1. Put the words with the underlined part in the box into two groups. again first family bird her learn American world student never assistant birthday teacher heard camera dependent after girl neighbour person /ə/ /ɜː/ 2. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. 1. A. future B. return C. picture D. culture 2. A. hobby B. collect C. doll D. over 3. A. collect B. concern C. combine D. convey 4. A. piano B. fish C. like D. badminton 5. A. arrange B. game C. make D. skate PART 2: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR 1. Match the nouns from the box with the correct verb. stamps coins camping board games research chess cartoons jogging violent boating gymnastics football shopping judo flute buttons dolls Aerobics bowling fishing 1. Go: 2. Do: 3. Collect: 4. Play: 3. Find one odd word A, B, C or D. 1. A. watching TV B. playing games C. collecting D. cartoon 2. A. paint B. listen C. take D. flower 3. A. cycling B. music C. skating D. climbing 4. A. pottery B. photo C. love D. wood 5. A. gymnastics B. camping C. fishing D. horse-riding 4. Puts the verbs in brackets in the correct verb form. 1. I (think) that mountain-climbing is very dangerous. 2. My father (like) collecting stamps so much. 3. She (take) a lot of photos when she (go) on holidays. 4. I like drawing very much. My hobby is (paint) . 5. My mother says when she (retire) , she (go) back to her village to do the gardening. 6. your sister (like) (make) model in her free time? 7. My brother (promise) that he (give) me a nice doll on my birthday. 8. Duong says he loves horse-riding but he (not/ continue) this hobby from next year. 9. My aunt (play) the guitar once a week. 10. Don't worry. I (dance) with you next Sunday. 5. Fill each blank with a word/ phrase in the box. go chess camping cooking music gymnastics books dolls bottles fishing 1. I like . I usually play against my brother. I also play against other people on the Internet 2. My younger sister likes collecting . Now she has more than 50. 3. I'm interested in . My idol is My Tam. 4. My girl friend likes doing , so she has a nice body. 5. I never skiing. 6. My father like reading . His favorite writer is Van Cao. 7. My hobby is with my friends when I have some days off. 8. My family usually goes on weekends. 9. He likes collecting , especially glasses. 10. My mother likes . She can cook lots of delicious dishes. PART 3: READING 1. Fill in the blank with a word/ phrase in the box. gardening feel planting seeing blooming myself exercise rejuvenate healthy watering My favourite hobby is (1) and I like so much (2) new plants and (3) them in daily morning. I enjoy seeing flowers (4) and plants (5) . I really (6) sense of great achievements and realize the fact of life. It helps me keep (7) fit, (8) , strong and (9) . Watering plants and gardening on daily basis is a best (10) for me which positively moulds my mind and body. 2. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to fill each blank in the following passage. My favourite hobby is coin (1) . It is also one of the oldest (2) of the world and is also called 'hobby of the Kings', as in the old times, it was only done by kings and elite class of the society. It started for me some years back when my father used to come back (3) his foreign tours and give me coins of (4) countries. I started collecting them in my money box and after that I always used to wait for my new coins as much I used to wait for my father. Since then, it has become my favourite hobby. This hobby has given me information about different countries of the world. I feel extreme pleasure in (5) my collection to (6) . It has also taught me this lesson that A LIFE (7) A HOBBY IS JUST (8) FOOD WITHOUT SALT. 1. A. collecting B. collection C. collected D. collectors 2. A. hobby B. hobbies C. game D. games 3. A. after B. in C. from D. of 4. A. other B. different C. unlike D. diverse 5. A. showing B. show C. shown D. to show 6. A. other B. another C. others D. person 7. A. with B. about C. without D. of 8. A. as B. like C. if D. likes 3. Read the article and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or (F). After school Kien usually goes swimming. He goes to the swimming pool five times a week. His swimming pool is very good. The pool is 25 metres long and has six lanes. More than a thousand children have swimming lessons there every month. His swimming instructor is experienced and friendly, but she is also strict. She Lessons last 45 minutes, but he usually trains for an hour and a half. During the lesson he swims about two kilometers. His favourite swimming styles are crawl an backstroke. He practices a lot to improve his swimming skills. He wants to achieve good results. Last month he participated in a swimming competition. Ten swimmers from three schools took part in the competition. He won first prize. Swimming is his favourite sport. Swimming is interesting and pleasant, and it helps him to keep fit. True or False? Kien goes to home after school. He practices swimming five times a month. His swimming instructor is so hard. He swims about five kilometers during the lesson. The best friend won first prize in the swimming competition. PART 4: WRITING 1. Make up sentences using the words and phrases given. 1. when/ I/ ten/ begin/ play football. 2. in/ future/ my father/ go abroad. 3. read/ books/ free time/ is/ favourite/ hobby. 4. I/ think/ skate/ more/ interesting/ mountain - climbing. 5. I /not/ know/ why/ my mother/ cook. 6. He/ collect/ books/ whenever/ have/ money. 7. How many/ paintings/ she/ paint? 8. I/love/ flowers/ so/ I/ plant/ around/ house.