ENGLISH TEST FOR THE SECOND TERM
SCHOOL YEAR 2010 - 2011
Mark Remark
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the rest.
1. A. dinner B. family C. countryside D. produce
2. A. dictionary B. younger C. invente D. summer
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
3. A. ago B. know C. also D. mother
4. A. where B. what C. who D. why
5. A. enjoyed B. helped C. looked D. worked
Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D.
6. The photographs_________during his trip are very pretty.
A. take B. were taken C. taken D. were taking
7. My family _________dinner when the phone rang.
A. are having B. had C. have had. D. were having
8. She _________her homework yet.
A. has finished B. haven’t finished C. have finished D . hasn’t finished
9. This project_________at the end of this month.
A. will finish B. finishing C. will be finished D. finished
10. I’d like_________a house in the countryside.
A. live B. living C. lived D. to live
11. His new car_________in Japan.
A. is make B. is made C. is making D. is to make
12. She is not old enough _________a car.
A. drive B. to drive C. driving D. drove
13. _________can I do for you ?
A. What B. When C. Where D. How
14. It is easier_________ English than any other languages else.
A. learn B. learning C. to learn D. learned
15. Would you mind_________the washing up for me tonight ?
A. do B. did C. doing D. to do

older than himself. A few years later he moved to London, where he worked as a actor and a
playwright. Shakespeare wrote thirty seven plays and 154 sonnets (a kind of poem containing 14
lines). His most famous plays are the four great tragedies - Othelo, Macbeth, Hamlet, and King
Lear. Shakespeare died in Stratford on 23 April 1616, but his plays are still very popular today.
They have been translated into different languages, and many of them have been made into films,
both in English and other languages.
Check True ( T ) or False ( F ).
FACTS T F
29. William Shakespeare was the greatest writer.
30. He married Anne Hathaway at the age of eighteen.
31. wrote fifty seven plays and 451 sonnets.
32. His plays are not very popular today.
Answer the following questions
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33. When and where was he born?
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34. How many plays did he write?
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35. When did he die?
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36. Are his plays still popular today?
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