Compiled by Hoang Thanh Lien GRAMMAR PROGRESS TEST 2 Section 1 Complete the sentences below by filling in each blank with one word when necessary 1 My neighbour is photographer; let’s ask him for advi[.]
Compiled by Hoang Thanh Lien GRAMMAR PROGRESS TEST Section Complete the sentences below by filling in each blank with one word when necessary My neighbour is photographer; let’s ask him for advice about colour films We had fish and chips for lunch That doesn’t sound very interesting lunch youngest boy has just started going to school; eldest boy is at college She lives on top floor of old house Why are you standing there with hands in pockets? At most meetings people vote by raising right hands Are there letters for me? I can’t see my glasses where I’d like to buy new clothes but I haven’t got money 10 Would you like thing to drink? There’s very good beer in the fridge Section Rewrite the following sentences, using the words given Your car is slower than mine My car is No one in the class learns better than Hoa Hoa learns She can’t sing as well as her sister Her sister can Nam is much taller than her father Her father is I can run the fastest of all in my class No one in my class The villas here are uglier than in my hometown The villas He can the test better than he could last year He couldn’t She speaks English as fluently as a native speaker Like a native speaker, Sue is less happy than Lily about the holiday plan Lily is 10 Hoa doesn’t look thinner than her mother Hoa’s mother looks Section Put the verbs in brackets in the correct forms Compiled by Hoang Thanh Lien Ann sees Paul putting on his coat and says: Where you (go) , Paul? Paul: I (go) to buy some cigarettes You (want) an evening paper? Ann: No, thanks You are always buying cigarettes, Paul How many you (smoke) a day? Paul: I (not smoke) very many – perhaps 20 Jack (smoke) far more than I (do) He (spend) $10 a day on cigarettes It’s 8.30 Tom and Ann (have) breakfast They both (open) their letters Tom: No one ever (write) to me All I (get) is bills! You (have) anything interesting? Tuan: What you (look) for, Lan? Lan: I (look) for the car key I always (look) for the car keys, because nobody ever (put) it back on its hook Tuan: I always (put) it back on its hook Why you (not try) your pockets? Peter and Ann (decide) to redecorate their sitting-room themselves They (choose) cream paint for the woodwork and apricot for the walls When I (look) in to see how they (get) on, Ann (mix) the paint, and Peter (wash) down the walls They (be) glad to see John and (ask) if he (do) anything special that day He hastily (reply) he (go) to the theatre and (go) away at once, because he (know) they (look) for someone to help Her boss (look) up as she (come) in “You (be) late every morning this week,” he (growl) When I (buy) my new house I (ask) for a telephone The post office (tell) me to wait, but I (wait) a year now and my phone still (not come) In the evenings I often play chess with my next door neighbour I (play) chess with him ever since I (come) to live here ten years ago He (be) here all his life; he (inherit) the house from his father, another great chess player You ever (play) chess with the father? We (play) once or twice but he (die) a year after I (arrive) He (give) me back the book, (thank) me for lending it to him and (say) that he (enjoy) it very much; but I Compiled by Hoang Thanh Lien (know) that he (not read) it because most of the pages (be) still uncut He (keep) looking at her, wondering where he (see) her before 10 I (look) out before I (go) to bed and (see) a man standing on the opposite pavement watching the house When I (get) up the following morning he (be) still there, and I wonder whether he (stay) there all night or if he (go) away and (come) back Section Give the nouns, verbs, adjectives for the words given when possible by filling in the boxes Verbs Nouns Adjectives Notes Act Entertain hero Child Play Sing Athlete Collect Sail music Educate Brave refer silent instruct correct simple divide memory choose ... it back on its hook Tuan: I always (put) it back on its hook Why you (not try) your pockets? Peter and Ann (decide) to redecorate their sitting-room themselves They (choose) ... many – perhaps 20 Jack (smoke) far more than I (do) He (spend) $10 a day on cigarettes It’s 8.30 Tom and Ann (have) breakfast They both (open) their letters Tom: No one ever (write)... theatre and (go) away at once, because he (know) they (look) for someone to help Her boss (look) up as she (come) in “You (be) late every morning this week,” he (growl)