English II - review

The assistant ___________ (work) with her boss at the moment.

The operators usually _______ (wear) protection glasses for their safety.

The cost of construction materials _______________ (increase) these days.

Public administrators always ____________ (work) on projects to benefit society.

What does the word them refer to in the following paragraph?

Many studies about language learning ask the question: What makes a good language learner? There are some things that good language learners do and some things they don't do. Here are some of the most useful suggestions from studies.

Don't be afraid of making mistakes. People often get things wrong. Good language learners notice their mistakes and learn from them.

• mistakes

• learners

• people

• studies

What does the word "this" refer to in the following paragraph?

Do extra practice. Test and improve your language, reading and listening skills with self-study material. You can find a lot of this online.

• self-study material

• reading skills

• listening skills

• language

What does the word "they" refer to in the following text?

Use a dictionary. Good language learners often use dictionaries to check the meaning of words they don't know. They also make their own vocabulary lists.

• good language learners

• dictionaries

• words

• vocabulary lists

If you are looking for a specific piece of information in a mail, what strategy do you apply?

• scan

• skim

If you are looking at someone's newspaper and a piece of news caught your attention, you want to know more about it; what strategy can you apply?

• skim

• scan

• read in detail

Referents help me to avoid the repetition of words in a text.

• true

• false