Grammar test – adjectives and adverbs
Topic: Grammar test – adjectives and adverbs
Aims
To check student’s knowledge on adjectives and adverbs.
To check the skills of text comprehension.
Skills
Student is able to use different grammar and lexical structures.
Student is able to form comparatives and superlatives.
Student is able to create adverbs.
Methods/techniques
Individual work with a grammar test.
Teaching aids/equipment A test for each student.
Target group
Age 12 to 13, primary school (class VI).
Stages of the lesson
Warm – up
Greeting the class.
Distributing the tests – a copy for each student.
Reminding students to sign their tests.
Explaining the instructions to each exercise.
Starting the test.
Main stage
Students write the grammar and vocabulary test.
Teacher observes the class.
Final stage
At the end of the lesson teacher collects the tests.
A brief discussion on what was the most and the least difficult question.
Test
Write the comparative and superlative forms of these adjectives.
...................../7 points
Form adverbs from the adjectives given.
...................../7 points
Circle the correct form.
I think that London is ..................................than Tokyo.
exciting
more exciting
the most exciting
Oxford is one of .................................universities in Europe.
most old
older
the oldest
The...........................reptile is a snake called the reticulated python.
longer
long
longest
Everything is..........................in my country.
cheaper
more cheap
cheap
Who is the........................person in your country?
rich
richer
the richest
Tom is as............................at Maths as Tony is.
good
better
the best
Warsaw is ...............................than Mazury Region.
the most polluted
more polluted
polluted
It is ...........................in summer than in winter.
wetter
wet
the wettest
Who is ................................person in your class?
nice
the nicest
nicer
Cracow is not as..........................as London.
big
bigger
the biggest
................./10 points
Put the words in correct order.
badly / cut / he / himself.
.......................................................................................................................very / worked / she / carefully / all the lesson.
.......................................................................................................................more expensive / is / that / than / the book / one.
.......................................................................................................................boxer / the best / in our town / he / is .
.......................................................................................................................faster / is / a sports car / than / a motorbike.
........................................................................................................................as / as / he / is / she / intelligent.
.............................................................................................................................................../6 points
Fill in the gaps using the words and phrases given below.
fascinating
most famous
confident
great
largest
greatest
unsinkable
specialTitanic
When the British ship, The Titanic, was launched in 1911, she was one of the 1...................... engineering wonders of the world. She was the 2...................……...... and most luxurious passenger ship of her time, and had a ballroom, a library, a smoking room, a Turkish bath, a gymnasium and a writing room, as well as the first floating swimming pool. They also said she was 3..........................…...... . But she sank after hitting an iceberg on her first voyage in 1912. At least 1,523 people died, while only 705 were rescued. One reason why so many people died was that there were not enough lifeboats – the owners were so 4.................……............. that the luxury liner could not sink.
The sinking of the Titanic is still the 5.............................. disaster at sea of all time, and has made the Titanic one of the world’s 6..................................... ships. For a long time, her wreck could not be found. Then, in 1985, an American diving team discovered her off the coast of Newfoundland, using 7.................................. equipment. They shot some 8................................. film as they swam through the sunken ship.Adapted from “Titanic II”, Club, Mary Glasgow Magazines.
Glossary: Launch – wodować
Iceberg – góra lodowa
Voyage – podróż morska
Lifeboat – łódź ratunkowa
Coast – wybrzeże
Equipment – sprzęt..................../8 points
Bibliography
Abbs B., Freebairn I., “Discoveries”, Longman, 1993.
Alexander L.G., “English Grammar”, Longman, 1995.
„Club”, Mary Glasgow Magazines, No 5, April 1995
Time
45 minutes