GRAMMAR: Find mistakes and correct them. Two sentences are correct. Copy all sentences. If the sentence is incorrect highlight the mistake and suggest the proper form. example: They have bought a new sofa last month. have bought – bought If the sentence is correct write ‘OK ‘ as your answer. 1. The water boils. Can I turn it off? 2. I am feeling hungry. Is there anything to eat? 3. Do you still smoke? No, I gave it up long ago. I don’t smoke for years. 4. Mary isn’t at home. She has gone shopping. 5. Albert Einstein has been the scientist who developed the theory of relativity. 6. I don’t forget to buy a newspaper for you when I go out. 7. The ceiling in this room doesn’t look very safe; it looks as if it will fall down. 8. If somebody will walk in here with a gun, I would be very frightened. 9. If the driver in front of me hadn’t stopped so suddenly, the accident wouldn’t have happened. 10. I wish it hadn’t been so cold today. VOCABULARY: Complete the following comparisons with the missing words. 1. as ugly as ………………… 2. as dead as a ………………… 3. as deaf as a ………………… 4. as brown as a ………………… 5. as pretty as a ………………… 6. as weak as a ………………… 7. as good as ………………… 8. as lively as a ………………… 9. as light as a ………………… 10. as proud as a ………………… CULTURE: Match the names of famous writers with the titles of their books 1. James Joyce a) Winnie-the-Pooh 2. Daniel Defoe b) To whom the bell tolls 3. William Shakespeare c) Gone with the wind 4. A.A Milne d) The picture of Dorian Gray 5. Ernest Hemingway e) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 6. Oscar Wilde f) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 7. Lewis Carrol g) David Copperfield 8. Mark Twain h) The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders 9. Charles Dickens i) Macbeth 10. Margaret Mitchell j) Ulysses