A2 Key for Schools (KET) Reading & Writing Part 4 Test – Birds, Marine Life & Insects 4
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Test 1
Questions 19-24
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Playful Dolphins
Dolphins are amazing sea animals that are famous for being very friendly. They prefer to live in large (19)…………… in the ocean, so they are almost never alone. Dolphins are also very (20)…………… animals, which means they can understand and learn new things very quickly.
Because they have so much energy, you can often see them having a lot of (21)…………… in the waves. They love to jump high out of the water. Scientists believe they (22)…………… this to communicate with other dolphins, or maybe just because they feel happy.
Younger dolphins also enjoy playing with things they find in the sea, such as seaweed. A dolphin might catch a piece of seaweed and then (23)…………… it to a friend. It looks exactly (24)…………… children playing a game with a ball in a park.
19 A crowds B groups C teams
20 A correct B careful C clever
21 A fun B play C laugh
22 A make B have C do
23 A give B send C share
24 A like B as C about
Answer Key & Explanations
19 B (groups): We use the word 'groups' for a collection of animals that live together. We only use 'crowds' for large numbers of people, and 'teams' are for people playing a sport or working together.
20 C (clever): 'Clever' describes someone or an animal that is smart and learns quickly, which fits the context of the sentence. 'Correct' means right, and 'careful' means avoiding danger, neither of which match the meaning here.
21 A (fun): The phrase "have a lot of fun" is a very common collocation. We do not say "have a lot of play" (play is mostly used as a verb), and "laugh" would need an article ("have a laugh") and doesn't fit the 'a lot of' quantifier as naturally here.
22 C (do): We use the verb 'do' to replace an action (jumping out of the water). The phrase is "do this". We do not say "make this" or "have this" when referring back to a physical activity.
23 A (give): We use 'give' with the preposition 'to' (give it to a friend) to mean passing an object. You cannot 'share' it 'to' someone (you share with someone), and 'send' usually means using the post or internet, not handing something directly to someone nearby.
24 A (like): The correct phrase for comparing how things appear is "looks exactly like". We do not use "as" or "about" after the verb "look" in this way.
Test 2
Questions 19-24
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Great White Sharks
Great white sharks are amazing animals that live in oceans all around the world. They (19)…………… a lot of time swimming near the top of the water.
To get their meals, these big fish have to be excellent hunters. When a great white shark is hungry, it uses its amazing sense of smell to (20)…………… its food.
The most famous thing about this shark is its mouth. It has about 300 sharp teeth, which it uses to (21)…………… fish and other sea animals. If a shark loses a tooth, a new one quickly grows to take its (22)…………… .
Great whites are very fast, but they must work very (23)…………… to jump out of the water. Although many people are afraid of them, it is a bad (24)…………… to kill them because the oceans need them.
19 A spend B pass C take
20 A look B find C watch
21 A hold B keep C catch
22 A place B space C room
23 A strong B hard C heavy
24 A way B plan C idea
Answer Key & Explanations
19 A (spend): 'Spend time' is a strong, fixed English collocation. While 'pass' and 'take' are verbs related to time in other contexts, 'spend' is the only correct choice here to describe doing an activity for a long period.
20 B (find): 'Find' fits the semantic meaning of locating or discovering food. 'Look' would require the preposition 'for' (look for its food), and 'watch' just means to look at something that is happening.
21 C (catch): 'Catch' fits the semantic context of a hunter grabbing or capturing its meal. 'Hold' and 'keep' describe having something in your hands after you already caught it, which does not fit the action of hunting.
22 A (place): 'Take its place' is a phrase-level meaning used when one thing replaces another. 'Space' and 'room' describe empty physical areas and do not form this common phrase.
23 B (hard): 'Work hard' is a fixed collocation meaning to use a lot of physical effort. 'Strong' describes muscles or bodies, and 'heavy' describes weight; neither word can describe the verb 'work'.
24 C (idea): In this broader context, 'a bad idea' is a common phrase used to describe a poor choice or something people should not do. 'Way' and 'plan' do not form a natural phrase to communicate this general advice.
Test 3
Questions 19-24
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Sea Turtles on the Move
Sea turtles are amazing animals that live in oceans all over the world. These beautiful animals can swim very fast and often travel a long (19)…………… across the sea. They spend most of their lives in the water, but they must come to land to (20)…………… their eggs safe.
When it is time for a mother turtle to have babies, she leaves the sea and goes to a beach. She usually chooses the exact same beach where she was born. The mother makes a hole in the soft yellow sand and leaves her eggs there.
A few months (21)……………, the baby turtles break out of their eggs. They are very small, but they know exactly (22)…………… to do. They quickly run down the beach to (23)…………… the water. Starting their new life in the ocean is a great (24)…………… for these tiny sea animals.
19 A way B road C path
20 A keep B make C take
21 A later B after C next
22 A what B how C why
23 A reach B arrive C catch
24 A adventure B idea C plan
Answer Key & Explanations
19 A (way): 'A long way' is a fixed English phrase used to describe a great distance. We do not use 'road' or 'path' when talking about swimming in the open sea.
20 A (keep): 'Keep something safe' is a standard English collocation. We do not say 'make safe' or 'take safe' in this context.
21 A (later): 'Later' is the correct word to show that time has passed (a few months later). 'After' requires an object following it (after a few months), and 'next' does not fit this time structure.
22 A (what): 'What to do' correctly refers to the action the baby turtles must take. We cannot use 'how' here because it would require an object (how to do it).
23 A (reach): 'Reach' means to arrive at a place, and it connects directly to 'the water' without a preposition. 'Arrive' is wrong because it needs the preposition 'at' or 'in' (arrive at the water), and 'catch' is used for moving objects like a bus or a ball.
24 A (adventure): 'Adventure' fits the broader context of the text, describing an exciting and challenging new journey. Animals do not have an 'idea' or a 'plan'.