11th form Grammar Test

1. Once there lived a poor man and his wife. She ____ butter and he sold it on a street market.

2. The money they fetched for it _____ a great support for the couple.

3. The woman shaped the butter round and each piece of it had the ____ of a kilo.

4. A local grocer ____ butter from the poor man.

5. One day the grocer felt he doubted the poor man's honesty and decided to check the weight of the butter pieces he ____.

6. Each one appeared ____ 900 grams instead of a kilo.

7. That made the grocer very angry. Next day, when the poor man came to the grocer's again, the shop owner ____ to him with asperity.

8. He said: "Never bring your butter again! I won't buy ____ from a liar!

9. You told me your pieces of butter were a kilo each but they are only 900 grams each. I won't let you _____ on me!"

10. The poor man took the grocer's words ____. He dropped his eyes down and replied with humble submission:

11. "The matter is that my wife and I ... wehave no weighing scales at home. Once I bought a kilo of sugar at your shop. That is what we use ____ our butter."

12. The moral of the story is - always remember that you _____ with your own measuring system.