Summer JCloze activity

Summer

Gap-fill exercise

  

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

Summer the warmest of the four temperate seasons which also winter, spring and autumn. It between spring and autumn. It know for the longest days and shortest nights. Summer traditionally associated with hot weather, but this does not in all regions. For example, the wet season during summer across many parts of the tropics and subtropics. In some countries schools and universities a break to advantage of the warmer weather and longer days.

Sentence in JMix

Present Continuous Tense

Mixed-up sentence exercise

Put the parts in order to form a sentence. When you think your answer is correct, click on "Check" to check your answer. If you get stuck, click on "Hint" to find out the next correct part.

Cars Reading (Quiz)

Directions: Read the passage. Then answer questions about the passage below.

“Cars”

Karl Benz invented the modern car in 1888 in Germany. Emile Roger worked for Benz in France. He made cars in France. By 1900, many people were building cars in France and in the U.S. The first company to build only cars was Panhard et Levassor in France. Panhard started in 1889. The Peugeot car company started in 1891 in France. In the US, Frank and Charles Duryea started the Duryea Motor Wagon Company in 1893. It was the first US car company. By 1902, Ransom E. Olds started the Olds Motor Vehicle Company. A year later, Henry Ford started the Ford Motor company. It produced the Cadillac. All these early modern cars burned gasolina or diesel fuel.

Ford opened factories in France and Britain in 1911. Then, they opened a factory in Denmark in 1923. Later, they opened a factory in Germany in 1925. Ford was one of the first manufacturers to use an assembly line. With an assembly line, factory workers could produce cars faster and safer than other production systems. 

Most modern cars still burn gasoline or diesel fuel. These cars cause air pollution.  They get the air dirty. Now many people are looking for cleaner cars. And, many car companies are looking for cleaner fuels. 

Cars

Quiz

  

 

1. Which company first built only cars?
   1.   Benz
   2.   Ford
   3.   Duryea
   4.   Panhard
2. When did the Peugeot car company start?
   1.   1888
   2.   1889
   3.   1890
   4.   1891
3. What was the first U.S car company?
   1.   Ford
   2.   Olds
   3.   Duryea
   4.   Cadillac
4. The Ford Motor Company opened a...
   1.   factory in Denmark in 1911.
   2.   factory in Germany in 1925.
   3.   factory in Britain in 1929.
   4.   factory in France in 1931.
5. Whose idea was the assembly line?
   1.   Charles Duryea's
   2.   Emile Roger's
   3.   Henry Ford's
   4.   Karl Benz's