Test unit 12(2)

Multiple choice 8/ U12/ T2
I. Pronunciation: Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. rose B. chose C. close D. deposit
2. A. aspect B. asleep C. ashamed D. ago
3. A. south B. around C. tourist D. about
4. A. pretend B. repeat C. invent D. attend
5. A. mass B. trash C. gather D. wash
II. Find the one choice that best completes the sentence:
A> Vocabulary.
6. What’s the .................. going to be like tomorrow? Will it be nice?
A. weather B. climate C. condition D. temperature
7. The .................. for tomorrow isn’t very good.
A. news B. prophesy C. saying D. forecast
8. It’s going to be quite cool with .................. as low as 18
0
C.
A. degrees B. measurements C. temperatures D. conditions
9. But are we going to have any ..................?
A. raining B. rains C. rain D. rainy
10. Not a lot. It’s going to be .................. over most of the country.
A. well B. fine C. badly D. good
11. But there maybe a few .................. in the morning.
A. water B. rainfall C. raining D. shower
12. In the North, it’s going to be .................. all day with only one or two sunny periods.
A. cloudy B. cloud C. clouds D. cloudily
13. It’s also going to rain .................. there in the evening.
A. strongly B. heavily C. thickly D. fastly
14. In fact, the rain is going to .................. across the country overnight.
A. gather B. give out C. get together D. spread
15. Well, I suppose it could be worse. I don’t know, it’s going to be very .................., too.
A. blowing B. storming C. windy D. raining

B> Grammar & Structures.
16. At four o’clock yesterday afternoon, I .................. my homework.
A. did B. were doing C. am doing D. was doing
17. You .................. beautiful today!
A. look B. are looking C. looked D. was looking
18. I can’t eat now. I .................. a stomachache.
A. has B. had C. am having D. have
19. It began to rain while Amada and I .................. to school this morning.
A. walked B. walk C. were walking D. are walking
20. Last Friday was Independence Day, so I .................. have to go to class.
A. didn’t B. don’t C. mustn’t D. shouldn’t
21. While I was washing dishes last night. I .................. a plate and .................. it.
A. drop / broke B. dropped / broke C. was dropping / breaking D. dropped / break
22. Jack is lazy. He .................. always .................. his homework.
A. does / forget B. was forgetting C. is / forgotten D. is / forgetting
23. I met Ann yesterday. She said that she .................. on holiday.
A. is B. was C. is being D. was being
24. While he .................. the flowers it began to rain.
A. was watering B. watered C. waters D. is watering
25. I didn’t want to meet Paul so when he entered the room I .................. .
A. am leaving B. leave C. left D. was leaving
26. Tom .................. in a corner with a book. I told him that he .................. in very bad light.
A. was sitting / was reading B. is sitting / is reading
C. sitting / was reading D. sat / reading
27. He asked me .................. him some money.
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Multiple choice 8/ U12/ T2
A. lending B. lend C. lent D. to lend
28. These are nice bananas. How .................. in a kilo?
A. much are they B. many are they C. much are there D. many are there

29. John .................. about his present job, so I ask him to quit it.
A. complains B. is always complaining C. complained D. complaining
30. When I was looking for my passport I .................. this old photograph.
A. find B. was finding C. am finding D. found
III. Identifying mistakes: Choose the underlined part that is not correct in each sentence.
31. The children were very interesting in what the teacher was saying.
A B C D
32. Mary is waiting for her husband in the departure lounge for a long time.
A B C D
33. Billy has called his lawyer last night to tell him about his problems.
A B C D
34. She was sitting at her desk, read a book.
A B C D
35. The students who don’t have library cards they can’t borrow books from the library.
A B C D
36. You looked very busy when I see you last night. What were you doing?
A B C D
37. He did not allow us to go out in the boat yesterday as strong wind blows.
A B C D
38. She was standing at the bus stop. I asked her what bus was she waiting for.
A B C D
39. I share a flat with him when we were students at university.
A B C D
40. When I came in they were sitting around the fire, do a crossword puzzle.
A B C D
IV. Reading comprehension: Choose the words or phrases that best fit the blank spaces.
The weather
The weather last winter .....(41)..... a lot of problems for everyone. First there was a long .....(42)..... of fine but
cold weather, which meant that the roads were often .....(43)..... . Then it got .....(44)....., but we had a lot of rain. Two
weeks later, the weather .....(45)..... cold again: an east wind started .....(46)....., and we had a lot of snow. Roads

became .....(47)....., trains stopped .....(48)....., so that many people either .....(49)..... at home or had to .....(50)..... to
work.
41. A. became B. caused C. was D. were
42. A. period B. times C. story D. way
43. A. ice B. iced C. icy D. ices
44. A. warm B. warmer C. warmest D. more warm
45. A. had B. happened C. were D. turned
46. A. to blow B. to send C. to give D. to take
47. A. block B. blocked C. blocking D. to block
48. A. to running B. run C. running D. to run
49. A. left B. took C. lived D. stayed
50. A. had to B. have to C. must D. should
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