Name of School:

2015/2016

Lexic and Grammar assessment

Name: __________________________________________________ Number: _________Class:__________
Date: ___________________ Mark: _______________________

Tutor: ________________________

NOTE: All your answers must be written on your writing paper.

1. Choose the appropriate word to complete the text.
control

English
conferences
speakers
international
scientists
communicate
purposes
English is used for different ________________ (1). Actually, it is the main language of books,
newspapers, magazines, airports and air-traffic ______________ (2), international business and
academic ___________________ (3), science, technology, diplomacy, sport, __________________ (4)
competitions, pop music and advertising.
Over two-thirds of the worlds ___________________ (5) read in English. Three quarters of the
worlds mail is written in ___________________ (6). Eighty per cent of the worlds electronically
stored information is in English. Of the estimated forty million users of the Internet, some eighty per
cent ________________ (7) in English, but this is expected to decrease to forty per cent as
__________________ (8) of other languages get online.

2.British English ( BrE )or American English? (AmE) Its up to you to decide!
sneakers

chips

cheque

sweets

flat

fall

soccer

theatre

pavement

movie

elevator

gas

3.Complete the blank spaces by writing the negative form of the given words. Add the suitable
negative prefix.
a. I am really chocked! James was talking to the girl next to him and he was so __ ( polite )!

b. They have just had an accident, what an ____ ( lucky ) thing to happen!
c. Can you write your name again? Your handwriting is _____ ( legible ).
d. Someone who is _______ ( organized ) lives among a big mess!
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e. My decision has been made and it is _________ ( reversible ), so, the discussion is over!
f.

The candidate is highly __________ ( likely ) to win the election because the statistics show
he is very ________ ( popular ) at the moment.

g. The American people are very ______ ( formal ) and they are neither __________ ( friendly )
nor _____ ( kind ).
h. Its ______( legal ) to drink if youre under eighteen; instead, you can have _______
( alcoholic ) drinks.

4.Complete the sentences below with the suitable preposition.

a. My sister has just applied __________ a new job. She is interested _______ working as a
translator.
b. Everybody agrees __________ the fact that English is a global language.
c. Businessmen only have to concentrate __________ their work.
d. This book deals __________ the importance of English.
e. Stop complaining _______ everything! If you dream ______ changing the world, you better
start thinking _______ real actions!!!!!
f. You should not insist _____ going out tonight because I am worried ______ my English test
and I have to concentrate _____ these grammar topics!!!!!
g. I rely _____ you , my dear!
5.Mixed tenses. Pay attention to the time expressions and do your best!
a. Nowadays English language _____ ( be ) a Lingua Franca because millions and millions of
people ______ ( use ) it to communicate. However it _____ ( not / be ) that accessible for
some time in some cases. A Finnish teacher ___________ ( explain ) the situation very well:
Most of the students at Helsinki University of Technology __________ (study) English at
school for ten years. They __________ (hear) English in films, at the cinema and in pop
music every day so they __________(understand) English very well. However, there are few
foreigners in Finland, so the students __________ (not / get) the chance to speak English
very often. One day, while I __________ (talk) to my colleagues I __________ (discover)
the power of the Internet and I __________ (try) to involve my students with their mates
throughout the world. I __________ (ask) them to do various kinds of tasks. E-mail writing
exchanges was one of them. My students were very excited. We __________ (do) very
interesting activities since we started and at the moment we __________ (plan) on a new
project.
b. In the past, the knowledge of English _____ ( not / be ) so required because
people_________ ( not / have ) the chance of travelling so much as they ______ ( do ) today.
Now, when you _____ ( listen ) to music or _________ ( watch ) TV or even ______
( apply ) for a job, you _______ ( know ) it ______ ( be ) unthinkable not knowing English!