Unit 5 : Study habits : Test 1

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

He tried to give up smoking but couldn’t break the_______ .

1. hobby
2. habit
3. pastime
4. favor

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. mend
2. semester
3. letter
4. report

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. Spanish
2. habit
3. necessary
4. satisfactory

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. across
2. come
3. excellent
4. satisfactory

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. meaning
2. heart
3. eat
4. speak

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. comment
2. promise
3. shop
4. improve

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

Our team won the game because we played very

1. good
2. well
3. goody
4. better

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

You_____ take the baby to the doctor.

1. should
2. ought
3. need
4. has to

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

The doctor______ he should take a few days off.

1. say
2. said
3. ask
4. tell

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

He was more than a little proud _____ himself.

1. about
2. to
3. of
4. for

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

The Chinese team ______ in the competition.

1. work very hard
2. workedvery hard
3. work very hardly
4. worked very hardly

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

James is very ill; he ______ to the hospital.

1. need to go
2. needs to go
3. need going
4. needs going

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

I was born in Vietnam; Vietnamese is my______ .

1. mother tongue
2. first language
3. foreign language
4. a & b

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

His ______ towards me is very strange.

1. behave
2. behavior
3. behaved
4. behaving

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

How do you______ your name?

1. pronunciation
2. pronounce
3. pronounced
4. pronoun

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

I should (A) work harder (B) at (C)my English pronunciation(D).

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

He said that his mother was a badly cook.

1. said
2. his
3. was
4. badly

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

I got (A) good (B) grades at (C) English and (D) History.

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

They write (A) the meaning of (B) new (C) words by (D) their mother tongue.

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

Next I’d like (A) you to (B) make (C) the grammar (D) exercises on page 10.

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

Dear Maria,

At last! Hooray! We finished all our exams yesterday. The last one was History. It was horrible. I think History is really difficult because I can’t remember all the facts and the dates.

I did seven subjects. The worst were Science and History. I found them very difficult. I always forget most of the things we’ve learne

The best subject this year was Geography, but we only had it twice a week.  We’re going to Wales in the middle of August, to see my grandda Would you like to come with us? Mum says it’s OK. Please write and tell me about your year at school. What was it like? Were your exams easy?

Bye for now.

Peter

How many subjects did Peter take exams?

1. two
2. three
3. four
4. seven

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

Dear Maria,

At last! Hooray! We finished all our exams yesterday. The last one was History. It was horrible. I think History is really difficult because I can’t remember all the facts and the dates.

I did seven subjects. The worst were Science and History. I found them very difficult. I always forget most of the things we’ve learne

The best subject this year was Geography, but we only had it twice a week.  We’re going to Wales in the middle of August, to see my grandda Would you like to come with us? Mum says it’s OK. Please write and tell me about your year at school. What was it like? Were your exams easy?

Bye for now.

Peter

This is a letter to _____ .

1. a brother
2. a sister
3. a friend
4. granddad

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

Dear Maria,

At last! Hooray! We finished all our exams yesterday. The last one was History. It was horrible. I think History is really difficult because I can’t remember all the facts and the dates.

I did seven subjects. The worst were Science and History. I found them very difficult. I always forget most of the things we’ve learne

The best subject this year was Geography, but we only had it twice a week.  We’re going to Wales in the middle of August, to see my grandda Would you like to come with us? Mum says it’s OK. Please write and tell me about your year at school. What was it like? Were your exams easy?

Bye for now.

Peter

Peter was good at _____ .

1. History
2. Science
3. Geography
4. Math

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

Dear Maria,

At last! Hooray! We finished all our exams yesterday. The last one was History. It was horrible. I think History is really difficult because I can’t remember all the facts and the dates.

I did seven subjects. The worst were Science and History. I found them very difficult. I always forget most of the things we’ve learne

The best subject this year was Geography, but we only had it twice a week.  We’re going to Wales in the middle of August, to see my grandda Would you like to come with us? Mum says it’s OK. Please write and tell me about your year at school. What was it like? Were your exams easy?

Bye for now.

Peter

Peter wanted to______ .

1. complain about his exams
2. tell Maria about his year at school
3. ask Mario to go toWales with his family
4. b&c are correct

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

Dear Maria,

At last! Hooray! We finished all our exams yesterday. The last one was History. It was horrible. I think History is really difficult because I can’t remember all the facts and the dates.

I did seven subjects. The worst were Science and History. I found them very difficult. I always forget most of the things we’ve learne

The best subject this year was Geography, but we only had it twice a week.  We’re going to Wales in the middle of August, to see my grandda Would you like to come with us? Mum says it’s OK. Please write and tell me about your year at school. What was it like? Were your exams easy?

Bye for now.

Peter

What does the word ‘forget’ in line 6 mean?

1. not remember
2. not know
3. not understand      
4. not like