MINI TEST 2 

- GRADE 7 
I. Circle the word whose underlined part or stress pattern is different from
the others. 
1. A. show  B. special    C. emotion  D. compulsory 
2. A. recently  B. saxophone    C. portraits  D. pleasure 
3. A. music  B. museum    C. usual  D. actors 
4. A. folk  B. compose    C. control  D. violin 
5.  A. performed  B. controlled    C. appeared  D. smoked 
6. A. donate  B. profit  C. unique  D. excite 
7. A. respect  B. provide  C. tutor  D. control 
8. A. history  B. interview  C. instrument  D. encourage 
9. A. volunteer  B. tradition  C. statistics  D. musician 
10. A. experience  B. authority  C. curriculum  D. population 
II. Give the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. 
1. Tom (not/go) hasn’t gone out since he (fail) failed in his exam. 
2. She will phone you as soon as she (come) comes back. 
3. I (read) have read the book you gave me for a week but I (not/finish)hasn’t
finished it yet. 
4. You look very thoughtful. What are you (think) thinking about? 
5. Do you feel like (go) going to a film or would you rather (stay) stay at home? 
6. It (be) is two years since I (be) was last in Rome. 
7. When I entered his room, I (see) saw him (sleep) sleeping a chair. 
III. Give the correct forms of the words in brackets. 
1. You are a volunteer if you help other people (willing) willingly and without
payment. 
2. She often donate money to (charity) charitable organizations. 
3. (Home) Homeless people are those who do not have a home and really need
help. 
4. For many people, a good (know) knowledge of music and arts is regarded as a
(necessary) necessity . However, some people see music and arts as an (important)
unimportant part of (educate) education 
5. Water (puppet) puppetry is a (tradition) traditional art form. It (origin) original in
the villages of the Red River Delta. The puppets are controlled by the (puppet)
puppets behind a screen. The (perform) performance show everyday life in the
countryside. 
6. Pop music is not as (excite) exciting as rock and roll. 
7. Would you love to make a big (contribute) contribution to your community. 
8. (Laugh) Laughing is like medicine. It makes people live longer. 
IV. Rewrite the following sentences 
1. My father seldom rides a bike to work. My brother seldom rides a bike to work. 
My father seldom rides a bike to work and …………………………………………. 
2. This is the first time I have eaten snails. 
I have …………………………………………………………………………………… 
3. She started recycling rubbish two years ago. 
She has ………………………………………………………………………………… 
4. You can’t get the job unless you have got experience. 
 If ………………………………………………………………………………………… 
5. I asked the mechanic to check my motorbike every three months. 
I had ……………………………………………………………………………………. 
V. Read the passage and insert a suitable word in each space. 
The kind of food we eat depends (1) ____________ which part of the world we live
in, or which part of our (2) ____________ we live in. For example, in the south of China
they eat rice, (3) _____________ in the north they eat noodles. In Scandinavia, they eat
a lot of herrings, and the Portuguese love sardines. But in central Europe, away
(4) _____________ the sea, people don’t eat so much fish, they eat
(5) ____________ meat and sausages. In Germany and Poland there
(6) ___________ hundreds of different kinds of sausages. 
VI. Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that they mean the same as the
original sentences. 
1. Sarah is a better swimmer than Jessica. (swim) 
Jessica doesn’t  ____________________________________________________
Sarah. 
2. Mark and Tony are equally high. (height) 
Mark is _____________________________________________________________
Tony. 
3. Jane is more enthusiastic about sports than Brenda is. (keen) 
Brenda isn’t___________________________________________________ Jane is. 
4. The baby’s temperature kept rising, so we took him to hospital. (higher) 
     The baby’s temperature was ______________________________, so we took him
to hospital. 
5. As it got darker, we had more difficulty seeing. (harder) 
The darker ____________________________________________ it was for us to
see. 
VII. Use the correct form of the words given in brackets to complete the passage. 
EAT MORE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES! 
A recent report on the eating habits of children suggests that children from the age of
three to sixteen show a strong (1. like) dislike for vegetables and only eat sufficient
amounts of fruit and vegetables at Christmas. One (2. research)researcher says not
eating (3.proper)properly may have serious consequences on a child’s speech and
(4. physics)physical development, resulting in poorer performance at school. 
One (5. solve)_solution is to give children extra iron and vitamins but in the long run it is
more (6. effect) effective if children get right ingredients in their (7. day)daily diet. 
(8.Fortunate)Unfortunatly, parents choose food for their children that is quick and
(9.convenience)convenient to prepare, rather than food which is fresh and
(10. health)healthy. Consequently, it is difficult later to get children change their habits. 
VIII. Complete these sentences using too, so, either, neither. 
1. I don’t like our new boss much and (she) neither does she.
2. I’d like a drink and (he) he’d too
3. He can’t swim and (she)  she can’t,either. 
4. I’m not sure where we are and (they) they aren’t,either. 
5. Lan passed the test and (Na) so did Na. 
6. Mark has finished university and (I) me too
8. I have to go to work tomorow and (she) so does she
9. She was born in 1975 and (he) so was he. 
9. She is never late for school and (he)  neither is he
10. I won’t lend him any money and (she) neither will she