Reading & Writing Level 1 (2)

What are the most important characteristics of a leader, in your opinion?

Match the sentence halves.
The city is popular with tourists ...

• A - despite the problems with traffic and pollution.

• B - so the neighborhoods and buildings feel very crowded.

• C - and turning it into an area for pedestrians only.

• D - so we don’t have a problem with housing.

• E - so access to it will improve a lot.

Match the sentence halves. Land in my city is plentiful and affordable, ...

• B - so the neighborhoods and buildings feel very crowded.

• C - and turning it into an area for pedestrians only.

• D - so we don’t have a problem with housing.

• E - so access to it will improve a lot.

Match the sentence halves.
The city government is closing all the roads downtown ...

• A - despite the problems with traffic and pollution.

• B - so the neighborhoods and buildings feel very crowded.

• C - and turning it into an area for pedestrians only.

• D - so we don’t have a problem with housing.

It’s hard to c - - - - - - - - - e on work when you don’t sleep well.

Complete the sentences with the simple present form of the verb in brackets. My friends all have similar characters, and we all _______ the same things.

• likes

• liking

• like

• liked

Complete the conversation with the simple present form of the verbs given in capitals. Some verbs are positive and some are negative. A:What’s the homework from our English class? B:Er ... I’m not sure. I (4) _______ us to give a presentation about that.

• ask

• asks

• asking

• asked

Complete the sentences with the present simple form of one of the verbs from the list. There’s one extra verb that you don’t need to use.

• succeed

• push

• respect

• achieve

• manage

Complete the conversation with the simple present form of the verbs given in capitals. Some verbs are positive and some are negative. A:What’s the homework from our English class? B:Er ... I’m not sure. I (5) _______. What do you mean by “character”?

• understand

• understands

• understanding

• understood

Complete the conversation with the simple present form of the verbs given in capitals. Some verbs are positive and some are negative. A:What’s the homework from our English class? B:Er ... I’m not sure. I (2) _______ speaking in front of the class! It always makes me really stressed. What is the presentation about?

• hate

• hates

• hated

• hating