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Unit 6 Practice Quiz ( /20 )

A Circle the correct pair of answers. You have 5 minutes.

1 Jasmine has _____ cute pet. It’s _____ little mouse!

a the, a b an, a
c a, a d one, an

2 There is _____ big zoo in our town. _____ zoo is near the hospital.
a an, The b an, An
c the, A d a, The

3 _____ cheetah is _____ member of the cat family.

a The, a b A, the
c A, an d A, a

4 I rode _____ elephant in Thailand. _____ elephant’s name was Ollie!

a the, The b an, The
c an, A d the, A

5 What animal has _____ curly tail? _____ movie Babe is about one of these animals!
a some, An b a, The
c one, A d a, A

6 Tell me _____ story about animals. _____ one about the lion and the mouse, please!
a a, The b a, An
c the, The d an, A

7 Sue is _____ early riser. She gets up before _____ birds do!
a a, a b an, the
c the, some d the, the

8 What is black and white and _____ fast runner? It looks a bit like _____ horse!
a the, the b an, the
c one d a, a

9 The monkey took a bite of _____ apple. Then it threw the rest of _____ apple at me!
a a, the b the, an
c an, the d the, a

10 My worst animal is _____ snake. I won’t ever have one as _____ pet!
a the, a b a, the
c an, an d the, the

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B Identify the underlined part that is not correct. Write the letter.
You have 5 minutes.

1 I am as hungry as the(a) lion! I feel like I could eat a(b) horse! __________
I am so glad my mother is making us a(c) delicious lunch.

2 Look at the chimpanzees! The(a) one in the corner is really young. __________
(b) (c)
It is just the baby still. I think that one over there is the mother.

3 The(a) blue whale is the largest animal on earth. It has a(b) long __________
narrow body and is the(c) blue-gray in color.

4 The(a) dolphin is one of the(b) most intelligent animals on earth. __________

(c) (d)
I once saw the dolphin jumping through a hoop at the zoo!

5 I found a(a) beautiful feather. The(b) feather is black and white. __________
My dad thinks it is from a(c) eagle! Maybe even a(d) fish eagle!

C Complete the passage using the correct articles. You have 5 minutes.

Insects have six legs and three main parts to their body. (1) _________ butterfly is a good

example of an insect. The butterfly starts life as a worm. (2) _________ worm hatches from

(3) _________ egg. After eating a lot of leaves, the worm gets big, fat and sleepy! It makes

(4) ________ nest or shell known as a cocoon. After a little while, it wakes up and climbs out

of (5) ________ cocoon. But it is not a worm anymore. It is a butterfly!

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Boost! Grammar 1

Unit 6 Practice Quiz 20 points

Answers:
A
1 c 6 a

2 d 7 b

3 a 8 d

4 b 9 c

5 b 10 a

B
1 a

2 b

3 c

4 c

5 c

C
1 The

2 the

3 an

4 a

5 the

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