Practice Test 01
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. books B. laughs C. months D. mouths
2. A. campus B. habit C. actor D. danger
3. A. brother B. think C. the D. they
4. A. geography B. gentle C. forget D. engineer
5. A. cooked B. booked C. talked D. naked
II. Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.
6. Don’t worry. If you (not/understand) ___________ the lesson, the teacher (explain) _____________ it again.
7. Tom (see) ____________ a serious accident while he (stand) ____________ at the bus stop.
8. I (do) __________ an exercise on the present tense at the moment and I (think) ____________ that I (know) _____________ how to use it now.
9. Mr Green (teach) ___________ English in this school since he (graduate) __________ from the university in 1986.
10. Do you mind (travel) _____________ such a long way to work everyday?
III. Choose the correct answer.
11. He filled in the necessary forms and _____for the job.
A. applied B. requested C. asked D. got
12. He says he’s been to _____restaurant in town.
A. many B. every C. all D. most
13. The woman _____you met yesterday is my teacher.
A. whom B. which C. when D. whose
14. They were surprised ______ the news.
A. for B. with C. at D. on
15. The light ______ so we couldn’t see anything in the dark.
A. went on B. went off C. went by D. went out
16. My teacher speaks English as ______as a native speaker does.
A. well B. good C. better D. best
17. Hoa went to school early yesterday ________ the bad traffic.
A. although B. in spite C. despite D. because
18. Mary was really ________ by the beauty of Ha Noi.
A. impress B. impressive C. impressed D. impression
19. You have never seen this film before, ________ ?
A. haven’t you B. don’t you C. have you D. did you
20. Solar energy doesn’t cause _____________.
A. pollution B. polluted C. pollute D. pollutant
21. “Shall we go camping this weekend?” – “___________________________”
A. No, I don’t mind. C. Yes, you’re right.
B. That's a good idea. D. Well done.
22. “Why don’t we go to the cinema now?” – “_________________________”
A. Will you join us? C. I’d like it.
B. Yes, let’s. D. No, I don’t mind.
23. My cousin bought a ___________________ bowl.
A. blue ancient lovely small
B. lovely blue small ancient
C. small blue ancient lovely
D. lovely small ancient blue
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
24. He was asked to account for his presence at the scene of crime.
A. complain B. exchange C. explain D. arrange
25. When their rent increased from 200 to 400 a month, they protested against such a tremendous increase.
A. light B. huge C. tiring D. difficult
IV. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistakes and correct them.
26. In spite the traffic jam, I came home early last night.
A B C D
27. Peter advised me readingsome more books.
A B C D
28. Michael finished the English test more fastly than all of us.
A B C D
29. After I was reading for an hour last night, I began to feel sleepy.
A B C D
30. She taught me how use the photocopier.
A B C D
V. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.
31. There are more than 50 ____________ for each job. APPLY
32. Where is the ____________ to the car fair ? ENTER
33. Women nowadays have more ___________ to participate in social activities. FREE