Question

I Choose the word that has the underlined letter(s) pronounced differently from the others:(0.75m)

1) A. faded B. planted C. watched D. handed

2) A. buses B. bookcases C. places D. telephones

3) A. located B. prayed C. depended D. divided

II Pick out the word whose stress pattern is not the same as that in the rest: (0.75m)

4) A. material B. tunic C. language D. primary

5) A. enjoyable B. fashionable C. traditional D. unique

6) A. baggy B. equal C. novel D. design

III Choose the correct answer then fill in the blank: (1.5m)

1) Is Lan used to ________________ up early every morning.

A. get B. gets C. getting D. got

2) Casual clothes make students feel _____________ when they are in their favorite clothes.

A. rich B. poor C. practical D. self-confident

3) This material was very strong and it didn’t wear ___________ easily.

A. in B. of C. out D. on

4) They _______________ this house last year.

A. paint B. paints C. painting D. painted

5) She likes to wear __________________ jeans.

A. lively B. colorful C. equal D. faded

6.	Yoga helps us learn ___________ to co-ordinate breathing and movement.
	A.	what	B.	when	C.	Why	D.	how
7.	Teenagers enjoy _______ to music and _________ out with friends.
	A.	listen – hang	B.	to listen – to hang	C.	listening – hang	D.	listening – hanging
8.	__________ should children do yoga too?
	A.	Why	B.	When	C.	What	D.	How
9.	Don’t worry. It is ____________ to travel to that village event at night.
	A.	safe	B.	unsafe	C.	difficult	D.	inconvenient
10.	Life in a small town is __________ than that in a big city.
	A.	peaceful	B.	much peaceful	C.	less peaceful	D.	much more peaceful
11.	The boys often help their parents to _________ water from the village well.
	A.	gather	B.	collect	C.	give	D.	find
12.	In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the ___________ house.
	A.	communication	B.	community	C.	communal	D.	commune
13.	The Viet people have many ___________ customs and crafts.
	A.	tradition	B.	traditional	C.	culture	D.	customary
14.	____________ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?
	A.	When	B.	Which	C.	How many	D.	How often
15.	The __________ on display in Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture are vert interesting.
	A.	items	B.	goods	C.	products	D.	shows

IV.Complete the sentences, using the comparative form of the adverbs from the correspondent adjectives in the brackets.

1. It usually rains _____________ in Central Viet Nam than in other regions. (heavy)

2. I will have to try a bit ________________ than this. (hard)

3. The hall was lighted ________________ than the corridors. (bright)

4. Times goes by _______________ when we are busy. (quick)

5. Our family has lived ______________ in the country than in the town since last year.(happy)

6. The boys were playing the game ______________ than the girls. (noisy)

7. This task can be completed _____________ than that one. (easy)

VI. A Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage.

My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is a very (1)_________ place where people (2)_________ flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous of its pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite fresh, however, the smell of the roses make people (3)___________ cool. In spring, my village looks (4)____________ a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers much time (5)___________ the roses.

1.	A.	beauty	B.	beautiful	C.	beautify	D.	beautifully
2.	A.	plant	B.	plants	C.	grow up	D.	grows up
3.	A.	feel	B.	feeling	C.	felt	D.	to feel
4.	A.	as	B.	like	C.	alike	D.	same
5.	A.	water	B.	watering	C.	to water	D.	watered

6. tractor can plough ________________ than a buffalo or a horse. (good)

VII.Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting: (1m)

1) Her sister knows how for prepare Chinese foods.

A B C D

2) We won’t know the value of health until we will lose it

A B C D

3) Not put your clothes on the bed.

A B C D

4) Unlike my father , I don’t like many sugar in my coffee.

A B C D

II. Rewrite the following sentences so that the second sentence means nearly exactly the same as the first one: (2.5)

1) He doesn’t help his mother with housework.

→ I wish..................

2) He can’t pass the examination.

3) They often went to Paris on weekends.

→ They used.........................

4) Someone turned off the lights when I went out.

→ The lights.....

5) We have learnt English for 4 years.

→ We started..................

6. The girl unjuried badly. She was taken to the hospital this morning

→The girl who...........

Answer 1

I Choose the word that has the underlined letter(s) pronounced differently from the others:(0.75m)

1) A. faded B. planted C. watched D. handed

2) A. buses B. bookcases C. places D. telephones

3) A. located B. prayed C. depended D. divided

II Pick out the word whose stress pattern is not the same as that in the rest: (0.75m)

4) A. material B. tunic C. language D. primary

5) A. enjoyable B. fashionable C. traditional D. unique

6) A. baggy B. equal C. novel D. design

III Choose the correct answer then fill in the blank: (1.5m)

1) Is Lan used to ________________ up early every morning.

A. get B. gets C. getting D. got

2) Casual clothes make students feel _____________ when they are in their favorite clothes.

A. rich B. poor C. practical D. self-confident

3) This material was very strong and it didn’t wear ___________ easily.

A. in B. of C. out D. on

4) They _______________ this house last year.

A. paint B. paints C. painting D. painted

5) She likes to wear __________________ jeans.

A. lively B. colorful C. equal D. faded

6.	Yoga helps us learn ___________ to co-ordinate breathing and movement.
	A.	what	B.	when	C.	Why	D.	how
7.	Teenagers enjoy _______ to music and _________ out with friends.
	A.	listen – hang	B.	to listen – to hang	C.	listening – hang	D.	listening – hanging
8.	__________ should children do yoga too?
	A.	Why	B.	When	C.	What	D.	How
9.	Don’t worry. It is ____________ to travel to that village event at night.
	A.	safe	B.	unsafe	C.	difficult	D.	inconvenient
10.	Life in a small town is __________ than that in a big city.
	A.	peaceful	B.	much peaceful	C.	less peaceful	D.	much more peaceful
11.	The boys often help their parents to _________ water from the village well.
	A.	gather	B.	collect	C.	give	D.	find
12.	In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the ___________ house.
	A.	communication	B.	community	C.	communal	D.	commune
13.	The Viet people have many ___________ customs and crafts.
	A.	tradition	B.	traditional	C.	culture	D.	customary
14.	____________ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?
	A.	When	B.	Which	C.	How many	D.	How often
15.	The __________ on display in Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture are vert interesting.
	A.	items	B.	goods	C.	products	D.	shows

Answer 2

IV.Complete the sentences, using the comparative form of the adverbs from the correspondent adjectives in the brackets.

1. It usually rains ______more heavily_______ in Central Viet Nam than in other regions. (heavy)

2. I will have to try a bit ________harder________ than this. (hard)

3. The hall was lighted _______more brightly_________ than the corridors. (bright)

4. Times goes by _____more quickly__________ when we are busy. (quick)

5. Our family has lived _____more happily_________ in the country than in the town since last year.(happy)

6. The boys were playing the game ______more noisily________ than the girls. (noisy)

7. This task can be completed ______more easily_______ than that one. (easy)

VI. A Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage.

My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is a very (1)_________ place where people (2)_________ flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous of its pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite fresh, however, the smell of the roses make people (3)___________ cool. In spring, my village looks (4)____________ a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers much time (5)___________ the roses.

1.	A.	beauty	B.	beautiful	C.	beautify	D.	beautifully
2.	A.	plant	B.	plants	C.	grow up	D.	grows up
3.	A.	feel	B.	feeling	C.	felt	D.	to feel
4.	A.	as	B.	like	C.	alike	D.	same
5.	A.	water	B.	watering	C.	to water	D.	watered

VII.Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting: (1m)

1) Her sister knows how for=> to prepare Chinese foods.

2) We won’t know the value of health until we will=>bỏ lose it

3) Not=> Don't put your clothes on the bed.

4) Unlike my father , I don’t like many=> much sugar in my coffee.

II. Rewrite the following sentences so that the second sentence means nearly exactly the same as the first one: (2.5)

1) He doesn’t help his mother with housework.

→ I wish I could help my mother with housework.

2) He can’t pass the examination.

He wishes could pass the examination.

3) They often went to Paris on weekends.

→ They used to go to Paris on weekends.

4) Someone turned off the lights when I went out.

→ The lights was turned off when I went out.

5) We have learnt English for 4 years.

→ We started learning English 4 years ago.