English Language Exercises: Reading, Listening, Grammar

Reading Comprehension Exercises

The Importance of Being Bored

Exercise 1: Choose the Correct Answer

  • Question: Encourage kids to…
  • Answer: (c) ENCOURAGE KIDS TO…

Exercise 2: True or False and Find Evidence

  1. Statement: According to Dr. Belton…
    Answer: FALSE. Dr. Belton states that training children to respond to boredom is vital.
  2. Statement: When the anterior…
    Answer: TRUE. This theory involves a part of the brain which helps us notice details in our environment.
  3. Statement: According to the…
    Answer:
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Mastering English Grammar: Tenses, Conditionals, Passive

English Grammar Essentials

Understanding Verb Tenses

Master the fundamental English verb tenses and their uses:

  • Present Simple: Used for facts, habits, and routines.
  • Present Continuous: Describes actions happening at the moment of speaking or temporary situations.
  • Past Simple: For completed actions in the past. Common adverbs: yesterday, last week, a month ago, in 2006, when…
  • Present Perfect: For actions completed in the past with a result or relevance in the present. Common adverbs: just, never, ever,
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Comprehensive English Grammar and Vocabulary Drills

Vocabulary Practice

  • Lightning
  • Demystify
  • Vandalism
  • Endorsement

Catalan-English Vocabulary

  • Ennuagar-se: Choke
  • Mortal: Deadly
  • Letal: Fatal
  • Ofegar-se: Drown
  • Picada de vespa: Wasp sting
  • Canviar de direcció: Swerve
  • Accelerar: Speed up
  • Frenar: Brake
  • Robatori: Thief
  • Falsificar: Forge
  • Ser atropellat: Be run over
  • Ensopegar: Stumble
  • Ferida: Wound
  • Lesió: Injury
  • Multa: Fine
  • Atracador: Robber
  • Lladre de botigues: Shoplifter
  • Confiar en: Trust
  • Diferent de: Different from
  • Recolzar: Support

Sentence Completion & Grammar Correction

  1. If
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Full Moon Novel: Settings, Chronology, and Key Themes

Full Moon Novel: Settings and Narrative Chronology

Temporal Dimensions

The novel’s external time is set at an unspecified date between 1991 and 1995, close to its 1997 publication. References to historical events, such as the Franco era and ETA terrorist activity, along with a specific mention of the war in Bosnia, help contextualize this period.

Regarding internal time, the author provides information that continuously propels the action forward. The crime occurs in winter. Specific dates are also

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Insights from Champions, Science, and Society

An Interview with a Champion

He feels much better about leaving his children when he became a professional. He is alone now. Jules’s wife did not travel with him. Thanks to his racket, he likes to use it to meet up with people.

Telepathy

Telepathy has not been demonstrated. Traditional scientists believe only physics can explain phenomena, and it does not explain telepathy. A well-known book, “The Power of the Mind,” suggests the bending of spoons is just a trick. A telepathy experiment is not easy.

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Parvana’s Resilience in Taliban-Controlled Kabul

Parvana’s Early Life in Kabul

This is the story of Parvana, an eleven-year-old girl living in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.

She remembers a time when she lived in a big house, when women could walk freely in the streets, and everyone was happy. But everything changed. The Taliban had taken over Kabul, forbidding women from leaving their homes without a burqa and without being accompanied by a male relative. They suppressed independent thought and imposed their strict ideology. Everything was

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