VIII. Circle the letter a, b, c or d before the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1.   a. hard                  b. carry                       c. card                        d. yard

2.   a. try                     b. why                        c. heavy                     d. dry

3.   a. cool                  b. food                        c. look                        d. flood

4.   a. Thursday         b. those                      c. thirteenth               d. theatre

5.   a . attended          b. wanted                   c. needed                   d. looked

IX. Read the passage then answer the questions below.

      Nam moved to this neighborhood last year. Nam and his family lived in a big city before coming here. On the first days, he didn’t like the life in the country because there was not much to do. However, after a short time he has changed his mind. He now likes his new neighborhood very much because the air is fresh, the food is delicious and the people are friendly. There are a lot of things he can do in his free time such as going swimming, going fishing and going boating. He doesn’t want to live in a big city anymore.

1. When did Nam move to this neighborhood?

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2. Did he like the life in the country on the first days?

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3. Why does he like his neighborhood now?

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4. Does he want to live in a big city now?

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5.What activities can he do in his free time ?

…………………………………………………………………………………...

6. Does he like his neighborhood now ?

…………………………………………………………………………………...

X. Give the correct forms of the  verbs in parentheses.

1. I ………………… this dictionary yesterday. (buy)

2. ……….. Duy ……… his homework at the moment? (do)

3. My friend ………………… me next week. (not visit)

4. Lien …………………… to school by bus everyday. (go)

5. We ………………… in this school for 3 years. (study)

6. He ought …………… to the dentist’s. (go)

7. It is not dangerous ………………… medicine around the house. (leave)

8. They enjoy ……………… football for their school team. (play)

TEST 23

I. Circle the letter A, B, C or D before the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. (1,25pts)

1. A. promised               B. hopped                      C. booked             D. burned

2. A. though                             B. ought                         C. thought            D. bought

3. A. hard                      B. carry                          C. card                 D. yard

4. A. try                         B. why                           C. heavy               D. dry

5. A. cool                       B. food                           C. look                 D. flood

II. Circle A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences . (5,75pts)

1. The teacher told him ___________ up late.

A. to not stay                 B. to stay not                 C. to stay not       D. not to stay

2. My father is good at ____________ English.

A. speaking                              B. spoken                      C. speak               D. to speak

3. We are all ________ that you passed your English exam. Congratulation!

A. relieved                      B. afraid                         C. delighted                    D. certain

4. “__________to come and have dinner with us?” “I’d love to but I’m very busy”.

A. would you mind        B. could you please       C. Would you like          D. Do you enjoy

5. I am very _____________ in the information you have given me.

A. concerned                  B. interested                   C. surprised                   D. worried

6. Can you tell me where ______________ ?

A. she does                              B. does she                              C. she is               D. is she

7. You have to work ____________ for the coming exam.

A. hardly                        B. more hardly               C. more hard        D. hard

8. I saw her _____________ the flowers in the garden.

A. watering                              B. watered                     C. be watered       D. is watering

9. They had their luggage ___________ by the porter.

A. carry                         B. carrying                     C. to carry            D. carried

10. She often spends her weekend ___________ through pleasant open countryside.

A. travel                         B. traveling                              C. to travel           D. to traveling

11- My brother is studying hard .........................  pass the exam.

A. for                                       B. in order to                 C. so to                D. so that

12- We have studied ................... seven o'clock.

A. for                                       B. at                               C. since                D. to

13- He was born in England. English is his .................................

A. mother tongue                                        B. first language

C. foreign language                                     D. A and B  are correct

14- It's dangerous .......................... in this river.

A. swim                          B. to swim                     C. swimming        D. swam

15- ........................... to America yet ?

A. Were you                            B. Have you ever been   C.Were you been  D. Are you

16- The boy was ....................... by the dog

A. bite                            B. bit                              C. bited                D. bitten

17- My father used ...................... me to school.

A. took                           B. taking                        C. to take             D. take

18- Would you mind ................... for a few minutes?

A. to wait                       B. waiting                      C. wait                 D. be waiting

19. My aunt speaks English very ................................

20. We have math on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; It means we have math .......... a week.

21. Lan promises to ............................ her best in learning English.

22. The manager asked me ............................. for him outside his office.

23. She hasn’t written to me ........................................

III. Give the correct form of the bold words in parentheses. (2,5pts)

1. This book has a lot of information. It’s very ____________________.         (use)

2. You’ll meet the tour guide on your ___________________ at the hotel.       (arrive)

3. Our post is delivered _______________________ except for Saturday         ( day)

4. Ha Long Bay was ___________by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.         (recognition)

5. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more ________________ .                (comfort)

6. His parents are very __________________ of him.                                        (pride)

7. “The lost shoes” is one of the _______________ stories I like best.               (tradition)

8. The _____________ from Hanoi to London was delayed in two hours.         (fly)

9. I’m sure that I have connected the printer ___________ .                     (proper)

10. Each of my friends has a _________________ character.                            (differ)

IV. Each sentence below contains an error, underline and write the correct one in the space. 0 is done as an example. (2pts)

0. My brother are a teacher.                                                     0. _______ is _________

1. I go to see her if I have enough time.                                   1. __________________

2. It is not easy do that difficult work.                                              2.___________________

3. He drove such fast that he won the race.                                       3.___________________

4. I wish I can go with you to the countryside next weekend. 4. ___________________

5. When she came, I read her letter.                                         5 ___________________

6. It’s dangerous to drive fastly in busy streets.                      6.___________________

7. The bicycle is so expensive for me to buy.                                    7.___________________

8. Dave is a friend of mine. I knew him for a long time.                    8.__________________

V. Give the correct form of the bold verbs in parentheses. (2pts)

1. The dictionaries (1. buy _________________) yesterday.

2. While my mother and I (2. watch____________________) a film on T V last night, our

aunt in the USA (3. phone_______________).

3. My friend (4. not/visit_________________) me since he (5. move _________) to    another town.

4. We (6. already/ finish _________________________) our work.

5. My English (7. get____________________ ) better and better.

6. You should practise (8. speak___________________) English everyday.

7. How long _________ you (9. wait___________________) for me?

8. It was a nice day, so we decided (10. go ________________) for a walk.

VI- Complete the following sentences based on the given cues.(2pts)

1- How long / it / take you / get / school ?

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2- He / not interested / buy / new / house.

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3- I / play badminton / Nam / when / my friends / come.

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4- I / bored / doing / same thing / day after day.

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5- Marie Curie / born / Poland / 1867

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6- We ought / use/ cloth bags/ instead / reuse/ plastic bags.

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7- We / have / wonderful/ time / moment / SaPa.

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8- Could / give me / information ?

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VII. Read the passage then answer the questions below.(2pts)

            Nam moved to this neighborhood last year. Nam and his family lived in a big city before coming here. On the first days, he didn’t like the life in the country because there was not much to do. However, after a short time he has changed his mind. He now likes his new neighborhood very much because the air is fresh, the food is delicious and the people are friendly. There are a lot of things he can do in his free time such as going swimming, going fishing, going boating. He doesn’t want to live in a big city anymore.

1. When did Nam move to this neighborhood?

....................................................................................................................................

2. Did he like the life in the country on the first days?

......................................................................................................................................

3. Why does he like his neighborhood now?

......................................................................................................................................

4. Does he want to live in a big city now?

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VIII. Complete the 2^nd sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the fist (2,5pts).

1. The children are too young to be in class 6.

→The children are not....................................................................................................

2. "Eat more fruits and vegetables", the doctor said to her

→The doctor told............................................................................................................

3. We began to study English 5 years ago.

®.We have ...................................................................................................................

4 “Can you wait for me here, Jerry?”

®Tom told......................................................................................................................

5. A dog is bigger than a cat.

® A cat isn’t as..............................................................................................................

6. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it.

®  The coffee is too .......................................................................................................

7. The ladder isn’t very long. It doesn’t reach the window.

® The ladder .................................................................................................................

8. The weather was fine. We could go camping.

® The weather    ..........................................................................................................

9. I often went boating when I was young.

® I used to....................................................................................................................

10. We built this house in 1975.                                                                                          

 ®This house .............................................................................................................

I.Circle the letter A, B, C or D before the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 

3. A. untreated     B. measure          C. pleasure          D. bread

4. A. other            B. leather           C. wealthy            D. brother

5. A. promised    B. hopped           C. booked            D. burned

6. A. though         B. ought              C. thought             D. bought

7. A. hard            B. carry                C. card                 D. yard

8. A. cool            B. food                 C. look                   D. flood

II. Choose A, B, C, D for each gap in the following sentences

1. When the policeman came to the scene, the driver of the car ........................

A. have left             B. had left                 C. leaves                       D. was left

2. You will recognize Jenny when you see her. She .................... a red hat.

A. wears          B. is wearing                 C. will wear               D. will be wearing

3. Recent ............... developments have made robots more user-friendly and intelligent.

A. science            B. scientist                 C. scientific              D. scientifically

4. Science and technology have .................. the life safe, secure and comfortable.

A. transformed               B. made               C. done                      D. changed

5. The teacher .................... me that I had better devote more time to science subjects such as physics, chemistry, and biology.

A. said                  B. talked                       C. spoke                     D. told

6 Science is used in all corners of the world for the .................... of people.

A. interest                B. need                   C. profits                       D. benefit

7. Sciences and technology have enormous ........................on economic development.

A. affects        B. effects            C. affect                  D. effect

8.With multimedia,we can have…………………to the latest news in the world.

A.message                  B.language                 C.landline                   D.access

9. Would you mind if I __________ a photo?

    A. takes          B. take             C. took              D. taken

10. I don’t know how __________ the game.

    A. to play     B. play              C. played          D. playing

11. My friend ____________ to school late.

    A. is always going      B. always going     C. goes always        D. always goes

12. Would you mind __________ for a few minutes?

A.to wait          B.waiting          C.wait              D.waited

13…………………………..about the dangerous virus?

A.Did you hear         B.Do you hear          C.Have you heard        D.You heard

14. While we __________ to school, we __________ an accident.

A. were walking / saw                      B. walking / seeing   

C. were walking/ were seeing           D. walked/ were seeing

III. Rewrite the following sentences so that the second sentence means the same as the
first one.

1. Scientists have invented new devices to help people live a longer life.

New devices ____________________________________________

2. I don’t have enough time , so I can’t go on holiday this summer.

If ____________________________________________

3.When you ask me for the car,I will lend it to you.

→Unless…………………………………………………………………………….

4. The man had a broken leg. He tried to save his wife.

In spite ____________________________________________

5. I can’t tell you because I don’t know the answer.

If ____________________________________________

6. They will do the test well. They will review them all hard.

If ____________________________________________

7. The rescue workers evacuated the villagers in the raged flood to the safe place last night.

The villagers ____________________________________________

8 “I am preparing for my coming exam now.” said my daughter.

→My daughter said…………………………………………………………………

9. I can’t come because I have to help my dad with something.

→If I…………………………………………………………………………………

10. The students will provide aids for the homeless people tomorrow.

Aids ____________________________________________

11. The people will protect the environment now. The environment will be nice

If ____________________________________________

12. They don’t have a map, so they get lost

If ____________________________________________

13. The storm destroyed many houses in this village last week.

Many houses ____________________________________________

14. We will invite some old teachers to our class meeting.

→ Some old teachers …………………………………………………………………

15. “I want to go skiing next week.”Henry said.

Henry………………………………………………………………………………….

16. Did they give food to homeless people last year?

Was ____________________________________________

17. Although the weather was bad, the football match was not canceled.

Despite ____________________________________________

18. The last time Phong visited Tasmania was five years ago.

→ Phong…………………………………………………………………. five years

19. We won’t hold the festival. It costs too much money. (if)

____________________________________________

20. “I am preparing for my coming exam now.” said my daughter.

________________________________________________________________

21. All my suits were made in London.

I had ___________________________________________________

22. Eating too much fat and sugar can result in health problems. (lead)

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