Paññsāstra International School - Vanhong

Second Semester Examinations for Grade ..………..

Exam Date: June 28, 2023

Subject: ……………...…. Duration: ……...…. Score: ………...

Name …………………...…... Room Number……. Table Number….… Signature…………...

Time: 50 minutes.
Section 1
you need to encircle the correct letter
before you proceed to the next sentence. 5. He is sitting at his ..................................
section 2 A) chair
you are asked to write an essay about yourself. B) desk
C) office
D) room
1. This man has dark
.......................

A) heads 6. - perhaps he is .....................................

B) head
A) work
C) hairs
B) at work
D) hair
C) business
D) on job
2. and a .................................

A) beard
B) barber
7. You arrive at a party at 8 p.m. What do you say?
C) moustaches
D) facehair A) Goodnight
B) Good-bye
C) Good evening
D) Good afternoon
3. He is.............................a jacket

A) wearing
B) carrying
8. Someone offers you a drink. You don’t want it. What
C) having do you say?
D) holding
A) Thank you
B) Please
C) No, thank you
D) No, please
4. and he is............................a piece of paper.

A) wearing
B) holding
C) having
9. Henderson..........................going to work.
D) getting
A) likes not
B) don’t like
C) doesn’t like
D) not like
10. early in the morning?

A) Does he get up
B) Gets he up 16. TV last night.
C) Do he get up
A) Did he watch
D) Get he up
B) Watched he
C) Did he watched
D) Does he watch

11. He..............................to drive a car.

A) am learning
B) learning
17. I spoke slowly, but he ..................................
C) is learning understand me.
D) are learning
A) canned not
B) didn’t can
C) didn’t could
D) could not
12. A train is............................a bus.

A) more quickly
B) quickly
C) quicker than 18. He made....................................last year.
D) more quick
A) many money
B) much money
C) a lot of money
D) lots money
13. He..............................swim very well.

A) not can
B) cannot
C) doesn’t can
19. I asked him ..........................................
D) don’t can
A) to not go away
B) to go not away
C) not to go away
D) go not away
14. the bus to work.

A) Always Roberts catches

B) Roberts always catches
C) Roberts catches always
20. He used to live......................London.
D) Roberts does always catches
A) on
B) in
C) to
D) at
15. Peter works in London.
..................................................................

A) He goes there by train

B) He there goes by train
C) He goes by traint here
D) There goes he by train
21. James.........................to him on the phone.
26. He has a.........................experience in
A) spoked marketing in Europe.
B) speaked A) grand
C) spoke B) wide
D) spoken C) large
D) great

22. “ Quiet, please – I

........................................................”
27. I remember........................him in London.
A) am doing a test!
A) of meeting
B) do a test!
B) to meet
C) doing a test!
C) to meeting
D) does a test!
D) meeting

23. I won’t go to Cambridge if it ....................................... 28. But I saw him in Frankfurt ........................................
tomorrow.
A) 3 years ago
A) rain
B) for 3 years
B) would rain
C) before 3 years
C) rains
D) since 3 years
D) raining

29. Could you look............the blackboard and read

24. While he..........................to London he saw an what is on it?
accident.
A) to
A) was driving
B) on
B) drives
C) for
C) drove
D) at
D) had driven

30. Smith went abroad last year.

25. Millions of cigarettes ............................................ ............................................. abroad before.
every year.
A) He had never been
A) is smoke
B) He had been never
B) are smoking
C) He never went
C) are smoked
D) He went never
D) are smoke
31. The last Olympic Games............................in Would you mind......................the door?
36.
Athens.
A) open
A) were helded
B) to open
B) was holded
C) opening
C) were held
D) to opening
D) were hold

37. In August he.............................for us for 25

32. He took.....................cheese. years.
A) all of
A) will have worked
B) all
B) will work
C) the all
C) is going to work
D) all of the
D) will be working

33. The committee held a...........................last week.

38. since I came back to
the office?
A) meeting
A) Did Robinson telephone
B) gathering
B) Was Robinson telephoning
C) session
C) telephoned Robinson
D) sitting
D) Has Robinson telephoned

34. I........................the Prime Minister’s speech very

carefully. 39. He speaks English very well..................he’s only
12.
A) heard to
A) whereas
B) heard
B) despite
C) listened to
C) in spite
D) overheard
D) although

35. He would have known that, if he

.................................... the meeting. 40. “Don’t do that,” I said. I..........................him not
to do that.
A) had attended
A) talked
B) would have attended
B) told
C) has attended
C) spoke
D) would attend
D) said
41. He never takes risks. He’s a very
46. He hasn’t come again today. If he doesn’t come,
................................. man.
............................... what to do tomorrow.
A) mindful
A) he wouldn’t know
B) anxious
B) he didn’t know
C) attentive
C) he will not have known
D) cautious
D) he won’t know

42. I’d like to put.......................a suggestion, if I CONVERSATION (questions 47 – 64): Mr and Mrs
47.
may.
Wallace want to buy a house, so they go to the
office of an estate agent. Agent: Good morning.
A) forward
Mr and Mrs Wallace? Mrs Wallace: Mr Hogan?
B) over Agent: How do you do. Mrs Wallace: I spoke to
C) across you on the phone.. is my husband.
D) through
A) This
B) It
C) He
D) That
43. I............................this test for at least half an
hour now.

A) do
B) am doing 48. Agent: How do you do.......................sit down.
C) have done
A) You
D) have been doing
B) Please
C) Now
D) Let

44. I’ll speak to him when he .....................................

A) will arrive
B) is arriving 49. Agent: I understand from our telephone conversation
that you’re ....................................
C) arrives
D) would arrive A) intending
B) interesting
C) intended
D) interested
45. “Can you come tomorrow?” He asked
........................................... tomorrow.

A) if I come
B) that i come 50. in buying a property for about £85,000, is that
.............................. ?
C) if I could come
D) that I can come A) true
B) possible
C) not
D) right
51. Mrs Wallace: No. Well the price is right, but – er
– well, we...............a problem. 56. Mrs Wallace: And I am really keen to live in
................ country.
A) make
A) the
B) have
B) a
C) are
C) some
D) seem
D) -

52. Mr Wallace: Longer..............that.

57. I want a big garden. I want a new view. I want to be
A) than .................. to go for walks.
B) that
A) able
C) as
B) possible
D) to
C) can
D) allow

53. Mrs Wallace: Yes, I suppose it is – and we want to

settle back here ............................
58. Mr Wallace: Well, I’m sure you...............teach in
A) because London, in town, just as easily.
B) and
C) but A) would
D) so B) might
C) should
D) could

54. we have very different ideas of the......................of

place we’d like to live in.
59. Mrs Wallace: Yes,...............I think the chances of
A) kind
B) piece
A) and
C) shape
B) but
D) area
C) so
D) then

55. Mr Wallace: Yes, you see.................prefer to live

in town, in a centrally located flat.
60. getting a job......................probably much greater
A) I in a village school
B) I’d
A) is
C) we
B) are
D) we’d
C) will
D) would
61. and I................like to be part of the community 66. Hotel Clerk: Well, I think your room is correct,
again, darling. sir. Room 118............?

A) would A) don’t you

B) do B) isn’t it
C) will C) doesn’t it
D) shall D) can you

62. Mr Wallace: And I want to live in a flat .................... 67. Mr Graham......................., could I have a bath,
maintenance included. please?

A) for A) Thus
B) with B) Well
C) and C) In spite
D) by D) Thank you

63. You know – you pay for all the...............I mean, I’m 68. Hotel Clerk: Er – I’m afraid we don’t.............a
not a do-it-yourself man. room with a bath and –

A) services A) reserve
B) servants B) get
C) assistance C) have
D) assistants D) retain

64. I don’t like to mend leaky......................, and that 69. Mr Graham: Look, I’m very tired. I don’t want to
sort of thing. ................... but my firm always book a room with a
bath.
A) walls
B) floors A) shout
C) roofs B) denounce
D) ceilings C) anger
D) argue

65. Mr Graham has just checked into a hotel, but he is

not happy with his room. He goes down to the
reception desk. Mr Graham: I’m................there’s 70. Hotel Clerk: Er – I’ll check the .......................
been a mistake. My room doesn’t have a bath. A) correspondence
A) sorry B) mailing
B) afraid C) communicate
C) anxious D) lettering
D) regret
71. but I don’t think you were....................into a room
with a bath. There we are, it is Mr Graham, isn’t it?
Mr Graham: It is, yes. The clerk shows Mr Graham a
letter Mr Graham: I’ve just flown a very long ....................
75.
and I’m very tired and all I want is a bath and a sleep.
A) reserved
B) checked
C) booked A) distance
D) registered B) airline
C) period
D) timing
72. Hotel Clerk: Yes, one..................room.

A) alone
B) single
C) bathless 76. Hotel Clerk: Well, as I’ve said, sir, there’s
D) only ...................... nothing for tonight. But let’s see.
You’re here for five days, aren’t you? Mr Graham: Oh
dear!
73. Mr Graham: I’ll see them when I get back. Well, I
.................. that it’s our mistake, A) extremely
B) perfectly
A) appreciate C) absolutely
B) deprecate D) especially
C) respect
D) expect

74. but are you sure there’s.......................with a bath? 77. Hotel Clerk: I’ll just have a.................with the
Hotel Clerk: Well, ............. manager.

A) not A) word
B) something B) sentence
C) anything C) phrase
D) nothing D) dialogue

78. Mr Graham: I would.......................it.

A) value
B) appreciate
C) thank
D) reward

79. I’m.............................to have a long hot bath!

A) despaired
B) worried
C) desperate
D) overwhelmed

80. Hotel Clerk: Don’t worry, sir!.........................it

with me.

A) Let
B) Leave
C) Give
D) Stop
Section 2
Write an Essay about your self about 300 words Introduce yourself. Writing about yourself can be tough, because
there is so much you can say. You have a lifetime of experiences, talents, and skills to summarize in a paragraph, or
two. Whatever kind of writing you are planning on doing, whatever your purpose, just think about it like you are
introducing yourself to a stranger. This will be 20 points

[1] What do they need to know? Answer questions like:

Who are you?
What is your background?
What are your interests?
What are your talents?
What are your achievements?
What challenges have you faced?