A1 Use of English Test 8 – multiple choice gaps

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

Exercise 1

Pets

A lot of people like pets. Dogs and cats ………are……… easy pets because they can eat the meat that we eat. But some people (1)…………… pets like birds, lizards and fish. These pets are more difficult. They (2)…………… different food and different places to live in.

It is good for children to have pets. They can learn a lot (3)…………… animals. They can learn that some animals like (4)…………… fruit and vegetables and some animals like plants and grass.

It is good to have (5)…………… pet. But choose an easy one!

Example         is                  were            are

1                      has              have            had

2                      need            needs          needing

3                      about          of                 in

4                      ate               eats             eating

5                      an                some           a

Exercise 2

Tea or coffee?

A lot of people drink tea and coffee. But which plants give us ………these……… drinks and why do people like drinking them?

You can only find the tea plant (1)…………… hot, sunny places. For a drink of tea, you must put (2)…………… tea leaves with very hot water and you sometimes add milk or lemon. Some people drink tea in the afternoon because they (3)…………… tired.

Then the tea helps them.

Some people like coffee (4)…………… than tea in the mornings. They like drinking coffee for breakfast because (5)…………… helps them to wake up quickly!

Example         this              them           these

1                      in                 at                 to

2                      any              a                   some

3                      have            are               do

4                      most           more           best

5                      it                  they             he