MID-TERM 2 PRACTICE TEST

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the three in
pronunciation in each of the following questions. 
Question 1: A. month B. much C. come D. home
Question 2: A. wood B. food C. look D. foot
Question 3: A. post B. though C. how D. clothes
Question 4: A. beard B. bird C. learn D. turn
Question 5: A. false B. laugh C. glass D. after
Question 6: A. camp B. lamp C. cupboard D. apart
Question 7: A. genetics B. generate C. kennel D. gentle
Question 8: A. cleanse B. please C. treat D. retreat
Question 9: A. mechanic B. machinery C. chemist D. cholera
Question 10: A. thank B. band C. complain D. insert
Question 11: A. grammar B. damage C. mammal D. drama
Question 12: A. both B. tenth C. myth D. with
Question 13: A. gate B. gem C. gaze D. gaudy
Question 14: A. think B. thumb C. sympathy D. then
Question 15: A. lays B. prayer C. stays D. plays
Question 16: A. scholarship B. chaos C. cherish D. chorus
Question 17: A. sign B. minor C. rival D. trivial
Question 18: A. earning B. learning C. searching D. clearing
Question 19: A. sun B. sure C. success D. sort
Question 20: A. mouse B. could C. would D. put

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 21: The teacher said, “I didn’t see her. ” => The teacher said _____ her.
A. he hadn’t seen B. he didn’t see C. I hadn’t seen D. he had seen
Question 22: Tom _____ that his mother was in hospital.
A. said me B. told me C. asked me D. told to me
Question 23: The quality of these recordings _____ not very good
A. are B. am C. is D. be
Question 24: There _____ only a few people at the meeting last night.
A. was B. been C. are D. were
Question 25: I can learn a subject _____ if I like it and _____ if I don’t like it.
A. gooder / worse B. better / worse C. good / bad D. better / badlier
Question 26: Your girlfriend always _____ interesting things.
A. say B. think C. says D. thought
Question 27: Either John or his wife _____ breakfast each morning.
A. make B. is making C. makes D. made
Question 28: He _____ from Spain recently.
A. has returned B. returning C. have returned D. return
Question 29: I can’t understand if you speak so _____.
A. fastly B. fast
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Question 30: She told me _____ her up at six o’clock.
A. pick B. to pick C. I can pick D. should pick
Question 31: She sings _____ among the singers I have known.
A. the most beautiful B. the more beautiful
C. the most beautifully D. the more beautifully
Question 32: She is the most _____ girl in our class.
A. intelligent B. intelligentest C. tall D. tallest
Question 33: The Romans _____ to Britain in 54 BC .
A. come B. had come C. coming D. came
Question 34: He said that Ha and his friend _____ married _____.
A. will get / the next day B. were getting / the next day
C. were getting / tomorrow D. are getting / the next day
Question 35: It’s starting to rain. I _____ the umbrella
A. am taking B. am going to take C. take D. will take
Question 36: She is _____ student in my class.
A. the smartest B. smarter C. the most smartest D. as smart
Question 37: Lan is the most _____ student in my class.
A. hard-work B. good C. best D. hard-working
Question 38: Neither of the answers _____ correct.
A. are B. have been C. is D. be
Question 39: The stranger asked me where I _____ from.
A. to come B. coming C. came D. come
Question 40: It’s becoming _____ to find a job
A. more difficult and more B. more and more difficult
C. most and more difficult D. more difficult than
Question 41: Each of the residents in this community _____ responsible for keeping this park clean.
A. am B. were C. is D. are
Question 42: She _____ finishes her task on time.
A. some time B. hardly
Question 43: This hat is the _____ of all.
A. expensivest B. more expensive C. cheapest D. cheaper
Question 44: I _____ these gloves to go fishing yesterday.
A. weared B. wear C. have worn D. wore
Question 45: After they _____ the Tower, they _____ to Westminster Abbey.
A. had seen / went B. had seen / had went C. see / go D. saw / went
Question 46: Neither Daisy nor I _____ glad to do that.
A. has been B. are C. is D. am
Question 47: Three weeks _____ not enough for the holiday.
A. be B. was C. are D. were
Question 48: Oh, no! We are late! The show _____ by the time we get there.
A. start B. will have started C. starts D. has started
Question 49: Mai asked Quan _____ .
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 A. when he comes back B. when he would come back
C. when he is coming back D. when he will come back
Question 50: The storm destroyed the sand castle that we _____.
A. has built B. builds C. had built D. had been built
Question 51: Ms. Nga wanted to know what time _____.
A. the movie began B. the movie begins C. does the movie begin D. did the movie begin
Question 52: I _____ to Phu Quoc twice.
A. has been B. have been C. am D. were been
Question 53: He _____ to the party two days ago.
A. goes B. went C. has gone D. were
Question 54: She _____ in New York before she went to Thailand
A. had lived B. lives C. has lived D. lived
Question 55: The weather in southern states _____ very hot during the summer.
A. get B. have got C. is got D. gets
Question 56: The number of students in this class _____ limited to thirty.
A. are B. am C. be D. is
Question 57: A large number of students in this school _____ English quite fluently.
A. is speaking B. speak C. speaks D. has spoken
Question 58: I wondered _____ the right thing.
A. if I am doing B. was I doing C. am I doing D. whether I was doing
Question 59: “Can I borrow your scissors?” – “Mine _____ not sharp enough. ”
A. isn’t B. is C. are D. arent’
Question 60: It stopped raining for a while, but now it _____ again.
A. rains B. has rained C. is raining D. rained
Question 61: I can’t find Mark. It seems he _____.
A. already go B. already went C. has already gone D. goes
Question 62: One of the countries I would like to visit _____ Italy.
A. be B. are C. am D. is
Question 63: I _____ my summer holiday in Hanoi last year.
A. spent B. spend C. would spent D. has spent
Question 64: Thanks for lending me the money. I _____ you back on Friday.
A. will pay B. pay C. have paid D. pays
Question 65: A number of workers _____ asked for a rise since last month.
A. has B. having C. to have D. have
Question 66: Turn down the television. It’s too _____.
A. loud B. loudly
Question 67: There are small _____ between British and American English.
A. different B. differently C. differences D. difference
Question 68: This book is the _____ of all.
A. bored B. boring C. most boring D. more boring
Question 69: Hoang, together with his brother, _____ swimming every day.
A. have gone B. has went C. go D. goes
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Question 70: Many chemicals react _____ in acid solutions.
A. as quickly more B. quicklier C. quicker D. more quickly
Question 71: He doesn’t get up early on Sundays. He gets up _____.
A. late B. slowly C. hardly D. lately
Question 72: The police _____ to interview Fred about a robbery.
A. wants B. wanting C. has wanted D. want
Question 73: Working in the factory _____ not what children should do.
A. be B. have been C. is D. are
Question 74: The use of credit cards in place of cash _____ increased rapidly recent years.
A. to have B. have C. has D. having
Question 75: It is _____ in the city than it is in the countryside.
A. noisily B. noisier C. noisy D. more noisier
Question 76: Ms. Thompson with his wife and his three children _____ going on a trip.
A. to be B. have been C. are D. is
Question 77: I wasn’t sure who she was. I _____ her before, but I couldn’t remember where.
A. have seen B. saw C. had seen D. see
Question 78: Collecting old coins and paper notes _____ one of my hobbies.
A. being B. were C. are D. is
Question 79: The more I got to know Tom, _____ I liked him.
A. least B. the least C. the fewer D. the less
Question 80: It was very _____ of you to help me.
A. nicely B. nice
Question 81: _____ electricity you use, _____ your bill will be.
A. The more / the higher B. The most / the higher
C. The more / the high D. More / higher
Question 82: I _____ the guitar at 9 o’clock yesterday.
A. had played B. play C. was playing D. played
Question 83: English is thought to be _____ than Math.
A. harder B. the more hard C. hardest D. the hardest
Question 84: Check your work _____.
A. careful B. carefully
Question 85: You _____ too loud!
A. always talk B. talking C. are always talking D. have talked
Question 86: We all know that the Earth _____ spherical.
A. are B. is being C. be D. is
Question 87: He has lived in London for some years so he speaks _____.
A. English fluently B. fluently English
Question 88: She sometimes goes to school _____.
A. late B. lately
Question 89: I _____ next week. I’ve booked my flight.
A. will leave B. am leaving C. shall leave D. leave
Question 90: She has _____ books than I do.
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 A. fewest B. least C. fewer D. more few
Question 91: She is _____ singer I’ve ever met.
A. the worst B. baddest C. the worse D. bad
Question 92: Food becomes _____ during the time of the flood
A. more scarcer B. scarcer C. most scarce D. scarcest
Question 93: Bread and butter _____ usually my breakfast.
A. are B. have been C. is D. will be
Question 94: Anything _____ better than going to the movies tonight.
A. is B. are C. am D. were
Question 95: What time _____ the news on TV?
A. is B. am C. are D. were
Question 96: He finished the test _____ .
A. rapid B. most rapidly C. more rapidly D. the most rapidly
Question 97: Look! Your puppy _____!
A. are swimming B. is swimming C. swims D. swim
Question 98: I know them _____.
A. well B. good
Question 99: A pair of jeans _____ in the washing machine this morning.
A. is B. are C. have been D. were
Question 100: The effects of cigarette smoking _____ been proven to be extremely harmful.
A. to have B. having C. has D. have
Question 101: Linguistics _____ out the ways in which languages work.
A. find B. founded C. finds D. finding
Question 102: The Philippines _____ of more than 7000 islands.
A. consist B. consisting C. consisted D. consists
Question 103: Jane is _____ because her job is _____.
A. tired / tiring B. tired / tired
Question 104: We’ll start reading it as soon as she _____.
A. will arrive B. arrives C. will have arrived D. arrive
Question 105: Before they _____ to the mall, they _____ breakfast.
A. had gone / had B. go / had C. went / had had D. went / had
Question 106: Harry is always late. I’m sure he _____ late tomorrow, too.
A. is B. is going to be C. be D. would be
Question 107: The boy _____ to music when the doorbell rang.
A. was listening B. listened C. listen D. were listening
Question 108: He asked me when _____ there.
A. will I arrive B. I arrived C. did I arrive D. I can arrive
Question 109: Each of you _____ a share in the work.
A. having B. have C. has D. to have
Question 110: The English test was _____ than I thought it would be.
A. the easier B. more easy C. the easiest D. easier
Question 111: “What would you like to drink?” – “I _____ orange juice, please. ”
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 A. will have B. had C. have D. am having
Question 112: I was watching TV while the kids _____ in the garden.
A. played B. were playing C. had played D. playing
Question 113: Some of the milk I bought last night _____ not fresh anymore.
A. have been B. is being C. are D. is
Question 114: That T-shirt is the _____ we have in stock.
A. big B. smallest C. small D. bigger
Question 115: We _____ very hard at the moment to pass the test.
A. works B. work C. are working D. is working
Question 116: My wife usually _____ a cup of cappuccino before going to work.
A. has drunk B. drinks C. is drinking D. drink
Question 117: Not only the air but also the oceans _____ been polluted seriously.
A. is having B. has C. have D. are having
Question 118: The train from Berlin _____ at 11: 15.
A. is arriving B. arrive C. will arrive D. arrives
Question 119: Mary is _____ responsible as Peter.
A. more B. the most C. as D. than
Question 120: Mary said she _____ there the day before.
A. had been B. will be C. would be D. is
Question 121: This film is _____.
A. boring B. bored
Question 122: Peter said he was leaving for Paris _____.
A. next week B. following week C. the week previous D. the following week
Question 123: He has _____ education. He can’t read or write, and he can hardly count.
A. a few B. a little C. few D. little
Question 124: There are _____ women politicians in the UK. Many people think there should be more.
A. little B. a few C. few D. a little
Question 125: I rang my friend in Australia yesterday, and she said it _____ raining there.
A. is B. has been C. was D. were
Question 126: Many _____ are stressed after their final exams.
A. childs B. childes C. childrens D. children
Question 127: I’m very _____ in films and theater.
A. interesting B. interested
Question 128: She runs _____ in my class.
A. the slowest B. the most slow C. the most slowly D. the slowly
Question 129: I don’t like watching _____ films on my own.
A. depressed B. depressing
Question 130: Dr. Malanie performs the surgery _____ than Dr. Jackson.
A. skillful B. more skillful C. more skillfully D. skillfully
Question 131: Bill is a hard worker. He works _____ than Joe.
A. more hardly B. more hard C. harder D. hardlier
Question 132: All birds are very good at building their _____.
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 A. nestoes B. nestes C. nests D. nest
Question 133: Many meetings aren’t so _____.
A. intersted B. interesting
Question 134: Everybody was _____ that his younger brother passed the English test yesterday.
A. surprising B. surprised
Question 135: _____ I try to learn, _____ scores I obtain.
A. more / the better B. the more / better C. the more / the better D. more / better
Question 136: Tom said that New York _____ livelier than London.
A. is B. be C. was D. were
Question 137: There are _____ people she really trusts. It’s a bit sad
A. few B. a few C. a little D. little
Question 138: Their hamburgers are _____.
A. disgusting B. disgusted
Question 139: I have just bought three _____.
A. oxes B. ox C. oxs D. oxen
Question 140: She asked me _____ I liked chocolate.
A. what B. when C. x D. if
Question 141: Sandy is starting a new job next Monday. She’s quite _____ about it.
A. exciting B. excited
Question 142: He is such a _____ guy. He only talks about himself.
A. bored B. boring
Question 143: My new sofa is _____ than the old one.
A. comfortable B. comfortably C. more comfortabler D. more comfortable
Question 144: Choose the correct answer.
A. an old wooden thick table B. a thick wooden old table
C. a thick old wooden table D. a wooden thick old table
Question 145: His mother was _____ by what she found under his bed
A. disgusting B. disgusted
Question 146: I told you _____ switch off the computer, didn’t I?
A. don’t B. to not C. not to D. not
Question 147: I wanted to know _____ return home.
A. when would she B. when she will C. when she would D. when will she
Question 148: The doctor _____ him to take more exercise.
A. have told B. are telling C. tell D. told
Question 149: Sue was very pessimistic about the situation. I told her _____.
A. no to worry B. no worry C. not worry D. not to worry
Question 150: I have been having headaches _____.
A. late B. lately
Question 151: They had to repair the _____ of the houses after the hurricane.
A. roof B. roves C. roofs D. roofes
Question 152: Why did they kick the ball so _____?
A. hardlier B. hardly C. hard D. harder
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Question 153: There are several interesting _____ at my party.
A. people B. persons C. peoples D. person
Question 154: When he was at Oliver’s flat yesterday, Martin asked if he _____ use the phone.
A. may B. can C. must D. could
Question 155: My grandfather was _____ by how shocking the accident was yesterday.
A. shocked B. shocking
Question 156: I don’t like _____. I’m afraid of them.
A. mouse B. mice
Question 157: Choose the correct answer.
A. a tall young beautiful lady B. a young tall beautiful lady
C. a beautiful tall young lady D. a beautiful young tall lady
Question 158: Choose the correct answer.
A. a modern racing Vietnamese car B. a Vietnamese modern racing car
C. a racing Vietnamese modern car D. a modern Vietnamese racing car
Question 159: Bill was slow, so I _____ hurry up.
A. told to B. tell him C. told him to D. told him for
Question 160: The woman wondered _____ doing well at school.
A. if her children was B. her children are if
C. whether her children were D. whether her children are
Question 161: George couldn’t help me. He _____ me to ask Kate.
A. said B. tell C. say D. told
Question 162: The man asked the boys _____.
A. why they were fighting B. why they fight
C. why did they fight D. why were they fighting
Question 163: I had such a _____ day so I went straight to bed
A. tired B. tiring
Question 164: I have four _____.
A. dictionary B. dictionaries
Question 165: He did the test _____ I did
A. worst than B. as bad as C. badder than D. as badly as
Question 166: Her office is _____ away than mine.
A. father B. farer C. more far D. farther
Question 167: I said that I had met her _____.
A. the before day B. the day C. yesterday D. the previous day
Question 168: Everyone is very _____ about the news.
A. exciting B. excited
Question 169: There are two _____ in the shop.
A. women B. woman
Question 170: I have _____ good friends. I’m not lonely.
A. little B. a little C. few D. a few
Question 171: I walked into this restaurant and there was Andy with a strange woman. He seemed really
_____.

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 A. embarrassing B. embarrassed
Question 172: My father has a new _____.
A. jobs B. job
Question 173: A boat is _____ than a plane.
A. slower B. slowest C. more slowly D. more slow
Question 174: Choose the correct answer.
A. a pair of sport new French shoes B. a pair of new sport French shoes
C. a pair of French new sport shoes D. a pair of new French sport shoes
Question 175: I was _____ when she told me she had got divorced
A. amazing B. amazed
Question 176: Tom is _____ than David
A. the more handsome B. more handsome C. the most handsome D. handsome
Question 177: Sarah was driving too fast, so I _____ to slow down.
A. asked B. have asked her C. asked her D. ask
Question 178: Choose the correct answer.
A. a cute little white lamb B. a little cute white lamb C. a white cute little lamb
Question 179: He asked _____ him some money.
A. she lends B. she has lent C. her lending D. her to lend
Question 180: There are a lot of beautiful _____.
A. trees B. tree
Question 181: He is married and has two _____.
A. child B. children
Question 182: Do you wear _____?
A. glasses B. glass
Question 183: I couldn’t move the piano alone, so I asked Tom _____.
A. gave a hand B. give a hand C. to give a hand D. giving a hand
Question 184: I need a new pair of _____.
A. jean B. jeans
Question 185: Julie gave us _____ apples from her garden. Shall we share them?
A. a few B. little C. a little D. few
Question 186: I have two _____.
A. babies B. baby
Question 187: How many _____ do you have in your bag?
A. keys B. key
Question 188: I like your _____. Where did you buy it?
A. trousers B. trouser
Question 189: They said that their house had been broken into _____.
A. two days ago B. two days before C. the two days before D. since two days
Question 190: I think Alex is one of the most _____ people I’ve ever met. He can’t keep still for a
second.
A. annoying B. annoyed
Question 191: My house is _____ hers.
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 A. cheap than B. cheap than C. more cheap D. cheaper than
Question 192: Most of my friends are _____.
A. student B. students
Question 193: There are three _____ on my desk.
A. books B. book
Question 194: The living standard is becoming _____.
A. more better and better B. better and worse C. better and better D. gooder
Question 195: Someone _____ me there’s been an accident on the motorway.
A. spoke B. said C. asked D. told
Question 196: Kim was very _____ in the history lesson. She almost fell asleep.
A. bored B. boring
Question 197: There was a woman in the car with two _____.
A. man B. men
Question 198: Three _____ are swimming in the river.
A. fish B. fishes C. fishs D. fishoes
Question 199: “I don’t usually drink milk when _____. ” Mrs. Pike said
A. I was hungry B. she was hungry C. I will be D. I am hungry
Question 200: It was a very _____ situation.
A. interesting B. interested

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