Senior 1 - Unit 2

Boost English skills! Practice reading, adjectives, and vocabulary with fun exercises.

1) Read the text and answer True or False:Two Writers My name’s Simon Charlton and I’m a writer. My wife’s name is Louisa and she’s a teacher in a language school and also a writer like me. I’m at my desk every day but Louisa has classes at school on Wednesdays and Fridays.Let’s look at Louisa’s desk. On her desk, she has an expensive laptop, a pink notebook and two green pens. She also has three or four dictionaries, a box of tissues and a beautiful blue lamp. Her keys, glasses and purse are in her bag and the bag is under the desk. Louisa is very tidy. I think she feels stressed when she looks at my untidy desk.I have a big, dark grey desk with keys, old bus tickets, magazines, a photo of my family and a lot of books on it. I have boxes of books under my desk too.The same as Louisa, I have a computer but I also write a lot on paper. I have hundreds of pens and pencils and I have pages from my books all over my desk. I’m hot in my chair but I don’t open the window because I’m worried about all the pieces of paper! A) Louisa has classes on Wednesdays and Thursdays True False b) Simon and Louisa are writers. True False c) Louisa isn’t tidy. True False d) Louisa’s pens are red. True False e) The lamp on Louisa’s desk is beautiful. True False f) Simon has a big, black desk. True False g) Simon’s computer is expensive True False h) Simon has boxes of tissues under his desk True False 2) Read the text again and write Louisa or Simon. Example: Louisa has a tidy desk.1 Louisa is a teacher.2 Simon has a photo on his desk.3 Simon is hot.4 Louisa has keys in his bag.5 Louisa feels stressed.6 Louisa has some dictionaries on his desk.7 Simon is untidy. 3) Choose the correct word or phrase.a) It’s a... day nice nice day b) They have ... laptops cheap cheaps c) This is our... new car car new d) Jean Reno is a ... actor. France French 4) Complete the sentences with the correct word or phrase. 1 Be careful, children!2 Don’t drink coffee!3 Let's turn the TV on.4 Please don’t park your car here.5 I’m hungry. Let's go to the café.6 Turn left here. 5) Write the opposites. 1 strong weak2 easy difficult3 dirty clean4 long short5 dangerous safe6 ugly beautiful7 far near 6) Complete the sentences with the correct word(s).My brother has a _ car. red far short 2 Harry’s _ old. He’s 97 this year quite very near 3 Can you open the window? I’m _. very cold quite tired really hot 4 ‘What colour are the taxis in your town?’ ‘They’re _. old expensive black 5 Where are my sandwiches? I’m _. hungry sad angry 7) Answer these questions, then write a text. 1 Where are you from?2 What colour is your flag?3 Use colours and other adjectives to describe your: bag/ wallet Use colours and other adjectives to describe your: pens glasses headphones.5 Where is your ... phone? Where are your… keys? cards?