The first- semester- examination for grade 10 Full time: Class: I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. 1. a. work b. sport c. sort d. form 2. a. enjoyable b. boyfriend c. noise d. ours 3. a. learned b. retarded c. unemployed d. injured 4. a. talk b. daughter c. subtract d. walk 5. a. Little b. eaten c. click d. fit II. Choose the best answer. 6. A is a film or a radio or television program giving facts about something. a. documentary b. comedy c. cartoon d. news 7. A person can not hear anything. a. mute b. deaf c. blind d. dumb 8. is the science of numbers and shapes. a. Chemistry b. Physics c. Sports d. Mathematics 9. Could you please me the way to the post office? a. speak b. tell c. talk d. ask 10. We need another of bananas. a. bundle b. set c. bunch d. flock 11. playing the guitar very noisily, Tom woke his parents up. a. Because b. Although c. Because of d. In spite of 12. That house has been empty years. a. since b. ago c. for d. in 13. I my friend ten moths ago. a. have met b. meet c. met d. had met 14. Mary in Japan for two years. She is working there. a. was b. was being c. has been d. is 15. My teacher be a successful photographer. a. used to b. uses to c. is used to d. used 16. My house, has been decorated many times, now looks new. a. what b. which c. that d. who 17. In spite of up late, she got up early the next morning. a. stay b. to stay c. Mary stayed d. staying 18. I the washing up before my mother came home. a. was doing b. have done c. had done d. must have done 19. You had better early. a. to arrive b. arriving c. arrive d. arrived 20. If you keep , that dog won't hurt you. a. walk slowly b. to walk slowly c. to walking slowly d. walking slowly 21. It's difficult on time. a. to get there b. get there c. getting there d. for getting there 22. Look at Tom! He seems to be tired. He a. will be sick b. is sick c. is being sick d. is going to be sick 23. "I feel difficult to see anything. " - "I the light for you." a. am turning on b. turn on c. will turn on d. is going to turn on 24. Twenty trees a. have just been planted b. have just planted c. have been just planted d. has just been planted 25. We know the woman you saw yesterday. a. who b. whom c. that d. b & c are correct 26. If the weather fine, we will go on for a picnic. a. is b. were c. would be d. will be 27. Tom is interested Vietnamese literature. a. at b. of c. in d. on III. Identify the mistake. 28. I like the present whom you gave me on my birthday. A B C D 29. If the weather is fine tomorrow, we would go to the beach. A B C D 30. After Tom had finished doing his homework, he had gone to bed. A B C D 31. The young has the future in their hands. A B C D 32. Dennis used to smoking 40 cigarettes a day. A B C D IV. Read the passage and answer the question. One of the smallest countries in the word is San Marino, a republic, high in the mountains of Italy. It is also the oldest, because it was founded some 1,500 years ago. San Marino covers 61 square kilometres and has over 17 thousand people. San Marino coins and stamps are eagerly bought by collectors. One of the popular small countries in the stamp album is Andorra, the mountain state of 11 thousand people which is high in the Pyrenees, between France and Spain. Anyone who collects the stamps of Andorra soon notices a strange thing about them. Some stamps are printed in Spain and have their values and inscriptions in Spanish. Other stamps are like French stamps. 33. Where is San Marino situated? 34. When was it founded? 35. Is it one of the smallest countries in the world? 36. What's the population of Andorra? 37. What is the strange thing about stamps in Andorra? V. Rewrite the following sentences. 38. "I will see you tomorrow", she said. ->She said that 39. We stopped playing tennis because it started to rain. ->Because of 40. She has read this book already. ->This book The first- semester- examination for grade 10 Full time: Class: I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. 1. a. work b. sport c. sort d. form 2. a. enjoyable b. boyfriend c. noise d. ours 3. a. learned b. retarded c. unemployed d. injured 4. a. talk b. daughter c. subtract d. walk II. Choose the best answer. 5. A is a film or a radio or television program giving facts about something. a. documentary b. comedy c. cartoon d. news 6. A person can not hear anything. a. mute b. deaf c. blind d. dumb 7. playing the guitar very noisily, Tom woke his parents up. a. Because b. Although c. Because of d. In spite of 8. That house has been empty years. a. since b. ago c. for d. in 9. I my friend ten moths ago. a. have met b. meet c. met d. had met 10. Mary in Japan for two years. She is working there. a. was b. was being c. has been d. is 11. My teacher be a successful photographer. a. used to b. uses to c. is used to d. used 12. My house, has been decorated many times, now looks new. a. what b. which c. that d. who 13. In spite of up late, she got up early the next morning. a. stay b. to stay c. Mary stayed d. staying 14. I the washing up before my mother came home. a. was doing b. have done c. had done d. must have done 15. Tom is interested Vietnamese literature. a. at b. of c. in d. on 16. You had better early. a. to arrive b. arriving c. arrive d. arrived 17. If you keep , that dog won't hurt you. a. walk slowly b. to walk slowly c. to walking slowly d. walking slowly 18. It's difficult on time. a. to get there b. get there c. getting there d. for getting there 19. Look at Tom! He seems to be tired. He a. will be sick b. is sick c. is being sick d. is going to be sick 20. "I feel difficult to see anything. " - "I the light for you." a. am turning on b. turn on c. will turn on d. is going to turn on 21. Twenty trees a. have just been planted b. have just planted c. have been just planted d. has just been planted 22. We know the woman you saw yesterday. a. who b. whom c. that d. b & c are correct III. Identify the mistake. 23. I like the present whom you gave me on my birthday. A B C D 24. If the weather is fine tomorrow, we would go to the beach. A B C D 25. The young has the future in their hands. A B C D 26. Dennis used to smoking 40 cigarettes a day. A B C D IV. Read the passage and answer the question. One of the smallest countries in the word is San Marino, a republic, high in the mountains of Italy. It is also the oldest, because it was founded some 1,500 years ago. San Marino covers 61 square kilometres and has over 17 thousand people. San Marino coins and stamps are eagerly bought by collectors. One of the popular small countries in the stamp album is Andorra, the mountain state of 11 thousand people which is high in the Pyrenees, between France and Spain. Anyone who collects the stamps of Andorra soon notices a strange thing about them. Some stamps are printed in Spain and have their values and inscriptions in Spanish. Other stamps are like French stamps. 1. Where is San Marino situated? 2. When was it founded? 3. What's the population of Andorra? V. Rewrite the following sentences. 1. "I will see you tomorrow", she said. ->She said that 2. Because felt tired, he couldn't come to the party. ->Because of 3. She has read this book already. ->This book . ->Because of 40. She has read this book already. ->This book The first- semester- examination for grade 10 Full time: Class: I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. 1 radio or television program giving facts about something. a. documentary b. comedy c. cartoon d. news 7. A person can not hear anything. a. mute b. deaf c. blind d. dumb 8. is the science of numbers. the word is San Marino, a republic, high in the mountains of Italy. It is also the oldest, because it was founded some 1,500 years ago. San Marino covers 61 square kilometres and has over 17 thousand