Diese Aufgaben gibt es in ihrer Originalsprache.

1. Thema: Synonyms

   1. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word in capitals: The manager's explanation was LUCID.

   AclearBlengthyCconfusingDbrief
   Lösung

   A. clear

   • Lucid means easy to understand.
   • The nearest meaning is clear.

2. Thema: Antonyms

   2. Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word in capitals: The new policy was widely COMMENDED.

   ApraisedBadoptedCannouncedDcriticised
   Lösung

   D. criticised

   • Commended means praised.
   • The opposite is criticised.

3. Thema: Concord

   3. Neither the teacher nor the students ___ in the hall.

   AwasBisCwereDhas been
   Lösung

   C. were

   • With neither ... nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject.
   • The nearer subject, students, is plural, so the verb is were.

4. Thema: Concord

   4. Each of the boys ___ given a book.

   AwereBwasCareDhave been
   Lösung

   B. was

   • Each is singular, even when followed by of the boys.
   • The singular verb was is correct.

5. Thema: Idioms

   5. Choose the meaning of the idiom: After years of quarrelling, the two families decided to bury the hatchet.

   Amake peaceBhide their weaponsChold a funeralDshare their land
   Lösung

   A. make peace

   • To bury the hatchet means to stop quarrelling and become friends again.

6. Thema: Prepositions

   6. She is very good ___ mathematics.

   AinBonCwithDat
   Lösung

   D. at

   • The fixed expression is good at a subject or activity.

7. Thema: Tenses

   7. By the time we arrived at the cinema, the film ___.

   AstartedBhas startedChad startedDwas starting
   Lösung

   C. had started

   • Two past actions: the film started before we arrived.
   • The earlier past action takes the past perfect: had started.

8. Thema: Question tags

   8. You are coming with us, ___?

   Aare youBaren't youCisn't itDdon't you
   Lösung

   B. aren't you

   • A positive statement takes a negative tag with the same auxiliary verb.
   • The auxiliary is are, so the tag is aren't you.

9. Thema: Spelling

   9. Choose the correctly spelt word.

   AaccommodationBaccomodationCacommodationDaccommadation
   Lösung

   A. accommodation

   • Accommodation has a double c and a double m: ac-com-mo-da-tion.

10. Thema: Stress

    10. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?

    AtableBwaterChappyDbegin
    Lösung

    D. begin

    • be-GIN is stressed on the second syllable.
    • TA-ble, WA-ter and HAP-py are stressed on the first.

11. Thema: Vowels

    11. Which word has the same vowel sound as the one in SEAT?

    AsitBsetCkeyDsat
    Lösung

    C. key

    • Seat has the long vowel /iː/.
    • Key has the same sound; sit, set and sat have short vowels.

12. Thema: Consonants

    12. In which word is the letter combination ch pronounced /ʃ/, as in shoe?

    AchairBmachineCchurchDcheap
    Lösung

    B. machine

    • In machine, ch comes from French and is pronounced /ʃ/.
    • In chair, church and cheap it is /tʃ/.

13. Thema: Interpretation

    13. Choose the best interpretation: Tunde has a sweet tooth.

    ATunde likes sugary foodBTunde has a sore toothCTunde speaks kindlyDTunde has healthy teeth
    Lösung

    A. Tunde likes sugary food

    • To have a sweet tooth means to enjoy eating sweet things.

14. Thema: Word classes

    14. In the sentence 'She sang beautifully at the wedding', the word beautifully is ___.

    Aan adjectiveBa nounCa verbDan adverb
    Lösung

    D. an adverb

    • Beautifully tells us how she sang, so it modifies the verb.
    • Words that modify verbs are adverbs.

15. Thema: Vocabulary

    15. After a long debate, the committee reached a ___ on the matter.

    AcensusBconscienceCconsensusDconcession
    Lösung

    C. consensus

    • A consensus is a general agreement.
    • A census is a count of people, and a conscience is a sense of right and wrong.