ENGLISH LONG QUIZ 1

Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: __________

A. Vocabulary: Identify the person given their description. (Family Vocabulary)

1. brother’s wife = ______________________

2. father and mother
3. father’s sister
4. father’s wife (not your mom)
5. female grandparent
6. female parent
7. grandfather and grandmother
8. group of relatives
9. male grandparent
10. male parent
11. married man
12. married woman
13. plural of child
14. same mom & different dad
15. sister’s daughter
16. sister’s husband
17. sister’s son
18. your father’s brother
19. your mom’s nephew
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B. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ADJECTIVE

20. There I met a very ……………….. woman. (beautiful, hard, huge)

21. The ……………..hostess made sure that everyone was happy. (cruel, kind, naughty)
22. He was wearing a…..………… shirt. (red, happy, far)
23. The ………… ….woman is known for her generosity. (rich, better, fine)
24. In Spite of being rich she leads a…………… life. (happy, interesting, miserable)
25. Her ……………… nature made her unpopular.(good, arrogant, worse)
26. He wants to be a ………….. lawyer. (tiny, successful, long)
27. The……………… mother waited for a call from her son.(anxious, strict, happy)
28. The old man has seen ………….days. (better, nicely, rude)
29. Iron is a …………… metal. (true, useful, deep)
30. The offer was so ………….. that I could not refuse it. (good, poor, many)
31. A ……………squirrel jumped on a branch .(ugly, dirty, playful)
32. Mom made……………cookies for us to eat. (hard, tasty, rough)
33. Rani saw a ………….ant. (tiny, bright, clean)
34. She bakes………….cakes. (delicious, short, high)
35. She came back as the queue was ………… (strong, long, shallow).
36. Our …………….. sofa is very comfortable.(fresh, new, dull)
37. My ……………..grandfather is too weak. (broad, old, heavy)
38. The …………...lemonade was very refreshing. (cool, hot, stale)
39. Susie is the ……………… girl in the class. (lucky, tallest, poor)

C. ADJECTIVES: Comparative and Superlative

1. Complete the chart with the comparatives and superlatives:

Adjective Comparative Superlative

long Longer than The longest

fast faster than 40.

pretty 41. the prettiest

beautiful more beautiful than 42.

ugly uglier than 43.

thin 44. the thinnest

fashionable more fashionable than 45.

2. Write the comparative:

46. old = older 51. good =
47. strong = 52. large =
48. happy = 53. serious =
49. modern = 54. pretty =
50. important = 55. bad =

3. Complete the sentences with a superlative:

This building is very old. It’s the oldest building in the town.
56. It was a very happy day. It was ______________________________________ of my life.
57. It was a very cold day. It was ____________________________________ of the year.
58. She’s a popular singer. She’s _____________________________________ in the country.
59. This house is very big. It is ______________________________________ I’ve lived in.
60. My cousin is very tall. He is ______________________________________ I have.

4. Choose the correct answer:

61. Who is shorter than / the shortest person in your family?

62. Who is more independent than / the most independent person you know?
63. These sofas are more comfortable than / the most comfortable ours.
64. My brother is taller than / the tallest in the class.
65. Is Jason’s dog older than / the oldest yours?
5. Write the sentences in the correct order. Make sure to begin your sentence with a capital letter
and end in period:

ex: taller / than / Gary / Rick / is.

Gary is taller than Rick.

66. Mary / clothes / likes / bigger

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67. an / expensive / Rick / wearing / coat / is

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68. the / Carol / has / scarf / got / shortest

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69. the / student / He / tallest / is

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70. actress / Mary / the / was / popular / most

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D. LISTENING: Listen to the mp3 file and put the words from the table into her itinerary.
There are four extra phrases you don't need to use.

a. Elisa's Diary

7.00: I get up.

8.00: Check _______________.

9.00: Use _______________ .

10.00: Have _______________ in a cafe and read _______________ .

11.00: My car arrives to take me to the studio.

12.00: Drink _______________ with other members of the group. Then start work.

1.00 - 2.00: Recording in the studio.

3.00: Eat _______________

4.00 - 6.00: Help the rest of the group _______________.

7.00: _______________ home.

9.00 - 10.00: Go out _______________.

11.00: Go _______________.

b. Elisa's Diary

1. Elisa spends the first part of the day writing letters.

True
False

3. Elisa lives in London.

True
False

4. Elisa never eats anything in the morning.

True
False

5. She goes to the music studio before lunch.

True
False

6. They usually have lunch quite late.

True
False

7. Elisa is very careful to not sing too much.

True
False

8. Peter is the name of her husband.

True
False
Read the short story. Then answer each question.

The Solver

Kevin loves to read mystery books. He reads mystery books because he likes to try to
solve the mystery himself before he gets to the end. Solving puzzles is like solving mysteries, so
he likes working on puzzles too. He also likes solving problems. Kevin can usually solve any
mystery, puzzle or problem. One day Kevin’s mom was trying to find her glasses. Without her
glasses, she could not drive. This was a problem because she was going to drive Kevin to his
friend’s house. It was also a mystery and a puzzle. Kevin really wanted to solve this mystery.
Kevin sat down with his mom. “Where do you last remember seeing your glasses?” he asked. “I
had them on while I was watching the news this morning,” she said. “Where were you watching
the news?” asked Kevin. His mom thought for a minute, and then she answered that she was in
the family room. She remembered sitting in her favorite chair and taking off her glasses when the
news ended. She thought she placed her glasses on the table, but they weren’t there. “Are you
sure you didn’t put them on again after the morning news?” asked Kevin. “Maybe I did,” his
mom replied. “Let’s walk through your day, Mom,” said Kevin. Kevin had his mom describe
everything she remembered doing during the day so far. She mentioned watching the news,
making breakfast, folding laundry, working in her home office and then gardening. It was after
gardening that she started looking for her glasses. After hearing about his mom’s day, Kevin
retraced her path through the house and yard. He looked under the cushion of her favorite chair,
in the kitchen, in the laundry basket, in her office and around the garden. He didn’t find her
glasses. Kevin doesn’t give up easily though so he looked in each place again and he looked even
harder. It was on his second go around of the kitchen that he thought to open the cabinets instead
of just looking on the counters. Kevin solved the mystery, the puzzle and the problem. He found
his mom’s glasses in the drawer with the silverware. “Thank you, Kevin,” said his mom, “I
wouldn’t be able to see anything without you.”

Questions:

1. What does Kevin like to solve?

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2. What was Kevin’s mom trying to find?

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3. Why did Kevin want his mom to find her missing item?
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4. What was the first thing Kevin’s mom did in the morning?
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5. Did Kevin solve the mystery easily?

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6. Where did Kevin end up finding the missing item?

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