Grade 11

UNIT 13: HOBBIES

Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.

1. A. purity
B. tiny
C. reply
D. happy
2. A. standard
B. dark
C. spark
D. pharmacist
Choose one word whose stress pattern is different.
3. A. mountain
B. maintain
C. fountain
D. certain
4. A. ambulance
B. yesterday
C. furniture
D. policeman
5. A. constant
B. continent
C. consider
D. content (n.)
Choose the one best answer to complete each sentence.
6. Hobbies are the things we like to do in our________ time.
A. leisure
B. free
C. spare
D. All are correct
7. I just collect stamps from discarded envelopes.
A. thrown away
B. given up
C. got away
D. done up
8. There are also other hobbies that I ________ in for a while.
A. interested
B. indulge
C. move
D. include
9. If I were you, I would try again, Peeter said to me.
A. Peter advised me to try again
B. Peter advised me try again
C. Peter advised me trying again
D. Peter advised me tried again
10. You had better ________ at home until you feel better.
A. stay
B. to stay
C. staying
D. stayed
11. The students ________ the highest score will be awarded a scholarship.
A. who receive
B. receiving
C. whom is receiving D. receives
12. It is the room ________ we usually hold our meetings.
A. that
B. which
C. where
D. when
13. The singer was ________ on the piano by her sister.
A. served
B. accompanied
C. assisted
D. sounded
14. The ________ were all invited to the school.
A. boys parents
B. boys parents
C. boysparents
D. boyss parents
15. We can hardly tell you ________.
A. nothing
B. something
C. anything
D. none is correct
Give the right tense of the verbs in the brackets.
16. The world always (change) ________________. Things never (stay) _______________ the same.
17. Ron (be) _________in London at the moment. He (stay) ________________ at the Hilton Hotel. He
often (stay) _________ at the Hilton Hotel when he (be) _________ in London
18. I (not, know) ________________ she was ill last week. If I (know) ________________, I (visit)
________________ her
19. After they (leave) ________________, we (sit) _________ down and rested.
20. When we (go) _________ to see them last night, they (play) ________________ cards. They (say)
_________, they (play) ________________ since six oclock.
21. He (write) __________ his report for two days, but he (not, finish) ________________ it yet.
22. They (already, arrest) ________________ her for shoplifting.
23. Alice and Louise (not, buy) ________________ anything at the store yesterday.
24. His father (travel) ________________ to Mexico by air last year.
25. He (just, repair) ________________his bicycle. He (wash) _____________ his hands at the moment.
Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning.
26. Bermuda got its name in 1964.
It was in ______________________________________________________________________
27. Ive lost my book.
It is my book __________________________________________________________________
28. I saw him in the street only last week.
It was only _____________________________________________________________________
29. You are wrong not me.
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It is you _______________________________________________________________________
30. I discovered my mistakes years later.
It was years later ______________________________________________________________ .
31. The meeting began at 7 p.m.
It was at _______________________________________________________________________
32. Hoa borrowed the English-Vietnamese Dictionary from the teacher.
It was the English-Vietnamese Dictionary ____________________________________________
33. Her father gave her a nice present on her birthday.
It was her father ________________________________________________________________
34. Mary didnt begin to read until she was eight.
It was until ____________________________________________________________________
35. The tourists asked the tourist guide a lot of questions.
It was the tourist guide ___________________________________________________________
Give question tag.
36. No one likes snakes , ________________?
37. You borrowed this book from the library, ________________?
38. Mais hobby is collecting stamps, ________________?
39. Lan and Hoa cant swim, ________________?
40. Their father could hardly feed the family, ________________?
Fill in each blank of the sentences with a suitable preposition
41. Dont worry ________ the result of your exam
42. I am sorry ________ the trouble I have caused
43. The South is different ________ the North
44. Dont trust him. He isnt capable ________ anything
45. Daisy is very careful ________ her money
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
LOUISA
I enjoy practising the piano. I have a very good teacher, called Miss Rowe. And I learn the violin. I
enjoy that a lot. Ive been learning for three or four months up to now. In my free time I also collect
shells and rocks, and I have got quite a lot of them. And I go swimming now and then. I like bike riding,
too.
46. What does Louis enjoy practising ?
______________________________________________________________________________
47. What is her teachers name ?

______________________________________________________________________________
48. How long has she been learning the piano and the violin ?

______________________________________________________________________________
49. What does she do in her free time ?

______________________________________________________________________________
50. What does she sometimes do ?

______________________________________________________________________________

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