γ’ GYMNASIUM ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
Circle the letter of the correct answer among the four choices given. There is
only one correct answer.
PART I – GRAMMAR
1. “Why are you calling Maria?”
“In case she _______ to come to the movies with us.”
A. is wanting
C. wants
B. has wanted
D. will want
2. The train to Manchester _______ at 10 pm. We’d better not miss it.
A. departs
C. does depart
B. is departed
D. is departing
3. I _______ my summer holidays.
A. haven’t planned yet
C. yet have to plan
B. still haven’t planned
D. yet still to plan
4. They _______ the table for dinner two hours before the guests _______.
A. had lain …. arrived
C. lay .... had arrived
B. laid .... would arrive
D. had laid .... arrived
5. Why are you out of breath? ________?
A. Have you run
C. Do you run
B. Are you running
D. Have you been running
6. Before he left his office, he made sure that his computer _______.
A. will shut down
C. had been shut down
B. is being shutted down
D. has been shutted down
7. While he _______ in the garden, it started to rain.
A. is working
C. had worked
B. worked
D. was working
8. No matter where the exhibition _______, it will attract a lot of people.
A. is held
C. will be holding
B. is going to hold
D. has been held
9. This book _______ into seven languages.
A. be translated
C. will translate
B. is going to be translated
D. was translate
10. I haven’t seen my American cousins _______ three years _______ their last
visit to Greece.
A. for … since
C. for .... for
B. since .... for
D. since .... since
11. Jane left _______ apple on _______ table by _______ window.
A. an … a …. a
C. the .... a .... an
B. an .... the .... the
D. a .... a .... the
12. The shop assistant asked me _______ to Monastiraki before.
A. whether did I ever go
C. whether have I ever been
B. whether had I ever been
D. whether I had ever been
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13. Are you sure you’re _______ the top shelf?
A. enough tall to reach
C. tall enough to reach
B. tall to reach enough
D. too tall to reach
14. This is _______ suburb that I would like to buy an apartment one day.
A. so beautiful
C. most beautiful
B. more beautiful
D. such a beautiful
15. I was made _______ my pockets in front of the policeman.
A. to empty
C. empty
B. emptying
D. to have emptied
16. She stopped _______ when she was 35 years old.
A. to work
C. working
B. worked
D. be working
17. I wish the children _______ when my parents came to visit.
A. weren’t sleeping
C. didn’t sleep
B. haven’t been sleeping
D. hadn’t been sleeping
18. I would rather John _______ so much during every lesson.
A. not talked
C. doesn’t talk
B. didn’t talk
D. haven’t talked
19. Paul Quest is considered ______ one of the best actors in his country.
A. to be
C. being
B. to have been
D. be
20. You can’t go out in the snow unless you _______ your coat.
A. would wear
C. will wear
B. don’t wear
D. wear
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21. _______ Martha if she asked you to?
A. Would you help
C. Had you helped
B. Have you helped
D. Help you
22. The older I get, _______ musical performances.
A. more interested I am in
C. I find more interested in
B. more I am interested in
D. the more interested I am in
23. Richard _______ not come with us to Barcelona this summer. He will let us
know tomorrow.
A. might
C. has to
B. should
D. could
24. You ought to study a little harder, _______?
A. hadn’t you
C. oughtn’t you
B. should you
D. ought you
25. The students asked the teacher _______ first.
A. which exercise they should do
C. at which exercise to do
B. which exercise should do
D. which exercise should they do
26. My two cousins, _______ are at the university, visit me regularly.
A. both of who
C. that both
B. who they both
D. both of whom
PART II – VOCABULARY
27. Alexander Graham Bell _______ the telephone in the late 19th century.
A. discovered
C. thought
B. invented
D. observed
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28. There was a(n) _______ last night which killed ten people.
A. explosive
C. explosion
B. pressure
D. threat
29. As soon as the contest winner appeared on the stage, the _______ started to
clap.
A. contests
C. combatants
B. audience
D. performance
30. You don’t look too well today. Maybe I should take your _______ with this
thermometer.
A. temperature
C. medication
B. fever
D. vitamin
31. This machine no longer works. It is not _______ any more.
A. useless
C. unused
B. usable
D. using
32. Many places in Africa have long periods of _______ as there is no rain for
months.
A. flood
C. earthquakes
B. hurricanes
D. drought
33. Mark and Tom are _______. They are both teachers.
A. enemies
C. colleagues
B. students
D. classmates
34. The bridge was designed by the famous Spanish _______ Santiago Calatrava.
A. mechanic
C. plumber
B. engineer
D. scientist
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35. Penny sprained her _______ while playing in the school volleyball tournament
and now she can’t write.
A. fist
C. ankle
B. knee
D. wrist
36. The story was set in a small peaceful _______ area in Scotland.
A. urban
C. crowded
B. city
D. rural
37. The villagers _______ us not to walk alone at night as wolves often came into
the village to find food.
A. exclaimed
C. warned
B. said
D. suggested
38. The fire department was called to _______ the fire at the department store.
A. experience
C. extract
B. extinguish
D. exhale
39. Lions by nature are _______ animals.
A. gentle
C. obedient
B. tamed
D. ferocious
40. Jason is very _______. He always gives a lot of money to the poor.
A. generous
C. stingy
B. worthless
D. valuable
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PART III – WRITING
Write between 150 – 180 words on the following topic:
1. “Video games are a waste of time.”
Write an article expressing your opinion about this subject.
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