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WorksheetsInternal assessment - Final English for Competitive exams
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 2hrs 13mins
What is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?
Brazil is the largest country in South America and Suriname is the smallest.
A. . The biggest country in South America is Brazil, while the tiniest is Suriname.
B. The largest country is Brazil and the smallest country is Suriname, and they are both countries in Brazil.
C. Suriname and Brazil the largest and smallest countries in Brazil.
D. The two countries of Brazil and Suriname are two countries in Brazil
In your English class you have been talking about buildings. Now, your English teacher has asked you to write an essay.
‘The design of buildings has an important effect on the people who use them.’
What do you think?
Write an essay using all the notes and giving reasons for your point of view.
A high school student usually has summer reading assignments.Choose the best paraphrase
A. A high school student always has homework assignments in the summer.
B. It is common for students in high school to have summer reading assignments.
C. Usually school aged students have summer reading assignments.
D. Most summer school students have high school reading to do.
The renowned Boston Symphony Orchestra gave its inaugural concert on October 22, 1881. It has continued to uphold the vision of its founder, the philanthropist, Civil War veteran, and amateur musician Henry Lee Higginson, who dreamed of founding a great and permanent orchestra in Boston for many years. The first concert was given under the direction of conductor Georg Henschel, who remained music director until 1884
Question
"uphold" could be best replaced by_____
endorse
defend
support
maintain
He was on his knees, ___________ for mercy/forgiveness.
pleading
plead
contemplating
contemplate
Saudi Arabia is expected to significantly ..... up oil production and may offer discounts to buyers.
bring
make
ramp
take
Trump is said _____ contacts with Russians during the election campaign.
to have
to be having
to have had
to have been had
The following sentence is an example of what type of sentence structure:
After school is over, I will watch the seventh grade football game.
Simple sentence
Compound sentence
Complex sentence
There _________ be some mistake. I didn't order any appetizers, and yet you're charging me for them.
may
might
must
She hasn't seen my texts. She _______ be in the shower.
must
can't
should
It _________ be a fight. Everyone is laughing. They _________ be celebrating really loud.
may not / could
can't / must
mustn't / might
A compound sentence is two simple sentences joined by
a subordinator
a dependent clause
a coordinator
a comma
___________________ means to combine one thing with another to create a whole.
to convict
to integrate
spectrum
insightful
_______________________ means a duty or binding promise/contract.
An obligation
A denial
A nomination
A prohibition
One dinosaur had a brain that weighed about as much as three pencils. It's body weighed ten tons and was over twenty feet in length. As you can guess, this dinosaur did not think too clearly. It wasn't the world's brightest dinosaur!
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
How big one dinosaur was
What one dinosaur's brain was like
Which connotation Is more positive?
______ people rode on the roller coaster.
Brave
Foolhardy
Which connotation Is more positive?
Our trip to the park was ______.
fine
wonderful
He arrived at exactly 11am, _____ on time.
right
straight
at
This necklace isn't expensive but it has sentimental ________ .
price
expense
value
Last Friday, we didn’t have school but I had a great day with my friends. ______________ I woke up and I went to the kitchen.
Then,
Finally,
At half past nine,
Meanwhile,
Which two cohesive devices are used to add more or clarify a point?
In addition / similarly
Such as / to illustrate this
Therefore / cosequently
Although / though
______ it is raining now, we can't play football.
Therefore
As
But
Although
John is lazy. He does not do his homework or revision well. ___________, he always gets 0 marks in his tests.
Thus
However
So that
After
"A penquin is a bird because it has wings." The phrase "a penquin is a bird" is an example of:
a reason
logic
a conclusion
an opinion
Which analogy best illustrates the function of reasons in an argument?
the legs of a table
the arms of a chair
the windows in a wall
the tiles on a roof
Identify any five words/pronouns used for referencing and linking in the following text
A. Every organization, as soon as it gets to any size (perhaps 1,000 people), begins to feel a need to systematize its management of human assets. Perhaps the pay scales have got way out of line, with apparently similar-level jobs paying very different amounts; perhaps there is a feeling that there are a lot of neglected skills in the organization that other departments could utilize if they were aware that they existed. Perhaps individuals have complained that they don't know where they stand or what their future is; perhaps the unions have requested standardized benefits and procedures. Whatever the historical origins, some kind of central organization, normally named a personnel department, is formed to put some system into the haphazardly. The systems that they adopt are often modeled on the world of production, because that is the world with the best potential for order and system.
(a)
Convert the following into rhetorical questions:
1.There is no crime more shocking than a cold blooded murder
(a)
Using the prompts within brackets, rewrite the sentence given below:
We just accept mobile phones and don’t think about
their bad effects. (Have a tendency / regardless of)
(a)
Which of these words show more than one movement? Tick those that apply.
fluctuate
fall
level off
grow
Profits rose from 2 billion dollars _ 5 billion last quarter.
(a)
Constant, start, remain and finish are words used to show...
more than one movement
movement upwards
movement downwards
no movement
Which of the sentences follows this pattern: Noun + verb + adverb
The consumption of fruit has risen steadily.
There has been a steady rise in the consumption of fruit.
In the sentence: -There has been a sharp fall in meat consumption.- the word fall is...
a verb
a noun
an adjective
an adverb
An argument can also be called (check all that apply)
an opinion
a claim
a thesis
an assertion
True or False? Evidence and reasoning are the same thing.
True
False
Peanut butter is a terrific snack.
Claim
Evidence
High school students should be required to wear uniforms.
The renowned Boston Symphony Orchestra gave its inaugural concert on October 22, 1881. It has continued to uphold the vision of its founder, the philanthropist, Civil War veteran, and amateur musician Henry Lee Higginson, who dreamed of founding a great and permanent orchestra in Boston for many years. The first concert was given under the direction of conductor Georg Henschel, who remained music director until 1884. For nearly twenty years, concerts were held in the Old Boston Music Hall, then in Symphony Hall from 1900, one of the world's most highly regarded concert halls. Henschel was succeeded by a series of German born and trained conductors: Wilhelm Gericke, Arthur Nikisch, Emil Paur, and Max Fiedler - culminating in the appointment of the legendary Karl Muck, who served two terms as music director, 1906 - 08 and 1912 - 18.
Question
According to the passage, when did The Boston Symphony Orchestra perform its first show?
1906 - 08 and 1912 - 18.
October 22, 1881
1884
1900
With Robert Laurent and William Zorach, direct carving enters into the story of modem sculpture in the United States. Direct carving – in which the sculptors themselves carve stone or wood with mallet and chisel – must be recognized as something more than just a technique. Implicit in it is an aesthetic principle as well: that the medium has certain qualities of beauty and expressiveness with which sculptors must bring their own aesthetic sensibilities into harmony. For example, sometimes the shape or veining in a piece of stone or wood suggests, perhaps even dictates, not only the ultimate form, but even the subject matter.
Question
What is the main idea of this pragraph?
Clue :
- "With Robert Laurent and William Zorach," is prepositional phrase to give more information about ______
- Check 2nd sentences. What is the subject of the sentence in the 2nd sentence.
How Robert Laurent and William Zorach introduced direct carving.
The definition of direct carving.
The aesthetic principle of direct carving.
The examples of direct carving.
The technique of direct carving was a break with the nineteenth-century tradition in which the making of a clay model was considered the creative act and the work was then turned over to studio assistants to be cast in plaster or bronze or carved in marble. Neoclassical sculptors seldom held a mallet or chisel in their own hands, readily conceding that the assistants they employed were far better than they were at carving the finished marble.
Question
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
How direct carving differs from the Neoclassical technique.
How artists with direct carving approach create their work
that Direct carving use the same method with the 19th-century artists
Bacteria are extremely small living things. While we measure our own sizes in inches or centimeters, bacterial size is measured in microns. One micron is a thousandth of a millimeter a pinhead is about a millimeter across. Rod shaped bacteria are usually from two to tour microns long, while rounded ones are generally one micron in diameter Thus, if you enlarged a founded bacterium a thousand times, it would be just about the size of a pinhead. An adult human magnified by the same amount would be over a mile(1.6 kilometers) tall.
Even with an ordinary microscope, you must look closely to see bacteria. Using a magnification of 100 times, one finds that bacteria are barely visible as tiny rods or dots One cannot make out anything of their structure. Using special stains, one can see that some bacteria have attached to them wavy - looking "hairs" called flagella. Others have only one flagellum. The flagella rotate, pushing the bacteria though the water. Many bacteria lack flagella and cannot move about by their own power while others can glide along over surfaces by some little understood mechanism.
From the bacterial point of view, the world is a very different place from what it is to humans to a bacterium water is as thick as molasses is to us. Bacteria are so small that they are influenced by the movements of the chemical molecules around them. Bacteria under the microscope, even those with no flagella, often bounce about in the water. This is because they collide with the water molecules and are pushed this way and that. Molecules move so rapidly that within a tenth of a second the molecules around a bacterium have all been replaced by new ones even bacteria without flagella are thus constantly exposed to a changing environment.
Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?
The characteristics of bacteria
How bacteria reproduce
The various functions of bacteria
How bacteria contribute to disease
The three parts of an argument are
(a)
What is the main idea?
Weather reporters have to give out a lot of information. That's why they use pictures. The pictures help them tell us about the weather without using so many words. Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is. They need to know where the warm air is. They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area. Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short. The pictures help weather reporters get the information out in a fast way.
Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph?
Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is
Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way
Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short
They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area
Look at the bar graph. Can you tell what the bar graph measures?
Kilowatts used by appliances per day
Average Hours appliances were used per day
Number of hours each appliance was used per day
Hours appliance used monthly
An item stem that starts with "The primary purpose of the passage is to..." is what type of question?
explicit detail
main idea
development
implied idea
what option is closest in meaning to the word "hammer" in "She is like a hammer in my job, that makes me crazy"
an element for nails.
constant pressure.
a nice person.
a good role model.
Which word best replaces "drained" in "after two days, the whole staff was drained and went home to sleep most of the day"
Very upset
Angry
Bored
Very tired
We were unable to reach an agreement because of the ................. between the two groups.
contact
concern
connection
conflict
Put the correct form of the word "pay" in this sentence:
To buy this car I made a monthly ...................of $280 for two years.
A. pay
B. paying
C. paid
D. payment
Find the synonym of the word "though"
A. because
B. so
C. despite
D. thanks to
Choose the word that has the closest meaning to the one underlined in the sentence below
A heart shape is the symbol of love.
sign
image
picture
drawing
Choose the word that has the closest meaning to the one underlined in the sentence below
People are often suspicious of strangers.
doubful
scared
nervous
angry
the word "scorching" means.............
cold
very cold
hot
very hot
What does the word "plummet" mean?
Fall considerably
Grow considerably
Fall first and then recover
What does the word "surge" mean?
Significant fall
Significant increase
Significant fluctuation
What is the synonym for "marginally"?
Negligibly
Considerably
Sharply
Check your vocabulary: multiple choice
Choose the correct answer.
1. to plunge (v.), a plunge (n.)
a big decrease
a decrease
no change
an increase
a big increase
How long is the speaking test?
10 minutes
About 15 minutes
It's up to the examiner
11-14 minutes
It's unique for each student depending upon their mood
How long do you get to complete Task 2 in IELTS?
30 minutes
40 minutes
45 minutes
50 minutes
How many paragraphs should you write in IELTS writing task 2?
maximum 3
4 or 5
4 or 5 body paragraphs
In writing Task 1 IELTS Academic, you are asked to:
Describe a bar, a graph, a map or a process
An essay
A letter
SERIOUSLY?
use this to talk about some serious issues
use this to introduce something really really bad
moreover or furthermore
very clear, it can be clearly seen that...
ADDITIONALLY
moreover or furthermore
however or in contrast
As a result
Nevertheless
What is an opinion?
Something that can be proven
The way you think or feel about a topic
We _____ time sitting in a traffic jam. We should've taken the train.
damaged
wasted
lost
missed
The high level of air pollution in our country negatively ________ the health of a large number of people.
changes
alters
affects
I was exhausted, so I drank a double espresso. Now I’m _____ awake.
HIGHLY
ENTIRELY
FULLY
WIDE
for a drink
go
take
get
do
A collocation is 2 or more words that
often go together
have similar meanings
are always used together
Avi is very handsome. Yet, he is not popular with girls.
Car companies such as Toyota and Ford manufacture their cars in many different countries around the world.
The new supermarket is so much cheaper than the one in John Street.________________ , they do free home deliveries too.
however
on th whole
furthermore
We discussed training, education and the budget.
We ___________spoke about marketing.
thus
also
namely
moreover
He decided to buy a new car ......... having lost his job the previous month.
in spite of
so that
while
before
I turned off the air conditioning ____ I was cold.
but
and
Therefore
because
Mr. Newcott loves buffalo chicken bites. Mr. Newcott likes barbecue chicken bites.
The rules for the dance were posted on the contract. This contract helped kids follow the rules and have fun.
What is the meaning of linking words?
frases connecting between them
word which shows a connection between clauses or sentences
pieces of advice
sentences with out funcion
What is the meaning of benevolence
kindness
joyfulness
watchfulness
loyalty
Which word best describes someone who is very social?
vigilance
jubilance
benevolence
congeniality
During the trial, the lead witness was willing to __________ in order to protect his friend.
prevaricate
mitigate
advocate
venerate
Alan decided to stay home and study for the test instead of going to the game, and his _____________ decision paid off; he aced the test.
sporadic
fortuitous
pragmatic
pompous
Verbose (adj)
To have more vocabulary words than another person.
To write more words than needed.
To say more words than needed.
To improve one’s lexicon.
Veracity (noun)
To be ravenous or hungry.
Truthfulness.
Fallacy.
Justification.
Tirade (noun)
Abusive criticism.
A gang or unofficial group.
Hot and rugged.
Sharp.
