MID TEST

ENGLISH

I. Rewrite this text using correct punctuation ! (Hand Writing)

we had just spent new year’s day in sioux falls, south dakota, and had headed west
toward our home in denver, colorado. as we traveled along interstate 90, i could see
the black hills rising slightly in the distance. after driving through the badlands and
stopping at wall drug in wall, south dakota, the evergreen - covered hills broke the
barren monotony of the landscape. my oldest daughter said, “dad, look! there’s
something that’s not all white.” we saw mount rushmore and custer state park, the
home of the largest herd of buffalo in north america. we also drove the treacherous
spearfish canyon road. fortunately, our jeep cherokee had no trouble with the ice
and snow on the winding road. we were unable to see needles national park because
the needles highway was snowed shut. winter may not be the best time to see these
sights, but we enjoyed them nonetheless

when it was time to consider college william spent many hours with Ms Lewis
thinking about his future After reading his journals, Ms Lewis suggested that
perhaps William would be happiest at a College where he could study creative
writing The rest is history

it was the highlight of his year usually he spent two weeks in the middle of july at
camp wi wi ta which was 40 miles from his home

each morning he rose before the fi rst child awoke and never went to bed until the
last of his kids went to sleep at night the best part of the job was challenging the
kids to do things for themselves peter would insist that they comb their hair or cut
their own food even if they begged for help

II. Choose the best answer to complete these sentences below !

1. Andrea had a ________ in her hair yesterday.

nice yellow bow
yellow nice bow
bow nice yellow

2. She lost a ________ .

small white cat
cat small white
white small cat
3. I bought ________ oranges.
great some big
big great some
some great big

4. We met ________ people at the conference.

very smart two
two very smart
very two smart

5. The clown was wearing a ________ hat.

big green-yellow
big green and yellow
yellow and green big

6. The cookies that you ________ .

smell delicious baked
baked smell delicious
delicious smell baked

7. Is it ________ ?
cold getting outside
getting cold outside
getting outside cold

8. The course you are ________ .

taking sounds interesting
sounds interesting taking
interesting sounds taking

9. My uncle wore a ________ to the wedding.

silk blue tie
tie blue silk
blue silk tie

10. Have you met that _____ next door?

cute boy new
cute new boy
new boy cute
III. Decide which parts of speech are the underlined words

1. You have to believe in yourself if you ever expect to be successful at

something.
2. We left for the mountain just before six in the
morning.
3. We first went to the store to buy a few things.
4. We had a breakfast at a café near the rail station.
5. My friend wasn't strong enough to lift
his heavy rucksack.
6. I helped him carry it.
7. The weather was very cold.
8. My friend said, "Oh! What a cold weather!"
9. We didn't spend the night there.
10. We got back home late at night but we didn't go to sleep immediately. We
were very hungry.

Subject and Verb Agreement

IV. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.

1. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.

2. Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting.
3. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.
4. Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.
5. George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie.
6. Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer.
7. One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France.
8. The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.
9. The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch.
10. The players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win.
11. Either answer (is, are) acceptable.
12. Every one of those books (is, are) fiction.
13. Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen.
14. (Is, Are) the news on at five or six?
15. Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's
favorite subject.
16. Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days.
17. (Is, Are) the tweezers in this drawer?
18. Your pants (is, are) at the cleaner's.
19. There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left!
20. The committee (debates, debate) these questions carefully.
21. The committee members (leads, lead) very different lives in private.
22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially.
23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.