Review

Present Simple vs Present continuous

100

When I have a problem with my bike, my dad usually

____________ it. (fix)

fixes

200

My sister ____________ to school in London. (go)

goes

300

Peter: Hi, Ms Jackson, is Dan in?

Ms Jackson: Hi Peter. No, I’m afraid he’s not here. He

(a) plays/is playing football.

is playing 

400

Oh look – it ____________ (snow)! I ____________

(love) it when it’s cold like this.

is snowing, love

500

Yes, she’s in her room. She (d) does/is

doing her homework. I think she (e)

finishes/is finishing a geography project

for tomorrow. But is there a problem? Is

something wrong?

is doing

is finishing

Articles

100

Our teacher went to Buckingham Palace and met

Queen/the Queen.

The Queen 

200

Sue’s a vegetarian, and she doesn’t even eat

fish/the fish.

fish 

300

My dad’s engineer/an engineer. What does your

dad do?

an engineer 

400

Jane gave me some milk to drink, but I dropped it

and

a glass/the glass broke.

the glass

500

I don’t really like oranges/the oranges, or any kind

of fruit, really.

oranges 

-ence, -ment, -ion

100

improve...

improvement

200

connect...

connection

300

enjoy....

enjoyment

400

confident...

confidence

500

explain...

explanation

Use of english

100

Or maybe you are

an 1 ____________ child with no brothers and

sisters. The interesting question is this

A single    B one      C only   D alone

only child

200

The interesting question is this – is there a

2 ____________ between your position in the

family and your personality? 

A reason    B difference  C connection   D solution

difference 

300

Some people

3 ____________ strongly that there is, and say,

for example, that oldest children are more serious

than their younger brothers and sisters.

A believe   B care  C think  D know

 believe

400

But there are other things that are just

as important – for example, whether you grow up

in a one – 7 ____________ family or with both

your mother and father.

A adult   B relation  C parent

parent 

500

Your personality is

8 ____________ complicated thing, and many

different things make you the way you are.

A a  B the  C some  D any

a

Vocabulary

100

Here’s a photo of me as a child/baby. I was just a

few days old.

baby

200

This is me as a toddler/teenager learning to walk.

toddler

300

When I’m a senior citizen/middle-aged man of 70, I

can stop working.

a senior citizen

400

I still live at home with my mother and

____________.

father

500

Our nephews and ____________ are going to come

to us for Christmas.

nieces