Fill in the gaps with one word exercises

William Shakespeare, the great English poet and (1) _dramatist,_, was born in
1564 in the town of Stradford-on-Avon. There were no theatres in England
then. Groups of actors travelled from town to town showing performances
in the street. Sometimes actors came to Stradford-on-Avon The boy went
to see all their shows and liked them very much. He wanted to become an
actor. Sometimes he wrote little plays and (2) __staged__ them with his
friends. When he was twenty one. William went to London. There he joined
a group of actors. At first he only helped actors and then began (3)
__writing plays__ for them. Soon Shakespeare’s plays were staged more and more and
became famous. Shakespeare had a great ability (4) ___to summarize__ the wide range of human
emotions in beautiful and laconic verses. His literary (5) _heritage__
includes about 37 plays, 154 sonnets and some poems. He coined more than
1700 English words and created a lot of common expressions, which are
widely used in modern English.

Shakespeare is often called one of the most remarkable (6) __storytellers___ that
ever lived. He wrote comedies and tragedies, histories and romances
which have become immortal.

He created a lot of great, memorable and (7) _ complex__ characters like
Hamlet, Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, Othello and King Lear. Actors love
playing Shakespearean characters – these roles are usually really
difficult, but very rewarding. The role of Hamlet is often considered to
be the top of an actor’s career.

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Fill in the gaps with the words and word combinations in the box.

( energy-saving, a part of it, air pollution, oxygen, breathe, countryside, movements, take care, extinct and endangered, deforestation )

1. People should live closer to nature because we are ……………….
2. Many people prefer to live in the ………………….
3. The big city is always synonymous with high ……………………. from vehicles or industry.
4. People can’t live without ………………….
5. I would never cut down trees, they lets us ……………………
6. Seventy per cent of land animals and plants live in forests, and many cannot survive the ……………….. that destroys their homes.
7. Land degradation leads to an increasing number of ……………….. animals.
8. To save our planet we must …………….. of it.
9. The least we can do is try and adopt some ……………… methods.
10. Our company supports ecological organizations and ……………….. .

Task 4 (20 points).

Fill in the gaps with one of the words: thunder, warm, storm, forecast, frost, tornado, freezing, climate, boiling, sunny, lightning.

Example: 0. I saw a flash of lightning in the sky yesterday.

1) In England in winter it is sometimes absolutely ____________.

2) I couldn’t sleep because the _______________ was so loud.

3) I wouldn’t like a job outside in the summer when it’s ___________ hot.

4) When I woke up this morning the ground was covered with ___________.

5) There was a very bad _______________ last night, and our tree fell down.

6) A ________________ swept through the state, causing terrible destruction.

7) The Mediterranean _____________ is good for growing citrus fruits and grapes.

The weather ______________ said it was going to rain later today.

9) The weather is very changeable these days: it was cloudy and rainy yesterday, today is hot and ______.

10) In spring, when it becomes _______ and the trees are in blossom I like walking in the park.

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