MOCK TEST VLE – FIRST TERM

KEY
I. SENTENCE BUILING

1) In non-human communication, the more sensory cues an animal can perceive

and interpret, the wider the repertoire of responses that animal can give.
2) Only if the government agrees to reduce the prices of the food will they avert
social unrest.

II. TRANSFORMATIONS

1) Had quechua, an ancient language spoken by a few communities in South

America, been protected by governmental linguistic policies 20 years ago,
more people would speak it today.
2) The causes that spark off mass shootings are still a mystery to society,
although psychologists attribute pent-up feelings and poor self-image to some
attackers.

III. MULTIWORD VERBS

1) See you off

2) Bring down
3) Looking into
4) Brought about
5) See to

IV. WORD DOMAINS

1) Peeking
2) Mumbled
3) Yelling
4) Staggered
5) Clutched

V. IDIOMS

1) has a smattering of Spanish

2) buried the hatchet
3) couldn’t get a word in edgeways
4) keep a stiff upper lip
5) can talk the hind leg off a donkey
 VI. CONTENT QUESTIONS

First text

1) T
2) T
3) F
4) F
5) T
6) F
7) T
8) F
9) T
10) F

Second text

1) T
2) F
3) T
4) F
5) F
6) T
7) T
8) F
9) T
10) F

VII. CONTENT SPECIFIC VOCABULARY

1) Bitter, considerable, great, major | fierce, raging, violent | lively

arouse, cause, create, excite, fuel, give rise to, provoke, spark (off), stir
up
2) Contentious issue
Highly, very, politically contentious
3) major, serious | full-scale | violent | inner-city, urban | prison | race | student
| bread, food
cause, provoke, spark off, start a riot
4) first, native, foreign, second, indigenous
speak | understand | use | learn, study | master | be couched in, be expressed
in | enrich
use, mind, watch
acquisition, learning
5) undermine authority, power, self-esteem, position
greatly, radically, seriously, severely
VIII. SELF-EXPLANATORY SENTENCES

1) Extra police were called to quell the disturbance caused by the protesters.
2) The FBI had the duty of obtaining evidence of subversive activity aimed at
undermining the government.