English Grammar Test

Nom Xabi Her Cours ENGLISH

Instructeur Sonam KARNANI Période Session I

Date 12TH May 2018

Fill in the article a, an or the where necessary. Choose x where no article is used.

1. I like ____ blue T-shirt over there better than ____ red one.
Entrez la réponse à la première question

2. Their car does 150 miles ____ hour.

Entrez la réponse à la deuxième question

3. Where's ____ USB drive I lent you last week?

Entrez la réponse à la troisième question

4. Do you still live in ____ Bristol?

Entrez la réponse à la quatrième question

5. Is your mother working in ____ old office building?

Entrez la réponse à la cinquième question

6. Carol's father works as ____ electrician.

Entrez la réponse à la quatrième question

7. The tomatoes are 99 pence ____ kilo.

Entrez la réponse à la quatrième question

8. What do you usually have for ____ breakfast?

Entrez la réponse à la quatrième question

9. Ben has ____ terrible headache.

Entrez la réponse à la quatrième question

10. After this tour you have ____ whole afternoon free to explore the city.
Entrez la réponse à la quatrième question
11. Tapez votre quatrième question ici
Entrez la réponse à la quatrième question

Comprehension Passage

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Eklavya, who lived in the jungles of Northern
India, with his parents. His father was the tribal chief 1in the forests of the kingdom called
Hastinapura. He was brought up 2with discipline and all other good qualities.

One day, his father had to wage3 a war against his enemies to support the king4 of their
country. He died in the war, leaving small Eklavya and his mother alone. Although his
mother tried to console him, Eklavya was terribly depressed and saddened by the sudden
death of his father. Upon his father’s death, Eklavya had to take up his father’s
responsibilities as the head of the head of the forest. Since his childhood, Eklavya loved
animals and treated all the animals in the forest with great love and affection but he was
terribly disturbed by the wild wolves that would enter the forest and drag off 5the young

1Tribal chief: (Noun) A tribal chief is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom.
Synonyms: headman, tribal chief, chieftain, chief.

2bring someone up to be/do something: (Phrasal verb) to teach a child to behave in

a particular way or to have particular beliefs

3Wage: (verb) wage a battle/campaign/war, etc. to fight to organize a series of activities in

order to achieve something.

4King: In the sense that it describes the ruler of a country (in general), king is a common
noun. It is the same for president, mister, sir, sultan, boy, etc.
When used as a title, king is treated as a proper noun (capitalized):
 King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England and Ireland in March 1603.

5 Drag off: (Phrasal verb) drag someone out of/away from/off something to make someone
leave or go to a place when they do not want to.
 I’m sorry to call so early – I hope I didn’t drag you out of bed.
 You drag me away from my meeting just to tell me this!

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calves, deer and cattle. Their pitiful6 cries were unbearable to Eklavya. He decided that he
must help them.

One day, he approached7 his mother, saying: “Mother, can’t you hear the loud cries of the
cows and deer of the forest? The wild wolves mercilessly8 kill their young ones. We must
help them. Please tell me how can I protect them?” His mother replied: “Eklavya, I know
how compassionate you are but this is how nature is and we cannot do anything about it.
These wild animals live in the bushes 9of the jungle and we cannot find out where they hide.”

Eklavya responded: “Mother! We are hunters and we all know archery10. Then, why can’t
we kill them when they are hiding in the bushes?”

6Pitiful: (adjective) extremely bad; looking or sounding so unhappy that you feel
sympathy and sadness.

7Approach: [transitive verb] to ask someone for something, or ask them to do something,
especially when you are asking them for the first time or when you are not sure if they will
do it
 approach somebody for something
 Students should be able to approach teachers for advice.
 approach somebody/something about (doing) something
 The charity approached several stores about giving food aid.
 I have already been approached by several other companies (=offered a job,
work etc).

8 Mercilessly: (adverb) cruel and showing no kindness or forgiveness.

9 Bush: noun [countable] a plant with many thin branches growing up from the ground →
tree, shrub.
 A rose bush.
 The child was hiding in the bushes.

10 Archery: noun [uncountable] the sport of shooting arrows from a bow

 She excelled at archery and won an Olympic silver medal at the London Games in
1908.

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