GAYLE O.

FELARCA
BS MATHEMATICS – 2ND YEAR

JOB ENABLING ENGLISH PROFICIENCY (JEEP)

Language Enhancement 1 (JEEP Start)
Practice Exercises
Our World: Exercise A
Directions: Fill in the blanks with air, energy, food, life, sun or water.
Example: Without the sun the earth would be too cold for us.
1. Without enough air we can’t breathe.
2. Without enough water we can’t grow our food.
3. Without the water and air there would be no life on earth.
4. Besides energy from the sun, we also need water and air.
5. When conditions are not right, life cannot exist.
6. Some forms of life died out because conditions changed.
7. Plants and tress produce the air that we breathe.
8. We need water to grow the food that we eat.
Our World: Exercise B
Directions: Write a new sentence with the same meaning using “without”.
Example: We need energy from the sun to live.
Without energy from the sun, we can’t live.
1. Plants need sun and water to grow.
Ans.: Without sun and water, plants can’t grow.
2. We need water to grow our food.
Ans.: Without water, we can’t grow our food.
3. We need air to breathe.
Ans.: Without air, we can’t breathe.
Our World: Exercise C
Directions: Match the part of the sentence on the left with the part on the right.
Example: k. If we live on mercury, 11. 2 it would be too hot for us.
a. If we were closer to the sun, 1. 2 it would be too hot for us.
b. If we were farther from the sun, 2. 3 it would be too cold for us.
c. If we didn’t have plants, 3. 1 there wouldn’t be enough air.
d. Without enough water, 4. 7 we can’t grow food
e. We should have water, 5. 4 to grow our food.
f. If you eat more for breakfast, 6. 9 you wouldn’t be so hungry at lunch time.
g. If you eat less for breakfast, 7. 5 you would be hungrier at lunch time.
h. If you sleep more, 8. 10 you wouldn’t be so tired.
i. If I study more, 9. 8 I wouldn’t do so badly in school.
j. If I work harder, 10. 6 I would do a better job at work.
Our World: Exercise D
Directions: Circle the correct word.