A beautiful day

Yesterday was so nice a day. Jane (1)______up so early. The sun (2)________ brightly and the bids (3)
________ on the tree. Jane was so happy because today she went to meet her old friend. Jane’s friend invited
her to his new apartment with some other friends. When Jane came, everyone was sitting in the living room
and (4)______ passionately with each other. As she walked in, she (5)_______by her friend. They had a lot
to tell the other (6)_______they had not met for ages. Jane came home with a smile on her face since her
friend (7)_______ to contact regularly.
1. A. woke B. was waking C. stayed D. was staying
2. A. shone B. was shining C. was shone D. shined
3. A. twitters B. twittered C. was twittering D. were twittering
4. A. talked B. talking C. talks D. was talked
5. A. welcomed B. was welcoming C. welcomes D. was welcomed
6. A. although B. because C. however D. so
7. A. promised B. was promising C. promise D. was promised

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

After Jane had seen her best friend off at the air port, she came back to work

A. Coming back to work, Jane had seen her best friend off at the air port.

B. Came back to work, Jane saw her best friend off at the air port.

C. Having seen her best friend off at the air port, Jane came back to work.

D. Seeing her best friend off at the air port, Jane came back to work.

X. Choose the correct answers.
1. Jane has already eaten her lunch, but I’m saving _____________until later.
a. ours b. hers c. yours d. mine
2._____________home is located downtown, so it’s close to my work.
a. Mine b. Ours c. Our d. We
3. Her friend says it’s , but I think it belongs to them.
a.her b- his c. our d. theirs
4. These suitcases belong to you and your wife. These suitcases are
a. yours b. your’s c. hers d. ours
5. The teacher told the children to open books.
a. their b. theirs c. their’s d. his
6. Id like you to meet Rita. She’s a great friend of .
a. us b. our c. ours d. me
7. The house is big, but windows are small.
a. it b. its c. it’s d. their
8. Sue fell down the stairs and broke leg.
a. her b. hers c. its d. his
9. Your travel plans sound just as exciting as________________!
a. I b. me c. my d. mine
10. The mother cat and _______________kittens were napping in the sunshine
a. his b. it s c. her d. hers

Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following sentences.

41 Jane is by far the best student in her school.

A Jane lives very far from her school.

B No one can study as well as Jane in her school.

C Jane hasn't studied better so far.

D Everyone including Jane has better results in school

42 Kay would rather stay at home than go out with his friends.

B Kay likes staying at home and going out. C Kay only goes out with those who he likes.

D Kay prefers staying at home to going out.

A Kay doesn't like going out.

43 Unless my father takes me to school, I will be late for class.

A Because my father takes me to school, I'm never late for class.

B If my father doesn't take me to school, I won't go to class on time.

C My father always takes me to school, so I am always early for class.

D My father loves taking me to school so that I am not late for class.

Rearrange the words or phrases to make meaningful sentences.

44 spring/than/much/This year's/last year's. /is/hotter

45 You'd / better/ or /home/go/be/early,/your/angry./might/dad

Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. 46 Natalie wanted to go on a tour that had a tour guide.

47. "Can I borrow your laptop for a day?" Martin asked me.

48 New software was installed in Vicky's computer by her brother.

49 If I were you, I would take this wallet to the nearest police station.

50 My twin sister isn't so tall as I am.

. Choose the best answer

1. Jane saw her old friend while she _________ the street .

     a. crossed                b.  is crossing               c. was crossing        d. crosses

2. Milions of Christmas cards ____________ every year.

     a. were sent                   b. are sent               c. send                d. is sending

3. They are good friends. They ___________ each other for a long time.

     a. know                   b. knew   c. knows                d. have known

4. She asked me  if I __________ a car.

     a. have                    b. has                           c. had                 d. am having

5. Linda asked me where __________  souvenirs.

     a. buy                      b. buying                     c. bought                    d. to buy

6. The pyramid of Cheops is one of the seven ________ of the world .

     a. temples                b. wonders                   c. landmarks              d. places

Identify the one underlined word or phrase. A, B, C or D - that must be changed for the sentence to be correct. If Monique had not (A) attended the party, she never would meet (B) her old friend Dan, whom (C)  she had not seen (D) in years.

A. Had not

B. Never would meet

C. Whom

D. Had not seen

Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
1.Mai is 13 years old and Nam is 13 years old.(age)(the same...as)
=>Nam is
2.Her hair is black.My hair is gray.(different from)
=>My hair color is
3.Jane has the same height as her sister.
=>Jane is as
4.No one in the group is younger than her.
=>She is the
5.I don't play the guitar as well as he does.
=>He plays
6.Geogre is not nearly as energetic as he used to be.
=>He used to be
7.No other city in Vietnam is so large as Ho Chi Minh city.
=>Ho Chi Minh city is
8.You're the best pianist in the world.
=>No one else
9.I didn't spend as much money as my friend did.
=>My friend
10.This is the quickest way to get into the town centre.
=>There
11.No students in my class can speak English as fluentlr as Lan does
=>Lan
12.I've never met a more dependable person than Tom.
=>Tom is
 

Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
1.Mai is 13 years old and Nam is 13 years old.(age)(the same...as)
=>Nam is
2.Her hair is black.My hair is gray.(different from)
=>My hair color is
3.Jane has the same height as her sister.
=>Jane is as
4.No one in the group is younger than her.
=>She is the
5.I don't play the guitar as well as he does.
=>He plays
6.Geogre is not nearly as energetic as he used to be.
=>He used to be
7.No other city in Vietnam is so large as Ho Chi Minh city.
=>Ho Chi Minh city is
8.You're the best pianist in the world.
=>No one else
9.I didn't spend as much money as my friend did.
=>My friend
10.This is the quickest way to get into the town centre.
=>There
11.No students in my class can speak English as fluentlr as Lan does
=>Lan
12.I've never met a more dependable person than Tom.
=>Tom is

Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
1.Mai is 13 years old and Nam is 13 years old.(age)(the same...as)
=>Nam is
2.Her hair is black.My hair is gray.(different from)
=>My hair color is
3.Jane has the same height as her sister.
=>Jane is as
4.No one in the group is younger than her.
=>She is the
5.I don't play the guitar as well as he does.
=>He plays
6.Geogre is not nearly as energetic as he used to be.
=>He used to be
7.No other city in Vietnam is so large as Ho Chi Minh city.
=>Ho Chi Minh city is
8.You're the best pianist in the world.
=>No one else
9.I didn't spend as much money as my friend did.
=>My friend
10.This is the quickest way to get into the town centre.
=>There
11.No students in my class can speak English as fluentlr as Lan does
=>Lan
12.I've never met a more dependable person than Tom.
=>Tom is