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 16. I prefer walking _________riding a bicycle. A. to B. than C. with D. for 17. She used to _________ her younger brother when her parents went out. A. look for B. look after C. look up D. look at 18. Mr. Lam asked me _________you the dictionary. A. give B. to give C. gave D. giving Full name: ………………… Class:……………………… Put the verbs in bracket into correct tenses. 19. Nam _________already _________his homework. (do) 20. I didn't know how ________________to the city. (get) 21. It __________________heavily while my family were having dinner yesterday. (rain) 22. They __________________anywhere last summer vacation. (not go) 23. They were watching The Eight O’clock News on T.V when I _________last night. (come) Rewrite the sentences as directed. 24. The Chinese invented paper in the 1 st century A.D. @ Paper 25. This factory produces thousands of cars each year. @ Thousands of cars 26. "My sister likes reading old folktales." said Nam. @ Nam said that 27. " Is Ha Long Bay in the North of Vietnam?" asked Mary. @ Mary asked me 28. The question is so difficult that I can't answer it. @ The question is too Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow. William Shakespeare was the greatest writer in the English literature. He was born in 1564 in Stratford- upon- Avon. At the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway, who was eight years 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 @ 33. When and where was he born? @ 34. How many plays did he write? @ 35. When did he die? @ 36. Are his plays still popular today? @ . _________his homework. (do) 20 . I didn't know how ________________to the city. (get) 21 . It __________________heavily while my family were having dinner yesterday. (rain) 22 . They __________________anywhere. Thousands of cars 26 . "My sister likes reading old folktales." said Nam. @ Nam said that 27 . " Is Ha Long Bay in the North of Vietnam?" asked Mary. @ Mary asked me 28 . The question. 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