Spotlight 11 – Module 8
I. Fill in the word from the list: embassy, offerings, expired, strive, fastened, lounge, bay, carve, aisle, excessive, mountain range, insurance.
1. His hobby is to _______ statues from wood.
2. I saw a wonderful ad about the trip to the ______.
3. You should be fit to climb that _______.
4. We were told stories about _______ made by the high priestess here.
5. You have to ________ to achieve your goal.
6. The child dropped his teddy in the ________.
7. Look carefully, there can be _________ goods.
8. Peter decided to take a break in the _______.
9. If you lose a passport in a foreign country, you should go to the _______.
10. He’s a novice driver, he definitely should have the ______ of his car.
11. I think these measures are _______.
12. Your belt should be ________.
II. Fill in the gaps:
1. “I have my umbrella today.”
“So ______. It looks as if it’s going to rain.”
2. “I prefer to walk to school.”
“So ______. I don’t like buses.”
3. “I don’t think we’ll go for a walk today.”
“Neither _____. It’s too cold outside.”
4. “We went to the theatre yesterday.”
“So ______. The show was great.”
5. “I can’t do this task!”
“Neither ______! It’s too difficult.”
6. “I’m never visiting them again!”
“Neither _____! They’re gossiping about everybody!”
III. Choose the correct verb form:
1. The traffic was/were very bad yesterday.
2. His advice is/are very helpful.
3. Physics is/are her favourite subject.
4. Measles is/are a nasty disease.
5. His hair is/are short.
6. £200 is/are all you will need for the trip.
7. The police is/are helping the community with this case.
8. Where is/are my glasses?
9. The news was/were shown ten minutes ago.
10. These trousers is/are too long for him.
11. His luggage has/have been stolen.
12. Darts is/are popular in this college.
IV. Fill the correct word(s):
1. “Is there _______ cheese in the fridge?”
“Only _______. I’ll buy ________ tomorrow.”
2. There are so _______ birds in the sky!
3. I haven’t got ________ homework today.
4. There is _______ flour on the table.
5. Are there ______ apples in the bowl?
6. Mary bought ______ exercise-books, she can give you _____.
7. The weather is awful, _____ flights have been cancelled.