CCAA Teen10/ Adult 10 Final Review

Student: _________________________________________________________________
I. VOCABULARY
A. Complete the spaces in the sentences below with words or expressions that have the same
meaning as the words they are replacing.
1. I didnt like the gruff reply my neighbor gave me. It really made me cry.
I didnt like the ________________reply my neighbor gave me. It really made me cry.
2. Cant you come up with better ideas? Yours are really wacky.
Cant you come up with better ideas? Yours are really _____________________________.
3. I loved what you told at the debate. Your comments were really pithy and helped us reach
a conclusion.
I loved what you told at the debate. Your comments were really ________________________ and
helped us reach a conclusion.
4. I really dont like the way that guy stares at me.
I really dont like the way that guy _________________ at me.
5. It was a simple, yet effective system.
It was a simple, ____________________effective system.
6. The conference will kick off with the Senators speech.
The conference will ___________________________ with the Senators speech.
7. I dont like to work with Mr. Brown. Hes so stuck-up.
I dont like to work with Mr. Brown. Hes so ____________________.
8. To rule a company you must deal with different kinds of employees.
To rule a company you must ___________________________ different kinds of employees.
9. Johns mother has been concerned about his grades lately.
Johns mother ________________________________ his grades lately.
10. Ms. Jones will be back shortly.
Ms. Jones will be back _____________________.
B. Mark the option that best answers each of the following questions.
1. Whats another way of saying essential, fundamental?
a) big bucks

b) showcase

c) roughly

d) part and parcel

2. Which of the following is NOT considered an example of busking?

a) unicycling

b) juggling

c) tow-in surfing d) booty shaking

3. Which word would NOT be considered negative?

a) meticulous

b) apprehension

c) nervousness

d) incendiary

4. If you say something is one-size-fits-all, what do you mean?

a) Its designed to please few people.

b) Its designed to please everyone.

c) Its designed to please the majority.

d) its designed to please a lot of people.

5. Which of the following options contains a verb that means to show something you are
proud of in a very open way so people will notice?
a) to flaunt

b) to engage

c) to face

d) to put off

C. Mark the option that best completes each of the following definitions.
1. When you _______________________________you cough once or make a noise in your throat
before you speak in order to be able to speak more clearly.
a) clear your throat

b) find common ground

2. If what was said was right and needs no correction, its _______________________.
a) renewable

b) accurate

3. If something is believed to be true, you are making ____________________________.

a) an assumption

b) an expertise

4. If you say something _______________________, you mean that it is being actively

maintained.
a) keeps the pot boiling

b) comes to your head

5. If something ___________________changes, it has experienced a process of change.

a) embodies

b) undergoes

II. GRAMMAR
A. Mark the option that best completes each of the following sentences.
1. The man ___________________art car was considered the weirdest car at the Fest wants to
develop a line of cars.
a) who

b) which

c) whose

d) whom

2. If you are afraid of height, you _________________to go skydiving.

a) wouldnt be able

b) wont be able

c) hadnt been able

3. Its fundamental that you _____________________calm before exams.

a) were

b) will be

c) be

d) are

4. I wish I ___________________a picture of the last Busking Festival.

a) took

b) take

c) have taken

d) had taken

d) werent able

5. Shed better __________________that job as the supervisor of the company.

a) accept

b) accepted

c) to accept

d) had accepted

6. The _________________the citizens are, the cleaner the city will be.
a) most polite

b) more polite than

c) polite

d) more polite

7. Because of the snowstorm, shelters ___________________by the government.

a) gave

b) were given

c) had given

c) have given

8. ___________the company ever ______________?

a) Have gone bankrupt
go bankrupt

b) Has gone bankrupt

c) Should go bankrupt

d) Would

9. Did you realize the woman _________________was in charge of the trip was Johns aunt?
a) who

b) whose

c) which

d) whom

10. Do you believe that John __________________by the police yesterday?

a) is arrested

b) has been arrested

c) was arrested

d) had arrested

B. Write (C) if the sentence is correct or (I) if the sentence is incorrect. Identify the error in
each incorrect sentence, and rewrite the sentence correctly.
1. We ought buy new equipment for going tow-in surfing on vacation. (

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2. Susan never met the friends I studied abroad with. (

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3. I wonder if it would to be possible for someone to help me carry this luggage. (

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4. September 7th is a historical day for Brazil. (

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5. I want to have a degree on Medicine. (

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6. I wouldnt have gone to that party. I had thousands of things to study for my exams. (

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III. FURTHER USE OF ENGLISH
Make up sentences with the words and expressions given. Use your imagination.
1. to engage:
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2. ordinary:
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3. to grow deeper:
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4. under somebodys nose:
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5. relatively:
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6. nonchalant:
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7. particularly:
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8. to shoot the breeze:
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9. retired:
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10.to come together:
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