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PRACTICE TEST UNIT 1: HOBBIES

A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. A. burn B. hurt C. birth D. singer
2. A. love B. colour C. opinion D. above
3. A. mother B. badminton C. learn D. picture
4. A. hobby B. about C. collect D. player
5. A. surfing B. future C. person D. girl
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. A. away B. around C. classmate D. arrange
2. A. umbrella B. focus C. under D. unusual
3. A. clever B. term C. germ D. birth
4. A. pronounce B. doctor C. collection D. collect
5. A. surprise B. Thursday C. hurt D. focus
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR.
Exercise 1: Put the verbs into the correct form of the Present Simple
1. Frank ________ (come) from England .
2. What ________________ you, like) doing in your free time?
3. Nicky________________ (always, think) mountain climbing is dangerous.
4. ______________________ (Stacy, practise) playing the guitar three times a week?
5. Jonathan________________ (not, like) going out in the evening.
6. Some of her friends ________________ (dislike) doing Maths homework.
7. She ________________ ( spend) hours drawing pictures everyday.
8. She________________ (often, keep) the bottles after drinking the water.
9. My sister ________________ (not, love) gardening at the weekend.
10. John________________ (play) football with his friends every weekend.
Exercise 2: Complete the sentences, using the – ing form of the verbs in the box.
1. I don’t fancy ________(go) out tonight
2. He enjoys ________(have) a bath in the evening
3. He dislikes ________(wait).
4. She doesn’t like ________(play) computer games.
5. My mother likes ________(read) fashion magazines.
6. He doesn't like__________(talk) on the phone.
7. The children like _________ (go) to restaurants.
8. They don’t like __________ (cook).
9. She likes _________(watch) horror films.
10. I like__________(get) up early in summer.
Exercise 5. I. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. We sometimes play _________ at school.
A. stamps B. photos C. glasses D. chess
2. When did you start_________ postcards?
A. playing B. cooking C. collecting D. listening
3. My brother wants to _________ roses and orchids in the garden.
A. watch B. make C. take D. plant
4. What kind of music do you like to _________ ?
A. listening B. watching C. playing D. hearing
5. Paul thinks making _________ is an interesting hobby.
A. gymnastics B. pottery C. skating D. bottles
6. Mr. Kelvin likes to do a bit of _________ in his spare time.
A. gardening B. fishing C. camping D. skiing
7. He doesn’t like _________ the wall in contrasting colours.
A. making B. taking C. painting D. watch
8. She is going to play the _________ to a big audience.
A. dolls B. bottles C. piano D. garden
9. Jimmy loves taking _________ and posting them on websites.
A. paintings B. photos C. videos D. music
10. To_________ fish is the most interesting part of fishing.
A. go B. catch C. do D. collect
II. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. Watching birds ________ one of my hobbies.
A. is B. are C. will be D. be
2. Carving wood is difficult, but Charlie ________ it a lot.
A. love doing B. loves doing C. loves do D. love to do
3. Hannah and Sara ________badminton twice a week.
A. are playing B. will play C. plays D. play
4. Mr. James likes ________ models in his free time.
A. don’t make B. makes C. making D. to make
5. Every year they________ to Singapore for two weeks.
A. travels B. are travel C. travel D. will travel
6. My younger sister ________ with dolls very much.
A. is liking to play B. likes play C. likes to playing D. likes playing
7. Frank likes vehicles, so he finds collecting toy cars ________ .
A. interest B. interesting C. interested D. interestingly
8. If I __________ the exams, I will go to England.
A. passes B. will pass C. is passing D. pass
9. When the weather is good, he ________ camping in the mountain.
A. usually goes B. goes usually C. usually go D.will go usually
10. My father enjoys __________ chess with his friend at weekend.
A. to play B. played C. playing D. is playing
III. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete the sentence.
1. My father can make beautiful pieces of art ________ empty eggshells.
A. of B. from C. in D. into
2. Why don’t you take ________ a new hobby?
A. up B. in C. over D. after
3. Collecting cars is a(n) ________ hobby. It costs a lot of money.
A. interesting B. cheap C. expensive D. unusual
4. More people are ________ birds today than ever before.
A. seeing B. looking C. hearing D. watching
5. Do you enjoy ________ board games?
A. play B. to play C. playing D. played
6. Be careful not to drop it; it’s very ________.
A. unique B. fragile C. difficult D. unusual
7. Sam and I ________ the same hobby. We both like playing computer games.
A. share B. play C. do D. work
8. I hope he’ll teach me ________ to do eggshell carving.
A. what B. where C. how D. when
9. ________ have you had your hobby? ~ For three years.
A. How much B. How long C. How often D. When
10. A. ‘I think model making is an expensive hobby.’ B. ‘________ it’s incredibly cheap.’
A. You’re right B. Certainly C. No matter D. Not at all
C. READING
I. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage.
My name is Lan Anh . Now I’ll tell you about my favourite hobby. I have (1)______
hobbies, but my favourite is making greeting cards. I (2)_________ this hobby two years ago.
Now I can make different kinds of cards for my family, teachers, and friends. It’s an
(3)_________ hobby. I just need some coloured paper, coloured pencils, and some glue.
Making cards makes me more patient and (4)_________ . I enjoy it so much. I’m sending you
(5 ) _________ next week on your birthday. I hope you’ll like it.
1. A. any B. an C. some D. little
2. A. wanted B. started C. have D. begin
3. A. expensive B. hard C. easy D. difficult
4. A. tired B. bored C. inactive D. creative
5. A. a card B. a book C. a bag D. a school bag
II. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each statement or question.
Almost everybody has some kind of hobby. My hobbies are listening to music and
watching television.
 I am very fond of music. When I am free, I often listen to my favorite songs from an old
cassette recorder. At weekends, I usually go to music shops in the downtown areas to buy good
CDs. Of the famous pop singers, I prefer Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Madona and Paul MC
Cartney.
I also spend an hour after dinner watching news and documentary programmes. I
particularly enjoy the program "The World Here and There" because it broadens my
knowledge of nature and human civilizations.
I think that my hobbies are very useful. They widen my knowledge relax my mind, and make
me feel better about myself.
1. The writer’s hobby is __________.
A. listening to music and playing games
B. playing games and watching television
C. watching TV and listening to music
D. reading books and playing games
2. The writer often listens to his favourite song from __________.
A. a cassette recorder B. a CD player C. a moblie phone D. a computer
3. What does he usually do at weekends?
A. He usually listens to music with his friends
B. He usually stays at home and listens to music
C. He usually listens to music at music shops
D. He usually goes downtown to buy CDs.
4. When does the writer usually watch TV?
A. before dinner B. before lunch C. after dinner D. after lunch
5. Why does he enjoy the programme “The World Here and There”?
A. Because he can see his most famous singers.
B. Because it widens his knowledge.
C. Because it contains some music programmes.
D. Because he prefers to listen to Paul McCartney
D. WRITING
I. Write complete sentences, using the given words and phrases. You may have to
change the words or add some.
1. sun / set / in / west / every evening.
 _____________________________________________________ .
2. My brother/like/ make/ model cars.
 _____________________________________________________ .
3. Trang and Minh / play / basketball / every day / after school?
 _____________________________________________________ .
4. They/enjoy/ collect/ stamps.
 _____________________________________________________ .
5. flight / from / Ho Chi Minh City / not arrive / at 10:30.
 _____________________________________________________ .
II. Make up sentences using the words and phrases given.
Example: I / like / collect / glass bottles /.
 I like collecting glass bottles.
1. My sister / not / like / collect / stamps /.
 _____________________________________________________ .
2. They/ enjoy/ collect/ old coins.
 _____________________________________________________ .
3. The Earth / go / round/ The sun
 _____________________________________________________ .
4. Minh / think / skating / more / interesting / playing / board games /.
 ________________________________________________________ .
5. My friend / and / I / share / same / hobby /. We / often / go / fish / weekends /.
 _________________________________________________________________ .
III. Write complete sentences using the cues given.
1. It/ be/ exciting/ when/ you/ catch/ fish/ for/ dinner
 ___________________________________________________ .
2. She/ hate/ do/ the washing up/ after dinner.
 ___________________________________________________ .
3. Danny/ be/ creative/ and/ he/ paint/ very well
 ___________________________________________________ .
4. I/ not/ think/ carving wood/ be/ boring hobby
 ___________________________________________________ .
5. My brother /like/ make/ model cars / at/ weekends.
 ___________________________________________________ .
IV. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one.
1. I think that collecting stamps is interesting.
 I find______________________________________________ .
2. Jack has played basketball for six months.
 Jack started playing ___________________________________ .
3. They are interested in drinking tea after meal.
 They are ___________________________________________ .
4. How about going to see a volleyball game together?
 Why don't we________________________________________ ?
5. It's not good to stay up so late to listen to music.
 You shouldn't _____________________________________________ .