Mount
Everest and Historical Climbing Expeditions
1. Who were the climbers that attempted to reach the
summit of Mount Everest in 1924?
a. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
b. George Mallory and
Andrew Irvine
c. Reinhold
Messner and Peter Habeler
d. Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld
2. What is the significance of the height 240 meters in
relation to Mallory and Irvine's expedition?
a. It was the height of the first successful
summit.
b. It
was the height they were from the summit when last
seen.
c. It was the height of
their base camp.
d. It was the height difference between their starting point and
the summit.
3. Which of the following statements is true regarding
George Mallory's climb?
a. He
successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest.
b. He never attempted the climb due to bad weather.
c. He disappeared during
his attempt to reach the summit.
d. He climbed Everest multiple times.
4. What year was the first successful summit of Mount
Everest completed?
a.
1924
b.
1953
c. 1965
d. 1978
5. What was a major challenge faced by early climbers on
Mount Everest?
a. Lack of food
resources
b.
Extreme altitude and weather conditions
c. Insufficient climbing gear
d. Inexperienced climbing partners
Emotions and Reactions
1. What emotion does the character express when they
feel lonely?
a. Angry
b. Happy
c.
Lonely
d. Excited
2. How does the character feel about the mistake they
made?
a. Proud
b. Confused
c. Furious
d.
Ashamed
3. What does the character wish for when they feel
afraid?
a. To be alone
b. Someone to talk
to
c. To be quiet
d. To go home
4. Which emotion best describes the character's feeling
of uncertainty about the future?
a. Bored
b. Worried
c.
Joyful
d. Curious
5. When the character is not interested in the
surroundings, what feeling do they likely
experience?
a. Excited
b. Scared
c.
Bored
d. Happy
Weather and
Health
1. Circle the odd one out: SNOW
a. blizzard
b. breeze
c. hail
d. sleet
2. Circle the odd one out: RAIN
a. tornado
b. flood
c. shower
d. drizzle
3. Circle the odd one out: WIND
a. gale
b. tornado
c.
breeze
d. storm
4. Circle the odd one out: TEMPERATURE
a. boiling hot
b. chilly
c.
sunny
d. freezing
cold
5. Fill in the blank: Health Issues
Which word does not belong?
a. strain
b. loss
c.
thumb
d. swelling
Present and Past Tenses
Assessment
1. AMY __ (sleep) when
it started to rain.
a.
sleeps
b. was
sleeping
c. slept
d. is sleeping
2. I __ (travel) to
Iceland last week.
a. travel
b. was traveling
c. traveled
d. am traveling
3. Ulan __ (go) climbing
every weekend.
a. goes
b. went
c. is going
d. gone
4. Hundreds of PEOPLE __ (lose) their
lives as a result of the earthquake so far.
a. was losing
b. lose
c.
lost
d. are losing
5. Aizhan __ (read) at the
moment.
a. reads
b. is
reading
c. read
d. was reading
Everyday English
Assessment
1. What was the performance like?
a. Not really.
b. It was fantastic.
c. I didn’t attend.
d. It was too long.
2. What seems to be the problem?
a. It's my shoulder.
b. I'm afraid it's
infected.
c. I feel tired.
d. I lost my wallet.
3. What does he do for a living?
a. He works shifts.
b. He works as a
nurse.
c. He is a student.
d. He is retired.
4. I'll make sure it doesn’t happen
again.
a. You're
welcome.
b.
Thanks. I'd really appreciate that.
c. No problem.
d. I'll hold you to that.
5. If we offer you the job, when can you
start?
a. I'll be in
touch.
b.
Immediately.
c. I need time to
think.
d. I'm not interested.
Understanding Albert
Einstein and His Contributions
1. What theory is Albert Einstein most famous
for?
a. Theory of
Evolution
b.
Theory of Relativity
c.
Quantum Theory
d. Big Bang Theory
2. In what year did Albert Einstein win the Nobel Prize
for Physics?
a. 1905
b. 1921
c. 1935
d. 1945
3. Which subject did Einstein struggle with during his
university entrance exam?
a.
Physics
b.
French
c. Mathematics
d. Biology
4. What magazine voted Einstein as 'Person of the
Century' at the end of the 20th century?
a. National Geographic
b. TIME
c. Scientific American
d. Nature
5. What misconception do many people have about
Einstein's academic abilities?
a.
He was bad at all subjects.
b. He struggled with
mathematics.
c. He was a dropout.
d. He never attended university.
Vocabulary and Phrasal
Verbs
1. What does "call off" mean?
a. To return a phone call
b. To cancel
c. To continue
d. To back away
2. Which phrase means to perform as
planned?
a. Carry on
b. Call back
c.
Carry out
d. Back
down
3. What is the correct preposition in the sentence:
"Tsunamis travel _ a great
speed"?
a.
at
b. on
c. in
d. from
4. What does "back down" mean in the context of a
competition?
a. To cancel
participation
b. To continue competing
c. To support a decision
d. To give up or
withdraw
5. Which of the following sentences uses the correct
word?
a.
The ground started to shake
b.
The ground started to stay
c. The ground started to keep
d. The ground started to make
Verb
Formation
1. Michael can __ his name to Mike.
(SHORT)
a.
shorten
b. short
c. shorts
d. shortening
2. Exercise and eating healthily helps __ your body.
(STRENGTH)
a. strong
b. strength
c.
strengthen
d. strengthener
3. We must __ to shop responsibly.
(COURAGE)
a. encourage
b.
courage
c. courageous
d. couraging
4. Which word is derived from the noun
"danger"?
a. dangerous
b. danger
c. dangerously
d. endanger
5. How much will it cost to __ photographs?
(LARGE)
a.
enlarge
b. large
c. enlarging
d. enlarged
Phrasal Verbs and Prepositions
1. Jill was driving an old truck so she hoped it would
not __. (stop
working)
a.
break down
b. close up
c. give in
d. turn off
2. He needs to __ the amount of
junk food he eats. (reduce)
a. cut down
b. break up
c. come across
d. hold back
3. Berik painted his house pink and now his friends will
never let him _ it
_. (forget it)
a. get over
b. live down
c. bring up
d. hold in
4. After weeks of negotiating the funding for his
experiments, the professor finally __ and accepted
a lower offer. (admitted defeat)
a. gave in
b. broke out
c. turned down
d. came up
5. Everything in that shop is half price because it
is __. (ceasing to operate)
a. closing down
b. breaking up
c. turning off
d. giving away
Conditional Sentences
1.Rewrite the following as conditional sentences. If
Didar was writing a report all night, then she is tired
now.
a.
Didar is tired because she wrote a report all
night.
b. Didar will be tired
if she writes a report all night.
c. Didar would be tired if she had written a report all night.
d. Didar is not tired even though she wrote a report all
night.
2. Rewrite the following as conditional sentences. If
Kairat isn't careful, then he will break his camera.
a. Kairat might break his
camera because he isn't careful.
b. Kairat would break his camera if he wasn't careful.
c. Kairat didn't break his camera because he was careful.
d. Kairat broke his camera even though he was careful.
3. Rewrite the following as conditional sentences. If
they didn’t program the machine, then it isn't
working.
a. The machine was not
programmed, so it is working.
b. The machine isn't working because
it wasn’t programmed.
c. They
programmed the machine, so it is working.
d. The machine will work if they program it.
4. Rewrite the following as conditional sentences. If
Sanzhar's alarm didn't go off, then he was late for his science
class.
a. Sanzhar was late for
his class because his alarm went off.
b. Sanzhar will be late for class if his alarm doesn't go off.
c. Sanzhar was not late because his alarm didn't go off.
d. Sanzhar is late because
his alarm didn't go off.
5. Rewrite the following as conditional sentences. If
they ran out of money, then they weren't able to run the
mission.
a. They were able to run
the mission because they had money.
b. They ran out of money, so the mission failed.
c. They will run the mission if they have money.
d. They didn't run the
mission because they ran out of money.