English 1st Period Workshop
Colegio Campestre La Colina
Subject: / ENGLISH / Grade: / 11THPrepared by: / ALEJANDRO GARCIA
NOTE: THIS ACTIVITY IS COMPLEMENTED BY WORBOOK COPIES GIVEN IN ADVANCED
Complete the article.
There have been (1) ____ scenes in supermarkets across France. Shoppers have been fighting and punching (2) ____ other to buy jars of the hazelnut spread Nutella. A nationwide (3) ____ of supermarkets cut the price of it by 70 per cent. The supermarket Intermarché launched a promotion on 950-gram jars of the sweet (4) ____ on January 25. The cost was slashed from €4.50 to €1.41. Long queues formed outside stores, but shoppers lost their (5) ____ in the aisles. A witness at one store described the chaos. She told French media: "They fought like animals. A woman had her hair pulled, an elderly lady had a cardboard box put on her head, and another woman had a (6) ____ hand. It was terrible."
The maker of Nutella is an Italian company called Ferrero. It said it had nothing to (7) ____ with the discount. It tweeted: "The decision for the promotion was taken [only] by Intermarché." It added: "We condemn the consequences (8) ____ this operation, which created confusion and disappointment among customers." The supermarket has not commented (9) ____ this story. An employee said: "It was crazy. It seemed like it was the first day of sales. People just rushed in, (10) ____ everyone and breaking things." He added: "It was like a riot. We nearly (11) ____ the police." A tweeter explained how important Nutella is in France. She said: "French people eat it by the spoonful. I had it on toast for breakfast (12) ____ a child."
Which of these words go in the above text?
- (a) crazily (b) crazy (c) craze (d) crazies
- (a) as (b) each (c) one (d) them
- (a) safe (b) key (c) lock (d) chain
- (a) threat (b) treat (c) treaty (d) trait
- (a) chilly (b) freeze (c)cold (d) cool
- (a) blood (b) bloods (c) bloody (d) broody
- (a) do (b) have (c) be (d) take
- (a) at (b) on (c) of (d) to
- (a) at (b) in (c) of (d) on
- (a) shoving (b) shoved (c) shoves (d) shovel
- (a) called (b) named (c) roared (d) buzzed
- (a) as (b) is (c) has (d) was
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Answer the following questions based on the reading
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13) What kind of scenes did the writer say there were in supermarkets?
a) amazing scenes
b) crazy scenes
c) winter scenes
d) disturbing scenes
14) How big were the jars of Nutella that were being discounted?
a) 850-gram jars
b) 750-gram jars
c) 650-gram jars
d) 950-gram jars
15) What did shoppers lose in supermarket aisles?
a) their cool
b) their wallets
c) their Nutella
d) their shopping list
16) What did a witness say shoppers fought like?
a) nuts
b) champions
c) animals
d) aliens
17) What did someone put on an elderly lady's head?
a) a hat
b) a cardboard box
c) Nutella
d) peanut butter
18) What country is the maker of Nutella from?
a) Brazil
b) France
c) Italy
d) Ghana
19) What did the discount create among shoppers besides disappointment?
a) a Nutella fan club
b) jealousy
c) Nutella lovers
d) confusion
20) What did the supermarket say about this news?
a) nothing
b) They apologised
c) "So what?"
d) "It was crazy"
21) Who did a store worker nearly call?
a) the police
b) Ghostbusters
c) his friends
d) Mrs Nutella
22) What did a tweeter say she had for breakfast when she was a child?
a) Nutella and scrambled eggs
b) Nutella on toast
c) Nutella salad
d) Nutella pancakes
Choose the appropriate options to complete the sentences
23. Grace keeps hoping the bird that she ____ in the pet store yesterday___ her birthday present.
a)sees / will be
b)will see / was
c)saw / will be
d)sees / would be
e)was seen / would be
24. The author ---- quite annoyed when she ---- that the publisher was very dishonest.
a)will be / will determine
b)was / determines
c)would be / will determine
d)was / determined
e)is / is determining
25. He and his family ---- at our home in Canada when he ---- to a conference, and that was a great experience, too.
a)were staying / come
b)will stay / came
c)stayed / would come
d)are staying / will come
e)stayed / came
26. She ---- for her pen when she discovered that she ---- it in her handbag all the time.
a)was looking / had
b)is looking / has
c)looked / would have
d)was looking / will have
e)would look / would have
27. We ---- warm clothes on the field trip because it was cool outside but we ---- take any of the m out of the suitcase.
a)were taking / won't have to
b)took / didn't have to
c)will take / will have to
d)are taking / don't have to
e)took / will have to
28. She ---- very well but her sister cooked much better when i ---- her.
a)is cooking / know
b)was cooking / know
c)cooked / would know
d)cooks / knew
e)will cook / will know
29. For a long time people ---- that the world was fiat and that people could fall off the edge.
a)are thinking
b)may think
c)thought
d)are thought
e)will be thinking
30. The robber --- sure that no one ---- before he crept through the window.
a)was making / will look
b)made / is looking
c)makes / looks
d)will make / is looking
e)made / was looking
31. Many people in the energy industry ---- natural gas will play a bigger role in electricity production as the demand for electricity ---- in the future.
a)believe / increased
b)will believe / would increase
c)believed / would increase
d)believe / increases
e)would believe / increases
32. Because anxiety often ---- more than one cause and is experienced in highly individual ways, its treatment usually ---- more than one type of therapy.
a)had / will require
b)will have / was requiring
c)has / requires
d)had / will be requiring
e)has / had required
33. Early signs of the rebirth of civilization in Western Europe ---- to appear in the 11th century as trade ---- again in Italy.
a)were beginning / will start
b)began / started
c)would begin / starts
d)begin / was starting
e)began / would be starting
34. When a group ---- to a new country, its members ---- that they have to modify their way of life, including their celebrations of significant events.
a)will immigrate / find
b)immigrated / would find
c)are immigrating / will be found
d)immigrate / find
e)were immigrating / found
35. When he ---- that his nomination would mean competing with his closest friend he ---- to withdraw.
a)realizes / will be decided
b)realized / was deciding
c)will realize / decides
d)would realize / decided
e)realized / decided
36. Computers that once ---- up entire rooms ---- now small enough to put on desktops and into wristwatches.
a)took / are
b)were taking / would be
c)will take / will be
d)are taking / will be
e)would take / are
37. The immune system ---- by distinguishing between the body's own materials and things that ---- foreign to the body.
a)is working / were
b)works / would be
c)will be working / are
d)works / are
e)was working / will be
38. Despite the multiethnic nature of the Balkans it ---- that most inhabitants of the peninsula ' ---- common ancestors.
a)will seem / will share
b)seems / share
c)seemed / will share
d)seems / were sharing
e)would seem / will be sharing
39. The minute we ---- his gift we ---- him a note of thanks.
a)received / wrote
b)receive / would write
c)are receiving / wrote
d)will receive / would write
e)were receiving / wrote
40. Women and children ---- a right to live their lives free from all forms of violence and abuse, and society ---- a duty to recognize and defend this right.
a)will have / had
b)would have / has
c)have / has
d)will have / would have
e)have / had
41. As soon as there ---- even a temporary break in the weather the climbers ---- their attempt to reach the summit,
a)is / will renew
b)was / renew
c)will be / renewed
d)is / renewed
e)was / will renew
42. She said she ---- late at the office that evening and that she ---- home till about eleven.
a)is working / got
b)would work / isn't getting
c)was working / gets
d)would be working / wouldn't get
e)will be working / was gettin
43. Today, ---- people who enjoy winter sports is much greater than that of twenty years ago.
a)a number of
b)many
c)a great deal of
d)the number of
e)several
44. According to the studies, dolphins, whales and ---- other sea creatures use highly sophisticated navigation systems.
a)any
b)a little
c)many
d)much
e)each
46. The dietary habits of a child often have ---- to do with that child's eating habits as an adult.
a)little
b)whole
c)every
d)a great amount
e)most
47. In the United States of America, there are literacy classes for workers, ---- of whom never graduated from high school.
a)a little
b)much
c)any
d)many
e)a good deal
48. In the first ---- months of life, an infant learns how to lift its head, how to smile and how to recognize its parents.
a)many
b)a lot of
c)any
d)the number of
e)few
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45. Serving ---- terms in Congress, Shirley Chisholm became an important United States politician.
A) plenty
B) several
C) a lot
D) much
E) whole
49. Although the language learning abilities of apes have surprised ---- scientists, they generally agree that apes do not progress beyond ---- linguistic abilities of a two-year-old child.
A) few / a
B) a little / the
C) many / the
D) each / a
E) much / the
50. The storm continued for ---- of the days when we were in New Orleans, but fortunately there wasn't ---- damage in the city.
A) a few / many
B) several / a lot
C) all / a little
D) most / much
E) some / few
51. Heavy fines and jail sentences have made ---- difference in preventing elephant poaching for their tusks.
A) the number of
B) a few
C) little
D) many
E) non
52. Although ---- species of fox are reddish in color, ---- Arctic fox is often pure white.
A) a great amount of / an
B) any / the
C) plenty / the
D) all / an
E) most / the
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