Boy in the the Tower Mock Test

Boy in the the Tower Mock Test

Welcome

Welcome everyone!

Today we'll focus on preparing for tomorrow's book test. On this website, you'll find a mock test about the book. This will give you an idea if you're ready for the test or if you need to prepare a little bit more.

 

How to use this website

- Look at the left menu and click on 'The Boy in the Tower'. There you will find the mock test. Once you're done you can take the time to revise the chapters from the book. You can also find some learning strategies if you need them.

- Took the mocking test and feel like you're ready for tomorrow's test? Then you have the choice to choose between 'Plurals' or 'Future Simple'.

- At the end of the class, go to 'Feedback' and fill in your experience with this website

 

Keep in mind

We only have 40 minutes, use this wisely. Focus on your mock test, prepare yourself for the test, and don't disturb others. To make sure that everyone is focusing on tomorrow's test, I will use the following rules. Before you leave the class you need to:

- Have finished the mock test.

- Give feedback about the website.

 

I will walk around the class to see if everything is fine. If you have any questions, don't be afraid to raise your hand.

 

Good luck!

Boy in the Tower

Mock test

Learning strategies

If you're struggling to remember what happened in the book or you don't remember who did what, when, and where then these strategies might help you:

- The biggest tip I can give you is to make sure that you have read the whole book, cover to cover, at least once. Preferably at least twice as this will help you get a better understanding of the plot.

- Use for example flashcards to memorize a certain person's name or event.

- Make a simple summary of each chapter. This will help you remember the important events and where did it take place.

- Another way you can summarize the story is by making a summary of:

* The important characters. What's the story of Ade for example, what did he go through, what are his important moments throughout the story, etc.  

* The important events. What are the top 3 big moments that happen in the story?

* The important locations. The same as events, what are the top 3 locations in the story?

* What are some topics that the book talks about? For example, in the book, we can see certain characters being bullied. How does the book handle this topic?

- If you're more of a visual person, that learns more by seeing, then making a timeline or a mind map might help you.

 

These are my best tips, use the strategies that fit you the most.

 

 

Plurals

Testing your knowledge

Explanation

To make a word plural in English, you normally add an -s to the word. For example street becomes streets.

 

But there are also several words that have their own rules, like:

- Words that end with an s, ch, sh, x, or z get an -es (box - boxes).

- If the word ends with a consonant (any letter that is not an a, e, i, o, u) + and has a y too, for example, party, the -y gets replaced with an -ies. So the word party becomes parties in plural.

- If the word ends with an -f or -fe, then it becomes -ves (life - lives).

 

Some words can change to a completely different word in the plural form. Here are a few examples:

- Man - Men

- Woman - Women

- Child - Children

- Person - people

- Foot - feet

- Tooth - teeth

 

A trick that can help you when dealing with irregular verbs in plural form is to remember that many words for animal become irregular in plural form:

- Mouse - mice

- Goose - geese

- Fish - fish

- Deer - deer

 

If you have trouble remembering the irregular plural nouns then you can use the flashcard (link down below) to memorize it

Flash Cards Irregular Plural Nouns

Exercises

What: Practice with the plural form

How: Stepping Stones exercises 28, 29 a & b, 30 a & b (page 27 & 28)

Help: Your notes (aantekeningen)

Time: 10 minutes

Result: You can make grammatically proper predictions in English

Done: - When you're done you can check the answers. 

            - Then you can do the exercise 31.

            - Once you're done with 31 you can move on to future simple.

At the end ...

You learn how to use plurals correctly to talk about more than one thing.

Future

Testing your knowledge

Explanation

Will & (be) going to

 

Future with present simple

The only time we use present simple to talk about the future is when we are sure the event will happen in the future, such as:

- Events that were planned in advance. Think of classes, meetings or flight schedules.

- Events that happen regularly (or are predictable in some way), like someone’s birthday or restaurant opening hours.

 

For example:

- The restaurant opens at 14:30 in the afternoon.

- We have English class tomorrow morning.

- The train leaves at 10:46.

 

Shall

Lastly, aside from will and (be) going to, sometimes English-speaking people also use the word "shall" to talk about the future. Let’s see one way we can use it.

 

Shall can be used to make a suggestion, such as offering to do something for someone. You can say for example:

- Shall I make you a cup of coffee?

- Shall I buy the tickets?

 

But you can also use shall to suggest possibilities (things that could be done).

- Shall we go to the arcade this Friday?

- Shall we invite our friends for dinner?

 

For now, this is what you’ll have to remember when using “shall” to make a suggestion:

- Make it a question.

- You can only use it in two ways: Shall I ...? or Shall we ...?

- The verb that comes after I or we is in simple form, for example: Shall we take a taxi home?

Exercises

What: Check your predictions one more time

How: With what you have learned about how we use the future in English, look at your predictions one more time and check if you have written them correctly. If not, make the necessary adjustments.

Help: Your notes (aantekeningen)

Time: 2 minutes

Result: You can make grammatically proper predictions in English

Done: - Stepping Stones exercise 53 a, b & c. When you're done you can check the answers.

           - Then continue with B1 Level future exercise.

           - Lastly, do B2 Level future exercise.

     

 

This next exercise will test not only what you have learned about the future but also how fast can you answer.

 

Click the link, choose play solo and select classic mode.

B1 Level future exercise

 

Finally, the creme de la creme, if you have made this far that means that you've understood the subject pretty well. This is the last challenge you'll have to overcome. Good luck!

At the end ...

You have learned how you can talk and write about the future in English. This can help you in certain situations such as when you're talking about plans, predictions, promises, or probabilities. 

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