UNIT 1: HOME LIFE

I. Write /s/, /z/ or /iz/ to show how the -s ending is pronounced.

1. potatoes 11. caves 21. Learns

2. rubs 12. plays 22. Stops

3. cooks 13. maps 23. Digs

4. rises 14. flats 24. churches

5. clothes 15. bathes 25. comes

6. lengths 16. baths 26. Rose’s

7. calculates 17. stages 27. Daniel’s

8. reads 18. wears ’ 28. Frank’s

9. massages 19. thanks 29. Elizabeth’s

10. laughs 20. coughs 30. Smith’s

II. Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate word from the box.

frankly shifts mischief chores confidence trick

leftovers hands close-knit laboratory

1. I come from a family; we never keep secrets from one another,

2. Spoiled children are often up to

3. The more he fails, the more he loses in his abilities.

4. are the, uneaten edible remains of a meal after the meal is over.

5. She speaks about her broken-heart when love affairs fail.

6. It would be nice if we can join to celebrate Valentine's Day.

7. Men do roughly 20 percent of household like laundry and cleaning.

8. The thought of working night put her off becoming a nurse.

9. Typical pharmaceutical scientists spend most of their time in a .

10. He didn't really have a serious accident - that's just a