Assignment 1

ST.
BIASLIO’S THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE

DebreBerhan Campus
Freshman Communicative English Language Skills I (FLEn 1011)
Academic year: 2024/2025GC
Assignment-One
Part-1: Read the following sentences and fill in each blank space with a suitable word.
1. When I was ill the doctor gave me some----------------------. It tasted horrible.

2. The college year is divided in to two----------------------.
3. I gave up ------------------ a few years ago because it can cause cancer.
4. I need some more-----------------------in my house. At the moment I’ve only got one chair, one
table and a bed.
5. The soldiers looked very smart as they----------------------down the road.
6. He writes so----------------------that can hardly read his letters.
7. Don’t talk to------------------. Someone might hear you.
8. I ‘m afraid I have some---------------------- news for you. Your uncle died last night.
9. A----------------is used for cutting wood.
10. Hailu is very generous but Tadesse is rather ------------------.
Part-2: Change the following sentences into either active or passive form.
1. Thousands of people were evacuated from their houses.

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2. The president of the region spoke to the local women’s association.
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3. A person cannot smoke in this section of the plane.
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4. Someone has stolen my jacket from the cupboard.
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5. Ethiopians are building the Renaissance Dam.
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6. The government of the Ethiopia announces people to plant indigenous plants.
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Part-3: Change the verbs in the brackets in to the appropriate improbable sentences.
1. If you (eat) too much, you (get) fat.

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2. If my mother (die) now, I (be) very sad.
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3. Everything (comes) to a standstill if the world suddenly (runs) short of oil.
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4. Unless I (have) a quiet place to sit, I (not able to) concentrate.
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5. He (not sees) you unless you (make) an appointment.
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Part-4: Change the verbs in the brackets in to the appropriate impossible sentences.
1. As long as productivity (be) higher, farmers (be) wealthier.

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2. If farmers (be able to) save money, they ( be able to) buy fertilizers, better seeds and more
efficient machinery.
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3. You (not be) much use to your employer unless you (learn) to drive.
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4. Unless it (be) outside, we (stay) inside.
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5. If you (win) 20,000 birr, what you (do)?
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Part-5: Change the verbs in the brackets in to the appropriate probable sentences.
1. Unless you (pay) his regularly, he (not work).

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2. You (get) a ticket if you (want) to see the match.
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3. She (fail) her exams unless Titi (work) really hard.
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4. Providing that John (stop) smoking, he (puts on) weight.
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5. If the house (catch) fire, we (use) the emergency stairs.
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Part-6: Write the equivalent meaning of each sentence below.
1. If I had gone to one of Ethiopian University, I would have studied law.

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2. He would have travelled to abroad if my uncle had won that money.
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3. If our teacher hadn’t been ill, he could have come to the meeting.
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4. Unless the doctor had helped him, he would have died.
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5. If we had done as our teachers told us, things would have been different.
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6. If the rain failed to come, there would be a famine.
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7. Unless I met you, I would marry my cousin.
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ST.

BIASLIO’S THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE

1. When I was ill the doctor gave me some----------------------. It tasted horrible.

1. Thousands of people were evacuated from their houses.

1. If you (eat) too much, you (get) fat.

1. As long as productivity (be) higher, farmers (be) wealthier.

1. Unless you (pay) his regularly, he (not work).

Part-6: Write the equivalent meaning of each sentence below.

1. If I had gone to one of Ethiopian University, I would have studied law.

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