GRAMMAR AND PRACTICE TEST 8A1

15 Aug 2023
Exercise 1: Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from
that of the others.
1. A. stopped B. finished C. lived D. packed
2. A. opened B. escaped C. moved D. arrived
3. A. discovered B. destroyed C. developed D. broadened
4. A. neighbors B. friends C. relatives D. photographs
5. A. involves B. believes C. suggests D. steals
Exercise 2: Circle the best answer (A, B, C or D) for each of the following
sentences.
1. There are ________ birds in the countryside now than there were 30 years ago.
A. the least B. less C. fewer D. much
2. You should eat ________ junk food and start to take better care of your health.
A. fewer B. less C. more D. the most
3. She lives in a ________ house.
A. Old beautiful Victorian B. beautiful old Victorian
C. Victorian old beautiful D. Victorian beautiful old
4. He was wearing a _____________ jacket.
A. expensive, leather, new B. new, expensive, leather
C. leather, new, expensive D. expensive, new, leather
5. Of the three cities, I’d say Limerick gets ________ tourists
A. the least B. less C. most D. fewer
6. What an ________ cup and saucer!
A. amazing, old, little, Chinese B. old, Chinese, amazing, little
C. amazing, little, old, Chinese D. little, old, amazing, Chinese
7. The ________ girl looks familiar.
A. grey hair B. grey-hairs C. grey-haired D. grey-hair
8. A man who has got white teeth is __________________.
A. a white-toothing man B. a white-toothed man

C. a white-teethed man D. a white-teething man

9. This musician is not________popular______ that one.
A. so – than B. as - as C. too - than D. too - to
10. Paul has ______ cards than Joel.
A. little B. much C. less D. fewer
Exercise 3: Provide the correct form of the verbs in the blankets to complete the
following sentences
1. ___________ (Fish) used to be my favourite hobby at your age.
2. We talked about ___________ (travel) together next summer.
3. I remember ___________ (be) here when I was a child
4. If she doesn't answer, try ___________ (call) her mobile.
5. I'd prefer ___________ (take) my own car if you don't mind.
 6. They had trouble ___________ (find) our house.
7. They were too lazy __________________ (go) out with us.
8. Don’t you mind __________________ (be) away from your family for such a
long time?
9. We expect him __________________ (join) us on Sunday.
10. We have decided against __________________ (buy) a new car.
Exercise 4: Circle the correct answer to complete each of the following
sentences.
1. She thought the program on wildlife was (fascinating/fascinated).
2. She has a class at 7:30 a.m but she is always (sleepily/sleepy).
3. He painted the kitchen very (bad/badly).
4. My sister speaks very (quiet/quietly).
5. She is looking after a (sick/ill) child this week, so she’s not at work.
Exercise 5: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
first sentence, using the word given.
1. We make frequent changes in the timetable. (make)
 We ______________________________________
2. The meal was cooked well. (meal)
 It ________________________________________
3. The baby is two months old. (baby)
 He _______________________________________
4. My sister is a fast runner. (run)
 My sister __________________________________
5. The lesson lasted two hours. (lesson)
 It ________________________________________

Exercise 6: Mark the letter A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
1. My boyfriend is as strong like a horse.
A B C D
2. My essay is as length as yours.
A B C D
3. I prefer going to lunch lonely.
A B C D
4. Sometimes our teacher arrives lately for class.
A B C D
5. It isn’t quite certainly that he will be present at the meeting.
A B C D