Revision Unit 2 Jeopardy Template

VOCABULARY: Types of story; the news

GRAMMAR: Present perfect and past simple

VOCABULARY: Prepositions

GRAMMAR: Narrative tenses

VOCABULARY: Say or tell

100

Complete the descriptions of films with the following words: fantasy / fugitive / demonstrations / strike / biopic / science / earthquake / period / thriller / violent / crash / attack / disaster / comedy.

This _________ describes the life of Cesar Chavez, the leader who organized a workers' _________.

GET ADDITIONAL 100 POINTS:

Choose the correct alternative.

A: Happened this / This happened when I was on holiday in Portugal last year. There were three of us renting this old, scary house in the countryside. It was miles from anywhere.

B: So what happened / did happen?

biopic / strike

_____

This happened / happened

100

Read the phrases in italics and correct the ones that are wrong.

The Berlin Wall has fallen in 1989.

fell

100

Complete the diary entry with the correct prepositions.

I went __________ a run in the morning while listening to some music __________ Eminem.

for / by

100

Complete the sentences with the past simple, past continuous or past perfect form (positive or negative) of the following verbs: turn on / finish / eat / open / do / leave / stay / listen / wear / go

She went to Hotel Buena Vista, but I __________ in Hotel Primavera!

As Bilal closed the door, he realised he __________ the keys in the car.

stayed

had left

100

Complete the sentences with say or tell in the correct form.

When I was young, my father always __________ stories before we fell asleep.

GET ADDITIONAL 100 POINTS:

Choose the correct alternative.

A: I opened the door and a cat jumped back and ran off into the night. All that panic and for / in the end it was just a cat!

B: That's really funny / fun!

told

_____

in / funny

200

This psychological __________ tells a story of a __________ who hides from the police while trying to prove that he is innocent.

thriller / fugitive

200

Read the phrases in italics and correct the ones that are wrong.

Have you been to any of the Caribbean islands?

GET ADDITIONAL 150 POINTS:

Choose the correct alternative.

A: We'd had a really nice evening. My friend is a good cook and she'd made this lovely meal, so we were feeling very content and full. In anyway / Anyway, that night, just after we'd all gone to bed, we heard this kind of scratching sound at the door. To / In the beginning, we just thought it was the wind and we went to sleep and forgot about it. But then the following night, the same thing: scratch, scratch at the door.

B: But no / Oh no!

correct

_____

anyway / in / oh no

200

Complete the diary entry with the correct prepositions.

I hate running _________ the winter, especially __________ Monday mornings. It's too cold.

in / on

200

Yannick __________ to music when someone knocked on the door.

When I got to work, I saw that I __________ one black shoe and one brown shoe!

was listening

was wearing

200

Complete the sentences with say or tell in the correct form.

Most comedians __________ jokes but his face alone makes you laugh!

tell

300

This is a very funny romantic __________ that tells the story of two people who fall in love when their cars __________ on a small road.

comedy / crash

300

Read the phrases in italics and correct the ones that are wrong.

I started work at 6a.m. but I still haven't finished.
What time have you gone to bed last night?

correct

did you go

300

Complete the diary entry with the correct prepositions.

Unfortunately, Kim is away _________ business and only gets back late __________ night, so I had to run __________ my own.

GET ADDITIONAL 200 POINTS:

Choose the correct alternative.

A: Well / Very well, we were all in separate rooms but after / before long we were all sitting together in the living room, really scared. So / So on we talked and talked, trying to work out what to do.

B: And what did you do / you did?

on / at / on

_____

Well / before / So / did you do

300

When we arrived, it was cold because Dad __________ the heating.

Bella started the course last year, but she __________ it.

hadn't turned on

didn't finish

300

Complete the sentences with say or tell in the correct form.

I explained that I didn't mean to break the window! I __________ sorry!

said

400

This __________ fiction film describes what happens when aliens __________ planet Earth, attempting to destroy everything.

This children's __________ begins when a hole opens up in the ground after an __________.

science / attack

fantasy / earthquake

400

Read the phrases in italics and correct the ones that are wrong.

It's so dry here. It hasn't rained for weeks.

Did you hear about Casey? He's broken his leg!

correct

400

Complete the diary entry with the correct prepositions.

It was hard work running six miles, but I did it __________ the end. Had breakfast __________ a hurry and managed to get to work __________ time. Problems with the bus so I went __________ train, which was quicker.

in / in / on / by

400

Goa was new to us because we __________ there before.

It was too hot so I __________ the window.

GET ADDITIONAL 150 POINTS:

Choose the correct alternative.

A: Final / Finally we decided to get a knife or another weapon and go outside together to see what it was. The next thing / The near thing I knew, I was at the front of three frightened girls, carrying the kitchen knife and about to unlock the front door.

B: Dear / Oh dear!

hadn't been

opened

_____

Finally / The next thing / Oh dear

400

Complete the sentences with say or tell in the correct form.

She isn't very friendly, is she? She never __________ 'hello' when I see her in the street.

says

500

This __________ movie tells the story of a __________ storm that destroys the city.

This __________ drama tells the story of women fighting for the vote and their __________ on the streets of London in the early 1900s.

disaster / violent

period / demonstrations

500

Read the phrases in italics and correct the ones that are wrong.

Van Gogh hasn't sold many paintings during his lifetime.

You're a good guitar player. Have you played for long?

didn't sell

correct

500

Complete the diary entry with the correct prepositions.

__________ chance, I heard __________ the radio that the new film __________ Roger Graves, an old friend of mine, was coming out __________ June. It's about a man who runs every morning and hates it.

by / on / by / in

500

The police want to know what you __________ between 6.30a.m. and 7.00a.m. yesterday.

The food tasted horrible, so we __________ it.

were doing

didn't eat

500

Complete the sentences with say or tell in the correct form.

He didn't want to make her cry, so instead of telling the truth, he __________ a white lie.

Instead of talking for hours around the issue, why don't you just __________ what you mean.

GET ADDITIONAL 100 POINTS:

Choose the correct alternative.

A: It went really quiet again. And then, all of the sudden / a sudden, there was the scratching sound.

B: So what happened then / then happened?

told

say

_____

a sudden / happened then