakes and write the correct spelling
He carefuly walked along the narow path up the mountain. If he mised a step, he might fall into the deep valley below. He was plesantly suprised that he was brave enough to take this hike. As he asended up, he was extremly thrilled to see the scenerys on either side of the path. He started to become slightly nervos as he climbed futher up. However, he wanted to go climb up and not return back. He stoped for a rest and sat on a stone looking like a shot piller to relax for a wile. The whether was perfect: it was comfortabley sunny and slightly berezy. He opened his backpack and took out the snacks he had brought. He ate them unhurriedly, taking his time. After fourty minuts, he decided to start walking. With a bounce in his steps, he continued the rest of his journy on foot happily to reach the summit of the mountan.
Add commas, capital letters and full stops where needed:
1. the train which was scheduled to arrive at 15:30 was twenty minutes late
2. twenty minutes after the scheduled time of arrival the train reached montford city station
3. annoyed by the delay mr smith quickly disembarked the train
4. thinking he would be late for his appointment he tried to run fast as he could in the crowded platform knocking down luggages
5. looking at his not so responsible behaviour he was stopped by the station guard
6. having understood his irresponsibility he apologised
7. mr smiths appointment was at 16:00
8. as he was running short of time he decided to take a taxi to the appointment
9. after hurrying down the escalator he hopped on a taxi
10. as it was raining heavily the roads were flooded and the traffic was moving very slowly
11 nervously he was sitting at the edge of the back seat
12. worrying about missing his appointment he checked with the taxi driver whether he will be able to reach the place on time
13. the taxi driver didnt give a positive response
14. disappointed he started to look through his phone
15. as he went through the list of his appointments he was surprised to find out that the appointment was actually the next day
Monday, 22 July 2019
Punctuation
Spot the missing capital letters, commas, full stops, question marks and apostrophes and correct them:
jake was a six year old boy he lived in small cottage by a creek his house was in a tranquil village its name was skipchill the village which was located by the foothills had many interesting features to surprise its visitors at the entrance of the village there was a fountain it was not an ordinary fountain but a talking one in the middle of the fountain there was a statue of a little girl every time a new vistor came through the entrance the girl welcomed them with a sweet voice the main road which was lined on both sides by lofty trees led to a big meadow the meadow was surrounded by bushes shaped as different animals such as dogs rabbits and cats the animals surprisingly could run around the meadow and play with the visitors after cheerfully playing with the bush animals the visitors could rest under the huge umbrella shaped tree which dropped ice creams of everyones favourite flavour after tasting the delicious ice creams the visitors could relax in a pool filled with colourful floats the floats would take the visitors for a flight above the village jakes responsibility was to keep the village and its amazing attractions clean how amazing was the village also how amazing jake was would you like to visit this amazing village
Monday, 11 March 2019
Fill in the blanks - verbs
Fill in the blanks with appropriate verbs:
Anna b_ _k_ her new toy which her grandmother g_ _ t_ _ her for her birthday. It was a porcelain doll. She had p_ _c_ _ it on her table. When she p_ l l _ _ one of the books from a pile of books, the doll was k n--k-- over. It h-- the floor face down, with a thud. Worriedly, she p_ _k_ _ up the doll. Its nose had b_ _ k _ _. With a sad face, she l_ _k _ _ at it. She f_ _n _ the broken piece on the floor. She had an idea. A smile a _ p _ _r _ _ on her face. She
o _ _n _ _ the glue tube, a_ _l _ _ _ it on the doll's nose and
fi _ _ _ it. She left it u _dis _ _ r _ ed for a few hours and
ch _ _ k _ _ it afterwards. She was very happy to see her favourite fixed.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words closest in meaning to the words in the brackets: use a dictionary/thesaurus.
1. S--------(walking) along the lake shore, the family enjoyed the early morning sunshine.
2. B-------(confused) by the difficult question, Sara asked for help.
3. The witch gave a m---------(evil) look at the apple before she cast a spell on it.
4. The witch c------(laughed) d--------ly (extremely happily in a confused manner) when the little girl touched the apple.
5. The sweet scent of the candle l------- (persisted) in the room even after the candle was put out.
6. B-----(look at) my s---------(extraordinary) art work.
7. W---(careful) of the dangers, she slowly crept into the dark cave.
8. It was e------(strangely) quiet.
9. Kate r-------(understood) this was a mistake.
10. But she m-------(gathered) up courage and continued.
11. It s------(began) to rain.
12. A t---(small) candle i----------(lit) the room.
13. She could b-----(hardly) see things around the room.
14. From the v----(not clear) s---------(shadow), she was able to figure out some of the items in the room.
15. Suddenly, she heard a scream; she f----(was unable to move) with fear.
16. She felt foot steps a----------(coming towards) her.
17. A flash of lightning lit the room b------(for a short time).
18. At that moment, she saw a d-------(clear) image in the room; it was a her puppy.
19. Filled with d------(happiness), she w--------(said quietly) his name.
20. The dog came running to her. She e-------(hugged) him.
21. T-----------(victoriously), they both hopped out of the cave.
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