Technology; enough, too, very, not … enough – B1 English Vocabulary Test

1  Put the letters in order to make technology words.

1   g l p u n i     ……plug in……

2   e c g a h r     ……………………

3   c n o o i n n t c e     ……………………

4   y d s i l p a     ……………………

5   p x m e t i r e n e     ……………………

6   u l e f     ……………………

7   n o t i n v e i n     ……………………

8   w p o r e     ……………………

9   m p u p     ……………………

10   e i l e l t s a t     ……………………

2  Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 1 in the correct form.

1   I need to ……plug in….. my laptop.

2   I can’t get a ………………. to the internet on this phone.

3   I need ………………. to the battery.

4   The internet is the most important ………………. of the 20th century.

5   Scientists need to carry out more ………………. on driverless cars before they become common.

6   That one isn’t working. Let’s stop at the next petrol ………………. .

7   The car needs more ………………. – we’ve only got enough for another 30 kilometres.

8   There are lots of ………………. going round the Earth, and we need them for any kind of GPS service.

9   The ………………. on my phone isn’t very big. It’s not big enough to watch films easily.

10   Some people think that cars in the future will run on electric ………………. .

3  Put the words in order to make sentences.

1   computer / this / too / is / slow

      ……This computer is too slow. ……

2   enough / we’ve / time / got

      ……………………………………….

3   complicated / too / software / this / is

      ……………………………………….

4   haven’t / experiments / enough / we / done

      ……………………………………….

5   safe / planes / travel in / very / are / to

      ……………………………………….

6   enough / display / isn’t / big / this

      ……………………………………….

4  Write the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use three words in each gap.

1   This laptop is expensive – really expensive.

      This ……laptop is very…… expensive.

2   There is less power in this phone than necessary.

      There is ……………………… in this phone.

3   The car has as much fuel as necessary.

      The car ……………………… .

4   You are driving faster than is necessary.

      You are ……………………… .

5  Choose the correct options.

A:   What do you think is the most important 1……………… in the last 100 years?

B:   Wow – there are 2……………… many big 3……………… to think about … I think it’s the internet. It’s 4……………… important, don’t you think?

A:   Yes, I can’t imagine 5……………… life without it. Now, if you’ve got an internet 6………………, you can communicate with 7……………… in the world.

B:   But it’s created problems, too. Because of the internet, we don’t spend 8……………… time with people 9……………… . We spend time in front of a screen.

A:   10……………… used to say that about television.

B:   Yes, maybe it’s normal to worry about new inventions. There are always people who think we’ve got 11……………… technology and we don’t need 12……………… .

1 A invention     B display     C experiments

2 A enough     B too     C very

3 A achieve     B achieved     C achievements

4 A absolutely     B incredibly     C too

5 A modern     B original     C fresh

6 A connection     B charge     C display

7 A someone     B no one     C anyone

8 A not enough     B enough     C too

9 A any longer     B any better     C anywhere

10 A Everyone     B Anyone     C Someone

11 A enough     B too     C not enough

12 A anything     B any more     C any longer