Broadway Play Uses a Beauty Pageant to Explore Schoolyard Power

Study the questions and tasks

Work through the material below, or start the interactive practice above to complete an attempt. Try the exercises before opening any answer or transcript sections, then use them to review your work.

Practice level

B2. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.

Question formats

Single choice

How to approach this practice

Use the surrounding sentence to identify the meaning and word form needed. Check which words naturally go together.

1. Question 1 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   In the article, what does “recognition” mean?

   1. Public attention or respect that someone receives for what they do or who they are.
   2. A rule that limits what someone is allowed to do.
   3. A contest in which people try to outperform one another.
   4. A disagreement between people with different opinions.
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   Public attention or respect that someone receives for what they do or who they are.

   The word describes the attention or respect the teenagers hope to gain.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   What does “appearance” mean in the article?

   1. The way a person or thing looks.
   2. A person’s level of influence within a group.
   3. A feeling of being accepted as part of a group.
   4. A belief about how someone should behave.
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   The way a person or thing looks.

   It refers to how someone looks.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   What is a “competition”?

   1. An event or situation in which people try to do better than others.
   2. A public performance intended to entertain an audience.
   3. A shared opinion among members of a group.
   4. A feeling that one belongs to a community.
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   An event or situation in which people try to do better than others.

   The word refers to people trying to do better than others.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   What does “belonging” describe?

   1. The feeling of being accepted as part of a group.
   2. The process of becoming well known for an achievement.
   3. The way a person looks to other people.
   4. A situation in which people disagree.
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   The feeling of being accepted as part of a group.

   The term concerns feeling accepted within a group.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   What is a “disagreement”?

   1. A situation in which people have different opinions or do not agree.
   2. A shared belief about what should happen.
   3. A competition in which people aim to win.
   4. The feeling of being included in a group.
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   A situation in which people have different opinions or do not agree.

   It occurs when people hold different opinions.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   What are “expectations”?

   1. Beliefs about how someone or something should behave or develop.
   2. Public attention given to a person’s achievements.
   3. Rules that prevent people from entering a contest.
   4. Events where people try to outperform each other.
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   Beliefs about how someone or something should behave or develop.

   They describe beliefs about how people or events should develop.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   What does “narrow” mean in the article?

   1. Limited in range or variety.
   2. Likely to attract public attention or respect.
   3. Related to the way a person or thing looks.
   4. Widely accepted by members of a group.
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   Limited in range or variety.

   It describes standards that allow little variety.

What to review next

Keep a short list of unfamiliar words with their meanings and example sentences. Practise recalling them later, then use them in a sentence of your own.

A focused practice result shows how you did on these tasks. Use several activities across skills to decide what to study next; one practice score does not certify an overall CEFR level.

Before you practise: a worked example

Read the whole sentence before choosing a word. Check both its meaning and the words it naturally combines with.

Please make an appointment before visiting the clinic.

Make an appointment is a natural word combination. Knowing a dictionary meaning alone may not tell you which verb fits.

This teaching example is separate from the scored questions. After your test, compare any mistakes with the explanation and revisit the topic before trying again.