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In the Name of God

Sample Test Items for Guidance School

Curriculum Development Center

English Department

1. Vocabulary

A. Sets

Cross out the odd word.

butter

black

lion

coffee

man

milk

white

dog

water

teacher

apple

green

tiger

bottle

doctor

cheese

new

zoo

milk

nurse

B. Analogy items

Fill in the blanks with the words carrying the same relationship as in

A.

Example:

One: two First: second

A B

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

slow: quick

dog: dogs

man: boy

I: my

he: him

car: drive

woman: aunt

eat: eats

ask: asked

swim: swimming

drive: drove

absent: ...........

child: ............

woman: .........

you: .............

she: .............

bicycle: ..........

man: .............

go: .............

break: ............

walk .............

eat: .............

C. Completion items

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a. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.

Colors

1. Apples can be .................. . .

2. The sky is.......................... .

3. Clouds are......................... .

4. Coffee is ........................... .

Days

1. ………..is before Saturday.

2. …………is after Wednesday.

3. ………….is two days after Thursday.

4. ………….is before Thursday.

5. In Iran, the first day of the week is ……………. .

6. In Iran, the second day of the week is……………. .

Family

1. Your father’s sister is your……………. .

2. Your mother’s mother is your……………. .

3. Your mother’s brother is your……………. .

4. Your mother’s father is your……………. .

Opposites

1. Hair can be long or……………. .

2. People can be short or……………. .

3. Problems can be big or ……………. .

4. Food can be expensive or……………. .

5. People can be fat or……………. .

6. A car can be new or……………. .

7. A train can be fast or……………. .

8. A room can be dirty or……………. .

b. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words form the box below.

There are more words than required.

carelessly, traffic, write, program, tired

1. A: Can he speak English?

B: No, but he can……………. it.

2. A: Did he have an accident?

B: Yes!

A: How was he driving?

B: ……………., of course!

3. A: Why are you in a hurry?

B: There is usually a lot of ………at this time of day.

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4. A: Did you see the ………… about animals last night?

B: No, I was studying.

c. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. The first letter is given as

a cue.

1. A: We have some i………… Do you want a little?

B: No, thanks. I have a cold.

2. A: Did they go to Mashhad by bus?

B: No, they went by p……………. .

3. A: Does your father often drink c…………….?

B: Not often. He often drinks tea.

4. A: Will they go to Shiraz this year?

B: Yes, they will go this s………… .

d. Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks with appropriate words.

1. A: Did you buy those shoes?

B: No, they were……………. .

2. A: How many ……….are there on the board?

B: Four.

3. A: Is Dad cooking lunch?

B: No, he is reading a ………… .

4. A: Can you read her ……….?

B: Of course, I can. She writes beautifully.

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D. Multiple - choice items

Circle the best answer.

1. A: Mum! I’m hungry! Is our lunch ready?

B: No, you should ……… for ten minutes.

a. wash b. wait c. work

2. A: We have some guests tonight.

B: Oh, No! There isn’t any………..at home!

a. food b. fish c. chips

3. A: Can I watch the children’s program?

B: Sure, Reza………..the TV, please.

a. put on b. turn on c. wake up

4. A: Father! Can you help me? I’m doing my homework.

B: No. I am ……………tonight.

a. busy b. ready c. easy

E. Matching items

a. Match a word in A with its opposite in B. There are more words

in B.

A B A B

before

big

fat

slow

absent

difficult

late

clean

careful

never

thin

careless

quick

small

always

early

after

easy

dirty

present

sick

bring

get up

arrive

open

start

go

ask

play

say hello

go to bed

answer

finish

say goodbye

work

come

close

take

leave

begin

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b. Match a verb in A with its object in B.

A B

answer

watch

ride

read

take off

cook

drive

play

say

do

a car

lunch

hello

your coat

your home work

TV

a book

football

a bicycle

the question

c. Put the words in the box below in the correct places.

restaurant, slowly, doctor, absent, hungry, train, stadium, good, carefully, hospital,

bus, waiter, airplane, hard, shrine, well, car, careless, forest, dirty, quickly, slow,

butcher, present, difficult, zoo, careful, nurse, quick, best, easy, the country,

easily, worker, fast

Transportation Place

train

restaurant

Profession Adjective

doctor

absent

Adverb Both adjective and adverb

slowly

hard

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II. Structure

A. Completion items

a. Fill in the blanks.

1. A: ………old………she?

B: Twenty- six.

2. A: What does……………..?

B: He writes books.

3. A: Where …………you …………from?

B: Sanandaj.

3. A: ………do ………….live?

B: In Tehran.

4. A: ………..he play football?

B: No, he doesn’t.

5. A: What did you do yesterday?

B: I………to the park.

6. A: ………you see many students in class?

B: No, there were only 5.

7. A: Where were you yesterday?

B: I………at home.

8. A: How many books did you buy?

B: We……….two.

Note 1: Completion items of this type are not just limited to present or past

tenses. They can easily cover all the other tenses taught in the textbook.

b. Fill in the blanks in the following passage, using the verbs in

brackets either in simple present or present continuous.

My parents are very nice. My mother (help)………my father at his office, and they

usually (come)…….. home very late, so I(help) …….. my mother with the cooking.

Now I (make)………a cake because my father (like)……….it a lot.

Note 2: You can also provide passages dealing with past and past

continuous.

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C. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the box below.

me, you, him, her, us, it, them

1. A; Reza wants this book.

B: Give……….the book.

2. A: Mary is absent.

B: Why? She may be sick. Let us phone…………. .

3. A: Do you need some money?

B: Yes, can you give……….. 10,000 rials?

4. A: Where are they? I cannot see……… .

B: They are standing near the wall.

d. Fill in the blanks with appropriate Wh words:

Who, What, Where, Why, When, How

Reza: Hi, Mehdi. ……….. are you?

Mehdi: Not bad. ………….was your Norooz?

Reza: Very good.

Mehdi: Oh!………… did you do?

Raza: I went home for Norooz.

Mehdi: ………… is your home?

Reza: In Tabriz.

Mehdi: ………….did you do in Tehran?

Reza: I saw my family and friends and visited all the beautiful places.

Mehdi: ……………did you come back?

Reza: Yesterday.

Mehdi: …………….did you do on Farvardin the first?

Reza: I was at home. We had many guests.

Mehdi: ……………..came to your house?

Reza: All my family. Only my sister didn’t come.

Mehdi: ………………n’t?……………..was she?

Reza: She was here, in Tehran. She wanted to spend Norooz with me.

Note 3: These types of questions should not be used in finals because they

are too long. They can be used in your quizzes.

           

B. Multiple-choice items

a. Cross out the correct word to complete the

sentences.

1. He talks (quick/ quickly), but he never listens.

2. She’s a (careful / carefully) driver: She never drives fast.

3. You should speak (slow/slowly) in a library.

4. Karen is the best student in class. She studies (hard/hardly).

b. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

1. (They/ Them) went with (us/ we) to the park.

2. Give the map to (her/ she).

3. (We/Us) are working with (they/them).

4. (He/His) father is a writer.

c. Circle the best answer.

1. A: ………..you cook?

B: Yes, my mother taught me.

a. Can b. Should c. May d. Will

2. A: I don’t have any pens today. …………..I use your pen?

B: Of course.

a. May b. Should c. Will d. Do

3. A: Please give this book to Mrs. Smith.

B: I don’t know……… .

a. her b. him c. she d. his

4. A: Is that his new English teacher?

B: Don’t ask me, ask………..!

a. she b. his c. he d. him

5. A: Why are you driving fast?

B: I am …………..a hurry. My father’s waiting for me.

a. at b. in c. on d. of

6. There isn’t any fruit at home. Can you buy…………?

a. many b. much c. some d. few

 

C. Rearrangement items

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. watches TV usually in the evening David

.................................................................................................................

2. is always she late

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3. do what Friday you last did

.................................................................................................................?

4. where will next be Friday you

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III. Reading Comprehension

Word Comprehension:

A. Matching items

Match the words in the box to the pictures below. Write the

number of the word in the space provided.

1. rain 2. cheese 3. an apple 4. a tree 5. a tiger 6. a park 7. a ship 8. bread 9. a teacher

10. a ball 11. an ice cream, 12. flowers 13. clouds 14. eggs