Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia GESL 9 Communication

Institute of Foreign Languages MIDTERM PRACTICE EXAM English in Common 5A

Name: __________________________________ Room: ____________________ Date: __________

SECTION I: LISTENING
Listen to the recording and answer the questions.
1) Where is Steve’s dad? _______________________________________________________________
2) What is Keith calling about? __________________________________________________________
3) How much money was charged to James’ account? ________________________________________
4) Who does James have to call? _________________________________________________________
5) What is Brian selling? _______________________________________________________________
6) When is it best for Brian to call Sarah? __________________________________________________
SECTION II: VOCABULARY
A. Filling in the gaps
Choose the correct words or phrases in the following table to complete the sentences below.
nearly (adv.) humor rebellious see eye to eye episode
keep up with thud pressure discreetly suffer
peacefully after that irritable a team player addicted

0) There are nearly 15 million people living in Cambodia.

1) I told a joke and nobody laughed. They just don’t have a sense of ____________________.
humor

2) The criminal cracked under the ________________________

pressure and told the police everything.
3) You should act more _____________________
discreetly than that if you don’t people to know about this.
4) What’s your favorite __________________
episode of that TV show Friends?
5) Do you ________________
suffer from any illnesses?
6) Are you ___________________
addicted to cigarettes or anything like that?
7) The protesters sat in the park ________________________.
peacefully

8) Oh he is such a _______________________
rebellious boy. He never does what he is told to do.
9) Did you hear the _____________________
thud last night?
10) She is always ______________________
irritable in the mornings. Anything makes her angry.
11) Do you try to ______________________
keep up with your older brother, or do you go your own way?
12) He isn’t really _____________________,
a team player he likes to keep the ball to himself and not pass it around.
13) We didn’t ______________________
see eye to eye on that subject, so finally we just agreed to disagree.
14) He saw his girlfriend kissing another boy, and soon ________________
after that their relationship fell apart.

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Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia GESL 9 Communication
Institute of Foreign Languages MIDTERM PRACTICE EXAM English in Common 5A

SECTION III: GRAMMAR

A. Indefinite Pronouns
Circle the best answer to complete the sentences.
0) ( Someone / Anyone / No-one / Everyone) is knocking on the door.
1) I didn’t go (somewhere / anywhere / nowhere) nice on the weekend.
2) Louis ate (anything / everything / something) bad and now he is sick to his stomach.
3) Sue is a (nobody / somebody / everybody). She isn’t famous for (nothing / anything / everything).
4) She doesn’t like (no-one / anyone / everyone) watching her while she is eating.
5) Did (nobody / somebody / everybody / anybody) get the number of the truck that hit me?
6) A: Did you say (anything / something / nothing)? B: No, (anything / something / nothing).
7) You can find nice people (somewhere / nowhere / everywhere) if you look hard enough.

B. Tag Questions
Complete each sentence with the correct tag question.
0) Malina is single, isn’t she?
1) He’s the boss, ____________?
isn’t he 2) You’re the man, _____________?
aren’t you

3) This is stupid, ____________?

Isn’t it 4) He can’t swim, ____________?
can he

5) They should pay, ______________?

shouldn’t they 6) We don’t need to wear shoes, ____________?
do we

7) You have no idea what I mean, ___________?

do you 8) Those answers aren’t wrong, ____________?
aren’t they

9) She hasn’t got a chance, ____________?

has she 10) They could be there, ____________?
couldn’t they
C. Review of Future Forms: Future simple, Present Continuous, and be ‘going to’
Choose the best statement to complete each question. Write the letter A or B to show your answer.
0) The exam is tomorrow. I (A) am going to study at the library. (B) go study at the library. A_
1) I have a sore tooth. I (A) am seeing the dentist tomorrow. (B) see the dentist tomorrow. ____
A

2) I (A) will have the elephant and prahok pizza. (B) will be the elephant and prahok pizza. ____
A

3) Sam (A) flys to Paris next week. (B) is flying to Paris next week. ____
B

4) Will you (A) at the meeting on Saturday? (B) be at the meeting on Saturday? ____
B
5) Simon (A) is going to taste the food. (B) tastes the food. ____
A

6) What (A) are you doing tomorrow? (B) do you do tomorrow? A

____
7) Tony (A) will the zoo animals free. (B) will set the zoo animals free. ____
B

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Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia GESL 9 Communication
Institute of Foreign Languages MIDTERM PRACTICE EXAM English in Common 5A

D. Future Continuous and Future Perfect

Complete each sentence with the verb in the brackets in the correct form.
0) By the end of next month, I will have finished (finish) my project.
1) This time next week, I __________________________
will be lying (lie) on the beach at Sihanoukville.
2) Do you thinkwill
you be____________________________
reading (read) that book by next weekend?
3) Tomorrow at lunchtime, I __________________________
will be changing (change) the oil in my motorbike.
4) By July, I __________________________
will have walked (walk) 1000 kilometers.
5) At midnight, I __________________________
will be sleeping (sleep).
6) A: How’s the new baby? B: Terrible. By tonight, it ___________________
will have cried (cry) for 3 days straight.
7) Next month, my wife and I ________________________
will have been (be) married for 20 years.
8) At 10.30 on Friday, Simone _____________________________
will be talking (talk) to her future parents-in-laws.
9) By Saturday, I _____________________________
will be working (work) on an exciting new painting.
10) By this time tomorrow, Jane __________________________
will has moved (move) into her new apartment.
E. Writing Paragraphs
Choose the right word to fill in the gaps.
0) Comparison paragraphs compare different things.
1) What do we call the first paragraph in an essay?

___________________________________________________________________________________
2) How is the first paragraph in an essay organized?

____________________________________________________________________________________
3) How do you make the first paragraph in an essay strong?
____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________
4) What will make the first paragraph in an essay weak?
____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________
5) What do we call the sentence that gives the main idea in an essay?
____________________________________________________________________________________

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Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia GESL 9 Communication
Institute of Foreign Languages MIDTERM PRACTICE EXAM English in Common 5A

SECTION IV: READING COMPREHENSION

Read the passage and circle the correct letters.
In the old days, the only way to get your favourite pop song was to walk into a music store and
buy a CD. But nothing stays the same in the world of technology. When you talk to people today, they
are all getting their music from the Internet. The result is that many music stores are experiencing
dropping sales, and can often be virtually deserted.
Nowadays, it seems everyone is downloading songs as digital files from the internet and
listening to them on MP3 players and cell phones. Anybody who still buys their music from a store is
regarded as a dinosaur!
In fact, in the US, the list of the most popular songs is now based equally on sales in music stores
and on the number of songs downloaded from the Internet. Recording companies have recognized the
importance of this new way of distributing music and anything you could possibly want to hear is now
in digital form. From the latest avant-garde groups to the most obscure medieval church music, there is
always someone ready and willing to record even the most unusual piece of music and upload it onto the
Internet.
Of course, everything that can be downloaded to one computer can also be downloaded to
another illegally, and it’s free to trade some music tracks with friends. But some musicians aren’t happy
about this because it deprives them of royalties. They believe something should be done to prevent what
they feel is basically theft.
1) What stays the same in the world of technology?
a. nothing b. the US c. something d. music
2) How are people getting their music these days?
a. from mp3 players b. from music stores c. from the internet d. from the US

3) Why would you be labeled a ‘dinosaur’ if you bought music at a store?

a. because you are old b. because you look like a lizard
c. because CDs are not popular d. because music stores are seen as old-fashioned

4) Who has recognized the importance of the Internet in regard to music?

a. music stores b. recording companies c. the US d. dinosaurs

5) What is the list of most popular songs based on?

a. avant-garde groups and obscure medieval church music
b. who uploads the most unusual piece of music
c. the number of people who don’t buy CDs from music stores
d. sales in music stores and the number of songs downloaded

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