A.  PHONETICS

 I Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

      1.   A. ocean                      B. special                     C. century                    D. musician

      2.   A. guitar                       B. gallery                     C. gangster                   D. general

      3.   A. naughty                   B. mop                         C. caught                     D. bought

      4.   A. call                          B. car                           C. tall                           D. walk

      5.   A. January                   B. encourage                C. ginger                      D. goodbye

 II Put the words into the correct column according to the underlined part.

jealous             machine     jungle        sure           watcher      sugar

      bridge        delicious    choose       villager      chicken      chopstick

 III Choose the word with the different stress pattern.

      1.   A. toyshop                   B. decide                     C. birthday                   D. village

      2.   A. mountain                 B. butter                       C. repair                       D. merry

      3.   A. alive                        B. ago                          C. carpet                      D. agree

      4.   A. reply                       B. answer                     C.happen                     D. mother

      5.   A. father                      b. garden                      C. doctor                      D. compare

B.   VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

V Fill in the blank with a suitable question word.

      1.   …………………. is this packet of chips?- 15 thousand dongs.

      2.   …………………. is it from HoanKiem Lake to the Temple of Literature?

      3.   …………………. does she eat seafood?- Twice a year.

      4.   …………………. kinds of drink are there in your fridge?- Three.

      5.   …………………. is the name of the first university in Viet Nam?

      6.   …………………. pieces of music did he write?- More than 600.

 VI Put into the correct form of the following words.

 VII Look at the pictures and complete the sentences using the words below.

A. PHONETICS

 I  Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.

      1.   A. unit                         B. use                          C. university                D. unchanged

      2.   A. ache                        B. charity                    C. charming                 D. changeful

      3.   A. whole                     B. whereas                  C. whose                     D. whom

      4.   A. slaughter                 B. laughter                  C. naughty                  D. taught

      5.   A. service                    B. office                      C. device                     D. practice

 II  Read aloud the following words. Pay attention to the clusters /bl/ and /kl/.

A. PHONETICS

 I  Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

      1.   A. ended                     B. loved                       C. cleaned                   D. bored

      2.   A. way                         B. station                     C. pavement                D. traffic

      3.   A. seatbelt                   B. enter                       C. obey                        D. present

      4.   A. chairs                      B. watch                      C. character                 D. choose

      5.   A. hand                       B. transport                 C. character                 D. celebration

II Find the word which has a different sound the part underlined.

      1.   A. played                     B. frightened                C. excited                     D. bored

      2.   A. washed                    B. attended                   C. decided                    D. disappointed

      3.   A. education                 B. collection                 C. question                   D. celebration

      4.   A. teenager                   B. together                    C. guess                        D. regular

      5.   A. here                         B. hour                         C. hundred                   D. rehearse

 III  Find the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

      1.   A. window                   B. tourist                      C. story                        D. Japan

      2.   A. couching                  B. sneezing                   C. disease                     D. illness

      3.   A. performance            B. festival                     C. celebrate                  D. seasonal

      4.   A. superstitious            B. religious                   C. unusual                    D. tomato

      5.   A. animation                B. documentary            C. intelligent                 D. volunteer

 IV  Find the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

      1.   A. listen                       B. travel                      C. borrow                    D. obey

      2.   A. traffic                     B. agree                       C. noisy                       D. student

      3.   A. different                 B. wonderful               C. interview                D. interfere

      4.   A. pavement                B. review                     C. samba                     D. concert

      5.   A. manner                   B. tourist                     C. machine                  D. actionA. PHONETICS

 I  Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

      1.   A. ended                     B. loved                       C. cleaned                   D. bored

      2.   A. way                         B. station                     C. pavement                D. traffic

      3.   A. seatbelt                   B. enter                       C. obey                        D. present

      4.   A. chairs                      B. watch                      C. character                 D. choose

      5.   A. hand                       B. transport                 C. character                 D. celebration

II Find the word which has a different sound the part underlined.

      1.   A. played                     B. frightened                C. excited                     D. bored

      2.   A. washed                    B. attended                   C. decided                    D. disappointed

      3.   A. education                 B. collection                 C. question                   D. celebration

      4.   A. teenager                   B. together                    C. guess                        D. regular

      5.   A. here                         B. hour                         C. hundred                   D. rehearse

 III  Find the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

      1.   A. window                   B. tourist                      C. story                        D. Japan

      2.   A. couching                  B. sneezing                   C. disease                     D. illness

      3.   A. performance            B. festival                     C. celebrate                  D. seasonal

      4.   A. superstitious            B. religious                   C. unusual                    D. tomato

      5.   A. animation                B. documentary            C. intelligent                 D. volunteer

 IV  Find the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

      1.   A. listen                       B. travel                      C. borrow                    D. obey

      2.   A. traffic                     B. agree                       C. noisy                       D. student

      3.   A. different                 B. wonderful               C. interview                D. interfere

      4.   A. pavement                B. review                     C. samba                     D. concert

      5.   A. manner                   B. tourist                     C. machine                  D. action

Code 1

Part 1: Phonetics

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined ( 0,5pt).

1.A. theatre           B. earth             C. there                        D. both

2. A. local             B. poster           C. photo                        D. flower                 

II.Odd one out( 0,5pt).

1.A. book                 B.    show          C.  comedy                  D. cartoon

2.A. went                  B.  got              C.  eat                          D. drank

Part 2,3: Vocabularies and  Grammar

I.Choose the best answer( 2,5pts).

1.– “What’s your favourite _______?” – “I like swimming.”

A. subject                            B. game                 C. sport

2.  Manchester is famous _________ its football teams.

A. in                                B. with                    C. for             

3.Many girls and women _______ aerobics to keep f it.

A. play                            B. do                        C. go

4. Ba: Last week I played the table tennis with Duy and I won for the first time.

    Nam :……………….

A. Thank you               B. Congratulations    C. Well

5.Ba is not very _______. He never plays games.

A. sport                       B. sporting                  C. sporty

6. My house is near______house, so I usually go there and play badminton with her

A. his                           B. her                        C. she

7.______ eat too much salt. It’s not good for you.

A. Do                          B. Don’t                      C. please

8.The opposite of “ interesting ” is_________

A. boring                 B. difficult                   C. wonderful

9. She was tired,________she went to bed early.

A. but                       B. so                             C .and

10.– “_______ do you go to the gym?” – “By bus.”

A. What                      B. How                      C. Why

II. Supply the correct form of the verbs( 0,5pt)

1.People_________ ( start) to use computers about 50 years ago.

2.______________  (not, draw) on the walls and the tables, please.

Part 4: Reading

Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the following text 1,5 pts) .

Television first came some sixty years ago in the 1950s. Nowadays, it is one of the most (1)______ sourses of entertainment for both the old and the young. Television brings (2)______ for children, world news and many other (3) ______ . If someone likes sports, he can just choose the right sports (4) ______ . It is not difficult for us to see why (5) ______ is a TV set in almost every home today.

1. A. cheap           B. expensive         C. popular            D. exciting

2 . A. news            B. cartoons           C. sports               D. plays

3. A. sets               B. reports             C. channels           D. programmes

4. A. althelete         B. channel            C. time                  D. studio

5. A. it                  B. this                   C. that                  D. there

II. Read the passage and answer the questions( 1,5pts).

Los Angeles, California is the most exciting city in the USA. It’s got Hollywood, Disneyland, fantastic beaches and the LA Dodgers baseball team.

     But LA wasn’t always exciting. In 1900 it was smaller and quieter, and Hollywood was a small village. Then film studios arrived, and the village of Hollywood changed. Today it is part of LA, and Hollywood’s ‘Walk of Fame’ is the most famous place in the city. It’s got more than 2,000 stars on it!

     It’s always sunny in LA and there are lots of different attractions. You can go shopping on Sunset Boulevard (It’s too expensive for me!), or you can surf on Venice Beach. There are theatres, museums, the biggest theme parks in the USA and the noisiest sports stadiums. LA is the best city in the world!

1.  Where is Los Angeles?

     ________________________________________ ______

2   What is the most famous place in LA?

     ________________________________________ ______

3.  How many stars are there on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

     ________________________________________ ______

4.  What is the weather like in LA?

     ________________________________________ ______

5.  Are there lots of different attractions in LA ?

    _______________________________________________

Part 5 : Writing

I. Order the following words to make meaningful sentences( 1,5pts).

1.our/ important/ an/ Sports and games/ in/ play/ lives/ part.

     _______________________________________________________

2.players/ How/ match/ there/ in/ many/ are/ football/ a?

     _______________________________________________________

3. an /match/ on/ interesting//There/ was/TV

     ___________________________________________________________

4.well/ last night / Did/sleep/you?

    ___________________________________________________________

5.Your/ is/country/bigger/ much/ours/than.

   ____________________________________________________________

II. Rewrite the sentences and keep the meaning unchanged (1,5pts)

1.I didn’t have any class yesterday, so I played sports.

→ Because ______________________________________________________

2.This is my book.

→This book ____________________________________________________

3.. Beckham was a very good football player.

→Beckham played_______________________________________________

4. This is a present for you.

 → It is____________________________________________________________

5.  How long have you played basketball?

→When____________________________________________________________

--The end--

I. Phonetics: Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.

1.       A. bicycle               B. exciting              C. favourite            D. widely

2.       A. doctor                B. opening              C. gold                   D. postcard

3.       A. health                 B. earth                   C. marathon            D. weather           

4.       A. chess                 B. match                 C. tennis                 D. exercise 

5.       A. further                B. another               C. leather                D. author

6.       A. shower                B. follow                  C. town                   D. crowd         

II. Stress: Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others:

1.       A. beautiful             B. polluted              C. peaceful              D. modern

2.        A. cartoon               B. country               C. series                 D. nation

3.       A. cinema               B. position              C. family                D. popular

4.       A. writer                 B. teacher               C. builder                D. career

5.       A. morning             B. college               C. arrive                 D. famous

6.                 A. musical              B. delicious             C. national              D. popular

A. PHONETICS

 I Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.

     1. A. equipment        B. experiment       C. excellent           D. expensive

     2. A. centimeter        B. corn                 C. city                   D. central

     3. A. burst                B. coast                 C. question           D. suggest

     4. A. celebrate           B. federation         C. market              D. fed

     5. A.chance               B. chocolate          C. chin                  D. backache

UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRISIDE                                      GRADE 8

I I: Find the word which has different sound in the underlined part in each line.

1.         A. twenty                    B. happy                      C. by                           D. early

2.         A. what           B. why                        C. who                        D. when

3.         A. books                      B. stops                       C. opens                      D. works

4.         A. wanted                    B. needed                   C. decided                    D. stopped

II: Choose the best answer A, B, C,  or D.

1. Nam enjoys …………… his homework in the morning.

A. doing                      B. to do                       C. am doing     D.  does

2.  My dad doesn’t mind…………… my mom from work every day.

            A. pick up                   B. picked up                C. picking up   D. picks up

3. Nam doesn’t like ………………. Soccer every day. 

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

4. Does she fancy …………… a book to the younger children?

            A.  reads                      B. reading                    C. to read                     D. read

5. My parents  enjoy …………… on Sundays.

            A. garden                    B. gardening    C.  gardened                D. gardens

6. They love ……………with their friends. 

A. eat out                     B. ate out                     C. having eaten           D. eating out

7. I prefer …………… people.   

A. text             B.  texting                    C.  texted                     D.  texts

8. My father detests …………. play soccer in the morning

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

III.Write the words in the correct boxes.

IV: Choose the best answer A, B, C,  or D.

2.  My dad doesn’t mind…………… my mom from work every day.

A. pick up                               B. picked up                            C. picking up      D. picks up

3. Using computers too much may have  harmful effects ________   your minds and bodies.

4.  Does she fancy …………… a book to the younger children?

            A.  reads                      B. reading                                C. to read                                 D. read

6. I love the people in my village. They are so ________ and hospitable.

A. friendly                        B. vast                                C. slow                                    D. inconvenient

V. Supply the correct Tense or Form of the Verbs in parentheses .

VI. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one .

1. My house is taller than your house.

 Your house .……….……….……….……….……….………………………

2. I love listening to music. 

 I like …………….……….……….……….……….……….………….……….

     3. The black dress is more expensive than the white one.

  The white dress ….……….……….……….……….……….………….……….

4. We used the Internet many years ago  

 The internet  ……….……….……….…………….……….……….……….……….

5. No one in my group is more intelligent than Mary.

 Mary……….……….…….……….……….……….……….………….……….

6.He works much. He feels tired.

 The more ………….……….……….……….……….……….………….……….

7.Yesterday the temperature was nine degrees. Today it’s only six        degrees.

It’s …………………………………………………………………….

8.The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train.

It takes………………………………………………………………….

9. She waters the plants every day.

The plants………………………………………………………………………

10. Jane cooks better than her sister.

Jane’s sister…………………………………………………………….

11.Tom is the best football player in this team.

Nobody in this team…………………………………………………..

UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRISIDE                                      GRADE 8

I I: Find the word which has different sound in the underlined part in each line.

1.         A. twenty                    B. happy                      C. by                           D. early

2.         A. what           B. why                        C. who                        D. when

3.         A. books                      B. stops                       C. opens                      D. works

4.         A. wanted                    B. needed                   C. decided                    D. stopped

II: Choose the best answer A, B, C,  or D.

1. Nam enjoys …………… his homework in the morning.

A. doing                      B. to do                       C. am doing     D.  does

2.  My dad doesn’t mind…………… my mom from work every day.

            A. pick up                   B. picked up                C. picking up   D. picks up

3. Nam doesn’t like ………………. Soccer every day. 

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

4. Does she fancy …………… a book to the younger children?

            A.  reads                      B. reading                    C. to read                     D. read

5. My parents  enjoy …………… on Sundays.

            A. garden                    B. gardening    C.  gardened                D. gardens

6. They love ……………with their friends. 

A. eat out                     B. ate out                     C. having eaten           D. eating out

7. I prefer …………… people.   

A. text             B.  texting                    C.  texted                     D.  texts

8. My father detests …………. play soccer in the morning

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

III.Write the words in the correct boxes.