TA1-K61 tro di-PRACTICE EXERCISES Grammar & Vocabulary IV. Choose the best answer 1. Jack in the living room at the moment, doing his homework. sits C.sat D. was sitting 2.We from Spain, but we in Canada now. ‘A comellive B. are coming/ are living C. are coming/live Ds come/ate living 3. Peter to see the latest scifi film at the cinema. Avreally wants B. really want C. is really wanting D. was really wanting 4, My best fiiend always funny jokes. A.telling B.is telling C.tell D.tells 5. Children usually ‘watching cartoons. A. like C. liking D. are like 6. In many countries, people until they are sixty-five. ‘A. are work B. works C. work D. is work 7. Some students English well so they their own language. ‘A. aren’t knowing / speak C. doesn’t know /are speaking B. don’t know / speak D. know / aren’t speak 8. My father enjoy working with other people. He prefers working alone. ‘A.doesn't/never —B.isn't/always —C. doesn't/usually D. is / never 9. They the bus to work at eight o'clock every da A.catch B. are catch “cae D. catching 10. They really travelling, so they 0 abroad as often as possible. A.enjoys/tries Benjoy/tries —C. enjoy / try D. dont enjoy try IL. She isin the bathroom. She her hair now. ‘A. washed Bis wash C. washes D.is washing 12, They are their house at the moment. ‘A. paints B. paint C. painted (D. painting | 13, Please don’t disturb me, 1 an exciting football match right now. am waich Bamwarching —C. watched D. watch 14. Some students together in the classroom now. Uaerestecs B. singing C. sing D. sang 15, The man is under the car. I think he is it A. repairing B. repaired C. repairs D. repair 16. He that magazine. He at the pictures. Ais read /tooks C. doesn't read / looking B. isn't reading/is looking D. isn't read /is look 17. The computers in the office but nobody them. Aarerun/isuse— B.running/using —C. arerunning /is using D. ran /was used 18, Billy is quite about having to do a test tomorrow. B. fond C.afiaid D. interested 19. Monika is in learning to drive as soon as she's old enoug! A. worried B. fond C.afiaid 20. No one in the class is to doing their homework - i's going to be hard A. worried ~~ Bilooking forward. C. afraid D. interested 21. My grandmother is always of losing her glasses - she can't see without them. A. worried B. fond taaeuT D. interested 22, Stella doesnt think she's very at speaking English - but she always gets top marks! B. fond C. afiaid D. look forward 23. Michael has always been very of cycling. ‘A. worried B fond C. good D. interested 24, I'm always really of watching horror films. I can’t never sleep afterwards. ‘A. good B. fond (C. scared D. look forward 25. The sun when 1 up this morning. A. was shiningwoke B. shonelwas waking C. shoneWwoke _D. was shining/was waking 26. All the children when their father the front door.A. sleptiwas opening B. were sleeping/opened C. slept/opened —_D. were sleeping/was opening 271 dinner when you me. “Awas eating/ealled B. ate/was calling C.atelealled D. was eating/ was calling 28.1 dinner when the phone “A. cookedirang —_B. was cooking/rang_C. cooked/vas ringingD. was cooking/was ringing 29. White I homework, my mother at the door. 4. didfinocked ——_B. didhvas knocking C. was doing/knocked D. was doingvas knocking 30, Mr.Thompson very fast when he a tree ‘A. drovelhit Biwas drivinghit — C. drovelwas hitting D. was drivinghvas hiting 31. Jack the cows when a stranger into the barn ‘A milked/eame — —B. was mifking/came C. milked’vas comingD. was milking/was coming 32, Susan the burglar while he into his car, A. sawirushed B. was seeing/rushed C.sawhwas rushing D. was seeing/was rushing 33. Jack hid in the box. A. big brown square B. brown square big C. big square brown d. square big brown 34, She is wearing a/an ring, A. diamond expensive big Cespinsive big diamond B. big expensive diamond D. big expensive diamond 35. This isa movie. ‘A. new Italian wonderfal B. wonderful Italian new D. new wonderful Italian 36. She is a supermodel . slim Brazilian beautiful B. Brazilian beautiful stim D. slim beautifil Brazilian 37. Its in the container. B. blue large metal C, blue metal large. blu mental large 38. We went shopping at the new supermarket, ‘we found exactly what we needed. A. who B. which D. where D. whose 39, Sam asked an assistant in the shop, found the right size for her. who B. which D. where D. whose 40. The DVD recorder Tbought at this store a few day’ ago is not working, who B which D. where D. whose 41. After we'd been shopping, we went to the park, wwe had a snack. A.who B. which D. where D. whose 42. The new movie is about a boy hhas lost his parents in a car accident. who B. which D. where D. whose 43, Lots of people are using the new bus service, .g0es straight to the town centre. Awho B. which D. where D. whose 44, Jane went shopping in the big department store, she found the perfect dress for the part who B.which D.where D. whose 45. Jon missed the bus into town, so he asked his brother, gave him a lift who B.which D.where Dz whose 47. Have you been to Japan? A.ever B. yet C.since D. for 48. A: Would you like a cup of coffee? - B: Thank you. Thave had one, Avever B. yet C. just D. since 49, My father is on the way. He hasn't arrived home . A.yet B. never Cever . already 50. Your daughter has retumed home. You don't have to worry anymore. A. yet B never Cever C. already 51, Haven't you finished your food 2-?'No, Lam still eating, mom. A.yet B. never Cever . already 52, Susan and Peter have arrived home from their honeymoon. A.yet B never Cever . just 53. Paul has studied for the History test, but he hasn't studied for the French test A yet B. never Cever already54, IsKen in? - Yes, he has arrived from school. A. just B never C.ever C. yet 55. [have been to France. I'd like to go there one day. A. yet B. never C.ever already 56. That's the smallest car I have. ridden in, just B. never Cu ever C. already 37. She is probably the most fascinating woman Thave met. just B. never Cu ever C. already 58. During lunch time, we go to the 10 get something to eat. A canteen B. art room © science lab D. playround 59. would love to do experiments in the A. canteen B. art room © science lab D. playround 60. The principal called some naughty students to his A. swimming pool B, art room 61. An area with a net across the middle used for playing tennis is called Agym B. football pitch 62. Weare allowed to take books from the A. classroom B. library 63. The children ran in zigcags around the A. switming pool —B. gym 64, She is often found in the school ‘A. art room B. canteen 65. Our school has got a new football A. court B. hall 66, Students should go to the C office D. tennis court C.tennis court —D. playground to read. C garden D. reception until they were exhausted. € playground ——_—D.- office painting alone. ©. science lab D. hall 50 now we can play football every day. € pool D. pitch _for exercising the body and inereasing strength. A football pitch B. swimming pool D. gym ——_D. playground 67. Atuniversity, you can miss some classes, you don’t have to every class. A. go B. pass D. perform D- attend 68. You may feel nervous if you ‘onstage for the frst time. ‘A. perform on stage B. passthe exams C. wear a uniform —_D. work hark 69. She never late for school. She’s always on time. ‘A. goes B. arrives C.gets plays 70, School children are fond of every year, ‘A. going on school trips B. passing the exams 71, Some people prefer to ‘A. eat packed lunch B. wear a uniform 72, James works very hard at school so he usually B. gets good grade C. performs on stage D. hands in homework ‘A. gets bad grades C- handing in homework D. arriving late for school at work rather than have lunch at a restaurant or canteen. CC. work hard D. join an after-school club in exams. 73. My son to an after-school English club every Tuesday. A. goes B. arrives C. attends D. plays 74, Lthink that school uniform depersonalizes children. A. eating B. working C. wearing D. passing 75. My brother goes to drama school so he often on stage. ‘A. performs B. arrives © goes D. plays 76. Don't forget to your homework on time today. ‘A. pass B. band in D. wear D. arrive 77. The children are really excited because theyre tomorrow. ‘A. eating a packed lunch B. working hard 78. Were expected to going on a school trip D. arriving late for school school every day apart from weekends and holidays. A.go B.amive C.attend D. get 79. really hope my sister" all her exams this year A. fail B. perform C. pass D. hand in 80. The bus didn't come on time this morning, so I A. worked hard B. got good grades, C. arrived late for school, D. wore a uniform81. You must your own ability to make the right decision. A. hand in B. get in C stayin D. believe in 82. We'll get in trouble if we don't cour homework on time. A. hand in B.gevin C.stay in D. believe in 83. At the party we all the games. A. handed in B gotin joined in D. believed in 84, On Fridays all the famity usually A. hand in B. getin stayin D. believe in. 85. [forgot my key so when I got home I couldn't A. hand in B. get in stay in D. believe in Choose the correct phrasal verbs from sentence 86 to 93 86. He's the best footballer on the team because he never joins in / gives in, even when his team is lasing 87. Please can you hand in / get in your essays at the end of the lesson? 88. Do you join in / believe in ghosts? 89. Why don't you want to get in / join in the game? It's fun. 90, Idon't want 10 go out. Let's stay in / get in and watch a DVD, 91. If you ask them again nicely, your parents may give in /join in and let you have a party, 92. How did you get in / stay in if you didn't have a key? 93. People who stay in /join in and play computer games by themselves all day are wasting their time, Complete sentences from 94 to 103 with phrasal verbs given believein_getin givein hand in joinin stay in 94. Tony never used to want to with the other kids in the playground . 95. They need a team captain that they can 96. think Pd rather tonight 97. The train Tate last night. 98. All the students must their projects by the end of next week. 99. Inever thought I could make its a professional athlete, but my parents always me. 100. Everyone with the singing ofthe national anthem atthe sporting event yesterday. 101. The champion refused to ‘and went on to win the set. 102. What time did the national team Noibai aixport? 103. Please ‘your keys when you Teave the hotel 104, Mark doesn't have any He doesn't care if he wins or loses. A. ambition B talent C luck 105. It's important to your disappointment when you lose a match. A. fail B hide C lose 106, Very few people are lucky enough to all their dreams. A. succeed B.win C achieve 107. The last ime we the championship was in 2001. A. beat B.won C.seored 108, I don't mind being if Lfeel the other team deserves to win. A. defeated B scored C failed 109. Some footballers are rude and don't show the other team any A. respect B. attitude C. disappointment Choose the correct word 110. They want to win/beat the speed record. 111 He had finally achieved success/defeat. He won the gold medal in the Olympics. 112. Davis succeeded/defeated Morris by eight points in the semi-final. 113, Students show their respect/success for the teacher by not talking. 114. He sueceeded/achieved in having a career in sports. 115. This is his latest attempt to beat the world record/opponent. 116, [beat/failed her by just three points. 117. Over 30,000 competitions/ competitors will run in the New York marathon. 118. You have to be highly competitive/ compete to do well in sport these days.119. A market / department store can often have several floors and sells almost everything, 120. Teenagers usually try to buy the most fashionable/ expensive clothes they can afford with their pocket money. 121. Customers are asked to try on clothes in the changing room /café ina store. 122. Its important to choose the correct size / style when you buy clothes, so that they fit properly. 123. My sister always designs / draws her own clothes - they look amazing! 124, The store /cash desk is the place to go when customers need to pay. 125. Good quality shoes are usually made of. A.cotton B. silk ‘Cwool D. leather 126. are the best things to wear on your feet when you go running, ‘A Sandals B. Boots . High-heeled shoes D. Trainers 127. Mark's father chose a tie for his meeting rather than one with spots or stripes or flowers. A. colourful B plain sill D. wool 128. Its good to wear to keep your hands warm if you're eycling i A-gloves Bi socks C. hats D. belts 129, Many men have to wear a for work so that they look smart A. Tshirt B. suit C. jeans, D. shorts 130, Sarah loves +0 she bought a bracelet to match the necklace she's got. A.rings B. earrings C. jewellery D. belts 131. Ina jewellers shop, you can buy expensive rings made of gold or A. plastic B. cotton leather D silver 132, Sarah says we can just wear clothes to her party, like T-shirts and jeans. A. formal B. smart C. casual D. fashionable 133. Sasha loves wearing clothes - bright reds and blues! ‘A. coloutfil B. dark 134, The end of the film was a real “A. surprise B. surprising C. surprised D. surprises 135, My mum doesn't find science-fiction films atall. A. interesting B. interested interest D. interests 136, Iwas by the news on the radio. “A. surprise B. surprising C. suprised D. surprise 137. Idon't find classical music Avreiax B. relaxing C relaxed D. relaxation 138. Cinema is the best form of A. entertainer B entertaining Centertainment entertain 139, Putting on a concert takes a lot of A organized B organization C. organizing 140. Itwas a huge when I didn't get a part in the play A. disappoint B. disappointed C. disappointing. disappointment IAL. It's important 10 ‘yourself to do things you find seary. A challenge B. challenging C. challenger D. challenges 142. Performing in a band can be a big A. worried B. worries worry D. worrying 143. The ride wasn't as 4s Texpected. A. excite B exciting C.excited D. excitement 144, My mum finds horror films but my dad hates them. A. enjoy B. enjoyable C. enjoyment 145. Alot of young people don't feel watching films with their parents. relax B. relaxing C.relaxed D. relaxation 116. My teacher says I need to be more A. organized B. organization —_—_C. organizing 147. You shouldn't 0 much. Everything will Be fine. A. worried B. worries C. worry D. worrying 148. What kind of films do you think are the most ? A. entertainer B. entertaining entertainment. entertain149, People shouldn't be afraid to try new A. challenge B.chailenging challenger D, challenges 150, don't get much from scary films A. enjoy B enjoyable enjoyment 151. The headteacher was very with those of us who had missed the maths class. A. annoyed B nervous C. scared D. satisfied 152, Sarah's of her best friend's success. A. wortied B excited C. surprised D. jealous 153, Luke isn't of the snakes. ‘A. disappointed B. serious C afraid D. excited 154, Twas very. about my performance in the play, but in the end it was fine A. disappointed B. anxious C. seared D. satisfied 155. The teacher was with our exam results, All got grades A & B. A.wortied B. disappointed C. scared D. satisfied 156. Dontt get with what Sam says, He doesn't mean it A. annoyed B. worried C. scared D. surprised 157. We were very about our trip to London. A. jealous B excited C. disappointed —_D. satisfied 158. Everyone was ‘with what happened at the end of the film. A. afraid B. nervous C. surprised D. jealous ‘Match the beginnings in_A with their endings in B to make complete sentences. 159. Everybody was said ‘about exams —T'm am youll do very well 160. He never speaks French because he's afraid | b. of making mistakes, which I don’t think is 161. I'm really disappointed important, 162, James isa bit jealous «. of his little brother ~he says he always gets the 163. We're so excited best presents. 164. You shouldn't be so anxious 4, with my new tablet — it's so slow! «. about the school trip —we can’t wait! £. by her reaction — they didn’t expect it! Choose the correct word to complete the text. ‘My classmates and I had worked very hard for the end-of-year show. I knew all my lines (Idi thoai) but when the time came to go on stage I felt really (165) frightening/frightened. I looked out from behind the curtain and I saw my parents, my friends and my teachers. They all looked very happy and (166) exciting/excited, but I was (167) worried/worrying they would find my acting silly and the show (168) bored/boring. I had no choice though, so when it was my turn I took @ deep breath and 1 ‘went on stage. The first five minutes were a bit (169) scared/scary, but then T started to feel really (170) relaxed/relaxing. I was so (171) surprised/surprising! The audience looked enthusiastic and ‘we were (172) really satisfed/satisfying with our performance.V. Choose the best answer Part 1: Tom Daley, Diving Champion Tom Daley took up diving at the age of seven. When he was only fourteen years old, Daley was the youngest member of Great Britain's team at the 2008 Summer Olympies in Beijing and the youngest to (1) ina final, Unfortunately, Daley failed to win a medal in Beijing and only Scored enough points to reach seventh place. (2) , the following year, at the age of just fifteen, Daley became world champion for the 10-metre platform diving event. While he @) to achieve his dream, Daley did an hour and a half of homework every weekday before going to the (4) and the pool for four hours. Twice a week he practised for two hours before school and on Saturday morning he trained again for three hours. Daley believes that hard work i the key to his (8) 1. A. challenge B. compete c.win D. score 2A Although B. Because C. However D. If 3. A. trained B. was training C. has trained D. trains 4. A. playground B. science lab CC. classroom D. gym 5. AL success B. failure C. champion D. opponent Part 2: Cotton Cotton can be found in almost everything we wear nowadays. (1) ‘you look at the labels on your clothes, you will almost certainly find that there is cotton in the material. (2) ‘over 7,000 years, farmers have grown cotton in fields in many parts of the world, However, cotton needs a lot of water, so it is difficult to grow in countries (3) there is limited water available. The cotton plant belongs to what's called the mallow family of plants, and it @ ‘very beautiful flowers, similar to ones you might find in your garden, The soft cotton ‘grows around the seeds, and this helps the seeds to be carried by the wind over long (5) ‘fier the cotton is picked by the farmers, a comb must be used to remove all the tiny seeds Then the cotton can soon be tuned into material LA If B. Unless C. Although D. However 2 A. During B. Since C. For D. More 3. A. where B. which C. who D. when 4. A. makes B. produces C. happens D. creates 5. A. joumeys B. trips Co ways, D. distances Part 3: ‘The Greatest Director Steven Spielberg is one of the richest and (1) movie-makers in Hollywood. He has directed some of the most popular and (2) films ever made, including Indiana Jones, Jaws, Jurassic Park and E.T. He was bom in Cindnnati, Ohio, on December 18,1947, @ he came from a very loving and happy family, Steven didn’t (4) well at school, He also found it difficult to make friends, partly (8) his father’s job meant the Spielbergs had to move around a lot. As a child, Spielberg began using his family’s home movie camera. He started recording camping (6) and other family events. When Spielberg was sixteen, he filmed a sdence- fiction movie, (7) he called Fitelight. This movie was over two hours long and had a complicated story (8) some aliens from another planet. His father rented a local cinema 10) the film. Te was the frst (10) of many to come. 1. AL ore powerful B. most powerfil the more powerful D. most powerful than 2A. entertain B. entertaiment C. entertainer D. entertaining 3. A. Although B. Despite © But D. Unless 4. A make B. work Cc do D. pass 5. A. because B. but cand D. so 6. A. joumeys B. travels C. holidays D. trips TA Which B. who C. where D. whose 8A with B. about © in D. on 9. A. display B. do C. show D. appear 10. A. succeed B. success CC. successful D. successfullyPart 4: Early Writing and Alphabets ‘When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (1) the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there ‘was a different picture for every word. The Ancient Egyptians had a system of picture writing that was called hieroglyphies. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some seientists (2) a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for (3) a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphies on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphies meant. An alphabet is quite different (4) picture writing. It consists of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, (6) lived about 3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabet. t was later improved by the Romans and this alphabet is now used widely throughout the world LAL see B. show C. appear D. speak 2, A. discovered B. realised == C._— made, D. invented 3. A than Bmore C. over D. already 4A at B. from Cc. with D. between 5. A. which B. whose C. what D. who Part 3: Weather ‘Weather influences the lives of everyone. The climate of any country depends on its position on Earth, its distance from the sea and how high it is. In countries (1) have sea all around them, like Britain and New Zealand, winters are mild and summers are cool. There is not a huge change from one season to another. Countries near the Equator have hot weather all year with some heavy rain, except in deserts Q it rains quite little. Above the desert there are no clouds in the sky, so the (3) of the sun can easily warm the ground during the day, but it gets very cold at night. People are always (4) in unusual weather, and pictures of tomadoes, for example, are shown on television. Strong winds and rain can (5) alot of damage to buildings, and o modem tools of weather forecasting they ean (7) surprise us, 1 Avwhat B. who D. where 2 A. what B. who. D. where: 3. A. cold B. light D. fire 4 A. keen B. excited D. interested 5. A-have B. cause D. happen 6 although B. inspite of C. because D. because of 7. Acalready B.ever yet D.still