Welcome to Mr Aslanov’s CEFR lessons – LEVEL B2 Get guaranteed intensive CEFR courses with us!!! Call and join our team now: + 998 94 633 32 30 LEXICAL & GRAMMAR COMPETENCE – TEST 20 Waiting for Dad Jake was walking home from school. It was a sunny autumn day. He’d usually stamp on the
Q1_______ of leaves on the footpath to hear them crunch under his shoes. But today he ignored
them. He was busy planning his project. He was used to being home alone. That was because, three
years ago, his dad had decided to go back to university, which meant his mum had had to go back
to working Q2_______. She did a lot of evening shifts because the money was better. Jake walked
up the stairs onto the veranda and stuck his hand in his pocket for the key but it wasn’t there!
Frantically, he tried the front door, knowing it would be locked, then turned around and hurried
back up the footpath to see if he could find his key. He walked up the road for two blocks,
Q3________ the pavement. It was no Q4_______ looking for it; he could have dropped it
anywhere. He turned around and went home. He checked his watch. It was four o’clock and his dad
would be back by seven. Jake supposed he could read the book he’d borrowed Q5______ the
school library for his project. The book was really good with wonderful photos of soldiers. An hour
later he finished the book and felt like having a Q6______ but it didn’t feel right to sleep with
nothing over you. So he covered his chest with the foot mat and the book was his pillow. When he
woke up, the Miller sisters were standing over him, staring. ‘Why are you lying on the veranda with
a foot mat over you?’ said Adele. ‘It’s Q7________ of your business’, Jake thought.
Q1. A) piles
B) bundles
C) sacks
D) flocks
Q2. A) longtime
B) halftime
C) fulltime
D) peaktime
Q3. A) staring
B) skimming
C) scanning
D) looking
Q4. A) point
B) use
C) reason
D) aim
Q5. A) of
B) at
C) from
D) in
Q6. A) nap
B) dream
C) relax
D) snack
Q7. A) nothing
B) not
C) neither
D) none