Assignment on English

Name: ………………., ID: …………., Group: ……Total:…… /110

I. WRITE THE CORRECT DEFINITIONS OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS. (15pts)

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 Words definitions
1. turnover(n)

2. takeover(v)

3. subsidiary(n)

4. accountant(n)

5. recruit(v)

6. assemble(v)

7. design(v)

8. brand(n)

9. customer(n)

10.afford(v)

11.departure(n)

12.chauffer(n)

13.outlet(n)

14.manufacture(v)

15.founder(n)

16.expert(n)

17.complain(v)

18.interview(v)

19.supplier(n)

20.employee(n)

21.trip(n)
22.expand(v)

23.sponsor(v)

24.invest (v)

25.personal
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 assistant(n)
26.dessert (n)

27.population

28.consultant(n)

29.exhibition(n)

30.workshop(n)

II. GRAMMAR ( 20 Marks)

1 Complete the sentences with one word.

Example: A Are you Simon?
B Yes, I am.
1 A Where ________ Sally from?
B She’s from Ireland.
2 A Are they French?
B No, they ________. They’re Italian.
3 This my brother. ________ name is Paul.
4 Jerry ________ live here in London – he lives in Edinburgh.
5 A ________ she speak Spanish?
B She’s from Madrid, so yes – sure!
6 I’m sorry, but you ________ park here.
7 A Were they late?
B No, they ________.
8 Where ________ you go yesterday?
9 Last week Sandra was ill, so she ________ go to school.
10 There ________ any people here at the moment.
11 ________ there a TV in your bedroom when you were a child?
12 A Do you know Claire?
B Yes. I met ________ yesterday. She’s nice.

2. Complete the text with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use the present simple or
past simple.
Today, Caroline James lives (live) in a big house in the countryside. She 1 ________ (have) a
husband, two children, and a cat, and she 2 ________ (work) at home. She
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________ (not like) her job, but the money is good.

20 years ago, when she 4 ________ (be) a student, she 5 ________ (not be) rich and she
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________ (not have) a job. She 7 ________ (study) French at university, and she
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________ (live) with three other students in a flat in a big city.

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III. VOCABULARY (30 Marks)

1. Write C if it countable and U if it is uncountable.

Example: milk ___U___
1 sand ________
2 air ________
3 television ________
4 love ________
5 meat ________
6 coconut ________
7 kangaroo ________
8 sugar ________
9 cooking oil ________
10 flexibility ________

2. Tick () the words that go with the verb.

Example: go
A to the cinema  B shopping  C the radio
1 do A housework B shower C sport
2 take A a photo B an umbrella C an email
3 make A chess B dinner C mistakes
4 have A lunch B children C basketball
5 rent A a house B a friend C a flat
6 play A football B the piano C a photo
7 wear A shoes B mobiles C jeans
8 stay A at home B at a hotel C a film
9 listen to A a book B the radio C music
10 drive A a bus B a plane C a car

3. Complete the sentences with one word.

Example: Sit down, please.
1 Go ________ page 12, please.
2 John is ________ bed.
3 March is the ________ month of the year, and April is the fourth.
4 Is Mary ________ work?
5 I often ________ a newspaper on Sunday mornings.
6 I ________ to the gym with Dave yesterday.
7 Jack always ________ toast and orange juice for breakfast.
8 What time do you go ________ bed?
9 Can you come to dinner ________ Sunday?
10 She lives ________ the second floor.
IV. PRACTICAL ENGLISH (10 Marks)

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 Tick () the correct response.
Example: What time is it?
A Half past six.  B Twenty minutes. C Two pounds fifty.
1 Have a nice day
A You too. B You’re welcome. C Yes, please.
2 What do you do?
A Fine, thanks. B I’m a doctor. C I don’t do that.
3 I’m really sorry.
A Yes, you are. B That’s OK. C See you soon.
4 How much is that?
A Thirty kilometres. B Thirty minutes. C Thirty euros.
5 Thank you very much.
A You’re welcome. B Here you are. C Please.
6 A ticket to Glasgow, please.
A Single or double? B Single or married? C Single or return?
7 What’s the date today?
A It’s the sixth. B It’s Thursday. C It’s the summer.
8 What do you think of it?
A It’s awful. B I don’t think. C I like him.
9 Is there a bank near here?
A No, it isn’t here. B Yes, there’s one in Hope Street.
C Yes, you can change money.
10 What are you going to do tomorrow?
A It depends on the weather. B It’s next to the supermarket.
C It’s on the left.

V. READING (15 Marks)

1 Read the text and tick () Yes or No.

Teenagers then and now

Jill Davies is an accountant. She’s 42, she’s married, she has two children, and she lives in
a small village in the north of England. But 25 years ago she was an 18-year-old teenager.
It was the 1980s and she lived in Manchester.
‘I hated being a teenager,’ says Jill. ‘Now, I look back, and I think, ‘Wow, what a fantastic
time!’ but then it was terrible. I didn’t like my hair or my clothes. I thought my dad was
great, but I didn’t like my mum. She told me what to do all the time but I never listened! I
wanted to be cool, but I wasn’t. I didn’t have a boyfriend and my clothes were terrible. I
wore short skirts and tight jeans and a lot of make-up. I listened to New Romantic pop
music – Duran Duran and Boy George were my favourites – and at the weekend I went out
to discos and didn’t come home until two or three in the morning.’

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 ‘Today, everybody goes to university when they leave school, but when I was young, this
wasn’t true. My friends and I left school at 18, and there weren’t any jobs. I worked in a
shop for three years. I was 22 when I went to college and trained to be an accountant.’
Emily Johnson is a student, and she’s going to be 18 next week. She lives in Stockport, a
town near Manchester, with some friends. Her parents and her younger brother live in a
house nearby.
‘I like being a teenager,’ says Emily. ‘I have good friends and a really nice boyfriend. I
don’t go out very often, but I text my friends all the time or we chat online. On weekdays, I
meet my friends in a café near college, or I watch DVDs at my boyfriend’s house.
Sometimes we go to the cinema on Saturday night. I usually wear comfortable clothes – T-
shirts and jeans. And I download a lot of music from the Internet. I love listening to Kate
Nash and Lily Allen. They’re really cool.’
‘I study French at school, but I’m going to do Spanish at university next year. I love
languages and I want to work in different countries.’

Example: Is Jill married? Yes  No

1 Does she have any children? Yes No
2 Does she live in Manchester now? Yes No
3 Was she happy when she was 18? Yes No
4 Did she like her father? Yes No
5 Did she have a boyfriend? Yes No
6 Did she go to university? Yes No
7 Does Emily live with her parents? Yes No
8 Does she often go out at the weekend? Yes No
9 Is she at university at the moment? Yes No

2 Read the text again and complete the sentences below with one word from the text.
Example: Today, Jill lives in a village.
1 Jill never listened to her ________.
2 Jill often went to ________ at the weekend.
3 Jill’s ________ left school when they were 18.
4 Jill started studying accounting at ________ when she was 22.
5 Emily often watches DVDs with her ________.
6 Emily wants to study ________ at university.
VI. WRITING (5 Marks)

1. Answer the questions and write about your life.

• How old are you? Where do you live and who with? What do you like doing in your spare time?
What do you do at the weekend? Why do you think English is important?
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2 Choose ONE of the topics below and write ONE Paragraph. [15pts]

1. Advantages of studying English.

2. A good friend of yours.

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Good Luck!