KBTC INTERNATIONAL

SCHOOL PLACEMENT TEST

ENGLISH
Name : ---------------------------------
Class : Secondary-2
Date : -----------------------------------
Total time for 1 Hour questions 30 marks
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Answer all questions.
I. Grammar

1. The police arrived quickly, but it was too late. the robbers ___.
A. went
B. had gone
C. has gone
D. go
2. I left Yangon ___ Mandalay.
A. to
B. with
C. for
D. towards
3. I need to ___. They're too long.
A. get shortened my trousers
B. have shortened my trousers
C. have my trousers shortened
D. shorten my trousers
4. The traffic lights ___ green and I pulled away.
A. got
B. became
C. turned
D. formed
5. Would you like one of ___ cakes? I made them myself.
A. this
B. that
C. these
D. those
6. As I was driving home, I thought I saw a ghost standing at ___ side of the road. But it was just
a reflection in the window.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. _
7. My cousins live ___ a big house in the country.
A. in
B. on
C. at
D. by
8. I'm interested in ___ kinds of science, especially information technology.
A. whole
B. either
C. every
D. all
9. I hope she ___ no tomorrow when I ask her to go out with me.
A. isn't saying
B. won't say
C. hasn't said
D. doesn’t say
10. It's about ___ you started to look after yourself better.
A. time
B. better
C. soon
D. rather

II. Comprehension
(A) All answers must be in complete sentence.
The origins of human language present something of a mystery. On the one hand evidence
suggests that behaviour such as the habit of walking on two legs, the manufacture of stone
tools and the use of fire for the cooking of meat originated millions of years ago However, the
characteristic that most clearly sets humans apart from animals language, may have much more
recent origins. There is fossil evidence to suggest that the mouths and throats of early humans
were physically incapable of speech in the modern sense until perhaps as little as 70,000 years
ago.
One of the most interesting possibilities is that language pre-dates speech, perhaps by millions
of years. The brain and hands may have been used to communicate long before the
development of spoken language a process that may date back to the time humans started
walking on two legs. As modern sign languages demonstrate it is perfectly possible for a non
spoken language to have a rich grammar and vocabulary
In fact modern sign languages may offer an explanation for another mystery of language: the
deeply fundamental distinction between nouns and verbs stored in separate parts of the brain.
In sign languages. nouns tend to be communicated by forming shapes from the hands: verbs
tend to involve hand movements Perhaps the first sentence involved a shape meaning monkey
and another meaning tree, followed by a movement meaning climb.
 1. What behaviours originated in prehistoric civilization millions of years ago?
2. What did fossil of early humans prove?
3. When did language antedate according to the possibilities by experts?
4. How did people communicate dating back to when they started walking on two legs?
5. How can the distinction between nous and verbs in sign language be interpreted?

B. Match the words with the correct definitions.

Words
1. Manufacture
2. Incapable
3. Development
4. Explanation
5. Communicate

A. Not be able to do something

B. Situation that tells why something happened
C. Mass-produce
D. Exchange information
E. The steady growth

III. Rewrite the sentences, changing the underlined nouns and adjectives into verbs and
adverbs.
1.I had a deep sleep.
2.He gave the door a gentle push.
3.Her performance of the song was very good.
4.His entrance into the room was dramatic.
5.His driving is very dangerous.
 IV. Rewrite the given sentences. Make sure that the meaning of your sentence is the
same as that of the given ones.
1.Joie said, “ I'm extremely tired and I need a rest.” ( REPORTED SPEECH)
2.Spaghetti is one of my family's favorite meals. We eat it at least twice a week. ( RELATIVE
PRONOUN ‘ WHICH')
3.Modern buildings are replacing many beautiful old ones. ( PASSIVE)
4.He drank black coffee. But, he still felt sleepy. ( ALTHOUGH)
5.I can't stand the heat. I can't stand the cold wind, either. ( NEITHER)