English F3/ Feb Test 2014

A. Underline the adjectives in the sentences below.

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The greedy man ate ten durians all by himself.

That woman beat this small girl.
Which wheel is punctured?
Every man and woman must be prepared to die for their country.
The rich should help the poor.
He has ten houses and is considered very rich.
She obtained the first position in the whole form.
The couple has two sons and three daughters.
What kind of answer is this?
This fence is quite low.
That is the unreasonable man I told you about.
Each pupil has to bring a big plastic bag to school tomorrow.
The kind man gave some food to the starving dog.
His parents are old and weak.
The big boy bullied the smaller children.
Total: ____ / 15
B. Underline the correct verb in the sentences below.

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She (go/ goes) to market with her mother.

The children (play/ plays) badminton in the back lane.
His father (play/ plays) tennis every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
The members of the Leo Club (meet/ meets) every month.
He (watch/ watches) the news every evening.
The students (throw/ throws) the sweet wrappers into the wastepaper basket.
She (watch/ watches) the baby carefully.
They (swim/ swims) in the pool.
His father (hang/ hangs) the photograph on the wall.
My friend (study/ studies) at 9.00 oclock every night.
The boy (give/ gives) the gun to the policemen.
My sister (exercise/ exercises) every morning.
The baby (drink/ drinks) milk.
The player (kick/ kicks) the ball to his team- mate.
His mother (sew/ sews) his tom shirt.
Total: ____ / 15

C. Write down the simple past tense of the verb in the brackets.
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I ________ it.__ (buy) the computer last week.

The burglar ___________ (break) into the house.
The hawker ___________ (use) to sell almond soup.
We ______________ (enjoy) singing at the karaoke last night.
The cat ____________ (chase) the rat but did not catch
He ___________ (swim) at the club almost every day.
When she was alive, the woman _____________ (will) pray at this temple every month.
The thief ___________ (snatch) the womans handbag and sped off on his motorcycles.
He __________ (cast) his line and waited for the fish to bite.
When he was young, the karate exponent ____________ (thrust) his hands into sand to

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We _________ (push) the broken- down car to the side of the road.
The boys and girls ___________ (use) a jungle track instead of the road and was lost

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The warden of the hostel ____________ (shut) the doors and windows properly before

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going to sleep.
The director of the company __________ (play) golf every Saturday.
Every morning, he __________ (take) a bath before going to work.
Total: ____ / 15
D. Underline the verbs which agree in number and person with the subject.

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The boy (climb/ climbs) the tree.

The two girls (are/ is) talking on the phone.
I (has/ have) finished the work.
He (was/ were) arrested by the police.
They (was/ were) bathing in the river when the crocodile attacked.
The woman said that she (have/ has) been robbed.
He (shall/ will) put up the notice on Monday.
Mr. Lim (shall/ will) be holidaying in Bangkok next week.
The workmen (shall/ will) have finished repairing the road by noon.
We (watch/ watches) television every day.
The small girl (is/ are) playing with her doll.
The man (has/ have) damaged the washing machine by overloading it.
The pictures (was/ were) drawn by the young boy.
If she (had/ have) not driven too closely to the car in front, there would not have been an

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accident.
The children (was/ were) crossing the road at that time.
Total: ____ / 15
E. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles such as a, an or the. If the blanks do not
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When my younger sister was sick, my mother took her to _______ hospital.
That girl has passed Grade 8 in playing ________ piano.
I went into the shop and saw _______ antique chair there.
Speak _______ English to her because she does not understand ________ Mandarin.
They were able to do the work in _______ hour.
We are going to _______ United States to study.
She went to _______ Britain on a holiday.
The intelligent boy wrote _______ excellent essay.
He sailed solo across __________ Pacific Ocean.
How about joining me for _______ lunch?
_________ tallest students usually join the school basketball team.
_________ European man was looking for you just now.
Anyone with ________ determination can go very far.
She is _______ girl I told you about.
Motorcycle frames are usually made of ______ steel.
There was _______ cockroach in her porridge.
Long ago, people believed that _______ sun moved round ________ Earth.
They had _________ lot of fun ushering in the new year.
Using a stick, he killed ______ snake that had crawled into his house.
Razali broke ______ arm when he fell from his motorcycle.

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Total: ____ / 20
F. Underline the correct propositions in the sentences below.
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Most people are afraid (of/ at / in) snakes.

Such clothes are not appropriate (at/ in / for) a formal occasion like this.
She was not ashamed (of/ in / at) the bad thing she had done.
The pirated VCD vendor is not aware (in / of / on) being watched by the police.
The old man is excellent (in/ at / for) counting.
Smoking is bad (at / to / for) health.
He is unkind (on/ at / to) his parents.
Which town is proud (of / for / at) its batik industry?
This book is beneficial (at / on / to) students who want to improve their English.
We stood (down/ under) a tree to get some shade.
The aeroplane will take off (in/ for) fifteen minutes.
Mr and Mrs Chong are going to Indonesia (in/ at) March.
I usually joy (across/ around) the lake (for/ during) an hour.
We have not seen Zakaria (from/ since) last Friday.
The cruise ship sails (out/ from) Pulau Pinang (to/ until) Singapore.
The ticket (for/ into) the concert is priced (of/ at) RM100.
The novel written (by/ of/ from) Stephen King is (at/ with/ on) me.
The cat jumped (of/ off/ out/ under) the chair when I tried to catch it.
He has not yet recovered (of/ for/ from/ since) his illness.
The contestants have to be (in/ into/ at/ onto) the hall (by/ at/ during/ before) 9 a.m.
Total: ____ / 20
G. Put in the correct prepositions.

1) My friend is good _______ playing volleyball.

2) She complains _______ bullying.
3) They are afraid _________ losing the match.
4) She doesn't feel ________ working on the computer.
5) We are looking forward _________ going out at the weekend.
6) Laura dreams __________ living on a small island.
7) Andrew apologized ________ being late.
8) Do you agree _________ staying in a foreign country?
9) The girls insisted __________ going out with Kerry.
10) Edward thinks _________ climbing trees this afternoon.
Total: _____ / 10
H. Use the following verbs (believe, fill, get, look, put, switch, take, throw, turn, try)
and the prepositions (away, down, for, in, off, on, out) and form meaningful
sentences.

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1) Quick! _______ the bus. It's ready to leave.

2) I don't know where my book is. I have to _________ it.
3) It's dark inside. Can you _______ the light, please?
4) _________ the form, please.
5) I need some new clothes. Why don't you ________ these jeans?
6) It's warm inside. _________ your coat.
7) This pencil is really old. You can ________ it _________ .
8) It's so loud here. Can you _________ the radio a little.
9) The firemen were able to ________ the fire in Integrasi Street.
10) Does your little brother__________ ghosts?
Total: _____ / 10
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Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use will-future, going to-future, Simple
Present, Present Progressive, Future Progressive or Future Perfect.

1) Lisa has sold her car. She _____________ a bike. (to buy)
2) The museum at 10 am daily. (to open)
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in 2050? (Harry/to be)

4) What time __________________ ? (the show/to begin)

5) What __________________ tomorrow evening? (you/to do)
6) These boxes are so heavy. ___________________ them for me, please? (you/to carry)
7) What time _________________ Gerry? (he/to meet)
8) This lesson _________________ at 11:30 but at 11:40. (not/to end)
9) This time tomorrow we ________________ to York. (to drive)
10) The students ________________ their essays by the end of next week. (to write)

Total: _____ / 10

J. Put in the correct part of speech.

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new: _______________
happily: _______________
read: ________________
she: _________________
house: ______________
but: ________________
on: _________________
beautiful: ______________
they: ________________
Hello!: _______________

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active: ______________
of: _________________
brave: _____________
like: ______________
can: _______________
old: ______________
group: _______________
carefully: ____________
father: ___________
play: ______________
Total: _____ / 20

K. Find 10 mistakes in this text. Circle the mistakes.

In some street there is a two-way traffic for cars, but others are one-way streets. Streets
goes across rivers on bridges which span them. Pedestrians walk on the pavement;
whenever they want to cross they had better used zebra-crossings or they will got into
trouble with the police. Drivers must stopped their cars at once whenever they seen people
on pedestrian crossings, so as to gave them right of way. Trafic in cities is controled by
means of traffic lights and by policeman in order to prevent traffic jams or congestion.
Total: _____ / 10