Test for basic English

Time: 60 mins (90 sentences)

I/ Choose the best answer to complete each following sentence.

1: I sat down at the desk and______why my father's letter______yet. I______to ask him to
send me some money at once.
A. wonder/hasn’t arrive/wrote B. wondered/hadn’t arrived/wrote
C. wondered/hasn’t arrived/wrote D. wondered/hadn’t arrived/had written
2: By Christmas, I______for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. will have been working B. will work
C. have been working D. will be working
3: I will come and see you before I______for the States.
A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave
4: By the age of 25, he______two famous novels.
A. wrote B. writes C. has written D. had written
5: When her husband was in the army, Mary______to him twice a week
A. was writing B. wrote C. was written D. had written
6: I have never played football before. This is the first time I______to play.
A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying
7: Since Tom______, I have heard nothing from him.
A. had left B. left C. has left D. was left
8: After I______lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had B. had had C. will have had D. have had
9: By the end of next year, George______English for two years.
A. will have learned B. will learn C. has learned D. would learn
10: These were the highest words of praise they______from the old man.
A. ever heard B. have ever had C. had ever had D. will have ever heard

11: He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he______dinner.
A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. finishing
12: She______the children to her, and______the words she______to the others.
A. drew/said/had said B. was drawing/said/said
C. had drawn/had said/said D. draws/is saying/has said
13: He fell down when he______towards the church.
A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run
14: Within a week she knew the fearful mistake she______.
A. made B. has made C. had made D. was making
15: They______table tennis when their father comes back home.
A. will play B. will be playing C. play D. would play
16: Before she went to bed, she______her homework already.
A. finished B. is finishing C. had finished D. was finishing
17: They are staying at the hotel in London. At this time tomorrow, they ______in
Vietnam.
A. will have travelled B. will travel
C. will be travelling D. will be travelled
18: There______something vaguely familiar about her face but I couldn't remember where
I______her before.
A. is/have met B. was/had met C. will see/meet D. was/met
19: Another million people______unemployed by the time next year.
A. will have become B. will become C. will be become D. will be becoming
20: She told me that her family______long in that town.
A. has lived B. had lived C. lived D. was living

21: By the time he______out of jail, he will have forgotten how to function
in the real world.
A. got B. will get C. gets D. is getting
22:______I have been saving money because I____________ buy a computer
A. shall B. will C. am going to D. would
23:______By 8 o’clock yesterday, the spaceship______20 hours around the earth
A. will travel B. has been traveling
C. had been traveling D. will have been traveling
24: Over 20 years______but I never forgot the time we first met each other.
A. went B. have gone up C. has gone by D. has gone out
25: The child kept the present that she______.
A. has been given B. had been given C. had given D. has given
26: That pipe______for ages-we must get it mended.
A. has been leaking B. has been leaked C. had been leaked D. had been leaking
27: I used my calculator; otherwise it______longer
A. will take B. would take C. took D. would have taken
28: How many musical notes of the 11,000 tones that the human ear can
distinguish______in the musical scale?
A. is it B. it is C. are there D. there are
29: You______to our conversation. It was private.
A. haven’t been listening B. shouldn’t have been listening
C. couldn’t have been listening D. hadn’t been listening
30: The President______a speech, but in the end he______his mind.
A. would deliver - had changed B. was going to deliver - changed
C. delivered - had changed D. was delivering - changed

II/ Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.

1: The more time you spend on preparing for the test, the high scores you
A B C
may get.
D
2: The more you practise speaking in your class, the more better you are at
A B C D
public speaking.
3: The more better I study about endangered species, the more I worry about
A B C
their extinction.
D
4: The higher the unemployment rate is getting, so the crime rate is becoming.
A B C D
5: Protein molecules are the most complex than the molecules of carbohydrates.
A B C D
6: The life in the city is more comfortable than in the country.
A B C D
7: The diameter of the Sun is more than one hundred times greater than the Earth.
A B C D
8: The most great trumpet player, Louis Armstrong, went from New Orleans
A
in 1922 to join a band that helped spread jazz through phonograph recordings.
B C D
9: After the critics see the two plays, they will, as a result of their experience
A B
and background, judge which is the most effective and moving.
C D
10: The rate of stomach cancer is lowest in countries where people don't eat
A B C
processed meat products than in nations where such foods are consumed.
D

11: Do you think Australia is a much more democratic country rather than
A B C D
Britain?
12: It was farer to the shops than I expected. Therefore, it took us more than
A B C
30 minutes to get there by taxi.
D
13: I've always believed that happiness and health count more and more than
A B C D
money.
14: She is an efficient employee; she does twice as more work as other people do.
A B C D
15: The United States has a younger population as most other major
A B C
industrial countries.

III/ Choose the best answer in the following question.

1: There are times______I wonder why I do this job.

A. when B. where C. why D. which
2: San Francisco, America's romantic city, has always been a haven for the artists and
writers______have left at least part of their hearts there.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. why
3: The educated man is the man______expression is educated
A. whom B. whose C. when D. why
4: Canada,______I spent most of my childhood, is a country of vast plains and heavy
forested areas.
A. in which B. when C. for which D. whom
5: I have never forgot the beloved school______I studied in.
A. which B. when C. whom D. whose

6: Martin Stevenson,______children I have been looking after since I started the university
in London, is my history professor.
A. whose B. which C. that D. whom
7: The extent______the stock market is affected by the day-to-day pronouncements of the
President of the United States is astonishing.
A. of which B. where C. to which D. when
8: Jack was the handsome person______I was talking yesterday.
A. on whom B. in whom C. with whom D. for whom
9: David lives in the street______the houses are surrounded with lush lawns and green
gardens.
A. on which B. at which C. for which D. in which
10: The moment______I learned the results of the art competition was one of the worst
times in my life.
A. when B. why C. where D. which

11: The gorgeous picture______you are looking in the hall is very expensive.
A. on which B. at which C. in which D. for which
12: He was the third man______in this way.
A. killing B. was killed C. to have been killed D. to be killed
13: I have two sisters, both of______want to become an English teacher in the future.
A. whom B. who C. which D. where
14: Dalat,______I paid a visit last summer vacation, is extremely magnificent.
A. whose B. which C. where D. that
15: He was the first director of the National Science Foundation, and he funded science
research with an annual budget______grew to 500 million dollars.
A. whom B. whose C. that D. why

IV/ Fill in the blanks with a(n), the. Put on X where none is required.
1:______photographs
x show him wearing______T-shirt
a and ripped jeans that were ______
the
student's uniform of______time.
the
2: He is______one-eyed man.
a
3: There is______useful
an method of learning English.
4: I've got______uncle.
an
5: Your shoes are under______bed.
the
6: There is a strike at______hospital.
the
7: There is______onion
an left in the fridge.
8: There is a splendid view of______Lake
x Geneva from his hotel.
9: She is______nurse,
a so her work is to take care of______sick.
x
10:______summer
x is______warmest
the season but______summer
the of 1971 was unusually
cool.

11: He began to hum______song.

a It was______old
an popular song.
12:______deaf are______people
x the who can’t hear anything.
13: My hometown is on the bank of______Red river.
14: Tung's father bought him______bicycle
a that he had wanted for his birthday.
15: My mother goes to church in______morning.
the
16: I eat______banana
a every day.
17: Harry is a sailor. He spends most of his life at______sea.
x
18: ______young
a man listened to______conservation
a with______
x amused smile.
19: He tried to park his car but______space
x wasn’t big enough.
20: We had______dinner
x in a restaurant.

21: We had______meal
a in a restaurant.
22:______rose
x is my favorite color.
23: He heard______popular
a song played by______dance
a band on______radio.
the
24:______fact
a that he would have independent means made her feel relieved.
25: Mary loves______flowers.
x
26: Jill went to______hospital
the to see her friend.
27: Mrs Lan went to______school
the to meet her son’s daughter.
28: Carol went to______prison
x to meet her brother.
29:______questions
The Ann asked always seemed to be______questioned
x to which Paul knew
the answers.
30: She works six days______week.
a

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