Lifesaver for TMS 10th graders a few hours before their Unit Test.

I. Vocabulary. Circle the odd one out in each group.

e.g. scooter- racing bike- coach-motorcycle (coach is the odd one )

1. car- bus- coach- double decker

2. train- monorail- tram- limo

3. helicopter- ferry-plane-cable car

4. soap-film-series-genre

5. request-listener-surfing-news

6. screen-broadcast-live-circulation

7. western-comedy-editorial-drama

8. tabloid-magazine-camera-newspaper

* If you know the meaning of all these words you'll do great tomorrow!

II: Future Forms. Complete the senetences with the right future form.

1. Unless you buy the tickets now, you _________ have a chance to go to the stadium to see the match.

2. As soon as I finish this test I __________ leave the school.

3. The documentary on school cheaters _________ shown tonight.

4. My brother ____________ to get the ticket tomorrow morning.

5. I promise I ____________ send you mails everyday.

6. We ____________ to travel to Viña this coming weekend.

7. This time next year I expect we ___________ doing the same.

8. By the time I get home the news programme _________ finished.

III. Writing . What are the differences between a report and an article?

Characteristics Report Article

title yes yes

paragraphs no yes

headings yes no

sections yes no

bullet points yes no

formal opening yes no

personal references no yes

rhetorical questions no yes

IV. Opinions about the past.Complete with might have/can't have/

must have/could have (plus) past participle. (also should/could)

1. The Mayflower crew and passengers _____________ very brave.(be)

2. Columbus ___________ both fear& excitement when he traveled to distant and unknown lands. (feel)

3. If Chile had invested more money in preparing more athletes we________________(win) more medals in Beijing.

4. The Spanair plane crash _____________ (happen) because someone didn't do his technical work properly.

5. The Chilean swimmer for the open sea event _____________

(prepare) better at least to finish the race.

ANSWERS. 1. car 2 limo 3 ferry 4. genre 5. surfing 6. circulation

7. drama 8. camera

1. won't 2. will 3. will be 4. is going 5. will 6. are going

7. will be 8. will have

1. must have been 2. may/might have felt

3. could have won 4. must have happened

5. should have prepared

**2 Bonus Points for those students who write on their tests the names of the 2 countries where the news about a rabbit who shot a man and the one about a man found frozen originated. (yes, Direct page 148 )

That's all folks! Good luck in your test tomorrow!

Sam the Ham