Remed UH B1+

Reading: Weird Stories
Vocabulary: Strong adjectives and Idiom
Grammar: Past Tenses

​

Chapter 2 Review

Weird Stories

Employee Pick
Commuters Hesitate
Attempt Represent
Wacky Tomb
Loads of

Match

Match the following

• people who work for a particular company or organisation     

• pause because you are not certain

• people who regularly travel to work

• place where people buried someone who had died, usually someone important

• A large quantity

Employee

Hesitant

Commuters

Tomb

Loads of

• Employee

• Hesitant

• Commuters

• Tomb

• Loads of

Multiple Choice

The Bermuda Triangle is the name given in 1964 to a large area in the shape of a triangle which connects Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico. Strange stories appeared in the press in the 1940s after several aeroplanes went missing on a routine flight. One particular magazine article connected their disappearance with other unexplained mysteries in that area. Over the years, similar stories of missing ships and aircraft appeared in the news, talking about communications equipment which mysteriously stopped working and ships found without any sign of life. Some people claimed that the pilots and sailors had been kidnapped by aliens. No one knows the truth, but it’s important to remember that a lot of ships sail through the Bermuda Triangle so it’s not surprising that there are more accidents than in other places. The area is also particularly affected by storms and hurricanes, so we should probably look for a more natural explanation before blaming aliens or ghosts.

When were the first newspaper stories about the Bermuda Triangle published?

• 1960s
• 1950s
• 1970s
• 1940s

Multiple Choice

This collection of lines and designs covers a large area in the south of Peru. Historians believed they were created by the Nazca civilization which lived there until about 1,500 years ago, although it is now thought that some of the lines may be even older. Due to their size, they cannot be seen easily from the ground. This meant that many of them were undiscovered until the 1920s when people started to use aeroplanes to investigate the area. What they discovered were straight lines stretching for tens of kilometres and designs of animals. They had all been built very carefully by removing stones and sand from the ground. The lack of wind and rain has meant that the lines have survived for many years. There are many theories about why people put some effort into making them. However, the strangest one has to be that they were runways for aliens. No one knows the real reason for the Nazca Lines, but it’s unlikely they were constructed by aliens.

What is the conclusion of the text?

• The Nazca Lines were created as a result of natural erosion.
• The real reason for the Nazca Lines is unknown.
• The Nazca Lines were created as a form of communication between different civilizations.
• The Nazca Lines were created as a form of ancient graffiti.

Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

Kyle has got an_______ new game for his computer. I can’t wait to play it.

• awesome
• amusing

• terrible
• horrible

Multiple Choice

 It’s_________news about your brother’s new job. He must be really pleased.

• terrible
• amazing
• awful
• horrible

Multiple Choice

One of my favourite cities is Lisbon. It’s a ________ place for families to spend their holiday.

• boring
• awful
• dangerous
• fantastic

Multiple Choice

The smell in the room was_______ so we couldn’t stay in there.

• pleasant
• disgusting
• aromatic
• appetizing

Multiple Choice

The new stadium is______ . To be honest, I think it’s too big.

• tiny
• massive
• average
• small

Multiple Choice

I read a_______ story about a man who got attacked by lions. It sounded really scary.

• funny
• frightening
• exciting
• boring

Multiple Choice

Why did you buy that silly souvenir? It’s a_______waste of money.

• expensive
• useful
• ridiculous
• valuable

Open Ended

Make a sentence using the word ancient

Multiple Choice

the form

S+V2 is____

• present simple

• past simple

• past perfect

• Past continuous

Multiple Choice

The form

S+did+not+V1 is ____

• past tenses

• past perfect

• past continuous

• present simple

Multiple Choice

She was studying at 9 o'clock last night

• Past simple

• Past continuous

• Past perfect

• Would/Used to

Multiple Choice

She had gone crazy before they interviewed her

• Past perfect-Past simple

• Past simple-Past perfect

• Past perfect- Past continuous

• Past perfect-Past Perfect

Multiple Choice

We_______back to Nisa’s house after the film had finished.

• go
• goed
• went
• were going

Multiple Choice

The rain_____ already stopped by the time we got outside.

• has
• have
• was
• had

Multiple Choice

My parents_______ have a car, but they haven’t got one anymore

• used to
• always
• never
• would have

Multiple Choice

Robbie found some money on the floor when he ______home from school.

• was walking
• walk
• is walking
• walked

Multiple Choice

We ________the house when I realised I’d left my bag upstairs.

• were leaving
• were exiting
• were gone
• were left