IMPACT Foundation Revision For Term 2 Test
IMPACT Foundation Revision For Term 2 Test
End-of-semester i
TEST Revision
package
Subject: English
Level: Impact F
2023-2024
GRAMMAR
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GRAMMAR: UNIT 1
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GRAMMAR: UNIT 2
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GRAMMAR: UNIT 3
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GRAMMAR: UNIT 4
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VOCABULARY
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son (n) /sʌn/
Family Matters
Page 28 famous (adj) /ˈfeɪməs/
When a person is famous, many people know who that
person is. • I know her from television. She’s a famous
A person’s son is their male (boy) child. • Jack’s son
actress.
looks exactly like him.
good at (adj) /ɡʊd æt/
grandson (n) /ˈɡræn(d)ˌsʌn/
When a person is good at an activity, they’re able to do
A person’s grandson is the son of that person’s son or
it well. • My brother is good at tennis because he plays
daughter. • Their only grandson is 12 years old.
every day.
granddaughter (n) /ˈɡræn(d)ˌdɔːtə(r)/
interested in (adj) /ˈɪntrəstɪd ɪn/
A person’s granddaughter is the daughter of that person’s
When a person is interested in something, they want to
son or daughter. • Edna doesn’t see her granddaughter
know all about it. • Lee is really interested in computers
very often.
and robots.
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to be married to (vp) /tə ˈbiː ˈmærid tʊ/
messy (adj) /ˈmesi/
When you are married to someone, that person is your
When something is messy, it’s not clean or organised.
husband or wife. • Lena is married to John and they
• The house is messy because the children do not clean
have three children.
up their toys.
husband (n) /ˈhʌzbənd/
noisy (adj) /ˈnɔɪzi/
A person’s husband is the man they’re married to.
When something is noisy, it’s making a loud sound. • It’s
• She’s a doctor and her husband is a teacher.
too noisy in here and I can’t hear what you’re saying.
die (v) /daɪ/
friendly (adj) /ˈfren(d)li/
When a person dies, they stop living. • Our grandmother
When a person is friendly, they’re very pleasant and
died two years ago.
kind. • I really like your sister because she’s so friendly.
take care of (vp) /teɪk keə(r) əv/
mean (adj) /miːn/
When you take care of someone or something, you help
When a person is mean, they’re not nice or kind. • The
or protect them. • Their grandmother takes care of them
new student can’t make friends because he’s being mean.
when their parents are working.
annoying (adj) /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/
child (n) /tʃaɪld/
When a person is annoying, they do or say things that
A child is a young person. You are the child of your mother
anger or bother you. • Stop tapping your pencil on the
and father. • The child with the balloon is my little brother.
desk! It’s really annoying.
step-father (n) /ˈstepˌfɑːðə(r)/
funny (adj) /ˈfʌni/
A person’s step-father is the man their mother is
When a person is funny, they make other people laugh.
married to, who is not their father. • Gina’s step-father is
• Everybody laughs at Ben’s funny jokes.
very good to her.
generation (n) /ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ Page 34
A generation is a group of people born around the same
time, who are close in age. • Three generations live in breakfast (n) /ˈbrekfəst/
this house: our grandparents, our parents and us. Breakfast is the meal that you eat in the morning.
• I often have coffee and an egg for breakfast.
wife (n) /waɪf/
A person’s wife is the woman they’re married to. dinner (n) /ˈdɪnə(r)/
• Manuel’s wife is from Brazil, but they live in Peru. Dinner is the meal that you eat in the evening. • I always
finish my homework before dinner.
daughter (n) /ˈdɔːtə(r)/
A person’s daughter is their female (girl) child. • Mr and lunch (n) /lʌntʃ/
Mrs Ho have two daughters, Eva and Mei. Lunch is the meal that you eat around noon.
• My friends and I eat lunch in the canteen at school.
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A meal is food that you eat at a certain time of day.
enjoy (v) /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/
• I try not to eat between meals.
When you enjoy something, you really like it.
• My parents enjoy cooking and travelling.
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lesson (n) /ˈles(ə)n/
A Different Education
Page 45 easy (adj) /ˈiːzi/
When something is easy, it is not hard to do or
understand. • I always do well in art because it’s easy
A lesson is a time when students come together to learn
for me.
something with a teacher. • Science is my favourite lesson.
same (adj) /seɪm/
language (n) /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/
When two or more things are the same, they are exactly
A language is the system of words that people use to
like each other. • At the Nenets nomadic school, some
communicate with one another. • Marta speaks three
lessons are the same as lessons in a normal school.
languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese.
camera (n) /ˈkæm(ə)rə/ Page 49
A camera is a tool that you use to take photographs.
• Many people take photos with the camera on their on weekdays (adv) /ɒn ˈwiːkdeɪz/
smartphone. When something happens on weekdays, it happens
on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
screen (n) /skriːn/ • We only go to school on weekdays, and not in the
The screen is the flat part of a smartphone, TV or summer.
computer that you look at when using it.
• This new TV has a very big screen. once a week (adv) /wʌns ə wiːk/
When something happens once a week, it happens one
instructions (n) /ɪnˈstrʌkʃ(ə)n/ time in seven days. • I have basketball practice once a
Instructions are sentences that tell you how to do week.
something. • Read the instructions carefully before you
begin the test. every day (adv) /ˈevri deɪ/
When something happens every day, it happens on
practise (v) /ˈpræktɪs/ each of the seven days of the week. • My uncle gets up
When you practise something, you do it over and over for work every day at 6.00 a.m.
until you become good at it. • She practises playing the
piano every day and she plays very well. twice a week (adv) /twaɪs ə wiːk/
When something happens twice a week, it happens two
library (n) /ˈlaɪbrəri/ times in seven days. • The office is open twice a week,
A library is a building with a lot of books, magazines and on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
other materials that people borrow and return. • I get
three new books from the library every week. at the weekend (adv) /ət ðə ˌwiːkˈend/
When something happens at the weekend, it happens
laptop (n) /ˈlæpˌtɒp/ on Saturday and/or Sunday. • Our teacher never gives us
A laptop is a small computer that is easy to carry homework to do at the weekend.
around. • I’m using my mum’s laptop to write my report.
homework (n) /ˈhəʊmˌwɜː(r)k/ Page 50
Homework is work from school that students must do
fail (v) /feɪl/
at home. • Mr Jones doesn’t give homework over the
When you fail at something, you don’t succeed at it.
weekend.
• Let’s study for this test because we don’t want to fail.
classmate (n) /ˈklɑːsˌmeɪt/
hard-working (adj) /hɑː(r)dˈwɜː(r)kɪŋ/
A classmate is another student in your class at school.
When someone is hard-working, they put a lot of time
• If you haven’t got a pencil, you can borrow one from a
and effort into their work. • Hard-working people are
classmate.
often successful.
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follow (v) /ˈfɒləʊ/
Robots and Us
Page 62 hold (v) /həʊld/
When you hold something, you have it in your hands.
• Can you please hold my book bag while I tie my shoe?
When you follow instructions, you do what they say.
• If you don’t know how to make a cake, just follow the moveable (adj) /ˈmuːvəb(ə)l/
instructions on the box. When something is moveable, its position can be
changed. • The robot has moveable arms so that it can
help (v) /help/
get things off the shelf.
When you help someone, you do something that makes
things easier for that person. • My teacher is going to move (v) /muːv/
help me with the maths homework. When someone or something moves, they change
position. • Please help me move this table into the
design (v) /dɪˈzaɪn/
corner.
To design something is to make a plan for how it’s going
to be. • They want to design a robot that can cook
dinner. Page 67
doctor (n) /ˈdɒktə(r)/ imagine (v) /ɪˈmædʒɪn/
A doctor is a person whose job it is to help sick or When you imagine something, you have an idea of it in
injured people. • When I don’t feel well, I always call the your mind. • My grandmother doesn’t use the Internet,
doctor. so she can’t imagine shopping online.
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4 Part of Nature
endangered (adj) /ɪnˈdeɪndʒə(r)d/
Page 78 mountain (n) /ˈmaʊntɪn/
A mountain is a very high area of land. • Bill loves to go
hiking in the mountains.
When an animal or plant species is endangered, it is
rare and may no longer exist one day. • Snow leopards reserve (n) /rɪˈzɜː(r)v/
are endangered. There are fewer than 8,000 in the wild. A reserve is an area of land where the animals and
plants are protected. • Workers keep pandas in a
conservation (n) /ˌkɒnsə(r)ˈveɪʃ(ə)n/
reserve until they’re ready to go into the wild.
Conservation is the act of protecting animals, plants
and the environment. • My parents give money to wildlife (n) /ˈwaɪldˌlaɪf/
support wildlife conservation efforts. Wildlife is all the wild animals in a place. • It’s important
to protect the wildlife found in nature.
panda (n) /ˈpændə/
A panda is a type of black and white bear that comes
from China. • There are three baby pandas in this zoo. Page 83
wild (n) /waɪld/ centimetre (n) /ˈsentɪˌmiːtə(r)/
When a plant or animal lives in the wild, it is in nature A centimetre is a unit of measurement for length. There
and not controlled by humans. • There are very few black are 100 centimetres in a metre.
rhinos still living in the wild. • This poster is only 20 centimetres wide.
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PRACTICE
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UNIT 1: FAMILY MATTERS
Vocabulary
Exercise 1: Look at the following family tree and fill the gaps.
grandson husband
granddaughter wife
step-father children
daughter son
1. Amanda is Angela’s
______________.
2. Jack is James’s
__________________.
3. Nick is Angela’s
_________________.
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Exercise 2: Fill the gaps.
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Grammar
Exercise 1: Fill the gaps with the correct form of “be”.
Hello!
My name (1)…………. Jack, and this (2)…………. Sue.
She (3)…………. my sister. Sue (4)…………. twelve years old and I (5)………….
sixteen.
We (6)…………. adults. We (7)…………. students. We (8)…………. Canadians.
We (9)…………. Americans.
We (10)…………. from Chicago. Chicago (11)…………. in the United States.
Best regards,
Jack
Exercise 2: Fill the gaps with the correct form of “have got”.
1. Mark __________________ a car, so he uses public transport.
2. My aunt Sarah __________________ a fantastic holiday in Kenya last year.
3. My cousins __________________ a little house in a seaside resort.
4. ____________ you ____________ time to see your parents this weekend?
5. I'm afraid we can't put up five people. We __________________ enough room
in our house.
6. I __________________ a new car. The old one is really too small.
7. I don't know Rebecca. ____________ she ____________ any children?
No, she is only twenty.
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Exercise 3: Choose the correct
answers.
1. There is/are a ball on the floor.
2. There is/are toys on the floor.
3. There is/are a cat at the wall.
4. There is/are a photo on the
wall.
5. There is/are parents on the
photos.
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UNIT 2: A DIFFERENT EDUCATION
Vocabulary
Fill the gaps.
weekdays twice a screen practice once a libraries
week week
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Grammar
Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with present simple form of verbs in
brackets.
1. I (bake) …………………… cakes.
2. You (work) ……………………. in an office.
3. We (take) …………………… pictures of birds.
4. They (talk) ……………… about cars.
5. He (think) ………………… about school.
6. She (play) ……………… soccer.
7. It (rain) ………………… here a lot.
8. I (like) ………………… chocolate.
9. He (like) ……………… chocolate.
10. You (watch) ………………… movies.
11. She (watch) ………………… movies.
12. The babies (cry) ………………… every night.
13. The baby (cry) ……………… every night.
14. I (fly) ………………… to Belize every year.
15. My father (fly) ………………… to Belize every year.
16. Mary (be) ………………… twenty-nine years old.
17. We (like) ………………… to eat fruit. It (taste) ……………… good.
18. The football team never (score) ……………… . It (lose) ………… all the time.
19. Roberta and Betty always (talk) …………………… to each other on the
phone.
20. Jose and I (study) ………………… chemistry together.
21. The car (have) …………………… a flat tire.
22. You never (make) ………… breakfast for me. I always (have) ………… to
make it myself.
23. The mechanic (fix) ………………… my car when it breaks down.
24. Tom rarely (fly) …………………… . He usually (drive) ………………… .
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25. I usually (watch) ……………… TV, but tonight I (think) …………… I will read a
book.
26. Igor (call) ………………… his mother on the phone every day.
27. When he (be) ……………… alone at night, Beto sometimes (get) ……………
scared.
28. I (be) ………………… tired. I (think) ………………… I am going to take a nap.
29. Cakes (be) …………… hard to make. They (require) ………………… a lot of
work.
30. Joel (like) ……………… to play soccer. He (practice) ……………… every
day.
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UNIT 3: ROBOTS AND US
Vocabulary
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19. This table is ___________; you can pull or push it.
20. We can search for information about robots ___________.
Grammar
Exercise 1: Circle the correct sentence.
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4. They have a test tomorrow. They ______________ go to the cinema. They
______________ stay at home and study!
5. Children ______________ eat lots of vegetables, but they ______________
eat lots of sweets.
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UNIT 4: PART OF NATURE
Vocabulary
Fill the gaps.
return sell conservation endangered pandas area
costumes forest grows workers wild reserve
mountains wildlife captivity rain forests leopards against the
law
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Grammar
Exercise 1: Complete the questions using How much or How many.
1. __________ stars are there in the sky?
2. __________ people live on islands?
3. __________ birds are there?
4. __________ water is in the ocean?
5. __________ money is in a bank?
6. __________ countries are there in the world?
7. __________ bread is eaten per day?
8. __________ bones are there in the human body?
9. __________ sand is in the deserts?
10. __________ information is on the Internet?
5. It's very quiet. There aren't much / many people here today.
6. There are some / a little expensive new flats next to the river.
7. He isn't very popular. He has few / little friends.
8. Ann is very busy these days. She has few / little free time.
9. Did you take few / many photographs when you were on holidays?
10. I'm not very busy today. I haven't got few / much to do.
11. The museum was very crowded. There were too few / many people.
12. Most of the town is modern. There are few / much old buildings.
13. The weather has been very dry recently. We've had few / little rain.
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Exercise 3: Choose the correct answer. (OPTIONAL)
1. He quick / quickly reads a book.
2. Mandy is a pretty / prettily girl.
3. The class is terrible / terribly loud today.
4. Max is a good / well singer.
5. You can easy / easily open this tin.
6. It's a terrible / terribly day today.
7. She sings the song good / well.
8. He is a careful / carefully driver.
9. He drives the car careful / carefully.
10. The dog barks loud / loudly.
11. The bus driver was serious / seriously injured.
12. Kevin is extreme / extremely clever.
13. This hamburger tastes awful / awfully.
14. Be careful / carefully with this glass of milk. It's hot.
15. Robin looks sad / sadly. What's the matter with him?
16. Jack is terrible / terribly upset about losing his keys.
17. This steak smells good / well.
18. Our basketball team played bad / badly last Friday.
19. Don't speak so fast / hurried. I can't understand you.
20. Maria slow / slowly opened her present.
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