Question

Complete the email to a penfriend with the words below.

Answer 1

Answer:

Hi Gracie,

I hope you’re doing well at your new school. You asked me about my hobbies in your last email. I 1 read magazines, and I also 2 do weights sometimes. But my favourite hobby is looking at the stars. I’m in the local 3 astronomy club. We go out at night and sit in a field or on a hill, then we watch the night sky. It’s great fun. Some of our friends are interested in 4 photography too, so they take pictures as the stars move 5 across the sky. We usually take 6 sandwiches with us, and something hot to drink. In winter we take a curry or a 7 stir-fry because it’s a long night and it can be very cold. But I’d rather do an 8 open-air activity than stay inside. The only problem with my hobby is the British weather. Sometimes the club has to cancel a trip because it’s too rainy to see anything. Maybe in the future I can go 9 abroad and watch stars in the desert.

Anyway, what clubs you are in at school?

Dominic

Explanation:

To answer this type of question, we must look for clues in the text. Most of the times, the text will provide a definition or explanation of the word you must use. That happens, for instance, with number 4 above. We know we are supposed to use "photography" because the following sentence speaks of taking pictures. The text may also provide you with antonyms (words that have opposite meanings). That is what happens with number 8. We complete with "open-air" because the speaker does not like to "stay inside". Finally, we can also look for easy associations. For instance, in number 1, the most logical word to use with "magazines" is "read", because that is usually what we do with a magazine.