End of the year test

End of the year test

Multiple Choice

The leader of a sports team:

• Chief

• Commander

• Captain

Multiple Choice

The person in charge of a group or organization, or the ruler of a tribe:

• Chief

• Captain

• Commander

Multiple Choice

a rectangular area drawn out on the ground that is used for playing sports such as tennis or basketball:

• pitch

• court

• playground

Multiple Choice

an area, usually covered with grass, used for playing sports:

• field

• pitch

• court

Multiple Choice

an area painted with lines for playing particular sports like baseball or cricket:

• pitch

• field

• court

Multiple Choice

a person, team, or company that is competing against others:

• supporters

• competitors

• defenders

Multiple Choice

to defeat or do better than someone:

• beat

• score

• win

Multiple Choice

Are you going to ___________ the photography competition?

• join

• participate

• enter

Multiple Choice

You mix all the dry _________ together before you add the milk

• ingredients

• courses

• products

Multiple Choice

A traditional British main ______ consists of a meat dish with potatoes and other vegetables.

• menu

• course

• cuisine

Multiple Choice

Add extra sugar if the rhubarb is too _________.

• sweet

• spicy

• sour

Multiple Choice

I love Creole cooking, so hot and _________.

• raw

• spicy

• sour

Multiple Choice

a place in a factory, office, school etc. where food and meals are sold, often at a lower than usual price

• canteen

• restaurant

• café

Multiple Choice

a person who sells meat in a shop

• vet

• barber

• butcher

Speak vs Talk

I need to speak to you.

Formal. It is possible that:

– the speaker does not know you very well.

– this is in a formal setting, such as work.

– what the person has to say is important/serious.

I need to talk to you.

Informal. It is possible that:

– the speaker is your friend.

– the speaker is someone you don’t know very well, but what they have to say is informal.

Multiple Choice

Dr Graham Foster will ____ about the history of the region.

• speak

• talk

Multiple Choice

Kyle is going to _____ us through the benefits of the software and then Liz will ______ about the marketing plan.

• speak

• talk

Say

to give (as) an opinion or suggestion about something:

"Who do you think will get the job?" "I'd rather not say."

What are you saying, exactly? (= What do you mean?)

We've been driving all day - I say (that) we start looking for a motel now.

informal What do you say we sell the car? (= What do you think about selling it?)

Multiple Choice

Scientists ______ that, no matter what, the world will warm by 2.3°C

• tell

• talk

• speak

• say

Multiple Choice

Are you absolutely ________ (that) you gave them the right number?

• clear

• certain

• obvious

Multiple Choice

It is rapidly becoming _________ (to me) (that) I'm not suited to being a doctor.

• certain

• clear

• convinced

Multiple Choice

Now that we are ____ far into the season, I though it would be a good moment too find out who the best players are.

• as

• so

• much

• such

Transformations

Rewrite the sentences so that they mean the same thing.

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Tenses:

It was the first time I baked a cake. I ____ ____ _____ a cake before.

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Passive to active:

They were chosen to represent our school by the school council. The school council _______ them to represent our school.

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Comparatives:

I'm feeling much better today than yesterday. I was feeling much ________ yesterday.

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Passive to a relative clause:

The trees were planted by our neighbour. It was our neighbour _____ planted the trees.

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Adjective to noun phrase:

The movie was so boring that I fell asleep. It was ______ a boring movie that I fell asleep.

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Active to passive:

My husband and I built this bridge in 2020. This bridge ___ ____ by me and my husband in 2020.

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My hair is shorter than my brother's. My hair is not __ _____ as my brother's.

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There are many chapters in this book. The book _____ many chapters.

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Before electricity was invented, people _______ light their houses with candles.

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When they were young, my parents did not have a car, but they have one now. They ___ ____ __ have a car when they were young.

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When I lived in London, I liked going to museums quite often.

When I lived in London, I _____ to go to museums quite often.

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They didn't read many books when they were children.

They ________ to read many books when they were children.

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I would only learn Italian if I was moving to Italy.

I ________ learn Italian unless I was moving to Italy.

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I would only travel around the World if I won the lottery.

I ________ travel around the world unless I won the lottery.