Grade 7-1st semester-test 1

Name: ……………………………. GRADE 7

1st SEMESTER –TEST 1

I. Choose the word whose underlined part has different pronunciation from those of the others: (5)
1. a. chemistry b. physics c. science d. snack
2. a. trick b. music c. pipe d. ring
3. a. hoped b. ticked c. placed d. moved
4. a. chore b. teacher c. choir d. kitchen
5. a. entrance b. gas c. match d. album
II. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence: (20)
1. What a …………………..luck that they can’t come! The party’s going to be dull.
a. good b. sound c. fair d. tough
2. The arctic tern will begin a long journey from one end of the world to …………………..
a. others b. the others c. the other d. another
3. Can you help me? I can’t carry all the luggage …………………..
a. by myself b. on myself c. by my own d. on mine
4. At the end of the music show, more than $150,000 …………………..to charity.
a. came b. when c. reached d. gained
5. In East Field, there are two bridges …………………..the Ramapo river.
a. above b. around c. past d. over
6. Elvis died …………………..heart attack in 1977…………………..his mansion.
a. by / at b. of / at c. with / in d. from / in
7. Come on, Lisa! It’s time you …………………..up.
a. get b. is getting c. got d. will get
8. What do you often do …………………..the weekend?
a. at b. in c. on d. a & c are correct
9. You …………………..harder for the coming final exam.
a. work b. worked c. should work d. will work
10. That’s really an …………………..man. He tells very good jokes.
a. amused b. amusing c. amusedly d. amusingly
11. I often feel tired …………………..I get up in the morning.
a. although b. so that c. when d. while
12. My house is not too far …………………..my school.
a. from b. away c. about d. off
13. He likes to take …………………..in sport, not only watch it.
a. practice b. part c. place d. exercise
14. We walked …………………..two hours to teach the top of the mountain.
a. for b. of c. on d. at
15. He …………………..painting the house light blue.
a. wants b. wishes c. suggests d. needs
16. She doesn’t type …………………..as her friends.
a. quicklier b. more quickly c. most quickly d. so quickly
17. When did your pen pal arrive? -…………………..
a. During a week b. In five days c. For two days d. last Monday
18. Hurry up! They’ve only got …………………..seats left.
a. a little b. a few c. a lot of d. plenty of
19. A child in the first grade tends to be …………………..all of the other students in his class.
a. same old to b. the same age than c. as old like d. the same age as
20. …………………..she plays the piano!
a. How well b. How good c. What good d. What well
III. Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct tense form: (5)
1. Tom (lose) …………………..his job eight months ago.
2. Last night I (hear) …………………..a very strange noise from my neighbor’s house.
3. How do you spell “accustomed”? – I’m not sure. I (look) …………………..it up in the dictionary.
4. Please stop talking! I (try) …………………..to finish a letter.
5. My brother often (exchange) …………………..stamps with his friends.
IV. Choose the correct answer that best completes the unfinished statements about the passage: (5)
Mai and Lan were on a sightseeing tour around London at weekend. In the afternoon, they started from Piccadilly Circus, the busiest crossroad in London. They went up Regent Street, one of