Writing comprehension Test Prepare 6. Term II (copy)

VOCABULARY

1. Match the weather and the pictures.

2. Match the definitions to the words.

3. Choose the right word to complete the sentences.

1. I don’t like to      [pass, fail] a test, so I always study hard before an exam.

2. Next week we’re going on a         [museum, nature]walk in the countryside.

3. Can you see Mandy? She’s got      [long, tall] blonde hair.

4. Jenny is my        [niece, nephew] , she’s my brother’s oldest daughter.

5. We got home too late to watch a film,         [so, because] we watched the news instead.

6. Can you           [get on, turn off] the computer when you finish your homework, please?

7. I’m looking       [after, up] my grandson this afternoon.

8. He’s tall and        [quite, nearly] good-looking.

4. Find the odd one out in each set.

1.       [cliff, lake, wide]

2.           [performer, audience, studio]

3.        [bear, rabbit, insect]

4.          [field, mountain, deep]

5.           [programme, stage, channel]

6.          [mountain, wide, long]

7.        [fair, slim, blonde]

8.             [grandmother, father, son]

GRAMMAR

5. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the correct form. Use the past simple or past continuous.

It (1)         (start) to rain while I (2)             (walk) to school.

Tom (3)         (arrive) when my mother (4)            (make) lunch.

I (5)         (wake up) and (6)      (go) downstairs.

I (7)                  (not listen) to music when my father (8)      (come) home. I was doing my homework.

6. Complete the paragraph with going to and the verbs in brackets.

I (1)                   (write) to my older sister Jean tomorrow and tell her I’m going to go to Brazil to see her and Pedro next year.

I(2)                  (stay) with my cousin Pedro in Rio de Janeiro for three weeks. Pedro says he’s going to get some tickets for a concert as I really like Brazilian music and I (3)                  (give) him a football shirt because he loves sport. I like football but we (4)                        (not watch) a game because the tickets are very expensive.

Pedro and I (5)                    (drive) to São Paulo in his car to see Jean. While we are there, she (6)                  (have) a party for us so we can meet her friends.

Next year, Jean’s going to go to university in São Paulo and she (7)                   (study) art and music. After that, she (8)                  (work) in the theatre.

7. Complete the sentences with the adverb form of the adjective in brackets.

1. The teacher told the class to listen           (careful) to the instructions.

2. When I met my cousins from Australia for the first time, they made friends very        (easy).

3. The bus goes in five minutes. We have to run         (quick) to catch it.

4. He plays the guitar very      (good), much better than he plays the violin.

5. Everyone was talking very        (loud) before the concert started.

6. It was a great film and everything ended         (happy).

7. My young cousins always play         (noise) when they visit our house.

8. We’re going to do our homework as      (fast) as we can so we can watch TV later.