| Write the comparative or superlative of the adjectives in brackets. | ||||||||
| Cool Blue Villa is one of ______ houses ever built. | (modern) | |||||||
| Tokyo is still the world’s ______ city with 37 million | (large) | |||||||
| inhabitants. | ||||||||
| Barcelona is ______ Stockholm. | (hot) | |||||||
| Ms. Nicholson is ______ teacher I’ve ever known. | (good) | |||||||
| In my opinion, Tokyo is ______ Mumbai. | (interesting) | |||||||
| My exam results were ______ than I expected. | (bad) | |||||||
| China is one of ______ countries in the world. | (big) | |||||||
| China is ______ country in the world. | (populated) | |||||||
| The Eiffel Tower is ______ building in France. | (famous) | |||||||
| Australia is ______ continent on Earth. | (old) | |||||||
| New York is much ______ Sydney. | (expensive) | |||||||
| The second question was ______ than the first one. | (difficult) | |||||||
| Rio de Janeiro is one of ______ cities in the world. | (beautiful) | |||||||
| Sao Paulo is ______ London. | (crowded) | |||||||
| It’s ______ today than it was yesterday. | (warm) | |||||||
1-d
2-g
3-b
4-h
5-e
6-f
7-a
8-c
| Read the dialogue, then choose the correct answers. | ||||||||
| Mark: | We might go to the football match next Saturday, Cristina. | |||||||
| Cristina: | Football? You must be joking. I can’t stand it. | |||||||
| Mark: | No? Why not? | |||||||
| Cristina: | Twenty two men of two teams run after a ball, trying to kick it into a net... and | |||||||
| thousands of people shouting and screaming like madmen every time it’s a goal | ||||||||
| or not. Is this a game? | ||||||||
| Mark: | I see ... you prefer things like hopscotch, hide-and-seek, blind man’s buff ... | |||||||
| Cristina: | Don’t tease me, Mark. I’m not a child anymore and there are much better sports | |||||||
| than football. | ||||||||
| Mark: | Really? | |||||||
| Cristina: | Yes, take volleyball, for example. It’s so exciting, the two teams try to keep the | |||||||
| ball in motion without letting it touch the ground. No foul play, no violence. | ||||||||
| Mark: | Yes, maybe you’re right. I like volleyball too. For me all ball games are great! | |||||||
| Cristina: Not only ball games, Mark. Don’t you like badminton, cards, chess, even darts... | Not only ball games, Mark. Don’t you like badminton, cards, chess, even darts... | |||||||
| and things like that? | ||||||||
| Mark: | Er … of course I do. | |||||||
| What are Cristina and Mark talking about? | ||||||||
| a. Football | b. Volleyball | c. Ball games | d. Games | |||||
| How many football players are there in each team? | ||||||||
| a. 11 | b. 12 | c. 20 | d. 22 | |||||
| Why does Mark mention children’s games like hopscotch? | ||||||||
| a. Because Cristina likes these games. | b. Because Cristina is a child. | |||||||
| c. Because he wants to tease Cristina. | ||||||||
| d. Because he wants Cristina to play these games. | ||||||||
| What kind of sports and games does Cristina NOT refer? | ||||||||
| a. Chess | b. Baseball | c. Badminton | d. Darts | |||||
| Cristina thinks football is an exciting game. | ||||||||
| a. True | b. False | c. No information | ||||||
| Mark likes all ball games. | ||||||||
| a. True | b. False | c. No information | ||||||
| Write the questions for the underlined parts. | ||||||||
| Mai: | (1) ______, Phong? | |||||||
| Phong: | Last night I watched a basketball match on TV. | |||||||
| Mai: | (2) ______. | |||||||
| Phong: | It was on The Thao HD Channel. | |||||||
| Mai: | Well...I don’t like sports, so I don’t know this channel. | |||||||
| (3) ______. | ||||||||
| Phong: | I like basketball best. I really love playing and watching basketball. | |||||||
| Mai: | (4) ______. | |||||||
| Phong: | I play basketball every weekend. | |||||||
| Mai: | You are really fit! (5) ______. | |||||||
| Phong: | I often play it at the basketball court near my house. | |||||||
| Mai: | (6) ______. | |||||||
| Phong: | My favourite basketball player is LeBron Tames. | |||||||
| Mai: | (7) ______. | |||||||
| Phong: | Yes, I did. Last Sunday, our school’s team played against another school and we won. | |||||||
| Mai: | Congratulations! | |||||||
| Phong: | Thanks a lot. | |||||||
| Write the questions for the underlined parts. | ||||||||
| Mai: | (1) ______, Phong? | |||||||
| Phong: | Last night I watched a basketball match on TV. | |||||||
| Mai: | (2) ______. | |||||||
| Phong: | It was on The Thao HD Channel. | |||||||
| Mai: | Well...I don’t like sports, so I don’t know this channel. | |||||||
| (3) ______. | ||||||||
| Phong: | I like basketball best. I really love playing and watching basketball. | |||||||
| Mai: | (4) ______. | |||||||
| Phong: | I play basketball every weekend. | |||||||
| Mai: | You are really fit! (5) ______. | |||||||
| Phong: | I often play it at the basketball court near my house. | |||||||
| Mai: | (6) ______. | |||||||
| Phong: | My favourite basketball player is LeBron Tames. | |||||||
| Mai: | (7) ______. | |||||||
| Phong: | Yes, I did. Last Sunday, our school’s team played against another school and we won. | |||||||
| Mai: | Congratulations! | |||||||
| Phong: | Thanks a lot. | |||||||
| Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence. | ||||||||
| Badminton requires only a net, a racket, and a birdie or ______. | ||||||||
| a. ball | b. ski | c. shuttlecock | d. goggles | |||||
| Which sport happens in a ring? | ||||||||
| a. Boxing | b. Basketball | c. Aerobics | d. Swimming | |||||
| ______ up the tree! You’ll fall down. | ||||||||
| a. Climb | b. Climbing | c. Not to climb | d. Don’t climb | |||||
| ______ are the Olympic Games held? - Every four years. | ||||||||
| a. When | b. Where | c. How long | d. How often | |||||
| My friend Mark is very good ______ vollevball. He plays vollevball very well. | ||||||||
| a. in | b. on | c. at | d. with | |||||
| Football is an example of a ______ sport where you play with several other people. | ||||||||
| a. team | b. individual | c. indoor | d. dangerous | |||||
| We were very upset when our favourite team didn’t ______ even one goal. | ||||||||
| a. play | b. kick | c. point | d. score | |||||
| The person who makes sure that a game is played according to the rules is called a ______. | ||||||||
| a. coach | b. referee | c. judge | d. player | |||||
| ______ spectator sports in Britain are cricket and football. | ||||||||
| a. More popular | b. The more popular | c. Most popular | d. The most popular | |||||
| We often go swimming ______ Sunday morning. | ||||||||
| a. in | b. on | c. at | d. for | |||||
| Read the passages carefully. Then do the tasks. | ||||||||
| Steve, 13 | ||||||||
| I love TV. The first thing I do when I wake up is to switch it on. My favourite channel | ||||||||
| is the Cartoon Network. I watch TV three or four hours a day. My parents think it is | ||||||||
| too much and they are always telling me to study, read a little or do a sport. But TV | ||||||||
| is my favourite hobby. I’m addicted to my favourite progammes. | ||||||||
| Kate, 14 | ||||||||
| I know most teens don’t like watching the news, but I do. I like to know what is | ||||||||
| happening around our world. I also enjoy documentaries, especially about wildlife. | ||||||||
| I’m very curious about the way animals live and how to preserve their habitats. I also | ||||||||
| enjoy watching live shows and films, mostly comedies and thrillers. I watch TV two | ||||||||
| or three hours a day. | ||||||||
| Rachel, 17 | ||||||||
| I like TV as everybody else, but now that I’m older I am more selective about the | ||||||||
| programmes I watch. I used to watch cartoons all the time. Now I like watching the | ||||||||
| news and some games shows like “Who wants to be a millionaire?”, so I don’t really | ||||||||
| spend too much time in front of the box, an hour or two a day... Some programmes | ||||||||
| are educational and help us to use our imagination, but many are full of violence. | ||||||||
| Decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F). | T | F | ||||||
| Steve is obsessed about TV. | ||||||||
| Kate doesn’t like watching the news. | ||||||||
| Rachel’s favourite programmes are still cartoons. | ||||||||
| Kate likes watching things that make her laugh. | ||||||||
| Rachel is the teenager who watches less TV of the three. | ||||||||
| Steve’s parents don’t mind that he watches so much TV. | ||||||||