MegaGoal Book 2 Unit 6: What They Said

Vocabulary

Question type: Matching Questions

Match each word in Column 1 with a description in Column 2.

Column 1	Column 2	
1. bother ___		 	A. make higher	
2. candidate ___		 	B. person who wants to be elected	
3. hoax ___		 	C. cause to fall over	
4. knock down ___		D. a trick	
5. proof ___		E. get an image with a computer	
6. raise ___			F. try; make an effort	
7. scan  ___			G. evidence	

Grammar

Question type: Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer to each question. 

8. Dan: Do you want to play basketball today?
A. Dan asked if I wanted to play basketball today.
B. Dan asked if I could play basketball today.
C. Dan asked how I wanted to play basketball today.
D. Dan asked did I want to play basketball today.

9. Ron: I’ll drive you home.
A. Ron said he had driven me home.
B. Ron said if he had driven me home.
C. Ron said he drive me home.
D. Ron said he would drive me home.

10. Alan: I saw Jim at computer club last night.
A. Alan said he has seen Jim at computer club last night.
B. Alan said if he had seen Jim at computer club last night.
C. Alan said he had seen Jim at computer club last night.
D. Alan said he had saw Jim at computer club last night.

11. Cathy: I can’t study with you today.
A. Cathy said that she wouldn’t study with me today.
B. Cathy said that she couldn’t study with me today.
C. Cathy said that she would study with me today.
D. Cathy said that she had studied with me today.

12. Matt: Did you get the message?
A. Matt agreed he had gotten the message.
B. Matt asked if I had gotten the message.
C. Matt asked did I get the message.
D. Matt asked if I get the message.

Question type: Rewrite the sentence

Rewrite each sentence as reported speech.

13. Jane: I’m cleaning the house.

__________________________________________________________

14. Paul: I finished reading the book.

__________________________________________________________

15. Teacher: Diane, you did not study hard enough.

__________________________________________________________

Reading 

Question type: True/False

Read the text and answer the questions. Write T or F at the end of each question/statement. 

Spread the News

These days, people do not watch the news on television as much as they used to. They also don’t read as many printed newspapers. Now it is easier to get the news on the Internet. It is quick and easy to read news online: You can choose which stories to read, and it is usually free! Another benefit of online news is that it is easy to share an interesting news story with your friends by emailing it to them.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania wondered what kinds of news stories people share most often. Do they share good news or bad news? Do they share gossip about celebrities or scientific research? Some people were surprised by the results of the study. The researchers found that people like to spread good news. They share stories that fill them with awe and inspiration, or good emotions. They also spread scientific and academic stories more often than gossip. Have you ever emailed a news story to a friend? What kind of news was it?

16. More and more people are getting the news on the Internet. ____

17. When people feel inspiration, they feel bad. ____

18. A benefit to getting news on the Internet is that you can share stories through email. ____

19. People like to share stories that make them feel sad. ____

20. People like to share stories about celebrities. ____

Listening

Question type: Multiple Choice

Listen to the text and answer the questions. Choose the best answer to each question. 

21. Why did the woman call her brother?
A. Because she didn’t know who to call. 
B. Because he didn’t like to be interrupted.
C. Because he was having a meeting. 
D. Because their mother’s condition was getting worse.

22. Her brother’s ______ changed when she explained that it was urgent.  
A. attitude 
B. expression
C. appearance
D. look 

23. She tried to _______ him that everything was under control .
A. be reassuring
B. reassure
C. have reassured
D. reassured

24. Her brother felt that _____
A. she would have to reschedule 
B. the meeting had been interrupted
C. it was necessary for her to interrupt 
D. it was necessary to interrupt the meeting. 

25. He asked her to hang up because he _____.
A. was annoyed about the meeting
B. wanted to get home as soon as possible
C. wanted to interrupt the meeting 
D. had to meet clients as soon as possible.

Form, Meaning and Function

Question type: Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer to fill in the blank in each question.

26. Oh look! That’s the kindergarten ____ I went when I was a child.
A. where
B. which
C. when
D. that

27. Ali: I’m not going to fail this test!
Karl: Me _______.
A. too
B. either
C. neither
D. nor I