TEST YOURSELF

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others
1. A. hair B. square C. idea D. share
2. A. feature B. near C. really D. appear
3. A. fear B. clear C. hear D. pear
4. A. parade B. patient C. plane D. traffic
5. A. station B. sign C. sail D. pavement
6. A. looked B. watched C. carried D. stopped
7. A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar
8. A. unite B. underline C. university D. uniform

II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
1.A. beauty B. success C. fireworks D. harvest
2.A. award B. station C. actor D. traffic
3. A. appear B. prepare C. allow D. costume
4. A. zebra B. story C. polite D. helmet
5. A. relaxed B. boring C. moving D. awful
6. a. cartoon b. actress c. among d. obey
7. a. dancer b. fasten d. joyful d. award
8. a. performance b. animation c. documentary d. entertaining
9. a. embarrassing b. traditional c. celebration d. activity
10. a. uniform b. romantic c. interested d. favourite

III. Choose the correct option A, B, or C to complete each sentence.

1. Some people are used to__________ in crowed buses, and don't mind it at all.
A. riding B . ride C . driving D . drives
2. It’s no use _____________him to stop playing video games.
A . saying B . advising C . to tell D . to ask
3. My parents like fish, but ______________.
A .so do I B . neither do I C . I do too D . I don't
4. My sister will have a___________summer vacation with her classmates in California.
A . five - weeks B . five – week's C . five - week D . five - weeks'

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5. Marry and I are looking forward ___________you again.
A . of seeing B . for seeing C . to seeing D . to see
6. Where can we cross the road ? – Use the ______________.
A . crossing pavement B . zebra crossing C . passenger way D . foot bath

7. That man can tell us where _____________.

A. does John live B. is John living C. John lives D. John live
8. ____________ clothes do you prefer, T- shirt or pullover?
A. Which B. What C. Where D. How
9. Ann is very busy these days. She has __________ free time.
A. a little B. few C. a few D. little
10. It’s raining very __________, so we can’t hang out.
A.wet B. badly C. hard D. heavy
11. The news was so.................. that I couldn’t believe .
A. shocking B. interesting C. confusing D. boring
11.Although the acting is wonderful, the ending is very ________
A. exciting B. fantastic C. interesting D. boring
12.They spent a huge amount of money on the film; .................. it was not a big success
A. although B. however C. but D. because
13. ..................Johnny Depp is a famous actor, he has failed in his recent films.
A. Although B. Despite C. However D. Because
14.Who is going to .................. the Oscar for Best Actor this year?
A. get B. take C. win D. pass
15._................ is it from your house to the nearest station? – It’s about 2 kilometres.
A. How many B. How far C. How long D. How often

V. Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

1. Come out for a drink. ~ No, I will miss (miss) the film on TV if I do.
2. Every year thousands of people visit (visit) Bunol in Spain to take part in La Tomatina.
3. When I was in England I went (go) to Glastonbury Festival almost every year.
4. Look! The dancers are performing (perform) traditional Spanish dances.
5. These pine trees will be (be) on sale soon and would make an ideal Christmas gift.
6. You didn’t use to like horror films! When did you start (you/ start) watching them?
7. Are you going (you/ go) to the Rock In Rio festival tomorrow?
8. ‘Let’s see (see) a romantic comedy tonight.’ ‘OK. Why not?’
9. In the morning of the festival, many people tried climbing (climb) up the pole to get the ham.
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10. After one hour, people stopped throwing (throw) tomatoes and tried tomato Paella.
1 1. You should practice ( speak) speak English everyday.

12. It (get) will get hotter and hotter in June.

13. His wife wants him (give) to give up somoking.
14. It ( not rain) doesn’t rain much in the winter.
15. You always (watch) watch television. You should do something more active.
16. Yesterday, I ( spend) spent two hours doing the homeword.
17. The moon ( move)moves around th earth.
18. How about ( go) going to the zoo?
19. Next summer, my parents will let me (participate)participate IELTS contest.
20. Linh (visit) will visit her grandparents tomorrow. They are in the hospital, but she
doesn’t know about that.

VIII. Rewrite the sentences, using the words given. (2.0pt)

1. The distance from Vinh City to Ha Tinh City is about 50 km. (IT)
It is about 50 km from Vinh City to Ha Tinh City.
2. She is so young, but she always gives an excellent performance. (ALTHOUGH)
Although she is so young, she always gives an excellent performance.
3. What’s the distance between Ho Chi Minh City and Phu Quoc Island? (FAR)
How far is it from Ho Chi Minh City to Phu Quoc Island?
4. I spend 30 minutes travelling to school by bicycle every morning. (TAKES)
It takes me 30 minutes to travel to school by bicycle every morning.
5. She usually walks to school because it is near her house. (ON FOOT)
She usually goes to school on foot because it is near her house.
6. Mr. Ricardo is a dangerous driver.
Mr. Ricardo is a dangerous driver.
7. What is the distance between your house and the nearest supermarket?
How far is it from your house to the nearest supermarket?
8. It is prohibited to cross the road until the light goes green.
You must not cross the road until the light goes green.
9. Buy the tickets soon, or we can’t watch this film.
If we don’t buy the tickets soon, we can’t watch this film.
10. Susan went to work yesterday in spite of her sickness.
Although Susan was sick, she went to work yesterday.
11. My favourite type of film is romantic comedy.

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12. The film wasn’t as good as I thought it would be.
The film was not as good as I had expected.
13. I get to school in half an hour.
It takes me half an hour to get to school.
14. Can you tell me the way to Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street, please?
Would you mind showing me the way to Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street, please?
15. She found the last scene of the film extremely frightening.
She was extremely frightened by the last scene of the film.
16. Your phone is just like the one I used to own.

-> I used to own a phone similar to yours. (similar)

17. Does overpopulation cause a lot of social problems in this area? ( causes)

-> Overpopulation causes a lot of social problems in this area, doesn’t it?

18. It is a long time since they last saw us.

-> They haven’t seen us for a long time.

19. If he doesn’t help them some money, they will meet some troubles.

-> Unless he helps them with some money, they will face troubles.

20 They enjoy watching TV after dinner.

-> They are fond of watching TV after dinner.

21. The failure of the team caused us great disappointment.

-> We were greatly disappointed by the team's failure.

22. It rained hard this morning but we went to school early.

 Although it rained hard this morning, we went to school early.

23. This lecture bores me.

 I am bored with this lecture.

V. Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting

1. She spends her free time to visit galleries and museums. => visiting
A B C D
2. I found it wonderfully to travel abroad. => wonderful
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3. Nobody liked English here , didn’t they? => did
A B C D
4.The public library in my city has thousand of good books. => thousands of
A B C D
5. People are living longer, so there are more and many old people. => more
A B C D
6. There is a ten-floors building in front of my house. => ten-floor
A B C D
7. In spite of her young old , she performs excellently => her young age
A B C D
8. This film made her boring yesterday. => bored
A B C D
9. I was shock when I got the news that I didn’t know what to say. => shocked
A B C D
10. Despite of the roadblock, the police allowed us to enter the restricted area to
A B C
search for our friends
D
.11. My family often go to the seaside on Sundays so I get used to enjoy pure air there.
A B C D

12. She was very surprising that she won the first prize => surprised
A B C D
13. There are less TV programs for teenagers than there are for adults. => fewer
A B C D
14. His computer is more expensive than me. => mine
A B C D
15. Do you think that your students pass the final exam ? => will pass
A B C D
16. My son is going to study in an university in China next year => a university
A B C D

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17. The film was a bit bored but in the end, the main characters had a happy ending. => a
bit boring
A B C D
18. Although my sister was tired, but she helped me with my homework. => 0
A B C D
19. My cousin spent much free time to collect coins. => collecting
A B C D

20.The children felt very terrifying when they watched that horror film. => terrified
A B C D
21.Lots of people enjoy Titanic despite it has an unhappy ending. => although
A B C D
22.We found the film bored, so we left halfway through it. => boring
A B C D
23.Although his young age, Mark performed excellently in his latest film.
A B C D
24.Almost people were shock by the way the film star behaved => shocked
A B C D

25. Preserving natural resources mean reserving them for our future. => means
A B C D
26. In order for one to achieve the desired results in this experiment, it is necessary that
he works as fastly as possible. => fast
A B C D

27. There is fewer work in the evening than there is in the morning => less
A B C D
28. Mr Ba soon got used to travel to work by bicycle => travelling
A B C D

WORD FORM

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 IV Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. Mike’s hobby is listening to music. He gets a lot of _____enjoyment_____ from listening to
music. (enjoy)
2. John is a stamp ____collector______ He has a lot of rare and valuable stamps. (collect)
3. One third of children in the U.S. is ____overweight______ or obese. (weigh)
4. Outdoor ___activities_______ such as cycling, hiking, mountain climbing can help improve your
health. (act)
5. Junk food is ____unhealthy______ , so we shouldn’t eat too much junk food. (health)
6. The children enjoyed the water puppet _____performance_____ . (perform)
7. The students were ____carefully______ prepared for the national exams. (care)
8. Dong Ho ____paintings______ are made in Dong Ho village. (paint)
9. Quoc Hoc - Hue is one of the ___oldest_______ schools in Viet Nam. (old)
10. We need to ___educate_______ young people about the importance of a healthy diet.
(education)
11. Le Hong Phong High Shool is one of the most _____famous_____ schools in Ho Chi Minh
City. (fame)
10. Lan’s brother is a ............... pianist................. and he plays it very well. PIANO

11. Nobody likes her. She is a _____boring_____ woman. (BORE).

12. We couldn’t see the airplane because it ____disappeared______ behind the cloud.
(APPEAR)

13. Lance Armstrong is one of the most famous ____cyclist______ . (CYCLE).

14. When being a child, she received a good ____education______ . (EDUCATE)

15. __________ , the typhoon caused serious damage to the village. (LUCKY)

16.He tried to learn Chinese but he was _____unsuccessful______. (SUCCESS)

17.He will never forget his happy ____childhood_______. (CHILD)

18.How is your grandfather? – He is much _____better______ today. (WELL)

19.I watch TV every day because it is very ____informative_______. (INFORM)

20.We must keep our environment ___unpolluted________. (POLLUTE)

21.They cancelled all the _____flights______ because of the fog. (FLY)

22.I’m going to the shop for a rice ____cooker_______. What brand do you recommend? (COOK)

23.Every ___household________ in my neighborhood has at least one TV set. (HOUSE)

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24.I can do all of these exercises _____easily______. (EASY)

25.His __pronunciation_________ of some words is not correct. (PRONOUNCE)

26.I’m really happy as all of my neighbors are very ………friendly…………… FRIEND

27. We must remember to eat ………………... SENSE

28. This lovely apartment has two bedrooms and it is ........ furnished……………
FURNISH

29. He didn’t win the championship, so he felt very .......... hopeful................ . HOPE

30. I'd like a nice ............. juicy.............orange. JUICE

31. We are very proud of our ………friendship……….. FRIEND

32. Her aunt wants to know Lan’s …………height……………… HIGH

33. You mustn’t drive .......... carelessly...............on busy streets. CARE

34. What an......... amazing...........................actor! He makes the movie wonderful. AMAZE

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