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Vocabulary and Use your English

Choose the correct answers.
c blood
1 Jack has a moustache and a long .
a beard
b chest
c eyelid
2 He works much more quickly when he’s in a good

.
a sense
b strength
c mood
3 I can’t walk very fast; I hurt my when I was playing
basketball yesterday.
a ankle
b neck
c elbow
4 The children headed the canteen as soon as the
bell rang.
a of
b for
c off
5 It was obvious that he’d been running because his
were red.
a cheeks
b muscles
c cells
6 Mary whenever she sees a photo of Justin Bieber.
She adores him!
a sneezes
b sighs
c coughs
7 The player wants to his contract and sign up
with another team.
a back out of
b run out of
c stand out
8 I agree he’s quite a boring lecturer, but try not to
during his talk.
a blink
b breathe
c yawn
9 He looked so sad that I thought he was going to .
a bite
b laugh
c cry
10 The boys are dripping with because they’ve been
running around in the garden for an hour now.
They’ll need a shower tonight.
a water
b sweat
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 16 I haven’t drunk enough water today and my
11 Lorna is too to speak in front of the class. feels so dry.
a confident a neck
b experienced b stomach
c shy c mouth
12 Our science teacher answered some questions 17 People used to believe that children had
we had and then she handed the tests. problems learning to write.
a out a rational
b away b left-handed
c across c successful
13 I haven’t got enough to run any further. 18 The instructor was ill, so the owner of the gym
I’m had to stand for him.
exhausted! a a in
information b b out
blood
c over
c energy
19 Please my suggestions and give me your opinion.
14 She has beautiful green exactly like her mother’s.
a back out of
a
b think up
eyebrows b
c think over
features c
eyes 20 Tom’s red hair makes him stand from
his classmates.
15 The little girl started to when she saw
a in
the huge dog.
b out
a run over
c with
b back away
c head for ( / 20 marks)
9 Tracy doesn’t study as as her sister.
Grammar a hard
b harder
Choose the correct answers. c the hardest
1 Penny feels because she’s just spent 10 Some of his school marks were bad before, but
hours working out at the gym. today’s mark is of all.
a exhausting b a worse
exhaustingly c b the most bad
exhausted c the worst
2 Have you tasted these pies?
a little cheese delicious
b delicious cheese little
c delicious little cheese
3 Nobody in our class solves problems as Frank.
a as fast
b the fastest
c faster
4 Albert Einstein is one of scientists of the
twentieth century.
a more famous
b so famous
c the most famous
5 You’ll have to speak so that I can
understand you.
a as slow
b more slowly
c more slow
6 Learning Chinese is difficult for me. I think I’ll
stick to English.
a such
b too
c enough
7 Have you heard news? Jack won the marathon.
a most late
b later than
c the latest
8 Marvin has eyes.
a gorgeous big brown
b big brown gorgeous
c brown gorgeous big
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 sily
c so easy
20 Drinking lots of water is important for
our health.
a such
11 Laura thinks her biology lessons are so .
She can’t stand the subject! b too
a bor very
c ( / 20 marks)
ed
b bori
ng
c the most
boring
12 I can’t speak French as Ruth.
a well
as
b good
as
c better
than
13 The human brain is organ.
a so
amazing
b such an
amazing
c a such
amazing
14 Running up a hill is than running down it.
a as difficult
as
b difficult
enough
c more
difficult
15 Ken’s house is away from the school.
a as far
as
b further
than
c the
furthest
16 My cat is healthy for her age. She looks great!
a enou
gh
b qu
ite
c s
u
c
h
17 An adult doesn’t have as bones as a baby.
a m
or
e
b ma
ny
c mu
ch
18 Vivienne is most people at reading books.
a quicker
than b as
quickly as c
the quickest
19 Were you able to do the test ?
a e
a
sy
b ea
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