Multiple choice
In recent years, the British have fallen from 7th place in reading to 25th in the world. In maths, from 7th to 28th. They have got to look at what ... in the rest of the world.
A - happens; B - will happen; C - is happening; D - had happened
C - is happening
That new car of yours isn't at all similar 1 ... the one you had last year. Why 2 ... you buy such a different one?
to
did / would
COMPETE in the Paralympics are nevertheless hight performer athletes who are going for gold, and that brings an incentive that they will use all possible means to get the gold.
Competitors
By the time Josh was twenty, he ... (win) ten tournaments!
had won
You have revised for Maturita thoroughly and therefore you feel more confident than your classmates.
+ 100 pts
English national testing should be thoroughly redesigned to ... declining standards and the fall in England's ranking in ... education league tables.
A - deal; B - overcome; C - tackle; D - defeat
A - global; B - overall; C - total; D - common
C - tackle
A - global
1 ... the cold outside, she insisted 2 ... only wearing a light t-shirt. Unsurprisingly, she 3 ... been ill ever since and won't be able to go to the concert on Sunday.
Despite
on
has
For the moment the LIKELY of widespread doping is less severe than it was during the Olympics.
likelihood
While I ... (prepare) dinner last Saturday, Mary ... (scream) very loudly. It turned out there was a large spider in her room.
was preparing
screamed
Explain the difference between an opinion essay and a for and against essay.
Opinion essay - you give only your opinion on the subject in the main body (don't forget to mention all the subtopics) and you sum it all up in the conclusion
For and against essay - you write one paragraph FOR and one paragraph AGAINST the statement and give your opinion in the conclusion.
Inspectors consider this to be an opportunity to look at the examination system and ask whether it is rigorous enough, whether it is credible enough, what has happened over the last few years ... retaking exams, and whether early entries and the modular approach to examination is actually ... standards.
A - in terms of; B - by means of; C - in comparison with; D - in front of
A - raising; B - rising; C - raised; D - risen
A - in terms of
A - raising
Madrid is 1 ... wonderful city but it has fewer parks 2 ... London 3 ... is a shame because 4 ... the hot and sunny weather there.
a
than
which
of
The chief MEDICINE officer for the International Paralympic Commitee has said that the risk of doping could rise as the Paralympic Games attracts more money and SPONSOR.
medical
sponsors / sponsorship
A: "I'm looking for Dave. ... (you / see) him?"
B: "He's still at school. He ... (call) me five minutes ago.
Have you seen
called
You are writing your final version of PFIČ when the teacher announces that you only have one minute left. You have one minute to copy this last sentence from your draft LEGIBLY.
In conclusion, smoking is harmful to people's physical health and should definitely be prohibited for children and teenagers under the age of 18.
Sentences you fail to copy within the time limit will not be taken into account. Always make sure to have enough time for rewriting your text.
Some politicians blamed the exam grading officers, ... it was unfair to change the grade boundaries in the middle of the year. If students ... in January, they could have got a grade C. The same quality of work, maybe even slightly better work, assessed in May and a students would have got a D.
A - telling; B - speaking; C - talking; D - saying
A - had been assessed; B - have been assessed; C - had been assessing; D - have been assessing
D - saying
A - had been assessed
It doesn’t matter 1 ... you are still at school or in full-time employment, making the effort to learn new things is very important. Most of us have a few subjects on 2 ... we focus. These may be associated 3 ... our study or job, or sometimes a hobby. 4 ... it is obviously important to develop a deep understanding of 5 ... matters to us most, it is equally worthwhile to extend our range of knowledge beyond what we are familiar with.
whether / if
which
with
Although / While / Though
what
The rewards for a Paralympics medal WIN cannot be compared with a medal in an Olympic sprint event. The rewards they have as a professional athlete, with COMMERCE contracts - that is slightly different compared to what Paralympic athletes have access to. HOPE that will change and that may direct testing in a different direction.
winner
commercial
Hopefully
Next July, Gordon ... (work) at his company for 30 years. He's finally retiring on his 65th birthday. We... (decide) to have a long holiday and we ... (take) the opportunity to visit some old friends in Hungary and then travel around in that region. We ... (fly) to Budapest on the 25th of August.
will have been working / will have worked
have decided
are going to take
are going to fly / are flying / will be flying
On the morning of your Maturita, you fail to get up when your alarm rings, you run to school without breakfast and arrive just in time to enter the classrom alongside the teacher. Suddenly, you realise you have forgotten your ID at home.
- 200 pts
Thousands of pupils received Ds in English ... points that would have earned a C earlier this year, after exam boards changed grade boundaries ... an order from the exams regulator Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation to stop inflation. Schools reacted furiously to the results and many are considering legal ... .
A - at; B - in; C - from; D - with
A - regarding; B - meaning; C - following; D - referring
A - activity; B - act; C - action; D - acting
D - with
B - following
C - action
Kaumaram Sushila International Residential School is a school with a difference. Every academic year, it makes a point of informing parents 1 ... children are seeking admission that it gives more importance to organic farming and productive work 2 ... to formal marks-based education. This is 3 ... of those rare schools where children can ride horses as well as do some mountaineering and keep ducks, goats and bees. It is pointed 4 ... to parents that if they are only keen on their children getting top marks in exams, the school may 5 ... be suitable for them.
whose
than
one
out
not
As the Paralympics become more popular GLOBAL, the motivation to cheat would grow. Officers should not be NAIVETY. They cannot EXCLUSION it. Therefore, they are gathering the necessary INTELLIGENT to make sure it does not happen.
globally
naive
exclude
intelligence
The children ... (teach) how to ... (make) chocolate cakes when a boy dropped the bowl on his foot. He ... (start / cry) very loudly and the lesson had to ... (interrupt).
were being taught
make
started crying / started to cry
be interrupted
How should you proceed in the reading task - putting the sentences in the gaps in the text?
Write 5 steps of the process.
1. Quickly read the text
2. Read all the sentences
3. Read the text carefully and match the sentences to the gaps (if you are not sure, look for clues, such as synonyms, question-answer, nouns-pronouns,...)
4. Read the paragraphs again with the sentences and see if it makes sense together
5. Check if the extra sentences really cannot fit in any of the gaps