St. Mark's & St. Gabriel's                                                                                  1^st Preparatory

                                                          Grammar Revision

                                                      'Articles, verbs, etc….'

 

I- Put 'the / a / an or X  (no article)' where necessary :

1. ------------ Natural silk is made from threads produced by silkworms .

2. Sheets made of -------------Egyptian cotton are highly valued in Europe .

3. Venus is --------planet . but it is not as bright as -----------moon .

4. During -------------Second World war , -----------soldiers on both sides fired their guns at

     -------------planet , which is named after ------------Roman goddess of ----------love .

5. That's --------good idea , peter . But I think --------idea John had was even better .

6. There was --------apple over --------- table over there . where is it now ? 

7. Give me -------'U' give me -------'N' , give me ------'I' , give me -------'T', give me -----'E',

    give me ------'D' , and what have you got ? – UNITED .

8. When --------train we were in finally stopped at -------tiny station in -------middle of -----

    country , we saw that ----------strange horse stood there , but there was not ------single

    person in sight .

 

II- Complete with 'much / many' :

1. There is no doubt that ----------------people used to read more .

2. ------------------huge stones made up the prehistoric centre called Stonehenge .

3. You don't need ------------------material to complete this dress .

4. There isn't very ------------------good news . Sorry to say .

 

III- Complete with 'a / an / some / any ' ;

1. We're out of computer paper . Could you buy -----------at the sop , please !

2. 'Hamlet' is ----------great play written by Shakespeare .

3. Would you like --------egg or two ?

4. There isn't ------------juice left in the fridge .

 

IV- Correct the verbs between brackets :

1. I [ride] ---------------------along the road when I [met ]-----------some friends .

2. The dog [bark] ----------------------while the cat owner [wave] --------------------------

     her umbrella at it .

3. He [not / go] -------------------------to the cinema with his friends because he  [do]

    --------------------------------his homework .

4. You [see] the match on TV last night ? ---------------------------------------------------------?

5. Look at the spider ! It [knit] -----------------------------------a web .

6. I [not / like] ----------------------------------monsters .

7. The world [be] ------------full of strange creatures .

8. She [stay] -------------------------with her aunt at the moment .

9. We [bring] --------------------some meat at the butcher's yesterday .

10. Marco Polo [be] ----------born in 1252 . He [die] -------------in 1324 .