English test Time: 60’ I. Give the correct form of the verb 1. We bought this picture a long time ago. We (have) it for ages. 2. Sandra finds her mobile phone very useful. She (use) it all the time. 3. There’s a new road to the motorway. They (open) it yesterday. 4. We decided not to go out because it (rain) quite hard. 5. Vicky doesn’t know where her watch is. She (lose) it. 6. We had no car at that time. We (sell) our old one. 7. I bought a new jacket last week but I (not wear) it yet. 8. Claire is on skiing holiday. She (enjoy) it, she says on the postcard. 9. The color of this paint is absolutely awful. I (hate) it. 10. Henry is annoyed. He (wait) a long time for Claire. II. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meanings using the instructions in the brackets 1. Professor Wilson is an excellent lecturer. He teaches Chemistry.( Combine 2 sentences using relative clause) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …… 2. Close the door. ( passive voice) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …… 3. People say that he left for the USA in 1975. ( passive voice) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …… 4. I don’t like people staring at me in an impolite way. ( passive voice) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… … 5. My younger sister can make delicious cakes. (Passive voice). ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …… 6. I don’t know the name of the woman. I spoke to her on the phone. ( Combine 2 sentences using relative clause) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …… 7. I study English because I want to become a good interpreter. ( Use clause of purpose) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …… 8. I moved to Ha Noi in 2005. I passed the entrance examination into university at that time. ( Combine 2 sentences using relative clause) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …… III. Reading the following passage and then choose the correct word/ words to fill in each blank. This is about an extraordinary incident that took place in London a few years ago. It was a day …(1) …any other. On one of the city’s underground station, train was …(2)… the platform. Suddenly, a young woman….(3)…. herself into the path of the moving train. The horrified driver slammed on the brakes, certain that there was no way to stop the train before the woman was….(4)….under the wheels. But miraculously, the train did stop. The first carriage had to be jacked up to free badly ….(5)… Woman, but the wheels had not passed over her and she…(6)…. The young woman…(7)…. Out to be a gifted architect who was recovering from a nervous…(8)…. Her amazing rescue from the death as based on a remarkable ….(9)…., for the subsequent ….(10)… Into the accident revealed that the train had not stopped during the driver’s hasty breaking. It was revealed that, seconds before, a passenger had…(11)…. Down the emergency handle, which automatically ………(12)…… the brakes of the train. The passengers had no particular reason for doing so, but had acted….(13)….Unbelievable as it sound, he was completely….(14)…. of the fact that a young woman was about to hurl herself into the path of the oncoming train. In fact, the transport authority, ….(15)… prosecuting the passenger on the grounds that he had had no … (16)….cause for using emergency system. 1. a. so b. like c. by d. such 2. a. arriving b. approaching c. catching d. advancing 3. a. leapt b. tossed c. plunged d. threw 4. a. crushed b. smashed c. broken d. squeezed 5. a. damaged b. wounded c. injured d. harmed 6. a. succeeded b. overcame c. survived d. continued 7. a. proved b. came c. made d. turned 8. a. breakdown b. failure c. outbreak d. setback 9. a. coincidence b. correspondence c. occasion d. opportunity 10. a. examination b. inquiry c. view d. search 11. a. taken b. handed c. pulled d. lifted 12. a. joins b. applied c. presses d. attaches 13. a. for a change b. by accident c. at random d. on impulse 14. a. uninformed b. unsure c. unaware d. uncertain 15. a. considered b. meant c. advised d. faced 16. a. noticeable b. expected c. correct d. reasonable IV. Make questions for the underlined parts. 1. He went to England in 1930. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2. It is 2 o’clock. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3. She divorced him because he was very meant. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4. My aunt bought this book in an old bookshop over there. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5. My sister often goes to school by bus. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 6. This ruler is 20 cm long. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7. Peter ate a lot of cream last night. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8. She is blond and tall. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. V. Find a mistake in each sentence and then correct it. 1. I was born at 1990. 2. The book was in the table. 3. She has lived here since a long time. 4. He met his girlfriend at a birthday party ago 2 years. 5. He travels to work with train. . English test Time: 60’ I. Give the correct form of the verb 1. We bought this picture a long time ago Combine 2 sentences using relative clause) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …… 7. I study English because I want to become a good interpreter. ( Use clause of purpose) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……