I- Choose the best answer:
1. Please wait for while. The manager ....... busy now. He ....... to one of the staff.
A. is/ talks B. has been/ talks C. is/ is talking D. was/ is talking
2. Where ......., Tom?
A. are you going B. you are going C. you going D. do you go
3. We ....... the town at about four o'clock yesterday.
A. was leaving B. left C. leave D. had left
4. She ....... some cakes.
A. just eats B. has just ate C. just has eaten D. has just eaten
5. If there ...... your help, I wouldn't succeed in my work.
A. wasn't B. wouldn't be C. were D. weren't
6. If I ....... you, I would help her with money.
A. am B. was C. were D. had been
7. I met her while she ....... to her office.
A. drove B. drives C. was drove D. was driving
8. My father ....... in that factory since last year.
A. is working B. was working C. worked D. has been working
9. When he comes, I ...... you.
A. phone B. would phone C. will phone D. am going to phone
10. I always read the newspaper while I ....... for the bus.
A. am waiting B. wait C. will wait D. was waiting
11. She ....... her homework.
A. already did B. already done C. always has done D. has already done
12. If it ....... fine tomorrow, we'll go to the beach.
A. will be B. is C. was D. be
23. His boss made him give up the job.
A. He was made giving up the job by his job. B. He was made to give up the job by his boss.
C. He was made to be given up by his boss. D. The job was made to be given up by his job.
14. My mother is feeding the fowls.
A. The fowls are going to be fed by my mother. B. My mother is having the fowls fed.
C. The fowls are fed by my mother. D. The fowls are being fed by my mother.
15. They are going to open a new school in the city.
A. A new school is being opened in the city. B. A new school is going to open in the city.
C. A new school is going to be opened in the city. D. They are going to have a new school opened.
16. He'd rather ...... up late tonight.
A. stay not B. doesn't stay C. stayed D. not stay
17. The ...... I get to know you, the ....... I understand.
A. most/ least B. more/ least C. more/ less D. much/ less
18. The man went back to the town ....... he was born.
A. which B. where C. that D. who
19. This is the color TV ....... I bought yesterday.
A. which B. who C. whose D. whom
20. The days ....... I lived far from my family were the saddest ones.
A. which B. where C. that D. when
21. Children should have a short rest ....... noon.
A. on B. in C. at D. for
22. He was born ....... a small village not far from the city.
A. at B. in C. on D. with
23. He was very angry ....... his lazy students.
A. for B. about C. with D. at
24. Rice is ....... on the farm.
A. grow B. grew C. growed D. grown
25. Nowadays, English ....... widely all over the world.
A. speaks B. is spoked C. is speaked D. is spoken
26. Would you like ...... with me?
A. to dance B. dance C. dancing D. danced
27. What does she often do ....... the evening?
A. at B. on C. in D. for
28. My parents let me ....... late on Sunday.
A. get B. to getting C. to get up D. get up
29. ....... lecturer often gives ....... lessons.
A. boring/ bored B. bored/ boring C. bored/ bored D. boring/ boring
30. It isn't easy to start looking for a/ an ....... at my age.
A. work B. job C. occupation D. unemployment
31. He comes from Wellington. He speaks .......
A. Russian B. French C. English D. Spanish
32. Now I am frightened ....... applying for a job.
A. of B. on C. with D. for
33. Who bought this dictionary ....... you?
A. to B. for C. at D. with
34. What is hardly ....... to Anglo- Saxon?
A. recognize B. recognizing C. recognizable D. to recognize
35. He doesn't teach mathematics, he teaches politics. He's a .......
A. writer B. philosopher C. politician D. physicist
36. Do you know who ....... radio?
A. made B. did C. invented D. produced
37. Gravity is the force of the earth to ....... everything towards its centre.
A. attract B. push C. float D. fall
38. He had a father whose hard work could ....... feed the family.
A. hard B. hardly C. harder D. harden
39. He used to run faster than he ....... now.
A. is B. used to C. does D. do
40. I'd like to stay at home instead of ...... to the cinema.
A. go B. went C. to go D. going
II- Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the gaps:
Alice is 18 years old and she comes (41) England. She is now in Hanoi and (42) Vietnamese. She came to Hanoi (43) July so she (44) there for six months. Alice (45) she likes Hanoi very much. She likes (46) shopping and cycling around the town. (47) month she will go to Ho Chi Minh city (48) a friend of (49). Alice hopes she (50) many letters from England.
41. A. from B. in C. to D. back
42. A. studies B. studying C. will be studying D. is studying
43. A. on B. at C. in D. for
44. A. is B. has been C. will D. was
45. A. says B. tells C. speaks D. shouts
46. A. to go B. going C. go D. went
47. A. next B. last C. this D. that
48. A. meet B. meeting C. to meet D. will meet
49. A. she B. hers C. her D. me
50. A. receive B. would receive C. is received D. will receive
III. Phonetics
51. A. sugar B. sight C. source D. sale
52. A. sensitive B. benefit C. pretty D. remedy
53. A. host B. cold C. short D. close
54. A. thirsty B. guitar C. dirty D. listen
55. A. safe B. map C. bag D. hat
IV.Identify the mistakes
56. If I was in your place, I would make a trip to England.
A B C D
57. I bought a computer which screen was not very good.
A B C D
58. Physics are very difficult for students to learn.
A B C D
59. The harder you learn, the most knowledge you get.
A B C D
60. Mary's mother gave her a new hat at her birthday.
A B C D
