ENGLISH TEST: JANUARY 2015

NAME: ____________________________

FORM: __________________

DATE: ____________________________
QUESTION 1
Answer the following questions.
1. Tomorrow, I ___________buy some vegetables from the market.
A. will be
B. shall
C. have
D. am
2. The police ___________ the thief as he tried to get away.
A. will be caught
B. will catch
C. caught
D. is catching
3. The hall ________ by the children.
A. was decorating
B. were decorated
C. decorated
D. was decorated
4. The pupils _____________to bring their fees tomorrow.
A. are telling
B. is told
C. are told
D. will be telling
5. We ___________ by the crowd as we went up the bus.
A. were pushed
B. were pushing
C. are pushed
D. pushed

6. The doughnuts __________ for the party.

A. was made
B. were made
C. are made
D. were make
7. The books ___________away to the charity fund.
A. was given
B. gave
C. was giving
D. were giving
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8. Sheila ____________by her teacher,

A. were praises
B. was praising
C. praised
D. was praised
9. The man ___________the chicken and pinned it down.
A. was captures
B. was capturing
C. captured
D. captures
10. The exhibition ____________ by the Science Club.
A. was organized
B. was organizing
C. organized
D. organizes
11. Two days ago, Charles _________some buried treasure in a cave.
A. find
B. finds
C. found
D. finding

12. The boy in the movie could ___________.

A. fly
B. flown
C. flied
D. flew
13. I usually take this road to __________ the traffic jam.
A. avoids
B. avoided
C. avoiding
D. avoid
14. Please dont _________ useless junk because we dont have enough space in the
house.
A. collected
B. collecting
C. collect
D. collects
15. By the time we got there, all the seats ____________ filled up by the crowd.
A. had been
B. was
C. have been
D. were
16. The snow creature __________ the kidnappers away last night.
A. were frightening
B. was frightened
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C. frightens
D. frightened
17. I dont believe that we ___________ before.
A. meet
B. have met
C. meets
D. meeting

18. As the dog got closer to him, the postman _________ faster.
A. pedaling
B. pedal
C. pedals
D. pedaled
19. Malik _________ for his courage at the school assembly this morning.
A. was praised
B. were praising
C. praises
D. praised
20. Lets __________ for help, said Ahmad.
A. radoed
B. have radio
C. had radioed
D. radio
QUESTION 2
From the list of words given, choose the most suitable word for each blank. Write the word in
the blank. Each word can be used only once.
themselves

to

many and

them

under

their

the

they

her

his

our

at

these

Every year, (1) _____________ Christmas, my sister and (2) _____________ husband
will organise a party at (3) ____________ house. (4) ____________entire family will be invited.
All my aunts, uncles and cousins would come, and they will arrange among (5) ____________
what food to cook and bring (6) _____________ the gathering. We will also buy (7)
___________ presents for one another, and all (8) _____________ gifts will be wrapped (9)
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____________ placed (10) ____________ the big Christmas tree we have in the living room. It
is quite a sight to see the stacks of beautifully wrapped and decorated presents in the room.

QUESTION 3
From the list of words given, choose the most suitable word for each blank. Write the word in
the blank. Each word can be used only once.
themselves

which was

it

much

out

into

through

by

them

an

were

when

some

Tim and his men started their journey just before dusk. The bamboo raft (1)
_____________ they had built (2) _______________ consisted of two separate parallel
sections.

This

made

(3)

_______________easier

for

them

to

carry

the

raft

(4)

______________the forest. When they reached the river, they fastened the halves together by
lashing the bamboo strips across them. They placed the rolls of cord, battery, electric wire and
detonators in a waterproof bag. Tim brought along (5) _______________ explosives, and a gun
as precaution.
It was pitch-dark (6) _________________ Tim and his men set (7) ______________ on
their raft. According to the locals, the trip down the river would take less than half (8)
______________ hour. But they were to take much longer than that. Their raft (9)
_______________ being swept and tossed about (10) _______________ the rapids.

QUESTION 4
1. This room is too small for so many __________.
A. furniture
C. furnitures
B. pieces of furniture
D. pieces of furnitures
2. I am not very hungry. I will just have a ____________ of toast for breakfast.
A. loaf
C. slice
B. bunch
D. little
3. The committee ___________ made up of qualified and experienced educators.
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A. is
C. has
B. are
D. have
4. How many ___________ did he drink?
A. glasses of wine
C. wine
B. wines
D. glass of wines
5. The information you have just received ______________ not the latest.
A. is
C. are
B. was
D. were
6. You should not place too ___________ hope on the team this year.
A. much
C. many
B. plenty
D. less
7. The ____________ of actors are moving on to perform in another country.
A. team
C. troupe
B. gang
D. troop
8. Jack accidentally dipped his fingers into the __________ of jam.
A. glass
C. tube
B. jug
D. jar
9. The scuba diver was amazed as the ___________ of fish swam past him.
A. school
C. troop
B. herd
D. litter
10. His trousers ___________ stained with ketchup which he had spilt on himself.
A. is
C. are
B. was
D. were

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