Compiled by Hoang Thanh Lien 200413 GRAMMAR PROGRESS TEST 1 PART A BASIC ENGLISH Section 1 Nouns and determiners Complete the sentences below by filling in each blank with the words given in the box b[.]
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Section 1 Nouns and determiners
Complete the sentences below by filling in each blank with the words given in the box below You don’t have to use all the words given.
1 Maths an easy subject for me
2 David didn’t have many friends here, so just people came to his birthday party
3 The big black scissors in the drawer on the left
4 She always wears two or three rings on hand
5 He tried to answer all the questions, but answers are correct
6 I have many friends, but he has
7 Ask Nam or Tuan of them will help you They know a lot about computers
8 Why don’t you open the window and let in fresh air?
9 I don’t know about her family
10 I couldn’t buy you the monthly bus ticket because I just had money left in my pocket, even not enough to buy some food for my dinner
Section 2.1 Pronouns
Complete the sentences below by filling in each blank with the words given in the box below You don’t have to use all the words given.
1 I don’t like this DVD, let’s get one
2 The coats are both colourful This one is red while one is purple
3 My class learned very well While 30% of us passed the university entrance exam into Foreign Trade University, entered either Institute of Foreign Affairs, Institute of Finance or Hanoi University
4 Don’t worry about me I can look after
Trang 25.6 After the divorce of his parents, Tom and his father didn’t talk to until Tom cut and his father bandaged his wound
7 My football team did not get on well with after the captain died
8-9-10 I should lend more money to because they need money to buy an
apartment for Then with own house, they don’t have to rent flat at high cost any more
11 This villa is , not They can’t afford it
12 Have you ever thought of getting married to that you don’t love?
13 Has been ready yet? Let’s go!
14.15 I have never been to far away with I don’t know
16 She will never spend money on expensive because she has wasted a lot on those stuffs
17-18-19 He will do she wants him to do, and will go she wants him to go, but will not get married to that he does not love She is the only one he loves
20 I don’t like working by I work better with other people
Section 2.2 Possessives
Write correct form of possessives or correct compound nouns for the words or phrases given
1 Leg/ table
2 Light/ toilet
3 Mary/ mother/ second husband
4 Lan/ children/ toy
5 I/ grandparents/ house
6 He/ university/ stadium
7 They/ maths/ marks
8 Nam and Tuan/ uncle/ back/ car
9 Women/ magazines
10 3 winners/ names
Section 3 Articles
Complete the following sentences with a, an, the if necessary.
1 I’ve always loved motorbikes, so I’m really pleased to have one
2 My brother wants to do a degree in Philippines
3 She’s very interested in fashion
4 If you think you have bronchitis, go to the doctor
5 Who invited telephone?
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7-8 We stayed at small hotel called Vinpearl Land
9-10 Last night we went to theatre We met a lot of people Irish are great – really friendly
11-12-13-14 .group of scientists have been studying life
in Weddell Sea in Antarctica
15-16 This has given scientists rare opportunity to see what has been living below .ice
17-18-19 The melting of shelves in 1995 and 2002 opened up large area of sea floor, which had been covered for at least 12,000 years
20 Using remote camera, they found and collected about a thousand new species
Section 4 Adjectives and Adverbs
Read the message and complete it by circling the best choice.
I had a(n) (1) nice birthday, thanks We went to a restaurant and had a
(2) enormous meal! Lisa gave me a (3) bag which is very similar
to yours
Yes, I’ve been on a few trips this summer The (4) one was a short trip to London and the (5) best one was going to see my cousins Emily and Sarah Emily’s
(6) older than me – just three months, but Sarah’s (7) younger – six years
They live in a village near the coast It’s (8) beautiful place I’ve ever seen! There are so many lovely beaches there We went swimming once, but I couldn’t swim far My cousins are definitely (9) fitter than me! I must say I enjoyed the hot chocolate we had
afterwards more than the swim! It was (10) the best hot chocolate I’ve ever had
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Section 5 Comparative Structures
Rewrite the following sentences using the words given in brackets.
1 The pizzas I ate in Italy was much better than these ones (good)
2 Girls write more carefully than boys (carefully)
3 Mick is harder than Jim (hard)
4 She is a better singer than her sister (well)
5 Lam is too short to reach the fan (enough)
6 The house is not big enough for ten people to live in (too)
7 Hoa was too weak to run a kilometre (so)
8 It was so cold that we had to wear two sweaters, one jacket and a coat (such)
9 She is such a cruel girl that nobody wants to be friends with her (too)
10 The test was so hard that every student couldn’t finish it (too)
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PART B INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH
Section 1
Rewrite the following sentences using the words/ phrases given
1 Linh felt cold because she did not wear enough warm clothes when she went out
If Linh
2 The water is warm I want to swim then
If the water
3 I can’t drive fast in Hanoi city because of the traffic jam
It is impossible
4 I bathe my dog almost every day
My dog is
5 I am not a woman, so I can’t give birth to babies I love children so much
If
6 Whose house is it?
Who
7 If you had caught the train, you would have come here on time
Unless
8 He borrowed money from me
I lended
9 “I went on holiday with my parents after I finished the university end-of-term test,” said Huong Huong said
10 They could not afford to buy that villa
The villa
11 My dad is going to repair the bikes for us tomorrow
We
Trang 612 My mom made the soup for my kids for hours before we came.
The soup
Section 2 Fill in each blank with a preposition.
1 She is afraid ghosts
2 We are all good English
3 He couldn’t apply a job until he was 25
4 The police are looking a missing child
5 He is always kind other people
6.7 The girl sunglasses the red dress is my friend
8 The teens are now interested Korean films
9 My dad is very keen football
10 My husband set business his own
11 I think he succeeded his career
12 My kids were very excited going to the zoo
13 We congratulated Diana passing the driving test
14 We should prevent Trang hanging out with bad friends
15 The kids should not stay late because it is very bad for their health
Section 3 Give nouns, verbs or adjectives for the following words
1 Communicate
2 Decision
3 Reason
4 similar
5 champion
6 wealth
7 move
8 explain
9 amuse
10 entertain