TEST
PHONETICS:
1- glossary
because
please
music
2-speeds
skirts
tapes
roofs
3-places
ages
lives
pages
4-balloons
days
sisters
flats
5-busy
seaside
result
sometimes
6- biologist
shift
trick
decision
7-support
pressure
discuss
mischievous
8-thought
threaten
thunder
themselves
9-tricks
leftovers
depths
roofs
10-cook
school
soup
noon
* STRESS :
1- another
interest
selection
effective
2-suitable
together
supportive
solution
3-message
enter
discuss
middle
4-decision
effective
leftover
opinion
5-garbage
pressure
ready
believe
6-project
support
secure
believe
7-obedience
mischievous
biologist
decision
8-confidence
suitable
responsible
secondary
9-leftover
household
garbage
attempt
10-secret
university
separate
interesting
* CHOOSE THE BEST WORDS:
1- Amada left the job because she was asked to work on a night…………….very often
( time / shift / period / moment )
2- Do you think doing the household chores is the ………………of the women only ?
( task / mission / charge / responsibility )
3- Chris is my friend . He’s always………….to help me whenever I have a problem.
( willing / charge / responsible / available )
4- After work , my mother rushes to market to get things for dinner.“ rushes” means………
( goes / walks / hurries / rides)
5- My mother often cooks dinner for my family , but I …………it today because she isn’t well.
( will cook / cook / have cooked/ am cooking )
6- My father hasn’t seen his old friend …………at least thirty years.
( since / from / during / for )
7- I must have a bath . I …………………..all the afternoon
(was gardening / had gardened / gardened / have been gardening)
10- It’s a lovely day today ! The sun……………and the birds……………..
( is shining – are singing / is shining- sing / shines – sing / shines – are singing )
* FIND MISTAKES
1- While the teacher was explaining the sum on the board, the children threw paper aeroplanes
around the classroom
2- This is the first time Janet has taken so difficult class, but she plans to complete it.
3- There are probably around 3000 languages speaking in the world
4- I always talk with my parents before making any important decision.
5- Some people enjoy preparing their own meals while another would rather eat out regularly.
* READ
FAMILY LIFE
We usually see each other………1……once a month or more often. We have lunch together on
Sunday if we haven’t got anything special……………2….We live in Montpellier,…………3…..is about an hour
and half away, but we always come to Marseilles where my father and mother………4……….It’s not so
far.Usually my grandmother and my uncle and aunt are there too – We’re quite a large family!
Sometimes my brother and his girlfriend come over- They live nearby.The meal………5……about four
hours, we spend a lot of time……6…and there’s always lots to eat.
There’s no one we call the head of the family,………7………..my father’s advice and opinion are very
important in any………8….we take.My uncle Tony is in fact older than my father so I suppose he’s the
real head of the family . ………9……my grandfather was alive he liked…10…..that the whole family
organised itself around him, but these days it……11…..different.We try to discuss things together
when we meet.
“ In most families, it’s a small group……12……live in the same house, mother , father and the
children……13…….they get married.But one of the grandparents dies ,……14………usually sells their home
and goes to live with their children. So it’s quite common to have one grandparent…15…..with you, but
not more.
1- at last
at least
at once
2-to do
doing
done
3-who
what
where
4-are living
lived
live
5-has
costs
takes
6-whispering
chatting
arguing
7-although
but
or
8-details
views
decisions
9-While
When
As
10-the thinking
to thinking
thinking
11-will be
was
has been
12-who
which
what
13-as
after
before
14-others
the others
other
15-living
having lived
lived
* WRITE:
1- My parents hope that I will be like them.
My parents would like……………………………………………………..
2- I learned from my parents about respecting hard work.
My parents taught……………………………………………………..
3-They told me to come home at ten o’clock every night.
They made………………………………………………………………..
4-They always refused to allow me to bring friends home.
at present
do
which
lives
spends
whistling
so
opinions
Since
to think
is
whose
since
the other
to live
They never let…………………………………………….
