revision for term 2 grade 10 2

REVISION FOR TERM 2 – 02 - GRADE 10
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
Mark the letter A, B,C , or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions
1. A. Stephen
B. enough
C. photograph
D. laugh
Mark the letter A, B,C , or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the
position of the primary stress in each of the following questions
2. A. damage
B. solemn
C. trophy
D. cartoon
Mark the letter A, B,C , or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
3. If I had time, I________ to the zoo with you this weekend.
A. will have gone
B. would have gone
C. will go
D. would go
4." Would you like to go the cinema with me this weekend?"
A. Yes, I do
B. Yes, it is
C. Yes, I'd love to D. I agree with you
5 The film " Titanic" is based _______ the true story of the Titanic disaster.
A. at
B. in
C. on
D. for
6. Can English …………..at the club?
A. spoken

B. be spoken
C. speak
D. is spoken
7. My uncle plays ………..guitar very well.
A. the
B. a
C. an
D. x
8. I turned off the television in the middle of the program,. I was………..with the program.
A. boring
B. bored
C. bore
D. to bore
9. Susan” I don’t know how to use this camera” _ Helen” It’s quite easy. I…………..you”
A. show
B. am showing
C. will show
D. am going to show
10. It’s a beautiful day. …………………go on a picnic?
A. Shall we
B. How about
C. Would you like D. Do you feel like
11. It is difficult to….…………what our lives would be like without music.
A. remember
B. imagine
C. suppose
D. expect
12. Mary ” ……………….do you often go to school?”_ Lan ” On foot”
A. How often
B. How long

C. How far
D. How
13. In the final match of the 2006 World Cup, France was defeated by Italy and became the..............
A. champion
B. runner-up
C. up-runner
D. championship
Mark the letter A, B,C , or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to
the underlined par in each of he following questions
14. Try to eliminate fatty foods from your diets
A. move
B. limit
C. add
D. get rid of
Mark the letter A, B,C , or D to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to
the underlined par in each of he following questions
15. The cinema developed rapidly in the first two decades of its existence.
A. quickly
B. slowly
C. early
D. completely
Mark the letter A, B,C , or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of
the following questions
16. My brother’s son prefers science fiction films than horror ones.
A
B
C
D
17. Driving on the left side of the road made Lan very surprising when she first visited London.
A

B
C
D
Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best word for
each of the blanks from 18 to 21
These days it is ………18…….to open a newspaper without reading about the damage we
are ………19…..to the environment. The earth is being threatened and the future looks bad. What
can each of us do? We can not clean up our polluted rivers and seas overnight. Nor can we ……
20……the disappearance of plants and animals. But we can stop adding ……21………..the problem
while scientists search for answers, and laws are passed in nature’s defence.
18. A. impossible
B. unable
C. unnecessary
D. unlikely


19. A. making
B. having
C. doing
D. taking
20. A. limit
B. stop
C. eliminate
D. abandon
21. A. up
B. to
C. on
D. in
Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best answer to
each of the blanks from 22 to 25

All over the world people listen to classical music. Classical music is difficult to describe. It
means different things to different people.
Some famous classical composers were Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, and Mozart. In their music,
they didn’t tell a story or show strong emotion. They wanted to make a beautiful, interesting
design.They wanted to write lovely sounds.
Then composers started to interpret ideas.They told stories about wars, armies, and soldiers.
They wrote about religion. Sometimes they composed music for holidays. They told love stories and
showed strong emotion. Some of these composers were Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin,
Mendelssohn, Wagner and Tchaikovsky.
Classical music stays with people a long time. Bach wrote about 300 years ago, Beethoven
wrote about 200 years ago, and Tchaikovsky wrote over 100 years ago.
Sometimes people close their eyes to listen to classical music. When they close their eyes,
they can see the design. They can listen to the same classical music many times and enjoy it.
Sometimes it is difficult to understand. The listener has to think about it. However, we can all learn
to enjoy some classical music. It is very important to people.
22. Classical music is famous...................
A. in the Western
B. in Europe
C. in the United states
D. all over the world
23. What kind of stories did some composers not tell in their music?
A. love
B. wars
C. religion
D. racial integration.
24. Beethoven..............
A. composed his music a long time ago B. just wanted to make an interesting design
C. did not tell a story
D. wrote some music that was difficult to understand.
25. People sometimes close their eyes when they listen to classical music in order

to .............................
A. understand it clearly
B. think about the design
C. form the picture of the design in their mind D. hear the same classical music many times
WRITING
Combine the two sentences into one in such a way that it contains the word given in the
brackets
26. I wanted to thank them for the weekend, so I wrote them a letter. ( TO)
……………………………………………………………………..
27. He didn't study hard. He didn't pass the exam. ( (IF)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
28. Jane likes reading books. It interests her. (IN)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence
printed before it.
29. He didn't go abroad until he was 30.
It was not until ...........................................................
30. How about going to the football match tomorrow?
Why don’t you…………………………………………………………………………..
31. They held the first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930.
The first World Cup……………………………………………………………………………………………..
32. Vegetation can hold water on the land.
Water………………………………………………………………………………………………………
THE END