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Overview

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STAGE 1
STAGE 2
STAGE 3
STAGE 4
STAGE 5
STAGE 6
STAGE 7
STAGE 8
STAGE 9
STAGE 10
STAGE 11

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Sheet 1: cover

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Sheet 2: STAGE 1

			STAGE 1 EXAM
Yes – No Quiz									Vocabulary Test
No – 1) Is a city small?									1)	This
No – 2) Is London a village?									2)	Tongue
No – 3) Is Master Brown a girl?									3)	Clothes
No – 4) Is your pen under the table?									4)	Those
Yes– 5) Is the table in front of you?									5)	Where
No – 6) Is the teacher standing on the table?									6)	That
No – 7) Are you taking a pencil from the floor?									7)	Which
No – 8) Am I opening the window?									8)	Doing
No – 9) Are you sitting on the floor?									9)	There
No – 10) Are there six vowels in the English alphabet?									10)	Leg
Yes– 11) Is the letter “g” before the letter “h”?									11)	Name
No – 12) Is the letter “b” after the letter “i”?									12)	Hand
Yes– 13) Is the letter “e” between “d” and “f”?									13)	Them
Yes– 14) Are the walls behind us?									14)	Her
No – 15) Do we use the word “some” in interrogative sentences?									15)	Coat
No – 16) Fifteen plus thirty equals twenty-eight. Is that right?									16)	How much
No – 17) Are there a thousand students in this room?									17)	Neither… nor
Yes– 18) Are you here?									18)	Mouth
No – 19) Is Athens the capital of Russia?									19)	Dress
No – 20) Am I writing in a book?									20)	How many
No – 21) Is India in Europe?									21)	My
Yes– 22) Is “e” the fifth letter of the alphabet?									22)	Meaning
No – 23) Are the people of Scandinavia short?									23)	Handkerchief
No – 24) Is “i” the first letter of the alphabet?									24)	Our
No – 25) Is “y” the last letter of the alphabet?									25)	Pronounce
No – 26) Are you giving me a book?									26)	Body
Yes– 27) Are you answering a question?									27)	Wrist
No – 28) Is the plural of foot “foots”?									28)	Back
No – 29) Have you ten fingers?									29)	Wrong
Yes- 30) Are you a person?									30)	Touch
No – 31) Are you coming from the window?									31)	Nose
Yes– 32) Have Mr and Mrs Brown two chins?									32)	Arm
No – 33) Is it right you’re the teacher?									33)	Ear
No – 34) Are you going to the door?									34)	Hair
No – 35) Do we use “tall” and “short” for things?									35)	Remaining
No – 36) Are there any chairs on the table?									36)	Suit
Yes– 37) Am I asking you a question?									37)	Country
Yes– 38) Have you two shoes?									38)	Translate
No – 39) Has Mr Brown two heads?									39)	High
No – 40) Is the wall low?									40)	Who
Dictation
What’s this?/ It’s a light./ The table/ is not short,/ but it is long./ A village is small,/ but a city is large./ Where is the light?/ It’s on the ceiling./ Master White/ is standing/ in front of the house,/ but Mrs. Green/ is sitting behind it./ He is not Mr Low,/ but Mr Black./ What am I doing?/ You are taking the book/ from the table,/ opening it,/ and putting it/ on the floor./ Who is she?/ She’s Miss Brown./ The plural of “man”/ is “men”./ Those women/ are closing the windows./ Which pencil is green?/ This pencil is.

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Sheet 3: STAGE 2

			STAGE 2 EXAM
Yes – No Quiz									Vocabulary Test
Yes – 1) Do we use the Present Simple for an action we do generally?									1) Side
No – 2) Do you generally sit completely still during the lesson?									2) Walk
No – 3) Do the people in Germany speak the same language as the people in Japan?									3) Married
No – 4) Are you wearing the teacher’s clothes?									4) Tell
No – 5) Are you moving up and down?									5) Friend
Yes – 6) Do we call the thing we wear on our heads a hat?									6) Smell
No – 7) Is fifteen half a hundred?									7) By car
No – 8) Is there a map hanging from the ceiling?									8) Kind
No – 9) Are both your eyes closed?									9) Nothing
Yes – 10) Does the preposition generally come last in an English sentence with an interrogative pronoun?									10) During
Yes – 11) Is the word “translation” a noun?									11) Silver
No – 12) Do we use the word “in” for a thing that moves from one place to another?									12) Bag
No – 13) Is the back of your hand like the front?									13) Gold
No – 14) Do sixteen minutes make an hour?									14) Key
Yes – 15) Can you see anything in this room?									15) Think
Yes – 16) Do you go out of the room after the lesson (or lessons)?									16) Instead of
Yes – 17) Are some students bad at learning languages?									17) Outside
No – 18) Are you carrying any clothes?									18) Do
No – 19) Is there any difference between “I have a pen” and “I have got a pen”?									19) Many
No – 20) Do we hear with our eyes?									20) End
No – 21) Can a man without hands drive a car?									21) Begin
No – 22) Do we wear a clock on our wrist?									22) Made of
No – 23) is the word “mine” a possessive adjective?									23) It will be
Yes – 24) Is “iron” a metal?									24) It was
No – 25) Is Tuesday the fourth day of the week?									25) Building
No – 26) Do you want to break your pen?									26) Fewer… than
Yes – 27) Is there any food inside our stomachs after a meal?									27) Knife
Yes – 28) Is the word “some” the plural of the word “a”?									28) South
Yes – 29) Do you drink water?									29) Much
No – 30) Do you hate all food?									30) Child
No – 31) Do we use the word “little” for things we can count?									31) Love
Yes – 32) Are there few people in a small village?									32) Meal
Yes – 33) Do most people eat more bread than meat?									33) Less
No – 34) Is London the city with the least people in England?									34) The fewest
Yes – 35) Is the word “bottom” the opposite of the word “top”?									35) Paper
No – 36) Do most people work on Sunday?									36) Stone
No – 37) Are you short enough to stand under the table?									37) Glass
No – 38) Can you hear well with your fingers in your ears?									38) Wood
No – 39) Are your shoes cheaper than your handkerchief?									39) Badly
No – 40) Are your socks (or stockings) the most expensive thing you’re wearing?									40) Plate
Dictation
There are about/ thirty pages in that book./ He doesn’t go home/ after the lesson./ They don’t speak French, but English./ Are there any pictures/ on these walls?/ Yes, there are some./ I’m neither asking nor answering./ a question,/ but I’m reading a book./ Tall and short we use for people,/ high and low we use for things./ Who is coming to you?/ She’s putting her finger/ into her mouth./ We’ve four hands/ and two heads./ Their eyes are blue,/ but their hair is brown./ Is that right?/ No, it is wrong./ This part of my body/ is my foot.

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Sheet 4: STAGE 3

			STAGE 3 EXAM
Yes – No Quiz									Vocabulary Test
No – 1) Does twice fifteen equal a hundred?									1)	The latest
No – 2) Can we cut bread without a knife?									2)	Happy
No – 3) Is the river in London as long as the longest river in the world?									3)	Better than…
No – 4) Do you take your hat and coat off when you go out in winter?									4)	At the beginning of
No – 5) Is your stomach empty after a very large meal?									5)	The farthest
No – 6) Have we as many feet as fingers?									6)	Three times
No – 7) Does January come at the end of the year?									7)	Below
No – 8) Have you as much money as the Bank of England?									8)	Old
No – 9) Do you leave your shoes in the classroom after the lesson?									9)	Sleep
No – 10) Do most people think Paris is a worse place to live in than the North Pole?									10)	Land
No – 11) Is it right to say “I’m watching a picture on the wall”?									11)	Above
No – 12) Is Paris beside the sea?									12)	Either… or
No – 13) Are there very many people in a small village?									13)	Cool
Yes – 14) Does our hair cover the tops of our heads?									14)	Taste
No – 15) Does it generally snow very much in warm countries?									15)	Weather
Yes – 16) Must we study a lot if we want to learn a language well?									16)	Deep
Yes – 17) Are you holding anything in your hand at the moment?									17)	Look at
No – 18) Do you know if it will rain, tomorrow?									18)	Besides
No – 19) Does it snow everywhere in the world?									19)	Dark
Yes – 20) Do we use our months for both eating and speaking?									20)	Next
Yes – 21) Does Thursday always follow Wednesday?									21)	Sky
Yes – 22) Were we here two minutes’ ago?									22)	Over
Yes – 23) Are you in this room together with other people?									23)	Date
No – 24) Does a street connect two towns together?									24)	Very much
No – 25) After drinking two bottles of whisky, can you walk in a straight line?									25)	Another
Yes – 26) If you arrive at the station too early, must you wait for the train to arrive?									26)	Flat
No – 27) Does the sun ever shine during the night?									27)	Road
No – 28) Can you sit at the corner of a round table?									28)	Christmas
No – 29) Has each chair in this room only got three legs?									29)	Shake
No – 30) Were you here a hundred years ago?									30)	To depend on
No – 31) Can a man in Europe have two wives?									31)	Cloud
Yes – 32) Is Easter sometimes in March?									32)	Remember
No – 33) Can you write as quickly as you can speak?									33)	Nearly
Yes – 34) If you want to eat in a restaurant, must you have some money?									34)	Seldom
No – 35) Do you think it’s a bad idea to go to England, if you want to learn English very well?									35)	Understand
No – 36) Is it very often hot in Finland?									36)	Along
Yes – 37) Did you move any part of your body during the last lesson?									37)	Way
Yes – 38) Did last season last about three months?									38)	How often
Yes – 39) Do you agree that smoking is bad for the health?									39)	Jump
Yes – 40) Do we add the letters “ed” to form the past tense of regular verbs?									40)	Cup
Dictation
We eat our lunch/ with a knife and fork. / On the table we can have wine,/ milk, bread and butter,/ and sometimes flowers./ Yesterday was Tuesday./ Tomorrow will be Thursday./ The lesson lasts fifty minutes./ Steel is not an ugly metal,/ but not beautiful./ The time by my watch/ is a quarter to twelve./ It costs a lot of money./ Parents are mother and father./ Relations are uncles, aunts, cousins etc./ I like tea, but I dislike coffee./ Why does nobody speak Greek here?/ This is the only address I have./ My husband’s brother is Russian,/ but his wife is Spanish.

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Sheet 5: STAGE 4

			STAGE 4 EXAM
Yes – No Quiz									Vocabulary Test
No – 1) Was there a ball in one of the corners of this room last lesson?									1) Then
No – 2) Do most people prefer to die young?									2) Help
No – 3) Are boys generally physically stronger than men?									3) Away
Yes – 4) Are you quite sure you’ve got two feet?									4) Turn
Yes – 5) Do some students make a lot of mistakes in their dictations?									5) Earn
No – 6) Do you eat when you feel thirsty?									6) Death
No – 7) Do you bring any animals with you to school?									7) Life
No – 8) Is it generally easy to get people to give their money away?									8) Again
No – 9) Is your pen worth as much now as when you bought it?									9) To be pleased
Yes – 10) Will it rain next year?									10) To be sorry
No – 11) Shall we be here in three hundred years’ time?									11) Perhaps
Yes – 12) Do doctors generally suggest that people stop smoking if they want to live a healthy life?									12) Sound
Yes – 13) Do most people feel tired if they work a lot?									13) Had
No – 14) Could you live until you were two hundred years old if you wanted to?									14) Fail
Yes – 15) Will there be anybody in this room in two minutes’ time?									15) Hope
Yes – 16) Are cities noisier places to live in than villages?									16) Believe
Yes – 17) Are most people sorry when they must work very hard?									17) Age
No – 18) Could you walk quickly when you were a baby of three months old?									18) Sat
Yes – 19) Will the light be hanging from the ceiling next lesson?									19) Average
Yes – 20) Has a pen any use?									20) Seen
Yes – 21) Do people sometimes succeed in getting what they want if they try hard enough?									21) Hard
Yes – 22) Will you have to wait for the lesson to begin, if you arrive too early at the school?									22) To be angry
No – 23) Are you a complete beginner in English?									23) Pull
No – 24) Is it right to say “I have spoken to him yesterday”?									24) Push
Yes – 25) If the people eat too much, do they sometimes become ill?									25) Bore
Yes – 26) Is a piece of paper thinner than a pen?									26) Among
Yes – 27) Is the room bigger than the table?									27) Hole
Yes – 28) Do you agree that it’s bad for the health to keep eating after our stomachs are quite full?									28) Therefore
Yes – 29) Does one want to eat when one is hungry?									29) Swam
Yes – 30) Have you ever been to the cinema?									30) Lost
Yes – 31) Are you going to try and answer the next question?									31) Each other
No – 32) Is it right to say “I have gone to Scotland this week”?									32) Known
No – 33) Can you fly like a bird?									33) Taken
Yes – 34) Do we use the word “thin” for people and things?									34) Kept
Yes – 35) Do the countries of the world play football against one another?									35) Find
No – 36) Have you been able to speak English all your life?									36) Great
No – 37) Do you know whether it’ll rain tomorrow or no?									37) Else
No – 38) If you went to bed early tonight, would you feel tired tomorrow morning?									38) Fast
No – 39) If you swam in the sea in the North of Europe in middle of winter, would you find water warm?									39) Done - feito.
No – 40) If you sent a letter to a friend and forgot to put the address on it, would it arrive?									40) Just
Dictation
I thought she was ill, / so I went to see her,/ but, when I reached her house, / I receive the news/ that she was well again./ The fact is/ that they ate/ and drank a lot./ This is the worst ball game./ I’ve ever played,/ but yesterday’s was the best./ last night was very warm and the moon was full,/ so I got up early,/ washed and dressed/ and walked in the heavy rain/ to the next town,/ where my friend’s daughter lives./ Last summer was hot,/ so I went to live by the sea./ I lifted it up at once.

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Sheet 6: STAGE 5

			STAGE 5 EXAM
Yes – No Quiz									Vocabulary Test
Yes - 1) Ought we to study hard if we do not wish to fail exams?									1) Wake up
No - 2) Is Napoleon still alive?									2) Lie
No - 3) Has this exam finished yet?									3) Through
No - 4) If you were the teacher, would you be taking this exam?									4) Cross
Yes - 5) Is this sentence wrong: “I’ve been here since two hours”?									5) Dangerously
No - 6) Have you been in this world since 1890?									6) That is
No - 7) Does the subject do the action when the verb is in the Passive Voice?									7) Although
No - 8) Is this sentence in the Active Voice – “I am pulled by him”?									8) Such as
Yes – 9) Does this sentence express a willingness: “I will do your exercise for you”?									9) Bone
No - 10) Does this sentence express a polite request: “Shall I open the window”?									10) Cook
Yes – 11) Is there a mistake in this sentence: “We dress ourself”?									11) Belong
Yes – 12) Ought one to wash oneself when one is dirty?									12) Throw
Yes – 13) Do people usually have accidents if they do not drive carefully?									13) Drop
Yes - 14) Must we study in order to learn?									14) Win
Yes – 15) Might one see the Thames if one went to London?									15) Useful
Yes – 16) Ought we to pay back what we borrow?									16) Who’d be
No - 17) Does it take longer to fly to Scotland than to go by train?									17) Ice
Yes – 18) Is it right to say, “He gave me further information”?									18) Mix
Yes – 19) Had you had anything to eat before 9 p.m. yesterday?									19) Pour
Yes – 20) Has this exam already started?									20) Unite
No - 21) Will you still be answering these questions at 2 a.m. tomorrow?									21) Care
No - 22) Does the word “hourly” mean every day?									22) Hurry
Yes – 23) Is there a pen anywhere in this room?									23) Plenty
Yes – 24) Are you in the habit of eating each day?									24) Found
Yes - 25) Do children usually look like their parents?									25) Lend
No - 26) Is it right to say “I will remember you to keep the appointment”?									26) Run
Yes – 27) Will there be even more people in the world in tem years’ time than now?									27) Murder
No - 28) Is it right to say “I am going at the station”?									28) Prison
No - 29) If you had not come here today, would you be taking this exam?									29) Root
No - 30) Do we usually put an apostrophe and the letter “s” after a plural noun ending in “s” in order to form its possessive case?									30) All right
Yes – 31) Do you usually write with your own pen?									31) Safety
Yes – 32) Is the Word “badly” an adverb?									32) Wet
Yes – 33) Is one of the reasons for tiredness too much work?									33) Thoroughly
Yes – 34) Is eating bad food one of the causes of illness?									34) Prize
No - 35) Do you know the origin of all the flags in the world?									35) Quietly
Yes – 36) Is Europe a mixture of countries?									36) However
Yes – 37) Is Shakespeare dead?									37) At least
No - 38) Do we usually use the word “still” for something that has finished?									38) Nice
Yes – 39) Do people generally clean their shoes when they are dirty?									39) Notice
Yes – 40) Are most people afraid of death?									40) Owe
Dictation
I do not possess anything/ that is useless./ The man must have been mad:/ he has driving the car/ at a devil of a speed,/ round a blind corner/ in a snowstorm./ I doubt whether/ we shall find anything else./ We did not hear him shout./ All we could hear/ was the sound/of the church bells/ coming from the other side/ of the lake./ His grave was covered over/ with sand/ and in it someone had printed/ his name./ Once I was able to swim/ like a fish./ We walked through the narrow streets/ until we came to the tower.

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Sheet 7: STAGE 6

			STAGE 6 EXAM
Yes – No Quiz									Vocabulary Test
No - 1) Can we say “Yes, I want” as a short answer, exactly as we say “Yes, I do” etc?									1)	Join
No - 2) Is the following sentence a sentence of Direct Speech? “Mr. Brown said that the room was large.”									2)	Here they are
No - 3) Is this sentence grammatically correct? – “You can tell whoever you please”									3)	Statement
Yes - 4) Can we shorter a coat by cutting a piece off the bottom?									4)	Fight
Yes - 5) Should we look both ways before crossing the road?									5)	How tall
Yes - 6) Do we usually feel tired when we overwork?									6)	Fell
No - 7) Do we use the word “let” to form the imperative for all persons?									7)	Undercook
No - 8) Is a host the person we invite to our house?									8)	Sick
Yes - 9) Have you been doing this exam for the last two minutes or more?									9)	Roof
Yes - 10) Will you have been studying English for at least two weeks by the end of this month?									10)	Pity
Yes - 11) Can we write by means of pen?									11)	Wherever
Yes - 12) If the main part of a sentence is positive, is the Tail Question negative?									12)	Miss
No - 13) Is this sentence correct? – “He speaks English, speaks he?”									13)	Burn
No - 14) Have we the legal right to say whatever we like about people in public?									14)	Cruel
Yes – 15) Do most people have their hair cut at the hairdresser’s?									15)	Rope
Yes – 16) Do most people go to the cinema every now and again?									16)	Court
No - 17) Is this sentence right? – “Tell to them the same story that you told me”									17)	Judge
Yes – 18) Is this sentence right? – “Tell him to come here”									18)	Widen
Yes – 19) Do we use the verb “say” for Direct Speech?									19)	Ache
No - 20) Is it right to say that people gain money each week for the work they do?									20)	Rough
Yes – 21) If you walked from here to the next town in heavy rain without an umbrella or a raincoat,									21)	Let it fly
would you be wet by the time you got to the town?									22)	Charge
No - 22) Can you speak English as well as the teacher?									23)	Clear
No - 23) Is it right to say “Mary is elder than her sister Ann”?									24)	Ridden
Yes – 24) Is the word “thinnest” spelt with two “n” s?									25)	Flown
Yes – 25) Is a king’s wife called a queen?									26)	Draw
Yes – 26) Can we say “There are no books on the table”?									27)	Ruler
No - 27) When we listen, does it always mean that we hear something?									28)	Earth
Yes – 28) Is there any difference between “mind” and “brain”?									29)	Grew
No - 29) Are people glad when they have to do unpleasant work?									30)	Matter
No - 30) Do people always tell the truth?									31)	Expect
Yes - 31) If you fell from the second floor of a building, would you hurt yourself?									32)	Purpose
Yes – 32) Will the teacher have spoken for more than five minutes by the end of this exam?									33)	Allow
Yes – 33) As soon as you close your eyes, do you stop seeing the things around you?									34)	Power
Yes – 34) are you supposed to answer these questions with a simple “yes” or “no”?									35)	Member
No - 35) As people get older and older, do they generally become more and more beautiful?									36)	Save
No - 36) Is this sentence grammatically correct? – “Who are you giving the book to?”									37)	Rescue
No - 37) Is it right to say “Instead of to take”?									38)	Trade
Yes – 38) Can we use the auxiliary verb “do” in positive sentences?									39)	Degree
Yes – 39) Will the teacher ask you the next question within the next three minutes?									40)	Mark
No - 40) Do you get up out of bed before waking up?
Dictation
The blackbird/ flew round and round/ and came to rest/ on the back of the sheep./ The lives of great men/ have often been full/ of great difficulties./ Despite the pain/ is his arm,/ he kept on working,/ even though/ he was told to stop./ I do not wish to remind you/ of the fact/ that, if you are late again,/ I will have to/ inform your parents./ I read all about it/ in the daily paper./ There was a piece of wire/ tied round the brick,/ which cut his skin./ I am sorry,/ I have already thrown it away.

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Sheet 8: STAGE 7

			STAGE 7 EXAM
Yes – No Quiz									Vocabulary Test
No – 1) Do we begin a personal letter with “Dear Sir”?									1) Realize
No – 2) Can we make a horse drink if he does not want to just by ordering him to do so?									2) Rat
No – 3) Do people get wounded in car accidents?									3) Lead
No – 4) Is a non-defining clause essential to the meaning of a sentence?									4) Eventually
No – 5) Are you at a very advanced stage of English?									5) Supply
Yes – 6) If one does not stir one’s tea, will the sugar settle at the bottom of the cup?									6) Sink
Yes – 7) Is the word “herself” in the following sentence an Emphasising Pronoun?									7) Drown
“She made the dress herself”									8) Float
No – 8) Is a female film star a man?									9) Conquer
No – 9) Is a cup of tea a cup without tea?									10) Tide
Yes – 10) Does a rocking-chair move backwards and forwards?									11) Empire
No – 11) Are you about to answer question five of this exam?									12) Adopt
No – 12) Does the word “unless” mean “if possible”?									13) Tax
No – 13) Can a man ride on the back of a horse race?									14) Press
Yes – 14) If someone said to you “Shall we go to the theatre?”, would he be making a suggestion?									15) Step
No – 15) Is “homework” the work a housewife does in the home?									16) Bill
No – 16) Do we ring a front-door bell after entering someone’s house?									17) Used to
No – 17) Is a plain uniform composed of many different colours?									18) Trial
No – 18) Is this correct as a question put into Indirect Speech? “Mary said to John what he was doing”									19) Introduce
No – 19) If you hated your neighbours, would it mean you got on well with them?									20) Pride
Yes – 20) Is there anything wrong in this sentence? “He goes always to the cinema on Saturday”									21) Adventure
Yes – 21) Has this building got a ground floor?									22) Abroad
No – 22) Would the clothes of a child of five fit you?									23) Bear
No – 23) Had we better wear thin clothes in order to keep warm in winter?									24) Account
Yes – 24) Can we say “Which subject do (or did) you find the dullest at school?									25) Race
Yes – 25) Is “sight” one of the five senses?									26) Sign
No - 26) Is the answer to this question correct? – “Can he speak English?”- “Yes, he can so.”									27) Size
No - 27) If we took something that was ours, would we be guilty of stealing?									28) Navy
No - 28) Is a determined person a weak person?									29) Temple
Yes – 29) Would you mind if you were kicked hard by a horse?									30) Dare
No - 30) Is this correct? – “Will he come tomorrow?” – “No, he shan’t.”									31) Matter
No - 31) Is it waste of money buying useful things?									32) Choose
Yes – 32) Is this sentence incorrect? – “He was glad meet you.”									33) Bow (n.)
Yes – 33) If you look upwards, would you see the ceiling?									34) Apple
No - 34) Have you ever known your country to go throughout a whole year without any rain?									35) Draw
No - 35) Is this right? – “Did you run far?” – “Yes, we run far.”									36) Youth
No – 36) Is kind behaviour unpleasant behaviour?									37) Holy
No – 37) Were you able to look after yourself when you were six months old?									38) Birth
Yes – 38) Is it correct to say – “I have laid the table.”									39) Shore
No - 39) If a man claimed he could jump higher than this ceiling, would you believe him?									40) Pretty
Yes – 40) Could we finished a speech by saying “…and now finally I would like to say…”?
Dictation
In some countries a black cat/ is considered lucky./ I suppose that, if I were/ really very thirsty,/ I would prefer to drink just water./ I am not very good at describing people,/ but I know I would be able/ to recognise him again/ the moment I saw him./ His job is selling tickets on a bus./ The man was hit/ very hard in the mouth/ and cut both his lips./ Life today can be fairly pleasant/ for many people./ The main difficulty/ is how to avoid making a loss./ You have to guess the date/ on the coin.

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Sheet 9: STAGE 8

			STAGE 8 EXAM
Yes – No Quiz
Yes-1) Is this actually the first question?									Vocabulary Test
Yes-2) Is there any difference between “to sail” and “to row”?
No-3) Can a small child be trusted with a gun?									1) Envelope
Yes-4) If you were charged three pounds for something you bought in a shop and									2) To look forward to
you gave the shopkeeper a five-pound note, would you charge be two pounds?									3) Chance
No-5) Is this sentence correct? - “When he will go to England, he will pay your aunt a visit.”									4) Due to
Yes-6) Can we sometimes use the word “idle” in place of “lazy”?									5) Mostly
No-7) Is the answer to this question right? – “Must you go to see him tomorrow?”- “No, I mustn’t.”									6) Argue
No-8) Is it usual for people to retire at thirty?									7) Discuss
Yes-9) Can we split wood with an axe?									8) Quarrel
Yes-10) Were you conscious of what you were doing yesterday?									9) Powder
Yes-11) Does “so far” mean “until now”?									10) Furnish
No-12) Does “so as” mean “etc”?									11) Human being
No-13) Do people dress as they please for formal occasions?									12) Seize
No-14) “S-h-i-p” Am I spelling the word “sheep”?									13) Rush
Yes-15) Is there any difference in meaning between “I used to sleep” and “I am used to sleeping”?									14) Fox
No-16) Is the past of “bind”- “Bounded”?									15) Wages
No-17) Is “sensitive” the opposite of “stupid”?									16) Steady
No-18) Is it correct to say “The honest is the best policy”?									17) Leaf
Yes-19) Is it correct to say “Milk is good for the body”?									18) Loaf
Yes-20) Is it correct to say “The horses in that field are very strong-looking”?									19) Shelf
No-21) Do we pack our suit-cases when we arrive home after a holiday?									20) Deck
No-22) Do people get angry when they are amused?									21) Climb
Yes-23) Is there any difference in meaning between a “yard” and a “courtyard”?									22) Search
No-24) Do we hit a hammer on the head with a nail when fixing up a picture?									23) Support
Yes-25) Is it correct to say “He doesn’t dare”?									24) Declare
Yes-26) Does the Thames flow through London?									25) Raise
Yes-27) Is there any difference in meaning between these two sentences? -“He sent me the books,									26) Advise
so I did not need to write him” and “He sent me the books, so I need not have written to him”?									27) Knowledge
Yes-28) Is there any difference in the meaning of “need” when used as a normal verb									28) Rail
and when used as a defective verb?									29) Employ
No-29) Does everyone do their fair share of the work in the world?									30) Drum
No-30) Is a spoilt child one who is well disciplined?									31) Cry
Yes-31) Is “would” more polite than “will”?									32) Harbour
No-32) Is a “moving event” something that moves from one place to another?									33) Masculine
Yes-33) Are you attending to what I am saying?									34) Waiter
No-34) Is this sentence right? – “He will ought to go there tomorrow”									35) Landlord
No-35) Does everybody’s suit always suit them?									36) Widow
Yes-36) Is this sentence correct? –“They worked hard, but could not finished the job in time.”									37) Nephew
No-37) Does this sentence – “I am to go and see the boss”- mean that, if I wish,									38) To Land
I can go and see the boss whenever I want to, and if I do not wish to, it does not matter?									39) Loyal
Yes-38) Would one attract attention by walking down the main street of a city without shoes and socks on?									40) Spread
Yes-39) Is this examinations correct? – “What books these are!” No-40) Is it correct to say "na European"?
Dictation
He rode the bicycle/ so badly that he kept falling off it./ Of course,/ if you join the army,/ you will be expected/ to fight with guns,/ so you had better decide now,/ because later/ you will not be able to change your mind./ The temperature rose slowly/ and then suddenly fell./ The speaker was very glad/ when his speech was over,/ as he had been felling/ a little sick recently./ The wind had made a large hole in the roof,/ which was not easy to repair./ The report stated/ that they had caught the enemy off guard.

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Sheet 10: STAGE 9

			STAGE 9 EXAM
Yes – No Quiz									Vocabulary Test
No – 1) Can we cut bread with the thick edge of a knife?									1) Tin
No – 2) Can we say “usefuller” when forming the comparison of “useful”?									2) Sympathy
No – 3) By the “background” of a picture, do we mean its main subject?									3) Entertain
Yes – 4) Do dogs bury bones?									4) Somewhat
No – 5) Do ten pennies make a shilling?									5) At all
Yes – 6) Is the word “sadder” spelt with two “d”s?									6) Run over
No – 7) Does tea with sugar taste bitter?									7) Knelt
No – 8) Is it correct to say – “The thief robbed my watch”?									8) Mystery
Yes – 9) Must we handle eggs gently?									9) Forbidden
No – 10) Do horses have paws?									10) View
Yes – 11) Does a disorderly crowd usually scatter when the police arrive?									11) Hid
No – 12) Does one turn a tap on clockwise?									12) Detail
No – 13) Is it easy to read a book upside-down?									13) Shape
Yes – 14) Do we throw worn-out things away?									14) Neat
No – 15) Is this sentence correct – “They were never see their home again”?									15) Ill at ease
Yes – 16) Is a bar of gold heavier than a bar of iron of the same size?									16) Escape
No – 17) Is it nice to be deceived by people?									17) Clever
Yes – 18) Do some people faint with excitement?									18) Tip
No – 19) Do people’s stomachs grow inwards as they get older?									19) Hut
Yes – 20) Do we get water when ice melts?									20) Otherwise
Yes – 21) Do we run risks when we cross the road?									21) Perform
No- 22) Are there 100 degrees in a right angle?									22) Trick
Yes- 23) Is a miner a person who works in a mine?									23) Envy
No- 24) Is a tough person faint-hearted?									24) Advice
No – 25) Are tigers harmless creatures?									25) Row
Yes – 26) Can we use the word “do” with “who”?									26) Rub
No – 27) If you bought something for more than its value, would you be getting a bargain?									27) Beneath
Yes – 28) Ought we say “Excuse me, please” when we wish to pass between									28) Give way
two people who are speaking to each other?									29) Feather
No – 29) Do we screw nails into wood?									30) Monkey
Yes – 30) Are our eyebrows above our eyelashes?									31) Couple
Yes – 31) Does water in a pan boil faster with the lid on?									32) Cage
No – 32) Is the weather at the North Pole mild?									33) Pick out
No – 33) Is straw dried grass?									34) Scent
Yes – 34) Can pills relieve certain kinds of pain?									35) Work out
No – 35) Are tight clothes comfortable?									36) Weapon
No – 36) Is it correct to say “She came from a near town”?									37) Bare
No – 37) Is it healthy to live in a damp house?									38) Witness
Yes – 38) Do most students have gaps in their memories?									39) Get rid of
Yes – 39) Do people light candles when there is a failure in the electricity supply?									40) Upset
No – 40) Do you like thieves and liars?
Dictation
A fence and a hedge/ went round the pool/ to protect it from the wind./ We wandered up the path/ towards the ancient-looking house./ I was sweating from the heat,/ and the bottoms of my feet/ felt very tender / from our long walk./ Inside the hall of the building/ everything was very untidy/ with heaps of old torn cloth / scattered about. The lock on the door was badly worn/ and needed mending,/ and one of the door-posts/ was leaning inwards./ Someone had scratched/ a notice on the door/ warning people to lower their heads/ as they went in.

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Sheet 11: STAGE 10

			STAGE 10 EXAM
Yes – No Quiz									Vocabulary Test
No – 1) Is the temperature higher in the shade than in the sun?									1) Nest
Yes – 2) Is gold a rare metal?									2) Smart
No – 3) Can we say that we hire a house for a holiday?									3) Beat
Yes – 4) Can one feel lonely in a crowd?									4) Disappoint
Yes – 5) Do we tie a parcel with string?									5) Ashamed
Yes – 6) Can we send messages via pigeons?									6) Rubbish
Yes – 7) Does a brain surgeon need to be highly skilled?									7) Luggage
No – 8) Does water change from a liquid state to a solid state at ten degrees centigrade?									8) Fever
No – 9) Is it correct to say – “It’s time we have something to eat”?									9) Shock
No – 10) Was there a cure for all diseases in the past?									10) Beyond
Yes – 11) Is coal a raw material?									11) Sauce
Yes – 12) Do we put a dot above the letter “i”?									12) Yield
Yes – 13) Can we make the flesh on our bodies firmer by exercise?									13) Drag
Yes – 14) Does rotten meat smell?									14) Bit
No – 15) Are bedsheets made of wool?									15) Crush
Yes – 16) Does one need a lot of self-confidence in order to perform in public?									16) Slight
No – 17) Do we hear the thunder before we see the flash of lightning?									17) Fade
No – 18) Is a slip longer than a slide?									18) Annoy
Yes – 19) Does food become scarce during a war?									19) Clap
Yes – 20) Are dull people boring?									20) Rude
Yes – 21) Is a razor blade flat and thin?									21) Overcharge
Yes – 22) If we rubbed our thumb on the edge of the table, would we eventually get a sore thumb?									22) Spare
No – 23) Do you enjoin pain?									23) Puncture
No – 24) Are tame animals harmful?									24) Fool
No – 25) France and India are countries. Is the former in Asia?									25) Split
Yes – 26) Do the police use roadblocks when tracking criminals?									26) Whip
No – 27) Are all stains easy to remove?									27) Team
Yes – 28) Are stairs composed of steps?									28) Spot
Yes – 29) If we stick a pin in our skin, do we bleed?									29) Arrange
Yes – 30) Do bees sting?									30) Unfasten
No – 31) Do funny people make us feel sad?									31) Steer
No – 32) Does a crossword puzzle consist of many little pieces of wood or									32) Border
cardboard of different shapes and sizes?									33) Pattern
Yes – 33) Is “breathe” a verb?									34) Ruin
Yes – 34) Does the verb “to strip” mean the same as “to undress”?									35) Whisper
Yes – 35) Does a boxer use a towel for wiping the sweat off his face?									36) Stiff
Yes – 36) Do ditches have to be dug when fields get flooded?									37) Slap
No – 37) Is coughing a sign of good health?									38) Awkward
Yes – 38) Does iron rust in a wet atmosphere?									39) Cupboard
Yes – 39) Does a car need to have its brakes on when standing on a steep slope?									40) Decrease
No – 40) Do people wrap up well in summer?
Dictation
The fellow kept telling poor jokes,/ which he thought were hugely funny./ The horses were saddled up/ and led out onto the track./ We poured the juice of the overripe fruit/ into a shallow bowl./ The earth sank/ and formed a hollow in the land. The chief blame for the crash/ must rest with the careless driver./ The queue or cars/ stretched round the bend of the road/ and over the horizon./ One bite of the plum /was enough to tell me it was sour./ Through the crack in the side of the hut/ came a ray of sunlight.

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Sheet 12: STAGE 11

			STAGE 11 EXAM
Yes – No Quiz								Vocabulary Test
Yes – 1) Is a leaflet something one hands out in the street?								1) Reduce
No – 2) Do we get frost-bitten in warm weather?								2) Scenery
Yes – 3) Are artists sometimes ahead of their time?								3) Torch
Yes – 4) Is a drum a musical instrument?								4) Beak
No – 5) Can one sew without a needle and thread?								5) Pump
Yes - 6) Do some people have to carry out instructions given by others?								6) Tune
Yes - 7) Is a glance a quick look?								7) Bet
No – 8) Is it nice to get the sack?								8) Labour
No – 9) Is stale air good for you?								9) Recipe
Yes – 10) Are we obliged at some time in our lives to fill in a form?								10) Moustache
No – 11) Does the word “uneasy” mean “difficult”?								11) Range
Yes - 12) Would a carpenter feel somewhat out of place at a medical conference?								12) Fee
Yes - 13) Do people feel tense when they are scared?								13) Handbook
No – 14) Do people like to be kept hanging about when they’re in a hurry?								14) Image
No - 15) Is dusk before midday?								15) Scheme
Yes - 16) Is a degree a unit of temperature?								16) Sleeve
No – 17) Is gossip always true?								17) Available
No – 18) Does the head move from side to side when we nod?								18) Vary
Yes - 19) Are people relieved when they are out of danger?								19) Weep
No – 20) Do people frown with pleasure?								20) Purse
No – 21) Are the numbers 2,4,6,8 odd?								21) Dumb
No – 22) Do we always get back that which we lend?								22) Leak
Yes - 23) Is a van a vehicle								23) Glow
No – 24) Does a blunt knife cut easily?								24) Bride
Yes- 25) Is a shed similar to a hut?								25) Sppeal
No - 26) Is it correct to say “turn out the radio”?								26) Mount
No - 27) Do people yawn when they feel awake and alive?								27) Bullet
No - 28) Is it easy to believe the incredible?								28) Purchase
No - 29) Do we enlarge something by shrinking it?								29) Feature
Yes - 30) Is sailing a leisure activity?								30) Engage
No – 31) Do people feel pretty good when they score low points in a game?								31) Gangway
No – 32) Is a feeble excuse easily acceptable?								32) Dash
No – 33) Does one come around and survival a fatal blow on the head?								33) Tan
Yes - 34) Is it an offence to plot against a head of state?								34) Rag
Yes - 35) Can we moisten our lips with our tongues?								35) Dessert
Yes - 36) Do cops sometimes have to chase robbers as part of their job?								36) Soul
No – 37) Is fiction true?								37) Unique
No – 38) Do people usually remain friends if they don’t make up after a row?								38) Splash
Yes - 39) In a queue do people object someone being served out of turn?								39) Dash
Yes - 40) Is exercise good for working up an appetite?								40) Layer
Dictation
The rear column of trucks/ had fallen behind / It was announced that/ a new source of funds/ would have to be found. / The vase was stuck together with glue/ and placed upon a stone pillar. / Their yawning showed/ they were not keen on the project. / The engine stalled/ as I reversed the van into the shed. / The trip was awful; / our team scored no goals; / but the food provided was delicious. / We pursued the enemy for miles/ until we hit dense fog. / The entire text/ was very humorous. / The tiny particles of dust/ floting in the atmosphere/ made us sneeze.