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11. 8a

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

New economy policy did not produce the desired _______

a)

affect

b)

effect

2.

Scientists are investigating how changes in climate_________ the ozone layer.

a)

effect

b)

affect

3.

I’ll _______ why I don’t believe your story.

a)

effect

b)

produce

c)

explain

d)

affect

4.

It is __________ for children to be afraid of the dark.

a)

explanation

b)

communication

c)

production

d)

common

5.

Plants ________ oxygen

a)

evolve

b)

produce

c)

appear

d)

invent

6.

He will star in the Los Angeles _________ of "Phantom of the Opera' this year.

a)

production

b)

producer

c)

produce

d)

productive

7.

James Dyson is the _________ of the bagless vacuum cleaner

a)

invention

b)

inventor

c)

explorer

d)

comminicator

e)

discovery

8.

Our guide __________us through the mountains.

a)

leaded

b)

leader

c)

led

d)

lead to

9.

Parents sometimes find it difficult to ________ with their teenage children.

a)

communicator

b)

communicative

c)

communicated

d)

communicate

10.

If I'm not _______within the next two years, I'm going to change jobs.

a)

promotion

b)

promoted

c)

promoter

d)

promotional

11.

Greenpeace works to__________ awareness of the dangers that threaten our planet today.

a)

leader

b)

produce

c)

explain

d)

promote

12.

to promote means:___________

a)

to design something

b)

to help something to develop or increase

c)

to make something clear

d)

to give someone a better job in a company

13.

Apple has sold many millions of iPods since the product _________ in 2001

a)

introduced

b)

was introduced

c)

is introduced

d)

introducing

14.

Jim went to answer the phone. ________, Pete started to prepare lunch.

a)

During

b)

At the moment

c)

Meanwhile

d)

Next time

15.

We need to find some other _______ of transportation.

a)

means

b)

production

c)

common

d)

introduction

16.

This dish _________by our chef Jean Richard.

a)

was created

b)

created

c)

is creating

d)

creates

17.

Scientists are hoping for a ___________ in the search for a cure for cancer.

a)

introduction

b)

evolve

c)

communicator

d)

breakthrough

18.

A breakthrough is______

a)

the end of an experiment

b)

a means of communication

c)

an important discovery

d)

a violent escape from prison

19.

Electric vehicles are starting to _______ in many European countries.

a)

introduce

b)

create

c)

common

d)

appear

20.

I guess we all took it for granted that water would always be available.

take something for granted means..........................

a)

to believe something to be the truth without even thinking about it

b)

to spoil the good effect that something has

c)

to start having doubts about something

21.

"To sum up" is a phrase you can use to

a)

combine things in a particular order

b)

express briefly the important facts about something

c)

to divide things or people into groups according to their type