Sample Midterm test - Beginner
A. PHONETIC
1. A. with
B. third
C. thumb
D. bath
2. A. dream
B. breakfast
C. pleasant
D. head
3. A. that
B. than
C. with
D. thin
4. A. tries
B. relief
C. belief
D. field
5. A. chief
B. tie
C. brief
D. thief
6. A. wool
B. foot
C. wood
D. boot
7. A. pagoda
B. attractive
C. banana
D. apple
8. A. busy
B. unicorn
C. universe
D. ukulele
9. A. apply
B. around
C. above
D. late
10. A. temple
B. engine
C. excite
D. elbow
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I.
VOCABULARY
1. Come tomorrow and ________ your books with you.
A. take
B. bring
C. fetch
D. hold
2. No educational system is perfect. Each one has its ________.
A. borders
B. limitations
C. limits
D. fence
3. His mother is a doctor. She works in a ____ .
A. hospital
B. post office
C. restaurant
D. cinema
4. I think Tam is _______. She often helps her neighbors.
A. greedy
B. kind
C. ugly
D. stupid
5. Nam has a high temperature. He has a _______.
A. headache
B. stomachache
C. fever
D. toothache
6. Why would you like to be a nurse? - _______.
A. Because I would like to look after the patients.
B. Because I would like to teach the children.
C. Because I would like to write stories for children.
D. Because I would like to fly a plane.
7. You shouldn’t play with the knife because it’s _______.
A. small
B. sharp
C. tall
D. deep
8. What’s the ______ with you, Tony? – I’ve got a fever.
A. sadness
B. matter
C. happiness
D. luck
9. I love karate. I _______ karate every day.
A. work
B. make
C. do
D. clean
10. They like _______ and singing songs.
A. dancing
B. climbing
C. going
D. doing
II. GRAMMAR
1. They say he has ________ money.
A. a lot of
B. plenty
C. lots
D. many
2. ________ your brother have a transistor radio at home?
A. Have
B. Are
C. Do
D. Does
3. What are you doing? – I am _______ my favourite books.
A. read
B. reading
C. listen
D. listening
4. What would you like to be in the future? – I’d like to be _____ writer.
A. a
B. an
C. Ø
D. the
5. What time ________?
A. does the lesson start
B. starts the lesson
C. the lesson starts
D. starting the lesson
6. I'm looking ________ my hat. I can't find it anywhere.
A. at
B. for
C. after
D. on
7. The children wake ________ early in the summer.
A. off
B. to
C. up
D. out
8. Can you ________ on the light, please?
A. switch
B. switches
C. to switch
D. switching
9. Charles ________ a box of chocolates.
A. gives often Pat
B. often gives Pat
C. often Pat gives
D. to Pat often gives
10. John can fly ________ aeroplane.
A. an
B. some
C. a
D. those
C. READING
Read the following passages and choose the best answer for each
question
1. Sasha and Adam go home after school. Adam throws his
backpack on the kitchen floor. Then he pours himself a glass of
milk. He eats a snack while he plays a game. Sasha tosses her
backpack on her bed. She gets herself a glass of milk and a
snack. Then Sasha starts her homework. She likes to finish her
homework before supper. Adam needs a break after school. He
does his homework after supper. They both work at the kitchen
table.
What does Sasha do after school that is different from Adam?
A. Sasha plays a game, but Adam does not
B. Sasha eats a snack, but Adam does not
C. Sasha does her homework before supper, but Adam does not
D. Sasha works at the kitchen table, but Adam does not
2. What looks like a bear and makes noises like a sheep? A giant
panda! There are very few pandas in the world. They live only in
bamboo forests. Bamboo is a tall grass that looks like a thin tree.
Pandas eat lots of it. They eat bamboo 12 hours a day.
Which one is true about pandas?
A. They growl like a bear
B. They can live anywhere
C. They eat for many hours during the day
D. They look like a sheep
3. You have three kinds of teeth. Each kind of tooth is a different
shape. Each shape helps you eat your food. Your flat front teeth
are good for biting into food. Your flat front teeth are good for
biting into food. Your pointy teeth are sharp. They are good for
tearing food. Big teeth are at the back of your mouth. They are
wide and strong. These big teeth mash food to make it smaller.
They are used for chewing food, too.
What is the job of your sharp teeth?
A. to chew food
B. to bite into food
C. to tear food
D. to mash food
4. Nam’s grandparents live in a nice, small house in the countryside.
There isn’t a school, a bookshop, a hotel, a hospital, a restaurant
near it but there is a long river. There is a rice paddy behind the
house. There is a rice paddy in front of it, too. To the left of the
house is a small market. To the right of the house is a big garden.
His grandparents grow a lot of vegetables and flowers in the
garden. He loves them and their house very much. It is quiet and
peaceful. He visits it every summer.
Why does he visit the house every summer? - Because ________
A. he loves that house
B. his parents live in that house
C. he doesn’t like his house
D. he loves his grandparents and that house
5. Who are the best drivers? Which drivers are the safest on the
roads? According to a recent survey, young and inexperienced
drivers are the most likely to have an accident. Older drivers are
more careful. Young men have the worst accident records of all.
They often choose faster cars with bigger engines.
What kind of car do young men often choose?
A. expensive cars.
B. fast cars with big engines.
C. slow cars with big engines.
D. fast cars with small engines.
D. LISTENING
Part 1: Listen and fill in the blanks with the correct words
Interviewer: Hello, Dan.
Dan: Hi.
Interviewer: Can you tell me about a typical day in your life for the
school magazine?
Dan: Yeah, sure.
Interviewer: So, what time do you get up?
Dan: Oh, I get up very (1) _________. I get up every day at 5 o’clock
and go to the pool. Then I swim from 6 o’clock to 8 o’clock.
Interviewer: You get up at 5 o’clock? Wow, that’s early!
Dan: Yeah. Then at 8 o’clock I have a (2) _________, I get dressed
and I have breakfast. I have a big breakfast: cereals, toast, bacon and
eggs and orange juice.
Interviewer: What do you do after breakfast?
Dan: At 11 o’clock I go to university. I’m studying sports (3) _________
and I have classes from 11 o’clock to 4 o’clock.
Interviewer: When do you have lunch?
Dan: I have lunch at about 2 o’clock at the university.
Interviewer: What do you do after (4) _________?
Dan: Sometimes I go to the gym and sometimes I meet my friends at a
café.
Interviewer: What time do you have dinner?
Dan: I have dinner at 7 o’clock, then I watch TV or go online and I
usually go to bed at 10 o’clock.
Interviewer: Thanks, Dan. That’s a (5) _________ day!
Part 2: Listen and answer the questions
1. What time does the center open?
____________________________________________
2. What kind of sports equipment does it sell?
____________________________________________
3. How long do you have to return faulty items?
____________________________________________
4. Who can give advice?
____________________________________________
5. What time does it close on Tuesdays?
____________________________________________
E. Writing
Task 1: Put the words in order.
1. in/ spring/ What/ like/ is/ the/ weather/ ?
____________________________________________
2. Do /your /you/ free /read /books /in /time/?/
____________________________________________
3. is/ it/ here/ your/ house/ How far/ from/ to/ ?
____________________________________________
4. parents/ My/ in / live/ small/ in / a / the / village / countryside/ in.
____________________________________________
5. always/ His / father / up/ at / gets/ 5. 30 / morning/ every.
____________________________________________
Task 2: Students can choose one topic to write
1. Write about your best friend (80 - 120 words)
2. Write about your house (80 - 120 words)