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Material for the Test on 25/10

Vocabulary- 20 points- See the list below. I will dictate the words in English. You will have to
complete sentences using the words.
Unseen. 40 points . Bring a dictionary.
Grammar. 10 points The First Seven tenses in the active. (Present simple and progressive,
past simple and progressive, future, present perfect simple and progressive.)
Literature- 30 points
You must be able to answer questions on the following three poems. You will not have the text
in front of you.
Hope is The Thing With Feathers by Emily Dickinson
Dreams by Langston Hughes
IF by Rudyard Kipling

SUMMIT - VOCABULARY UNIT 1

For the test on the 25/10 you are required to know how to spell these words,
their meanings and to be able to change them into different parts of speechnouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. At the bottom you have examples of
sentences and then the answers.
Texts 1,2 p12 in the Book (And The Beat Goes On).
Let alone
authentic
Swift
compassion
a gesture
forge a bond
confirm
exquisite
noble
long-awaited
Text 3 p16-17 in the Book (Breaking A Taboo).
Outrage
an impact
Vulnerable
to be visible
agonize over
tend to
Text 4 p 19 in the Book (Urban Legends).
Fictitious
prestigious
Discarded
Thriving
alarmed
numerous
concern
Text 5 p22 in the Exam Booster (The King and I)
Immense
Distortion
Amend

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Reform
extensive
object
controversy

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10th grade Native Speakers- Summit unit 1
VOCABULARY (Answers below)

We are unable to walk another kilometer, Sergeant,

1__________ get back to our base which is twenty
kilometers away from here!

We tend to 2______________ over corpses of young

children more than over adult victims.

People 3________________

Tom's parents were thrilled when he was accepted into a

4___________ law school.

The readers of the magazine felt 5______________ at

the sight of a massacre in Bogot. The pictures showed
bloated corpses and 6____________ faces.

Aric Zeevi says that rule number one in Judo is to attack

your opponents when they are most
7_________________.

It is a well-known fact that people, who are in the army

together 8.____________________, which often lasts a life
time.

The wealthy art collector was willing to pay an enormous

sum of money for the sketch attributed to Leonardo Da
Vinci, provided that the 9_______________ of the sketch
was confirmed by the expert.

There is a 10.__________ Jewish community in Los Angles.

keep their opinions about

religion and politics to themselves.

10th grade Native Speakers- Summit unit 1

VOCABULARY

We are unable to walk another kilometer, Sergeant, 1__let

alone___ get back to our base which is twenty kilometers
away from here!

We tend to 2_agonize over corpses of young children

more than over adult victims.

People 3__________tend

The readers of the magazine felt 5__outraged______ at

the sight of a massacre in Bogot. The pictures showed
bloated corpses and 6__distorted__________ faces.

Aric Zeevi says that rule number one in Judo is to attack

your opponents when they are most
7__vulnerable____________..

It is a well-known fact that people who are in the army together

to______ keep their opinions

about religion and politics to themselves.

8.___forge a bond___________, which often lasts a life time.

The wealthy art collector was willing to pay an enormous

sum of money for the sketch attributed to Leonardo Da
Vinci, provided that the 9_authenticity_________ of the
sketch was confirmed by the expert.

There is a thriving Jewish community in Los Angles.

Yud Native Speakers: Review of the first seven tenses in the active.

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES BY USING THE CORRECT FORM OF THE

VERB IN BRACKETS. Do the worksheet then check your answers below.

1. Yesterday she ________________( not leave) the house because she

________(be) sick. She ____________ (be) ill for three days already.
2. While we _________________(walk) in Tel Aviv yesterday, we
___________________(meet) an old friend.
3.

Shakespeare ________________ (write) a number of plays.

Millions of people all around the world______________(read) them.

4.
I _____________________(study) English for ten years. I
___________________(still/ study) the language.

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5.
His clothes ____________(be) wet because
he______________(walk)in the rain
6.

Look! The airplane_____________________(just/land).

7.

I __________________(start) reading that book but I

_______________(not/finish) it yet.
8.
Usually I _________________(drink) coffee but today I
_________________(drink)tea because my throat is sore.
9.

How long__________________________(you/know) her?

10.
He ___________________(not/own) a bicycle, he
______________(own) a motorbike.
11.

I ____________________(love) dramas on TV ever since I

______________________ (see) the series E.R.

12.

Next week we ___________________(receive) a reply.

13.
My friends ___________________ (visit) the Grand Canyon
National
Park last year. I __________( never/be) to the Grand Canyon
National Park. However, I _____________ (see)lots of wonderful
pictures of the canyon. Yesterday I____________ (buy)a book about
the Grand Canyon. I___________________ (read) 30 pages already. It's
really interesting.
Yud Native Speakers: Review of the first seven tenses in the active.
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES BY USING THE CORRECT FORM OF
THE VERB IN BRACKETS.

14.
Yesterday she did not leave( not leave) the house because
she was(be) sick. She has been (be) ill for three days already.
15.

While we were walking(walk) in Tel Aviv yesterday, we

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met(meet) an old friend.
16.

Shakespeare wrote (write) a number of plays.

Millions of people all around the world have read(read) them.

17.
I have been studying(study) English for ten years. I am still
studying(still/ study) the language.

18.
His clothes are(be) wet because he has been walking(walk)in
the rain.
19.

Look! The airplane has just landed(just/land).

20.

I have started(start) reading that book but I

haven't finished(not/finish) it yet.

21.
Usually I drink(drink) coffee but today I am
drinking(drink)tea because my throat is sore.
22.

How long have you known(you/know) her?

23.
He doesn't own(not/own) a bicycle, he owns(own) a
motorbike.
24.

I have loved(love) dramas on TV ever since I

saw (see) the series E.R.

25.

Next week we will receive(receive) a reply.

26.
My friends visited (visit) the Grand Canyon National
Park last year. I have never been( never/be) to the Grand Canyon
National Park. However, I have seen (see)lots of wonderful
pictures of the canyon. Yesterday I bought (buy)a book about the
Grand Canyon. I have read (read) 30 pages already. It's really
interesting.
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A REVIEW OF The First Seven TENSES IN THE ACTIVE. (Present simple and progressive, past
simple and progressive, future, present perfect simple and progressive.)
1.

Yair ______________ (lose) his wallet on his way home yesterday.

2.

He ______________________ (be) abroad recently.

3.

When they lived in England, they always _______________ (speak) English.

4.

While we ___________________ ( swim), they _____________ (walk) in.

5.

When he _____________________(come) home last night his mother

___________________(work) on the computer.

6.

My father ______________________ (work) at that office for ten years. He

_________________ (be) their accountant since I _________ (be) a child.

7.

______________________(you/ever/hear) the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?

8.
She _____________(live) in London and ________________(not come) to Israel
often.
9.

They ______________________ ( prepare) the meal when suddenly Tom

_______________ (phone) .
10.

When I ______________( walk) into the room yesterday I __________ (see) her.

11.

Beethoven ____________ (compose) many symphonies.

12.

You ____________( wear ) a new dress. You _________ (look) exquisite!

13.

Last year watermelons _____________( not cost) as much as they do this year,

____________ they?
14.
I ______________ (make) up my mind. I _________________(not go) to the party
tonight.
15.
They ______________________ (live) in Herzeliya since they ____________ (be)
very young.