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NAME: __________________________________
STUDENT I.D: ___________________
CLASS: ___________________
ELC120
GRAMMAR TASK 1: Fill in the blanks with suitable parts of speech.
Burj Dubai is the tallest building that has ever been built. The world’s tallest skyscraper, located in the United Arab Emirates, is 828 (1)____________ (noun) tall. Construction started in 2004 and, even though the interior is unfinished, the building officially opened in
January 2009. According to the constructors, a South Korean firm, the skyscraper cost about
$1.5 billion.
Shortly after the opening ceremonies, the tower was renamed Burj Khalifa, after the president of the United Arab Emirates who gave Dubai about $10 billion to pay
(2)____________ (pronoun) debts. The new tower is Y- shaped and has 160 floors. Built with concrete and embedded steel plates, the base gets smaller as the building gets taller.
(3)____________ (article) design incorporates ideas from traditional Islamic architecture, while the open petals of a desert flower (4)____________ (verb) the inspiration for the tower's base.
The new skyscraper will have over a thousand luxury apartments, 50 floors of offices and a luxurious Armani hotel. About 30,000 (5)____________ (noun) will be working and living in the skyscraper once the interior is finished. The world’s highest observation deck
(6)____________ (verb) located in the 124th floor. 54 elevators will get you to the top at speeds of up to 60km an hour in about two minutes. The world's highest mosque and swimming pool will meanwhile be located on the 158th and 76th floors.
Construction experts say that building the tower has been the greatest engineering achievement ever accomplished. However, (7)____________ (pronoun) also say that there are negative sides to it. The skyscraper was built by thousands of workers from Southern
Asia and they earned very little. (8)____________ (determiner) reports say that they had to work up to 14 hours a
STUDENT I.D: ___________________
CLASS: ___________________
ELC120
GRAMMAR TASK 1: Fill in the blanks with suitable parts of speech.
Burj Dubai is the tallest building that has ever been built. The world’s tallest skyscraper, located in the United Arab Emirates, is 828 (1)____________ (noun) tall. Construction started in 2004 and, even though the interior is unfinished, the building officially opened in
January 2009. According to the constructors, a South Korean firm, the skyscraper cost about
$1.5 billion.
Shortly after the opening ceremonies, the tower was renamed Burj Khalifa, after the president of the United Arab Emirates who gave Dubai about $10 billion to pay
(2)____________ (pronoun) debts. The new tower is Y- shaped and has 160 floors. Built with concrete and embedded steel plates, the base gets smaller as the building gets taller.
(3)____________ (article) design incorporates ideas from traditional Islamic architecture, while the open petals of a desert flower (4)____________ (verb) the inspiration for the tower's base.
The new skyscraper will have over a thousand luxury apartments, 50 floors of offices and a luxurious Armani hotel. About 30,000 (5)____________ (noun) will be working and living in the skyscraper once the interior is finished. The world’s highest observation deck
(6)____________ (verb) located in the 124th floor. 54 elevators will get you to the top at speeds of up to 60km an hour in about two minutes. The world's highest mosque and swimming pool will meanwhile be located on the 158th and 76th floors.
Construction experts say that building the tower has been the greatest engineering achievement ever accomplished. However, (7)____________ (pronoun) also say that there are negative sides to it. The skyscraper was built by thousands of workers from Southern
Asia and they earned very little. (8)____________ (determiner) reports say that they had to work up to 14 hours a