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Units 7 and 8
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Be careful when you go into the ____ - there are quite a lot of snakes around here.
a. herbs
b. bushes
c. seeds
____ 2. The trees are so beautiful in autumn when all the ____ go red, golden and brown.
a. roots
b. flowers
c. leaves
____ 3. These ____ are so invasive that they grow faster than I can dig them up.
a. flowers
b. weeds
c. seeds
____ 4. The arrested man claimed he had been subjected to physical ____ by police officers.
a. surveillance
b. imprisonment
c. abuse
____ 5. The government has ____ a temporary curfew to try and stop the riots.
a. imprisoned
b. impressed
c. imposed
____ 6. The woman suspected of spying was kept under constant ____ for several months.
a. surveillance
b. custody
c. monitoring
____ 7. All the students' personal property was ____ until someone confessed to the vandalism.
a. confiscated
b. arrested
c. monitored
____ 8. They were arrested on ____ of terrorism and are still being held by the police.
a. interrogation
b. suspicion
c. confiscation
____ 9. The murder suspect was taken into custody and ____ for hours.
a. subjected
b. questioned
c. accused
____ 10. There were so many rules when I was growing up that our house was just like a police ____.
a. state
b. cell
Outcomes Upper-intermediate. Units 7 and 8
c. custody
Completion
Complete each statement.
Instructions: Complete the sentence with the past simple, past continuous or past perfect of the verbs in
brackets.
11. When I bumped into Sam last week, I ____________________ (not see) him for about ten years.
12. I locked the door, took one last look at the house and ____________________ (walk) away.
13. It was a cool day and the wind ____________________ (blow) gently through the trees.
14. We ____________________ (have) a lovely picnic on the beach when the ground started to shake.
15. When the tornado began, I wanted to phone for help but I ____________________ (leave) my phone at
home.
16. As we saw the tsunami coming in from the sea, we ____________________ (run) as fast as we could for
higher ground.
17. Some people think that prisoners' quality ____________________ life is totally irrelevant.
19. There's no point ____________________ trying to find the stolen jewellery - it will have disappeared by now.
20. He has no interest ____________________ anything else except for himself and his immediate needs.
Short Answer
22. When the weather is snowy, you feel hot, damp and very uncomfortable.
23. This is money paid by the government to food producers to keep prices low.
Outcomes Upper-intermediate. Units 7 and 8
Instructions: Write the noun or noun phrase that is being described below.
Matching
MULTIPLE CHOICE
COMPLETION
17. ANS: of
SHORT ANSWER
21. ANS:
an earthquake
PTS: 1 REF: Unit 7 page 50 Reading TOP: Reading: words from the text
24. ANS:
inmate
MATCHING