4º ESO C

NAME_____________________________________________

1 Choose the correct answer. (5 x 2 = 10 points)

1. When the earthquake / volcano / flood / ash erupted, lava came out of the crater.
2. The experts warned / struck / searched / predicted people about the tornado.
3. One man was homeless / collapsed / trapped / missing inside the building and couldn’t
get out.
4. The rescue workers found no survivors / flames / tragedy / landslides after the aeroplane
crashed.
5. We couldn’t see because there was mud / smoke / rock / eruption everywhere.

2 Complete the sentences with a suitable word below. There are more words than you need.
(5 x 2 = 10 points)

hit • homeless • luggage • put out • first-class • standard • predict • missing

1. Firefighters …………………… fires.
2. A …………………… ticket on an aeroplane is expensive.
3. Experts can sometimes …………………… when a volcano will errupt.
4. When your home is destroyed, you become …………………… .
5. Workers at the airport check your …………………… before you get on an aeroplane.

3 Join the sentences below using who, which, when or where. Use one word twice. Make any
necessary changes. (5 x 3 = 15 points)

1. It was a cold snowy day. My brother was born then.

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2. The book was written by a woman. She saw the volcano erupt.
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3. This is the shop. I bought my sunglasses here.
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4. Yesterday, we saw a documentary. It was about dangerous insects.
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5. This is an excellent restaurant. Many famous people come here.
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4 Complete the sentences with the words below. There is one extra word. (5 x 1 = 5 points)

someone • anywhere • something • anyone • somewhere • anything

1. Maria read …………………… interesting about tornadoes on the Internet.
2. Does John live …………………… near the post office?
3. I’m bored. I haven’t got …………………… to do.
4. My parents want to go …………………… warm on their holiday.
5. …………………… helped me with my homework. I didn’t do it all alone.

5 Choose the correct answers. (10 x 1 = 10 points)

TV programmes 1 which / where / who have got real people instead of actors are popular
today. But have you 2 never / just / ever wondered how the participants of reality programmes
are chosen? I was interested in finding out, so I went to the television studio 3 what / how /
where they were making a new reality programme. At the studio, I talked to 4 anyone /
something / someone who was a participant on the show. Apparently, five different people
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 were interviewing / have interviewed / interviewed him before he was chosen.
“I 6 didn’t know / haven’t known / won’t know it was this difficult,” he said. “I was 7 nervous /
as nervous as / the most nervous I was for my first job interview.” The director of the show
said, “There isn’t 8 something / someone / anything unusual about having five interviews.”
Apparently, they 9 have always chosen / always choose / always chosen participants very
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carefully because the people which / who / when watch the programme want to see
interesting characters.

6 Complete the narrative with suitable connectors of sequence below. There are more
connectors than you need.

at first • before • then • eventually • by the time • as soon as • finally • after

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…………………… , I smelled smoke. 2…………………… , when I looked out of the window, I
saw many firefighters. It seemed like hours but 3…………………… , someone came to rescue
me. 4…………………… I got out of the building, I started to cry. It was a terrible experience but
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……………………, I was safe.