Written Test to select good students pps

Sentence correction: Find and correct mistakes.. A B C D 5.The best way for the children to learn science is for them to perform experiments himself.. Rewrite the following sentences wit

Quynh Luu I Upper Secondary School

School year: 2010 – 2011

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Written Test to select good students

Time: 60 minutes Full name: Class: Code: …

I Choose the best answer:

1.We ought not to sit on _ chairs

2.This is the story based _facts

3.Which of these objects would make a good disguise? A _

4.I wonder if he could me a favour?

5. such a fantastic story!

6.The old man slipped and fell _the stairs

7. _to look at old family photographs

A It’s fun B It has fun C There is a fun D There is fun

8.He behaved nothing had happened

9.She walked the road without looking

10.Do you want this _?

A black box tin B tin box black C tin black box D black tin box

11. Alert is late, let’s begin without him

12.Havard University, which in 1630, is one of the oldest university in the USA

II Sentence correction: Find and correct mistakes

1.This table is not sturdy enough to support a television and that one isn’t, neither

2.These televisions are quite popular in Europe, but those is not

A B C D

3.Ann can’t accept the invitation because of she is sick

A B C D

4.Jim was tired because he had to do a lot of homeworks

A B C D

5.The best way for the children to learn science is for them to perform experiments

himself A B C

D

6.Jill didn’t repair the roof herself.She had it repairing

A B C D 7.We haven’t got much time We has to hurry

A B C D

8.She is said working 16 hours a day

A B C D

III Rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meaning

1.Richard only took over the family business because his father decided to retire early But for

2.I don’t really want to have lunch yet

I’d rather

3.Experts think that all dogs evolved from wolves

All dogs

4.The students regretted that they had missed the lecture

The students regretted not

5.The police made the youth empty his pocket

The youth

6.John and Mary moved to London 3 years ago

It is

7.It was to be another 25 years before Michael returned to his hometown

Not until

8.It is ages since Alan visited his parents

Alan

IV Rewrite the following sentence without changing their original meaning using the words or phrases given in brackets

1.It’s a pity that you didn’t tell us about that.(wish)

……… 2.He’s getting them to mend the windows.(mended)

………

3.They made her hand in her school report.(to hand)

……… 4.The garden is too small to play football in.(big)

………

5 “He shouldn’t have behaved so badly”, said Janet.( objected to)

……… 6.A plane leaves for the island at 07:70 daily.(a daily flight)

……… 7.Mary would rather see more historic sights than go dancing.(would prefer)

……… 8.It has been said that UFOs are increasing.(said)

………

V Choose a word that best fits each of the following blanks:

When you are driving abroad you should make sure that you have all your documents with you.These(1) _your passport, your driving license and insurance papers It (2) be very inconvenient if you (3) _any of these or if you cannot find(4) quickly.You must also make sure that your car has a nationality place which shows the country where the car is registered; for(5) , GB for Great Britain, F for France, N for Norway and so on

In some (6) _you have to pay if you don’t (7) motoring laws and this can sometimes cost you a lot of money For instance, you may have to pay immediately if you are stopped by a police office for taking no notice of traffic lights, speed (8) _ or if you allow children (9) the age of twelve to (10) in the front seat of a vehicle

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