Código: 3GA-25

Colegio Bilingüe José Allamano

Versión: 05
“Academic Excellence and Respect for People and Cultures”
Fecha de emisión 16-02-
2010

Fecha de versión: 13-02-

2018

PROCESS: ACADÉMIC MANAGEMENT LEVELLING WORKSHEET

SUBJECT: READING /
WRITING
GRADE: 9 th

TERM: I

INSTRUCTIONS.

• The next worksheet was designed to enhance and boost your progress toward the
IELTS General Training exam, as well as your grammar comprehension on those
topics you checked during the first term.

• You have been assigned this material specifically to be used individually at the
school in the Reading / Writing lessons. Keep it as an academic purpose task in
order to improve your overall performance, ever since there is always an
opportunity to get better results.

• Once you get this worksheet, and regardless if you approved or failed the subject,
you MUST print it, and bring it to school, so you can work on it during the leveling
week.

• Let`s keep in mind that from this set of activities you will be getting the first score of
the second term, therefore consider it as seriously as it requires, taking advantage
of the tips and strategies given on each section of this worksheet.

• After you have completed everything, hand it out to your teacher so that he could
check it, and assess it.

• Finally, save this package in your folder as you have been storing everything you
developed in class.
 B1 Comparison of Adjectives AD002

Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the adjectives.

1. The Nile is one of ____________________ rivers in the world (LONG).

2. This is ____________________ book I have ever read. (INTERESTING)

3. A spider is sometimes ____________________ than a large snake. (FRIGHTENING)

4. Mr Harper is ____________________ teacher in the whole school. He is even

____________________ than my French teacher (BORING)

5. A bike path is usually ____________________ than the lane of a road. (NARROW)

6. People say women are ____________________ than men. (POLITE)

7. A computer is much ____________________ than a pocket calculator. (EXPENSIVE)

8. My sister is not as ____________________ as her mother. (TALL)

9. Snowboarding is ____________________ than skiing (EXCITING).

10. Children usually have ____________________ money to spend than teenagers. (LITTLE)

11. July and August are normally ____________________ moths of the year (HOT) .

12. Paul is ____________________ runner in our class . Nobody is ____________________ than

he is. (SLOW)

13. In this test she has made ____________________ mistakes than in the last one. (FEW)

14. Sandra is ____________________ girl I know. (CLEVER)

15. The film I watched yesterday was ____________________ than the one on Saturday
(INTERESTING)

16. Peter is ____________________ player on our team. He never gets anything right. (BAD)

17. English is not as ____________________ as German but ____________________ than other

languages (DIFFICULT).

18. Bill works ____________________ than ever. He wants to get a promotion. (HARD)

19. Mrs Simmons is ____________________ teacher I have ever met. (POLITE)

20. This chair is not as ____________________ as the one in the living room.
(COMFORTABLE)

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 B2 Connectives and Linking Words CON002

Fill in the correct connectives and linking words from the list.

1. __________________ we were driving through the Lake District, we

saw many picturesque villages. although

2. __________________ having lost only one match this season, we
as well as
didn’t win the championship.
both
3. Flight attendants who apply for a job must be able to speak
despite
__________________ English and Spanish.
due to
4. I started learning Chinese ________________ my stay in the Far East.
during
5. This is Jimmy’s new bike, __________________ he got from his
even though
parents. He locks it up every evening __________________ nobody
however
can steal it.
in addition
6. She gets up early __________________ be in time for work.
in order to
7. The climate in South Africa is perfect. It’s __________________ too
neither … nor
hot __________________ too cold.
so that
8. This cell phone tariff costs 8 cents per minute, __________________

the other one offers a flat rate. therefore

9. __________________ my father likes country music, he rarely listens whereas

to it on the radio. which

10. __________________ to the six air bags, the car also has a built-in while

security system.

11. The company manufactures cars __________________ motorcycles.

12. __________________ we hadn’t eaten for over twelve hours, we weren’t very hungry.

13. My sister invited me to her party. __________________, I was so busy I had to tell her I

couldn’t come.

14. I arrived late for the performance __________________ a traffic jam on the motorway.

15. He spent most of his time playing with his friends. __________________, he wasn’t well-

prepared for the exam.

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 B1 Word Formation Nouns - Crossword WF007

Complete the crossword with nouns formed from the words below.

2 3

4 5

6 7

10

11

12

13 14

15

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Across Down

3. admire 1. prove
4. decide 2. wide
10. assist 5. succeed
12. die 6. deep
13. hot 7. intend
14. invent 8. long
15. amuse 9. reduce
10. able
11. true

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 B1 LITTLE, A LITTLE , FEW, A FEW Q004

Complete the sentences using the words from the box.

LITTLE / A LITTLE / FEW / A FEW

1. We have _____________ time left. Let's try to get finished quickly.

2. You have _____________ ideas left, so let's hear them.
3. I have got very _____________ friends, so I'm alone most of the time.
4. Would you like _____________ water?
5. What you need is _____________ more self-confidence.
6. _____________ is known about how the disease spreads.
7. I'm sorry, but I speak _____________ Spanish. Can't we communicate in English?
8. Very _____________ people went to see the movie.
9. Mary managed to get _____________ piece of cake.
10. She saves _____________ money every month because she wants to go on a cruise next
summer.
11. There are _____________ posts that are really worth reading. Most of them are rubbish.
12. I have drunk _____________ water today, so I guess that's why I'm so thirsty.
13. There are _____________ good books that I would recommend reading.
14. Have you got any money left in your bank account? Yes, I have _____________, but not
very much.
15. There are _____________ cities in the world that have a multicultural society.
16. There was _____________ time to finish the project, so we had to work on weekends.
17. We stayed in New York for _____________ days before moving on to the Midwest.
18. I'd like to tell you _____________ about my childhood.
19. I made very _____________ mistakes, so I got a very good mark.
20. I see _____________ reason for giving him _____________ days off.

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