CSKPHC 2023-2024 Form 1 B/C/D Grammar Test 3 Practice

2nd Term No. of page(s): 3 Name: ___________________

Full Mark: 100 Time Allowed: 45 minutes Date: 16th January, 2024
(Follow the instructions carefully and answer all the questions neatly. Questions with * are more challenging.)
A. COLLECTIVE NOUNS. Fill in the correct nouns: (4%, @0.5%)
o a [1.]___ of cattle o a [3.]___ of mountains o a colony of [5.]___ o a pack of [7.]____
o a [2.]___ of savages o a [4.]___ whales o a clump of [6.]___ o a flock of [8.]____

B. FORMATION OF ADJECTIVES. Change the following words into adjectives: (8%, @0.5%)
1. convenience 5. tolerance 9. wrath 13. residue
2. filth 6. leniency 10. Hawaii 14. reluctance
3. criticise 7. stimulate 11. rest 15. substance
4. hospital 8. pity 12. visibility 16. destroy

C. REPOSITIONS/ADVERBS. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions or adverbs: (10%, @1%)
o You can use this kettle to boil the water [1.]___. Are you making tea [2.]__ yourself?
o He accidentally fell [3.]___ the river. That was why he was wet [4.]___ when he came back at half [5.]___ five.
o Dashing [6.]___ of the room, he ran [7.]___ the back of the garden and jumped [8.]___ the fence.
o Littering the road is [9.]___ the law. You could be fined [10.]___ such an offence.

D. AGREEMENT. Choose the best answers. Write LETTERS only: (7%, @1%)
o More a thousand [1.] (A. sheep are found / B. sheeps are found) on this farm.
o The two cups of coffee you ordered [2.] (A. is / B. are) on the table over there.
o There [3.] (A. is not a lot of traffic / B. are not a lot of traffic) on this road at night.
o More than one student in this class [4.] (A. was / B. were) absent today.
o Each one of you [5.] (A. need / B. needs) to work overtime if you want to finish the work on time.
o A number of people [6.] (A. do / B. does) not like raw fish, which [7.] (A. is / B. are) thought to cause
stomach trouble.

E. MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS. Choose the best answers. Write LETTERS only: (6%, @1%)
o It is impossible to swim in [1.] (A. Dead Sea / B. a Dead Sea / C. the Dead Sea / D. some Dead Sea) because
it contains [2.] (A. a large amount of salt / B. plenty of salts / C. many salt / D. much salts) in it.
o Kate decided to change her style so she bought new [3.] (A. cloth / B. clothe / C. clothes / D. clothings).
o I cannot print off my project because I have not got [4.] (A. some / B. a few / C. little / D. any) paper.
o Suddenly, at the end of the street, [5.] (A. a great deal of / B. a large amount of / C. a crowd of) people
appeared, shouting and waving flags.
o [6.] (A. Jill and Joey’s / B. Jill’s and Joey / C. Jill’s and Joey’s) schools are close to each other.

F. ERROR SPOTTING. Identify the mistakes in the following sentences: (4%, @1%)
1. The production ‘Matilda’ is running at Sunrise Theatre.
2. Every dress of Mary has a floral design.
3. The company of directors will have a meeting here.
4. She was sad since only few of her friends came to her party.

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G. ADJECITVES & ADVERBS. (33%)
(a) Choose the best answers. Write LETTERS only: (9%, @1%)
o Unfortunately the food in the hotel was [1.] (A. extremely / B. really / C. absolutely / D. both ‘B’ and ‘C’
are correct) terrible.
o I think you will never feel [2.] (A. lone / B. lonely / C. alone / D. in a lonely way) in a place like this.
o The doctor there told me there was nothing seriously wrong – I could [3.] (A. hard / B. hardly / C. in a hard
way / D. both ‘B’ and ‘C’ are correct) believe it.
o Studying has to be done regularly, and divided into sections so that it is not too [4.] (A. tired / B. tiring / C.
tiringly / D. in a tired way).
o I had a cold last week, but I am [5.] (A. good / B. well / C. in a well way / D. both ‘A’ and ‘B’ are correct)
now.
o She made her way through the [6.] (A. crowded / B. crowding / C. crowdedly / D. both ‘A’ and ‘B’ are
correct) room, trying to attract the attention of the sleepy waitress.
o When you buy hamburgers for over $80 in McDonald’s, you get an ice cream (A. free / B. freely / C. in a
free manner / D. both ‘B’ and ‘C’ are correct).
o The policeman was whistling softly as he cycled (A. fast along the road early in the morning / B. along
the road in the morning fast / C. fast in the morning along the road / D. in the morning fast along the
road).
o She handed me a gaily-wrapped parcel [9.] (A. during my birthday party at my home with a shy smile /
B. at my home with a shy smile during my birthday party / C. with a shy smile at my home during my
birthday party / D. both ‘A’ and ‘C’ are correct).

(b) Identify the parts of speech of the bracketed words: (10%, @1%)
(1) If it is an adjective, write ‘adjective’ and indicate the word being modified.
(2) If it is an adverb, determined what type of adverb it is; then indicate the word being modified.
Follow the examples below:
e.g.1. These flowers are (a. beautiful). ANS: adjective, These flowers
e.g.2. The train travels (b. quickly). ANS: adverb of manner, travels
o Most people we met in the town were very (1. friendly).
o Just as you think the (2. main) characters are going to live (3. happily) ever after, the film takes an unexpected
twist.
o Mark’s guitar playing is (4. pretty) good, but he sings so (5. badly) that I just wanted him to stop.
o I (6. always) try to give people my complete attention when they speak to me.
o My grandmother fell over (7. yesterday). She hurt her leg so (8. now) she cannot walk (9. fast).
o He was (10. apologetic) for not returning my call.

(c) Put the four adjectives in brackets in the correct order. Add punctuations if necessary: (6%, @1.5%)
1. The best way to get around London is to get on a (big / red / double-decker) bus.
2. The woman over there is wearing a (lovely / African / handmade) necklace.
3. We went to Hawaii on holiday and our hotel room was (nice / bright / comfortable).
4. My mum bought us a (wooden / white / large / black) bowl.

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(d) Complete the following sentences with the -ed or -ing form of the words in brackets: (6%, @1%)
o She enjoys being a vet, but it is often (1. exhaust). At the end of a day’s work, she is often (2. tire).
o The teacher’s explanation, which few of the students understand, is (3. confuse).
o I always find it (4. embarrass) to cry in front of people, so I do not dare to watch (5. move) films with my
friends.
o My neighbours keep playing the same song, which is so (6. irritate).

H. TENSES. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given verbs: (20%, @1%)
o ABC Channel (1. broadcast) the final round of Macau’s Got Talent next week. Our three finalists (2. go)
through rounds of competition before they (3. come) to this stage. Who (4. win) at last?
o So far there (5. not / be) many female explorers and adventurers but one of the best-known was Mary Kingsley.
Born in 1862, Kingsley (6. travel) to parts of Africa where few western women (7. ever / travel) before.
o When he (8. observe) the Moon through his telescope, Galileo (9. realise) that it had mountains and craters.
o Australian scientists (10. discover) a new coral reef over 60 km long in the Gulf of Carpentaria by using
satellites to spot the reefs in deep water. Recently divers (11. manage) to reach the reefs and take photographs.
o Columbus (12. leave) Spain in August 1492 with three ships, to try and find a way to India by sailing west
instead of east. When his ships finally (13. reach) land on 12 October, he thought he was there, but the ships
(14. actually / arrive) in America instead.
o A private zoo in Manchester (15. now / find) a missing dangerous spider. ‘Herbie is a Brazilian wandering
spider, and we are not sure where he (16. go),’ said spokesperson Anne Graham. ‘He only (17. arrive) in the
zoo last month, so he (18. not / be) here long. A lot of children (19. come) to the zoo in the past few days,
and we are worried that someone (20. take) Herbie, or that he has gone out in somebody’s pocket, and they
do not know about it.’

I. VOCABULARY. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. You may need to change the form of
the verbs: (8%, @1%)
bracelet muffin fizzy cucumber
special offer pyjamas aisle tinned food
bakery credit card shopping trolley plastic carrier bag
o Online merchants rely on electronic payments, and it would hurt their businesses if they did not accept (1.)__.
o On her wrist Charmaine wore a beautiful silver (2.)__ that used to belong to her mother.
o The children were forced to order (3.)__ water at the restaurant because there was no still water.
o From time to time there is a / an (4.)__ on sofas where customers can buy them at a cheaper price.
o To protect the environment, we should reduce the use of (5.)__ and use our own bag when going shopping.
o Sarah enjoyed a blueberry (6.)__ which she baked herself with a morning coffee for breakfast.
o We planned to buy a lot of things at the supermarket, so we used a (7.)__ instead of a basket.
o Emily placed cool (8.)__ slices over her eyes so that she can relax her tired eyes after working all day.

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