Test for October 28th, 2020

Fill in the blank with the correct form of a word in brackets: (umpire, bat, compete, height,
pull, racket, talent, fond, rod, referee, allow, interest, spectator, take, pleasure)
1. The football match started with the whistle of the ………………………………………
2. The team had two goals ……………………………...………, which led to their defeat.
3. My grandfather’s fishing ………………………………………….. are in the basement.
4. She is ………………… of listening to music, which helps her concentrate on studying.
5. Mary seems to be …………………………… in archaeology. She has been researching
about the ancient world.
6. John has been chosen to be the ……………………… of the local cricket championship.
7. We decided to ……..………… out of the school club, as we are too busy with studying.
8. The baseball …………. is so expensive that no one can afford it. It costs 10.000 dollars!
9. The …………………………….. contest of our school is going to take place next week.
10. He accidentally threw his …………………………….………………… across the court.

Fill in the blank with the correct form of a word in brackets: (medallist, ring, pull, around,
racket, talent, fond, referee, finale, mean, compete, popular, stop, interest, turn)
1. The boxing champion stood on the ……………………………., with a smile on his face.
2. Son Tung MTP, a singer, is …….………………………… among Vietnamese teenagers.
3. He took part in the …….…………………… with a view to winning a big sum of money.
4. He is afraid of ………………………………….., which means he has acrophobia.
5. All the dancers come on stage during the grand …………………………
6. It’s time you got …………………………….. to studying. You’ve wasted too much time.
7. I didn’t ………………………...… to hurt her feelings, but the presentation was very bad.
8. Nick is a silver ………………………………… in karate.
9. All the members of my family take ………………………… doing the household chores.
10. Brian ……………………… his wife from borrowing money to buy clothes wastefully.