HSG Anh 8...

Written test- English team 8
Time allowed: 120’
Your name:……………… Mark:
I/ Find the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. A. finish B. invite C. sometimes D. nice
2. A. post-office B. telephone C. directory D.moment
3. A. driver B. prefer C. soccer D. meter
4. A. pleased B. passed C. reduced D. cooked
5. A. calendar B. parents C. pretty D. depend
II/ Choose the best answer
6. It’s was impossible to tell the truth so she had to……………
A. invent B. combile C. manage D. lie
7. Jane………….just a few minutes ago
A. left B. has left C. leaved D. was leaving
8. ……..Peter lately?
A. Did you see B. Have you seen C. Do you see D. Are you seeing
9. Jane……….going for a walk, but no one else wanted to
A. admitted B. offered C. promised D. suggested
10. I must go now. I promise………..late
A. not being B. not to be C. to not be D. not be
11. She tried to be serious but she couldn’t help………………….
A. laughing B. to laugh C. laugh D. be laughed
12. They left the house………..saying good bye to their mother
A. after B. before C. during D. in
13. My brother oftens……………Shakespeare’s line in his writing
A. writes B. reads C. quotes D. uses
14. The former teacher had us…….manual work at the school
A. did B. do C. to do D. doing
15. Do exercises by………..Do not ask your brother to do it for you.
A. you B. your C. yourself D. yours
16. This scenery was certainly……………..
A. depress B. depressed C. depressingly D. depressing
17. The film is well worth……………..
A. seeing it B. to see C. to see it D. seeing
18. She was…..angry to keep calm any more
A. too B. so C. very D. quite
19. Her mother wouldn’t ………her ride a bike
A. allow B. let C. permit D. accept
20. ….. the time you reach the station, the train will have left
A. On B. At C. In D. By

III/ Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed above it

21. You can’t visit the USA unless you have a visa.
If you………………………………………………………………………………….
22. She started working as a secretary five years ago
She has………………………………………………………………………………..
23. She knows a lot more about it than I do
I don’t…………………………………………………………………………………
24. My French friend finds driving on the left difficulty
My French friend isn’t……………………………………………………………….
25.The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was very rough
The sea was too………………………………………………………………………
26. What a pity you failed your driving test
I wish…………………………………………………………………………………
27. I had him repair my car yesterday
I had………………………………………………………………………………….
28. No other animal is as big as this elephant
This elephant is………………………………………………………………………
29. They last visited me ten years ago
They haven’t…………………………………………………………………………
30. They are building a new youth club in this village
A new………………………………………………………………………………..
IV/ Put the words in brackets into correct forms
31. You need a lot of…………to be a teacher (patient)
32. I ……….a very beautiful new plate when I was washing it (break)
33. The ………..in the area are against the building of the expressway (reside)
34. I prefer the………..village to the noisy city ( peace)
35. She has finished her best ……………. ( perform)
36. We have a …………newspaper in this town