General English Exercise 1

Complete the following sentences.

1. He distributed the sweets ………………… .. the children.

2. Which of the following words means the opposite of the word ‘generous’?

3. Neither of them ………………….. fit for the job.

4. ‘This building is very old,’ the postmaster said. ‘I have to find an ………………… . building for the post office.’

5. When I met her, she ………………… .. as a lecturer in a college.

6. The sentence ‘Had I worked harder, I would have won’ means

7. If I had not opened the door, the cat ………………….

8. I ………………… . the newspaper, when the doorbell ……………………

9. The opposite of the word sympathy is ................................

10. I am going to ………………… . library.

1. He distributed the sweets among the children.

2. Economical

3. Neither of them is fit for the job.

4. I have to find an alternative building for the post office.

5. When I met her she was working as a lecturer in a college.

6. I didn’t work harder and I didn’t win.

7. The cat would not have jumped out.

8. I was reading the newspaper, when the doorbell rang.

9. Apathy

10. I am going to the library.