Progress Test - Part 1

To finish with your tasks on this topic, you will have to pass this test. Don't worry, it's just to check that you have acquired the knowledge you were expected to.

If you need extra help, click on this link and you will find a Glossary with all the words we have learnt on this unit:

A Glossary of Environment

 

 

PROGRESS TEST (1)

 

1.       Underline the most appropriate word to complete each sentence.

 

a) Last year this tree was struck by lightning/thunder/a storm.

b) I like spring best, when the apple trees are in blooming/blossom/flowers.

c) Something must be done to protect wild/wilderness/wildlife.

d) When I want to relax, I go for a walk in the countryside/the nature/the outside.

e) In this part of the country, the earth/the land/the soil is quite expensive.

f) Suddenly we saw a ship appear on the atmosphere/horizon/sky. We were saved!

g) Most animals will attack you to protect their babies/litters/young.

h) Julia recently discovered a new category/make/species of fruit-fly.

i) We got soaked to the skin in the torrential drizzle/downpour/snow.

j) While I was eating cherries I accidentally swallowed a nut/pip/stone.

 

 

 

 

2.       Complete the word in each sentence by adding an appropriate prefix.

 

a) I didn't pay the bill and now the electricity has been ....connected.

b) There is a law against dropping litter, but it is ………believable people don´t care about it.

c) it should be ……legal to sell guns in the USA.

d) the behaviour of some people towards animals is ….tolerable.

e) The rumours about the minister's death were completely ........... founded.

f) Anyone with a ........... ability may qualify for a special pension.

g) Bull fighting is becoming ……..popular in Spain.

 

3.       Put the verbs into the correct tense (past simple or present perfect simple).

1. A: (you / play / already) the new computer game?
2. B: No, not yet. I only (buy) it yesterday and I (have / not) the time yet.
3. A: (you / go) to the cinema last night?
4. B: Yes. I (be) there with Sue and Louis. (you / be) to the cinema recently?
5. A: I last (go) to the cinema two weeks ago.
6. B: So you (see / not) the new action film yet.
7. A: No, unfortunately not. (you / enjoy) it?
8. B: Oh, I really (love) it. But Sue (like / not) it - too much action!
9. A: But why (you / take) her with you? She (tell) me last week that she (hate) action films.

It's not the end...there's a second part!