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LANGUAGE ENTRANCE EXAM (YEKATIT06/2013 E.C.)

NAME: - …………………………………………………… EXAM CENTER: - __________ Time allowed 2:00

Direction: - Choose the appropriate answer and circle the letter which consists the answer.

1. Ato Ayalew __________ wife __________ in Black Lion Hospital is a lorry driver.

A. whose/works B. who/works C. who/work D. whose/work

2. How much sugar have you __________?

A. buy B. buys C. bought D. B and C

3. Does he __________ English?

A. understood B. understands C. understand D. All are answers.

4. Solomon was the __________ king in the world.

A. Wise B. wisest C. most wise D. A and B

5. If you __________, you won't pass the exam.

A. did not study B. did study C. study D. A and B.

6. Aklilu is __________ economist in __________ ministry of industry.

A. a/the B. a/a C. the /the D. the/a

7. Mr. Wong __________ in this house since the war ended.

A. live B. is living C. has lived D. have lived

8. My father __________ me a pair of new shoes last Wednesday.

A. bought B. has bought C. would buy D. was buying

9. He wishes he had a car means __________.

A. He does not have a car. B. He did not have a car. C. He has a car. D. He had a car.

10. Did you __________ her? Yes, I __________ her.

A. see/see B. see/saw C. saw/see D. A and B.

11. Which one of these sentences is passive?

A. The children eat all oranges. B. All oranges are eaten by the children C. All

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 oranges have been eaten by the children. D. B and C.

12. Ato Yared is __________ old __________ he cannot walk quickly.

A. so/that B. as/as C. too/as D. too/that

13. The contracted form she is not __________.

A. She isn't B. She's not C. A and B D. None

14. A table is made __________ wood.

A. of B. in C. A and B D. None

15. He won a gold __________ the Olympics.

A. on B. at C. in D. of

16. Ethiopians eat rice. The passive form of this sentence will be __________.

A. Rice is eaten by Ethiopia. B. Rice eats in Ethiopia. C. A and B D. None.

17. I only saw her yesterday. This means __________.

A. I saw her but I did not talk to her. B. I saw her yesterday and not before that. C. I saw
only her and no one else. D. I and no one else saw her.

18. Which one of the following is a relative adverb?

A. Where B. When C. Why D. All are answers

19. There is not __________ water in the well.

A. much B. many C. A and B D. money

20. The Pacific is __________ in the world.

A. deep ocean B. a deepest ocean C. deeper ocean D. the deepest ocean

21. The soldiers must carry out the orders of their officers. The under lined word can be replaced
by……………………

A. To follow order B. neglect C. refuse D. punish

22. Which one of the following is a simple sentence?

A. They danced with joy. B. Samson went out for a walk but George stayed at home. C.
God saw that the light was good. D. All are answers.

23. A word that is used for joining words, phrases, clauses and sentences.

A. Conjunction B. Preposition C. Adverb D. Verb

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24. The name of a particular person or thing is __________.

A. Abstract noun B. Material noun C. Collective noun D. Proper noun

25. Addis Ababa is __________ capital of Ethiopia.

A. a B.an C. the D. All are correct

26. This shirt is __________

A. my B. mine C. our D. All

27. Neither of them __________ present at the meeting.

A. was B. were C. are D. B and C are answers

28. This is the essay I __________ yesterday.

A. write B. writes C. written D. wrote

29. There was a fight between __________ and __________.

A. he and I B. him and me C. he and me D. him and I

30. __________ moon is shining.

A. A B. The C. An D. A and B

31. If I were a bird, I __________.

A. would fly B. will fly C. will not fly D. A and B

32. Which sentence is the correct question - tag?

A. You do not drink, do you? B. You do not drink, don’t you? C. A and B D. no answer

33. If I had gone to him, he would have helped me. This sentence expresses __________

A. Possible condition B. Impossible condition C. Imaginary condition D. All are answers

34. He is too weak to go out. This means __________.

A. He is so weak that he cannot go out. B. He is so weak but he can go out C. He is so

weak that he can go out D. None

35. Few people visited him in hospital. Which one is the similar sentence for this sentence?

A. He had almost no visitors or perhaps no visitors at all. B. He had many visitors. C. A and
B D. None

36. Which one is the singular noun from the given choice?

A. Foot B. Tooth C. Nucleus D. All are answers

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37. Plenty means __________.

A. more than enough B. too much C. little D. A and B

38. The class room __________.

A. clean B. cleans C. has cleaned D. has been cleaned

39. The opposite of Accept is __________.

A. Ancient B. Dim C. Dead D. Refuse

40. The opposite of Sharp is __________.

A. Dead B. Blunt C. Narrow D. Admire

41. The meaning of the word Vent is__________.

A. End B. Opening C. Common D. Short

42. Which one of the following is Reflexive Pronoun?

A. Myself B. Herself C. Yourselves D. All are answers

43. The plural form of the word formula is ……………….

A. formulae B. formulas C. form D. A and B

44. The feminine of Horse is ………………..

A. Mare B. Maid C. Sir D. Donkey

45. Every one of them __________ absent.

A. are B. were C. was D. A and C

46. Our grandparents came to meet us __________ Christmas.

A. on B. in C. at D. All are answers.

47. There is a boy outside. Ask __________ boy to come in.

A. a B. an C. the D. B and C

48. Which one of the following sentence expresses The Gerund as a Verbal Noun?

A. Walking is good for all. B. I like swimming. C. Gambling is a bad habit. D. All

49. The number of candidates __________ small.

A. Were B. are C. was D. A and B are answers.

50. The passive construction form of: - We have looked into your case.
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 A. Your case has looked into us B. Your case has been looked into. C. Your case
have looked into D. All

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