Level test

1. ___ you interested in sport?

2. My ___ is a writer and his books are very popular.

3. We live in the city centre and our house ___ have a big garden.

4. There ___ a lot of people outside the school. What’s the problem?

5. Cathy ___ a game on her computer at the moment.

6. Paul is very ___. He doesn’t go out a lot.

7. ___ you like to come out with us tonight?

8. Dad’s ___ work right now. He’s a teacher.

9. Did you ___ shopping after school yesterday?

10. There wasn’t ___ milk for breakfast this morning so I had toast and orange juice.

11. I ___ five emails before school today.

12. Turn ___ and you'll see the museum on the left.

13. The beach was very crowded ___ Monday.

14. I ___ the new Batman film yet. Is it any good?

15. Tom got the ___ marks in the class for his homework.

16. You ___ eat all that cake! It isn't good for you.

17. How ___ time have we got to do this exercise?

18. Don’t forget to get ___ the bus at Station Road.

19. Our teacher speaks English to us ___ so that we can understand her.

20. My sister ___ speak French when she was only six years old.

21. I really enjoy ____ new languages and I'd like to learn Italian soon.

22. My father has been a pilot ____ twenty years and he still loves his job.

23. Quick - get the food inside! It ___ any moment.

24. Sam asked me if I __ a lift home after the concert.

25. Which train ___ for when I saw you on the platform on Sunday?

26. I ___ not be home this evening. Phone me on my mobile.

27. I hope you ____ a good time at the moment in Greece! Phone soon.

28. If we ____ in the countryside, we’d have much better views than we do now.

29. Do students in your country have to stand ___ when the teacher arrives?

30. You ___ hurry as we’ve still got twenty minutes before the film starts.

31. I ___ you in the café at about 4.30 and we can discuss our plans then, OK?

32. I wanted to see Harry. How long ago__?

33. I wish Joe ____ to Hawaii on holiday. They’re talking about an eruption there on the news.

34. Could I possibly ____ some money for the bus fare home? I’ve lost my bag.

35. People say that an avalanche ____ by loud noises in the area but I don’t know if that’s true

36. You'll have to drive much ___ than this if you want to pass your test.

37. I must remember ___ Ed to take notes for me while I’m away next week.

38. Look at the news! Three cars ___ in a bad accident on the motorway at Dartford.

39. I ___ for arriving so late but I was caught up in a traffic jam in the town centre.

40. It was great to see you at the party. I didn’t realize how long ___ since we last met.

41. I'm sorry to trouble you but I was wondering what __.

42. I really wish people ____ dump litter in front of our house. We have to clear it up every day.

43. Last Tuesday the company told Ruth that they’d emailed her the job details the ____ day.

44. The studio lights went out while the footballer

45. By the time I hand in this project, I____ on it for three weeks!

46. Jonah’s just fallen down the steps outside and there’s___ everywhere.

47. You should be very proud ___ what you’ve achieved over the last year.

48. ___ people know this but our school is being inspected today.

49. Look out for a petrol station because I think we're going torun ___ of petrol soon.

50. If I'd gone to the sales yesterday, I ___ one of those cheap bags before they sold out.

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An unusual job!

Have you seen a football match recently? If you have, I’m sure that you heard lots of comments about the referee as well as about the players! Referees have a very difficult job. They have to make quick and important decisions in the middle of a fast-moving game. And, of course, there are thousands of people shouting at them too. The crowd is never happy when the ref sends off their favourite player. Also, in football today there still isn’t the same technology as there is in other sports, like tennis. The job can get even more difficult when you’re a woman who is refereeing a men’s match!

There is no reason why there should not be the same number of male and female referees in the sport today. However, the number of female refs is still very low - particularly at the highest levels of professional football. This is something that one woman, Pat Dunn, who died in 1999, would have been very sad about.

Pat was the first woman in the UK to referee a men’s football match but she wasn’t allowed to do this fora long time. Pat was a strong supporter of women’s rights in sport and became President of the Ladies’ Football Association in 1969. Then she decided to train to be a referee. For a long time the Football Association refused to give her a certificate although she had passed the exams. But Pat continued fighting and she finally got permission in 1976. The next month she became famous when she refereed her first official FA game. Pat became a very good and successful referee and even saved a footballer’s life. She helped him when he was injured during a match!

Today there are some famous female referees, like Bibiana Steinhaus from Germany who has just refereed the final of the Women’s Football World Cup. Bibiana decided to become a referee at the age of 16 and later was the first female referee in the German men’s professional league. But there are only a few like her.

Football is still mainly a men’s game - both for players and referees. But for how long? Will we see more women referees in the future? We’d like to know what YOU think. So, please go online and leave a comment on our website. We'll print the most interesting ones in the magazine next week.

1.  The article is from a magazine.

2. The writer says that women are better referees than men.

3. Pat Dunn is still alive today.

4. Pat didn’t get her referee certificate immediately.

5. Bibiana Steinhaus played in a football final.

Choose the best answers.

1. Referees have a difficult job because...

2. In the sport of tennis...

3. Who was Pat Dunn?

4. When was the first female referee in the UK appointed?

5. Bibiana Steinhaus...