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Practice your vocabulary and use of language skills
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PART 3
PRACTICE YOUR VOCABULARY AND USE OF LANGUAGE SKILLS
1. Underline the most suitable word or phrase.
a) Jack decided to take a course/lesson in hotel management.
b) Sheila always got good marks/points in algebra.
c) After leaving college, Ann studied/trained as a teacher.
d) Peter decided not to go in/enter for the examination.
e) My sister learned/taught me how to draw.
f) I can't come to the cinema. I have to read/study for a test.
g) In history we had to learn a lot of dates by hand/heart.
h) I hope your work will improve by the end of course/term.
i) Martin failed/missed his maths exam and had to sit it again.
j) If you have any questions, raise/rise your hand.
2. Complete each sentence with a word from the box. Use each word once only.
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a) Our teachers used to …us by making us stay behind after school.
b) If you.... twenty-seven by nine, the answer is three,
c) Try to... the most important rules.
d) It is difficult to... attention in a noisy classroom.
e) Pauline tried her best to… her work.
f) Your work is the same as Harry's. Did you... his work?
g) Your mind is wandering! You must... more!
h) Helen decided to... all her work at the end of every week. .
j) The teacher saw Jerry trying to... in the exam
3. Correct the mis-collocations in these sentences.
1 I can’t come out. I’m studying. I’m passing an examination tomorrow.
2 Congratulations! I hear you succeeded your examination!
3 You can study a lot of different careers at this university.
4 I got some good notes in my continuous assessment this term.
5 She’s a professor in a primary school.
6 He gave an interesting 45-minute conference on Goethe.
7 She got a degree in, personnel management from a private college.
4. What questions could you ask to get these answers?
1 No, they have to finance their own studies.
2There isn’t much difference; it’s just that the courses are more practical in a polytechnic instead of being very academic.
3Well, they learn one or two things, like recognising a few numbers, but most of the time they play around.
4 Because I wanted to be a teacher, no other reason.
5 It’s sixteen, but a lot of kids stay on until eighteen.
6Well, I’ve been up all night revising for an exam.
7No, ours are given in grades, you know, B+, A, that sort of thing.
8No, I was ill. I didn’t miss it deliberately.
5. Complete each sentence (a-j) with a suitable ending (1-10). Use each ending once.
a) Joe was absent most of the time
b) Sue wanted to do the experiment for herself
c) James was a very gifted pupil
d) Lucy couldn't find a duster to clean the board
e) Dave could pick up languages very easily
f) Brenda wanted to leave space for corrections
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g) Tony didn't pay attention in class
h) Helen was educated at home by her parents
i) Brian attended evening classes in photography
j) Cathy wanted to get into university
1 so he didn't have any problems passing his exams.
2 so he started talking in French after only a few days.
3 so she had to study for the entrance examinations.
4 so his name was removed from the register.
5 so he didn't go out with his friends much during the week.
6 so she wrote her answers in the corner.
7 so she didn't have many friends of her own age.
8 so she wrote everything on alternate lines.
9 so she went to the science laboratory.
10 so he could never remember what the teacher had said.
6. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.
a) Helen's parents were very pleased when they read her school
A) report B) papers C) diploma D) account
b) Martin has quite a good of physics.
A) result B) pass C) understanding D) head
c) In Britain, children start school at the age of five.
A) kindergarten B) secondary C) nursery D) primary
d) Edward has a in French from Leeds University.
A) certificate B) degree C) mark D) paper
e) My favourite at school was history.
A) topic B) class C) theme D) subject
f) It's time for a break. The bell has
A) gone off B) struck C) rung D) sounded
g) Our English teacher us some difficult exercises for homework.
A) set B) put C) obliged D) made
h) Before you begin the exam paper, always read the carefully.
A) orders B) instructions C) rules D) answers
i) If you want to pass the examination, you must study
A) hard B) enough C) thoroughly D) rather
i) Most students have quite a good sense of their own
A) grasp B) ability C) idea D) information
7. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.
SCHOOL REPORT
| Margaret started English Literature this term, and I am afraid that her (1) … to the subject has not been entirely (2) …. She has not shown much enthusiasm, and does not always pay (3) … in class. Her assignments are often (4)…, because she is so untidy, and because of her (5)… to check her work thoroughly. She failed to do any (6) … before the end of term test, and had poor results. She seems to have the (7) …. idea that she can succeed without studying. She has also had many (8) … and has frequently arrived late for class. This has resulted in several (9) …. Although Margaret is a (10) …student in some respects, she has not had a satisfactory term. | INTRODUCE SUCCESS ATTEND READ FAIL REVISE MISTAKE ABSENT PUNISH GIFT |
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