1st English TEST for grade 10

Vo Giu High School: THE FIRST WRITTEN 45 MINUTE ENGLISH TEST FOR GRADE 10
Your name: _________________________________ (Grade 10A…..)
Exercise 1: Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from
the rest(1m)
1 a. seat b.sea c.sit d. meat
2 a. eating b. beat c. teacher d. breakfast
3 a. scream b. death c. peasant d. ready
4 a. frighten b. bridge c. pilot d. fire
5 a. k e y b. cheese c. family d. village
Exercise 2 : Match the underlined verbs in column A with their meaning in column B(2m)
A B
1. When did the plane take off? A. building
2. The thief ran away when the burglar alarm went off. B. move downward
3. She is happy and satisfied with what she has. C. made … stop burning
4. Could you get me up early tomorrow? D. leave the ground
5. She laughed and chatted happily with other women. E. talked in a friendly way
6. Did anyone see Sue getting on the bus? F. stopped
7. Suddenly the plane seemed to dip. G. getting into
8. I’ve given up trying to understand her. H. get out of bed
9. We had trouble putting up the tent in he dark. I. contented
10. Five fighters soon put out the fire. J. rang
1_D_ 2___ 3___ 4___ 5___ 6____ 7____ 8_____ 9____ 10____
Exercise 3 :Put the verbs in brackets in the present and the past simple tense(2m)
I (have) __________ coffee for breakfast every day.
2. They (begin) __________ to study at this school 7 years ago.
3. It (rain) __________ very much in the summer.
4. Bad students never (work) __________ hard.
5. He (visit) ______ his friend yesterday and (find) ______ that he had been out.
6. She sometimes (buy) ___________ vegetables at his market.
7. I have not seen John for a long time. I (see) __________ him 3 weeks ago.
8. My friend (study) __________ English for an hour every night.

9. We always (do) ___________ our exercises carefully.
10. I (meet) __________ Mary last night. She’s become a very nice girl.
Exercise 4 : Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect(2m)
1. Tom watches usually television in the evening.
A B C D
2. She usually has a glass of milk after breakfast, but now she drinks a cup of coffee.
A B C D
3. Everybody danced and sang happy at the party last night.
A B C D
4. These pupils never are late for school.
A B C D
5. Before going to bed. Mrs. Tuyet usually read something or watches some programs on television.
A B C D
Exercise 5: Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question.(2m)
My name is Seumas McSporran and I'm a very busy man. I'm 60 years old and I am a postman, a
politician, a fireman, a taxi driver, a school-bus driver, a boatman, an ambulance man, an accountant, a
petrol attendant, a barman, and an undertaker. Also, I and my wife, Margaret, have a shop and a small
hotel.
I live and work on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only 20 people live there but in summer
150 tourists come by boat every day.
Every weekday I get up at 6.00 and makes breakfast for the hotel guests. At 8.00 I drive the island's
children to school. At 9.00 I collect the post from the boat and deliver it to all the houses on the island. I
also deliver the beer to the island's only pub. Then I help Margaret in the shop.
My wife likes being busy, too. We never have holidays and we don't watch television. In the evenings
Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At 10.00 we have a glass of wine and then we go to bed.
Perhaps our life isn't very exciting, but we like it.
1. Mr. Mcsporran does all the following jobs EXCEPT .
a. a mailman b. a driver c. a firefighter d. a farmer
2. Gigha is the name of.........
a. His wife b. The island where they live

c. His hotel d. The shop where they work
3. Tourists....... to the island.
a. sail b. drive c. swim d. fly
4. The word "it" in paragraph 3 refers to.........
a. Beer b. Boat c. Post d. Pub
5. According to the passage which is true about Seumas MsSporran?
a. He goes to bed very late
b. He and his wife go on holiday every year
c. He likes the job as a postman most
d. He does the accounts in the evening
Exercise 6: Rewrite the sentences below, beginning with the words given (1m)
1. Mr.Vy often spends 15 minutes leading the buffalo to the field.
It takes ____________________________________________
2. Their game of badminton is always on Saturday.
They _______________________________________.
3. We have learned English for 4 years.
We started _________________________________
4. He never goes to school late.
He is ______________________
The first step is always the hardest
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