Practice E 8- practice 2a

English test (90 minutes)
I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. planet b. character c. happy d. classmate
2. a.letter b. twelve c. person d. sentence
3. a. humor b. music c. cucumber d. sun
4. a. enough b. young c. country d. mountain
5. a. sociable b. ocean c. receive d. special
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes cach unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6. The sun ............... in the east.
a. rise b. rose c. rises d. rising
7. ‘Which girl is Celis?’ ‘She’s the one with______’
a. long curly black hair b. curly long black hair
c. long black curly hair d. curly black long hair
8. Tom is very shy but his sister is outgoing.
a. humorous b. reserved c. hard-working d. sociable
9. She shouldn’t get married yet; she ........................
a. is not old enough b. was not old enough
c. is not enough old d. was not enough old
10. No, you can’t go to holiday by yourself! You aren’t ............!
a. very old b. too old c. old enough d. enough old
11. Here are some books. Take the_____you want.
a. books b. things c. ones d. person
12. He’s the boy________ invited me to his party.
a. he b. who c. ones d. 0
13. Her new glasses change her________
a. appear b. appears c. appearance d. appearances
14. She is very generous ................. She often buys me presents.
a. sociable b. outgoing c. kind d. reserved
15. _______is something that you say or do to make people laugh.
a. Joke b. Novel c. Poem d. Fairy tale
III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English. 16. Harry went to Disneyland and has a good time A B C D 17. Her grandmother has a big beautiful old brown table. A B C D 18. Some of us had to sit on the floor because there weren’t enough chak. A B C D
19. I washed my hands, although they still looked dirty. A B C D 20. Each of the rooms have a color television. A B C D 21. Once when I was ten, I used to get sick and went to the hospital. A B C D 22. Mike doesn’t go to the cinema with us last Saturday. A B C D
23. I would like to go away on holiday but I don’t have money enough. A B C D 24. He lives on 26 Tran Phu Street in Ha Noi with his family. A B C D 25. Every morning I spend about an hour to read the newspaper. A B C D IV. Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that the meaning is unchanged, beginning with the words given .
EX: How high is that bulding?(What …………….
What is the height of that bulding?
1. What’s his age ?
(How ……………………………………………………………………………………….
2. What is the depth of this lake?
(How ………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. How long is your ruler ?
(What ………………………………………………………………………………………
4. How heavy is his brother?
(What ……………………………………………………………………………………..
5. This year is 2004 and he is fifteen years old.
(He …………………………………………………………………………………………
6. My father is five year older than my mother.
( My mother ……………………………………………………………………………….
7. There is a man sitting in front of a woman.
(There is a woman …………………………………………………………………………
8. Playing chess was my hobby when I was a small boy.
(I ………………………………………………………………………………………….
9. April comes before January in the dictionary.
(January …………………………………………………………………………………..
10. The film interested me a lot.
( I ………………………………………………………………………………………..

V. Complete these sentences with “