Think before you ruin another restaurant outing with your complaints

London: the city that ate itself

London is without question the most popular city for investors,” says Gavin Sung of the international property agents Savills. “There is a trust factor. It has a strong government, a great legal system, the currency is relatively safe. It has a really nice lifestyle, there is the West End, diversity of food, it’s multicultural.” We are in his office in a block in the centre of Singapore and he is explaining why people from that city-state are keen to buy residential property inLondon.

He’s right – London has all these qualities. It has parks, museums and nice houses. Its arts of hedonism are reaching unprecedented levels: its restaurants get better or at least more ambitious and its bars offer cocktails previously unknown to man (coconut seviche, for example, where, as its makers put it, “coconut gin is swizzled through crushed ice with yuzu, passion fruit and a dark chocolate liqueur, and served long with an accompanying ‘shot’ of tuna seviche with a tamarind ponzu”). In some ways, the city has never been better. It has a buzz. Its population keeps growing and investment keeps pouring in, both signs of its desirability. As its mayor likes to boast: “London is to the billionaire as the jungles of Sumatra are to the orangutans. It is their natural habitat.”

Beginner progress until Saturday 12/12/2015

Dear trainees,

Much peace

So far, the most important thing I said was about the logic of building a phrase:

Subject+Verb+Object

Keep it in mind as you liberate your tongue and speak freely using the new words we are learning.

So far we have covered a lot. to name the important items:

-Present simple

-Past simple

-possessive pronouns (my, his, her,its,your, their and our)

We have also studied how to form comparative and superlative forms of adjectives (short adjective+er, more/less + long adjective…)

We also started Using the Exam example questions to prepare for the final test.

I believe that it is the best way to solidify our studying from now on.

Please don’t forget to come prepared to make your presentations tomorrow.

I am looking forward.

This is the exam and I am also printing it for us:

Manchester Training Centre

Final Exam for Beginner Level   /    /2015 Student Name-……………………………………………

Grade…………/52 (The passing grade is 26)

Questions:

Choose the correct answer:

Q1-I  am a doctor……… hospital is in Doha./1          

A-me                    B-mine                   C-my

Q2- The school………… 200 students. /1

A-have                  B-has                     C-haves

Q3-She is from Qatar……………..name is Dana.  /1

A-   His                  B-Her  

Q4-She……………..30 years old.  /1

   A-has               B-is

Q5- …………….. from Canada   /1

  A-Her               B-She is

Q6-he plural for class is………………. /1

A-   Classs    B- classes

Q7- The plural for person is………….. /1

A-persons         B- people

Q8-The plural of  child is……………….   /1

A-childs              B-children

 Q9- There is……………….. apple on the table.                               /1

A-an                        B- a

          Q10-We listen to………… French CD                                                  /1

A-an                        B- a

         Q11- She……………… eating some cake                                          /1

A-are                         B-is              C-am

Q12- They…………….. studying English language                         /1

A-is                         B-are              C-am

   Q13- I wake up………..6.00AM.                                                          /1  

A-on                         B-in              C-at

  Q14-He plays tennis…………. The afternoon.                                /1

A-on                         B-in             C-at

  Q15- They go to the park……….. Thursday.                                 /1

A-in                         B-On              C-at

Q16- Her birthday is………… June.                                                            /1

A-in                        B-On              C-at

Q17- The party is…………. May, the 12.                                                   /1

A-in                         B-On              C-at

Q18-………… you  have a cat?                                                                /1

A-Does                  B-Do   

Q19-…………..she like the pizza?/ 1

A-Do                  B-Does

Q20-………….  Old  are you?/1

A-When           B-How

Q21-…………do you go to the gym? /1

A-Where         B-When

Q22-…………did you do yesterday?                                                  /1

A-Who             B-What

Q23-………..do you like swimming?                                                   /1

A-How              B-Why

Q24-There………. many students in the class                             /1

A-is                  B-are

Q25- There……….. a child in the car./1

A-are              B-is

Q26-………..there any oranges?                                                        /1

A-is               B-are

Q27-Is there…….. picture?                                                                  /1

A-any            B-a

Q28-There are not………….books in the shelf. /1

A-some      B-any

Q29-He…….tennis every day.                                                     /1

A-play       B-plays

Q30-They……….. a shower.                                                        /1

A-haves B-Has           C-have

Q31-She brushes her teeth with……….                                    /1

A-shampoo B-tooth paste

Q32-………………………. a glass of milk?                                       /1

A-   Do you like    B- Would you like

  Q33- ……………… to go for a walk now?                                   /1

  A-Do you like    B- Would you like

Q34- She…………… her best friend                                              /1

 A-would like       B-likes

Q35- My brother…………. the  car yesterday./1

A-drives         B-drove    C-driven

Q36-Last week, she………… some chocolate. /1

A-buys             B-bought    C-buyed

Q37- They………….. the keys last week end./1

A-forget       B-forgotten     C-forget

Q38- I………… to France last year.                                                       /1

A-goed        B-went

Q39-We………………… at home last weekend.                                   /1

A-stayed       B-staid

Q40-………………. a new car?                                                                   /1

A-   Did  you buyed     B-Did you buy

Q41- What …………… last night?                                                      /1

A-   Did you      B-Did you do

Q42-When……….. to Australia?                                                             /1

A-Did you go      B-you go

Q43-I……….. very happy.                                                                     /1

A-   were B- was       C-did

Q44-What………… you do last holiday?                                                   /1

A-   were B- was       C-did

Q45-…………you have a good time?                                                     /1

A- were    B- was    C-did

Q46-She starts work at 6 AM……..she goes to bed early.               /1

A-because     B-so

Q47- He likes his school ………he enjoys with his friends.               /1

A-because     B-so

Q48- They have a house……….they have a flat in Turkey                 /1

A-but            B-and

Q49- I love the house………. The garden is horrible / 1  

A-but            B-and

Q50- We keep the juice in the juice in the……………                   /1

A-table    B-fridge

Q51-Did you like the dress?                                                                   /1

A-Yes, I did     B-yes, I liked it.

Q52-My parents…………… Canadian.                                                     /1

A-was not       B-were not