TestEL 9 - A 9

I.Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the other:
1. A.relax B. gather C.hamberger D.padoda
2. A.journey B. mountain C.house D. hour
3. A.grocery B. crop C. hero D.flow
4. A.bear B. climb C.embroider D.symbol
II.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the other:
5. A.banyan B. picnic C.poet D.design
6. A.climate B.depend C. fashion D.novel
7. A.paddy B.fashion C.cotton D.relax
8. A.separation B.relaxation C. economic D. symbolism
III.Circle the correct answer A, B, C or D in the following sentences:
9. You’ll have to wait…………tomorrow.
A. to B.in C.at D.till
10. The office will be closed…..… Christmas and New Year.
A. between B.behind C.among D.inside
11. Her achievement earned her the ……… of her friends.
A. admire B.admiring C.admiration D.admired
12. She commented….......... me that she liked it.
A. to B.on C.at D.with
13. If she finishes work early, she………..home.
A. will go B.would go C.could go D.went
14. Galileo said that the earth……….. round.
A. be B.is C.being D.were
15. Fiana says that she is getting………today.
A. marry B.marrying C. marriage D.married
16. How many………..can you speak? – Only Arabic and English.
A. conversations B.languages C. communications D.speeches
17. We have rooms for 2,0000 students………..campus.
A. in B.on C.at D.among
18. She was asked to read out the list of ……….for the adward for best actor.
A. candidates B.candidate C.candidacy D.candidacies
19. The three boys often help Mr. Parker …….....farm work.
A. on B.with C.at D.to
20. They are so nice that Van feels………….a member of their family.
A. as B.like C.the same D.similar
21. It…………the 15 minutes to walk to the nearest post office.
A. spent B.made C.took D. got
22.This is the third parking ticket I have had………. the past few months.
A. for B.during C.in D.since
23.My dog as well my cats. ……...twice a day
A. eat B.eats C.has eaten D.have eaten
24. This is the girl ……... father owns the big shop.
A. who B.which C.her D.whose
25. He types faster than ……....
A. is his friend B. his friend is C.does his friend D. his friend does
26. He visited many interesting place and………a lot of photographs
A. caught B.took C.made D.did
27. He went to the ……………for some vegetables.
A.baker’s B.greengrocer’s C.barber’s D. chemist’s
28. We wish you ………...
A.were good luck B.had good luck C.good luck D.luckily good

IV. Identify the mistake in each sentence:
29. Among the people present at the bar, the police suspected a thirty- years old man.
A B C D
30. Computers and new methods of communicative have revolutionized the modern office.
A B C D

31. Some of us have to study their lessons more carefully if we expect to pass this examination.
A B C D
32. They had so a good meal at that restaurant that they wanted to go there again.
A B C D
V.Fill in the gap with a suitable preposition:33. Peter lives in the countryside. He works part time……………a grocery store …………….a nearby town.
34. He planned to go. ……………a trip to Hanoi…………….June.
35. My father will be in Ho Chi Minh city from January……………February.
36. We often do our written test ………………..45 minutes.
VI.Rewtite the following sentences without changing the meaning:
37. He won’t go on a picnic with my friends next Sunday.
- I wish
38. “ You must wear uniforms tomorrow.”, our form techer said to us.
- Our form techer said
39. “