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Name:

Name:

Select the answer from the list that has the most similar in

meaning to the word on the left.

Example:

big = large

great awful difficult

brilliant

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brief

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definite

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Select the answer from the list that has the most similar in

meaning to the word on the left.

Example:

big = large

close

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……….. whole

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……….. current near normal honest private certain sudden equal awful complete

usual

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terrible

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Select a word from the list that has the most similar meaning to the word on the

left. Example: big =large

amuse = ……….. anger = ……….. stop excite advise hit warn stop hurt

whack = ………..

brake = ………..

Walk down the --- and it’s the door on your right. We’re staying in a five star --- by the sea.

Did you have to wear a --- at school.

Can I borrow a ---? I need to take a shower.

corridor house patch mechanic uniform watch petrol resort

---Select a word from the list that is most often used with the word on the left.

Example

big + house

sales dollar line moon scenery cow

Retail + ………..

Satellite + ………..

Border + ………..

Harvest + ………..

Select a word from the list that is most often used with the word on the left.

Example

big + house

bunk + ……….. cardinal + ……….. sitting ink  rush arrest friend number bed

fountain + ………..

house + ………..

To answer is to ---To link things or people is to ---To tell someone what to do is to ---To surprise is to ---claim respond bother connect advise enter amaze choose alter

---Complete each definition using a word from the drop down list.

A warm --- is good for growing plants . All letters must be put in a special --- .

model principal climate hobby mechanic gentleman household

All this noise is giving me a terrible --- . Collecting stamps is a really good --- . You'll need a reliable --- to fix that car .

Complete each sentence using a word from the list.

It is very small . You could --- in so we can see it more clearly. If you feel tired . It's difficult not to ---.

flush yawn rectify scatter envy contradict

We need to --- this mistake before more damage is done . You should always --- the law in a foreign country .

Complete each sentence using a word from the list. Complete each sentence using a word from the list.

I was late this morning because the

I was late this morning because the --- --- didn't go didn't go off .off . She had

She had a vera very successful y successful --- --- in poin politics.litics. His

His --- --- in life in life is to is to start his start his own business own business ..

cat  cat  work work goal goal career career carpet carpet city city holiday holiday

They tried

They tried to jump to jump over the over the --- --- but it but it was too was too high high .. The

Read the note To Faisal from his friend Omar . Choose one word from the list for each gap . The first one is done for you  .

Hi Faisal , Hi Faisal ,

Are you ready for our school ……… on the bus on Sunday ? Are you ready for our school ……… on the bus on Sunday ? Let's meet at school at 7:30 in the

Let's meet at school at 7:30 in the morning after ………. .morning after ………. .

Everybody is coming and the school bus is going to be ………. . Everybody is coming and the school bus is going to be ………. .

Please don't be ………

Please don't be ……… - we don't have time to wait .- we don't have time to wait .

Wear a sun hat

Wear a sun hat –– it's going to be ………. .it's going to be ………. . Bring some ………

Read the note To Faisal from his friend Omar . Choose one word from the list for each Read the note To Faisal from his friend Omar . Choose one word from the list for each gap .

Hi Faisal ,

Are you ready for our school ……… on the bus on Sunday ? Let's meet at school at 7:30 in the morning after ………. .

Everybody is coming and the school bus is going to be ………. . Please don't be ……… - we don't have time to wait .

Wear a sun hat – it's going to be ………. .

1- ……… I was very cold. I continued working until I finished the job.

( However - Although - Because )

2- You………have studied properly. You should have done much better in the test.

3- I looked at the books in the shelf ………I had already read.

( all of which - which all - all of them which ) 4- I liked him because he ………always help me with my homework

The sentences below are from a student’s homework. Put the sentences in the

right order. The first one is done for you.

1

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One afternoon I was walking into town to meet a friend

... – When I showed him the book he laughed and told me that it belonged to him! ...– I immediately looked inside for the name of the owner

... – I picked it up and found that it was a little black book.

... – I couldn’t find one so I put the book in my pocket and went to meet my friend ... – I looked down and saw something small and dark near my foot.

Order the sentences below to make a story. The first one (1) is done for you .

1.

My school is quite close to my house and I can walk there easily. ...If the find out. You can be in trouble with them.

...That’s because I often stop at the coffee shop to meet my friends ...We have a drink and compare our homework.

...I always do it, but some of my friends don’t and want to copy my answers. ...I don’t like it when they do that because sometimes the teacher notice it.

...It usually takes ten minutes for me to get there, but sometimes it takes longer.

Writing:

Every month we run a competition on our website . Why not enter? You might win one of our fabulous prizes! The theme this month is  Animals . Write your response to this statement .

“ It is cruel to use animals for sport or entrainment” 

Remember to include an introduction and a conclusion. Write your competition entry below in 220 – 250 words.

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Writing:

Tell other members of the club something about yourself. Fill in the form.

Write in sentences. Use 20-30 words.

What do you normally do with your friends?

………. ………. ……… .

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You want to join a club for teenagers. Fill in the form. You should take about 3

minutes to do this.

Your name:

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Your country:

……….……….

Your date of birth:

Day [

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Month [

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Year [

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Your first language:

……….……….

Your interests list ( list 3) :

……….……….

……….……….

Writing:

to two comments from other members. Use 30-40 words for each comment. You

have 10 minutes in total.

Teens International Message Board

You :

………. ………. ……… .

……….

Miguel: I love street art. It’s one of the reasons I like living in a city. I could never live

anywhere else. How about you?

………. ………. ……… .

Speaking:

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Tell me about your country

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Tell me about your school day

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Tell me about the place you live

Grammar

1. He is single. He never ________. (married - marries - marrying)

(don’t - didn’t - did) 3. In those days, my father ________ never eat dinner after 8 o’clock. (used to - will - would)

4. I had a shower, ________ I went to bed. (during - then - until )

5. How much ________ the train to Santiago cost? (is - does - do )

6. He ________ in Cairo. (living - lives - live )

8. He ________ finished cooking when we (arrived – has – have – had )

9. The film starts ________ half past four. (at – on - in )

10. I wish it ________ the time of year when I could go on holiday. (will be – is - were ) 11. I don’t think it’s right ________ children to play with toy guns. ( for - that - to )

12. I ________ to work when I saw Steve. (was going - went – going )

I wouldn’t frankly work with him. I wouldn’t work frankly with him. Frankly, I wouldn’t work with him.

14. Excuse me, I’m lost. ________ you help me? (Could - Shall - Should )

15. William ________ in South America now. (is living - will live - was living ) 16. We could cook dinner. ________, we could buy some take away food.

17. You ________ to do your homework by tomorrow. (should - must - have ) 18. We ________ have caught the early train, as the football match was delayed.

(mustn’t - didn’t - needn’t )19. She

reads every day ________ she isn’t serious. (and – because – but )

20. A: I enjoy working on challenging projects at work. B: So ________ I! (am - do – can ) 21. Go to the end of the street and turn ________ right. ( (-) - on - to )

22. The children ________ playing football for two hours before it started raining.

(have been - has been - had been ) 23. There were ________ than fifty people in the audience last night. (fewer - few - lesser ) 24. I just heard they are ________ get married in June. (going to - going - go to ) 25. If you were a better cook, you ________ need to eat out all the time. (won’t - wouldn’t - hadn’t )

Vocabulary

Select a word from the list that has the most similar meaning to the word on the left. Example: big = large

study = ________ receive = ________ go begin plan listen read run choose speak  end get 

start = ________ talk = ________ pick = ________

Complete each definition using a word from the drop down list. To cover with paper or material is to ________

To improve or change is to ________

To state or make public is to ________

To get somewhere is to ________ attend assemble approach arrive admit  announce arrange adjust  accept  wrap

To put something together is to ________

Complete each sentence using a word from the drop down list.

More and more people go ________ for their holidays these days. awkward

ancient  ahead adequate articulate alert  accurate

Drivers need to remain ________ when in charge of a car. The city has many ________ and interesting buildings.

She’s a highly ________ person who explains things clearly. He’s a very ________ person – always getting into fights.

Select a word from the list that has the most similar meaning to the word on

the left. Example: big = large

timetable = ________ reward = ________ line joint  command prize mess fright  schedule dock  stage mistake

queue = ________ phase = ________ error = ________

left. Example: big + house aerobics + ________ agriculture + ________ aisle + ________ apron + ________ bomb audition scissors rod classes strings salesman seep minister seat 

Writing Parts 1 & 2

Name *

Email Address (optional) Training group *

The name of the group you train in, or the town where you're training (e.g. Penang 1, Melaka, etc.).

Part 1 - Computer Club

You want to join a computer club. Fill in the form. You have 3 minutes. Computer Club Membership Form

Date of birth: Day: *

Month (write in full): *

City / Town / Village: *

Part 2 - Computer Club

You are a new member of a computer club. Fill in the form. Write in sentences. Use 20-30 words. You have 7 minutes in total.

Computer Club

The ‘Cinderella’ Gas

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The answers are given below. The 'distracter' was: E. No hope for the future. None of the paragraphs indicate that there is no hope, despite a lot of warnings and description of potential scenarios if no action is taken, so this heading is not appropriate. 1. B. A double danger 

The United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) has issued a warning about the dangers posed by nitrous oxide, the so-called "laughing gas". In a report presented at global climate talks, Unep says the chemical is now the biggest threat to the ozone layer. It says that thanks to farming and human activities, levels of the gas could double by 2050. If this happens, it could reverse gains made to slow the thinning of the ozone layer and

exacerbate global warming. 2. G. Uses and abuses

Nitrous oxide is one of several greenhouse agents which are dubbed "Cinderella' gases, because their contribution passes unnoticed. N2O exists naturally in the atmosphere but agriculture is by far the biggest human source, producing two-thirds of emissions. It is also used in dentistry and surgery as an anaesthetic and a painkiller. It is sometimes used as a recreational drug, called "nozz", and its abuse has been linked to permanent neurological damage and deaths. 3. A. A past problem?

Now, researchers say that it has emerged as the single biggest threat to the ozone layer since chlorofluorocarbons and other damaging gases were restricted by the Montreal Protocol signed in 1987. The famous "hole" over Antarctica has started to recover as a result of the phasing out of the hair sprays and refrigerants that contained these substances. 4. H. A step in the wrong direction

But according to this new report, if no action is taken, levels of nitrous oxide could increase by 83% from 2005 to 2050. "The continued build-up of N2O in the atmosphere will continue to deplete the stratospheric ozone layer and in so doing will to a degree undermine the achievements of the Montreal Protocol," says the document.

5. F. Another negative effect

Unep's executive director, Achim Steiner, warned that as well as posing a threat to the ozone layer, nitrous oxide has a powerful global warming effect. "It's one of those elements in our modern life that we have not fully understood in terms of its negative impacts. "If we can bring it to the attention of farmers, government and industry, the importance of

managing nitrous oxide more efficiently, and the climate benefits - it is a no-regret option," he said. The research underlines the fact that nitrous oxide is the world's third most powerful gas when it comes to global warming potential. 6. D. Expert opinion

Dr Joseph Alcamo is Unep's chief scientist. He told a news conference here in Warsaw that the gas could not be ignored any longer. "Nitrous oxide makes up only 6% of the greenhouse gases but in terms of CO2, it is the equivalent to emitting three [billion tonnes] a year. "This is about 50% of the total amount of emissions from every vehicle in the world."

7. It's not too late

However, the researchers were optimistic that both the warming potential and the danger to the ozone layer could be swiftly curtailed if action was taken, particularly in agriculture. "In the agricultural sector, it comes down to using nitrogen

fertiliser more efficiently, a very simple idea, to improve the uptake by crops and livestock," said Dr Alcamo."It has a lot to do with using the right fertiliser, in the right place."

Writing Part 3

Name *

Email Address (optional) Training group *

The name of the group you train in, or the town where you're training (e.g. Penang 1, Melaka, etc.).

Computer Club

You are a member of a computer club. You are talking to some other members in the travel club chat room. Talk to them using sentences.

Jane: Hi! Welcome to the club. What do you use your computer for? * Jane: Hi! Welcome to the club. What do you use your computer for? * Maximum 40 words, 3 minutes

Maximum 40 words, 3 minutes

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Herbert: Welcome! Can you remember the first computer you used? What was it like? * Herbert: Welcome! Can you remember the first computer you used? What was it like? * Maximum 40 words, 3 minutes

Maximum 40 words, 3 minutes

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 Ahmed: What would

 Ahmed: What would you like to learn you like to learn from the computer from the computer club?club? Maximum 40 words, 3 minutes

Catering Club

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You are a new member of a catering club. You are talking to M. in the customer chat room. Talk to M using complete sentences. Use 30-40 words per answer. You have 10 minutes to complete all 3 answers.

M: Hello. I see you're new to our club. I've been a member for nearly a year now. Why did you decide to join? *

Maximum 40 words, 3 minutes

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M: So what dishes do you enjoy cooking? * Maximum 40 words, 3 minutes

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M: Apparently the club is going to start posting members' favourite dishes on the website. What do you think of this idea?

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