Form 10   SEMESTER II          WRITING TEST                        

I.        Means of travelling. Fill in:

A) by   B)on     C) in    D) out of     E) off

1. How did you get to London? -... plane.

2.We can't get any more people ..., you'll have to wait for the next bus.

3.It's quicker to go ... foot than to go ... car there.

4.Excuse me, I have to get... at the next station.

5.Since I broke my leg I have to travel... bus because I can't get... the car.

6.When your bus arrives, you get... it. If you want to leave it, you get... it.

II. Identify errors in the underlined parts of the sentences. There is only one error in each sentence. Find it:

I.He thinks she is beautiful but I don't agree with her.

             A                                         B                             C

2.I advice, you check all your exam answers before you hand your paper in.
                        A                                                    B                          C

3.        I'd like knowing where you are.

    A        B         C

4.        The light didn't work because anyone had taken the bulb.

                             A                                 B         C

5.        The tourist have asked a passer-by how far the post office was.

 A BC  

6.        A small boy often stands outside the bicycle shop and gaze at the wonderful machines in the window.

                                     A            B                                                       C

7. Are you always go to bed without getting undressed?
        A                                           B C D
8. Think, how wonderful that will being when you have tamed me!

 AB C

9.        What will you be doing this time last year?

              A        B         C

10.        He said them that he was going to give up smoking.

A        BC

I1.        Ice cream was known five hundreds years ago.

                                A             B        C

12. Men have no most time to understand anything.
     A                            B                                     C

IІІ. Complete the sentences:

1. You’d _____ hurry up or else we’ll be late.

1. Rather                              c) better
2. Should                             d) have to

1. I can hear a noise; I think _____ is outside.

1. Some                               c) somehow
2. Somebody                       d) somewhere

1. Jane doesn’t have _____ tonight.

1. many homeworks            c) much homework
2. much homeworks            d) many homework

1. Have you written _____ names?

1. Everybody                       c) everybodys’
2. everybody’s                     d) everybodies’

5. Let me give you _____.

a) an advice                           c) some advice

b) the advices                        d) Some advices

6. I don’t like it here. Let’s go somewhere _____.

a) else                                    c)more

b) again                                 d) once

ІV. Change the following sentences onto opposite ones.

1. They say his new play is a complete failure with the public.
2. This play is still on at the Art Theatre.
3. My friend said that he had enjoyed every minute of the play.
4. N’s acting was true to life.
5. The play was so dull that spectators were bored to death.
6. My brother often goes to matinees.