Vocabulary
Fragments
Simple Present
Scanning
Reading 1 and 2
100

More people live in ____________ than in the _________________.

A) World, countries         B) cities, countryside

B) cities, countryside

100

What is this sentence missing? 

(Subject, verb, punctuation, capital letter)

a lot of people live in Tokyo.

 

A lot of people live in Tokyo.

100

Use the correct "to be" form.


I (be) _______ sad it's Monday.

I am sad it's Monday. 

100

                                                                                                                                                                                   

B C D

                                                                                                                                                           

THE FACE OF SEVEN BILLION

                               

In a world of more than seven billion people, is there a "most typical" person? 

                                                                               


    

What phrase means "average" in this sentence?

100
What is the most popular social media website in the world?

Facebook

200

What word is the synonym for about or approximately?

around

200

What is this sentence missing?

(Subject, verb, punctuation, capital letter)

She grocery shopping on Saturday.

Verb

(goes, went)

200

Use the correct "to be" and simple present forms.

My best friend and I (be)________ very similar. However, we (come) ________ from different states.

My best friend and I are very similar. However, we come from different states.

200

What percentage of people in the world can read and write?

More people - 51 percent of the world's population - live in a city than in the countryside. The most common job is in services, such as restaurant and hotel work. Eighty-two percent of the world's population can read and write.

                                                       


    

Eighty-two percent of the world's population can read and write.

200

What is the age and ethnicity of a typical person in the world today?

28, Han Chinese

300

Use the words "popular", "sites" and "news" in a sentence. 

Answers will vary. 

300

What is this sentence missing?

(Subject, verb, punctuation, capital letter)

Went to school in New York City last year. 

Subject

(she, he, they, etc.)

300

Use the correct "to be" and simple present forms.

Sara (study) ____________ math every day and (use) _________ a math website to help her practice

Sara studies math every day and uses a math website to help her practice. 

300

What are the 3 most common social media activities?

What do most people do on social media? In general, it seems we spend more time looking at other people's pages than adding to our own. According to one survey, the most common social media activities are visiting friends' pages, reading their news, and commenting on their posts.

                                                       


    

visiting friends' pages,

reading their news, 

and commenting on their posts.

300

Which country has the most social media use in the world?

The Philippines

400

In the future, the typical person will have a___________ in ___________ or __________________. 


Word choices: cities, world, hotels, job, countries, restaurants, large

job, hotels, restaurants

400

What is wrong in this sentence?

Children in the U.S. chocolate rabbits and candy for Easter

Missing verb (get)

Missing punctuation (period)

Children in the U.S. get chocolate rabbits and candy for Easter. 

400

Use the correct "to be" and simple present forms.

Covid-19 (be)_____ a dangerous and unpredictable virus. Some people (get)_______ very sick from it while others (not get) ____________ any symptoms at all.

Covid-19 is a dangerous and unpredictable virus. Some people get very sick from it while others don't get any symptoms at all.

400

What will the world's population be in 2045?               What will the typical person be like in the future? The world's population is growing and changing all the time. Every second, five people are born and two people die. In 1800, there were 1 billion people on Earth. Now, there are over 7 billion. By 2045, there may be 9 billion. So the typical person of the future may be very different from today.

                                                       


    

9 billion

400
What is China's population?

1.3 billion

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