Exercise 5 Writing Skill

SUPPLEMENTARY EXERCISES – July 12th
I.WRITING
From the information given below , write the biography of Ernest Miller Hemingway .
- Ernest Miller Hemingway / born / 1899
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- His father / doctor / and he / the second / six children
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- 1918 / he / work as a driver / Italian Front / badly wounded .
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- He / return to America / 1919 / married / 1921
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- He / begin his writing career / 1922 / settle / Paris the same year
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- In this city / he meet many of his old friends / encourage / him / his career .
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II. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, D) that best completes each sentence:
6. The lake .................thousands of fish.
A. comprised
B. consists
C. contains
D. holds
6. The secretary.................I talked to didn’t know where the meeting was.
A. Whom
B. that
C. Ø
D. all are correct
7. Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot ………….. the moon.
A. in
B. on
C. up

D. of
8. I suggest you take the forms away and read them at .................leisure.
A. my
B. mine
C. your
D. yours
9. She was not only intelligent but also .................
A. musician
B. musical
C. unmusical
D. music
10. It is in this room .................we usually hold our meeting.
A. that
B. which
C. where
D. when
11. The singer was .................on the piano by her sister.
A. served
B. accompanied
C. assisted
D. sounded
12. He .................could not come .................did not want to.
either-nor
B. neither-nor
C. either-or
D. nor-nor
13. I looked everywhere but I couldn’t find .................at all.
someone
B. no one
C. anyone

D. somebody
14. The lake .................thousands of fish.
consists
B. contains
C. comprised
D. holds
15. Let’s go for a long walk, .................?
shall we
B. will we
C. do we
D. shall us
III. WORD-ORDER
Reorder the following sets of words and phrases to have a meaningful sentence then
write your sentences on the answer sheet.


1. don’t/ me/ the/ speak/ very/ I/ they/ don’t/ offer/ English/ so/ job/ well.
2. noise/ after/ next door/ didn’t/ until/ the/ stop/ mid-night.
3. pocket/ children/ their/ spend/ my/ sweets/ all/ money/ on.
4. many/ for/ rain/ because/ late/ of/ heavy/ students/ were/ school/ the.
5. my/ went/ was/ bed/ father/ that/ he/ to/ after dinner/ so tired/ right