PRACTICE TEST 1

1. PRONUNCIATION

Exercise 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Choose the best answer which best fits each space in each sentence.

1. Most parents are always willingto                    an ear to what their children are saying.
   1. give                               B. lend                               C. borrow                          D. A&B
   2. We were finally                   after he apologized.
      1. reconciled                     B. safe                                C. helpful                           D. careful
   3. He broke the glass vase during a(n)                     with his cousin.
      1. relationship                   B. argument                       C. argue                             D. relation
   4. I had an accident                    to work.
      1. to drive                          B. drive                              C. driving                           D. driven
   5. Thank you for a lovely evening. – “                    ”
      1. Yes, rd like it.                                                          B. Yes, that would be nice,

C. Don't mention it.                                                      D. I'm glad you enjoyed it. 

  6. The boy found a wallet in the street, and then he ______ to return it to the loser.

A. tried                               B. had tried                        C. was trying                     D. had been trying

  7.                      took my document?

1. It was Peter that                                                       B. It is Peter that

C. Was that Peter                                                         D. Was it Peter that

8. They showed us the village ____ my father was born.

1. on which                  B. in where                        C. in which                        D. in that

9. Yesterday I went to Long’s house, but the front door was locked. He ____ out.

A. gone                                B. go                                  C. went                              D. had gone

10. A_____ man never helps others without thinking of his own benefit.

A. selfish                              B. selfishness                     C. unselfish                        D. unselfishness

III. WORD FORM: Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

A FRIEND FOR LIFE

It's surprising how (1)                     __changes. When people are                  FRIEND

young, they have a number of friends with whom they are in                       DAILY

(2)                    _contact.

As teenagers, they often become more (3)                    _and their circle      SELECT

of friends is normally smaller. However, the (4)                     of friends        IMPORTANT

and (5)                     grows. Teenagers often prefer to confide in a best        RELATION friend, while being completely (6)                                 with all adults. Later,           COMMUNICATE people develop different 'levels' of friends. Their circle of friends

starts to (7)                     and they have different groups to relate to -            BROAD

those who live in their (8)                    , colleagues, people they just           NEIGHBOUR

say 'hi' to, along with family and

1.                     close friends. Retirement is ideally a                                    ESTABLISH
2.                     time, with friends often being reunited across the              JOY

IV. Identify the underlined part that needs correcting.

1. The sunlight comes through the window wakes me up early every morning.

                         A              B                         C           D

1. What happened in New York were a reaction from city workers, including firemen who had been laid 

             A                                          B                                                  C                                        D

off from their job.

1. In my opinion, I think this book is more interesting than the other one.

                A                                                  B                       C         D

1. Last Wednesday I have an accident when I was driving to work.

      A                      B                         C                D

1. The girl is wearing a blue dress is my friend's sister

A               B                                 C         D

 V. Complete the sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.

1. The man died because no one took him to hospital.