A1 Use of English Test 10 – multiple choice gaps

Read the text. Choose the right words and write them in the blanks.

Exercise 1

Parrots

A parrot is a kind of bird. Most parrots ………live……… in forests or jungles that have (1)…………… of tall trees. Their tails are often very long and beautiful (2)…………… are red, yellow, blue or green parrots. But in the forest, the red parrots are (3)…………… easiest ones to see.

Most parrots eat fruit, which they find in the forest. Some like eating flowers (4)…………… . Parrots are very clever. They hold their food with their feet when they are eating it. Some can (5)…………… to say words like “hello!”

Example         live              lives             lived

1                      all                lots              only

2                      They            This              There

3                      a                  the               an

4                      too              second        again

5                      learn           learns         learning

Exercise 2

Water Plants

There are a lot of different kinds of plants ………which……… live in water. Some plants live under the water, and some live with part of the plant in the water and part of it (1)…………… of the water. Water plant leaves are often long and thin, (2)…………… not always.

One plant, for example, has round leaves that live on top of the water. (3)…………… leaves are very big – some are bigger (4)…………… a car. They are strong, too, and children can (5)…………… on them.

Water plants look beautiful in and by lakes and rivers.

Example         who           which            where

1                      off             over              out

2                      and            but                 or

3                      Its              His                 My

4                      when         because        than

5                      sat             sitting           sit