Skills and revision 3 Lower intermediate

Skills and revision 3 

Lower Intermediate

Fatma is talking to her cousin, Samia.

Read the conversation

Multiple Choice

Fatma: Have you seen this new documentary about medical problems? It’s called ‘Call the doctor’. It’s fascinating, I’ve seen every episode.

Samia: Fascinating? What are you talking about? I watched the first episode, it was about a man with insects living under his skin, it was absolutely revolting! I wanted to be sick.

• Fatima finds the series really interesting but Samia finds it really unpleasant.

• Fatima finds the series really boring but Samia finds it really frightening.

• Fatima finds the series really interesting but Samia finds it really funny.

• Fatima finds the series really unpleasant but Samia finds it really interesting.

Multiple Choice

What word did Fatma use for really interesting?

• Fantastic

• Formidable

• Fascinating

• Ferocious

Multiple Choice

To say that the series made her want to be sick, Samia said it was revolting.

• Yes, that's right.

• No, that's not right.

Multiple Choice

Fatma: Well, yes, that episode was a bit unpleasant. But I find it fascinating when they explain the medical procedures. Honestly, the series is really, really good… no, it’s outstanding.

Samia: Oh, no, not for me. You know how afraid I am of hospitals and doctors. I find the medical procedures terrifying, they don’t interest me at all.

• Samia is interested in medical procedures.

• Fatma thinks medical procedures are a bit unpleasant.

• Fatima thinks Samia will be an outstanding doctor one day.

• Samia is very frightened of medical procedures

Multiple Choice

To say that something makes her very afraid, Samia said it was ______.

• terrible

• terrifying

• terraforming

• terrific

Multiple Choice

To say that the series is really, really good, Fatma says it is

• outfitting

• outstanding

• outspoken

• outlying

Multiple Choice

Fatma: Oh, yes, how can I forget the day when you went for that injection? You screamed so loudly that the police arrived in the clinic!

Samia: Oh, my word! That injection is unforgettable! The needle was longer than my arm! Am I a horse? No, I’m not! That wasn’t just a bad day, it was an awful day.

• The police came to the clinic because the doctors use very long needles.

• The police came to the clinic because of Samia's screaming.

• The police came to the clinic because it was full of horses.

• The police came to the clinic because Fatma called them.

Multiple Choice

To say that the day was difficult to forget, Samia said it was _______

• unforgivable

• unforgettable

• unfortunate

• unforeseeable

Multiple Choice

To say a very very bad day, Samia said it was ____

• awful

• awesome

• awestruck

Multiple Choice

Fatma: Your mother was furious! I remember the look on her face. I’ve never seen her so angry. But what’s worse is that when your mother gets angry like that, she is hilarious. I can’t stop myself from laughing because she waves her arms and walks in circles. It’s like a little dance.

• Samia's mother thought it was very funny.

• Samia's mother was very angry.

• Samia's mother was so happy that she danced.

• Samia's mother tells very funny jokes.

Multiple Choice

Fatma said that Samia's mother was very funny, she used the word hilarious.

• Yes, that's right.

• No that's not right.

Multiple Choice

To say the word very, very angry, Fatma used the word ____

• flirtatious

• furious

• famous

• fascinating

Multiple Choice

Fatma: But the funniest thing of all, when that young doctor came in. You know, the good-looking one! The one who convinced you to have the injection.

Samia: That wasn’t what happened!

• In the end, a doctor convinced Samia to get the injection.

• In the end, Samia gave the injection to the doctor instead.

• In the end, Samia's mother helped Samia with the injection.

• In the end, Samia didn't get the injection.

Multiple Choice

Fatma: My sister was in the room with you! She insists that is what happened!

Samia: Your sister’s a gossip!

Fatma: But she’s right.

Samia: No, she’s wrong. The doctor wasn’t just ‘good-looking’, he was absolutely gorgeous.

Fatma: Samia, it’s lucky you’re my favourite cousin, otherwise I would slap you!

• Fatma knows what happened because her mother told her everything.

• Fatma doesn't know what happened because Samia was alone in the room.

• Fatma knows why Samia accepted the injection because her sister told her.

• Fatma knows what happened because the doctor is her brother.

Multiple Choice

To say very good-looking, Samia uses the word ______

• gormless

• gossipy

• gorgeous

• goofy

Multiple Choice

I've had a very long, difficult day at work and I am absolutely ________

• exhibited

• extinct

• exhausted

• exiled

Multiple Choice

There was a ______ explosion in Beirut a couple of months ago

• horrific

• terrific

Multiple Choice

Which word means to hit someone in the face as a punishment?

• Otherwise

• slap

• cousin

• favourite

Open Ended

Have you ever been interested in medical procedures?

Write at least 20 words

Use these words and your own words to describe how you feel about it:

fascinating

revolting

terrifying

outstanding

unforgettable

awful

Multiple Choice

If you say you are exhausted, you mean you are very ______

• excited

• tired

• hungry

• angry

Fill in the Blank

cooking / Mahmoud's / absolutely / is / revolting.

Multiple Choice

Which word has a similar meaning to revolting?

• horrifying

• disgusting

• terrific

Multiple Choice

This beach is absolutely gorgeous.

Multiple Choice

It's a new comedy series and it is absolutely _____

• terrifying

• exhausting

• furious

• hilarious

Multiple Choice

Which word has a similar meaning to outstanding?

• terrible

• excellent

• hilarious

• furious

Fill in the Blank

My brother / has / told / hilarious / always / jokes.

Multiple Choice

She is an outstanding student.

Fill in the Blank

seen this / Have you / about medical problems? / new documentary

Fill in the Blank

been watching / about animals. / I have / a very / good series

Multiple Select

Which sentences are in the present perfect continuous?

• Sharifa has been working hard this week.

• I've been studying Spanish for 2 years.

• We were watching a very good series on Netflix.

• My sisters have finished helping my mother.

• We've been working on this project for many years.

Fill in the Blank

has always / Samia / been afraid / and doctors. / of hospitals

Multiple Choice

My father was _____ when my brother crashed the car.

• revolting

• outstanding

• furious

• exhausted

Multiple Choice

I can't watch horror films, I find them ________ and then I can't sleep.

• terrific

• terrifying

• fascinating

• fantastic

Multiple Choice

Which option fits the gap? ______ but I haven't found a solution.

• I have thought about the problem

• I have been thinking about the problem

• I thought about the problem

• I used to think about the problem

Fill in the Blank

fascinated by / I have / life under / always been / the sea.

Multiple Choice

I have a very ____ memory of being in hospital.

• livid

• vivid

• viral

• viscid

Multiple Choice

Mahmoud and Said used to be really close friends but a few months ago they _________.

• made up

• fell out

• got on

• had a lot in common

Multiple Select

Which sentences are correct?

• Did he use to play for Chelsea?

• Were you use to live in Sohar?

• Where you used to go to school?

• How did you use to connect to the internet?

• How often did you use to go on holiday?

Prepositions

Choose the correct word

Multiple Choice

Mohammed is very keen __ Liverpool FC.

• at

• on

• in

• of

Multiple Choice

Leena is very fond __ her little sister, Rania.

• at

• on

• of

• to

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Abdullah isn't interested __ basketball.

• at

• on

• in

• by

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Samar was really shocked __ the news about her school.

• of

• on

• by

• in