Royal University of Phnom Penh Core English 301

Institute of Foreign Languages Lecturer: Thou Narong (TNG)

Department of English Academic Year: 2021-2022

Units 1 – 5 Review

Section 1: Grammar

(A) Avoiding Repetition (10 Marks)

Write in the missing word in each of the following sentences.

1. She wanted to go skiing, but her knee wasn’t strong enough, so she didn‘t.
2. I can’t afford to buy an iPhone X yet, but maybe one day I can.
3. Why didn’t you wait to get you ball signed by Leon Messi? – I did but he stopped
before I got to the front of the queue.
4. I hope you’re coming to my graduation. – I certainly do! I wouldn't miss it for the
world.
5. We’re hoping it won’t rain, but if it will, we can still play indoors.
6. Make sure our children put sun scream on. – They already did.
7. Don’t forget to take your coats with you; it’s really cold. – We do.
8. I was so tempted to throw my drink in his face. – You weren’t, he deserved it after
what he said to you.
9. Do you mind me asking what happened? – No, of course I don’t.
10. You should have been at the concert; it was amazing. – If my bloody car hadn’t
broken down, I would have been.

Write your answers here.

1. _______________________ 6. _______________________
2. _______________________ 7. _______________________
3. _______________________ 8. _______________________
4. _______________________ 9. _______________________
5. _______________________ 10. _______________________

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(B) Mixed Tenses (10 Marks)

Complete the text with an appropriate tense of the verbs in brackets.

A few years ago, two copies of Isaac Newton’s Principia and a work by Galileo,
worth more than $300,000, (1) were discovered (discover) to be missing from the shelves
of the Rare Books Department of Cambridge University. Police interviewed staff but no
clues (2) were found nor arrests (3) made (make).
Three years later, Jolyun Hudson, an antiquarian book dealer, (4) was examing
(examine) a rare philosophy book in his office. There was a shadow on the front cover
where once a label might (5) have been(be), and the title page (6)had been ripped out (rip
out). Hudson was convinced that the book (7) stole (steal). His investigation revealed that
the book’s last owner was a man called William Jacques, an accountant working for Shell
UK. Hudson telephoned Jacques and asked him if he (8)has stopped by (stop by) the office
to resolve the issue. When they met Jacques told him he (9) acquired(acquire) the book
from Portobello Market and assured Hudson that he (10) had cooperated (cooperate) with
any future police enquiries.

Write your answers here.

1. _______________________ 6. _______________________
2. _______________________ 7. _______________________
3. _______________________ 8. _______________________
4. _______________________ 9. _______________________
5. _______________________ 10. _______________________

(C) Adverb collocations (10 Marks)

Complete the following sentences with the adverbs from the box. There are more
answers than needed. Write your answers in the boxes provided.

A. eagerly B. perfectly C. severely D. conscientiously

E. sorely F. distinctly G. virtually H. interminably
I. longingly J. desperately K. profusely L. deeply

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 1. We desperately need a party for our classmates. We haven’t had one for a whole
semester.
2. Our lecturer explained the lesson perfectly clear today. It seemed that everyone
could understand the lesson pretty well.
3. The accident cost three lives on the spot and the other two passengers were
severely injured and sent to the hospital immediately.
4. I deeply regret now that I didn’t work as hard as I should have. I feel so bad with
this very low grade.
5. It is virtually impossible for the teenagers to get away from Facebook these days.
They are totally addicted to it.
6. She performed all her duties conscientiously.
7. The meeting dragged (passed very slowly) on interminably. Everyone felt so bored.
8. I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn’t.
9. He could remember everything very distinctly. If the test items are memory-based,
he will definitely score high.
10. She profusely apologized for what happened. She really meant it based on her tone
and facial expression. You should forgive her, I think.
Write your answers here.
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(D) Verb Pattern (10 Marks)

Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences. Write your answers in
the boxes provided.
1. I don’t blame you for not ________ outside in this awful weather.
A. wanting to go B. wanting go C. want to go D. to want to

2. I think I hear someone ________ the back window. Do you hear it, too?
A. trying to open B. trying open C. try opening D. try to open

3. When Alan was questioned by the police, he admitted knowing about the
embezzlement of funds from his company, but denied ________ in any way.
A. to be involved B. involving C. having involved D. being involved

4. We considered ________ after work.

A. to go shop B. going shopping C. going to shop D. to go to shop

5. Jack offered ________ care of my garden while I was out of town.

A. take B. taking C. to have taken D. to take

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 6. I just heard that there’s been a major accident that has all of the traffic tied up. If we
want to get to the play on time, we’d better avoid ________ the highway.
A. having taken B. take C. to take D. taking

7. Jim should have asked for help instead ________ to do it himself.

A. of trying B. to try C. try D. from trying

8. The customer officer opened the suitcase ________ if anything illegal was being
brought into the country.
A. seeing B. for seeing C. see D. to see

9. Sometimes very young children have trouble ________ fact from fiction and may
believe that dragons actually exist.
A. to separate B. separating C. to be separated D. for separating

10. Do you have an excuse ________ late to class two days in a row?
A. for to be B. for being C. to be D. being

Write your answers here.

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Section 2: Vocabulary

(A) General vocabulary (10 Marks)

Complete the following sentences with the words/phrases in the box. There are
more choices than needed. Write the answers A, B, C, etc. in the boxes provided.

A. outcry B. bedridden C. spiritualism D. skeptical

E. séance F. stamping ground G. bombarded H. concession
I. renouncing J. ever-encroaching K. frisson L. assaulted
M. puzzling N. philanthropic O. traces P. inhabit
Q. dexterity R. beneficiary S. tribute T. trait
U. guttersnipe V. locomotion W. functions X. feats

1. The tribespeople have never been before traveled beyond their local stamping
ground.
2. I first met them last year as I travelled the world to observe how ancient cultures
and tribes were engaging with the ever- encroaching modern world.
3. They bombarded me with questions about Britain and our ‘chief’ – or the Queen, as
we call her.

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4. The Swagup Six embraced our cultures but without renouncing an ounce of their
own.
5. The tribespeople had robustly defended their culture against all comers. Their one
concession was allowing missionaries to school them in basic English.
6. Conan Doyle grew tired of writing novels, but when he killed Sherlock off in one
story, there was a huge public outcry, and Doyle had to bring him back to life.
7. His resulting depression led Doyle to investigate spiritualism and communication
with the dead.
8. Despite heart problems, Conan Doyle went on a lecture tour of Europe in 1929. He
returned in pain and was bedridden until his death on July 7, 1930.
9. Six days after his death, a séance was held at the Royal Albert Hall, attended by
60,000 people.
10. It may seem paradoxical that a magician and illusionist should be so skeptical about
the supernatural.
11. Without doubt, the human trait that sets us apart the most from the animal
kingdom is our extraordinary brain.
12. It seems a puzzling paradox that for all our brilliance, human babies come into the
world so useless and helpless.
13. Fossil, DNA evidence, comparisons with other animals, and studies of how
languages change over time all provide clues, but spoken languages itself leaves few
traces.
14. The development of clothing and our ability to control fire enabled human to
inhabit colder parts of the world.
15. Our unique brains and the feats of our hands make amazing feats of tool use
possible, but we also rely on the cultural transmission of ideas.
16. No one knows if music was invented before language, after language, or at the same
time. Music might have served many functions for early humans.
17. Humans are unique among the primates in how walking fully upright is our chief
mode of locomotion. (Locomotion is the ability to move).
18. Everyone knows about the philanthropic work of Bill and Melinda Gates, but you
won’t know much about Chuck Feeney.
19. So why is Chuck Feeney not as well known a philanthropist as someone like Bill
Gates? That’s because Feeney chose to remain completely anonymous while giving
his billions away. Education is his favorite beneficiary.

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 20. Gorge Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) was an English playwright. He won the Nobel
Prize of Literature in 1935. Shaw’s instincts were to refuse this honor, but his editor
persuaded him to accept it as a tribute to his publisher.

Write your answers here.

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(B) Adjective order (10 Marks)

Choose the best option. Write (A, B, C, or D) in the boxes provided.

1. (A) a fantastic green rectangular iron robot

(B) a green fantastic rectangular iron robot
(C) a rectangular fantastic green iron robot
(D) a fantastic rectangular green iron robot

2. (A) two Chinese pretty round purple pots

(B) two round purple pretty Chinese pots
(C) two pretty round purple Chinese pots
(D) two round pretty purple Chinese pots

3. (A) flat glorious silver beaches

(B) glorious flat silver beaches
(C) flat silver glorious beaches
(D) silver glorious flat beaches

4. (A) dangerous grey chemical substance

(B) grey dangerous chemical substance
(C) dangerous chemical grey substance
(D) grey chemical dangerous substance

5. (A) light airy delightful high ceillinged living room

(B) delightful light airy high ceillinged living room
(C) delightful high ceillinged light airy living room
(D) delightful light living room airy high ceilinged

6. (A) Two lovely black leather boots

(B) Two black lovely leather boots
(C) Two leather lovely black boots
(D) Two black leather lovely boots

7. (A) A nineteenth-century priceless Italian painting

(B) A priceless nineteenth-century Italian painting
(C) An Italian priceless nineteenth century painting
(D) An Italian nineteenth-century priceless painting

8. (A) Their circular huge swimming pool

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 (B) Their circular huge pool swimming
(C) Their huge circular pool swimming
(D) Their huge circular swimming pool

9. (A) My Cambodian wooden bowl

(B) My wooden bowl Cambodian
(C) My Cambodian bowl wooden
(D) My bowl Cambodian wooden

10. (A) The old dirty metal seat

(B) The old dirty seat metal
(C) The dirty old seat metal
(D) The dirty old metal seat

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(C) Phrasal verbs (10 Marks)

Complete the following sentences with phrasal verbs in the box. There are more
phrasal verbs than needed. Write your answers in APPROPRIATE FORMS in the spaces
provided.
go over get through hand them in give away look forward to
work out keep away wear off put me up go in for
give up not settle in put down go down with

1. Jack and I are hectic at the moment since we gave away free books to the
impoverished.
2. Your puzzle is quite intricate. Tell me what the answer is. I give up.
3. They have worked out at the gym for nearly three years.
4. After she hasn’t settled in for two nights, she left here for Hong Kong.
5. By the end of 2019, Rosa will go in for grand tennis tournament.
6. First, complete all required documents. Then, hand them in.
7. My teeth started to hurt after the effect of aspirin wore off.
8. I am not looking forward to my new professors yet.
9. What are they doing? I can’t get through to them at all.
10. I spotted two grammatical mistakes while I was going over my assignment.

Write your answers here.

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1. _______________________ 6. _______________________
2. _______________________ 7. _______________________
3. _______________________ 8. _______________________
4. _______________________ 9. _______________________
5. _______________________ 10. _______________________