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A2 Extra Vocabulary Tests

Test 12

1 Complete the sentences with words from the box. Do not use all the words.

Look at the example.

satellite code metre kilometre kilogram centimetre
test research invent discover design robot

x] I’ve got a robot which helps me to clean my house.

1] I’m going to use the internet do some research about Russian history.
2] They get their television programmes from a satellite in space.
3] I can’t understand this message. I think it’s in code.
4] My school is one kilometre from my house.
5] They’re going to test the water to see if it is clean.
6] She wants to design some fashion clothes for next summer.
7] They made big holes in the earth. They were trying to discover gold.
8] This bag of carrots weighs one ……………. .
9] I measured my brother’s height yesterday. He’s only four years old but he’s one metre
tall.
10] I want to invent a machine which can do English tests for me!

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2 Match the words. Look at the example.

x] leather E] A] start
1] invent G] B] try
2] turn on A] C] draw
3] turn of J] D] test room
4] discover H] E] cotton
5] experiment B] F] story
6] robot K] G] make
7] myth F] H] find
8] design B] I] watch
9] laboratory D] J] stop
10] look at I] K] machine

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Activate! A2 Extra Vocabulary Tests
Test 12

3 Correct the mistakes with phrasal verbs in these sentences. Look at the
example.

x] My mother had to go out. She asked me to look out my little brother. look after
1] I get of at 6 o’clock every morning. get up
2] When the bus arrives, I get up and find a place to sit. get on
3] I can’t find my MP3 player. I must look out it. look for
4] If it is cold, remember to put in your coat! put on
5] I’ll arrive at 2 o’clock. What time will you turn over? turn up
6] Turn down your TV and find Channel Live 3. turn on
7] Electricity is expensive. Turn up the lights when you leave the room! turn of
8] Did Ben grow of in Brazil? -- No, he didn’t.As a child, he lived in Peru.row up
9] If you are walking in the forest, look of for snakes! look out
10] I get out the bus when it arrives at my school. get of

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4 Can you read the secret words in these sentences? Look at the example.

x] Doctors are testing cheese in this . laboratory

1] The Japanese have put up a  for mobile phones. satellite
2] There was an  in the plastics factory. explosion
3] There was a  that the sun was eating the Earth. myth
4] This  will show if the crystal skull is real or a fake. experiment
5] What did you  from your research? discover
6] She asked for a  of orange juice. litre
7] They are trying to  electric motorbikes. invent
8] Sandra is going to  a new school uniform. design
9] Can you get a  of potatoes for me at the supermarket? kilogram
10 This is not a difficult ! test

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Total Marks ______ / 40

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