CSKPHC 2023-2024 Form 1 B/C/D Grammar Test 3 Practice KEY

2nd Term No. of page(s): 3 Name: ___________________

Full Mark: 100 Time Allowed: 45 minutes Date: 16th January, 2024
(Follow the instructions carefully and answer all the questions neatly. Questions with * are more challenging.)
Part A: COLLECTIVE NOUNS. Fill in the correct nouns: (4%, @0.5%)
o a 1. herd of cattle o a 3. range of mountains o a colony of 5. ants o a pack of 7. wolves
o a 2. horde of savages o a 4. school of whales o a clump of 6. trees o a flock of 8. birds/sheep

Part B: FORMATION OF ADJECTIVES. Change the following words into adjectives: (8%, @0.5%)
1. convenience 5. tolerance tolerant 10. Hawaiian 15. substance substantial
convenient 6. leniency lenient 11. restive 16. destroy destructible
2. filthy 7. stimulate stimulating 12. visibility visible
3. criticise criticism 8. pity pitiful 13. residue residual
4. hospital hospitable 9. wrath wrathful 14. reluctance reluctant

Part C: PREPOSITIONS/ADVERBS. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs: (10%, @1%)
o You can use this kettle to boil the water 1. in. Are you making tea 2. for yourself?
o He accidentally fell 3. into the river. That was why he was wet 4. through when he came back at half 5. past
five.
o Dashing 6. out of the room, he ran 7. to the back of the garden and jumped 8. over the fence.
o Littering the road is 9. against the law. You could be fined 10. for such an offence.

Part D: AGREEMENT. Choose the best answers. Write LETTERS only: (7%, @1%)
o More a thousand [1.] (A. sheep are found / B. sheeps are found) on this farm.
o The two cups of coffee you ordered [2.] (A. is / B. are) on the table over there.
o There [3.] (A. is not a lot of traffic / B. are not a lot of traffic) on this road at night.
o More than one student in this class [4.] (A. was / B. were) absent today.
o Each one of you [5.] (A. need / B. needs) to work overtime if you want to finish the work on time.
o A number of people [6.] (A. do / B. does) not like raw fish, which [7.] (A. is / B. are) thought to cause
stomach trouble.

Part E: MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS. Choose the best answers. Write LETTERS only: (6%, @1%)
o It is impossible to swim in [1.] (A. Dead Sea / B. a Dead Sea / C. the Dead Sea / D. some Dead Sea) because
it contains [2.] (A. a large amount of salt / B. plenty of salts / C. many salt / D. much salts) in it.
o Kate decided to change her style so she bought new [3.] (A. cloth / B. clothe / C. clothes / D. clothings).
o I cannot print off my project because I have not got [4.] (A. some / B. a few / C. little / D. any) paper.
o Suddenly, at the end of the street, [5.] (A. a great deal of / B. a large amount of / C. a crowd of) people
appeared, shouting and waving flags.
o [6.] (A. Jill and Joey’s / B. Jill’s and Joey / C. Jill’s and Joey’s) schools are close to each other.

Part F: ERROR SPOTTING. Identify the mistakes in the following sentences: (4%, @1%)
1. The production ‘Matilda’ is running at the Sunrise Theatre.
2. Every dress of Mary has a floral design.
3. The company board of directors will have a meeting here.
4. She was sad since only a few of her friends came to her party.
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Part G: ADJECITVES & ADVERBS. (33%)
(a) Choose the best answers. Write LETTERS only: (9%, @1%)
o Unfortunately the food in the hotel was [1.] (A. extremely / B. really / C. absolutely / D. both ‘B’ and ‘C’
are correct) terrible.
o I think you will never feel [2.] (A. lone / B. lonely / C. alone / D. in a lonely way) in a place like this.
o The doctor there told me there was nothing seriously wrong – I could [3.] (A. hard / B. hardly / C. in a hard
way / D. both ‘B’ and ‘C’ are correct) believe it.
o Studying has to be done regularly, and divided into sections so that it is not too [4.] (A. tired / B. tiring / C.
tiringly / D. in a tired way).
o I had a cold last week, but I am [5.] (A. good / B. well / C. in a well way / D. both ‘A’ and ‘B’ are correct)
now.
o She made her way through the [6.] (A. crowded / B. crowding / C. crowdedly / D. both ‘A’ and ‘B’ are
correct) room, trying to attract the attention of the sleepy waitress.
o When you buy hamburgers for over $80 in McDonald’s, you get an ice cream (A. free / B. freely / C. in a
free manner / D. both ‘B’ and ‘C’ are correct).
o The policeman was whistling softly as he cycled (A. fast along the road early in the morning / B. along
the road in the morning fast / C. fast in the morning along the road / D. in the morning fast along the
road).
o She handed me a gaily-wrapped parcel [9.] (A. during my birthday party at my home with a shy smile /
B. at my home with a shy smile during my birthday party / C. with a shy smile at my home during my
birthday party / D. both ‘A’ and ‘C’ are correct).

(b) Identify the parts of speech of the bracketed words: (10%, @1%)
(1) If it is an adjective, write ‘adjective’ and indicate the word being modified.
(2) If it is an adverb, determined what type of adverb it is; then indicate the word being modified.
Follow the examples below:
e.g.1. These flowers are (a. beautiful). ANS: adjective, These flowers
e.g.2. The train travels (b. quickly). ANS: adverb of manner, travels
o Most people we met in the town were very (1. friendly). 1. adjective, most people
o Just as you think the (2. main) characters are going to live (3. happily) ever after, the film takes an unexpected
twist. 2. adjective, characters; 3. adverb of manner, are going to live
o Mark’s guitar playing is (4. pretty) good, but he sings so (5. badly) that I just wanted him to stop.
4. adverb of degree, good; 5. adverb of manner, sings
o I (6. always) try to give people my complete attention when they speak to me. 6. adverb of frequency, try
o My grandmother fell over (7. yesterday). She hurt her leg so (8. now) she cannot walk (9. fast).
7. adverb of time, fell; 8. adverb of time, cannot walk; 9. adverb of manner, cannot walk
o He was (10. apologetic) for not returning my call. 10. adjective, he

(c)Put the four adjectives in brackets in the correct order. Add punctuations if necessary: (6%, @1.5%)
1. The best way to get around London is to get on a (big / double-decker / red) bus. big red double-decker
2. The woman over there is wearing a (lovely / African / gold) necklace. lovely African gold
3. We went to Hawaii on holiday and our hotel room was (nice / bright / comfortable). nice, bright and
comfortable
4. My mum bought us a (wooden / white / large / black) bowl. large white and black wooden

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(d)
Complete the following sentences with the -ed or -ing form of the words in brackets: (6%, @1%)
o She enjoys being a vet, but it is often (1. exhausting). At the end of a day’s work, she is often (2. tired).
o The teacher’s explanation, which few of the students understand, is (3. confusing).
o I always find it (4. embarrassing) to cry in front of people, so I do not dare to watch (5. moving) films with
my friends.
o My neighbours keep playing the same song, which is so (6. irritating).

Part H: TENSES. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given verbs: (20%, @1%)
o ABC Channel (1. is going to broadcast) the final round of Macau’s Got Talent next week. Our three finalists
(2. have gone) through rounds of competition before they (3. come) to this stage. Who (4. will win) at last?
o So far there (5. has not been) many female explorers and adventurers but one of the best-known was Mary
Kingsley. Born in 1862, Kingsley (6. travelled) to parts of Africa where few western women (7. had never
travelled) before.
o When he (8. was observing) the Moon through his telescope, Galileo (9. realised) that it had mountains and
craters.
o Australian scientists (10. has discovered) a new coral reef over 60 km long in the Gulf of Carpentaria by
using satellites to spot the reefs in deep water. Recently divers (11. have managed) to reach the reefs and
take photographs.
o Columbus (12. left) Spain in August 1492 with three ships, to try and find a way to India by sailing west
instead of east. When his ships finally (13. reached) land on 12 October, he thought he was there, but the
ships (14. had actually arrived) in America instead.
o A private zoo in Manchester (15. are now finding) a missing dangerous spider. ‘Herbie is a Brazilian
wandering spider, and we are not sure where he (16. has gone),’ said spokesperson Anne Graham. ‘He only
(17. arrived) in the zoo last month, so he (18. has not been) here long. A lot of children (19. have come) to
the zoo in the past few days, and we are worried that someone (20. has taken) Herbie, or that he has gone out
in somebody’s pocket, and they do not know about it.’

Part I: VOCABULARY. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. You may need to change the form
of the verbs: (8%, @1%)
bracelet muffin fizzy cucumber
special offer pyjamas aisle tinned food
bakery credit card shopping trolley plastic carrier bag
o Online merchants rely on electronic payments, and it would hurt their businesses if they did not accept 1.
credit card.
o On her wrist Charmaine wore a beautiful silver 2. bracelet that used to belong to her mother.
o The children were forced to order 3. fizzy water at the restaurant because there was no still water.
o From time to time there is a / an 4. special offer on sofas where customers can buy them at a cheaper price.
o To protect the environment, we should reduce the use of 5. plastic carrier bag and use our own bag when
going shopping.
o Sarah enjoyed a blueberry 6. muffin which she had baked herself with a morning coffee for breakfast.
o We planned to buy a lot of things at the supermarket, so we used a 7. shopping trolley instead of a basket.
o Emily placed cool 8. cucumber slices over her eyes so that she can relax her tired eyes after working all day.
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