Free Printable A 60 minute English test

1.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

a)

A. serves

b)

B. hopes

c)

C. likes

d)

D. writes

2.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

a)

A. teacher

b)

B. clean

c)

C. great

d)

D. means

3.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

a)

A. mistake

b)

B. unite

c)

C. wonder

d)

D. behave

4.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

a)

A. persistent

b)

B. dynamic

c)

C. sensitive

d)

D. ambitious

5.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

“Give me another chance, ______?”

a)

A. don’t you

b)

B. aren’t you

c)

C. shall you

d)

D. will you

6.

______ Gordons is a very interesting family. They like to travel around __________ world.

a)

A. A - the

b)

B. The – the

c)

C. A – a

d)

D. A- O

7.

Question 7: Indians celebrate Independence Day _________ the 15th of August.

a)

A. in

b)

B. on

c)

C. for

d)

D. since

8.

The old woman still recalls clearly ______ by her teacher when she was late on her first day at school.

a)

A. to be criticised

b)

B. to have criticised

c)

C. being criticised

d)

D. criticising

9.

If I_______ the leader of the team, I …………. . do a lot of things.

a)

A. was/ will

b)

B. was/ would

c)

C. were/ would

d)

D. had been/ would

10.

I haven’t met Sally since we __________ school.

a)

A. left

b)

B. had left

c)

C. would leave

d)

D. was leaving

11.

He is a very intelligent boy; ___________, he sometimes gets bad marks.

a)

A. otherwise

b)

B. thus

c)

C. so

d)

D. however

12.

The fire will be put out _______________.

a)

A. Until the firemen arrived at the scene

b)

B. No sooner the firemen arrived at the scene

c)

C. As soon as the firemen arrive at the scene

d)

D. After the firemen arrived at the scene

13.

Question 13: I am reading an interesting poem __________ by Nguyen Du in the 20^th century.

a)

A. writing

b)

B. to write

c)

C. written

d)

D. write

14.

Universities send letters of __________ to successful candidates by post.

a)

A. accept

b)

B. acceptable

c)

C. acceptably

d)

D. acceptance

15.

My parents are busy workers and I often _________ my younger brother after school.

a)

A. take after

b)

B. take care of

c)

C. try out

d)

D. look up

16.

At the end of the film, the young prince __________ in love with a reporter.

a)

A. felt

b)

B. made

c)

C. fell

d)

D. got

17.

Early to bed and early to rise will __________ you good.

a)

A. make

b)

B. bring

c)

C. do

d)

D. help

18.

The first week of classes at university was a little _________because so many students get lost, change classes or go to the wrong place.

a)

A. disarranged

b)

B. chaotic

c)

C. uncontrolled

d)

D. famous

19.

Question 19: The captain has not decided yet where to stop on the journey – we’ll just play it by_______ and see how we feel.

a)

A. mouth

b)

B. ear

c)

C. eye

d)

D. hand

20.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The protesters were angry with the council’s plan to do away with a lovely old building and put a car park there instead.

a)

A. destroy

b)

B. replace

c)

C. remain

d)

D. keep

21.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following question:

There are many TV commercials which distracting viewers from watching their favorite films.

a)

A. economics

b)

B. businesses

c)

C. contests

d)

D. advertisements

22.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Many people perished in the Kobe earthquake because they were not prepared for it.

a)

A. survived

b)

B. departed

c)

C. lost their lives

d)

D. declined

23.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The writer was really hot under the collar when his novel was mistaken for another.

a)

A. angry

b)

B.worried

c)

C. calm

d)

D. curious

24.

Mai and Lan are friends.Lan asks Mai about Mai's plan. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank.

Lan: “Are you going to see the live show by Son Tung today?”

Mai: “__________”.

a)

A. Yes, I enjoyed it very much

b)

B. Maybe I'll be out

c)

C. Yes, I'm going to stay in

d)

D. I think so

25.

Mary invited her friend, Sarah, to have dinner out that night and Sarah accepted. Choose the most suitable response to fill in the blank in the following exchange.

Mary: “Shall we eat out tonight?” - Sarah: “___________.

a)

A. It's kind of you to invite

b)

B. You are very welcome

c)

C. That's a great idea

d)

D. That's acceptable

A 60 minute English test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

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