This document contains an English vocabulary test with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about time expressions, pirates, and past centuries. The test covers vocabulary such as decade, filthy, century, fortnight, jewels, rotten, the 1700s, BC, poisonous snakes, on board, murderer, the Middle Ages, February 14th, 1492, from sun up to sun down, between 1758 and 1768, in time, during about 1200 BC, during the journey, and after/before they found the treasure map. It also includes questions about wasting or saving time, spending time playing cards, and a short text to fill in the gaps about a pirate holiday three years ago.
This document contains an English vocabulary test with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about time expressions, pirates, and past centuries. The test covers vocabulary such as decade, filthy, century, fortnight, jewels, rotten, the 1700s, BC, poisonous snakes, on board, murderer, the Middle Ages, February 14th, 1492, from sun up to sun down, between 1758 and 1768, in time, during about 1200 BC, during the journey, and after/before they found the treasure map. It also includes questions about wasting or saving time, spending time playing cards, and a short text to fill in the gaps about a pirate holiday three years ago.
This document contains an English vocabulary test with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about time expressions, pirates, and past centuries. The test covers vocabulary such as decade, filthy, century, fortnight, jewels, rotten, the 1700s, BC, poisonous snakes, on board, murderer, the Middle Ages, February 14th, 1492, from sun up to sun down, between 1758 and 1768, in time, during about 1200 BC, during the journey, and after/before they found the treasure map. It also includes questions about wasting or saving time, spending time playing cards, and a short text to fill in the gaps about a pirate holiday three years ago.
This document contains an English vocabulary test with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about time expressions, pirates, and past centuries. The test covers vocabulary such as decade, filthy, century, fortnight, jewels, rotten, the 1700s, BC, poisonous snakes, on board, murderer, the Middle Ages, February 14th, 1492, from sun up to sun down, between 1758 and 1768, in time, during about 1200 BC, during the journey, and after/before they found the treasure map. It also includes questions about wasting or saving time, spending time playing cards, and a short text to fill in the gaps about a pirate holiday three years ago.
1. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
1 We moved to this house a … ago. I can’t believe ten years have already passed! A decade B century C millennium D fortnight
2 After he had been on the island for a year, his clothes were … with dirt and mud. A sweaty B filthy C poisonous D rotten
3 I had to agree with her when she said that the internet was the most important invention of … . A the twentieth century B 12 AD C centuries D 100 BC
4 He was only gone for a … but it seemed much longer than two weeks. A century B millennium C fortnight D decade
5 In the old days, pirates sailed the high seas looking for ships carrying gold and … . A medicine B rich C jewels D luxury
6 Often the food on pirate ships had sat in the sun for too long and was almost …; the pirates still had to eat it though. A filthy Developed by Pearson Longman Hellas 2009 1 Activate! B1 Extra Vocabulary Tests Test 7
B rotten C sweaty D poisonous
7 In … life at sea was hard and dangerous.
A the decade B the 1700s C the 21st century D the millennium
8 The ancient city of Athens was at its best around 1100 …; that was before Christ was born. A millennium B decade C BC D AD
9 After leaving tropical ports, many pirate ships often carried … snakes on board. A poisonous B filthy C rotten D sweaty
10 As far back as 100 … – a hundred years after Christ’s death – the Greek historian Plutarch described pirates. A centuries B AD C BC D the 1600s
11 Are all the passengers back … board?
A in B on C to D at
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12 A … is somebody who kills another human being.
A sailor B pirate C filmmaker D murderer
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2. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
1 … the Middle Ages, children worked as hard as grow-ups.
A At B On C In D Between
2 The fourteenth … February is a day when we give presents of chocolates and cards. A in B at C of D on
3 The ship left Halifax harbour … 13 June, 1713.
A between B during C on D in
4 Columbus sailed to the New World … 1492.
A on B during C at D in
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5 In the 1600s, young children worked … sun up to sun down.
A between B from C since D during
6 The English lived in a fort in Cape Breton … 1758 and 1768.
A since B between C during D from
7 In the olden days, children lived at their schools even … the weekend. A for B on C at D between
8 … the end of the eighteenth century it was difficult for captains to calculate distance. A Until B During C Since D For
9 The pirates found nothing on the ship and … the end they had to leave empty-handed. A on B at C in D for
10 This ancient ship dates … about 1200 BC.
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11 The children got bored and tired … the journey.
A between B since C during D on
12 … they had found the treasure map, they hid it in a safe place. A After B Before C During D Since
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3. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
1 By/On the time my brother was six years old, he could read but he wasn’t able to write.
2 By/At the time I wasn’t able to help her because I was ill in bed.
3 He wasn’t a great painter but in/from time to time he drew a picture that was really amazing.
4 By/Most of the time the prisoners on the island were so ill that they were unable to work.
5 I wasn’t able to get to the meeting from/in time because I got stuck in a traffic jam.
6 Our train is on/in time so we will get to Hereford at three o’clock.
Marks / 6
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4. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
1 After the pirates had finished their work for the day they … their time playing cards and sewing. A saved B wasted C took D spent
2 When I was young my teachers often said that I … too much time staring out of the window of the classroom. A took B found C wasted D saved
3 She wasn’t able to … the time to come and visit but she did phone me. A save B waste C spend D find
4 The thief … his time planning exactly how he could rob the jeweller’s. A took B wasted C found D saved
5 I had soon realised that I could … time by sending emails online instead of writing letters. A waste B save C find D take
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5. Complete the text with one word which best fits each gap. Three years 1) ………...... we went on a fantastic ‘pirate holiday’. A group of us 2) ………...... one week on a desert island looking 3) ………...... ‘hidden treasure’! In fact, most 4) ………...... the time were lying on the beach and swimming in the sea! We had a wonderful time 5) ………...... our holiday and I would love to go again!
