Fill in the blanks
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.
I only went to see The Suicide Squad because you told me how good it was.
(have)
I _________ to see The Suicide Squad if you hadn't told me how good it was.
I wouldn't have gone to see The Suicide Squad if you hadn't told me how good it was.
Read and choose the correct answer.
Jo
I used to do a typical five-day week, but after I came out of my maternity leave, I decided that I wanted to spend more time with my children before they start school. After negotiating with my boss, we decided to cut my working week down to a three-day work week. This of course meant a significant cut in my pay too, as I’m paid on a pro-rata basis. I’ve since noticed, though, that my workload hasn’t decreased in the slightest! I’m now doing five days’ worth of work in three days, but getting paid much less for it! I find myself having to take work home just so that I can meet the deadlines. It’s wearing me out trying to juggle work with looking after my children and my family, but I don’t dare to bring this up with my boss because I think he feels as if he’s made a huge concession letting me come in only three days a week.
1.) Jo is unhappy with her three-day work week because …
a. she didn’t realise how much the change would affect her economically.
b. she now hast to spend more time looking after her children and her family.
c. she has more deadlines to meet.
d. her workload has remained the same although she’s reduced her hours.
d. her workload has remained the same although she’s reduced her hours.
Choose the word that DOES NOT BELONG.
concerned
worried
anxious
undisturbed
undisturbed
Complete the reading with food, dish, or meal.
Last week, I went out with my family for a (1)___ in a restaurant. The (2)___ was not very good though. For my first course, I chose a (3)___ called ‘Chef’s special’, which turned out to be a kind of pizza. Generally, I enjoy fast (4)___ but this (5)___ was quite disappointing because it wasn’t very tasty. The rest of my family didn’t enjoy their (6)___ very much either. Personally, I think we would have enjoyed ourselves more if we’d cooked a (7)___ at home – after all, we always have plenty of (8)___ in the fridge.
meal, food, dish, food, dish, food, meal, food
Complete the sentences with the correct form of make or do.
1 Could you __ me a favour and let me copy your notes from the last class?
2 Do you mind if I use your phone? I’ve got to __ an urgent phone call.
3 I’ll __ the shopping on my way home this evening.
4 My mum’s ___ an English course in the evenings, and I sometimes help her with her homework.
5 I’ve got so much homework to ___ that I can’t come out with you tonight.
6 Marco has ___ a big effort with his students, so I’m afraid he’s a bit disappointed with their results.
7 Sarah wasn’t enjoying the party, so she ___ an excuse and left.
8 We phoned the police because our neighbours were ___ too much noise.
do, make, do, doing, do, made, made, making
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.
I spent hours playing Mario Kart on my Nintendo Switch instead of doing my homework.
(waste)
I ______ time playing Mario Kart on my Nintendo Switch instead of doing my homework.
I wasted plenty of/wasted lots of/wasted a lot of time playing Mario Kart on my Nintendo Switch instead of doing my homework.
Read and choose the best answer.
Critics of the 2015 film Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens have called the film unoriginal and predictable because the story so closely mirrors the very first Star Wars film in 1977. But, in fact, both films follow a structure that pre-dates all Hollywood films, that of the ‘hero myth’. That’s because director George Lucas based Star Wars on the ideas in Joseph Campbell’s 1949 book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Later editions of Campbell’s book even featured Star Wars’ hero Luke Skywalker on the front cover. In his book, Campbell analyses myths from all over the world to describe the ‘monomyth’ – a pattern that you can see in myths from every culture. In short, a hero sets off from home on a journey, where he overcomes obstacles and defeats enemies to return with a prize. It’s a tale that has been told for thousands of years, from the Ancient Greeks with The Odyssey to JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books.
1.) The hero myth structure is a popularly followed structure.
a. yes
b. no
c. it's followed but not popular
a. yes
Choose the word that DOES NOT BELONG.
impolite
unreliable
bad-tempered
reasonable
reasonable
Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.
Except; Consider
We had been promised an (0) exceptional holiday in a four-star hotel, so we made our reservation despite the (1)___ expense this involved.
Luxury; Drama
The website said it was a (2)___ hotel which promised outstanding views of (3)___ mountain scenery.
Identity
The view was indeed amazing and we could (4)___ many of the local landmarks in the distance from our room on the 10th floor.
considerable, luxurious, dramatic, identify
Choose the correct option in italics.
1 The travel/journey wasn’t as boring as I’d thought it would be.
2 Sarah came back from her shopping trip/journey with lots of new clothes.
3 Among Brian’s many interests, he lists foreign journeys/travel and climbing.
4 Do you know the way/journey to the town centre?
5 It was a long, dangerous trip/journey to the South Pole.
6 I often meet my friends on my journey/way to school.
7 Are you all prepared for next week’s trip/travel to Egypt?
8 Many of our students have quite a long travel/journey to college each morning.
journey, trip, travel, way, journey, way, trip, journey
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.
It's possible that Vanessa spoiled the "What If...?" show for you.
(may)
Vanessa _______ the "What If...?" show for you.
Vanessa may have spoiled/may have spoilt the "What If...?" show for you.
Read and choose the best answer.
If we want to know where our capability for complex language came from, we need to look at how our brains are different from other animals. This relates to more than just brain size; it is important what other things our brains can do and when and why they evolved that way. And for this there are very few physical clues; artefacts left by our ancestors don’t tell us what speech they were capable of making. One thing we can see in the remains of early humans, however, is the development of the mouth, throat and tongue. By about 100,000 years ago, humans had evolved the ability to create complex sounds. Before that, evolutionary biologists can only guess whether or not early humans communicated using more basic sounds.
Is it possible to obtain certain clues about early humans through their remains alone?
a. yes
b. no
c. depends
a. yes
Choose the word that DOES NOT BELONG.
entertaining
fascinating
delightful
exhausting
exhausting
Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.
Convenience; Increase
In the past, people used to prepare good filling meals from fresh ingredients and what was readily available in markets, but now (1)___ food is becoming (2)___ popular.
Combine; Organise; Contribute; Balance
Research shows that eating some types of food too often may lead to a (3)___ of health problems, so governments and other (4)___ now offer information about diet and nutrition in the hope that it will make a (5)___ to people eating a more (6)___ diet.
convenience, increasingly, combinations, organisations, balanced
Fill in the blanks with a word from the word bank.
Word Bank: learn, study, teaching, join, get to know, attend, take part
1.) If you ___ this club, you will ___ people from all over the world.
2.) You should ___ lessons every day if you want to get high marks.
3.) Sayed decided to ___ in the debate on human rights.
4.) Mario is thinking of taking lessons to ___ how to drive.
5.) Ludmila wants to ___ biology at university.
6.) Sven is ___ me to ski.
join; get to know
attend
take part
learn
study
teaching
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.
Harry said it wasn't a problem if his sisters watched Loki without him.
(mind)
Harry said he ______ his sisters watched Loki without him.
Harry said he didn't mind if his sisters watched Loki without him.
Read and choose the best answer.
In the 1950s, Central American commercial banana growers were facing the death of their most lucrative product, the Gros Michel banana, known as Big Mike. And now it’s happening again to Big Mike’s successor – the Cavendish.
With its easily transported, thick-skinned and sweet-tasting fruit, the Gros Michel banana plant dominated the plantations of Central America. United Fruit, the main grower and exporter in South America at the time, mass-produced its bananas in the most efficient way possible: it cloned shoots from the stems of plants instead of growing plants from seeds, and cultivated them in densely packed fields.
1.) Mass-produced bananas are …
a. grown from seeds because its efficient.
b. cloned because it’s a fast and cheap way to grow them.
c. sweeter than other bananas.
d. exported to Central America.
b. cloned because it’s a fast and cheap way to grow them.
Choose the word that DOES NOT BELONG.
sprint
make a dash for
run
jog
jog
BONUS (no question, take double the points, 800points)
Congrats on choosing the bonus!
Tell the difference between these words using a definition or an example:
fun and funny
bored and boring
this and these
that and those
To be determined by Miss.
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.
The plot for WandaVision is in the idyllic small town of Westview, New Jersey.
(place)
WandaVision _____ the small town of WestView, New Jersey.
WandaVision takes place in the small town of WestView, New Jersey.
Read and choose the correct answer. (true, false, or not given).
A new study published in the journal Science shows definitive evidence of organic matter on the surface of Mars. The data was collected by NASA’s nuclear-powered rover Curiosity. It confirms earlier findings that the Red Planet once contained carbon-based compounds. These compounds – also called organic molecules – are essential ingredients for life as scientists understand it. The organic molecules were found in Mars’s Gale Crater, a large area that may have been a watery lake over three billion years ago. The rover encountered traces of the molecule in rocks extracted from the area. The rocks also contain sulfur, which scientists speculate helped preserve the organics even when the rocks were exposed to the harsh radiation on the surface of the planet.
1.) The study in the journal Science was written by NASA scientists.
a. true
b. false
c. not given
c. not given
Choose the word that DOES NOT BELONG.
elaborate
detailed
intricate
rudimentary
rudimentary
Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.
Enjoy
It is sometimes said that ‘Your schooldays are the happiest days of your life’, and people often feel that this should be a period of (0) enjoyment.
Prefer
However, exams often affect students’ happiness, and many students express a (1)___ for alternative methods of assessment, where the work they do throughout the year counts towards their final mark.
Know
They say that exams test short-term memory and (2)___ which is forgotten immediately after the exam.
Behave
Also, assessing coursework as part of the final mark changes students’ (3)___, making them more responsible about studying.
Compare; Act
There are some students, however, who prefer final examinations, saying that in (4)___ they only have to work hard for two months a year and so they have more time for their leisure (5)___.
Assistance; Measurement; Able
They say that some students receive (6)___ with their coursework from their parents, so it is not an accurate (7)___ of how hard they have worked or of their real (8)___ in the subject they are studying.
preference, knowledge, behaviour, comparison, activities, assistance, measurement, ability
Answer the following speaking questions:
Where would you like to go on your next holiday and why?
Are there any nice places to go to in your city of residence? If so, what are the places and why do you like them?
To be determined by Miss.