I. Complete each of the following sentences by circling the best option A, B, C
or D.
1. I ____________ a letter from my old friend last week.
A. sent B. gave C. received D. took
2. When were you born? – I was born ____________ November 1997.
A. in B. on C. at D. during
3. Don’t come in. Pleased wait ____________ for your turn.
A. inside B. downstairs C. outside
D. upstairs
4. Our friends ____________ meet us at the airport tonight.
A. are B. are going to C. go to D. will be to
5. The sun ____________ in the east.
A. rise B. set C. sets
D. rises
6. Martina has been a professional tennis player ____________ 1994.
A. since B. for C. on D. in
7. ____________ have you known Jane? – For three years.
A. What B. How many C. How long
D. How far
8. Mr. Brown is 50 years old; Mrs. Brown is 50 years old.
Mr. Brown is ____________ Mrs. Brown.
A. same age B. same age as C. the same age as D. different from
9. You ____________ to eat more, you are far too thin.
A. ought B. should C. must D. can
10. Nam’s father ____________ him how to ride a bike six years ago.
A. teach B. teaches C. has taught D. taught
* Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differrently from the
others
11. A. watched B. phoned C. looked D. missed
* Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
12. A. character B. semester C. orphanage D. festival
II. Read the passage carefully, then do the tasks below.
I have a little notebook. I always have it with me. I try to fill one page a day.
Sometimes I put words in groups, like fruit – all kinds of fruit. You know? Or
colors, or clothes, or things and the shop where you buy them. I have some
grammar pages, where I write regular verbs, or irregular verbs, or a page of
prepositions. I think prepositions are difficult, you know – on Sunday, in the
morning, listen to a concert – but you say phone someone. In my language we say
“phone to someone”.
Check the boxes True (T) or False (F):
1. The writer always has a little notebook with her.
2. She sometimes puts words in topics.
3. She puts groups of colors, or clothes, or fruit, or groups of things and the shop
where
she buys them together.
4. She also has a page of prepositions because she thinks they are easy.
III. Complete the following sentences using the words given.
1. His brother / not / tall / play basketball.
2. We / work / for this company / 20 years.
3. The red dictionary / expensive / as / the blue dictionary.
4. Could / you / me / favor?
