Bahasa Inggeris questions, unit 5
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Globetrotting
38 marks. Use Practice to check each answer as you go, or Exam to answer everything first. Ask a parent or teacher to help you mark the written answers in Section B.
Section A: objective questions
12 marksChoose the best answer A, B or C.
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Question 1
By the time we reached the station, the train ______.
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B
The train left before we reached the station, so the earlier action takes the past perfect: had left.
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Question 2
By the time the bus arrived, we ______ for 50 minutes.
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C
A period of time (for 50 minutes) before another past action takes had been + verb-ing.
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Question 3
"I must book the tickets," Jenny said. Which is correct?
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C
In reported speech must becomes had to and I becomes she. Option A keeps must and option B keeps the pronoun I, so only C is correct.
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Question 4
"A new travel agency opened last week," Alan said to me. Alan told me that a new travel agency ______.
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C
Past simple becomes past perfect and last week becomes the previous week.
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Question 5
"Have you ever seen a sand dune?" Tina asked me. Tina asked me ______ a sand dune.
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A
A yes / no question is reported with if or whether and statement word order, with present perfect becoming past perfect.
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Question 6
"Stop the car!" the police officer said to the driver. The police officer ______ the driver to stop the car.
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A
A command is reported with order + person + to-infinitive. Wonder is for questions; deny is for something not done.
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Question 7
Harry nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw a big snake in the kitchen. He felt ______.
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A
To jump out of your skin means to be very frightened.
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Question 8
"Eddie was over the moon when his parents bought him a game console." Over the moon means ______.
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B
Over the moon means extremely happy; the textbook groups it with on top of the world.
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Question 9
My school is going on an all-day ______ to the beach next week.
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B
An excursion is a short pleasure trip. An expedition is a long organised journey for a purpose and a voyage is a long sea journey.
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Question 10
"We were exhausted after walking to the top of the hill." Exhausted means ______.
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C
Exhausted is a strong adjective that means very tired, which fits after a long walk up a hill.
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Question 11
In the Amazon text, Ed Stafford wanted to do the walk mainly because ______.
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B
He said that nobody had done it before, and that was reason enough. Hoping to raise awareness of the rainforest was an extra reason. The other options are not in the text.
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Question 12
Which sentence gives directions correctly?
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A
Only A has the right order: take the second turning on the right, then into the street name. The others break the word order.
Section B: structured questions
26 marksAnswer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces.
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Question 13
Rewrite the sentences using reported speech.
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(a)"We will reach our destination tomorrow at 5 a.m.," the tour guide said to us.
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(b)"My sister has bought all the necessary camping gear," Kate said.
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(c)"I may become a receptionist in the future," Karen said.
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Question 14
Rewrite the sentences using the verb in brackets.
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(a)"Where did I leave my ticket?" Mr Jones asked himself. (wonder)
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(b)"Please don't step on my towel!" Mary said to her brother. (ask)
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(c)"Will the school take us on another outing this year?" Jerry asked his friends. (want to know)
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(d)"Kelly, ring the travel agency," Betty said. (tell)
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Question 15
Complete the text with the past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous of the verbs in brackets.
By last Saturday night, Mark (1) ______ (not plan) any journey. On Sunday he (2) ______ (work) on a project for over an hour when his dad called. By the time Mark (3) ______ (arrive) at the railway station, the train (4) ______ (leave), so he had to wait for about three hours.
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(1)(1)
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(2)(2)
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(3)(3)
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(4)(4)
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Question 16
Match each idiom to the feeling. Choose from: fear, annoyance, happiness, embarrassment.
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(a)My heart was in my mouth.
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fear
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(b)It drives me up the wall.
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annoyance
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(c)I felt on top of the world.
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happiness
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(d)He went red as a beetroot.
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embarrassment
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Question 17
Your friend Andrew will visit your town in August. He has asked: (1) can he stay somewhere near the station, (2) what nature spots he should photograph and (3) how to get to your house from the station. Write an email of 80 to 100 words. Offer accommodation, make a suggestion and give directions.
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(a)Your email
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Model: Hi Andrew, I'm so glad you are coming! You are welcome to stay with us because we have a spare room. I suggest that we visit the lake on Saturday, where you can take lovely photos of the sunrise. From the station, go straight on along Chester Road for about 200 m. Turn left into Maple Street and take the second turning on the right. Our house is next to the bakery. You can't miss it. Hope to hear from you soon. Your friend, Sam
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