LUYEN THI LOP 10 CHUYEN ANH

PRACTCE TEST 1
I. Put the right tenses to complete the following passage:
1. That afternoon, we all ( get ) …… ready to go to the pictures. We ( get ) ……… a
63 bus to take us to the Elephant and Castle, because the pictures are just next
door. There ( be ) a great big queue waiting to go in and we ( be ) ……. At the
very back. Soon we ( get ) ……… in. the picture ( already start ) and it was very
dark in there. We had to go down some stairs to get to our seats but instead of
walking down them we ( fall) down them. Soon we were in our seats. We ( sit )
there watching the film when something ( hit ) me on the head. It was an ice-
cream tub. I ( turn ) round to see who it was and a little boy who ( sit ) two rows
behind me ( say ) “ I am very sorry. I wasn’t meant to hit you. I was meant to
hit the boy in front”
2. Reports are coming in that a train ( crash ) near Birmingham. According to
eyewitness, it ( hit ) a concrete block which somebody ( put ) on the line.
3. Halfway to the office Paul ( turn ) round and ( go ) back home because he
( forget ) to turn the gas off
4. I ( do ) housework allday today, I ( clean ) every room in the house
5. It wasn’t surprising that she ( start ) getting toothache. She ( not go ) to the
dentist for two years
6. London (change) a lot since we first ( come ) to live here
7. “ How many times you ( see ) this film?”- This is the first time I ( see ) it
8. “ Who’s that? I ( never see ) him before in my life”
9. They ( just discover ) a new fuel; it’s half the price of petrol, and much cleaner
10. My sister ( be ) married three times
11. While she ( talk ) on the phone the children ( start ) fighting and ( break) a
window
12. You know, she ( stand) looking at that picture for the last twenty minutes
13. He used to talk to us about all the interesting things he ( do ) in his life
14. I ( spend ) a lot of time traveling since I ( get ) this new job
15. When I ( be ) at school we all ( study ) Latin
16. When I ( meet ) him at work , he ( work ) as a waiter for a year or so

17. We ( live ) in Scotland until I ( be ) eighteen
18. She ( have ) a hard life , but she’s always smiling
19. You ( hear ) the storm last night?
20. After he ( finish ) his breakfast he ( sit ) down to write some letters
II. There are too many mistakes in this paragraph. Find and correct them
all
Yesterday , I decided to visit my medicine because I’ve been having aches in the
chest. I heat all the time, and then I suddenly cold. I don’t have hunger at all and
think I’m thinning. I tire myself easily,as well. Last week, I developed a sore neck
and could hardly speak. I hope it would better, but in fact it got worst. The doctor
interrogated me and gave me a recipe. You can get this medicine at the
pharmacists he said.” Don’t worry. You ‘ll soon be alright”. I leased the doctor to
give me some advices. When you feel better, make plenty of exercise, and you
need plenty of open air. You’ll be good in to time. I thanked the doctor as the
nanny showed me out before leading the next customer.
III. Match the phrasal verbs with their meanings
1. put about a. discourage
2. put across b. provide accommodation
3. put down to c. postpone
4. put forward d. tolerate
5. put off e. pretend
6. put off f. suggest
7. put on g. communicate
8. put out h. circulate information
9. put up i. in convenience
10. put up with j. attribute to
IV. Choose the correct phrasal verb to complete :
1. Don’t let me ………. You……… going to see it. I mean, the film does have its good
points
2. At the meeting someone ……………. The idea that there should be a student

representative on the committee
3. He did seem a bit short-tempered, I agree. I ……. It …… to overwork
4. I’m just not prepared to ………… your inefficiency any longer. You ‘re fired!
5. Thank you . I’d love to stay to dinner, as long as it won’t …… you …… at all
6. We’ll just have to …………. The meeting ……… until everyone’s back from holiday
7. The part of the course I enjoyed least was philosophy. It wasn’t ……… very well
by the lecturer
8. If my sister can ………. me ………… I’ll save the cost of a hotel room for the night
9. She……… it ……………… that she was thinking of leaving the company and as a
result, she received several offers from rival organizations
10. He didn’t really hurt his leg, you know. He limped a bit, but he was only………. it
………. to get our sympathy