Unit 8 Get Moving

MARK:

Vocabulary Quiz

NAME: ____________________________________________

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Exercise 1: Choose the correct answers

1. Maria lives in the ______________ of Sao Paolo, Brazil.
a) riches
b) slums
c) road
2. Venus and Serena Williams worked hard and have become
______________ athletes.
a) admire
b) concerned
c) wealthy
3. Lionel Messi worked hard to ______________ of his profession.
a) get to the top
b) admire
c) influence
4. My mother thinks that Katie is a bad ______________ on me.
a) fit
b) gear
c) influence
5. ______________ Im not tall enough, Ive never stopped working hard
to become a better athlete.
a) along with
b) it just so happened
c) even though

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences with the word that fits the
best

1. Maria admires her teachers a lot. She ______________ to all of them.

2. Many people tried to ______________ from doing that stunt. It was
dangerous, silly and in the end he got hurt.
3. ______________ Ive told you to clean up your rooms and you never
listen. Why should I say these things again and again?

4. We couldnt practice because our coach forgot our ______________

and we had no equipment to practice with.
5. I did the test ______________. It was very easy and I finished it in five
minutes.
6. I met Christina yesterday. ______________ that she is my best friends
cousin. What a surprise!
7. FC Barcelona are an ______________ football team. Many consider
them to be the best in the world.
8. We are having trouble to ______________ with Class 8 Mathematics.
Its very difficult.
9. Many parents are ______________ that their children dont study as
much as they should. Its normal for parents to worry though.
10.
She took part in an ______________ dance competition and met
people from many countries there.
Exercise 3: Complete the text. Use the words below. There are
extra words you dont need to use.
paid off coach admired consider outstanding time after
time believe in cope with getting to the top - fit

Many people ______________ that Lionel Messi is one of the most

______________ players football has ever seen, but not many people know
that it was because of his hard work that everything eventually
______________. When he was young he ______________ to many football
players like Pele and others and dreamed to be like them one day. When
he was a teenager a football ______________ spotted him playing and
immediately helped him become a professional football player. Now Messi
is at the top of his career and he is very ______________ as he runs faster
than everyone. All he had to do growing up was ______________ himself and
______________ his problems and everything worked out eventually. But
______________ of his profession wasnt easy and he had to try hard
______________ to become the football player we know today.