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EXERCISES ” Practice for IELTS”
PRACTICE FOR IELTS
Instructions: The words in these sentences are not in order, study them carefully and try to rearrange them grammatically.
- so poisonous thousands of sea causes of the Oil is very deaths it animals.
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2. involving in a sea unsafe tankers. the of of accidents result pollution Much is oil the
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3. tankers. accidents unsafe oil involving
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4. pollution the the in sea
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5. layer has pollutants. variety been of manmade over in a caused Southern the hemisphere The the hole by ozone
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6. variety of a pollutants manmade
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READING ” The Boy and the Turtles”
THE BOY AND THE TURTLES
A boy went on a turtle hunt, and after following the different streams for hours, finally came to the conclusion that the only place he would find any turtles would be at the little lake, where the tribe always hunted them.
So, leaving the stream he had been following, he cut across country to the lake. On drawing near the lake he crawled on his hands and knees in order not to be seen by the turtles, who were very watchful, as they had been hunted so much. Peeping over the rock he saw a great many out on the shore sunning themselves, so he very cautiously undressed, so he could leap into the water and catch them before they secreted themselves. But on pulling off his shirt one of his hands was held up so high that the turtles saw it and jumped into the lake with a great splash.
The boy ran to the shore, but saw only bubbles coming up from the bottom. Directly the boy saw something coming to the surface, and soon it came up into sight. It was a little man, and soon others, by the hundreds, came up and swam about, splashing the water up into the air to a great height. So scared was the boy that he never stopped to gather up his clothes but ran home naked and fell into his grandmother’s tent door.
“What is the trouble, grandchild,” cried the old woman. But the boy could not answer. “Did you see anything unnatural?” He shook his head, “no.” He made signs to the grandmother that his lungs were pressing so hard against his sides that he could not talk. He kept beating his side with his clenched hands. The grandmother got out her medicine bag, made a prayer to the Great Spirit to drive out the evil spirit that had entered her grandson’s body, and after she had applied the medicine, the prayer must have been heard and answered, as the boy commenced telling her what he had heard and seen. Leer el resto de esta entrada »
SONG “This Kiss” by Faith Hill
THIS KISS
Faith Hill
I don’t ________ another heartbreak
I don’t need another turn to cry, no
I don’t ________ to learn the hard way
Baby hello, oh no, ___________
But you got me like a rocket
Shooting straight across the ______
It’ s the way you ________ me
It’s a feeling like this
It’s centrifical __________
It’s perpetual bliss
It’s that pivotal ___________
It’s, ah, ____________
This kiss, this kiss
Unstoppable
This kiss, this kiss
_____________ said to Snow White
“How does love get so off course
All I wanted was a _________ knight
With a good _________, soft touch, fast horse
Ride me off into the sunset
Baby I’m __________ yours”
READING: “The Boy and the Beast”
THE BOY AND THE BEAST
Pima (Arizona)
Once an old woman lived with her daughter and son-in-law and their little boy. They were following the trail of the Apache Indians. Now whenever a Pima Indian sees the trail of an Apache he draws a ring around it; then he can catch him sooner. And these Pima drew circles around the trail of the Apaches they were following, but one night when they were asleep, the Apaches came down upon them. They took the man and younger woman by the hair and shook them out of their skins, just as one would shake corn out of a sack. So the boy and the old woman were left alone. Leer el resto de esta entrada »
SONG: “She’s everything” by Brad Paisley
SHE’S EVERYTHING
Brad Paisley
She’s a yellow (1)_______running shoes
A holey pair of jeans,
She looks great in cheap (2)________
She looks great in anything.
She (3)____ “I want a piece of chocolate”
“Take me to a movie”,
She’s I can’t find a thing to (4)______
Now and then she’s moody.
SONG: “Magic” by Colbie Caillat
MAGIC
Colbie Caillat
You’ve got magic inside your ________ tips
It’s leaking out all over my skin
______________ that I get close to you
Your makin me weak with the way you
Look through those __________
And all I see is your ___________
All I need is your touch
Wake me up with your _________
_________ at me from up above
Yeaaaa, oh I need you
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It’s leaking out all over my skin
______________ that I get close to you
Your makin me weak with the way you
Look through those __________
All I need is your touch
Wake me up with your _________
_________ at me from up above
Yeaaaa, oh I need you
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