EF2 - 12A Unbelievable!

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct meaning of the word “promptly”.

• Very slow and lazy

• Immediately, without waiting

• A short text written by an AI to generate content

• At some random time

Multiple Choice

What does the word “inquired” mean in the story?

• To yell angrily

• To ask politely or formally

• To repeat something

• To write a police report

Match

Match the words from the story with their meanings.

• a part of a city where people live, usually outside the center

• people who make a phone call

• quickly or without delay

• to ask a question formally

• to say officially that something happened

suburb

callers

promptly

inquired

reported

• suburb

• callers

• promptly

• inquired

• reported

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The neighbors ​

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hearing strange noises.

The police received calls from several ​

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.

The man lived in a city ​

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.

The woman’s ​

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made everyone worried.

The officer ​

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the man to tell the truth.

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reported

callers

suburb

scream

pressed

ignored

Fill in the Blank

Complete the sentence using the correct word from the story.

“When the police ______ about the noise, the man said it was a spider.”

Multiple Choice

What does furniture mean?

• Things like chairs, tables, and sofas

• The walls and ceiling of a house

• A type of decoration

• A small pet spider

• Everything inside a house.

Multiple Choice

“Injured” means “hurt or harmed.”

• True

• False

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One night in a quiet ​

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, a man ​

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loudly because of a big ​

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. The ​

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arrived ​

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to check what happened.

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suburb

shouted

spider

police

promptly

Reorder

Put the events in the order that they happened.

• The neighbors heard someone screaming.

• The man killed the spider.

• The police arrived at the apartment.

• The man explained what had happened.

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Multiple Choice

Why did the neighbors believe there was a woman in danger?

• They saw someone at the window

• The man’s voice sounded like a woman’s

• They heard someone screaming

• hey saw blood outside the apartment

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Why does the story include the detail that “no one was injured — except for the spider”?

• To show that spiders are dangerous

• To make the ending funny

• To explain why the police arrested the man

• To criticize the police

Multiple Choice

The police officers should have ignored the neighbors’ calls because it was only a spider.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What does the word “mishap” mean in the text?

• A funny situation

• A small unfortunate accident

• A big disaster

• A happy coincidence

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The word “inadvertently” in the text means ​

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.

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Accidentally

On purpose

Quickly

Silently

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The word “engaged” in the text means:

• Going to get married

• Busy or focused on something

• Talking to someone

• Bored and distracted

Match

Match the vocabulary to the correct definition:

• an unlucky or small accident

• by accident, without meaning to

• to look for help

• not knowing something

• act of being ignored and dismissed.

mishap

inadvertently

sought

unaware

snub

• mishap

• inadvertently

• sought

• unaware

• snub

Fill in the Blank

Claudia ______ help from the gas station manager when she couldn’t call her husband.

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence that correctly uses retrieve:

• I will retrieve my backpack from the lost and found.

• I will retrieve my friend to lunch.

• She retrieve her homework every day.

• We retrieve to the park every Sunday.

Multiple Choice

Which word has a different meaning from the others?

• seek

• look for

• find

• search

• remember

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Walter was ​

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that his wife was missing for almost 60 miles!

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unaware

unknown

unawake

unsure

Reorder

Put the events in the order that they happened.

• Walter filled up the car with gas.

• Claudia woke up.

• She went into the restroom.

• Walter got back into the car and drove off.

• Claudia went to the police.

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Multiple Choice

Why was Claudia angry when Walter returned?

• Because she had been waiting for hours.

• Because she was waiting for hours.

• Because she waited for hours.

• Because she had waited hours ago.

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Walter didn’t realize Claudia was missing because she ​

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​

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asleep when he left.

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had

been

will

be

has

is

was

Reorder

Reorder the following

• He

• had not

• noticed

• how far

• he had driven.

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Multiple Choice

Which sentence does NOT use the past perfect correctly?

• Claudia had gone inside when Walter left.

• Walter had realized his mistake too late.

• The police had called her husband immediately.

• She had looking for cookies in the store.

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If Walter had checked the back seat, he ​

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would not have lost Claudia!

was not losing Claudia!

did not lose Claudia!

will not lose Claudia!

Multiple Choice

What does “shipment” mean in this story?

• The process of sending goods to someone

• A large boat that travels across the ocean

• The act of shopping online

• The package that Cupcake was playing with

Multiple Choice

What does “enabled” mean in the sentence “The microchip enabled the vet to contact Julie”?

• Turned something off

• Forced someone to act

• Disabled something

• Made something possible

Match

Match the words to their meanings

• jumped out suddenly

• a package or group of things sent somewhere

• didn’t know or realize something

• entered secretly without permission

• worked hard and without stopping

leaped out

shipment

unaware

snuck in

tirelessly

• leaped out

• shipment

• unaware

• snuck in

• tirelessly

Multiple Choice

Julie felt awful because she didn’t see Cupcake while she was ______ the DVDs in the box.

• placing up

• putting out

• placing

• putting up

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Julie was completely ​

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that Cupcake had hidden inside the box.

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unaware

aware

unawake

unawarely

Multiple Choice

Which sentence correctly uses “snuck in”?

• The cat snuck in the box when no one was looking.

• The cat snuck into sleep.

• The DVDs snuck inside the cat.

• The cat snucked into the kitchen.

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The customer ​

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to the RSPCA to report the lost cat.

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reached out

reached in

reached up

reached over

Multiple Choice

Julie searched for her cat tirelessly. This means she...

• looked for her cat with no energy.

• looked for her cat without giving up.

• got tired easily.

• only searched at night.

Reorder

Put the events in the correct order:

• Cupcake jumped out of the box.

• The customer contacted the RSPCA.

• The vet found Julie’s contact information.

• Julie searched for her cat everywhere.

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Multiple Choice

Why didn’t Julie realize Cupcake was in the box?

• Because the cat was in another room.

• Because she thought her customer already took the cat.

• Because the cat had snuck in silently while she was packing.

• Because she forgot she owned a cat.

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Cupcake was found by the customer after ______ days.

Multiple Choice

Why was the vet able to find Julie?

• Because Cupcake had a microchip.

• Because the customer remembered her address.

• Because Julie had written her name on the box.

• Because the RSPCA called every person in England.

Multiple Choice

What does “luggage conveyor belt” mean?

• A machine that moves suitcases from check-in to loading

• A seat for elderly passengers

• A metal detector for bags

• A kind of escalator inside the airport

Multiple Choice

If you misinterpret something, it means you understood it perfectly.

• True

• False

Dropdown

The airline staff ​

Select answer

the passenger to put her suitcase on the belt.

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A restricted area means ​ a

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.

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place only authorized people can enter

free and open area

place full of restaurants

gift shop

Reorder

Reorder the following

• The airport

• spokesman

• said

• was

• funny.

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Multiple Choice

If someone is unharmed, they are:

• safe
• in danger
• at risk
• vulnerable

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After the incident, she ​

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her flight to Germany as planned.

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boarded

canceled

delayed

missed

entered

Multiple Choice

The best definition to signage is

• the use of signs and symbols to convey information or guide people.
• the use of colors and patterns to decorate spaces.
• the practice of signing your signature.

• the process of designing logos for businesses.

Multiple Choice

What happened first in the story?

• The woman boarded her flight

• The woman sat on the luggage belt

• The staff stopped the system

• The woman arrived in Germany

Multiple Choice

The woman was angry after realizing what had happened.

• True

• False

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The incident get media attention because ​

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.

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it was funny and unusual

The woman sued the airline

It caused a long delay

Many passengers copied her

Dropdown

The staff stopped the system ​

Select answer

the woman went too far.

Multiple Choice

What lesson did the airport learn from this event?

• Elderly passengers need clearer instructions

• They should build faster conveyor belts

• Only young travelers should fly

• They must remove the luggage belts

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Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. Choose the action that happened first.

Anna had finished her homework as her brother arrived.

• Anna finished her homework

• Her brother arrived

• Both at the same time

• None

Fill in the Blank

Tom ______ (clean) the kitchen as his friends arrived.

Reorder

Put the words in the correct order.

• She

• had

• called

• before

• she arrived

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Match

Match the two parts.

• He had eaten

• As I arrived

• I had saved the file

• We had studied a lot

• As the taxi stopped

before he went out.

they had already started the movie.

before the computer shut down.

before the test began.

she had packed her bags.

• before he went out.

• they had already started the movie.

• before the computer shut down.

• before the test began.

• she had packed her bags.

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Lisa ​

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home as it ​

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to rain. She ​

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her umbrella, so she ​

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inside quickly and ​

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a taxi.

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had left

started

had forgotten

ran

called

left

forgotten

had run

had call

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had cooked

had finished

had seen

had completed

had started

had learned

had traveled

had written

went

saw

finished

played

called

visited

talked

bought

Put each action in the correct column.

First Action (Past Perfect):

Second Action (Past Simple):

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Drag and Drop

They left the stadium ​

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the game had ended.

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since

that

until

Multiple Choice

Which action happened first?

He had eaten all the pizza as his friends arrived.

• He ate the pizza

• His friends arrived

Fill in the Blank

The bus left ____ we had just got to the stop.

Reorder

Reorder the following

• He turned off

• the oven

• since

• he had

• baked the cake

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