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A Short Story. Unit 7H Solutions Upper Intermediate

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Complete the time expression

a)

After little minutes

b)

After a few minutes

c)

After a bit minutes

2.

Complete the time expression

a)

It all started one day last term

b)

It all starts one day last term

c)

It started next term

3.

Complete the time expression

a)

Seeing back

b)

watching past

c)

Looking back

d)

Observing past

4.

Choose the Correct time expression

a)

The following,

b)

The following year

c)

The year that will go

5.

Choose the correct time expression

a)

Within two or three hours

b)

Within time

c)

Within

6.

Rewrite the sentence using a “what” nominal clause. “I wanted to hear the truth”

a)

What I want to hear the truth.

b)

What I wanted was to hear the truth.

7.

Rewrite the sentence using a “what” nominal clause. “She believes everyone is innocent”

a)

What I believe is she is innocent.

b)

What I believe was everyone was innocents.

c)

What she believes is that everyone is innocent.

8.

Rewrite the sentence using a “what” nominal clause. “We needed more evidence.”

a)

What is needed more evidence.

b)

What is need we have more evidence.

c)

What we needed was more evidence.

9.

When you narrate the events of a story using “I”, “my”, “we” you use

a)

1st person narrator

b)

2nd person narrator

c)

3rd person narrator

10.

When you narrate the events of a story using “he”, “she”, “they” you use

a)

1st person narrator

b)

2nd person narrator

c)

3rd person narrator

11.

Paragraphs in a short story. The ending should be in:

a)

1st paragraph

b)

2nd paragraph

c)

Last paragraph

12.

True or False. The main event of a story usually appears in the beginning of a story.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or False. You set the scene (say time, place and characters ) in the beginning of a story.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What does “tell a fib” mean?

a)

To say the whole truth

b)

To be economical with the truth

c)

To tell a small lie

15.

Which 2 options are correct? Mark 2.

a)

Say the truth

b)

Tell the truth

c)

Say a lie

d)

Tell a lie

16.

What is the correct expression ?

a)

to take something with a grain of sugar

b)

to take something with a grain

c)

to take something with a grain of salt

17.

Which expression mean: To avoid saying the true facts about a situation, or to lie about it.

a)

To be economical with the truth

b)

Yo stretch the truth

c)

The truth will out