HO CHI MINH CITY COLLEGE OF ECONOMICS FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Course: GRAMMAR FINAL TEST Duration: 30 minutes Full

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Read the situations as well as the questions below carefully and 1. Would you like to go out for dinner with us? What is the use of A. offering B. requesting C. asking for information D. inviting 2. question? A. asking permission B. requesting C. making a suggestion D. inviting
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choose the best answers. (7ps.) this question?

Shall we discuss the new project? What is the use of this

You want to ask Martin if you can borrow his new camera. A. I can borrow your new camera? B. Do you borrow my new camera? C. Can I borrow your new camera? D. Should I borrow you new camera?
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. did you pay for the grammar course? Over $100. A. How far B. How much C. How many D. How long

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Someone called you when you were listening to music. A. Who called me when I was listening to music? B. Whose called me when I was listening to music? C. Who did I call when I was listening to music?
D. Whose did I call when I was listening to music?

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It took me months to get used .. far from my family. A. to live B. live C. to living D. living

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David is a strong man. He really likes sports. He used A. to climb B. climb C. to climbing D. climbing

..mountains.

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We .. the cinema before the end of the film last night. A. leave B. are leaving C. left D. were leaving

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It isnt true that the car crashed the truck that was waiting at the A. The car crashes the truck that was waiting at the lights. B. The car does not crash the truck that was waiting at the lights.

lights. That sentence means ..

C. The car crashed the truck that was waiting at the lights. D. The car did not crash the truck that was waiting at the lights.
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Your neighbor played loud music. This went on all night. What can A. My neighbor played loud music all night. B. My neighbor was playing loud music all night. C. My neighbor plays loud music all night. D. My neighbor is playing loud music all night.

you say in this situation?

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In two years, many of our school friends ....., and then we ..... no A. are graduating / have had B. have graduated / will have C. graduate / would have D. will graduate / will have

hardship in keeping our international business going.

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It is five months since we....... over this company.

A. have taken B. will take C. D.

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are taking were taking When I .... into him on the street, he said he .... abroad for business A. ran / was going B. will run / would go C. had run / is going D. ran / will go

affairs that evening.

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Don't you think it .... time we ..... typing the report. A. B. C. has been / have started is / started will be / are starting

D.
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was / started The eighth question might have been ....... easier because almost

every student answered it correctly. A. B. C. D.

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more hardly rather further Stephen seems very desperate because she is typing ......... to

complete the monthly sales report. A. B. C. D.

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too slowly slow enough rather slowly fast enough No ........ country has developed in textile as to the States ........

China. A. B. C. D.
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more / than such / as some / like much / than I have bought ......... useful reference books ......... I don't know

which one I will start first. A. so many / that B. such a lot / that C. too many / as D. so much / than
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Although the crime scene ........... thoroughly, nothing A. is searching / will be found B. has been searched / has been finding C. was searched / was found

substantial ........... .

D. had been searched / were found

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No books ....... out from this library unless you ...... the borrowers' A. B. C. D. must be taken / are having can be taken / have are taking / will have should be taken / don't have I ..... quite a low grade in the English exam, so I ..... harder and A. B. C. D. have got / was studying got / am studying will get / have studied get / will have studied He wasn't strong . to lift that heavy box. A. B. C. D. such rather too enough There aren't . policemen in our town. A. B. such few little enough

card.

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harder.

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C. D.

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Do you have . information to help me with this

too many too much enough too It is difficult to do for a little child. so too too much few I do not have .. much time to prepare dinner. enough too many too such I didn't buy the car because it was expensive. too enough a few
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A. B. C. D.
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A. B. C.

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such I don't think they ..... the meeting seeing as only a few of the could have / were contacted will hold / are contacting are holding / will contact can hold / have been contacted Stephen is in the hospital now, and he ........ under observation due

members ..... in the last hour. A. B. C. D. 29.

to an infectious disease. A. B. C. D.
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was keeping will have kept is kept has kept The company ........ whether the scholarships ......... in time or not. is debating / will be paid has been debating / was paid will debate / could have paid was debating / have been paying

A. B. C. D.

31. It is five months since we .... to this company. A. B. C. D. A. B. have been transferred will transfer were transferring are transferred are stopping / were driving have been stopped / were driven
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32. You ...... because you ........ too fast.

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would stop / had driven were stopped / were driving

33. I had to spend 5 minutes on the 3rd question and had great difficulty answering it. I think it was ......... of all. A. as confusing as B. C. D. the most confused more confusing as the most confusing

34. Meryem regrets ....... Semih ...... her homework. Now she is worried that she will get quite a low grade in today's quiz. A. B. C. D. persuaded / to do being persuaded / to do to persuade / doing persuading / to do

35. We tried hard, and in the end, we were able to ...... Mehmet ...... us his car just for an hour . A. B. C. D. II. make / lending get / to lend have / lent let / lending Rachel is writing about his brother. Read the passage below carefully,

then choose the best answers to complete it. Michael is a good boy. Every Saturday ___________ gets out a bucket and a sponge
2 and cleans the family cars. ___________mum and dad are always very pleased when 3 4 Michael cleans the cars. ___________ give ___________5 for each car that he 1

washes. Michael saves his money all year round and uses it to go on holiday with his
5 friend James, ___________go to Scarborough for a week every summer.

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A. he B. him C. his

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A. My B. His C. Her

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A. They B. She C. He

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A. me
B. Him

C. her 5. A. we B. they C. you III. Rita has just come back from Italy. She loves that country and people there a lot. She wrote a note about her nice travel. Read her passage carefully, then choose the best answers to complete it. John has always traveled a lot. In fact, he was only two years old when he first ___________ (fly) to the US. His mother is Italian and his father ___________ (be) American. John was born in France, but his parents had met in Cologne, Germany after they had been living there for five years. They met one day while John's father ___________ (read) a book in the library and his mother ___________ (sit) down beside him. Anyway, John travels a lot because his parents also ___________ (travel) a lot.
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A. flew

B. flying C. flies 2. A. was B. is C. has been 3. A. is reading B. has read C. was reading 4. A. sits B. sat C. was sitting 5. A. travel B. are traveling C. traveled

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