Englishfile 7

GRAMMAR

1 Underline the correct word(s).
Example: In some towns there isn’t enough entertainment for young / the young.
1 The Frenches / French enjoy good food.
2 My brother has short dark / dark short hair.
3 He wore a striped new blue / new blue striped T-shirt and jeans to the party.
4 The Italian / Italians have a great sense of style.
5 Poor / The poor in many countriesrely on charity to survive.
6 I bought some little silver lovely / lovely little silver earrings in Paris.
7 He was so / such cold that he couldn’t feel his toes.
8 I can’t believe you drove such a / such long way to visit her.

| |8 |


2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Example: The man came out of his house and ran (run) down theroad.
1 I _______ (do) my homework when I suddenly heard a loud noise.
2 We ________ (walk) for about an hour when we realized we were lost.
3 When I got home, I remembered that I ________ (leave) my keys in the restaurant.
4 The reason he ________ (not go) to the party was because Sam hadn’t invited him.
5 When the plane landed at Heathrow it ________ (rain) as usual.
6 He wasreally angry when she arrived because he ________ (wait) for her for 45 minutes.

| |6 |


3 Order the words to make sentences.
Example: hungry / bit / feeling / I’m / a
I’m feeling a bit hungry.
1 meeting / about / unfortunately, / I / forgot / the
2 thanks / say / even / girl / the / didn’t
3 never / on / out / Tessa / goes / weekdays
4 bed / soon / I’m / to /going / go / to
5 Ben / safe / I / with / feel / slowly / drives / because / he
6 clever / is / brother / my / extremely

| |6 |

|Grammar total | |20 |


VOCABULARY

4 Underline the odd word out.
Example: V-neck sleeveless loose hooded
1 spotted patterned checked tight
2 cotton plain nylon linen
3 scruffy leather trendy stylish4 striped denim velvet woollen
5 lycra fur vest velvet
6 match smart fit suit

| |6 |


5 Complete the words in the sentences .
Example: A porter’s job is to help people carry their bags.
1 I walked through c________ and told them I had nothing to declare.
2 The f________ attendant offered tea and coffee to the passengers.
3 The plane finallyt________ off after a three-hour delay.
4 You may have to pay extra if you have excess b________.
5 The man looked carefully at my photo as I went through passport c________.
6 The cabin c________ are trained to keep calm in an emergency.
7 Some of the p________ on the plane were frightened during the bad weather.
8 When the plane l_______ at the airport the weather was awful.

||8 |


6 Underline the correct word(s).
Example: They are always very lucky – they’ve even / ever won a car!
1 I’ve nearly / near finished – I won’t be long.
2 She wanted to buy new jeans but at / in the end she bought a skirt.
3 Robert is a talented singer, but he yet / still doesn’t have a recording contract.
4 My sister hardly / hard eats any fast food, sweets, orchocolate.
5 I’m really busy actually / at the moment, but I’m hoping to be able to have a holiday soon.
6 I always get up lately / late on Saturdays and Sundays.

| |6 |

|Vocabulary total | |20 |


PRONUNCIATION

7 Match the words with the same sound.

striped loose hooded leather velvet sleeveless

Example: bike striped
1 egg ________
2boot ________
3 computer ________
4 tree ________
5 bull ________

| |5 |


8 Underline the stressed syllable.
Example: cotton
1 departures
2 airline
3 old-fashioned
4 undressed
5 especially

| |5 |

|Pronunciation total | |10 |

|Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total | |50 |

READING

1 READ...