Unit 4: Inside story

31 questions. Answer each one and read the explanation; your score comes at the end. Practise again whenever you like.

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Grade 11GrammarUnit 4: Inside story

By the time I got to the field, the object .......... .

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I felt tired as I .......... all day.

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Reem got into trouble at school for using her phone. She .......... during lessons.

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Hanan's music player .......... for 19 hours when the battery ran out.

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While I .......... a boat across the sea, a large dolphin suddenly appeared next to me!

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Until that night, Raed .......... snow.

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Little .......... that I had more money in my back pocket.

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Scarcely .......... on sale when they were sold out.

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You should not touch this machine. It is too dangerous. The correct negative inversion is ..........

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No sooner .......... at work than people start knocking on his office door.

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.......... had I seen such a lucky escape.

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Not only .......... relaxed, but also happy and safe.

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Grade 11VocabularyUnit 4: Inside story

I never click on .......... headlines, though sometimes I'm tempted.

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The band's amazing video had gone .......... before the song had even become a hit.

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A new experiment could finally shed .......... on the mysteries of dark matter.

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The journalist had tried to expose .......... in a large international business.

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Their app is great, but it will never generate enough .......... to keep their business alive.

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As a serious newspaper we always attempt to present both .......... of a story.

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I rarely trust a sensational report unless I can .......... its sources multiple times.

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The accident was bad enough for them to .......... the incident to the police.

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Locals living on the street .......... the allegation that they did anything illegal.

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The Courier leads with a .......... article about climate change. Scientists give detailed facts, and the report never tries to be sensational.

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Grade 11PronunciationUnit 4: Inside story

In the adjective 'dangerous', the unstressed suffix -ous is pronounced .......... .

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Grade 11Language functionsUnit 4: Inside story

'You'll never believe what happened to me the other day.' This phrase is used to .......... .

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'It turned out that the bus was the express service to Aqaba.' This sentence .......... .

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'I'll never do that again.' This phrase is used to .......... .

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Grade 11ReadingUnit 4: Inside story
With its tiny eyes, big mouth and slimy pink body, the blobfish is far from attractive. This marine creature lives deep in the ocean, where the pressure is very high. As a result, it has tiny fins and no skeleton, which keeps it from being crushed by the water pressure. Unfortunately, when fishing boats sweep the ocean floor, looking for other fish, these fish can get swept into the nets accidentally.

Why isn't the blobfish crushed by the pressure deep in the ocean?

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With its tiny eyes, big mouth and slimy pink body, the blobfish is far from attractive. This marine creature lives deep in the ocean, where the pressure is very high. As a result, it has tiny fins and no skeleton, which keeps it from being crushed by the water pressure. Unfortunately, when fishing boats sweep the ocean floor, looking for other fish, these fish can get swept into the nets accidentally.

Two characteristics of the blobfish are .......... .

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The threat faced by the pangolin, however, is far from accidental. They are more often targeted by poachers than any other animal in the world. Unique among mammals, it is covered in scales, like a reptile. These scales are highly prized in traditional medicine, which has caused the population of pangolins to fall by around 90% since the 1960s. Take the aye aye for example. It is the world's largest nocturnal primate. During the day they sleep in nests in the trees, coming out to hunt at night.

Why has the number of pangolins fallen dramatically?

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The threat faced by the pangolin, however, is far from accidental. They are more often targeted by poachers than any other animal in the world. Unique among mammals, it is covered in scales, like a reptile. These scales are highly prized in traditional medicine, which has caused the population of pangolins to fall by around 90% since the 1960s. Take the aye aye for example. It is the world's largest nocturnal primate. During the day they sleep in nests in the trees, coming out to hunt at night.

The word 'they' in 'During the day they sleep in nests in the trees' refers to .......... .

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The threat faced by the pangolin, however, is far from accidental. They are more often targeted by poachers than any other animal in the world. Unique among mammals, it is covered in scales, like a reptile. These scales are highly prized in traditional medicine, which has caused the population of pangolins to fall by around 90% since the 1960s. Take the aye aye for example. It is the world's largest nocturnal primate. During the day they sleep in nests in the trees, coming out to hunt at night.

Which sentence shows that the aye aye is active at night?

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