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Yan Chai Hospital Lim Por Yen Secondary School
S.2 G.E. Quiz (Total Mark: 50)
Name: __________________
Class: ___________ ( )
A. Adjectives
I. Complete the sentences below using the adjectives in brackets in the correct order. Add either ‘and’ or a comma between the adjectives. (6 marks)
1 Josie was wearing a ________________________ blouse. (blue / pretty / spotted)
2 I will wear my ________________________ skirt. (checked / green / lovely)
3 Peter is ________________________. (clever / skilful / strong)
4 It was an ________________________ film. (action-packed / American / exciting)
5 My mum’s got ________________________ hair. (brown / long / straight)
6 This film is ________________________. (funny / romantic)
II. Tom and Anna are buying furniture. Complete their dialogue using the adjectives in brackets in the correct order. Remember to add ‘and’ where necessary. (8 marks)
Tom: I like this (1) ____________________________ (big / metal / plastic / round) table. Let’s buy it for our new flat.
Anna: I prefer the (2) ____________________________ (long / rectangular / wooden) table. We can invite more people to dinner if we buy that one.
Tom: You’re right. What about a sofa? I like the (3) ____________________________ (green / leather / long / white) sofa over there.
Anna: Yes, it’s nice. We could buy some (4) ____________________________ (cotton / round / soft / yellow) cushions to put on the sofa too.
Tom: Shall we buy a coffee table?
Anna: Yes, the (5) ____________________________ (Japanese / small / triangular) coffee table over there looks nice.
Tom: Why don’t we take the (6) ____________________________ (big / Chinese / square) coffee table instead? I don’t think a triangular one will look nice in our sitting room.
Anna: OK. What about these (7) ____________________________ (blue / orange / stylish) chairs? I really like them.
Tom: I prefer these (8) ____________________________ (modern / plastic / purple / red) chairs. Purple is my favourite colour.
B. Connectives of time
I. Match the clauses in column A with the clauses in column B. Then join them with ‘when’ or ‘while’. (8 marks)
A B
1 I was two, a Tom arrived.
2 John started Form 1, b she was not there.
3 Susan worked in Paris, c her car was stolen.
4 Connie was on the MTR, d she studied painting during her free time.
5 It started to rain e I started going to nursery school.
6 Shirley bought a lot of new toys f he walked to school by himself.
7 Alan phoned Susan at home, g she was in Japan.
8 Jenny was in the shopping centre, h the train suddenly stopped.
1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____ 6. ____ 7. ____ 8. ____
II. Johnny is writing about his weekend. There are six connectives missing. Complete the article with ‘when’ or ‘while’ in the correct positions. (6 marks)
Last weekend, I went to the cinema to see a film. I arrived at the cinema, there was a long queue of people waiting to buy tickets. I was in the queue, a big, black car stopped in front of the cinema and someone got out. I didn’t see who it was. I finally got inside, I decided to buy some popcorn. I was at the snack shop, a lot of photographers ran past me. I got to my seat, I asked the boy next to me what all the fuss was about. He told me that I was at the snack shop, Jackie Chan came into the cinema!
C. Connectives and, but (6 marks)
I. Join the sentences below using ‘and’ and ‘but’.
1 The film is scary. The film is violent. The film is too long.
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2 Anne is intelligent. Anne is lazy. She should work harder.
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3 The film contains dangerous stunts. The film stars a famous actor. It is boring.
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4 The story in Stuart Little is simple. The story is entertaining. The story is funny.
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5 Romeo Must Die is a great film. It has an interesting story.
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6 The film is long. The film is entertaining. The ending is good.
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II. Alan and his mum are in a VCD shop. There are six connectives missing. Complete the dialogue with ‘and’ and ‘but’ in the correct positions. (6 marks)
Alan: Mum, can I watch this film?
Mum: That’s a horror film. It’s too violent scary. Why don’t you choose a cartoon? Cartoons are entertaining funny.
Alan: What about an action film? All the cartoons here are entertaining too short!
Mum: OK.
Alan: Here’s a Jackie Chan film. He’s a very good actor he’s very strong too.
Mum: OK. I like him too. Which film shall we choose for your sister?
Alan: She doesn’t like action films.
Mum: What about Toy Story 2? It’s a children’s film I think I’ll enjoy it too.
Alan: Good idea. Everyone says that it’s funny the characters are cute too.
D. Vocabulary (10 marks)
Complete the article below with words and phrases from this unit.
Jimmy Wong
A (1) _________________ of a new star
Meet Jimmy Wong, Hong Kong’s newest film star. He was born in Japan but he
(2) _________________ to China when he was ten. At the age of twelve, he joined a
(3) _____________ _____________ school. He worked very hard and his teachers thought he was very (4) _________________. While he was still at school, he (5) _________________ a small part in a children’s film.
Now Jimmy is grown up and has made several action films. Jimmy always does dangerous
(6) _________________ in his films. Some people think he is as good as Jackie Chan. Jimmy’s latest film is his most (7) _________________ one yet. Jimmy plays the (8) _________________ of the film. He saves his village from a huge, scary (9) _________________. Jimmy hopes that this film will make him famous (10) _______ _______ _______ _______.
