Sophomores Pre Test.

Contents:

Vocabulary from texts:

◦“Extreme fitness”.

◦“From Rags to Riches”.

}Text “From rags to riches” (Questions)

}-Jobs (From page 20, activity 2)

}- Regular and Irregular verbs. (Past Participle form in context)

}- Phrasal verbs with “up”.

I. Vocabulary: What is the meaning of… in English?

1.Rag

2.Rich

3.Remarkable

4.Certainly

5.Hard

6.Amazing

7.Successful

8.(to) earn

9.(to) deliver

10.(to) move

11.(to) star

12.Dissatisfied

13.(to) join

14.Cinderella

15.Street market

16.Tube

17.Crowded

18.To leap

19.Challenge

20.Landmark

21.To take off

22.Advert

23.Brave

24.Aim

25.To advise

26.To land

27.Unlike

28.Thrill

II. Questions on “From Rags to Riches”

Who are the people mentioned in the text? Where are they from? What do they do?

Where and when was Tom Cruise born?

What happened to Tom’s parents?

How did Tom make money as a kid?

Why was Tom shy?

How old was Tom when he left home? Where did he go?

In New York, what did he use to do during the day? What about the evenings?

Mention some of Tom’s films.

Who did Natalia Vodianova leve with as a child?

What did she do at 11 years old? Did she have a good education? Was she happy with this life? How did she feel?

What did she join? What happened?

What happened in Paris?

Why did she have a “Cinderella” story?

Who did she fall in love with? Dos she have any children?

What was the advice of the scout to Natalia?

Which designers offered her work?

III. Jobs: Decribe them

Waitress

Model.

Cook.

Receptionist.

Musician.

Salesman.

Actor.

Journalist.

IV. Regular and Irregular verbs.

Provide the Past and the Past Participle form of these verbs: (2 regulars –pronunciation-, 2 irregulars)

V. Phrasal Verbs with “up”. Explain.

Grow up.

Break up.

Bring up.

Turn up.

Give up.