Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia GESL 5 Communication

Institute of Foreign Languages FINAL PRACTICE EXAM English in Common 3A

Name: _________________________________ Room: _________________________ Time: _______

SECTION I: LISTENING
Listen to the conversations and answer the questions.
1) How did the man contact the woman? ___________________________________________________
2) How long has it been since they last spoke? ______________________________________________
3) Where has the man been living? _______________________________________________________
4) How long has he known his friend Emmy? ______________________________________________
5) Where does the woman ask them to visit? _______________________________________________
SECTION II: VOCABULARY
A. Fill in the Blanks
Choose adjectives from the list and fill in the blanks. Use each adjective once.
generous reliable confident determined
ambitious physical talented intelligent
dangerous saddest happy scary
exciting high bottled good

0) My brother gives money to poor people in the village. He is generous .

1) Naomi doesn’t like people who aren’t ___________________. She feels she can’t trust them.
2) Mr. Fields is a _________________ violinist. He plays all over the world.
3) George is one of the most ________________ people I know. He’s smarter than the average bear!
4) If you are totally ____________________, nothing is impossible for you.
5) I used to hate _____________ education at school. Playing sport on those winter mornings was crazy.
6) How ____________________ are you? Do you have big dreams for the future?
7) Horror movies are ___________________!! I can’t watch them alone.
8) That was the ___________________ day of my life. I loved that dog with all my heart.
9) Extreme sports are _______________________.
10) Bopha is ______________________ to get the top score in the exam. She is studying so hard for it.
11) Which is ___________________, Evian drinking water or Kulen Mountain drinking water?
12) He only drinks ___________________ orange juice. He says the aluminum can changes the taste.

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13) How ___________________ is Odoum Mountain?

14) What’s the most __________________ thing you’ve ever done?
15) Don’t worry…be __________________!
B. Writing Sentences
Choose five words from the list and write a sentence for each word.
precious (adj.) motto (n.) shrink (v.) plant (v.) completely (adv.)
increase (v.) pocket knife (n.) mentally (adv.) hairdryer (n.) harvest (v.)

0) The number of tourists visiting New Zealand is increasing each year.

1) _________________________________________________________________________________
2) _________________________________________________________________________________
3) _________________________________________________________________________________
4) _________________________________________________________________________________
5) _________________________________________________________________________________
SECTION III: GRAMMAR
A. Comparatives and Superlatives
Use the information to write a comparative or superlative sentence with the adjective in parentheses.
0) The land area of China is 9,572,900 sq.km. The land area of the USA is 9,526,468 sq.km.
(big) The land area of China is bigger than the land area of the USA.
0) I have never eaten a hotter pepper.
(hot) This is the hottest pepper I have ever eaten.
1) Garden vegetables are fresh. Supermarket vegetables are not so fresh.
(good) ______________________________________________________________________________
2) Tony’s height is 1.65metres. Harold’s height is 1.87metres.
(tall) _______________________________________________________________________________
3) Black coffee tastes great. White coffee tastes okay. Sweet white coffee tastes awful.
(delicious) __________________________________________________________________________
4) The sky is light blue. The ocean is deep blue.
(dark) ______________________________________________________________________________
5) Hip hop music is terrible. Rap music is pretty bad. Country music isn’t so good.

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(bad) _______________________________________________________________________________
6) A Ferrari can go 250 kilometres per hour. A Tico can go 100 kilometres per hour.
(slow) ______________________________________________________________________________
7) An elephant weighs around 5,000kg. A blue whale weighs around 140,000kg. A horse weighs around
900kg.
(light) ______________________________________________________________________________
B. Used to / Didn’t use to
Complete the sentences with used to or didn’t use to.
0) I didn’t use to enjoy getting up early, but now I do.
1) Phalla _________________________ to be a motodop, but now he is a tuk-tuk driver.
2) Anthony ________________________ like prahok, but now he eats it every day.
3) My cat _________________________ catch mice, but now she catches them all the time.
4) The dogs in my street _____________________ bark through the night, but now they have stopped.
5) People _________________________ protect the Royal turtles, but now they have been asked to.
6) I _________________________ eat junk food all the time, but I got fat and had to go on a diet.
7) Keith ________________________ listen to music a lot, but now he doesn’t have the time to do that.
C. Indirect Questions
Rewrite the questions as indirect questions using: Could you tell me / Do you know
0) Where is the market? Could you tell me where the market is?
1) Who made that horrible noise? ________________________________________________________
2) How far is it to your house from PUC?
____________________________________________________________________________________
3) Where did you get that hat? ___________________________________________________________
4) Why did you tell them what I told you in confidence?
____________________________________________________________________________________
5) How long does the train take to get to Clarksville?
____________________________________________________________________________________
6) What is that? ______________________________________________________________________
7) Where are you from? ________________________________________________________________

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8) How do you get to school? ___________________________________________________________

9) What is the capital of your country?
____________________________________________________________________________________
10) What is so funny? _________________________________________________________________

D. Modals of Obligation and Possibility

Rewrite the sentences using: should / shouldn’t / can / can’t / have to / don’t or doesn’t have to
0) It is not necessary for you to ask to go to the toilet. → You don’t have to ask to go to toilet.
1) It is a good idea to wear a helmet while riding your motorbike.
____________________________________________________________________________________
2) Sorry, but I must tell the police this information.
____________________________________________________________________________________
3) I don’t think you should stick that fork into the electricity socket.
____________________________________________________________________________________
4) Are you obliged to wear a uniform at school?
____________________________________________________________________________________
5) Mary and Fiona aren’t expected to work on the weekend.
____________________________________________________________________________________
6) You are not allowed to enter the restaurant without shoes or a shirt.
____________________________________________________________________________________
SECTION IV: READING COMPREHENSION
Read the text and answer the questions.
Most people can hold their breath long enough to dive to the bottom of a swimming pool, but on
August 17, 2002, Tanya Streeter went a lot, lot deeper. The 29 year old held her breath for 3 minutes, 26
seconds and became the world free diving champion. She dived 160 meters (525 feet) below the surface
of the sea. During the dive, her lungs shrank to the size of oranges. Her heart slowed to 15 beats per
minute, and she sang her national anthem in her head to control her fear. Tanya says that her mental
strength is more important than her physical strength. “I am a very determined person. When I decide to
do something, I do it. ‘Redefine your limits’ is my motto.”
1) How long can most people hold their breath?
___________________________________________________________________________________
2) What did she dive below the surface of?

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___________________________________________________________________________________
3) How small did her lungs become during the dive?
___________________________________________________________________________________
4) Why did she sing her national anthem?
___________________________________________________________________________________
5) What is Tanya’s motto?
___________________________________________________________________________________

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