I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined of the following words
1. A. nomadic B. blow C. folk D. popular
2. A. although B. laugh C. paragraph D. enough
II. Find the word which has a different stress from the others
3. A. colourful B. interesting C. blackberry D. disturb
4. A. medical B. mountain C. remote D. generous
III. Choose the best answer
5. Life in the countryside is ____________________________________________________ than that in the city.
A. more quiet B. as quiet C. most quiet D. quiet
6. If you have to do home improvements, ____________________________________ is the good way to save money.
A. eating out B. waking C. camping D. doing DIY
7. In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the ____________________________ house.
A. communal B. communication C. community D. commune
8. Don’t worry. It is ________________________________________________ to travel to that village even at night.
A. difficult B. inconvenient C. safe D. unsafe
9. The boys help load the rice ___________________________________________________ buffalo – drawn carts.
A. to B. onto C. into D. on
10. The Viet people have many ________________________________________________ customs and crafts.
A. traditional B. tradition C. culture D. customary
11. We help the farmers _________________________________________________ water into the fields.
A. to pump B. pump C. pumping D. Both A and B
12. Viet has been a king of addicted _________________________________________________ the net.
A. to B. from C. on D. at
IV. Use the correct forms of the words
13. Teenagers enjoy (listen) ______________________ to music and (hang) ___________________ out with friends.
14. The (nomadic) ____________________________ have a very hard life. They can’t live permanently in one place.
15. My father doesn’t mind (pick up) ___________________________________________ me from school every day.
16. If you want to stay slim, you have to eat more (healthy) ____________________________________.
V. Rewrite the following sentences
17. Mai’s singing is more beautiful than Mi’s.
Mai sings ______________________________________________________________________________________
18. It is not a good idea to spend too much time on computer games.
It’s better to avoid _______________________________________________________________________________
19. Vinh really loves to hang out with friends.
Vinh really enjoys _______________________________________________________________________________
20. Playing beach games is very interesting.
It is ___________________________________________________________________________________________
VI. Use the given words to make sentences
21. In / country / life / slower / more / carefully.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
22. Listen / music / in / free / time / is / my / hobby.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
23. Minh / think / skating / more / interesting / playing / board games.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
24. Rewrite the messages in “NetLingo”
How about “The Queen and I”? It’s at the Odeon Cinema at 7.30 p.m.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
VII. Choose the words in the box to complete the following article
chairs prepare from collect chair preparing
SO STRANGE! PEOPLE HAVE STRANGE HOBBIES
1. Mr. and Mrs. Ball live in Oxford. They (25) ___________________ garden gnomes. They have 225 in their garden!
2. The gnomes are all different colours and come (26) ____________________________ different countries.
3. Today, Mr. and Mrs. Ball are (27) ______________________ a big garden party for their gnomes. They are putting
4. lanterns on the trees and decorating the garden with colourful ballons. “We’re writing 225 invitations and we are
5. putting up little tables and (28) __________________________ for the gnomes,” Mrs. Ball says. “It’s a lot of work,
6. but it’s fun.”
(garden) gnome (n) = tượng thần lùn giữ cửa
Read the article again and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
29. Mr. and Mrs. Ball come from England.
30. There are a lot of gnomes in Mr. and Mrs. Ball’s garden.
31. The gnomes are not very colorful.
32. Mr. and Mrs. Ball hope that the party will be enjoyable.
VIII. Listen to the passage and fill in the blank with the suitable words
33. According to a recent survey by Country Life magazine, about _________________ of Britain’s population dream of living in the countryside.
34. In fact the countryside of England today ______________________________ the wealth of landowners.
35. English village communities are often small and _______________________________.
36. The environment hasn’t been __________________________ much.
IX. Choose a word that is opposite in meaning to the words appear in the passage
37. noisy ______________________
38. wealthy ______________________
39. safe ______________________
40. private ______________________
I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined of the following words
1. A. nomadic B. blow C. folk D. popular
2. A. although B. laugh C. paragraph D. enough
II. Find the word which has a different stress from the others
3. A. colourful B. interesting C. blackberry D. disturb
4. A. medical B. mountain C. remote D. generous
III. Choose the best answer
5. Life in the countryside is ____________________________________________________ than that in the city.
A. more quiet B. as quiet C. most quiet D. quiet
6. If you have to do home improvements, ____________________________________ is the good way to save money.
A. eating out B. waking C. camping D. doing DIY
7. In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the ____________________________ house.
A. communal B. communication C. community D. commune
8. Don’t worry. It is ________________________________________________ to travel to that village even at night.
A. difficult B. inconvenient C. safe D. unsafe
9. The boys help load the rice ___________________________________________________ buffalo – drawn carts.
A. to B. onto C. into D. on
10. The Viet people have many ________________________________________________ customs and crafts.
A. traditional B. tradition C. culture D. customary
11. We help the farmers _________________________________________________ water into the fields.
A. to pump B. pump C. pumping D. Both A and B
12. Viet has been a king of addicted _________________________________________________ the net.
A. to B. from C. on D. at
IV. Use the correct forms of the words
13. Teenagers enjoy (listen) ________listening______________ to music and (hang) _____________hanging______ out with friends.
14. The (nomadic) __________Nomads__________________ have a very hard life. They can’t live permanently in one place.
15. My father doesn’t mind (pick up) __________picking up_________________________________ me from school every day.
16. If you want to stay slim, you have to eat more (healthy) _______heaithily_____________________________.
V. Rewrite the following sentences
17. Mai’s singing is more beautiful than Mi’s.
Mai sings _______more beautifully than Mi_______________________________________________________________________________
18. It is not a good idea to spend too much time on computer games.
It’s better to avoid _______spending too much time on computer games. ________________________________________________________________________
19. Vinh really loves to hang out with friends.
Vinh really enjoys ___hanging out with friends____________________________________________________________________________
20. Playing beach games is very interesting.
It is _interesting to play beach games__________________________________________________________________________________________
VI. Use the given words to make sentences
21. In / country / life / slower / more / carefully.
______In the country life is slower and more carefully_________________________________________________________________________________________
22. Listen / music / in / free / time / is / my / hobby.
______Listening to music in the free time is my hobby_________________________________________________________________________________________
23. Minh / think / skating / more / interesting / playing / board games.
_______Minh thinks skating is more interesting than playing board games________________________________________________________________________________________
24. Rewrite the messages in “NetLingo”
How about “The Queen and I”? It’s at the Odeon Cinema at 7.30 p.m.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
VII. Choose the words in the box to complete the following article
chairs prepare from collect chair preparing
SO STRANGE! PEOPLE HAVE STRANGE HOBBIES
1. Mr. and Mrs. Ball live in Oxford. They (25) ________collect ___________ garden gnomes. They have 225 in their garden!
2. The gnomes are all different colours and come (26) ________from ____________________ different countries.
3. Today, Mr. and Mrs. Ball are (27) ___________preparing___________ a big garden party for their gnomes. They are putting
4. lanterns on the trees and decorating the garden with colourful ballons. “We’re writing 225 invitations and we are
5. putting up little tables and (28) _________chairs _________________ for the gnomes,” Mrs. Ball says. “It’s a lot of work,
6. but it’s fun.”
(garden) gnome (n) = tượng thần lùn giữ cửa
Read the article again and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
29. Mr. and Mrs. Ball come from England.T
30. There are a lot of gnomes in Mr. and Mrs. Ball’s garden.T
31. The gnomes are not very colorful.F
32. Mr. and Mrs. Ball hope that the party will be enjoyable.T
VIII. Listen to the passage and fill in the blank with the suitable words
33. According to a recent survey by Country Life magazine, about _________________ of Britain’s population dream of living in the countryside.
34. In fact the countryside of England today ______________________________ the wealth of landowners.
35. English village communities are often small and _______________________________.
36. The environment hasn’t been __________________________ much.
IX. Choose a word that is opposite in meaning to the words appear in the passage
37. noisy ________quiet______________
38. wealthy ________poor______________
39. safe ________dangerous______________
40. private __________public____________
