Self-Study Material For A1 Level Students

SAMPLE FINAL TEST

Section 1: Vocabulary and Grammar

Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle the
letter A, B, C or D.

Example: 0. If anybody ______________ a question, please ask me after class.

A. had B. have . has D. having

1. We have an English class ______________ Thursday afternoon.
A. on B. in C. at D. by
2. Last year, I ______________ to America on holiday.
A. go B. was going C. went D. had gone
3. My friend Alan ______________ late for school.
A. never is B. is never C. never goes D. goes never
4. Buy me some sugar if you go to the market; we havent got ______________.
A. some B. many C. any D. a lot of
5. We often have English lesson in the morning but today we ______________ in the
afternoon.
A. are going to study B. are studying C. will study D. study
6. Many people never forget the first person they fall ___________ love __________.
A. in to B. in for C. in with D. to for
7. My girlfriend ______________ for me for two hours last night.
A. waited B. has waited C. was waiting D. waits
8. What time do you often _____________ up in the morning?
A. go B. sleep C. get D. stay
Choose the word with its underlined part pronounced differently from that of the other
words.
9. A. worked B. stopped C. lived D. walked
10. A. drive B. drink C. island D. ride
Section 2: Reading comprehension
Sanjit Ray works for a computer company in Los Angeles. California. He writes computer
programs. But he doesnt go to Los Angeles every day. In fact, he doesnt live in the
USA. He lives in India. Sanjit: Everyday I take the bus into Bombay and I go to an office
there. The computer company sends information to me by e-mail. I work on the
information on a computer and then I send the program back to California.
The computer company doesnt do the work in the USA because it costs less to do it in
India. Salaries there are low. Also, India is twelve hours ahead of California. So the
computer company sends information at the end of the day and Sanjit works on it when
its night time in the USA. When he sends the programs back, they arrive in California
before the computer company starts in the morning.

I. Answer the following questions

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6. What does Sanjit Bay do?

__________________________________________________________________
7. How does the computer company send information to him?
__________________________________________________________________
8. Why doesnt the computer company do the work in USA?
__________________________________________________________________
9. How many hours is India ahead of California?
__________________________________________________________________
10.When does the computer company send information to Sanjit?
__________________________________________________________________
II. Decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F)
T F
11.Sanjit Bay lives in Los Angeles, California.
12.Everyday, he works on the information and sends the
program to USA.
13.It is more expensive to do the work in India.
14.When Sanja works on the information, its working time in
the USA.
15.Sanjia sends the programs back before the computer
companies starts in the morning.
Section 3: Gap-filling
Read the article and choose the best answer by circling the letter A, B, C or D
The Kemp family lived (1)____________ door to me. They were interesting and
intelligent people, but they (2)____________ always getting into some sort of trouble. It
was usually either illness or accident, but (3)____________ were other things, too. Their
house caught fire three (4)____________, and twice the family had to stay
(5)____________ me while repairs were made. The Kemp were always
(6)____________ things, important things such as money or keys. Pictures often fell off
the (7)____________ in their house; the children fell (8)____________ of their window
at night. I used to (9)____________ up in the mornings and think: What strange things
will happen (10)____________ that family today?
1. A. near B. next C. opposite D. in front of
2. A. was B. is C. were D. are
3. A. there B. it C. they D. family
4. A. days B. twice C. time D. times
5. A. at B. with C. on D. by
6. A. stealing B. taking C. leaving D. losing
7. A. door B. wall C. ceiling D. floor
8. A. over B. out C. away D. down
9. A. stay B. come C. wake D. got
10. A. to B. with C. about D. into

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Section 4: Mistake correction

Underline and correct the mistakes in following sentences. There is ONE

mistake in each sentence.

0. Example: He cant to swim 0. swim

1. There are a beautiful woman on the sofa next to two men. _______________
2. I were ill so I couldnt go to school yesterday. _______________
3. Do you wash your clothes this evening? _______________
4. She is studying hardly to pass the exam. _______________
5. Where does she often goes during her holiday? _______________
6. They were to the cinema last weekend. _______________
7. Ive never spoke to a famous person. _______________
8. How much tomatoes do you want to buy? _______________
9. Do you have some problems with this exercise? _______________
10.Its too late. You should come to bed now _______________
Section 5: Sentence Rewriting
Rewrite the sentences in a way that their meanings keep unchanged.

0. Example: This is my second visit to Ha long Bay.

Up to now, I have visited Ha long Bay twice.

1. Tim is a very careful driver.

Tim drives ______________________________________________
2. Melbourne has the population of over 3 million. Paris has only more than 2 million.
Melbourne ______________________________________________
3. Harry won more money than Bill.
Bill didnt _______________________________________________
4. Where is the Palm Hotel, please?
Can you _________________________________________________
5. There are 98 rooms in the Palm Hotel.
The Palm _________________________________________________

Section 6: Paragraph writing

Write a paragraph (120-150 words) about your most memorable holiday. Answer the
following questions:
Where did you go? Where did you stay? Who did you go with? What were the best
moments? Why was it memorable?

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