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Croatia Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

english grammar

I have a a lot of homework today and can you please check if I dit it all right?

1) Complete the conversation with:
(would you), (I'll), (shall), (could), (why don't you), or (how about).
You can use some of them more than once.
Husband : I've got a splitting headache.
Wife : (1) ___ go and lie down?
Husband : Yes, I think I will.(2) ___ you bring me some aspirin?
Wife : Yes, of course I will.(3) ___ I call a doctor?
Husband : No. (4) ___ wait and see how I feel later.
Wife : 5) ___ like a glass of water?
Husband : Yes, please(6) ___ you also telephone the office to say I'm ill?
Wife : Yes. (7) ___ you tell me where to find the number?
Husband : (8) ___ looking in the address book by the phone?
Wife : (9) ___ I say you'll be in the office this afternoon?
Husband : Yes, I'll be in at 2.(10) I ___ be all right by then.

MY ANSWERS:
1. why don't you correct
2. would you, could you- I am not sure
3.should
4. I'll
5. would you
6. could
7. can you
8. how about
9. should
10. shall

2.) Fill in the missing word.
1. We should protect animals and their habitat.
2. Jason prefers tennis more than squash.
3. A shop lifter steals thing from shops.
4. He is hopeless at making decisions.
5. Can you buy me a ___ of bread, please? - I DON'T KNOW THIS ONE
6. The test was really easy. It was a piece of cake.
7. Do you prefer wearing formal or casual clothes?

3.) Read the following text through very carefully and then fill in the gaps with an appropriate word. [Underlined words are my answers]

Rainforests once occupied all the land around the equator, where there is hot sun and rainfall almost every day. In these hot wet areas, trees and (1) ____ kinds of vegetation grow fast, feeding massive numbers of insects and animals. Until recently, the rainforests filled river valleys in warmer countries (2) _____ Australia. They climbed hill sides of great (3) _____ chains such south American Andes, and covered islands (4) _____ Borneo to the west islands. In West Africa, the rainforests cover a wide stip(?) of the coast from Sierra Leone to Gabon. In the last century, these forests (5) _____ mostly uninhabited. The Europeans arrived and soon began chopping (6) _____ the trees for timber and to make way for massive plantations of cocoa, peanuts and cotton. Today, two thirds of the West African forests (7) _____ gone. But elsewhere in Central Africa, it is still possible to find huge undisturbed forests. Nineteenth century explorers along (8) _____ River Zaire called Africa "the dark continent". Even today (9) _____ are no roads in some places. The inhabitants include pygmies, (10) ____ are trying to lead their lives in harmony with the forest.

MY ANSWERS I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS TASK.
1.???
2.like
3.mountain??
4.from
5.were
6.???
7.are
8.???
9.there
10.???

Only one more...

4.) Complete the text with the correct form of the words at the end of each line.
EXAMPLE : Unless I set my alarm, I am sure to oversleep. SLEEP
1. Did you know that it was ___ to park on double yellow lines in this country? LEGAL
2. I think the film was so ___ and I highly recommend it. AMUSE
3. The best way to ___ vocabulary is to read literature books. RICH
4. Her house is ___ decorated. BEAUTY
5. Did you have any ___ doing the exercise? DIFFICULT
MY ANSWERS:
1. unlegal
2. amusing
3. reaches ??
4. beautiful /beautifully
5. difficult ??

Please check and help me with this homework

Thanks
  

Top answer

Hi Croatia, Welcome to the Forum. I've corrected this, but you gave me a lot of work to do. If you post that much again, I don't think anyone will have time to help you.

  • Hi Croatia, Welcome to the Forum.
  • I've corrected this, but you gave me a lot of work to do.
  • If you post that much again, I don't think anyone will have time to help you.
  • So, next time why don't you just post the questions you are really not sure about, with your best answer if you can think of one.
  • OK?
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Hi Croatia,

Welcome to the Forum.

I've corrected this, but you gave me a lot of work to do. If you post that much again, I don't think anyone will have time to help you. So, next time why don't you just post the questions you are really not sure about, with your best answer if you can think of one. OK?

If I didn't put anything in red, it me

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