UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES – HCMC

FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE SKILLS
FULL-TIME PROGRAM

TEST SPECIFICATIONS AND TEMPLATE

Grammar 1-B2
Scores Weighting Components Notes
Midterm 30% 3 On-going Mini Tests
The final exam is administered by the Faculty.
Final 70% Written final exam

LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: Upper-Intermediate – B2-CEFR

Suggested Time Allotted: 75 minutes

The test is expected to cover the following topics listed in the syllabus.

 Present  Nouns
 Past  Articles
 Future  Subject-Verb Agreement
 Negative Yes/No Questions, Statements  Gerunds and Infinitives
and Tag Questions  Modals

Teachers are supposed to use the TEMPLATE (presented on PAGE 2 of this document) to set the
test.

SECTION 1: GAP FILLING (2 points | 20 items)

SECTION 2: ERROR CORRECTION (2 points | 20 items)
SECTION 3: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (3 points | 15 items)
- Those to test grammar knowledge, not vocabulary/idiom knowledge
- The answers should include three to eight words (or less), NOT the whole sentence.
SECTION 4: WRITING (3 points | one paragraph)
- The topics should be those closely related to the topics covered in the course.

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 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HOCHIMINH CITY Student’s Full Name:_________________________________
UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
Student ID:_________________________________________
FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE SKILLS Class Code: ________________________________________

Full-Time Program
Instructor: _________________________________________

FINAL EXAMINATION
Course: GRAMMAR 1 – B2
Time Allotted: 75 minutes Exam Date: ___________
Proctors
Examiner(s) Total Score
Approved by (CBCT)
1. 1. In figures:

2. 2. In words:

Notes: Materials and dictionaries of all kinds are NOT allowed.

Students write their answers on the answer sheet.
ANSWER SHEET

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Full Name: ______________________________ Class Code: ________ Student ID: _______________

TEST PAPER
GRAMMAR 1-B2 – [date]
Notes: Materials and dictionaries of all kinds are NOT allowed.
Students write their answers on the answer sheet.
SECTION 1 GAP FILLING (2 points)
Questions 1-20: Choose the lettered word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.
1. [present]
A. B. C. D.
2. [present]
A. B. C. D.
3. [present perfect (progressive)]
A. B. C. D.
4. [present perfect (progressive)]
A. B. C. D.
5. [past]
A. B. C. D.
6. [past]
A. B. C. D.
7. [future]
A. B. C. D.
8. [future]
A. B. C. D.
9. [questions]
A. B. C. D.
10. [questions]
A. B. C. D.
11. [nouns]
A. B. C. D.
12. [articles]
A. B. C. D.
13. [articles]
A. B. C. D.
14. [quantifiers]
A. B. C. D.
15. [V-ings]
A. B. C. D.
16. [infinitives]
A. B. C. D.
17. [subject-verb agreement]
A. B. C. D.
18. [modals]
A. B. C. D.
19. [modals]
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 A. B. C. D.
20. [modals]
A. B. C. D.

SECTION 2 ERROR CORRECTION (2 points)

Questions 21-30: For each of the following sentences, choose the lettered word or phrase that contains
an error, and then make changes to correct the sentence.
Yoon Ji (A) speaks English very well, but (B) she (C) is still more comfortable in (D) hers first language.
21. [nouns]
22. [modals]
23. [quantifiers]
24. [questions]
25. [present]
26. [past]
27. [modals]
28. [present perfect]
29. [V-ings or infinitives]
30. [future]

SECTION 3 SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (3 points)

Questions 31-45: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word given. Do not change the word given. You should use from [THREE to EIGHT] words.
Write ONLY YOUR ANSWERS in the answer sheet.
The weather and the traffic is very bad but we still depart for our trip to the river. OF
We still depart for our trip to the river_______________________________________.
31. [present] PROMPT
_____________________________________________________________________________________
32. [past] PROMPT
_____________________________________________________________________________________
33. [future] PROMPT
_____________________________________________________________________________________
34. [articles] PROMPT
_____________________________________________________________________________________
35. [quantifiers] PROMPT
_____________________________________________________________________________________
36. [modals] PROMPT
_____________________________________________________________________________________
37. [present] PROMPT
_____________________________________________________________________________________
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38. [future] PROMPT
_____________________________________________________________________________________
39. [past] PROMPT
_____________________________________________________________________________________
40. [V-ings] PROMPT
_____________________________________________________________________________________
41. [modals] PROMPT
_____________________________________________________________________________________
42. [future] PROMPT
_____________________________________________________________________________________
43. [past] PROMPT
_____________________________________________________________________________________
44. [present] PROMPT
_____________________________________________________________________________________
45. [infinitives] PROMPT
_____________________________________________________________________________________

SECTION 4 WRITING (3 points)

Write a paragraph of about 150 words on EITHER of the following topics.
1. Aaaa
2. Bbbb

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