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B1 Extra Vocabulary Tests

Test 7

1. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.

1 We moved to this house a … ago. I can’t believe ten years have already passed!
A decade
B century
C millennium
D fortnight

2 After he had been on the island for a year, his clothes were … with dirt and mud.
A sweaty
B filthy
C poisonous
D rotten

3 I had to agree with her when she said that the internet was the most important invention of … .
A the twentieth century
B 12 AD
C centuries
D 100 BC

4 He was only gone for a … but it seemed much longer than two weeks.
A century
B millennium
C fortnight
D decade

5 In the old days, pirates sailed the high seas looking for ships carrying gold and … .
A medicine
B rich
C jewels
D luxury

6 Often the food on pirate ships had sat in the sun for too long and was almost …; the pirates still
had to eat it though.
A filthy
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B rotten
C sweaty
D poisonous

7 In … life at sea was hard and dangerous.

A the decade
B the 1700s
C the 21st century
D the millennium

8 The ancient city of Athens was at its best around 1100 …; that was before Christ was born.
A millennium
B decade
C BC
D AD

9 After leaving tropical ports, many pirate ships often carried … snakes on board.
A poisonous
B filthy
C rotten
D sweaty

10 As far back as 100 … – a hundred years after Christ’s death – the Greek historian Plutarch
described pirates.
A centuries
B AD
C BC
D the 1600s

11 Are all the passengers back … board?

A in
B on
C to
D at

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12 A … is somebody who kills another human being.

A sailor
B pirate
C filmmaker
D murderer

Marks / 12

2. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.

1 … the Middle Ages, children worked as hard as grow-ups.

A At
B On
C In
D Between

2 The fourteenth … February is a day when we give presents of chocolates and cards.
A in
B at
C of
D on

3 The ship left Halifax harbour … 13 June, 1713.

A between
B during
C on
D in

4 Columbus sailed to the New World … 1492.

A on
B during
C at
D in

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5 In the 1600s, young children worked … sun up to sun down.

A between
B from
C since
D during

6 The English lived in a fort in Cape Breton … 1758 and 1768.

A since
B between
C during
D from

7 In the olden days, children lived at their schools even … the weekend.
A for
B on
C at
D between

8 … the end of the eighteenth century it was difficult for captains to calculate distance.
A Until
B During
C Since
D For

9 The pirates found nothing on the ship and … the end they had to leave empty-handed.
A on
B at
C in
D for

10 This ancient ship dates … about 1200 BC.

A for
B since
C during
D from
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11 The children got bored and tired … the journey.

A between
B since
C during
D on

12 … they had found the treasure map, they hid it in a safe place.
A After
B Before
C During
D Since

Marks / 12

3. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1 By/On the time my brother was six years old, he could read but he wasn’t able to write.

2 By/At the time I wasn’t able to help her because I was ill in bed.

3 He wasn’t a great painter but in/from time to time he drew a picture that was really amazing.

4 By/Most of the time the prisoners on the island were so ill that they were unable to work.

5 I wasn’t able to get to the meeting from/in time because I got stuck in a traffic jam.

6 Our train is on/in time so we will get to Hereford at three o’clock.

Marks / 6

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4. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.

1 After the pirates had finished their work for the day they … their time playing cards and sewing.
A saved
B wasted
C took
D spent

2 When I was young my teachers often said that I … too much time staring out of the window of the
classroom.
A took
B found
C wasted
D saved

3 She wasn’t able to … the time to come and visit but she did phone me.
A save
B waste
C spend
D find

4 The thief … his time planning exactly how he could rob the jeweller’s.
A took
B wasted
C found
D saved

5 I had soon realised that I could … time by sending emails online instead of writing letters.
A waste
B save
C find
D take

Marks / 5

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5. Complete the text with one word which best fits each gap.
Three years 1) ………...... we went on a fantastic ‘pirate holiday’. A group of us 2) ………...... one
week on a desert island looking 3) ………...... ‘hidden treasure’! In fact, most 4) ………...... the time
were lying on the beach and swimming in the sea! We had a wonderful time 5) ………...... our
holiday and I would love to go again!

Marks / 5

Total Marks / 40

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