Review Test 5

REVIEW TEST 5
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READING (20 marks)

1 Read the article and write true (T) or false (F) next to the sentences below.
1 Sign languages are only used by deaf people.
2 Signers can use their bodies to communicate.
3 Signers in the UK and USA use the same language.
4 Finger-spelling is an important part of sign languages.
5 Signers do not move their hands when they communicate.
1 Sign languages are used by deaf people, who can’t hear, and mute people, who can’t speak. Their family, friends
and colleagues also use sign languages to communicate with them. People who use sign languages are called
signers. They use their hands, their arms, their faces and sometimes their whole bodies to communicate. Sign
languages have grammar and vocabulary like spoken languages.
2 Most sign languages aren’t related to local spoken languages. For example, British Sign Language (BSL), which
is used in the UK, has no connection with English. BSL is also not connected with American Sign Language (ASL),
which is used in the USA. Finger-spelling alphabets, where each sign shows a single letter of the alphabet, aren’t
used much in sign languages. Signers only use them when they have to; for example, when they have to spell out
their name.
3 There are four main ways of using sign languages. Most words in sign languages are made from the shape of the
signer’s hand. It’s also important to look at the hand’s direction. For example, is it pointing up or down? Thirdly,
look at the hand’s position – is it high or low? Finally, signers speak through movement, by moving their hands
and arms. We can also add a fifth way of communicating: signers use their faces to express emotions.
4 If you want to say thank you in BSL, first make your hand flat and hold it in front of your chin, so that the other
person can see the back of your hand. Then move your hand away from your face and down. Just don’t forget to
smile!
2 Match the ways of using sign language with the instructions from Paragraph 4.
1 Position a make your hand flat
2 Movement b hold it in front of your chin
3 Face c so that the other person can see the back of your hand
4 Shape d move your hand away from your face and down
5 Direction e don’t forget to smile
3 Complete the sentences with words from the box.
alphabet complicated explain extra invent message original protect reason type
1 English spelling is very . I don’t think I’ll ever understand it!

2 There are 26 letters in the English .
3 Young people don’t learn my language these days. If we don’t it, it will die out.
4 The word ‘bus’ was an old slang word. The word was ‘omnibus’, but ‘bus’ is shorter.
5 I don’t understand this sentence. Can you what it means, please?
6 A: Why are you angry? B: Well, the main is that you lost my phone!
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7 There are 50 marks for this exercise, plus an mark for the person who finishes first.
8 A: How will Paul know where we are? B: I wrote a on a piece of paper, and put it on
his chair. I hope he reads it!
9 I can’t very fast – I only use two fingers. I prefer to write with a pen and paper.
10 Many people have tried to a way of writing down sign languages, but none of them
have become very popular.
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT (10 marks)

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
4 Circle five uncountable nouns from the following list.
bus emoticon encyclopaedia mobile phone
mouse rock music shampoo slang
sugar teenager water website
ARTICLES: A, AN OR NO ARTICLE
5 Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. X = no article.
1 Can you send me a / an / X email?
2 She’s very good at learning a / an / X languages.
3 The Ancient Romans used a / an / X code to send secret messages.
4 $, £ and € are all symbols for a / an / X money.
5 English doesn’t have a / an / X organization like the Académie Française to protect it.
GRAMMAR FOR WRITING (10 marks)

QUANTIFIERS: SOME, MANY, A LOT OF, A FEW, A LITTLE
6 Circle the correct words and phrases to complete the text.
(1) Some / A little languages need (2) a / a lot of words to say something, while others can say the same
using only (3) many / a few words. For example, in some languages, you can put (4) a lot of / a few
information into a single word. There are (5) some / a words in English that don’t really mean anything.
Sometimes we could easily cut out (6) a few / a little words. But there are (7) some / a good things
about having (8) a little / many short words. English words don’t really change when you use them in
different ways. If there’s a table on a book, the words ‘book’ and ‘table’ don’t change. In Polish, they
change completely (‘jest stół na ksia˛z·ce’). So the good thing about English is that if you spend (9) a
little / many time learning words, you can start speaking quite quickly. That’s not true of languages like
Turkish or Polish – you might need to spend (10) a few / a lot of time before you can say some phrases.
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ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS (10 marks)
SUPPORTING SENTENCES
7 Match one supporting sentences (a–e) to each topic sentence (1–5).
1 Pilots use a special form of English called Standard Phraseology.
2 Animals have lots of ways of communicating.
3 Number symbols are our most successful form of international communication.
4 Morse Code is a system of using dots and dashes to spell letters.
5 Lingua francas are languages which are mainly used as foreign languages.
a Speakers of almost all languages can read and write them, but of course they pronounce them
differently.
b It only has a few words, so it’s easy to learn and use correctly.
c They help speakers of different languages to communicate with each other.
d It became popular in the 1800s, when people started sending messages over long distances.
e For example, bees do a dance to tell each other where to find the best flowers.
GIVING EXAMPLES: LIKE, SUCH AS AND FOR EXAMPLE

8 Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
1 People speak Arabic in many countries. Like, Morocco and Iraq.
2 English has many words that come from Arabic, such chemistry, candy and lemon.
3 Other languages have strong connections with Arabic. For examples, Persian, Turkish and Urdu.
4 There are many varieties of Arabic, such as, Egyptian Arabic, Moroccan Arabic and Modern
Standard Arabic.
5 There are a few Arabic sounds which English-speakers find difficult – example, the first sounds in
afwan (excuse me) and āsef (I’m sorry).
TOTAL / 50
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READING (20 marks)

3 Complete the sentences with words from the box.

1 English spelling is very . I don’t think I’ll ever understand it!

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT (10 marks)

GRAMMAR FOR WRITING (10 marks)

GIVING EXAMPLES: LIKE, SUCH AS AND FOR EXAMPLE

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