English 10 form

Have you ever actually fallen asleep in class? It's a horrible feeling, mainly?___________         [so, because, despite, whereas]there's no way to keep it from happening. You're sitting in your maths or history lesson, the classroom is hot, there's no air to breathe and your eyes start to feel ____       [heavy, large, big, slow]. Then, your head droops and you jump awake, only for the whole process to _____       [start, open, take, go] again.

I used to fall asleep every Wednesday afternoon in geography lessons. Every week my teacher would ____      [get, keep, take, turn] off the lights, draw the blinds and show us a film. I never stayed up late the night before and I was _____            [excited, keen, inspired, interested] in the subject, so I couldn't understand what was going on. Every week, I used to try _____             [particular, contrasting, different, individual] ways of staying awake. I would pinch myself on the arm, roll my head or draw little pictures. I would try to focus on the film and take notes, but ___            [nothing, everything, anything, something]used to work and no more than ten minutes into the film, I would be as fast asleep as a baby in a cot.

The thing is, I didn't ______      [want, have, need, ask] to. In fact, geography was one of my favourite ______          [objects, subjects, topics, themes] at school. But I just couldn't help falling asleep. The worst time was when I _______              [certainly, hardly, surprisingly, suddenly]opened my eyes and saw that the light was on, the film had stopped and everyone was laughing. Apparently, I'd not only been sleeping, I'd been snoring loudly, too.

Read the sentences and choose the correct answer.

My English is good, but I ___________ trouble understanding American accents on TV.

Read the sentences and choose the correct answer.

A lot of students are planning to go to university, _______ I have decided to get a job.