Identities practice questions.

Which word describes a person's cultural background inherited from previous generations?

• indifference
• heritage
• boredom
• isolation

Answer: heritage

'Heritage' is the traditions, culture and history passed down to you. 'Indifference', 'boredom' and 'isolation' are unrelated to cultural background.

Choose the correct collocation: 'to ___ your identity through the clothes you wear.'

• make
• express
• do
• put

Answer: express

'To express your identity' is the natural collocation. 'Make', 'do' and 'put' do not collocate with 'identity' in this sense.

In the theme 'Identities', which phrase best describes 'a sense of belonging'?

• feeling excluded from a group
• feeling part of a community
• refusing to meet new people
• forgetting where you come from

Answer: feeling part of a community

A 'sense of belonging' is the feeling of being accepted and included as part of a group or community.

Choose the correct option: By the time she turned twenty, she ___ a vegetarian for five years.

• has been
• had been
• was being
• is

Answer: had been

The past perfect ('had been') is needed for a state that continued up to a point in the past ('by the time she turned twenty').

Liam said, 'I go to the gym before work every day.' Which sentence reports his words correctly?

• Liam said he is going to the gym before work every day.
• Liam told he went to the gym before work every day.
• Liam said he will go to the gym before work every day.
• Liam said he went to the gym before work every day.

Answer: Liam said he went to the gym before work every day.

In reported speech the present simple 'go' shifts back to past simple 'went', and 'told' would need an object ('told me').

Which set of features is most typical of a personal blog post about lifestyle?

• Passive voice, footnotes and a bibliography
• Salutation, complimentary close, sender's and recipient's addresses
• Informal register, direct address to readers and a catchy title
• Stage directions, dialogue and act divisions

Answer: Informal register, direct address to readers and a catchy title

Blog posts use an informal or semi-formal register, speak directly to readers and attract attention with a catchy title; the other feature sets belong to essays, formal letters and plays.