PreA Exam Review

Vocab

100

The local buses are ________. They are always on time.

traditional       punctual         comfortable

punctual

200

Do, Play, or Go???

My mother likes to ____________ yoga in the backyard to help her relax.

do

300

Do, Play, or Go????

My sister is going to ____________ the flute this weekend in her first orchestral performance

play

400

Mud bowl football is like American football, but the ____________ have to play in half a meter of mud.

games     goals     lines    players    races     teams

teams

500

He is the fastest runner in the school and he wins most ____________ easily.      games    goals

lines    players     races      teams

races

Simple Present/Present Continuous

100

Maria ______________________________ (travel) around Europe this summer.

is traveling

200

Nicole _________________ (want) to be a dancer when she leaves school.

wants

300

Nathan_________________ (learn) to play the drums.

is learning

400

What ______________________________ (they, make) for dinner? It smells delicious!

are they making

500

I _________________ (hope) it doesn’t rain tomorrow.

hope

Modal Verbs/Verbs in ING

100

He’s very bad at ____________ (speak/speaking) German.

speaking

200

What do you prefer ____________ (do / doing) on vacation?

doing

300

I have a car, but I try to ____________ (walk / walking) whenever I can.

walk

400

Fans _________________ (can’t / don’t have to) go onto the playing field during the game.

can't

500

Use don't have to in a sentence

We don't have to get a 90 to pass this level. We can pass with an 80.

Comparatives/Superlatives

100

Use as...as.       The bus is not _________________________ (fast) the subway when there is a lot of traffic.

as fast as

200

Give an example of superlatives.

This car is the fastest I´ve ever driven.

300

Give a true example of not as...as

I´m not as smart as AMLO.

400

Are African elephants _________________________ (big) the ones in Asia?

bigger than

500

Going by train is _________________________ (cheap) flying, and I enjoy looking at the scenery.

cheaper than

Simple Past/Past Continuous

100

past of think?

thought

200

The climbers _________________ (took / were taking) enough food for several extra days in case the bad weather delayed them.

took

300

past of "not buy"

didn't buy

400

It was a beautiful day and the sun _________________ (shone / was shining).

was shining

500

Simple past OR past continuous??? The children didn’t move for more than half an hour because the teacher _________________ (read) an exciting story.

was reading