Name : 15 MINUTE TEST 1 Class : Subject : English ( 11 ) I.Choose the best answer : 1.The light ……… out while we ……… dinner . a.went / were having b.goes / were having c.went / had d.goes / had 2.My wife and I ………. to Mexico by air last week . a.travel b.travelled c.have travelled d.travels 3.My brother …………. in a shoe store every summer . a.work b.has worked c.worked d.works 4.They ………. home after they ……… their work . a.went / finished b.went / had finished c.go / had finished d.go / finished 5.When I gave Tom the gift , he seemed ……… . a.surprised b.to be surprise c.to surprise d.surprise 6.The teacher decided ………. the paper . a.accepting b.to accept c.accept d.accepted 7.Donna is interested in ……… a bar . a.to open b.open c.opening d.opened 8.He saw them ………. to school late . a.go b.to go c.going d.went 9.It’s time we ………. this old car and bought a new one . a.will sell b.had sold c.have sold d.sold 10.He is always ………. good health and is never ………. need of a doctor . a.on / in b.in / on c.in / in d.on / on 11.……… all that has been said , the tourists have been picking leaves . a.Although b.Despite c.Even d.Even if 12.He …………… the office when I arrive . a.should leave b.has left c.was leaving d.leaves 13.What do you ……………. to do for you now ? a.let me b.make me c.allow me d.want me 14.I was born in Scotland but I ………… in Northern Ireland . a.raised b.brought up c.grew up d.rose 15.The hotel has been built on the …………… of a lake . a.border b.edge c.boundary d.front 16.My parents never let me ………… after 10 o’clock at night . a.to stay out b.staying out c.stay out d.be staying out 17.While I …………. books , my mother ………… the floor . a.read / cleaned b.was reading / cleaned c.read / was cleaning d.was reading / was cleaning II.Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words 18.a.chop b.church c.chicken d.machine 19.a.handkerchief b.money c.eleven d.man III.Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words 20.a.humour b.around c.common d.hobby