Skills 1

Give the correct form of the word in bracket to complete the following sentence.

A person who plays the piano is a/an . (piano)

Choose a word that has different stress pattern.​​

1. impossible
2. unpopular
3. impersonal
4. unambitious

Choose a word that has different stress pattern.​​

1. prediction
2. reality
3. nutrition
4. dangerous

Choose the best answer to transform the sentence from the direct speech to the reported speech. 

My teacher said: "In the future, there will be new kinds of transportation and I may go to school via a magic door like Doraemon."

1. My teacher said that in the future, there would be new kinds of transportation and I may go to school via a magic door like Doraemon.
2. My teacher said that in the future, there would be new kinds of transportation and I might go to school via a magic door like Doraemon.
3. My teacher said that in the future, there would be new kinds of transportation and he  may go to school via a magic door like Doraemon.
4. My teacher said that in the future, there would be new kinds of transportation and he might go to school via a magic door like Doraemon.

Match each word below with its correct definition.

• a reality || a thing that actually exists or happens
• explore || examine carefully to find out more about something 
• possibility || something that is likely to happen

Match each word below with its correct definition.

• replaced || used instead of something else 
• anti-ageing pills || medicine that can prevent ageing 
• energy saving devices || equipment that helps save energy

Choose the best answer to transform the sentence from the direct speech to the reported speech. 

His mother said: "Tom, bring this towel to our baby!"

His mother told Tom _______.

1. to bring this towel to our baby
2. to bring this towel to their baby
3. to bring that towel to their baby
4. to bring that towel to our baby

Choose the best answer to transform the sentence from the direct speech to the reported speech. 

My teacher said: ''Some types of computer games can be educational to you''.

My teacher told us that _______.

1. some types of computer games can be educational to you
2. some types of computer games can be educational to him
3. some types of computer games could be educational to us
4. some types of computer games could be educational to me

Choose the best answer to transform the sentence from the direct speech to the reported speech. 

He said: ''Due to the development in the science and technology, impossible things have become possible''.

He said that ________.

1. due to the development in the science and technology, impossible things has become possible

2. due to the development in the science and technology, impossible things became possible

3. due to the development in the science and technology, impossible things had become possible

4. due to the development in the science and technology, impossible things become possible

Find a mistake in the sentence.

My friend said that smartphones gave users the ability to surf websites instead of use a desktop or a laptop.

1. said
2. gave
3. ability
4. use