Practice: Prisoner of the Monkeys
Match each word with the correct picture:
[ insects – fur – cage – branch – prisoner – parrot – feather – serpent – jaguar – path – hole ]
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Finish the sentences with these words:
[ screamed – finally – hide – hang – responds – noise – peaceful – disappear – crawl – imagine ]
1. When I ask a question, the teacher always ________________.
2. When I think of something in my head, I _________________ it.
3. When you come in the house, you can ________________ your coat on the hook.
4. I waited for four hours and _____________ my brother arrived!
5. Before babies learn to walk, they have to _________ everywhere.
6. The night was calm and quiet. It was very _________________.
7. When he jumped out and scared me, I _________________.
8. The students in class never stop talking. They make a lot of _______________.
9. First we could all see the rabbit, then the magician made it ________________.
10. I don’t want my brother to find me, so I will _________________ under the bed.
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Match with the opposite:
behind exit
edge silence
sound in front
darkness shout
enter despair
hope center
whisper light
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Sentences, second set
Finish the sentences with these words:
[ put – escaped – remove – captured – give – received ]
1. I want to ____________ my brother a present for his birthday.
2. My mom told me to ___________ my dirty shoes before coming into the house.
3. He ___________ the flowers on the table.
4. We ____________ a letter from our grandmother this morning.
5. The police _______________ the thief when he tried to rob the bank.
6. The prisoner _______________ from jail during the night.
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Finish the sentences with these words:
[ continue – stopped – leave – decide – arrived ]
7. I really like the green sweater and the blue sweater. I can’t _____________ which one to buy.
8. I _______________ my house at 8:00 in the morning to go to work.
9. The baby ______________ crying when her mother came.
10. I will _____________ to study English until I can speak very well.
11. They ______________ at the bus station right on time.
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Finish the sentences with these words:
[ hope – asked – believe – imagines – gave up hope – responded ]
12. I don’t _____________ in ghosts.
13. I __________ to see you again soon.
14. Before the artist paints a picture, he first closes his eyes and _______________ what he wants the picture to look like.
15. I was lost so I ______________ for directions.
16. Our team ____________ when we were losing 3 to 40 and there were only five minutes left in the game.
17. When my mom asked me what the homework was, I ____________ that there was no homework for tonight.
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Finish the sentences with these words:
[ save – entered – screamed – disappeared – exit – appeared ]
18. When she saw the spider, she ________________.
19. I watched the bird as it slowly ________________ in the sky.
20. We follow the _______________ signs when we want to leave the building.
21. After the rain, a rainbow ________________.
22. When the teacher _________________ the classroom, we all sat down and were quiet.
23. Our friend was captured by pirates so we decided to _______________ him.
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Finish the sentences with these words:
[ insects – hole – edge – thirsty – cages – bright ]
24. The sun is so ____________ that it hurts my eyes to look at it.
25. Ants, butterflies, and cockroaches are all called ______________.
26. I was so _______________ that I drank six glasses of water.
27. The money was hidden in a _____________ in the floor.
28. I live on the _______________ of the city, so it takes a long time to get to the center.
29. The zoo has many different animals in ______________.
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Finish the sentences with these words:
[ parrot – darkness – prisoner – serpent ]
30. They took the _________________ to jail.
31. A big snake that lives in the jungle is called a _______________.
32. My friend has a ______________ that can fly and talk.
33. We couldn’t see because of the ______________.
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Finish the sentences with these words:
[ shout – wish – advise – understand – explain – should ]
34.She said that she would ____________ how to play the game.
35.As an older brother, I always try to ___________ my younger brother on good things to do.
36.When the students ___________ in class, the teacher gets angry.
37.I don’t _____________ how to do my math homework.
38.I ____________ it wasn’t raining today.
39.You ____________ not argue with your parents.
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Finish the sentences with these words:
[ whisper – hide – crawl – yells – mumbles – notice – hang ]
40.We __________ on our hands and knees.
41.I have to ___________ my brother’s present before he sees it.
42.Sometimes my sister _________ in her sleep, but I can’t understand what she says.
43.When my brother and I fight, our mom ___________ at us.
44.When we want to talk in class, we ____________ so the teacher doesn’t hear.
45.I was mad at my boyfriend because he didn’t ____________ when I cut my hair.
46.We _____________ our coats on the hooks when we enter the house.
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True or False?
1. The sun is not very bright.
2. A jaguar has feathers.
3. When you go to a restaurant, you have to decide what to eat.
4. If the teacher asks a question, you will respond.
5. When we whisper, it is very loud.
6. When he mumbles, it is easy to understand him.
7. When it is silent, I can’t hear any noise.
8. To leave the building, we follow the enter signs.
9. If a snake escaped from the zoo, it would be scary.
10. Insects are small bugs that can crawl.
11. We hang our coats on the floor.
12. When I have good luck, everything is terrible.
13. Monkeys like to swing in the branches.
14. It is easy to see in the darkness.
15. When the children scream, everything is peaceful.
16. The police are happy after they capture a thief.
17. I am thirsty, so I want to drink.
18. People live in cages.
19. A serpent has lots of fur.
20. I love to receive packages in the mail.
21. It is easy to sleep when there is a lot of noise.
22. Babies crawl before they can walk.
23. He removed his shoes before he went outside.
