1. Punctuation and writing terms.

Look at the beginning of the blog post from Reading and label the different examples of punctuation and style conventions.

2. Punctuation terms.

Now match these punctuation symbols to their names.

3. Friends.

Use the different "friend" words to complete the sentences.

4. Making friends.

Match the two parts to complete sentences about making friends.

5. Making friends.

Can you remember? Type in the missing words to complete the sentences from the previous exercise.

6. Noun + -ship.

There are a number of examples of nouns formed by noun + -ship. They fall under different general categories. For example:

a state, condition or quality: friendship, relationship
a position or profession: clerkship, apprenticeship
an art or skill: craftsmanship, horsemanship
a quality or state: fellowship, township
a body of people involved in a specific activity: readership, authorship


Use the nouns below + -ship to complete the sentences.

champion
leader
citizen
partner
craftsman
reader
fellow
relation
friend

7. Idioms.

Put these idiomatic expressions back into an extract from the blog post in Reading.

8. Idioms.

Type in the missing words to complete sentences containing idioms from the previous exercise.

9. "Mouth" idioms.

Listen to four short dialogues and match the correct summary to each situation.

10. "Mouth" idioms.

Listen again and put the idioms in the order that you hear them.

You can see transcripts of the dialogues here.

11. "Mouth" idioms.

Complete the sentences with idioms from the previous exercise by typing in the missing words.