SPCC/ ENG DEPT/ 2022-2023/ F.

2 REMEDIAL

Name: ___________________ Set: _____ ( ) Date: ______________________

Lesson 1 - Pre-course Test
Total marks: _______________ / 48 marks
A. Tenses (20 marks)
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
(i)
Dear Ann,

It has been a month since you (1)______________ (move) to Shanghai with your
family. I hope you (2)_____________ (get) used to your new life by now.

Brian (3)_________________(return) from Japan a few days ago. He (4)

_______________ (wait) for a bus when I (5) ________________ (meet) him. What a
coincidence! He (6)_______________ (buy) me some fashion magazines from Japan.
By the way, (7)________he ________ (call) you? He (8)________________ (ask) me for
your phone number while we (9)_______________ (have) dinner the other day. He
(10)______________ (want) to tell you that he couldn’t get the comic book you
asked him to buy.

I (11)______________ (have) my English exam next Tuesday and I (12)_______________

(work) very hard for it now. I will write to you again when the exam is over. In the
meantime, write to me and tell me about your new life when you have time.

Best wishes,
Wendy

(ii) Mr McDermott (13)_____________________ (work) as a doctor. When he first

(14)_____________________ (begin) his career in 1990, he (15) _____________________
(just/ leave) medical school. He (16)_____________________ (open) his own doctor’s
surgery in 1992 and since then he (17) _____________________ (work) as a doctor. He
(18)_____________________ (enjoy) his job and, at the moment, he
(19)_____________________ (teach) young medical students in his spare time. He
hopes that in the future he (20) _____________________ (continue) to help sick
people and his fellow physicians.

1
 SPCC/ ENG DEPT/ 2022-2023/ F.2 REMEDIAL

B. Prepositions (8 marks)
Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions.

(1) Anyone acquainted _______________ the music of Bach will appreciate that he
was a genius.
(2) That name sounds familiar _____________________ me.
(3) You can’t put the blame _____________________ me.
(4) She’s experienced _____________________ handling money.
(5) He is very attached _____________________ his pet rabbit.
(6) He died _____________________ kidney failure.
(7) He was charged _____________________ speeding.
(8) She was furious _____________________ Sally for spending all her money.

C. Parts of Speech: Use the words in capitals to form a word that fits in the space in
the same line. Write your word in the spaces provided. (10 marks)

London
London is the capital city and main (e.g.) industrial centre INDUSTRY
of the United Kingdom. Its (1) _____________________ began with (1) DEVELOP
the Roman invasion in 45 AD.
It is now popular with (2) _____________________, who visit the city (2) FOREIGN
in order to see many of its (3) _____________________ buildings (3) FAME
and tourist (4) _____________________. It is also popular for its shops (4) ATTRACT
in the (5) _____________________ part of the city. (5) CENTRE
Apart from (6) ____________________ and business, London is (6) TOUR
known for being the United Kingdom’s (7) _____________________ (7) POLITICS
heart. It is also home to one of the country’s most
important (8) _____________________, the Queen. (8) RESIDE
Although London is a big city, it would be (9) _____________________ to (9) CORRECT
say that it’s an unhealthy place to live, since attempts
to reduce (10) _____________________ levels have been quite (10) POLLUTE
successful.

2
 SPCC/ ENG DEPT/ 2022-2023/ F.2 REMEDIAL

D. Proofreading (10 marks)

Read the following passage. There is ONLY ONE error in each line.
a. Wrong word: Underline the wrong word and write the correct word above it.
b. Missing word: Mark the position of the missing word with a “^” and write the
missing word above it.

1. Last week, my uncle Paul who lives in Japan asked me I did not look

2. happy. He has arrived an hour earlier on a business trip to Hong Kong and

3. was staying with us for a few day. I looked unhappy

4. because I had just received my exam results. They were very poorly and

5. Mum and Dad were very disappointing. Uncle Paul asked me how much

6. homeworks and revision I was doing every day.

7. He was very surprised when I told. He said that I actually did fewer

8. assignments then my cousin in Japan.

9. According to him, there had one good way to solve my problem－

10. I simply had do more work! What should I do?