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BASIC GRAMMAR & READING TEST

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Have you been to Bali before?"

a)

He asked if I have to Bali before.

b)

He asked if I had been to Bali before.

c)

He asked if I have been to Bali before.

d)

He asked if I have been being to Bali before.

2.

"Did you bring your passports?"

a)

The policeman wanted to know if they brought their passports.

b)

The policeman wanted to know if they had brought their passports.

c)

The policeman wanted to know if they have brought their passports.

d)

The policeman wanted to know if they had bring their passports.

3.

"Are you going to the Geospatial conference?"

a)

He asked me if I go to the Geospatial conference.

b)

He asked me if I was going to the Geospatial conference.

c)

He asked me if I am going to the Geospatial conference.

d)

He asked me if I were going to the Geospatial conference.

4.

We aren't late, ...?

a)

aren’t we

b)

are we

c)

aren’t us

d)

aren’t late

5.

Talent sometimes manifests itself early. For example, it is said that at the age of five the great Lionel Messi … play football much better than older children.

a)

could

b)

must have

c)

can

6.

Columbus did not discover the Indies, but he … turn this apparent failure into a success.

a)

might have

b)

was able to

c)

can

7.

Fill in the blanks for the following narrative text:


I ... (go) to Bali last year. It ... (to be) a long trip because I ... (take) a bus from Jakarta. I ... (can) not have any break for the trip. The trip ... (take) 12 hours from the shuttle in Jakarta. I ... (to be) really tired when I arrived in Bali.

(a)  

8.

Which of the following types of text is not related to narrative text?

a)

Novels

b)

Short stories

c)

Instagram caption

d)

News stories

9.

Fill in the blanks for the following narrative text

Once upon a time, there … a princess in a castle. She … to play with her friends but her mother … let her. She … trapped.

a)

was, wanted, did not, felt

b)

were, wanted, did not, felt

c)

is, wanted, did not, felt

d)

was, wanted, did not, feeling

10.

What is the purpose of descriptive text?

a)

to tell a folklore

b)

to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.

c)

to discuss a particular person.

d)

to interrogate a particular person, place, or thing.

11.

Fill in the blanks for the following descriptive text before:


My name ... Andi. I want to ... you about my favorite toys. My favorite car ... a blue car. My father ... it to me after he ... from Malaysia. I love it so much.

a)

is, telling, is, gave, had arrived

b)

is, telling, is, gave, arrives

c)

is, tell, is, gave, had arrived

d)

was, telling, is, gave, had arrived

12.

What is the definition of a motivation letter?

a)

a document detailing your professional background for a course of study, a scholarship or volunteer job

b)

a document detailing your professional experiences for a course of study, a scholarship or volunteer job.

c)

a document detailing your professional skills and reasons for applying for a course of study, a scholarship or volunteer job

d)

a document detailing your professional lifestyle.

13.

Which of the following options is not the related topic for a motivation letter?

a)

Why you want to study the course or volunteer with the program

b)

Your skills or qualities that will benefit the school or non-profit

c)

Why you are interested in the school or non-profit organization

d)

Where do you live during the course or volunteer program

14.

Countries … rely on tourism as a source of income always suffer from the effects of a recession.

a)

Which

b)

Who

c)

A large number of offenders … serve their first sentence turn to crime again as soon as they leave prison.

15.

If people … have children, they ... lack support in old age.

a)

Do not have, will

b)

Will not, would

c)

Do not have, would

d)

Will not, will

16.

Children would / might feel abandoned if their parents do not / will not spend enough time with them.

a)

Might, do not

b)

Would, will

c)

Might, will

d)

Would, do not

17.

The more cars there are on the roads, the … pollutants will be released into the atmosphere.

a)

More

b)

Most

c)

More and more

d)

Most and most

18.

Health food would be / will be more popular if it was / would be more affordable.

a)

Would be, was

b)

Would be, would

c)

Will be, was

d)

Will be, would

19.

I believe that young children are ... more easily influenced by advertising than adults.

a)

Slightly

b)

Little

c)

more

d)

most

20.

The film was … good but the book was much better.

a)

quite

b)

rather

c)

neither

d)

Either

21.

Daehan, Minguk, and Manse are meeting this afternoon to decide ___________ the best solution.

a)

on

b)

for

c)

about

d)

by

22.

Use passive or active.


Shinichi Kudo ___(1)___ a proof. I ___(2)___ it is an important part to solve the mystery the murder case.

a)

(1) found

(2) believe

b)

(1) was found

(2) believe

c)

(1) was found

(2) was believed

d)

(1) found

(2) am believed

23.

Boss: I don’t want to lose my job as a money collector.

Employee: ____ Do I

a)

Either

b)

Do

c)

So

d)

Neither

24.

"You've got to go to the motel … you like it or not!" said Norman's mother, Norma.

a)

Despite

b)

Even though

c)

Whether

25.

J.J: _________ (I / not speak) to you yesterday because you looked busy with the new case.

Reid: Yes, _________ (I / try) to think of the murder case again from the start, to get the killer ASA

a)

I wasn't speaking / I tried

b)

I didn't speak / I was trying

c)

I had spoken / I tried

26.

A: We've got a lot of Granita today! YEAY!

B: Mmm, but we haven't got ... (1) Thai Tea, and there aren't ... (2) glasses of Kopi Kenangan for the rest of our family members.

a)

1. many, 2. many

b)

1. much, 2. many

27.

While I (a)   (watch) Tv, the lights went off.

28.

It is ___honour to meet the Queen.

a)

a

b)

an

c)

the

d)

-

29.

A: What’s wrong?


B: The radio is too loud. Please turn it _____.

a)

up

b)

down

c)

out

d)

over

30.

Emmer is busy sweeping all the dried (a)   (leaf) under the mango tree.

31.

I have not touched any of my (a)   (book).

32.

There are three ______ (cow) and two _______ (goat ) in my farm.

(a)  

33.

“Your mother left the party earlier.” Your father said that …

a)

your mother had left the party earlier

b)

your mother left the party earlier

c)

my mother had left the party earlier

d)

my mother left the party earlier

e)

his mother had left the party earlier

34.
3.  There are … people waiting outside the theater.
a)
a)  many
b)
b)  much
35.
4.  How … times did the phone ring before you answered it?
a)
a)  many
b)
b)  much
36.
The girls _______ the song sweetly yesterday.
a)
sing
b)
sings
c)
singing
d)
sang
37.
Ameer _______ a glass of milk just now.
a)
drink
b)
drinks
c)
drank
d)
drinking
38.

We….. to aceh two weeks ago

a)

Gone

b)

Come

c)

Went

d)

Go

39.

Woman : What time will you arrive, Mr. Jones?

Man : I will be traveling on the 4.30 train from Surabaya tomorrow. Will there be taxis at the station?

Woman : Don’t bother about taxis, Mr. Jones. We’ll send the hotel station wagon down for you.

Man : Alright. Thank you.


Question : What time will Mr. Jones take a train?

a)

2.30

b)

3.30

c)

4.00

d)

4.30

e)

5.30

40.

I will be arriving in school in a few minutes.

What continuous tense is this?

a)

Present continuous

b)

Past continuous

c)

Future continuous

d)

Present future

41.

arrange these words into good sentence

You/will/buy/tomatoes/in/the market/ ?

(a)  

42.

Click the correct answer.

My little sister has ____ T-shirt with ____ unicorn character printed on it.

a)

a, a

b)

a, an

c)

the, a

d)

the, an

43.

Select the correct tense


I can't meet you this evening. My siblings ... (come) to see me.

a)

comes

b)

came

c)

are coming

d)

come

44.

Put the correct verb into the sentence


Teuku ... (not/shave) this morning because he ... (not/have) time.

a)

did not shave/ did not have

b)

did not shave/was not have

c)

was not shaving/did not have

45.

Dear Do Hyun Su…, Dear Ma Ji Won…, Dear Eun Ha...

What’s the name of those words in personal letter?

a)

Greeting

b)

Salutation

c)

Introduction

d)

closing

46.

Kim Shin


Kim Shin is my uncle. Well, technically not. But my late grandpa said that I shoud take care of Kim Shin.

His skin is light-yellow. He is also smart and honest. He is still looking for his wife. Kim has been living for over 900 years as a punishment. He is now living with my other uncle whose name is unknown.


Who is Mr. Kim Shin?

a)

A good person

b)

He is tall and handsome

c)

My uncle

d)

The writer's uncle

47.

.... my mum was driving, she had an accident

a)

When

b)

While

48.

___________ is closest in meaning to the opposite

of degrade:

a)

improve

b)

come forward

c)

the norm

49.

The person to _______________ you sent the letter has moved to a new address.

a)

who

b)

whom

c)

whose

d)

which

50.

_____ you help me, I'll be unable to do it.

a)

IF

b)

UNLESS

51.

Forces other than damaging winds are also at work inside tornadoes. Sometimes, as the writhing, twisting funnel passes over a house, the walls and ceiling burst apart as if a bomb had gone off inside. This explosion is caused by the low air pressure at the center of a tornado.


The pressure at the center of a tornado is usually 13 pounds per square inch. However, inside the house the air pressure is normal, about 15 pounds per square inch. The difference of 2 pounds per square inch between the inside and outside pressure may not seem like much. But suppose a tornado funnel passes over a small building that measures 20 by 10 by 10 feet. On each square inch of the building, there is 2 pounds of pressure from the inside that is not balanced by air pressure outside the building. On the ceiling, that adds up to an unbalanced pressure of 57, 600 pounds. The pressure on the four walls adds up to 172,800 pounds.


If windows are open in the building, some of the inside air will rush out through them. This will balance the pressure inside and outside the building. But if the windows are shut tightly, the enormous inside pressure may cause the building to burst.


Unfortunately, heavy rain and hail often occur in thunderstorms that later produce tornadoes. So people frequently shut all windows to protect their property. This may cause far worse damage later. For the same reason, tornado cellars must have an air vent. Otherwise, the cellar door might be blown out when a tornado passes over it.


Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

a)

How tornadoes can be prevented

b)

When tornadoes usually occur

c)

Where tornadoes are formed

d)

Why tornadoes cause so much damage

52.

Forces other than damaging winds are also at work inside tornadoes. Sometimes, as the writhing, twisting funnel passes over a house, the walls and ceiling burst apart as if a bomb had gone off inside. This explosion is caused by the low air pressure at the center of a tornado.



In line 2, the word "funnel" refers to which of the following?

a)

A bomb

b)

A house

c)

A tornado

d)

An explosion

53.

Forces other than damaging winds are also at work inside tornadoes. Sometimes, as the writhing, twisting funnel passes over a house, the walls and ceiling burst apart as if a bomb had gone off inside. This explosion is caused by the low air pressure at the center of a tornado.


The pressure at the center of a tornado is usually 13 pounds per square inch. However, inside the house the air pressure is normal, about 15 pounds per square inch. The difference of 2 pounds per square inch between the inside and outside pressure may not seem like much. But suppose a tornado funnel passes over a small building that measures 20 by 10 by 10 feet. On each square inch of the building, there is 2 pounds of pressure from the inside that is not balanced by air pressure outside the building. On the ceiling, that adds up to an unbalanced pressure of 57, 600 pounds. The pressure on the four walls adds up to 172,800 pounds.


If windows are open in the building, some of the inside air will rush out through them. This will balance the pressure inside and outside the building. But if the windows are shut tightly, the enormous inside pressure may cause the building to burst.


Unfortunately, heavy rain and hail often occur in thunderstorms that later produce tornadoes. So people frequently shut all windows to protect their property. This may cause far worse damage later. For the same reason, tornado cellars must have an air vent. Otherwise, the cellar door might be blown out when a tornado passes over it.


According to the passage, tornadoes can destroy buildings because the

a)

force of a tornado increases the air pressure in a building

b)

air pressure at the center of a tornado is over 172,000 pounds

c)

weight of a tornado can crush a building's roof when it passes overhead

d)

air pressure inside a tornado is less than the air pressure inside a building

54.

Forces other than damaging winds are also at work inside tornadoes. Sometimes, as the writhing, twisting funnel passes over a house, the walls and ceiling burst apart as if a bomb had gone off inside. This explosion is caused by the low air pressure at the center of a tornado.


The pressure at the center of a tornado is usually 13 pounds per square inch. However, inside the house the air pressure is normal, about 15 pounds per square inch. The difference of 2 pounds per square inch between the inside and outside pressure may not seem like much. But suppose a tornado funnel passes over a small building that measures 20 by 10 by 10 feet. On each square inch of the building, there is 2 pounds of pressure from the inside that is not balanced by air pressure outside the building. On the ceiling, that adds up to an unbalanced pressure of 57, 600 pounds. The pressure on the four walls adds up to 172,800 pounds.


If windows are open in the building, some of the inside air will rush out through them. This will balance the pressure inside and outside the building. But if the windows are shut tightly, the enormous inside pressure may cause the building to burst.


Unfortunately, heavy rain and hail often occur in thunderstorms that later produce tornadoes. So people frequently shut all windows to protect their property. This may cause far worse damage later. For the same reason, tornado cellars must have an air vent. Otherwise, the cellar door might be blown out when a tornado passes over it.


According to the passage, what is the difference per square inch between the air pressure inside a building and the air pressure inside a tornado?

a)

2 pounds

b)

10 pounds

c)

13 pounds

d)

15 pounds

55.

Forces other than damaging winds are also at work inside tornadoes. Sometimes, as the writhing, twisting funnel passes over a house, the walls and ceiling burst apart as if a bomb had gone off inside. This explosion is caused by the low air pressure at the center of a tornado.


The pressure at the center of a tornado is usually 13 pounds per square inch. However, inside the house the air pressure is normal, about 15 pounds per square inch. The difference of 2 pounds per square inch between the inside and outside pressure may not seem like much. But suppose a tornado funnel passes over a small building that measures 20 by 10 by 10 feet. On each square inch of the building, there is 2 pounds of pressure from the inside that is not balanced by air pressure outside the building. On the ceiling, that adds up to an unbalanced pressure of 57, 600 pounds. The pressure on the four walls adds up to 172,800 pounds.


If windows are open in the building, some of the inside air will rush out through them. This will balance the pressure inside and outside the building. But if the windows are shut tightly, the enormous inside pressure may cause the building to burst.


Unfortunately, heavy rain and hail often occur in thunderstorms that later produce tornadoes. So people frequently shut all windows to protect their property. This may cause far worse damage later. For the same reason, tornado cellars must have an air vent. Otherwise, the cellar door might be blown out when a tornado passes over it.


According to the passage, the pressure on a building during a tornado can be relieved by

a)

closing the cellar windows

b)

opening the windows

c)

using a fan for ventilation

d)

strengthening the roof and walls

56.

Look! That man ---- to open the door of your car.


a)

tries

b)

has been trying

c)

tried

d)

is trying

57.

. You ---- very ill. I don’t think you ---- after your health properly.

a)

are looking / looked

b)

have looked / have looked

c)

looked / have been looking

d)

look / are looking

58.

The government has ___________________ smoking in public places.

a)

PREVENTED

b)

BANNED

c)

AVOIDED

d)

STOPPED

59.

The police ___________________ the man because he was behaving suspiciously.

a)

ARRESTED

b)

SENTENCED

c)

CHARGED

d)

CONVICTED

60.

The conservatism of the early English colonists in North America, their strong attachment to the English way of doing things, would play a major part in the furniture that was made in New England. The very tools that the first New England furniture makers used were, after all, not much different from those used for centuries – even millennia: basic hammers, saws, chisels, planes, augers, compasses, and measures. These were the tools used more or less by all people who worked with wood: carpenters, barrel makers, and shipwrights. At most the furniture makers might have had planes with special edges or more delicate chisels, but there could not have been much specialization in the early years of the colonies.

The furniture makers in those early decades of the 1600’s were known as “joiners,”

for the primary method of constructing furniture, at least among the English of this time, was that of mortise-and-tenon joinery. The mortise is the hole chiseled and cut into one piece of wood, while the tenon is the tongue or protruding element shaped from another piece of wood so that it fits into the mortise; and another small hole is then drilled (with the auger) through the mortised end and the tenon so that a whittled peg can secure the joint – thus the term “joiner. ” Panels were fitted into slots on the basic frames. This kind of construction was used for making everything from houses to chests.

Relatively little hardware was used during this period. Some nails – forged by

hand – were used, but no screws or glue. Hinges were often made of leather, but metal hinges were also used. The cruder varieties were made by blacksmiths in the colonies, but the finer metal elements were imported. Locks and escutcheon plates – the latter to shield the wood from the metal key – would often be imported.

Above all, what the early English colonists imported was their knowledge of, familiarity with, and dedication to the traditional types and designs of furniture they knew in England.


The relationship of a mortise and a tenon is most similar to that of ?

a)

(A) a lock and a key

b)

(B) a book and its cover

c)

(C) a cup and a saucer

d)

(C) a cup and a saucer