CSKPHC 2022-2023 Form 5 English Tutorial Class—Grammar Practice
A. Agreement (10%, 1% each)
Put in the correct form of the verb in the brackets. Use simple present tense.
1) After taking a test, the class ______(start) the papers on Wilde’s playwrights.
2) Some of the members of the staff ______(2a.have) resigned because a few of
the new terms of service ______(2b.be) not agreeable to them.
3) Evolutionary biologist W. D. Hamilton asserted that each individual group
member ______(reduce) the danger to itself by moving as close as possible to
the center of the fleeing group.
4) Either the bears or the lion ______(have) escaped from the zoo.
5) Not only Mary but also her family ______(suffer) from the hereditary ailment.
6) Law and order generally ______(6a.prevail) after a crowd _____(6b.have)
been dispersed by the police.
7) One of my friends, unlike me and my family, ______(like) to eat Italian food.
8) Leading the coffee industry nowadays ______(be) Starbucks and Pacific.
B. Phrasal Verbs (10%, 1% each)
Fill in the blanks with suitable adverb particles.
1) The company is going to bring their newest model of computer ______ soon.
2) Janet’s ambition eventually did her and her company ______.
3) I have been trying to get my wife ______ video games, but she is not
interested in the slightest.
4) I know you want to start on that project, but hold ______ until I get these
questions answered by the boss.
5) The police insist they are not letting ______ on their campaign against drugs.
6) The trial ran ______ for months as the prosecution brought forward hundreds
of pieces of evidence and dozens of witness.
7) The funds should see our company ______ for the remainder of the fiscal year.
8) The senator quickly took ______ his statement, claiming he had gotten
confused on the issue.
9) The waiter told ______ the rude customer for acting inappropriately towards
her and her colleagues.
10) He turned the problem ______ for hours, but the solution came to him only
when he laid his head on the pillow.
C. Articles (10%, 1% each)
Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’, or ‘X’ if article is unnecessary.
New chameleon species may be world’s smallest reptile
Scientists have discovered (1)___ tiny new species of chameleon in a patch of
rainforest in northern Madagascar. Officially known as Brookesia nana, the new
species is about (2)___ size of (3)___ sunflower seed, fits on (4)___ tip of (5)___
finger, and may be on (6)___ Earth the smallest reptile, which is thought to survive on
a diet of mites and springtails, which it hunts down in leaf litter. Finding such a small
reptile raises questions about the lower limits of body size in vertebrates. It also
highlights (7)___ astonishing—and highly threatened—biodiversity of Madagascar.
Unfortunately, the tiny chameleon’s future is murky. The mountain forest where
the lizards are found is already severely degraded. Many people in this region cannot
afford to buy rice or meat. Poverty and growing populations have led to clearing of
rainforests to make room for agriculture and livestock; deforestation affects around 94
percent of previously forested lands, according to NASA. With a small home range
and threats to its habitat, the new chameleon species will be (8)___ shoe-in for
critically endangered status. The good news is that (9)___ Sorata massif has recently
been included in a new protected area in (10)___ Madagascar.
D. Parts of Speech (10%, 1% each)
Identify the part of speech of the underlined words. No short form is allowed.
Why ‘star walking’ is the outdoor activity we need right now
Whether you are standing on a mountainside with the landscape’s silhouette
framing the moon or gazing out over a darkened lake with stars (1)reflecting on the
water, star walking is (2)often much more dynamic (3)than traditional stargazing. ‘An
observatory is (4)no substitute for getting out into a rural landscape under a blanket of
stars,’ says Gary Lintern who leads guided nighttime hikes in Durham, England. ‘It is
a magical experience, especially at (5)some of my favorite locations, like the High
Force Waterfall,’ England’s largest cataract, in Teesdale.
What is more, star walking is good for you. There are plenty of studies that show
the health benefits of being in nature. Spending at least two hours a week (6)outdoors,
particularly while engaging in activities that involve ‘effortless attention,’ can
decrease blood pressure, heart rate, and stress levels. (7)Moreover, walking at night
has the added benefit of improving sleep, which is important for overall health, says
Christina Parker, a behavioral sleep researcher at the University of Alabama. ‘Star
(8)walking works on two physiological processes determineing sleep quality. Exercise
and movement, (9)such as relaxing stargazing walks outside, may promote sleep by
acting on the homeostatic sleep drive,’ which influences the pressure to (10)doze.
E. Vocabulary (10%, 1% each)
1. Abundant 16. Halt 31. Promulgate
2. Amend 17. Disapprobation 32. Catastrophic
3. Assimilate 18. Entrenched 33. Vicious
4. Conceive 19. Enterprising 34. Expeditious
5. Conventional 20. Decimate 35. Lease
6. Deter 21. Thrive 36. Allocate
7. Exceptional 22. Thrive 37. Scarcity
8. Facilitate 23. Incitement 38. Prevalent
9. Implement 24. Scrutiny 39. Sequence
10. Manifest 25. Omnipresent 40. Provocative
11. Profuse 26. Omnipotent 41. Deplete
12. Scaffolding 27. Compatibility 42. Adjacent
13. Subtly 28. Usher 43. Exploited
14. Trigger 29. Relentless 44. Apparently
15. Antagonist 30. Looming 45. Remunerative
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Reading Test 2-2
1. 11. A 1. A
2. A 12. A 2. A
3. A 13. A 3. A
4. A 14. A 4. A
5. A 15. A 5. A
6. A 16. A 6. A
7. A 17. A 7. A
8. 18. 8. A
9. trivial 19. trivial 9. A
10. impoverished 20. impoverished 10.
F. Multiple Choice Questions (10%, 0.5% each)
Decide which of the options below would best complete the article.
How did K-Pop conquer the world?
It is 1992, and three young men in a boy band are performing (1) ___ a live
television talent contest. The sound is new: Korean lyrics, Euro pop, African
American hip-hop and rap. They dance (2) ___. The studio audience goes wild. The
judges in their prim suits are less impressed. They reveal their scorecards. The band
gets the lowest mark of the night, and is voted (3) ___ the show
1. 2. 3.
A. in A. with sane A. by
B. on B. with sync B. of
C. at C. in sane C. off
D. for D. in sync D. out
4. 5. 6.
A. righter A. smashing-reward A. ignites
B. more right B. reward-smashing B. initialises
C. wronger C. squandering-reward C. improves
D. more wrong D. reward-squandering D. improvises
The judges could not have got it (4) ___.
In the next few days the song I Know climbs to the top of the charts, and stays
there for a (5) ___ 17 weeks. That night the group, Seo Taeji and Boys, (6)___ a
revolution. K-pop was born, being now a multi-billion-dollar industry. Bands like
BTS and Blackpink are selling out in the US, UK and international stadiums within
minutes. BTS is second only (7)___ Drake in international music sales.
That perfect storm (8)___ Psy and Gangnam Style in 2012. Psy completely
shattered the mould and the myth in terms of what it takes to get to number one, not
only in the US market but (9)___. Psy was not a Korean version of a big pop star. Psy
was Korea’s version of Psy, and it turns out that is what the world wanted. It showed
that you could be big and not sing entirely in English or be (10)___. The power of the
music video (11)___ language.
7. 8. 9.
A. of A. cumulated in A. worldwide
B. to B. cumulated into B. worldwidely
C. for C. culminated in C. world-wide
D. into D. culminated into D. world-widely
10. 11. 12.
A. vague A. transacted A. back
B. vogue B. transcended B. backing
C. in vague C. transcribed C. back up
D. in vogue D. transmitted D. backing up
The more K-pop has become more successful, the more the establishment has
become interested. ‘The only thing young people were especially talking about was
either South Korean drama or South Korean popular music,’ says Yung Lee, Professor
of Sociology at University of California, Berkeley, who has written about K-pop. The
government started to (12)___ the music industry, giving it tax breaks. They gave
money to academics to enhance the popularity of the genre, and foreign embassies
were promoting the groups. It worked and brought in big business. ‘The impact, of
course, is not in terms of money, but in terms of its popularity and expanding the
South Korean influence or (13)___ abroad.’
The more K-pop has become more successful, the more the establishment has
become interested. ‘The only thing young people were especially talking about was
either South Korean drama or South Korean popular music,’ says Yung Lee, Professor
of Sociology at University of California, Berkeley, who has written about K-pop. The
government started to (12)___ the music industry, giving it tax breaks. They gave
money to academics to enhance the popularity of the genre, and foreign embassies
were promoting the groups. It worked and brought in big business. ‘The impact, of
course, is not in terms of money, but in terms of its popularity and expanding the
South Korean influence or (13)___ abroad.’
13. 14. 15.
A. hard power A. center to A. proact
B. hard ability B. center of B. proceed
C. soft power C. central to C. profess
D. soft ability D. central of D. promote
16. 17. 18.
A. of A. So A. capitalise
B. to B. Yet B. capitalise on
C. for C. Moreover C. chastise
D. into D. However D. chastise for
And K-pop became (14)___ lots of other profitable industries like the beauty
business. ‘For example, cosmetics and plastic surgery and other elements of the
beauty industry really rely on K-pop, especially to (15)___ this image that if you use
these South Korean products and service that you will become attractive, cool, great
looking just like these K-pop stars,’ says Lee. ‘It is something that is really changing
South Korea, and not always (16)___ better, I am afraid.’
(17)___, how did K-pop conquer the world? Clever design and brilliant
marketing. But there is more to a K-pop band. It is an expression of Korean culture,
and the government has been more than happy to (18)___ its success.
G. Tenses (16%, 1% each)
Give suitable forms of the given verbs. Mind the voices.
1) - ______(1a.We / catch) the bus, we ______(1b.be) in time for the show.
- Why you ______(1c.still / talk) about it? Let’s get going!
2) I ______(learn) how to play chess for three years now.
3) If you ______(3a.require) anything, just ______(3b.call) me.
4) Unfortunate, I ______(4a.miss) my interview as the train ______(4b.be) late. I
wish the train ______(4c.be) on time.
5) The president ______(5a. already / issue) an order yesterday that the secretary
______(5b.resign) next month.
6) I feel sick! If only I ______(6. not / eat) all those cakes.
7) – Nobody volunteered to help us with the fair tomorrow.
- I ______(7a.help) you. I ______(7b.not / know) you needed help.
H. Subordinate Clauses (16%, 2% each)
***Refer to the instructions and questions on the Answer Sheet. ***
Police: Three Filipinos cycle down St Paul’s Ruins staircase
The Public Security Police (PSP) said on Wednesday in a statement that three
Filipinos are facing charges for riding their bicycles down the staircase of the Ruins of
St Paul’s recently. According to the statement, the PSP had noticed that a resident
recently posted on social media several photos of people who ride their bicycles down
the staircase of the Ruins of St. Paul’s at night. PSP officers identified three suspects
and told them to report to a police station for questioning.
It is said that the trio are Filipino non-resident workers in their twenties. They
confirmed that they rode their bikes down the staircase. The suspects face charges of
breaching the road traffic law. The PSP urged drivers and riders to take into account
pedestrians’ safety. They should not drive any motor vehicles or ride bicycles in areas
reserved for pedestrians so that traffic accidents can be avoided. The statement
pointed out that offenders may be fined 600 patacas as violating the road traffic law.
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