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Final Exam: Reading and Writing

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The English scientist, Joseph Priestly, was the first to __________ oxygen in 1774.

a)

discover

b)

boils

c)

allow

d)

produces

2.

Some people believe that we shouldn’t use _________ plastic bags when we go grocery shopping.

a)

convenient

b)

curiosity

c)

disposable

d)

invention

3.

Those scissors are so ________, they won’t even cut through this paper.

a)

blade

b)

invention

c)

disposable

d)

dull

4.

We must take care of the ____ __________ for our children and our children’s children.

a)

patient

b)

environment

c)

attend   

d)

tool

5.

My father has every type of _ ____________. He can fix anything and could probably build a house!

a)

list

b)

save

c)

attend   

d)

tool

6.

Lawan was _____________. She waited and waited and finally the sun came up. It was so beautiful.

a)

patient

b)

unfriendly

c)

friendly

d)

impatient

7.

It is difficult to ___________ if you don’t study.

a)

studied

b)

learned

c)

graduated

d)

graduate

8.

When I ____________ to visit another country, I read everything I can about the country before I go there.

a)

attend

b)

list

c)

make plans

d)

graduate

9.

It was winter and there were no more _________ on the trees.

a)

complain

b)

drop

c)

leaves

d)

please

10.

Gordon saw a(n) ________ of blood on the table and realized he had cut himself with a knife.

a)

lie

b)

drop

c)

fill

d)

sight

11.

                The cat and the dog were playing together. It was an unusual ______________.

a)

lie

b)

complain

c)

fill

d)

sight

12.

             What does a pronoun replace in a sentence?

a)

a verb

b)

a noun

c)

an adverb

d)

an adjective

13.

Where do time words that show steps in a process come in a sentence?

a)

at the beginning of the sentence

b)

after the verb

c)

at the end of the sentence

d)

between the subject of the sentence and the verb

14.

The word too at the end of a sentence is similar in meaning to    __.

a)

also

b)

a lot

c)

not

d)

already

15.

Washing your own clothes is    __ taking them to the Laundromat.

a)

not as convenient as

b)

not so convenient as

c)

not as convenient than

d)

more convenient as

16.

Look at this sentence: She lived in the United States for 1994 to 2011. Which word in the sentence is not correct?

a)

lived

b)

in

c)

for

d)

to

17.

Which of the following is not correct?

a)

in 1999

b)

in the morning

c)

in March

d)

in Tuesday

18.

What should you do before writing when you create a list of the events in a person’s life?

a)

Start the list with the last event.

b)

Start a new line for each event.

c)

Put the year of the event on the right of the list.

d)

Only use the past tense.

19.

What tense should you use when you are writing about the past events of a person’s life and then you start writing about what the person is doing now?

a)

You should start using the present tense.

b)

You can choose to use the present or the past tense.

c)

You should continue to use the past tense.

d)

You can use the future tense. You can use the future tense.

20.

Which of the following words is a noun?

a)

convenience

b)

tasty

c)

encourage

d)

complain

21.

Which of the following words is an adjective?

a)

friendly

b)

excited

c)

environment

d)

complain

22.

Which of the following statements about parts of speech is not correct?

a)

An adverb describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

b)

An adjective describes a verb.

c)

A noun names a thing, person, or place.

d)

A verb describes an action or state.

23.

Many people in Africa are working hard to ___________ the African elephant.

a)

graduate

b)

save

c)

list

d)

patient

24.

We must ______ school every Monday to Friday.

a)

attend

b)

attendance

c)

attention

d)

attendant

25.

Which of the following sentences is correct?

a)

We moved here in 2012.

b)

We moved here on 2012.

c)

We moved here to 2012.

d)

We moved here for 2012.

26.

Which of the following sentences is not correct?

"We found them in 21 countries in Africa."

a)

found

b)

in

c)

countries

d)

Africa

27.

Which of the following sentences is not correct?

"These country are mostly in the center of Africa."

a)

country

b)

are

c)

mostly

d)

Africa

28.

Which of the following sentences is not correct?

"She gradute in 1995 from King's College in London."

a)

from

b)

in

c)

gradute

d)

college

29.

Which of the following sentences is not correct?

"Sindi made science education important for girls in the Middle east."

a)

made

b)

education

c)

Middle

d)

east

30.

Which of the following sentences is not correct?

"William Henry returns to the United Kingdom and wrote poems and books."

a)

returns

b)

United Kingdom

c)

poems

d)

books

31.

Sindi was the first Saudi Arabian woman to _____.

a)

go to a university

b)

invent a small and costs very little postage stamp.

c)

get a Ph.D in biotechnology.

d)

help people in poor countries.

32.

Who took care of goat?

a)

Kaldi

b)

Hayat

c)

Clarence

d)

William

33.

When did Junko reach the summit of Mount Everest?

a)

1949

b)

1962

c)

1972

d)

1975

34.

When was Jane Goodall born?

a)

in London

b)

in 1934

c)

in Japan

d)

in 1939

35.

Whhich one is the symbolism of the rich people in the poem "The rain"

a)

leaves

b)

green leaves

c)

leaves of top

d)

leaves of bottom

36.

What does the poet like about the rain?

a)

The sound of drops on the leaves.

b)

The sun will come out and make everything bright.

c)

The rain is falling on the leaves

d)

The leaves are drinking the rain.

37.

"Wales worked at different jobs in his lifes." Which word is mistake?

a)

worked

b)

different

c)

jobs

d)

lifes

38.

The poem shows _____ in the lives of the poor and the blessed ones.

a)

disparity

b)

deprived

c)

society

d)

opportunities

39.

My mom always tell me the ______. I haven believed her.

a)

lie

b)

complaint

c)

truth

d)

true

40.

Why did a young Shepherd's boy think of a plan?

a)

He got the villagers to come and help him.

b)

He could get a commpany.

c)

He tended his sheep near a dark forest.

d)

He could calling out "Wolf! Wolf!"