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FRIENDS GLOBAL
GRADE 10

15-MINUTE TEST
-----    ----2ND SEMESTER

TEST 1
Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest
1. a. four

b. pour

c. tour

d. course

2. a. group

b. souvenir

c. through

d. should

3. a. bear

b. leave

c. peace

d. cheap

Choose a word that letter b or p is not pronounced
4. a. breed

b. doubt

c. valuable

d. mobile

5. a. cupboard

b. special

c. imprison

d. camper

Choose the one word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that best completes the sentence
6. You __________ go to bed late. It's not good for your health.
A. mustn't

B. should

C. shouldn't

D. oughtn't

7. By the end of last summer, the farmers __________ all the crop.
A. harvested

B. had harvested

C. harvest

D. are harvested

8. It rained all the time, ______ was a great pity.
A. that

B. what

C. which

D. who

9. These flowers are fresh. They ____________ from the garden
A. have been just picked

B. have just been picked

C. have been picked just

D. just have been picked

10. The Spy Return is a very _________ film about a wealthy man who visits Italy.
A. excitement

B. excited

C. exciting

D. excite

Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each
blank
There's much more water than land on the (11) _________ of the earth. The seas and oceans
(12)_______ nearly four-fifth of the whole world, and only one-fifth of land. If you traveled over the
earth in different directions, you would have to spend much more of your time (13)_______ on water
than on roads or railways. We sometimes forget that for every mile of land there is four miles of water.
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There's so much water in the surface of our earth that we (14)________ to use two words to describe.
We use the word SEAS (15)_______ those parts of water surface which has only few hundreds of mile,
the word OCEANS to describe the huge area of water which are thousands of miles wide and very
deep.
11. A. appearance

B. surface

C. outer

D. outside

12. A. cover

B. hide

C. make

D. get

13. A. to move

B. move

C. moved

D. moving

14. A. must

B. should

C. have

D. would

15. A. describing

B. describes

C. describe

D. to describe

TEST 2
Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest
1. a. fairly

b. square

c. beard

d. dare

2. a. engineer

b. where

c. Austria

d. pier

c. pear

d. spear

3. a. tear

b. appear

Choose a word that letter b or p is pronounced
4. a. climbing

b. debt

c. bomb

d. lab

5. a. pneumonia

b. psychology

c. provision

d. receipt

Choose the one word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that best completes the sentence
6. Are you _______ in cash or by credit card?
a. paying

b. paid

c. having paid

d. to pay

7. You ________ Mark. You know it's a secret.
a. should tell

b. shouldn't tell

c. couldn't tell

d. might tell

8. A: I still need to buy some souvenirs before we leave.
B: _________ go shopping after dinner.
a. How about

b. Shall we

c. Let's

d.Would you like

9. _________ air makes people unpleasant to breathe.
a. Polluted

b. Pollution

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c. Pollute

d. Polluting
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10. The _____ of forest has brought about terrible floods recently.
a. destroy

b. damage

c. destruction

d. growth

Put the following sentences into the passive voice
11. The keepers feed the animals at the zoo twice a day.
=>____________________________________________________________________________.
12. A forest fire is destroying valuable wood, wildlife and good soil.
=>____________________________________________________________________________.
13. People say that the loss of forests has caused a lot of natural disasters.
=>____________________________________________________________________________.
TEST 3
Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest
1. A. become

B. city

C. consider

D. cup

2. A. easy

B. style

C. classical

D. sleep

3. A. touch

B. young

C. enough

D. group

Choose the word or phrase - A, B, C, or D - that best complete sentence or substitutes for the
underlined word or phrase
4. Music ______ our hopes and dreams.
A. can also convey

B. that also convey

C. can be also convey

D. to convey

5. ______ did you stay there? – I spent three wonderful weeks there.
A. How long

B. How far

C. How much

D. How often

6. Our actions express our love more than any words we do.
A. perform

B. show

C. create

D. help

7. I like ______ classical music but my close friends prefer ______ jazz.
A. a/ a

B. ø / ø

C. a/ the

D. the/ the

8. ______ breakfast is ______ first meal of the day.
A. The/ the

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B. A/ ø

C. The/ ø

D. ø/ the
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9. The Beatles used to be internationally famous ______ their songs and performance.
A. for

B. along

C. with

D. at

10. Don't let the children see _______ films.
A. horror

B. horrifying

C. horrified

D. horrible

Finish the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, beginning with the
given words or phrases
11. He didn't go to Hollywood until he was 50.
=> It was not __________________________________________________________________.
12. The cinema wasn't open until 7 o'clock.
=> It was not ___________________________________________________________________.
TEST 4
Choose the word or phrase - a b, c, or d - that best complete sentence or substitutes for the
underlined word or phrase
1. What ________ wear for tonight's party?
A. will you

B. will you be going to

C. are you

D. are you going to

2. The coach ________ announce the list of footballers at the meeting tomorrow morning. He's got the
final list.
A. is going

B. shouldn't

C. is going to

D. will

3. _______ examinations always make him nervous.
A. an

B. a

C. the

D. θ

4. The children were __________ by Walt Disney films.
A. fascinating

B. fascinated

C. fascination

D. fascinate

5. The baby was ________ of being left alone in the room.
A. terrible

B. terrified

C. terrific

D. terrifying

6. _________ is traditional music of a country.
A. Pop music

B. Jazz

C. Folk music

D. Classical music

7. Our prices are _______ with those in other shops.
A. comparison

B. comparative

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C. comparable
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D. comparably

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8. Not until he was 16 ________ English.
A. that he learned

B. when he learned

C. did he learn

D. would he learn

9. Young children shouldn't see the new horror film. They would become too _________.
A. fright

B. frighten

C. frightening

D. frightened

10. I need to get a part-time job _______ earn some money for my school expenses.
A. for

B. so as to

C. in order

D. for to

Fill in each space of the following sentences with a, an, the or ø
1. It is (11)_________ scientific fact: (12)_________ steam rises when (13)_________ water boils.
2. Alli is in (14)__________ kitchen making (15)___________ sandwich.

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