Writing Comprehension Test. 10 class Semester 2

Circle the correct words in each sentence.

1. Sam will go / is going / goes _____          [will go, is going, goes] on a trip to Rio de Janeiro next summer. He has already booked a flight.

2. Although they only went out / are only going out / have only been going out _____                          [only went out, are only going out, have only been going out] for two months, they seem to be a nice couple.

3. We were playing / played / have played _______               [were playing, played, have played] tennis every day last summer.

4. When I arrived home, the match has already started / had already started / already started ______                      [has already started, had already started, already started]. Luckily, I only missed the first quarter of the game.

5. He isn’t very sociable and only has a few / few / a little _____           [a few, few, a little] close friends.

6. She lives on / in / at _____     [on, in, at] the first floor of a tall building.

7. There aren’t any / isn’t a / isn’t any _____             [aren’t any, isn’t a, isn’t any] money left in my wallet.

8. Belinda spends whole / all / some _____       [whole, all, some] her money on books.

9. Everywhere / Anywhere / Somewhere _____             [Everywhere, Anywhere, Somewhere] we went was full of tourists.

10. It is / It was / It has been             [It is, It was, It has been]_____ so cold recently.

Circle the correct word in each sentence.

1. He has eaten both / either ____        [both, either] of the cakes.

2. Every / Each ____       [Every, Each] time I go shopping I forget something.

3. Both / Neither ___         [Both, Neither] film was good.

4. I’ve been to Austria and many other / another         [other, another] countries.

5. The programme is on every / each       [every, each] other Monday.

Complete the text with the correct words A–C.

My sister and I once played a joke on my older brother. He ¹___   [A, B, C] to get his first job with a top bank and he ²___   [A, B, C] very pleased with himself. Every year only ³___   [A, B, C] jobs like this are offered and I suppose he had paid ⁴___   [A, B, C] to every detail to do well in the ⁵___   [A, B, C]. Anyway, the night before he was going to start the new job, he ⁶___   [A, B, C] to go to bed early. What he didn’t know was that we had put ⁷___   [A, B, C] clocks in the house forward one hour. The next morning, he got up, had ⁸___   [A, B, C] quick breakfast and went to catch the train. Of course, when he got to the station, the platform was empty, so he jumped in a taxi. He arrived ⁹___   [A, B, C]work an hour early. His boss was really pleased with her new ¹⁰___   [A, B, C]! When he eventually discovered what we’d done, he was nevertheless very angry with us!

1A just managed B had just managed C just had managed

2 A felt B was feeling C had been feeling

3 A few B little C a few

4 A interest B attention C effort

5 A review B experience C interview

6 A decided B was deciding C has decided

7 A some of B the whole C all the

8 A a B some C –

9 A to B at C in

10 A employ B employer C employee