GRADE 10 ENTRANCE

I. PHONETICS
Question 1. Give the transcriptions of the following given Italicized, underlined parts of words.
looked // but / / chemistry / / looks / / earns / / landed / / stars / /
wicked / / trust / / change / / embarrass / / done / / sign / / money / /
earned / / flood / / pool / / many / / some / / find / / cancel / /
lived / / land / / throw / / though / / laugh / / endanger / / sugar / /
cup / / bury / / umbrella / / country / / volcano / / volume / / solve / /
Question 1. Give the position of the main stressed syllable of the following words.
communicate // loyal / / mutual / / family / / audition / / magazine / / cancel / /
regular / / friendliness / / electric / / politics / / physical / / margarine / / engineer / /
understand / / chicken / / schoolgirl / / responsible / / irrational / / condition / / factual / /
volunteer / / garlic / / scholar / / marvelous / / member / / location / / habitual / /
temperature / / Pacific / / celebrate / / certain / / anyone / / curly / / ashamed / /
II. GRAMMAR
Question 1. Supply the right form of the verbs in the parentheses.
1. She (finish) her work by lunch time. 11. When he (have) a bath, the doorbell rang.
2. We (meet) 5 years ago. 12. When we came, they (fight).
3. He (read) now. 13. While he (study) abroad, he earned a good degree.
4. The robber (arrest) yesterday. 14. He went to bed after he (finish) his homework.
5. We (not see) her yet. 15. Every morning, he (get) up at 5.
6. He (live) in Manchester since 1990. 16. She (have) this bike for 10 years.
7. He (graduate) from school in 3 years. 17. Before he (tell) me, he had told some others.
8. After (meet) him, I’ve changed my mind. 18. We enjoy (play) online games.
9. They refuse (show) him the way. 19. It’s difficult for us (remember) new vocabularies.
10. He is interested in (read) novels. 20. He has an opportunity (exchange) his English tests.
Question 2. Find and correct one grammatical error in each of the following sentences.
1. She will finish her work by lunch time. 11. He was having bath now.
2. A number of men disagrees that. 12. When we came, they are talking.
3. The English loves nature. 13. He study Physics in Japan, before coming back here.
4. The work has finished in 1998. 14. He goes to bed after he’d finished his homework.
5. They meet 5 years ago. 15. They will go there by bike every day.
6. They be fond of fishing. 16. He have this house for 3 years.
7. Two miles are a long distance. 17. He continues go to the beach.
8. Twenty people are what I need. 18. I’m glad knowing that.
9. They agree waiting for us. 19. There’s nothing new saying about that.
10. He volunteered helping the poor. 20. The briefcases over there is yours.
III. VOCABULARIES
Question 1. Supply the right form of each capitalized words to complete each of the sentences it follows.
1. She is ____ in the film. INTEREST 16. Friends should be ___ to one another. LOYALTY
2. ___ is necessary to friend. SELFISH 17. The ___ gaze each other. LOVE
3. She is so ___. LOVE 18. That’s my most ____ experience. MEMORY
4. He was ___ injured. SERIOUS 19. I always remember my ____. CHILD
5. The film is so