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Competition test 2018
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Vocabulary Revision
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-100
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Grammar Review for Beginners - 3-page review, 14 different exercises, fully editable, with keys included
Level:
elementary
Age:
12-17
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English Test(9th form End of Term 2 Test)(3 parts)Reading Comprehension: THE INTERNET/Grammar+Voc abulary/Writing(+Key )
Level:
intermediate
Age:
9-14
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conditionals
Level:
elementary
Age:
10-14
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7
test
Level:
intermediate
Age:
14-16
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11
Comparative & Superlative
Level:
elementary
Age:
9-12
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136
I Read the text carefully and choose the correct answer:
English is generally agreed to be the richest of the world's 3000 languages. The 12-volume Oxford English Dictionary (OED) lists 414 825 words,
which
of that
that
of which
about 200 000 are
in
at
of
out
current use.
Three whole days
should need
should be needed
would be needed
would need
to read the OED aloud from A to Z. It would take almost as long again to recite the 300 000 technical terms which English
possess
possesses
is possessing
has possession
English is so superior in that respect that
many
few
some
a few
other languages can match such word power. Chinese may come close -
despite
all in all
in spite of
although
no one has counted it satisfactorily.
English is also the second most
widely speaking
wide spoken
widely spoken
wide speaking
language. It is the mother tongue of 320
million people
millions peoples
million peoples
millions people
. English owes
it's incredibly
its slightly
its incredibly
it's slightly
large vocabulary to the fact that, unlike many other languages, it has the capacity
of landing
to borrow
to lend
of borrowing
II Choose the correct answer:
1. At the age of thirty, Sarah was illiterate
having received
received
receiving
having had received
no formal education as a child.
2. Did Maggie
use to ice-skate
used ice-skate
use ice-skate
used to ice-skate
when she was little?
3. It was only when he
had got
got
has got
get
home that he realised he
left
had left
has left
leaves
his phone at the bar.
4. He
can't have committed
can't commit
must have committed
must commit
the crime. He is the only one whose fingertips were in the victim's flat.
5. She suffered
from
of
off
on
a serious illness and needed someone to look
on
after
for
at
her.
III Complete the text by putting the verbs in brackets in the correct tense:
The first ever scheduled flight to the remote island of St Helena
(land) safely. The plane
(arrive) at Saint Helena Airport last Saturday with 68 passengers on board. People were very excited. One passenger, a British travel operator,
(come) all the way from Scotland to Johannesburg in South Africa to be on that flight. She said: "I never thought I
(see)
that day. If the new airport
(not exist), man tourist from Great Britain
(choose) to travel elsewhere.
This first flight marks a new era for the island which is in the middle of the South Atlantic. The people of St Helena hope that the airport
(attract) many new visitors. However, the British media said it was "the most useless airport in the world". It
(build) last year with
$380 million of British taxpayers' money -
$ 80 000 for every person on the island. Governor, Lisa Phillips, dismissed the criticism from the British media and
(add): "I am getting really excited about the new chapter in St Helena's history."
IV Complete the text about Bob Marley. Write ONE word for each space.
The first letter is given to you.
Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley is the
g
ever reggae singer. His live
p
were legendary for their passion and energy. Marley's album "Exodus" was voted by "Time" magazine as the best of the 20th
c
.
Marley was born in 1945 in a small
v
in Jamaica to a white father and black mother. He was
b
by his classmates because of his mixed-race background, which strongly influenced his songwriting. He left school at the
a
of 14 to become a professional
m
. He met the members of his future
b
, The Wailers, at a jam session. It took several years before they become
f
.
V Complete the sentences with the most suitable form of the word in the brackets:
1. He hopes that his new
(INVENT) will help reduce
(POOR) in Africa.
2. Mia
(ARGUMENT) with the referee last Saturday because she thought that his
(DECIDE) was
(FAIR).
3. Mark Twain is one of the most
(SUCCESS) American
(WRITE) of all time.
