Exercise 3: Choose the correct article in brackets to fill in the blanks. The bundle of sticks Once upon a time, there was (1) _____ (a/ the) woman who had six sons. The six boys were always fighting. This made it difficult for the mother to do any work. (2) _____ (The/ A) woman decided to teach her sons (3) _____ (a/ the) lesson. She got six sticks and tied them together into (4) _____ (a/ an) bundle. She asked each boy to break (5) _____ (the/ a) bundle of sticks. All (6) _____ (the/ a) boys tried very hard to break it but they could not. Then, their mother untied the bundle and gave each boy (7) _____ (a/ the) stick. She asked them to break (8) _____ (the/ an) stick. This was easy! The sons understood that it was better to work together. They entered (9) _____ (a/ the) competition to build a house. They won (10) _____ (a/ the) competition because they had all worked together. Exercise 4: Choose the correct quantifier in brackets to fill in the blanks. The goose that laid golden eggs Once upon a time, there was a lazy farmer. He did not like doing (1) _____ (too many/ too much) work so he sold his animals to get money. Soon, there were (2) _____ (not many/ not much) animals left, but only one – a goose. The goose laid only one egg every day and the farmer sold it. But the farmer had (3) _____ (too much/ too many) problems and needed more money. One day, the goose laid a golden egg. The farmer sold this egg for a lot of money. The goose laid a golden egg every day. The farmer was very happy because it was (4) _____ (not many/ not much) work to sell one egg a day and he became rich. But he became greedy. He though I can never have (5) _____ (too money/ too much) money! He wanted more golden eggs. He fed the goose (6) _____ (too many/ too much) food but it still laid only one egg a day. The farmer became angry. The goose was taking (7) _____ (too much/ too many) time. The farmer cut open the goose to take out the eggs but there were no eggs inside it. Of course, this caused (8) _____ (too many/ too much) pain to the goose. The goose died. The farmer became poor again because of (9) _____ (too much/ too many) greed. (10) _____ (Not many/ Not much) people are as cruel and greedy as him. Exercise 5: Choose the correct adjective in brackets to fill in the blanks. Greece Greece is a country in Europe. Its capital city is Athens, which is a very (1) _____ (beautiful/ beauty) city with many very (2) _____ (elder/ old) monuments. One very (3) _____ (fame/ famous) monument is the Acropolis. There are lots of islands in Greece and it also has a very (4) _____ (long/ length) coastline. Many tourists go to Greece on holiday to enjoy the warm (5) _____ (blue/ yellow) sea, and to et the (6) _____ (taste/ tasty) Greek food. Greeks eat a lot of (7) _____ (freshly/ fresh) fish and vegetables. Greek houses are usually (8) _____ (white/ whiter) and have (9) _____ (flat/ flatly) roofs. People can use these roofs to dry fruit in the (10) _____ (hot/ hottest) summer and collect rainwater in the winter. Exercise 6: Fill in the blanks with the correct subject pronoun in brackets. My Aunt Betty My Aunt Betty is a teacher. (1) _____ (She/ He) works in a small primary school near my house. In her class, there are thirty-five children. (2) _____ (It/ They) all work very hard at school. One day, I was walking with my aunt when (3) _____ (we/ he) met some children from her class. She greeted them and they waved to me. “Hello,” (4) _____ (it/ they) said to me. “(5) _____ (We/ She) are in your aunt’s class at school. She is a very good teacher and we all like her very much. (6) _____ (He/ You) are lucky she is your aunt.” “Thank you,” (7) _____ (he/ I) said. “Yes, I think (8) _____ (she/ I) am lucky too. (9) _____ (You/ She) is a very good aunt.” “And I am very lucky to have you,” added my aunt, smiling at me. And (10) _____ (we/ it) all laughed.

Choose the correct article in brackets to fill in the blanks. The bundle of sticks Once upon a time, there was (1) ___a__ (a/ the) woman who had six sons. The six boys were always fighting. This made it difficult for the mother to do any work. (2) ____The_ (The/ A) woman decided to teach her sons (3) __a___ (a/ the) lesson. She got six sticks and tied them together into (4) __an___ (a/ an) bundle. She asked each boy to break (5) __the___ (the/ a) bundle of sticks. All (6) __the___ (the/ a) boys tried very hard to break it but they could not. Then, their mother untied the bundle and gave each boy (7) __a___ (a/ the) stick. She asked them to break (8) _an____ (the/ an) stick. This was easy! The sons understood that it was better to work together. They entered (9) __the___ (a/ the) competition to build a house. They won (10) __the___ (a/ the) competition because they had all worked together. Exercise 4: Choose the correct quantifier in brackets to fill in the blanks. The goose that laid golden eggs Once upon a time, there was a lazy farmer. He did not like doing (1) __too many___ (too many/ too much) work so he sold his animals to get money. Soon, there were (2) ___not much__ (not many/ not much) animals left, but only one – a goose. The goose laid only one egg every day and the farmer sold it. But the farmer had (3) __too much___ (too much/ too many) problems and needed more money. One day, the goose laid a golden egg. The farmer sold this egg for a lot of money. The goose laid a golden egg every day. The farmer was very happy because it was (4) ___not many__ (not many/ not much) work to sell one egg a day and he became rich. But he became greedy. He though I can never have (5) _too much____ (too money/ too much) money! He wanted more golden eggs. He fed the goose (6) _too many____ (too many/ too much) food but it still laid only one egg a day. The farmer became angry. The goose was taking (7) __too much___ (too much/ too many) time. The farmer cut open the goose to take out the eggs but there were no eggs inside it. Of course, this caused (8) ____too many_ (too many/ too much) pain to the goose. The goose died. The farmer became poor again because of (9) ___too much__ (too much/ too many) greed. (10) _Not many____ (Not many/ Not much) people are as cruel and greedy as him. Exercise 5: Choose the correct adjective in brackets to fill in the blanks. Greece Greece is a country in Europe. Its capital city is Athens, which is a very (1) __beautiful___ (beautiful/ beauty) city with many very (2) __old___ (elder/ old) monuments. One very (3) ___fame__ (fame/ famous) monument is the Acropolis. There are lots of islands in Greece and it also has a very (4) ___long__ (long/ length) coastline. Many tourists go to Greece on holiday to enjoy the warm (5) __blue___ (blue/ yellow) sea, and to et the (6) __taste___ (taste/ tasty) Greek food. Greeks eat a lot of (7) __fresh___ (freshly/ fresh) fish and vegetables. Greek houses are usually (8) __whiter___ (white/ whiter) and have (9) __flatly___ (flat/ flatly) roofs. People can use these roofs to dry fruit in the (10) __hot___ (hot/ hottest) summer and collect rainwater in the winter. Exercise 6: Fill in the blanks with the correct subject pronoun in brackets. My Aunt Betty My Aunt Betty is a teacher. (1) ___She__ (She/ He) works in a small primary school near my house. In her class, there are thirty-five children. (2) ___They__ (It/ They) all work very hard at school. One day, I was walking with my aunt when (3) __he___ (we/ he) met some children from her class. She greeted them and they waved to me. “Hello,” (4) __they___ (it/ they) said to me. “(5) __She___ (We/ She) are in your aunt’s class at school. She is a very good teacher and we all like her very much. (6) He_____ (He/ You) are lucky she is your aunt.” “Thank you,” (7) ____I_ (he/ I) said. “Yes, I think (8) ____I_ (she/ I) am lucky too. (9) __She___ (You/ She) is a very good aunt.” “And I am very lucky to have you,” added my aunt, smiling at me. And (10) ___we__ (we/ it) all laughed.