Choose the best option to complete the following sentences. (3ms)

1. The teacher said you should work harder........................your English grammar.

A. of                                B. on                           C. about                         D. with

2. The scientist and his assistant conducted many........................in the laboratory.

A. exhibitions                  B. inventions           C. experiments         D. encouragements

3. You must cover........................sockets so that children do not try to put anything into them.

A. suitable                       B. sociable                   C. immediate                  D. electrical

4. Revision is really........................in learning English.

A. fortunate                    B. necessary                C. greedy                       D. generous

5. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. heard                          B. heart                       C. earn                            D. earth

6. The teacher told me........................ part in volunteer work.

A. take                            B. taking                     C. to take                        D. took

7. The concert was boring. It was........................concert I’d ever seen.

A. the most boring B. most boring                 C. more boring         D. the more boring

8. The doctor said he........................stay up late.

A. will                             B. has to                      C. should                        D. shouldn’t

9. - Can you help me?

A. What can I do for you?                                  B. No, thanks.

C. Yes, please                                                     D. That’s very kind of you.

10. My father used to live........................a farm when he was young.

A. in                                B. for                           C. at                               D. on

11. Some language learners write each word and its use on a small piece of paper and stick it somewhere in their house........................learn it at any time.

A. to                                B. so as to                   C. in order to        D. All are correct.

12. - May I help you?

A. Sure.                           B. No. Thank you.      C. No problem.               D. Of course.

. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech, beginning as shown.

1. She is a good English speaker.

 She speaks ____________________________________________.

2. Lan loves to play badminton.

Lan adores _____________________________________________.

3. The last time we ate this kind of food was in January.

 We haven’t____________________________________________.

4. We were late for school because of the heavy rain.

Because it_____________________________________________.

5. This computer works better than that one.

That computer _________________________________________.

I. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech, beginning as shown.

1. He is too young to go to school.

He is not________________________________________________.

2. He doesn’t play tennis as well as he used to.

 He used ________________________________________________.

3. He swims very well.

He is ___________________________________________________.

4. “Eat more vegetables” the doctor said to me

The doctor told ___________________________________________.

5. It started to snow at 5 o’clock.

It has __________________________________________________.

I’m a student (1) _______ Bristol University. I share a house with three other students. It’s quite a (2) ______ house. We all have our own (3) _______.There is a bed, a desk, a chair, and a wardrobe in the room. It has a washbasin and a mirror in the corner, too. We all share the kitchen, the living room, and the bathroom. We sometimes have arguments about things, like when someone spends too long (4) ______ the bathroom, but we have a lot of fun, (5) ______.

1. A. in                                    B. at                                        C. on                           D. inside

2. A. tall                                 B. old                                     C. heavy                     D. big

3. A. rooms                            B. flats                                    C. houses                   D. apartments

4. A. on                                   B. in                                        C. at                            D. over

5. A. too                                 B. either                                 C. neither                   D. a & b

. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.

1. The volunteers have to work much _______ usual to save  the dying animals from the forest fire.

A. as hard as                         B. more hard than                 C. harder than            D. the hardest

2. We left at 6 a.m _______ late.

A. so as not to be                   B. so as not being                  C. so as to be              D. so as not being

3. They bought ______ a new car.
A. theyself                             B. theyselves                         C. themselves            D. themself
4. I asked Sara ______ me to the station.
A. drive                                  B. drives                                 C. to drive                  D. driving 

5. Your composition is ______ better than his.

A. more                                  B. much                                 C. many                     D. very

6. I used _____ fishing.

A. enjoy                                  B. to enjoy                            C. enjoying                D. to enjoying

It / interesting / isn’t it?                                            

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