Complete the sentences with  “A” or  “AN”

1. There is _____ new English book on the desk.
2. She’s reading _____ old comic.
3. They’ve got _____ idea.
4. He is drinking _____ cup of coffee.
5. The girl is _____ pilot.
6. Leipzig has _____ airport.
7. This is _____ expensive bike.
8. Look! There’s _____ bird flying.
9. My father is _____ honest person.
10. My friend likes to be _____ astronaut.
11. Lucy has _____ dog.
12. Let’s sing _____ song.
13. Emily needs _____ new desk in her room.
14. I need _____ blue pen.
15. Ben has _____ old bike.
16. Peter has _____ aunt in Berlin.
17. We listen to _____ English CD.
18. She has _____ exercise book in her school bag.
19. The speed of this car was 160 miles _____ hour.
20. They finished ­_____ unit.

Retold by Andrew Lang

ONCE upon a time an Indian hunter built himself a house in the middle of a great forest, far away from all his tribe; for his heart was gentle and kind and he was weary of the treachery and cruel deeds of those who had been his friends. So he left them and took his wife and three children, and they journeyed on until they found a spot near to a clear stream, where they began to cut down trees and to make ready their wigwam. For many years they lived peacefully and happily in this sheltered place, never leaving it except to hunt the wild animals, which served them both for food and clothes. At last, however, the strong man fell sick, and before long lie knew he must die. So he gathered his family round him and said his last words to them.

“You, my wife, the companion of my days, will follow me ere many moons have waned to the island of the blessed. But for you, 0 my children, whose lives are but newly begun, the wickedness, unkindness, and ingratitude from which I fled are before you. Yet I shall go hence in peace, my children, if you will promise always to love each other and never to forsake your youngest brother.”

“Never!” they replied, holding out their hands. And the hunter died content.

Scarcely eight moons had passed when, just as he had said, the wife went forth and followed her husband; but before leaving her children she bade the two elder ones think of their promise never to forsake the younger, for he was a child and weak. And while the snow lay thick upon the ground they tended him and cherished him; but when the earth showed green again the heart of the young man stirred within him, and he longed to see the wigwams of the village where his father’s youth was spent.

Therefore he opened all his heart to his sister, who answered: “My brother, I understand your longing for our fellow-men, whom here we cannot see. But remember our father’s words. Shall we not seek our own pleasures and forget the little one?”

But he would not listen, and, making no reply, he took his bow and arrows and left the hut. The snows fell and melted, yet he never returned, and at last the heart of the girl grew cold and hard and her little boy became a burden in her eyes, till one day she spoke thus to him: “See, there is food for many days to come. Stay here within the shelter of the hut. I go to seek our brother, and when I have found him I shall return hither.”

But when, after hard journeying, she reached the village where her brother dwelt and saw that he had a wife and was happy, and when she, too, was sought by a young brave, then she also forgot the boy alone in the forest and thought only of her husband.

Now as soon as the little boy had eaten all the food which his sister had left him, he went out into the woods and gathered berries and dug up roots, and while the sun shone he was contented and had his fill. But when the snows began and the wind howled, then his stomach felt empty and his limbs cold, and he hid in trees all the night and only crept out to eat what the wolves had left behind. And by and by, having no other friends, he sought their company, and sat by while they devoured their prey, and they grew to know him and gave him food. And without them he would have died in the snow. But at last the snows melted and the ice upon the great lake, and as the wolves went down to the shore the boy went after them. And it happened one day that his big brother was fishing in his canoe near the shore, and he heard the voice of a child singing in the Indian tone:

“My brother, my brother!

I am becoming a wolf,

I am becoming a wolf!”

And when he had so sung he howled as wolves howl. Then the heart of the elder sank and he hastened toward him, crying: “Brother, little brother, come to me;” but he, being half a wolf, only continued his song. And the louder the elder called him, “Brother, little brother, come to me,” the swifter he fled after his brothers the wolves and the heavier grew his skin, till, with a long howl, he vanished into the depths of the forest.

So, with shame and anguish in his soul, the elder brother went back to his village, and with his sister mourned the little boy and the broken promise till the end of his life.

READING COMPREHENSION

Read the following questions about the text and answer them properly:

1)       Where did the hunter build a house?

2)       In which occasions did they leave the spot?

3)       Among whom did the man say his last words?

4)       What did the hunter ask his family to do?

5)       Who after a long journey reach the village?

6)       What happen with the boy when the snow fell?

7)       Who was howling?

       Why was the elder brother asking for help?

9)       What started to grow in the boy skin?

10)   What did the siblings realize about his father petition?

Rihanna

Baby are you ready cause its getting _________
Don’t you feel the __________ ready to explode
________ goes on between us no one has to know
This is a __________ show (oh)

 Please don’t stop the music

Ma ma say, ma ma sa
Ma ma coo sa
Ma ma say, ma ma sa
Ma ma coo sa (2x)
Please don’t stop the music

Fill in the correct prepositions:

AT – IN – ON – FOR -  SINCE – TO – PAST – UNTIL – BEFORE – BY – FROM – AFTER

1. Peter is playing tennis _______ Sunday.
2. My brother’s birthday is _______ the 5th of November.
3. My birthday is _______ May.
4. We are going to see my parents _______ the weekend.
5. _______ 1666, a great fire broke out in London.
6. I don’t like walking alone in the streets _______ night.
7. What are you doing _______ the afternoon?
8. My friend has been living in Canada _______ two years.
9. I have been waiting for you _______ seven o’clock.
10. I will have finished this essay _______ Friday.
11. What are you doing _______ the weekend?
12. I don’t know yet. Maybe I’ll go to the cinema _______ Saturday.
13. That’s interesting. I haven’t been to the cinema _______ so many years.
14. We could go there together _______ the afternoon.
15. That would be great. But I would prefer to go there _______ the evening. I am visiting my grandma _______ Saturday.
16. That’s okay. The film starts _______ eight o’clock.
17. I can pick you up ­­­­_______ half _______ seven. How long does the film last?
18. It lasts _______ two hours and forty-five minutes.
19. _______ eight _______ a quarter _______ eleven.
20. That’s right. But I must hurry home _______ the film. I have to be home _______ eleven o’clock.

 ________ night I’m going nowhere

All the lights are changing ________ to red

Turning over TV stations

Situations running through my head

Well looking back through __________

You know it’s clear that I’ve been blind

I’ve been a _________

To ever open up my heart

To all that jealousy, that bitterness, that __________

___________ I’m running wild

And all the lights are changing red to __________

Moving through the crowd I’m pushing

Chemicals all rushing through my bloodstream

Only wish that you were _________

You know I’m seeing it so clear

I’ve been _________

To show you how I really feel

Admit to some of those bad ___________ I’ve made

If you ___________ it

Come and get it

Crying out loud

The ________ that I was

Giving you was

_________ in doubt

*Let go your __________

Let go your __________

And feel it now… (x2)

Babylon, Babylon

Sunday all the lights of ___________

Shining , Sky is fading red to blue

I’m kicking through the __________ leaves

And wondering where it is you might be going to

Turning back for home

You know I’m feeling so __________

I can’t believe

Climbing on the stair

I turn around to see you smiling _________

____________ of me

If you ___________ it

Come and get it

Crying out loud

The ________ that I was

Giving you was

_________ in doubt

*Let go your __________

Let go your __________

And feel it now…( x4)

Babylon, Babylon, Babylon

Instructions: The words in these sentences are not in order, study them carefully and try to rearrange them grammatically.

1. 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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7.       hemisphere Southern over the

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8.       layer in ozone hole the The

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9.       of cancer use causes is One the sunscreen. the without skin primary of overexposure the to of sun

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10.   use without of sunscreen the

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11.   the overexposure sun to

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12.   causes the of primary One

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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.

The grandmother went to the chief’s tent and told what her grandson had seen. The chief sent two brave warriors to the lake to ascertain whether it was true or not. The two warriors crept to the little hill close to the lake, and there, sure enough, the lake was swarming with little men swimming about, splashing the water high up into the air. The warriors, too, were scared and hurried home, and in the council called on their return told what they had seen. The boy was brought to the council and given the seat of honor (opposite the door), and was named “Wankan Wanyanka” (sees holy).

The lake had formerly borne the name of Truth Lake, but from this time on was called “Wicasa-bde”–Man Lake.

Reading comprehension

Read the following questions about the text and answer them properly:

1)       Where will be the best place for the turtle hunt?

2)       What did the boy have to do to avoid the turtles’ eyes?

3)       What were the turtles doing?

4)       How did the plan to catch the turtles?

5)       Why did the turtles enter into the lake?

6)       Why was the boy so scared?

7)       What did the grandmother do to cure the boy?

       Where did the grandmother go for advice?

9)       What did the chief order?

10)   What was the boy given?

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”

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

Unsinkable

This kiss, this kiss

You can kiss me in the _____________

On the rooftop under the sky, oh

You can kiss me with the ___________ open

While the rain comes pouring inside, oh

Kiss me in sweet slow ____________

Let’s let _______________ slide

You got me floating

You got me flying

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

It’s criminal

This kiss, this kiss

It’s the way you ________ me baby

It’s the way you ________ me, darlin’

It’ s the way you ________ me

It’s a feeling like this

It’s centrifical motion

It’s perpetual bliss

It’s that pivotal moment

It’s (ah) subliminal

This kiss, this kiss

It’s criminal

This kiss, this kiss

It’s the way you love me baby

It’s the way you love me darlin’

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.

Now these two had to live on berries and anything they could find, and they wandered from place to place. In one place a strange beast, big enough to swallow people, camped in the bushes near them. The grand-mother told the boy not to go near these bushes. But the boy took some sharp stones in his hands, and went toward them. As he came near, the great monster began to breathe. He began to suck in his breath and he sucked the boy right into his stomach. But with his sharp stones the boy began to cut the beast, so that he died. Then the boy made a hole large enough to climb out of.

When his grandmother came to look for him, the boy met her and said, “I have killed that monster.”

The grandmother said, “Oh, no. Such a little boy as you are to kill such a great monster!”

The boy said, “But I was inside of him. just look at the stones I cut him with.”

Then the grandmother went softly up to the bushes, and looked at the monster. It was full of holes, just as the little boy had said.

Then they moved down among the berry bushes and had all they wanted to eat.

Reading comprehension

*Read the following questions about the text and answer them properly:

1)       Who did the old woman live with?

2)       What were they following?

3)       What did Pima use to draw whenever he sees the trail?

4)       What happen the night they were asleep?

5)       How did the old woman and the boy have to live?

6)       How did the boy escape from the beast stomach?

7)       Why was the old woman so surprised?

       Where was the monster body lying?

9)       What was the monster body full of?

10)   What did they do with the monster then?