Testing

Student Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Age . . . . . . . . . . Total No. Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading Comprehension Age . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.   Trains can often be seen standing in a railway ( engine, driver, box, station )

2.   If you write with a pen, you also need (crayons, money, help, ink).

3.   Children go to school in order to (sleep, run, cry, learn).

4.   A horse is an animal with four (tails, eyes, legs, ears).

5.   People usually go on their holidays to (enjoy, reimburse, spite, employ) themselves.

6.   Coal is usually (yellow, black, white, pink).

7.   Boys often like to climb up (bees, tents, trials, trees).

8.   The first meal of the day is called (dinner, breakfast, tea, supper).

9.   Books are made of (patent, paper, pamper, pepper).

10. Oranges and bananas are both (fronts, fruit, poisonous, animals).

11. Grass is ( blue, green, white, red )

12. Before we eat meat it should be (swallowed, stroked, cooked, crooked ).

13. Mr Smith is limping because, yesterday, while getting off the bus he slipped and twisted his

(armlet, neck, ankle, umbrella).

14. Shoes are usually made of (leather, lather, laces, soles).

15. A giant is a (short, tall, thin, hungry) man.

16. Men's socks are usually (matter, stolen, wasted, knitted).

17. Motor cars are driven along by petrol being exploded inside the (cabin, pump, engine, steering wheel).

18. When we go out to a friend's house for tea, we usually find that the table is already laid with (

visitors, sand, sausages, saucers ).

19. Most houses in this country today are lit by means of (candles, oil-lamps, electricity, tapers).

20. If the road is very bumpy, a ride on a bus can be very (uncomforting, uncomfortable, uncontrolled, unconverted).

21. Liquids are usually kept in (boxes, fires, drinks, bottles).

22. A steam engine usually runs on (rails, reels, stoves, signals ).

23. One of the best ways of keeping healthy is to take plenty of (examples, examinations, excitement, exercise).

24. When we send a letter to a friend, it is usual to fold it and put it into an (address, appliance, affluence, envelope).

25. The season of the year when young green buds appear on trees is called   (autumn, spring,

winter, October).

26. The cyclone blew so hard that three houses were (destroyed, annoyed, demonstrated, burst).

27. Unless one is very experienced, rock climbing can be (lucrative, temporary, dangerous, degenerative).

28. A place where movies are shown in public is called a (gallery, cinema, house, restaurant).

29. A bald man has little (feet, hair, nose, cap) on his head.

30. A male child is called a (boy, girl, dwarf, nuisance).

31. The head teacher granted (permission, presentation, permutation, refusal) for the boy to be absent from school for his brother's wedding.

32. A prisoner usually longs for his (sentence, toleration, serenade, freedom).

33. When people are ill they are often visited by the doctor who prescribes (prevention, disease, radio, medicine) for them.

34. In this country the commonest fuel used in open fire places is (wood, oil, kerosene, smoke).

35. The case for the prosecution so impressed the jury that they found the prisoner (dirty, guiltless, wicked, guilty).

36. A mushroom is an edible (fugitive, fungus, parlour, fantasy).

37. We use soap to wash clothes because it helps to remove the (grease, dye, geese, shrubs)

from them.

38. If there is one nearby, you should always cross the road at a (pedestal, railway, channel, pedestrian) crossing.

39. The visitor went to the manager's office and asked the secretary if he could have an

(interruption, extradition, interest, interview) with the manager.

40. If you want to make sure that the plants in your garden will grow well, it is a good idea to sprinkle them with (seeds, roots, fertilizer, worms).

41. When bombs drop on an undefended city, it is almost certain they will cause a great deal of

(demonstration, suspicion, destruction, conservation).

42. A city has a bigger (popularity, population, rainfall, postulation) than a village.

43. The most important female participant at a wedding is the (groomsman, bridegroom, mother, bride).

44. A man who translates the conversation of two people who cannot speak each other’s

language is called an (interpreter, interloper, annotator, exploit )

45. Ships sail from port to port, crossing the seas and oceans carrying (mercenaries, menstruation, meridians, merchandise) to all parts of the world.

46. In spring the farmer is often very busy ploughing the fields, in order to make them ready for

(stewing, cattle, sowing, grazing).

47. When two armies are engaged in battle, one of the two (adjectives, adversaries, explosions, swords) will usually end up the winner.

48. The wheels of a motor car (rotund, retreat, rotate, excavate).

49. When walking in the bush you must be careful not to throw down lighted matches or you may cause a serious (contemplation, conflict, conflagration, stipulation).

50. The explorers who first reached the South Pole found that the intense cold and fierce blizzards

(receded, impressed, impeded, imposed) their progress.