STAGE 1 EXAM Yes – No Quiz
Vocabulary Test
No – 1) Is a city small? No – 2) Is London a village? No – 3) Is Master Brown a girl? No – 4) Is your pen under the table? Yes– 5) Is the table in front of you? No – 6) Is the teacher standing on the table? No – 7) Are you taking a pencil from the floor? No – 8) Am I opening the window? No – 9) Are you sitting on the floor? No – 10) Are there six vowels in the English alphabet? Yes– 11) Is the letter “g” before the letter “h”? No – 12) Is the letter “b” after the letter “i”? Yes– 13) Is the letter “e” between “d” and “f”? Yes– 14) Are the walls behind us? No – 15) Do we use the word “some” in interrogative sentences? No – 16) Fifteen plus thirty equals twenty-eight. Is that right? No – 17) Are there a thousand students in this room? Yes– 18) Are you here? No – 19) Is Athens the capital of Russia? No – 20) Am I writing in a book? No – 21) Is India in Europe? Yes– 22) Is “e” the fifth letter of the alphabet? No – 23) Are the people of Scandinavia short? No – 24) Is “i” the first letter of the alphabet? No – 25) Is “y” the last letter of the alphabet? No – 26) Are you giving me a book? Yes– 27) Are you answering a question? No – 28) Is the plural of foot “foots”? No – 29) Have you ten fingers? Yes- 30) Are you a person? No – 31) Are you coming from the window? Yes– 32) Have Mr and Mrs Brown two chins? No – 33) Is it right you’re the teacher? No – 34) Are you going to the door? No – 35) Do we use “tall” and “short” for things? No – 36) Are there any chairs on the table? Yes– 37) Am I asking you a question? Yes– 38) Have you two shoes? No – 39) Has Mr Brown two heads? No – 40) Is the wall low?
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Dictation
What’s this?/ It’s a light./ The table/ is not short,/ but it is long./ A village is small,/ but a city is large./ Where is the light?/ ceiling./ Master White/ is standing/ in front of the house,/ but Mrs. Green/ is sitting behind it./ He is not Mr Low,/ but Mr B doing?/ You are taking the book/ from the table,/ opening it,/ and putting it/ on the floor./ Who is she?/ She’s Miss Brown “man”/ is “men”./ Those women/ are closing the windows./ Which pencil is green?/ This pencil is.
ht?/ It’s on the Mr Black./ What am I wn./ The plural of
STAGE 2 EXAM Yes – No Quiz
Vocabulary Test
Yes – 1) Do we use the Present Simple for an action we do generally? No – 2) Do you generally sit completely still during the lesson? No – 3) Do the people in Germany speak the same language as the people in Japan? No – 4) Are you wearing the teacher’s clothes? No – 5) Are you moving up and down? Yes – 6) Do we call the thing we wear on our heads a hat? No – 7) Is fifteen half a hundred? No – 8) Is there a map hanging from the ceiling? No – 9) Are both your eyes closed? Yes – 10) Does the preposition generally come last in an English sentence with an interrogative pronoun? Yes – 11) Is the word “translation” a noun? No – 12) Do we use the word “in” for a thing that moves from one place to another? No – 13) Is the back of your hand like the front? No – 14) Do sixteen minutes make an hour? Yes – 15) Can you see anything in this room? Yes – 16) Do you go out of the room after the lesson (or lessons)? Yes – 17) Are some students bad at learning languages? No – 18) Are you carrying any clothes? No – 19) Is there any difference between “I have a pen” and “I have got a pen”? No – 20) Do we hear with our eyes? No – 21) Can a man without hands drive a car? No – 22) Do we wear a clock on our wrist? No – 23) is the word “mine” a possessive adjective? Yes – 24) Is “iron” a metal? No – 25) Is Tuesday the fourth day of the week? No – 26) Do you want to break your pen? Yes – 27) Is there any food inside our stomachs after a meal? Yes – 28) Is the word “some” the plural of the word “a”? Yes – 29) Do you drink water? No – 30) Do you hate all food? No – 31) Do we use the word “little” for things we can count? Yes – 32) Are there few people in a small village? Yes – 33) Do most people eat more bread than meat? No – 34) Is London the city with the least people in England? Yes – 35) Is the word “bottom” the opposite of the word “top”? No – 36) Do most people work on Sunday? No – 37) Are you short enough to stand under the table? No – 38) Can you hear well with your fingers in your ears? No – 39) Are your shoes cheaper than your handkerchief? No – 40) Are your socks (or stockings) the most expensive thing you’re wearing?
1) Side 2) Walk 3) Married 4) Tell 5) Friend 6) Smell 7) By car 8) Kind 9) Nothing 10) During 11) Silver 12) Bag 13) Gold 14) Key 15) Think 16) Instead of 17) Outside 18) Do 19) Many 20) End 21) Begin 22) Made of 23) It will be 24) It was 25) Building 26) Fewer… than 27) Knife 28) South 29) Much 30) Child 31) Love 32) Meal 33) Less 34) The fewest 35) Paper 36) Stone 37) Glass 38) Wood 39) Badly 40) Plate
Dictation There are about/ thirty pages in that book./ He doesn’t go home/ after the lesson./ They don’t speak French, but English./ Are there any pictures/ on these walls?/ Yes, there are some./ I’m neither asking nor answering./ a question,/ but I’m reading a book./ Tall and short we use for people,/ high and low we use for things./ Who is coming to you?/ She’s putting her finger/ into her mouth./ We’ve four hands/ and two heads./ Their eyes are blue,/ but their hair is brown./ Is that right?/ No, it is wrong./ This part of my body/ is my foot.
STAGE 3 EXAM Yes – No Quiz
Vocabulary Test
No – No – No – No – No – No – No – No – No – No – No – No – No – Yes – No – Yes – Yes – No – No – Yes – Yes – Yes – Yes – No – No – Yes – No – No – No – No – No – Yes – No – Yes – No – No – Yes – Yes – Yes – Yes –
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1) Does twice fifteen equal a hundred? 2) Can we cut bread without a knife? 3) Is the river in London as long as the longest river in the world? 4) Do you take your hat and coat off when you go out in winter? 5) Is your stomach empty after a very large meal? 6) Have we as many feet as fingers? 7) Does January come at the end of the year? 8) Have you as much money as the Bank of England? 9) Do you leave your shoes in the classroom after the lesson? 10) Do most people think Paris is a worse place to live in than the North Pole? 11) Is it right to say “I’m watching a picture on the wall”? 12) Is Paris beside the sea? 13) Are there very many people in a small village? 14) Does our hair cover the tops of our heads? 15) Does it generally snow very much in warm countries? 16) Must we study a lot if we want to learn a language well? 17) Are you holding anything in your hand at the moment? 18) Do you know if it will rain, tomorrow? 19) Does it snow everywhere in the world? 20) Do we use our months for both eating and speaking? 21) Does Thursday always follow Wednesday? 22) Were we here two minutes’ ago? 23) Are you in this room together with other people? 24) Does a street connect two towns together? 25) After drinking two bottles of whisky, can you walk in a straight line? 26) If you arrive at the station too early, must you wait for the train to arrive? 27) Does the sun ever shine during the night? 28) Can you sit at the corner of a round table? 29) Has each chair in this room only got three legs? 30) Were you here a hundred years ago? 31) Can a man in Europe have two wives? 32) Is Easter sometimes in March? 33) Can you write as quickly as you can speak? 34) If you want to eat in a restaurant, must you have some money? 35) Do you think it’s a bad idea to go to England, if you want to learn English very well? 36) Is it very often hot in Finland? 37) Did you move any part of your body during the last lesson? 38) Did last season last about three months? 39) Do you agree that smoking is bad for the health? 40) Do we add the letters “ed” to form the past tense of regular verbs?
The latest Happy Better than… At the beginning of The farthest Three times Below Old Sleep Land Above Either… or Cool Taste Weather Deep Look at Besides Dark Next Sky Over Date Very much Another Flat Road Christmas Shake To depend on Cloud Remember Nearly Seldom Understand Along Way How often Jump Cup
Dictation We eat our lunch/ with a knife and fork. / On the table we can have wine,/ milk, bread and butter,/ and sometimes flowers./ Yesterday was Tuesday./ Tomorrow will be Thursday./ The lesson lasts fifty minutes./ Steel is not an ugly metal,/ but not beautiful./ The time by my watch/ is a quarter to twelve./ It costs a lot of money./ Parents are mother and father./ Relations are uncles, aunts, cousins etc./ I like tea, but I dislike coffee./ Why does nobody speak Greek here?/ This is the only address I have./ My husband’s brother is Russian,/ but his wife is Spanish.
STAGE 4 EXAM Yes – No Quiz
Vocabulary Test
No – No – No – Yes – Yes – No – No – No – No – Yes – No – Yes – Yes – No – Yes – Yes – Yes – No – Yes – Yes – Yes – Yes – No – No – Yes – Yes – Yes – Yes – Yes – Yes – Yes – No – No – Yes – Yes – No – No – No – No – No –
1) Then 2) Help 3) Away 4) Turn 5) Earn 6) Death 7) Life 8) Again 9) To be pleased 10) To be sorry 11) Perhaps 12) Sound 13) Had 14) Fail 15) Hope 16) Believe 17) Age 18) Sat 19) Average 20) Seen 21) Hard 22) To be angry 23) Pull 24) Push 25) Bore 26) Among 27) Hole 28) Therefore 29) Swam 30) Lost 31) Each other 32) Known 33) Taken 34) Kept 35) Find 36) Great 37) Else 38) Fast 39) Done - feito. 40) Just
1) Was there a ball in one of the corners of this room last lesson? 2) Do most people prefer to die young? 3) Are boys generally physically stronger than men? 4) Are you quite sure you’ve got two feet? 5) Do some students make a lot of mistakes in their dictations? 6) Do you eat when you feel thirsty? 7) Do you bring any animals with you to school? 8) Is it generally easy to get people to give their money away? 9) Is your pen worth as much now as when you bought it? 10) Will it rain next year? 11) Shall we be here in three hundred years’ time? 12) Do doctors generally suggest that people stop smoking if they want to live a healthy life? 13) Do most people feel tired if they work a lot? 14) Could you live until you were two hundred years old if you wanted to? 15) Will there be anybody in this room in two minutes’ time? 16) Are cities noisier places to live in than villages? 17) Are most people sorry when they must work very hard? 18) Could you walk quickly when you were a baby of three months old? 19) Will the light be hanging from the ceiling next lesson? 20) Has a pen any use? 21) Do people sometimes succeed in getting what they want if they try hard enough? 22) Will you have to wait for the lesson to begin, if you arrive too early at the school? 23) Are you a complete beginner in English? 24) Is it right to say “I have spoken to him yesterday”? 25) If the people eat too much, do they sometimes become ill? 26) Is a piece of paper thinner than a pen? 27) Is the room bigger than the table? 28) Do you agree that it’s bad for the health to keep eating after our stomachs are quite full? 29) Does one want to eat when one is hungry? 30) Have you ever been to the cinema? 31) Are you going to try and answer the next question? 32) Is it right to say “I have gone to Scotland this week”? 33) Can you fly like a bird? 34) Do we use the word “thin” for people and things? 35) Do the countries of the world play football against one another? 36) Have you been able to speak English all your life? 37) Do you know whether it’ll rain tomorrow or no? 38) If you went to bed early tonight, would you feel tired tomorrow morning? 39) If you swam in the sea in the North of Europe in middle of winter, would you find water warm? 40) If you sent a letter to a friend and forgot to put the address on it, would it arrive?
Dictation I thought she was ill, / so I went to see her,/ but, when I reached her house, / I receive the news/ that she was well again./ The fact is/ that they ate/ and drank a lot./ This is the worst ball game./ I’ve ever played,/ but yesterday’s was the best./ last night was very warm and the moon was full,/ so I got up early,/ washed and dressed/ and walked in the heavy rain/ to the next town,/ where my friend’s daughter lives./ Last summer was hot,/ so I went to live by the sea./ I lifted it up at once.
STAGE 5 EXAM Yes – No Quiz
Vocabulary Test
Yes - 1) Ought we to study hard if we do not wish to fail exams? No - 2) Is Napoleon still alive? No - 3) Has this exam finished yet? No - 4) If you were the teacher, would you be taking this exam? Yes - 5) Is this sentence wrong: “I’ve been here since two hours”? No - 6) Have you been in this world since 1890? No - 7) Does the subject do the action when the verb is in the Passive Voice? No - 8) Is this sentence in the Active Voice – “I am pulled by him”? Yes – 9) Does this sentence express a willingness: “I will do your exercise for you”? No - 10) Does this sentence express a polite request: “Shall I open the window”? Yes – 11) Is there a mistake in this sentence: “We dress ourself”? Yes – 12) Ought one to wash oneself when one is dirty? Yes – 13) Do people usually have accidents if they do not drive carefully? Yes - 14) Must we study in order to learn? Yes – 15) Might one see the Thames if one went to London? Yes – 16) Ought we to pay back what we borrow? No - 17) Does it take longer to fly to Scotland than to go by train? Yes – 18) Is it right to say, “He gave me further information”? Yes – 19) Had you had anything to eat before 9 p.m. yesterday? Yes – 20) Has this exam already started? No - 21) Will you still be answering these questions at 2 a.m. tomorrow? No - 22) Does the word “hourly” mean every day? Yes – 23) Is there a pen anywhere in this room? Yes – 24) Are you in the habit of eating each day? Yes - 25) Do children usually look like their parents? No - 26) Is it right to say “I will remember you to keep the appointment”? Yes – 27) Will there be even more people in the world in tem years’ time than now? No - 28) Is it right to say “I am going at the station”? No - 29) If you had not come here today, would you be taking this exam?
1) Wake up 2) Lie 3) Through 4) Cross 5) Dangerously 6) That is 7) Although 8) Such as 9) Bone 10) Cook 11) Belong 12) Throw 13) Drop 14) Win 15) Useful 16) Who’d be 17) Ice 18) Mix 19) Pour 20) Unite 21) Care 22) Hurry 23) Plenty 24) Found 25) Lend 26) Run 27) Murder 28) Prison 29) Root 30) All right 31) Safety 32) Wet 33) Thoroughly 34) Prize 35) Quietly 36) However 37) At least 38) Nice 39) Notice 40) Owe
No - 30) Do we usually put an apostrophe and the letter “s” after a plural noun ending in “s” in order to form its possessive case?
Yes – 31) Do you usually write with your own pen? Yes – 32) Is the Word “badly” an adverb? Yes – 33) Is one of the reasons for tiredness too much work? Yes – 34) Is eating bad food one of the causes of illness? No - 35) Do you know the origin of all the flags in the world? Yes – 36) Is Europe a mixture of countries? Yes – 37) Is Shakespeare dead? No - 38) Do we usually use the word “still” for something that has finished? Yes – 39) Do people generally clean their shoes when they are dirty? Yes – 40) Are most people afraid of death?
Dictation I do not possess anything/ that is useless./ The man must have been mad:/ he has driving the car/ at a devil of a speed,/ round a blind corner/ in a snowstorm./ I doubt whether/ we shall find anything else./ We did not hear him shout./ All we could hear/ was the sound/of the church bells/ coming from the other side/ of the lake./ His grave was covered over/ with sand/ and in it someone had printed/ his name./ Once I was able to swim/ like a fish./ We walked through the narrow streets/ until we came to the tower.
STAGE 6 EXAM Yes – No Quiz
Vocabulary Test
No - 1) Can we say “Yes, I want” as a short answer, exactly as we say “Yes No - 2) Is the following sentence a sentence of Direct Speech? “Mr. Brown said that the room was large.” No - 3) Is this sentence grammatically correct? – “You can tell whoever you please” Yes - 4) Can we shorter a coat by cutting a piece off the bottom? Yes - 5) Should we look both ways before crossing the road? Yes - 6) Do we usually feel tired when we overwork? No - 7) Do we use the word “let” to form the imperative for all persons? No - 8) Is a host the person we invite to our house? Yes - 9) Have you been doing this exam for the last two minutes or more? Yes - 10) Will you have been studying English for at least two weeks by the end of this month? Yes - 11) Can we write by means of pen? Yes - 12) If the main part of a sentence is positive, is the Tail Question negative? No - 13) Is this sentence correct? – “He speaks English, speaks he?” No - 14) Have we the legal right to say whatever we like about people in public? Yes – 15) Do most people have their hair cut at the hairdresser’s? Yes – 16) Do most people go to the cinema every now and again? No - 17) Is this sentence right? – “Tell to them the same story that you told me” Yes – 18) Is this sentence right? – “Tell him to come here” Yes – 19) Do we use the verb “say” for Direct Speech? No - 20) Is it right to say that people gain money each week for the work they do? Yes – 21) If you walked from here to the next town in heavy rain without an umbrella or a raincoat,
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would you be wet by the time you got to the town? No - 22) Can you speak English as well as the teacher? No - 23) Is it right to say “Mary is elder than her sister Ann”? Yes – 24) Is the word “thinnest” spelt with two “n” s? Yes – 25) Is a king’s wife called a queen? Yes – 26) Can we say “There are no books on the table”? No - 27) When we listen, does it always mean that we hear something? Yes – 28) Is there any difference between “mind” and “brain”? No - 29) Are people glad when they have to do unpleasant work? No - 30) Do people always tell the truth? Yes - 31) If you fell from the second floor of a building, would you hurt yourself? Yes – 32) Will the teacher have spoken for more than five minutes by the end of this exam? Yes – 33) As soon as you close your eyes, do you stop seeing the things around you? Yes – 34) are you supposed to answer these questions with a simple “yes” or “no”? No - 35) As people get older and older, do they generally become more and more beautiful? No - 36) Is this sentence grammatically correct? – “Who are you giving the book to?” No - 37) Is it right to say “Instead of to take”? Yes – 38) Can we use the auxiliary verb “do” in positive sentences? Yes – 39) Will the teacher ask you the next question within the next three minutes? No - 40) Do you get up out of bed before waking up?
Join Here they are Statement Fight How tall Fell Undercook Sick Roof Pity Wherever Miss Burn Cruel Rope Court Judge Widen Ache Rough Let it fly Charge Clear Ridden Flown Draw Ruler Earth Grew Matter Expect Purpose Allow Power Member Save Rescue Trade Degree Mark
Dictation The blackbird/ flew round and round/ and came to rest/ on the back of the sheep./ The lives of great men/ have often been full/ of great difficulties./ Despite the pain/ is his arm,/ he kept on working,/ even though/ he was told to stop./ I do not wish to remind you/ of the fact/ that, if you are late again,/ I will have to/ inform your parents./ I read all about it/ in the daily paper./ There was a piece of wire/ tied round the brick,/ which cut his skin./ I am sorry,/ I have already thrown it away.
STAGE 7 EXAM Yes – No Quiz
Vocabulary Test
No – 1) Do we begin a personal letter with “Dear Sir”? No – 2) Can we make a horse drink if he does not want to just by ordering him to do so? No – 3) Do people get wounded in car accidents? No – 4) Is a non-defining clause essential to the meaning of a sentence? No – 5) Are you at a very advanced stage of English? Yes – 6) If one does not stir one’s tea, will the sugar settle at the bottom of the cup? Yes – 7) Is the word “herself” in the following sentence an Emphasising Pronoun?
1) Realize 2) Rat 3) Lead 4) Eventually 5) Supply 6) Sink 7) Drown 8) Float 9) Conquer 10) Tide 11) Empire 12) Adopt 13) Tax 14) Press 15) Step 16) Bill 17) Used to 18) Trial 19) Introduce 20) Pride 21) Adventure 22) Abroad 23) Bear 24) Account 25) Race 26) Sign 27) Size 28) Navy 29) Temple 30) Dare 31) Matter 32) Choose 33) Bow (n.) 34) Apple 35) Draw 36) Youth 37) Holy 38) Birth 39) Shore 40) Pretty
“She made the dress herself” No – 8) Is a female film star a man? No – 9) Is a cup of tea a cup without tea? Yes – 10) Does a rocking-chair move backwards and forwards? No – 11) Are you about to answer question five of this exam? No – 12) Does the word “unless” mean “if possible”? No – 13) Can a man ride on the back of a horse race? Yes – 14) If someone said to you “Shall we go to the theatre?”, would he be making a suggestion? No – 15) Is “homework” the work a housewife does in the home? No – 16) Do we ring a front-door bell after entering someone’s house? No – 17) Is a plain uniform composed of many different colours? No – 18) Is this correct as a question put into Indirect Speech? “Mary said to John what he was doing” No – 19) If you hated your neighbours, would it mean you got on well with them? Yes – 20) Is there anything wrong in this sentence? “He goes always to the cinema on Saturday” Yes – 21) Has this building got a ground floor? No – 22) Would the clothes of a child of five fit you? No – 23) Had we better wear thin clothes in order to keep warm in winter? Yes – 24) Can we say “Which subject do (or did) you find the dullest at school? Yes – 25) Is “sight” one of the five senses? No - 26) Is the answer to this question correct? – “Can he speak English?”- “Yes, he can so.” No - 27) If we took something that was ours, would we be guilty of stealing? No - 28) Is a determined person a weak person? Yes – 29) Would you mind if you were kicked hard by a horse? No - 30) Is this correct? – “Will he come tomorrow?” – “No, he shan’t.” No - 31) Is it waste of money buying useful things? Yes – 32) Is this sentence incorrect? – “He was glad meet you.” Yes – 33) If you look upwards, would you see the ceiling? No - 34) Have you ever known your country to go throughout a whole year without any rain? No - 35) Is this right? – “Did you run far?” – “Yes, we run far.” No – 36) Is kind behaviour unpleasant behaviour? No – 37) Were you able to look after yourself when you were six months old? Yes – 38) Is it correct to say – “I have laid the table.” No - 39) If a man claimed he could jump higher than this ceiling, would you believe him? Yes – 40) Could we finished a speech by saying “…and now finally I would like to say…”?
Dictation In some countries a black cat/ is considered lucky./ I suppose that, if I were/ really very thirsty,/ I would prefer to drink just water./ I am not very good at describing people,/ but I know I would be able/ to recognise him again/ the moment I saw him./ His job is selling tickets on a bus./ The man was hit/ very hard in the mouth/ and cut both his lips./ Life today can be fairly pleasant/ for many people./ The main difficulty/ is how to avoid making a loss./ You have to guess the date/ on the coin.
Yes – No Quiz
STAGE 8 EXAM
Yes-1) Is this actually the first question? Yes-2) Is there any difference between “to sail” and “to row”? No-3) Can a small child be trusted with a gun? Yes-4) If you were charged three pounds for something you bought in a shop and
you gave the shopkeeper a five-pound note, would you charge be two pounds? No-5) Is this sentence correct? - “When he will go to England, he will pay your aunt a visit.” Yes-6) Can we sometimes use the word “idle” in place of “lazy”? No-7) Is the answer to this question right? – “Must you go to see him tomorrow?”- “No, I mustn’t.” No-8) Is it usual for people to retire at thirty? Yes-9) Can we split wood with an axe? Yes-10) Were you conscious of what you were doing yesterday? Yes-11) Does “so far” mean “until now”? No-12) Does “so as” mean “etc”? No-13) Do people dress as they please for formal occasions? No-14) “S-h-i-p” Am I spelling the word “sheep”? Yes-15) Is there any difference in meaning between “I used to sleep” and “I am used to sleeping”? No-16) Is the past of “bind”- “Bounded”? No-17) Is “sensitive” the opposite of “stupid”? No-18) Is it correct to say “The honest is the best policy”? Yes-19) Is it correct to say “Milk is good for the body”? Yes-20) Is it correct to say “The horses in that field are very strong-looking”? No-21) Do we pack our suit-cases when we arrive home after a holiday? No-22) Do people get angry when they are amused? Yes-23) Is there any difference in meaning between a “yard” and a “courtyard”? No-24) Do we hit a hammer on the head with a nail when fixing up a picture? Yes-25) Is it correct to say “He doesn’t dare”? Yes-26) Does the Thames flow through London? Yes-27) Is there any difference in meaning between these two sentences? -“He sent me the books,
so I did not need to write him” and “He sent me the books, so I need not have written to him”? Yes-28) Is there any difference in the meaning of “need” when used as a normal verb
and when used as a defective verb? No-29) Does everyone do their fair share of the work in the world? No-30) Is a spoilt child one who is well disciplined? Yes-31) Is “would” more polite than “will”? No-32) Is a “moving event” something that moves from one place to another? Yes-33) Are you attending to what I am saying? No-34) Is this sentence right? – “He will ought to go there tomorrow” No-35) Does everybody’s suit always suit them? Yes-36) Is this sentence correct? –“They worked hard, but could not finished the job in time.” No-37) Does this sentence – “I am to go and see the boss”- mean that, if I wish, I can go and see the boss whenever I want to, and if I do not wish to, it does not matter? Yes-38) Would one attract attention by walking down the main street of a city without shoes and socks on? Yes-39) Is this examinations correct? – “What books these are!” No-40) Is it correct to say "na European"?
Vocabulary Test 1) Envelope 2) To look forward to 3) Chance 4) Due to 5) Mostly 6) Argue 7) Discuss 8) Quarrel 9) Powder 10) Furnish 11) Human being 12) Seize 13) Rush 14) Fox 15) Wages 16) Steady 17) Leaf 18) Loaf 19) Shelf 20) Deck 21) Climb 22) Search 23) Support 24) Declare 25) Raise 26) Advise 27) Knowledge 28) Rail 29) Employ 30) Drum 31) Cry 32) Harbour 33) Masculine 34) Waiter 35) Landlord 36) Widow 37) Nephew 38) To Land 39) Loyal 40) Spread
Dictation He rode the bicycle/ so badly that he kept falling off it./ Of course,/ if you join the army,/ you will be expected/ to fight with guns,/ so you had better decide now,/ because later/ you will not be able to change your mind./ The temperature rose slowly/ and then suddenly fell./ The speaker was very glad/ when his speech was over,/ as he had been felling/ a little sick recently./ The wind had made a large hole in the roof,/ which was not easy to repair./ The report stated/ that they had caught the enemy off guard.
STAGE 9 EXAM Yes – No Quiz
Vocabulary Test
No – 1) Can we cut bread with the thick edge of a knife? No – 2) Can we say “usefuller” when forming the comparison of “useful”? No – 3) By the “background” of a picture, do we mean its main subject? Yes – 4) Do dogs bury bones? No – 5) Do ten pennies make a shilling? Yes – 6) Is the word “sadder” spelt with two “d”s? No – 7) Does tea with sugar taste bitter? No – 8) Is it correct to say – “The thief robbed my watch”? Yes – 9) Must we handle eggs gently? No – 10) Do horses have paws? Yes – 11) Does a disorderly crowd usually scatter when the police arrive? No – 12) Does one turn a tap on clockwise? No – 13) Is it easy to read a book upside-down? Yes – 14) Do we throw worn-out things away? No – 15) Is this sentence correct – “They were never see their home again”? Yes – 16) Is a bar of gold heavier than a bar of iron of the same size? No – 17) Is it nice to be deceived by people? Yes – 18) Do some people faint with excitement? No – 19) Do people’s stomachs grow inwards as they get older? Yes – 20) Do we get water when ice melts? Yes – 21) Do we run risks when we cross the road? No- 22) Are there 100 degrees in a right angle? Yes- 23) Is a miner a person who works in a mine? No- 24) Is a tough person faint-hearted? No – 25) Are tigers harmless creatures? Yes – 26) Can we use the word “do” with “who”? No – 27) If you bought something for more than its value, would you be getting a bargain? Yes – 28) Ought we say “Excuse me, please” when we wish to pass between
1) Tin 2) Sympathy 3) Entertain 4) Somewhat 5) At all 6) Run over 7) Knelt 8) Mystery 9) Forbidden 10) View 11) Hid 12) Detail 13) Shape 14) Neat 15) Ill at ease 16) Escape 17) Clever 18) Tip 19) Hut 20) Otherwise 21) Perform 22) Trick 23) Envy 24) Advice 25) Row 26) Rub 27) Beneath 28) Give way 29) Feather 30) Monkey 31) Couple 32) Cage 33) Pick out 34) Scent 35) Work out 36) Weapon 37) Bare 38) Witness 39) Get rid of 40) Upset
two people who are speaking to each other? No – 29) Do we screw nails into wood? Yes – 30) Are our eyebrows above our eyelashes? Yes – 31) Does water in a pan boil faster with the lid on? No – 32) Is the weather at the North Pole mild? No – 33) Is straw dried grass? Yes – 34) Can pills relieve certain kinds of pain? No – 35) Are tight clothes comfortable? No – 36) Is it correct to say “She came from a near town”? No – 37) Is it healthy to live in a damp house? Yes – 38) Do most students have gaps in their memories? Yes – 39) Do people light candles when there is a failure in the electricity supply? No – 40) Do you like thieves and liars?
Dictation A fence and a hedge/ went round the pool/ to protect it from the wind./ We wandered up the path/ towards the ancient-looking house./ I was sweating from the heat,/ and the bottoms of my feet/ felt very tender / from our long walk./ Inside the hall of the building/ everything was very untidy/ with heaps of old torn cloth / scattered about. The lock on the door was badly worn/ and needed mending,/ and one of the door-posts/ was leaning inwards./ Someone had scratched/ a notice on the door/ warning people to lower their heads/ as they went in.
STAGE 10 EXAM Yes – No Quiz
Vocabulary Test
No – 1) Is the temperature higher in the shade than in the sun? Yes – 2) Is gold a rare metal? No – 3) Can we say that we hire a house for a holiday? Yes – 4) Can one feel lonely in a crowd? Yes – 5) Do we tie a parcel with string? Yes – 6) Can we send messages via pigeons? Yes – 7) Does a brain surgeon need to be highly skilled? No – 8) Does water change from a liquid state to a solid state at ten degrees centigrade? No – 9) Is it correct to say – “It’s time we have something to eat”? No – 10) Was there a cure for all diseases in the past? Yes – 11) Is coal a raw material? Yes – 12) Do we put a dot above the letter “i”? Yes – 13) Can we make the flesh on our bodies firmer by exercise? Yes – 14) Does rotten meat smell? No – 15) Are bedsheets made of wool? Yes – 16) Does one need a lot of self-confidence in order to perform in public? No – 17) Do we hear the thunder before we see the flash of lightning? No – 18) Is a slip longer than a slide? Yes – 19) Does food become scarce during a war? Yes – 20) Are dull people boring? Yes – 21) Is a razor blade flat and thin? Yes – 22) If we rubbed our thumb on the edge of the table, would we eventually get a sore thumb? No – 23) Do you enjoin pain? No – 24) Are tame animals harmful? No – 25) France and India are countries. Is the former in Asia? Yes – 26) Do the police use roadblocks when tracking criminals? No – 27) Are all stains easy to remove? Yes – 28) Are stairs composed of steps? Yes – 29) If we stick a pin in our skin, do we bleed? Yes – 30) Do bees sting? No – 31) Do funny people make us feel sad? No – 32) Does a crossword puzzle consist of many little pieces of wood or
1) Nest 2) Smart 3) Beat 4) Disappoint 5) Ashamed 6) Rubbish 7) Luggage 8) Fever 9) Shock 10) Beyond 11) Sauce 12) Yield 13) Drag 14) Bit 15) Crush 16) Slight 17) Fade 18) Annoy 19) Clap 20) Rude 21) Overcharge 22) Spare 23) Puncture 24) Fool 25) Split 26) Whip 27) Team 28) Spot 29) Arrange 30) Unfasten 31) Steer 32) Border 33) Pattern 34) Ruin 35) Whisper 36) Stiff 37) Slap 38) Awkward 39) Cupboard 40) Decrease
cardboard of different shapes and sizes? Yes – 33) Is “breathe” a verb? Yes – 34) Does the verb “to strip” mean the same as “to undress”? Yes – 35) Does a boxer use a towel for wiping the sweat off his face? Yes – 36) Do ditches have to be dug when fields get flooded? No – 37) Is coughing a sign of good health? Yes – 38) Does iron rust in a wet atmosphere? Yes – 39) Does a car need to have its brakes on when standing on a steep slope? No – 40) Do people wrap up well in summer?
Dictation The fellow kept telling poor jokes,/ which he thought were hugely funny./ The horses were saddled up/ and led out onto the track./ We poured the juice of the overripe fruit/ into a shallow bowl./ The earth sank/ and formed a hollow in the land. The chief blame for the crash/ must rest with the careless driver./ The queue or cars/ stretched round the bend of the road/ and over the horizon./ One bite of the plum /was enough to tell me it was sour./ Through the crack in the side of the hut/ came a ray of sunlight.
STAGE 11 EXAM Yes – No Quiz
Vocabulary Test
Yes – 1) Is a leaflet something one hands out in the street? No – 2) Do we get frost-bitten in warm weather? Yes – 3) Are artists sometimes ahead of their time? Yes – 4) Is a drum a musical instrument? No – 5) Can one sew without a needle and thread? Yes - 6) Do some people have to carry out instructions given by others? Yes - 7) Is a glance a quick look? No – 8) Is it nice to get the sack? No – 9) Is stale air good for you? Yes – 10) Are we obliged at some time in our lives to fill in a form? No – 11) Does the word “uneasy” mean “difficult”? Yes - 12) Would a carpenter feel somewhat out of place at a medical conference? Yes - 13) Do people feel tense when they are scared? No – 14) Do people like to be kept hanging about when they’re in a hurry? No - 15) Is dusk before midday? Yes - 16) Is a degree a unit of temperature? No – 17) Is gossip always true? No – 18) Does the head move from side to side when we nod? Yes - 19) Are people relieved when they are out of danger? No – 20) Do people frown with pleasure? No – 21) Are the numbers 2,4,6,8 odd? No – 22) Do we always get back that which we lend? Yes - 23) Is a van a vehicle No – 24) Does a blunt knife cut easily? Yes- 25) Is a shed similar to a hut? No - 26) Is it correct to say “turn out the radio”? No - 27) Do people yawn when they feel awake and alive? No - 28) Is it easy to believe the incredible? No - 29) Do we enlarge something by shrinking it? Yes - 30) Is sailing a leisure activity? No – 31) Do people feel pretty good when they score low points in a game? No – 32) Is a feeble excuse easily acceptable? No – 33) Does one come around and survival a fatal blow on the head? Yes - 34) Is it an offence to plot against a head of state? Yes - 35) Can we moisten our lips with our tongues? Yes - 36) Do cops sometimes have to chase robbers as part of their job? No – 37) Is fiction true? No – 38) Do people usually remain friends if they don’t make up after a row? Yes - 39) In a queue do people object someone being served out of turn? Yes - 40) Is exercise good for working up an appetite?
1) Reduce 2) Scenery 3) Torch 4) Beak 5) Pump 6) Tune 7) Bet 8) Labour 9) Recipe 10) Moustache 11) Range 12) Fee 13) Handbook 14) Image 15) Scheme 16) Sleeve 17) Available 18) Vary 19) Weep 20) Purse 21) Dumb 22) Leak 23) Glow 24) Bride 25) Sppeal 26) Mount 27) Bullet 28) Purchase 29) Feature 30) Engage 31) Gangway 32) Dash 33) Tan 34) Rag 35) Dessert 36) Soul 37) Unique 38) Splash 39) Dash 40) Layer
Dictation The rear column of trucks/ had fallen behind / It was announced that/ a new source of funds/ would have to be found. / The vase was stuck together with glue/ and placed upon a stone pillar. / Their yawning showed/ they were not keen on the project. / The engine stalled/ as I reversed the van into the shed. / The trip was awful; / our team scored no goals; / but the food provided was delicious. / We pursued the enemy for miles/ until we hit dense fog. / The entire text/ was very humorous. / The tiny particles of dust/ floting in the atmosphere/ made us sneeze.
