Complete these sentences using the words and phrases below.

Test 1.

 

Define the lexico-grammatical group to which the following words belong.

Word No. / grammatical group
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Pronoun
Adverb
Conjunction
Interjection
Numeral

 

Words:

 

1. Franc

2. Blue

3. First

4. Dictate

5. Revolution

6. And

7. Some

8. Quickly

9. On

 

Test 2

Define the origin of the following groups of words

 

Word group No. / origin
1. Anglo-Saxon
2. Celtic
3. Latin
4. Green
5. Scandinavian
6. French
7. Russian
8. Dutch
9. Italian
10. Spanish
11. Arab

 

Words Groups

 

1. Advice, aunt, flower, art, affair, leisure, chattily.

2. Plough, sabers, mead, milk, taiga, tundra, troika.

3. Easel, landscape, jacket, reef, buoy, cruise, dock.

4. Soprano, libretto, gondola, macaroni, piano, trifocal.

5. Cargo, potato, chocolate, cigar, armada, banana, embargo.

6. Winter, brother, father, moon, night.

7. School, character, photo, philosophy, phone.

8. Pound, cheap, animal, job, box, bullet.

9. Wall, down, bon, kitchen, break, crag, Kent, Avon, Trent, Tour, Post.

10. They, anger, bag, band, bond, husband.

 

 

Test 3.

 

A. Match the word on the left with its definition on the right.

1anorak

2assassin

3biro

4broccoli

5boomerang

6boondocks

7camouflage

8commando

9cravat

10daiquiri

11jazz

12juggernaut

13kiosk

14kowtow

15lemming

16pastrami

17polo

18pavlova

19snorkel

20telephone

21tsunami

a)a way of hiding something, especially soldiers and

military equipment using paint, leaves, etc. to make it look

like things around it

b)a pen with a small ball on the end that puts ink onto

paper

c)a curved stick that flies in a circle and comes back to

you when you throw it

d)a soldier who is specially trained to make quick attacks

into enemy areas

e)a tidal wave

f)a game played between two teams of players who ride

on horses and hit a small ball with long-handled wooden

hammers

g)a short coat with a hood that keeps out the wind and rain

h)smoked beef that contains a lot of spices

i)the system of communication that you use to have a

conversation with someone in another place

j)someone who murders an important person

k)a tube that allows someone who is swimming to breathe

air under water

l)a small building in the street where newspapers, sweets

etc are sold

m)a small animal that looks like a rat

n)a green vegetable that has short branch-like stems

o)a very large vehicle that carries goods over long

distances

p)a place that is a long way away from the nearest town

q)to be too eager to obey or be polite to someone in

authority

r)a sweet alcoholic drink made with rum and fruit juice

s)a wide piece of loosely folded material that men wear

around their necks

t)a light cake made of meringue, cream and fruit

u)a type of music that has a strong beat and parts for

performers to play alone

B. From the list of borrowings, guess which language or country the words above came from originally.

 

Afrikaans

Arabic

Balti

Bantu

Chinese

Croatian

Cuba

Dharuk

French

German

Greek

Greenland Inuit

Hindi

Hungarian

Italian

Japanese

Norwegian

Russian

Tagalog

Turkish

Yiddish

Test 4

Complete these sentences using the words and phrases below.

 

a) to go bananas b) to flake out c) a glossy magazine d) a ski resort

e) to zero in on f) a couch potato g) a property tycoon h) bizarre

i) a storm in a teacup j) ozone-friendly k) (not) to bother l) a trek

m) a cushy number n) a horde (of people) o) the tip of the iceberg p) a hot potato

1.When I get home, I usually... because I’m so tired.

2.Dad will... when he finds out you’ve crashed the car.

3.I’m going to buy some… walking boots so I can go on in the Himalayas.

4.The way she dresses is so… that people stop and stare at her in the street.

5.He’s got such…! He doesn’t have to be at work till 10.30.

6.We’re going to… in the French Alps for Christmas.

7.My brother’s such… that he buys a TV guide every week to plan what he’s going to watch.

8.She was looking at the photographs of famous people in…

9.When he started selling houses he was just a small businessman but now he’s a real… and owns apartments all over the world.

10.This latest argument’s just… I think they’re going to split up very soon – they haven’t been happy for a long time.

11.People are using products which are… these days in order to protect the environment.

12.I told him… making me lunch – I’d already eaten.

13. …of people outside Parliament are protesting against the new laws.

14.The police are going to… two suspects for the next stage in their investigation.

15.The current reorganization is… at the moment – everyone knows that people are going to be made redundant.

16.Don’t worry about it. It’s… and by tomorrow Tom will have forgotten about it.