Supplementary exercises - grade 10 - 2020

Practice test week 3 (16th April 2020)

I. Choose the word with different vowel sound.
1. A rose B goes C does D toes
2. A meat B beat C great D street
3. A paid B made C played D said
4. A done B phone C son D won
5. A flood B move C love D glove
II. Choose the word with different stress pattern.
6. A location B container C establish D recognize
7. A survive B species C locate D contain
8. A disastrous B poisonous C industry D company
9. A minority B officially C abandonment D satisfaction
10. A endangered B submarine C dependence D explosive
III. Circle the best completion for each sentence.
11. As soon as Martina saw the fire, she __________ the fire department.
A. was telephoning B. telephoned
C. had telephoned D. has telephoned
12. Before Jenifer won the lottery, she __________any kind of contest.
A. hasn’t entered B. wasn’t entering
C. doesn’t enter D. hadn’t entered
13. Since I left Venezuela six years ago, I __________to visit friends and family several
times.
A. return B. am returning
C. will have returned D. have returned
14. After the horse threw her to the ground for the third time, Jenifer picked herself up and
said, “I __________on another horse as long as I live.”
A. never ride B. will never ride
C. have never ridden D. do not ride
15. By the time the young birds__________ the nest for good, they will have learned how to
fly.
A. will leave B. left
C. will have left D. leave
16. I’ve no idea what’s __________the charts at the moment.
A. in B. on C. at D. of
17. Lava __________down the side of the mountain.
A. fell B. erupted C. dragged D. ran
18. We go to visit my aunt and uncle once in a __________.
A. month B. while C. time D. moon
19. Just give me a few minutes and I’ll figure the answer __________for myself.
A. through B. over C. out D. down
20. Don’t forget__________ me when you get to the airport.
A. calling B. call C. to call D. to calling
21. These floods were __________the worst we’ve had.
A. easily B. far C. slightly D. more

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22. It’s __________dangerous to leave the house, so please stay here.

A. so B. too C. such D. do
23. I remember __________you but I’m not sure where!
A. to meet B. to meeting C. meeting D. meet
24. It’s not nice to laugh __________people.
A. at B. away C. for D. to
25. Fred scored 1,500 points on his last game. I’ll never be able to __________up with him.
A. make B. take C. count D. catch
26. I feel sorry ________Alex because he always loses when we play video games!
A. to B. with C. for D. by
27. Isn’t this place ________you first met Phil?
A. where B. which C. when D. who
28. As far as I can see, Dan just lives ________football. It’s all he ever talks about.
A. on B. with C. to D. for
29. We ________to get a great last-minute deal on our flights yesterday.
A. could B. might C. managed D. succeeded
30. This video game is not ________for children.
A. keen B. suitable C. addicted D. bored
IV. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
31. Never before I have visited this fascinating place.
A B C D
32. When I was a small, I used to go fishing with my father and my brother.
A B C D
33. The more I live with him, the most I love him.
A B C D
34. The Captain Sea, a salt lake, is the largest than any other lakes in the world.
A B C D
35. According with Gardner, it is motivation that plays an important role in his
A B C
success.
D
V. Read the text and the questions below. For each question, mark the correct letter A,
B, C or D.

END OF SUMMER HOLIDAYS?

In many countries, schools have longer summer holidays, with shorter holidays in between.
However, a new report suggests reducing the length of school holidays to stop children
forgetting what they have learnt during the summer break. Instead of three school terms, it
says, there should be five eight-week terms. There would be just four weeks off in the
summer, with a two-week break between the other terms. The annual amount holiday time
would remain the same.
Sonia Montero has two children at primary school and works full time. She supports the idea.
“The kids,” she says, have much longer holidays than me and I can’t afford to take several

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weeks off work, so I need someone to take care of them. But nobody wants the work in the
summer months- they all have holidays of their own.”
Not surprisingly, some young people disagree. Student Jason Panos, 15, says: “It’s a stupid
idea. I really can’t imagine staying at school in the summer-I’d hate it. IT’s totally unfair, too.
The people who suggest this had long school holidays when they were young, but now they
want to stop us enjoying the summer. They only need to look at places like Spain and
America, where they have much longer holidays than here. The kids there don’t forget
everything they’ve learnt in a couple of months, do they?”
Nadia, Salib, 14, agrees. “Sure,” she says, “the first week at school after the summer is never
easy, but you soon get back into it. The real problem round here is that kids get bored after so
many weeks out of school, and then some of them start causing trouble. But the answer is to
give them something to do in their free time, not make everyone stay in school longer. We’d
all hate that.

36. Why is Sonia in favour of shorter school holidays?

A. She can’t get anyone to mind her children in summer.
B. She thinks that secondary school holidays are too long.
C. She can’t afford to pay someone to look after her children.
D. She doesn’t get any summer holidays in her present job.
37. What does Jason say about long summer holidays?
A. They can help children forget about school.
B. They have no effect on children’s education.
C. These days many older people have them too.
D. Schools in other countries don’t have them.
38. What does Nadia say about young people in summer?
A. They all behave badly when they go back to school.
B. Long holidays are very bad for their education.
C. They would like to spend more time at school.
D. Where she lives there is nothing for them to do.
39. Which of the following emails best explains the article?

A. They’ve changed all the school terms and some

students are getting very angry about it.

B. Some people want to change the school year but

not everyone thinks it’s a good idea.

C. Everyone’s against the idea of shortening the

summer holidays so they’ve decided to forget the
idea.
D. Teenagers are very worried because there are
going to be fewer school holidays in this year.

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VI. Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
NEW CITY FAMRS
When you see the word “farm”, you probably (40) ________ somewhere in the
countryside with crops growing in fields. But in very large cities a different (41) ________
of farm may soon exist, where crops are grown inside tall buildings instead.
Many scientists believe that farming indoors (42) ________ lots of problems. First,
traditional farming (43) ________a lot of land and water. Farming inside a very tall
building is a much more efficient use (44) ________ space. Also, on this type of farm,
farmers don’t have to (45) ________about floods or lack of rain. (46) ________the water
used on these farms can be recycled.
(47) ________time and money is wasted delivering the crops across large (48)
________to the city, which (49) ________that vegetables in the supermarkets are fresher.
This also helps to (50) ________ pollution caused by large trucks.
You can find out more about this new idea for 21st century farming by going to
www.verticalfarm.com.
40. A imagine B think C describe D. suppose
41. A method B way C example D type
42. A helps B provides C solves D explains
43. A makes B takes C puts D holds
44. A of B in C at D on
45. A worry B avoid C prepare D consider
46. A Most B All C Some D Any
47. A Few B Any C Less D Either
48. A places B routes C roads D distances
49. A allows B means C shows D introduces
50. A reduce B drop C fall D interrupt
VII. Write the correct form of the verbs given.
51. A Do you know any good travel websites?
B Just a minute. I __________ (show) you some.
52. A Look at those clouds! I think it __________(rain).
B. Yes. I think you’re right. I __________(get) my umbrella.
53. A Did you get the job?
B No, I didn’t bother applying.
A Oh, I’m sure you __________(get) the job if you __________(apply) for it.
54. Don’t call me at 7 p.m. as we _________________(have) dinner then. However,
we___________________ (finish) by about 8 p.m., so call sometime after that.
55. We__________(meet) at the restaurant at 7.00 p.m. I’ve called the restaurant manager to
book.
VIII. Write the correct form of words given.
56. CIRCULATE
Let’s open the windows and get some__________ ______________ in here.
57. SENSE
A __________________person is reasonable and shows good judgement.

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A__________________ person is easily upset, or understands other’s people’s feelings

and problems.
58. INDUSTRY
Modernization and ____________________have contributed to later marriages, for
example, as have improvements in educational and employments opportunities for
women.
59. LOSE
The company is closing down two of its factories, leading to 430 job ______________.
60. INVADE
The fear of an ____________________by rebels is always present.
61. ETHNIC
Surinam is culturally and _____________________diverse.
62. WILD
Yukon is a vast ____________________of mountains, lakes and forests.
63. ACCEPT
There is still not widespread ____________________that fathers can care for children as
well as mothers do.
64. CONSERVE
And that’s the problem facing ____________________who are trying to discover where
the dormice are.
65. DISPOSE
Talks were held on the safe __________ of nuclear weapons.
IX. Sentence transformation.
Write NO MORE THAN 5 WORDS, including the words given.
66. Because we arrived late, I missed the plane.
SO
We arrived ____________________________the plane.
67. There was a long queue, so I decided to come back later.
SUCH
There was ________________________ I decided to come back later.
68. Because it was too cold, I wore two pairs of socks.
SO
It was _____________________two pairs of socks.
69. The food was awful; so I couldn’t eat it.
SO
_____________________________food that I couldn’t eat it.
70. On holiday I prefer going sightseeing to relaxing on the beach.
RATHER
On holiday I ________________________ relax on the beach.
71. Nobody explained why the flight had been delayed.
REASON
Nobody gave ___________________________to the flight.
72. Last year’s skiing holiday was more exciting than this year’s holiday by the sea.
AS
This year’s holiday by the sea _______________________ last year’s skiing holiday.

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73. All of us are excited about our trip to China next month.
LOOKING
Everyone ________________________ our trip to China next month.
74. Maria doesn’t think we should visit the museum because it’s not very interesting.
POINT
Maria says ____________________________the museum because it’s not very
interesting.
75. The architecture here makes me think of the building in Amsterdam.
REMINDS
The architecture here________________________ the building in Amsterdam.
76. The play began only when all the seats were full.
UNTIL
___________________________________were full did the play begin.
77. I only told you because I thought you would be interested.
TOLD
I________________________ you if I didn’t think you were interested.
78. I won’t organize the party unless you arrange the food.
LONG
I will organize the party ________________________the food.
79. You won’t lose weight unless you stop eating junk food.
IF
You won’t lose weight________________________ eating junk food.
80. In the end I got my sister to agree that I could borrow her dress.
LEND
I finally persuaded ________________________her dress.

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