Classroom test form 8 on the web-site for teachers and learners of English as a secondary language from a German point of view
8 Test NO 1 Name:
Date:
Use your dictionary!
1. What is the part of speech of weekly
in each of these sentences :
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She works for one of the big weeklies.
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I buy my ticket weekly.
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I'm on my weekly busride to work.
2. Tick the odd man out:
oven, butcher, but, wonder, under
3. Rank the words according to the appearance
in your dictionary:
a, abbey, ABC, able, aboard, aboriginal,
about, an
4. Mark the right stress of the words in
heavy type:|.... ' ......| or |'........|
He will be confined to his bed.
The confines between eastern and western
Germany has disappeared.
5. What is the meaning of the word in bold
letters ?
I dance in my spare time.
He is well up in English.
6. What is the difference?
a rooster - a tap
to clap - to gossip
7. Is 'means' plural or singular ?
8. What are these abbreviations in German:
FoE, PE, WWII, VAT, lb.
9. Which of these words are wrongly
spelt ? Please correct the misspelt words:
pronounciation, separate, independence
1o. What is the opposite of the following
adjectives and adverbs:
like, necessary, difficult, liberal?
11. Please translate into German:
4 you - created for a considerably
higher purpose than carrying some books. 4 YOU COMPANY UNLIMITED
12. Look up the word
quibble
in your English - German dictionary then write down the first German word
you can find. Look up this German word in your German - English dictionary,
then write down the first English word and look it up in your English-
German dictionary. Write down the first two English words you can find.
Please take the rough with
the smooth, so you’ll romp through this test.
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