Vo Giu High School: THE FIRST WRITTEN 45 MINUTE ENGLISH TEST FOR GRADE 10
Your name: _________________________________ (Grade 10A…..)
Exercise 1: Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from
the rest(1m)
1 a. seat b.sea c.sit d. meat
2 a. eating b. beat c. teacher d. breakfast
3 a. scream b. death c. peasant d. ready
4 a. frighten b. bridge c. pilot d. fire
5 a. k e y b. cheese c. family d. village
Exercise 2 : Match the underlined verbs in column A with their meaning in column B(2m)
A B
1. When did the plane take off? A. building
2. The thief ran away when the burglar alarm went off. B. move downward
3. She is happy and satisfied with what she has. C. made … stop burning
4. Could you get me up early tomorrow? D. leave the ground
5. She laughed and chatted happily with other women. E. talked in a friendly way
6. Did anyone see Sue getting on the bus? F. stopped
7. Suddenly the plane seemed to dip. G. getting into
8. I’ve given up trying to understand her. H. get out of bed
9. We had trouble putting up the tent in he dark. I. contented
10. Five fighters soon put out the fire. J. rang
1_D_ 2___ 3___ 4___ 5___ 6____ 7____ 8_____ 9____ 10____
Exercise 3 :Put the verbs in brackets in the present and the past simple tense(2m)
I (have) __________ coffee for breakfast every day.
2. They (begin) __________ to study at this school 7 years ago.
3. It (rain) __________ very much in the summer.
4. Bad students never (work) __________ hard.
5. He (visit) ______ his friend yesterday and (find) ______ that he had been out.
6. She sometimes (buy) ___________ vegetables at his market.
7. I have not seen John for a long time. I (see) __________ him 3 weeks ago.
8. My friend (study) __________ English for an hour every night.

c. His hotel d. The shop where they work
3. Tourists....... to the island.
a. sail b. drive c. swim d. fly
4. The word "it" in paragraph 3 refers to.........
a. Beer b. Boat c. Post d. Pub
5. According to the passage which is true about Seumas MsSporran?
a. He goes to bed very late
b. He and his wife go on holiday every year
c. He likes the job as a postman most
d. He does the accounts in the evening
Exercise 6: Rewrite the sentences below, beginning with the words given (1m)
1. Mr.Vy often spends 15 minutes leading the buffalo to the field.
It takes ____________________________________________
2. Their game of badminton is always on Saturday.
They _______________________________________.
3. We have learned English for 4 years.
We started _________________________________
4. He never goes to school late.
He is ______________________
The first step is always the hardest
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