USE OF ENGLISH 1

Multiple-choice cloze
1 Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best completes each gap.
There is one example.

Exchange programmes
Every year lots of students 0 on exchange programmes and stay with students in
other countries. This practice was first inspired 1 volunteers who helped in other
countries in war time.
There are special organisations that help schools plan these and it can be a wonderful
2
. Students stay with teenagers of the 3 age, who are often 4 in the same
things. Sometimes students 5
a short time in the other country – maybe two or three
weeks – but in some countries students go for longer periods. They can go for as long as
a year and also 6 at a school or college in the other country.
Exchange programmes are good 7 you meet people from different countries and
also learn about living in another country. Of course, it’s an excellent way to practise and
improve a foreign language at the same time as having 8 !
Before going on an exchange, it’s important for the school to choose 9 right
teenager for you to stay with. You 10 to fill in forms about your personality, family,
interests and pastimes.

0 A do B take C make D go
1 A of B from C by D with
2 A example B experience C event D impression
3 A common B same C near D exact
4 A keen B passionate C serious D interested
5 A leave B make C are D spend
6 A go B study C pass D stay
7 A for B because C and D that
8 A fun B joke C laugh D smile
9 A a B some C any D the
10 A must B should C need D will

Sentence transformation
2 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
Use no more than three words.

0 Jane lives near Tommy.

Jane doesn’t live very far from Tommy.
1 I sat down to read a magazine and Dylan came in.
While I was reading a magazine, Dylan came in.
2There were some photographs of toys from 100 years ago.
There were some photographs of toys that children play with 100 years ago.
3 Jane tries not to watch Tommy race in competitions because she gets nervous.
Jane avoids Tommy race in competitions because she gets nervous.
4 Tommy swims so fast – it’s amazing!
Tommy is a fast swimmer – it’s amazing!
5 Jane would like to play golf, but she hasn’t got enough money to buy all the equipment.
Jane would like to play golf, but she can’t buy all the equipment.
6 Jane took some photos while Tommy was practising.
Jane took some photos Tommy’s practice.

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 WORD STORE 1 Lives people live
WORD STORE 1A | Personality WORD STORE 1E | Verb + preposition 1
POSITIVE ≠ NEGATIVE care / t h i n k / about
1 caring ≠ selfish 2 in
2 ≠ miserable 3 / focus on
3 enerous ≠ mean 4 to
4 hard-working ≠ lazy 5 connect / with
5 outoin ≠ shy
6 ≠ silly MY WORD STORE
My top five words from Unit 1
1
WORD STORE 1B | un-, in-, im-, ir-, dis- 2
1 adventurous ≠ unadventurous 3
2 dependent ≠ independent 4
3 honest ≠ 5
4 ≠ impolite
5 ≠ unpopular
6 responsible ≠ irresponsible
7 sensitive ≠ insensitive WORD STORE GLOSSARY
8 wise ≠ unwise Words to learn
PARTS OF SPEECH
adjective – e.g. good, red, shy
WORD STORE 1C | Questions with like
adverb – e.g. well, badly, often
be + like > personality
article – a/an, the
What is he/she like? noun – e.g. table, advice, uniform
1 She’s wise, sensitive and has a lot of experience. numeral – e.g. one, two, first, second
(adjective) preposition – e.g. at, in, under
look + like > appearance pronoun – e.g. it, we, him
verb – e.g. teach, learn, remember
What does he look like?
OTHER TERMS
2 He’s got tattoos and long hair. (noun
antonym – e.g. caring ≠ selfish
phrase) like as a verb
collocation – e.g. go home, find a solution
What do you like? compound noun – e.g. website, text message
MY WORD STORE
partitive – e.g. can of cola, box of chocolates
3 I like being with young people. (noun phrase) My top five words from Unit 1
phrasal verb – e.g. switch on, find out, give up
1
synonym – e.g. big = large
2
WORD STORE 1D | -ive, -ative, -able, -ing WORD BUILDING
3
act adapt communicate imagine inspire protect prefix – e.g. unfit, dishonest
4
suffix – e.g. successful, employment
5
1 active
-ive 2 communicative
3

-ative 4

-able 5

-ing 6

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 WORD PRACTICE 1 Lives people live, Science and technology
For questions 1–30, choose the correct answer, A, B or C, to complete the sentences.

1 Tom doesn’t care about other people’s feelings. 17 Take a warm hat and gloves! It’s
He’s the most person I know. outside!
A generous B emotional C insensitive A warm B freezing C boiling
2 I think Sophie is a bit – she never buys 18 Twenty years ago people used to work on big
birthday presents for her family. computers.
A shy B mean C serious A digital B desktop C electronic
3 Damien’s very . He wants to become 19 A lot of people him on Twitter.
someone important and have lots of money. A splash B follow C download
A lazy B honest C ambitious 20 Does your friend write a about his life?
4 Zoe loves meeting and talking to people. A blog B virus C menu
I’d like to be as as she is.
21 Did you notes during the Chemistry
A clever B outgoing C honest lesson yesterday? Can I borrow them?
5 Wow! Adam’s really – he writes the A do B take C invent
most interesting stories I’ve ever read!
22 Do you ever this website? There are
A protective B communicative C imaginative a lot of cool articles.
6 I hate people because I can’t stand A go B visit C switch
when somebody lies to me.
23 This will help you find some useful
A outgoing B miserable C dishonest websites.
7 Paul always expects the worst to happen – A text message
he’s very .
B search engine
A unwise B protective C pessimistic
C Internet server
8 I’m not very – I don’t like changes or
new experiences. 24 Can you help me my Facebook profile?

A generous B caring C adventurous A spend B update C switch on

9 I think Jane is perfect to be our leader – she’s 25 Sorry, my battery while I was calling
really intelligent and . you.

A sensitive B sensible C silly A put on

10 Sarah is really good chess. B went dead

A of B at C about C gave out

11 When I was younger, I was keen 26 Alexander Fleming penicillin – an

playing tennis. important antibiotic – in 1928.

A at B in C on A invented B discovered C collected

12 After twenty years of teaching, Mrs Jones is still 27 This ecological organisation is trying to
it. And her students always enjoy the the environment and make sure we still have
classes too. a planet to live on.

A worried about A collect B observe C protect

B disappointed with 28 He’s always wanted to be so he asked

for a telescope to observe the sky.
C passionate about
A an astronomer
13 I like jeans, but this pair is too tight
even for me. I’ll try a bigger size. B a mathematician

A casual B skinny C designer C a biologist

14 I think you should wear a suit and a for 29 What dictionary do you use to the
a job interview. meaning of words you don’t understand?

A tie B hoodie C uniform A look up B check up C look after

15 We can’t afford to spend money things 30 Bill Townsend has a computer software
we don’t really need. company for seven years.

A on B for C at A made B gone C run

16 It took me three months to learn to type on my

computer without looking at the .
A broadband B keyboard C printer

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 WORD STORE 2 Science and technology
WORD STORE 2A Phones and
computers | WORD STORE 2D | Collocations
data (x3) the environment evidence (x2) hours
1 broadband
a research paper
2 desktop computer
3 k data
1 analyse
4 laptop
5 l p
6 password 2 collect
7 s e
8 text message
3 protect the environment
9 username
10 w b
4 publish
a research aer
REMEMBER THIS
5 spend
Compound nouns can be two words (e.g. text
message) or one word (e.g. username).

WORD STORE 2E | The temperature

WORD STORE 2B | Word building boiling chilly cold freezing hot warm
NOUN (subject) NOUN (person)

1 astronomy astronomer
hot
2 biologist
3 chemist
4 computer science computer scientist
5 mathematics mathematician
6 physicist

WORD STORE 2C | Collocations MY WORD STORE

1 collect specimens (of plants or animals) My top five words from Unit 2
2 a theory 1
3 something (that no one knew about 2
before) 3
4 an experiment (to learn what happens) 4
5 research (into a subject) 5
6 something (that did not exist before)
7 (or watch carefully)
8 measurements (of the size of
something)
9 notes (so you can remember
information)

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