Test 6

animal	bird	fish
pet	cat	dog
plant	crop	flower
grass	tree	garden
fence	gate	/

1. Identifying the key word

1. [flower] - pick, wild, water, artificial

2. [cat] - catch mice, have kittens, scratch

3. [tree] - climb, cut down, fall out of

4. [animal] - hunt, kill, treat badly, wild

5. [grass] - cut, keep off, long

6. [bird] - fly, migrate, build nests

7. [garden] - dig, tidy, overgrown

8. [dog] - bite, attack sheep, foul streets

9. [fence] - climb over, mend, put up

10. [plant] - grow, water, climbing, pot

2. The correct collocation

1. I can’t understand people who *deal with / treat ****animals badly.

2. Most birds **********have / lay their eggs in spring.

3. Rabbits ****************form / make good pets.

4. I was bitten / cut on the leg when I was attacked by a large dog.

5. Our cat ******had / make four kittens last week.

6. It’s a climbing plant which **************makes / produces large red flowers.

7. I’ll just go into the garden and ***********pick / pull some flowers.

8. The leaves are beginning to *****go off / fall off the trees.

3. Key word quiz

1. The grass is getting long. We’ll need to cut it this weekend.

2. The landlord says we’re not allowed to keep any kind of pet in the flat.

3. Keep your dog on a lead so that it doesn’t chase the sheep.

4. A large bird flew out of the tree as I walked towards it.

5. I’m a vegetarian because I feel it is wrong to kill animals.

6. I brought my wife a large bunch of flowers on her birthday.

7. The garden at the back of the house is overgrown.

8. Someone’s left the garden gate wide open again!

9. No, I won’t pick up your cat. It scratched me last time I tried!

10. My son loves climbing trees. I just hope he doesn’t fall out of one of them.

4. Prepositions

1. I don’t think I can climb *********over / up that fence. It’s too high.

2. I think that testing drugs ********on / with animals is cruel and should be banned.

3. Please keep away *****from / off the grass.

4. Farmers spray their crops *********with / by pesticides to stop insects eating them.

5. I’ll set my dog ***at / on you if you come any closer.

6. The main streets of the city are lined *********in / with trees.