GRAMMAR TEST A UNIT 1+2

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GRAMMAR TEST A UNIT 1+2

I Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences

1 He has written four novels

A so far B one year ago C last year D yesterday

2 I’ve played the piano

A two years ago B since 1995 C before 1995D tomorrow

3 He me about it last night

4 you from George recently?

A Has / heard B Did / heard C Have / heard D Have / hear

5 Everything is going well We any problems so far

A haven’t had B hasn’t had C haven’t D hasn’t

6 I am tired I since breakfast

A have been working B work C will work D am working

7 It hasn’t rained

A last night B today C a month ago D yesterday

8 Have you hear from John ?

A recently B for two days C two days ago D since two days

9 He hasn’t driven a car

A since June B ready C two years ago D yesterday morning

10 That is the third time he’s phoned her

A last night B for two hours C yesterday D this evening

11 The meeting will in London next week

A be held B is held C be hold D are hold

12 Bananas to Europe every year

A are exported B exports C is exported D exported

13 The liquid to a boiling point

A heat B be heated C heated D is heated

14 Eggs in a freezer

A shouldn’t be keep B shouldn’t be keeped

C shouldn’t be kept D shouldn’t been kept

15 I’m hungry I anything since 8 am

A hasn’t eaten B haven’t eaten C haven’t eated D don’t eat

16 When did you buy this car?

A since ten years B ten years ago C for ten years D in ten years

17 I this man 10 years ago

18 These designers inspiration from Vietnam’s ethnic minorities since last year

A have taken B took C has taken D take

19 I a lot of people in the last few days

20 you a lot recently, Jane?

A Did /travel B Have /traveled C Has / traveled D Do / travel

21 We can’t go along here because the road

A been repaired B repair C is being repaired D repaired

22 The story I’ve just read Agatha Christie

A was written B was written from C was written by D wrote

23 Some film stars be difficult to work with

A are said B is said C say to D are said to

24 She wishes she a palace now

25 This is the most interesting novel that I have read

26 I’d like to borrow this book Has Anna read ?

A still it B yet it C it yet D just

27 Ben writes very quickly He’s finished his essay.

28 I’ve to Paris I went there in July

29 For centuries, poets, writers and musicians the Ao dai in their poets, novels and songs

A mention B mentioned C has mentioned D have mentioned

30 Have you any skiing?

A just done B ever done C ever did D long done

31 I haven’t seen that coat before have you had it?

32 It’s nice to see you again We each other for a long time

A haven’t seen B hasn’t seen C didn’t see D don’t see

33 The girls have gone to the cinema They won’t be back until ten o’clock

34 I haven’t seen my parents last Christmas

35 This is the first time I away from home

A lived B have ever lived C lives D has lived

36 This program must be new I’ve seen it before

37 you a holiday this year?

A Have / had B Did / have C Do / have D Has / had

38 I wish this school

A were bigger B is bigger C are bigger D was bigger

39 I don’t think Jane will leave this Sunday I wish she

40 My house broken into last night

41 The meal cooked when I came

A was be B was being C is D is being

42 How this word ?

A is / pronounced B are / pronounced C were / pronounced D is / pronounce

43 A lot of money in the robbery

A were stolen B were steal C was stolen D was stole

44 Do you ever wish you a doctor some day?

A will become B would become C becoming D was

45 When the telephone ?

A were / invented B were / inventing C was / invented D was / inventing

46 Somebody the car already

A have cleaned B clean C has cleaned D cleaned

47 She has to Hue University

A be accepted B been accepted C is accepted D were accepted

48 We have how to cook

A been teach B be taught C been teacher D been taught

49 My purse yesterday

A have taken B was taken C have took D is taken

50 The details should carefully

A is checked B check C was checked D be checked

51 Doctors _ an answer to AIDS yet

A have found B found C haven't found D hasn't found

52 Do you mind _ up?

A wash B washing C washed D to wash

53 He _ to give up smoking since last week

A was trying B have tried C has tried D tried

54 He enjoys _ in the rain

A walk B walks C to walk D walking.

55 Would you like _ to my party?

A come B to come C coming D came

56 My sister likes _ and _

A dance/sing B to dance/sings C.dancing/singing D dancing/to sing

57 This school _ ten years ago

A be built B is built C was built D built

58 He _ since the day we left school

A hasn't seen B hasn't been being seen

C wasn't seen D hasn't been seen

59 We spent half a year _ this hotel

A to build B built C building D with building

60 My friend is fond of _ TV in the evening

61 There is a _ on the table

A lamp reading B read lamp C reading lamp D reading lamps

62 While I _ TV, my sister _ to music

A was watching/ listening B watched/ listened

C was watching/ was listening D watching/ listening

63 She is bored _ getting up early

64 I am not used _ up early

65 She can't stand _ her at home all day

66 He drives very _ and has got two accidents this year

A careless B carefully C carelessly D careful

67 You'd better _ at night It's dangerous

A not go out B don't go out C to go out D not to go out

68 I'd rather _ at home than _ to see that film

A stay/ to go B staying/ going C to stay/ to go D stay/ go

69 He was surprised _ her action

70 He feels like _ in a big city

71 They are trying to look _ new jobs

72 They are looking forward _ Tet holiday

73 He looked at me _

74 This is Kensington Garden _ every visitor from abroad admires

75 This is a store _ you can buy almost everything from

76 It is in this house _ he was born

A where B which C that D in which

77 He is the most intelligent student _ I've ever taught at school

78 Uncle Ho was born _ Kim Lien village

79 That man can tell us where _

A does John live B is John living C John lives D John living

80 When I saw him, he _ a black suit

A wore B was wearing C wearing D wears

81 Your car is different _ mine.

A to B in C from D for

82 I found history very _

A amusing B amused C amuse D to amuse

83 Her _ include swimming and reading

A interests B interesting C interested D interest

84 Great Opera _ of the world can be heard at the Sydney Opera House

85 English is the _ language on one- fifth of the land area of the world

A office B official C officer D officially

86 English tends towards _

A simple B simplicity C simplier D simply

87 He looks _ today than yesterday

A good B well C better D goodly

88 There is a _ difference between the north and the south

A region B regional C regionally D regioner

89 He went to a seaside resort because he was keen on _

A windsurf B windsurfing C to windsurf D to windsurfing

90 The teacher told the boys to stop _

A to make B played C playing D being played

91 Mark Twain is a famous _

A American writer B American playwright

C English writer D English playwright

92 He used _ next to me in class

A to sit B sit C to sitting D to sat

93 Are you looking for my sister? - She isn't at home now She _ to the library

A went B goes C has gone D is going

94 While I was swimming yesterday afternoon, someone else _ my clothes

A stealed B was stealing C was stolen D stole

95 Who _ the bicycle?

A invents B was invented C invented D did invented

96 I like your car How long _ it?

A have you had B did you have C you have had D do you have

97 He couldn't stand _ for her so long

98 It's not worth _ a tax home

99 Are you interested in _ football

100 "Don't _ in class" said the teacher

II/ Rewrite these following sentences keep the meaning as the root one

1.He doesn’t play the guitar as well as Henry

 Henry plays ………

2.Martha is more talented than Bill

 Bill is ……….……

3.Nobody in our class is more intelligent than Jane is

 Jane is ………

4.No animal in the world is as big as a whale is

 A whale is ………

5.Laura reads more quickly than her brother does

 Her brother ……….…

6.Jack is the tallest student in this class

 No ………

7.His assignment is different from mine.

 My assignment …… ……… …… 8.He knows a lot more about it than I do

 I don’t know……… 9.Jane is a better swimmer than Mary

 Jane ………

10 She is a far more careful driver than I am

 She drives ………

11 She is a slower and more careful driver than I am

 She drives ………

12 Joe dances more gracefully than his partner

 Joe’s partner ………

13 When he is old , he doesn’t like to travel

 The older ………

14 Is this the cheapest pet food you have got?

 Have you ……….?

15 My book isn’t as interesting as yours

 Your book is………

16 His car runs faster than a race car

 A race car………

17 He speaks Spanish more fluently than I do

 I ………

18 Her watch isn’t as expensive as mine

 My watch ……… 19.Tan’s salary is higher than Minh’s

 Minh’s salary……… 20.Exercise 1 is more difficult than exercise 2

 Exercise 2………

1 The walk only took five minutes.

=> It is a five-minute walk

2 I started work for the company a year ago

=> I have been working for the company for a year

3 It took us three hours to open the door

=> We spent three hours opening the door

III Sentence transformation

1.It was a nine-month course

 The course ……… 2.The flight lasts twenty-four hours

 It is ……… 3.The ferry crossing to the island takes two hours

 It is ……… 4.This contact is for two years

 This is ……… 5.It is a twenty- day coach tour

 The ……… 6.The translation course takes two years

 It is a ……… 7.Victor started collecting postage stamps twenty- years ago

 Victor ……… 8.He learned to drive when he was eight

 He has ……… 9.The flight to Moscow lasted three and half hours

 It took ………

10 We started investigating the case a week ago

 We ………

11.It is a six-hour drive from London to Edinburgh

 It takes ………

12 He spends two hours a week sorting out stamps

 Sorting out ………

IV Combine two sentences into a new one, using so…that or such…that.

1.The ice was thick There was no danger of the skaters falling through

 ………

2 She look il her parents took her to the hospital

 ………

3 The bath was relaxing He went to sleep

 ………

4.They were surprised They could hardly speak

 ………

5 He sounded sorry I just had to forgive him

 ………

6.I was excited about going away I couldn't sleep

 ………

7 The water was very dirty We decided not to go swimming

 ………

8 She speaks English very well You would think it was her native language

 ………

9 The road is so narrow that it's difficult for two cars to pass each other

 ………

10 The weather was so warm that I didn't need a coat

 ………

V Suggestion

1 What about going to the concert?

 Why……….………?

2 Let’s go to school by bus today

 What about ………

3 Shall we visit Vung Tau?

 I suggest ……….………

4 “Why don’t you take a day off tomorrow?” His boss said

 His boss suggested………