Read the text below and write one word in each blank to complete it .

I think it's only natural that all of us _____ a hobby of some shape or form . Something that can _____ boredom away , broaden our horizons , and inspire _____ creativity . For some of us one hobby might _____ even be enough , some of us have two , three , or _____ hobbies to fill our days and bring variety and fun into our _____ . For some of us we love the solitary time that hobbies _____ as reading or swimming provide but for others one of the benefits to having a regular _____ is getting regular social time . In my opinions , hobbies _____ what keep us same . I mean , how boring would life _____ if it was just work , eat , sleep , watch a little TV.... You get the picture !

Passage 1

Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Fran Taylor is a nurse. When she works the morning (1)___, she wakes up very early, at 5:30. She goes to work at 6:00, and she is very (2)___ all day. It’s an important job. Fran helps the doctors and (3)___ the patients. When she finishes work, she walks (4)___ home. She never gets the train (5)___ the bus. She has dinner and watches TV or (6)___ books to relax after a working day.

1. A. job B. shift C. task D. exercise

2. A. free B. difficult C. busy D. easy

3. A. looks after B. takes care C. looks for D. takes after

4. A. to B. for C. from D. back

5. A. but B. or C. and D. so

6. A. reads B. read C. is reading D. was read

* Exercise 16: Fill in the blank with one suitable word.

A. There are four seasons in a year. They are; spring, summer, (1).. ............ and winter. In spring, the weather is usually warm. Occasionally it's cold but (2)...................cold. After Spring is (3)................... In summer it's often hot. People often go to the beach or (4)..........................swimming in this (5)........... Next comes autumn. The (6)................... is not hot and not cold. It's cool. Leaves turn yellow. The last season is (7).................... It's usually cold and we have to wear (8)..................... clothes.

B. Vietnam, our country, is very beautiful. It has (81) .............................. seasons: spring, summer, autumn and (82) .......................... In the spring it is often warm. Sometimes it's rainy. In the summer it's often hot and sunny. The (83) ............................ is cool in the fall, and in the winter it is (84) ......................... and windy. I (85) ....................... hot weather (86) ....................... I can do many activities. (87).......................I usually (88).................. swimming and (89).................. soccer. Sometimes I go fishing (90) ........................... my brother.

C. Lan is our ….(1)….classmate. She comes ….(2)……Nha Trang. She is …..(3)…..class 7A. she is thirteen ……(4)…..old. her parents …(5)…..in Nha Trang. Now she’s living ….(6)…her aunt and uncle in HCM city. Her house is ….(7)…from school. So, she usually goes to school ….(8)…bus. Sometimes, her aunt takes her to school by …(9)…. She doesn’t have …(10) friends. So she feels sad.

D. Hello, I am Ba. This is my school. (1)…… is small and old but it is beautiful. Behind the school, (2) ……. is a large yard. After school (3)……..the afternoon we often (4) ……. soccer there. The yard is clean and there (5) ……. many trees and flowers there. My friends and I (6)……. under these trees every morning to review our (7)…… . My school (8)….… tow floors and fifteen classrooms. My (9) ……. is on the first floor. There are forty-three teachers in my school. They are good teachers. I love (10) …… and I love my school

E. My brother lives in HCMC. He -(1)- a teacher of math. He goes to work ...(2)... Monday to Saturday. The school starts ...(3)...7.00 in the morning and ...(4)...at eleven fifty. After work, he comes back ...(5)...and has lunch at ...(6)...quarter past twelve. In the afternoon, he ...(7)...the housework and plays games. In the ...(8)...after dinner he watches T.V or...(9)...books. He goes to bed at half ...(10)... eleven.

Read and choose the correct word marked A, B, or C to fill each blank in the following passage.(1,5 points)

My grandma is my best friend. She is my father’s mother. This year, she (1) .......................... 70 years old. She has a round face with long, white (2) .............................. She teaches me to wash the dishes and (3) ...................... dinner. She is (4) ........................... to other people. She helps them when she can. She is (5) ......................, too. She makes me laugh all the (6) .................... I love her so much.

Your answers:

Complete the sentences by filling in each blank with the correct form of the word in the brackets. (2.0 points)

1. I know all the boys who live in my _____ . (NEIGHBOR)

2. People in the countryside like ____ songs. (TRADITION)

3. All ____ between Paris and Hanoi have been cancelled due to fog. (FLY)

4. Do you know the _____ of this waterfall ? (DEEP)

5. Taxi drivers have to have a very good ____ on the street names. (KNOW)

6. The more expensive a hotel is the more ___ it is. (COMFORT)

7. My printer doesn’t work. Someone has ____ it. (PLUG)

8. This time his ____ were not believed. (DENY)

9. It’s a nice shop and the assistants are all polite and very____ . (HELP)

10. Don’t ____ the victim who gets shock with blankets or coats. (HOT)

1. rewrite the sentences with the correct punctuation

1.Dad had to mow the lawn fix the window and trim the tree on Saturday.

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2. Ruth was invited to the party but she was ill so Jane went instead of her.

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3. Sorry to  disturb you could I speak to you for a moment.

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4. John's going to sleep the wedding was rather embarrassing.

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5. Having lost all my money I went home.

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6. He is not really nice looking and yet he has enormous charm.

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7. Have you met our handsome new financial director.

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8. It is a fine idea let us hope that it is going to work.

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9. We were believe it or not in love witth each other.

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10. When I was a child I could watch TV whenever I wanted to.

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#Help me !

VIII. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (2.0 points) My name is Lisa. I am 12 years old and I am in class 6 at Kingston junior high (1) _______________. It is a big and beautiful school. The school has a very tall gate with the (2) ___________________"Kingston junior high school". Behind the gate, there is a big (3) _________________with many trees. Students love (4) ___________________books, playing or chatting under the trees during recess. There is also a big playground with many wings (5) ___________________to 5 school yard. Many students can play on the wings during recess. There are 20 classrooms in my school. Each (6) __________________ has 30 desks, 6 lights, a black board, a teacher's table and a clock. All of us try to (7) ________________ our classrooms clean. Each class has from 25 to 30 students. Students have right to choose their seats and I often (8) ___________________ on the first row because I can listen to the lesson (9) ___________________ clearly. I learn many interesting things at school, so I always want to go to school (10) ___________________day. I love my school very much.

VIII. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (2.0 points)

My name is Lisa. I am 12 years old and I am in class 6 at Kingston junior high (1) ________. It is a big and beautiful school. The school has a very tall gate with the (2) ________"Kingston junior high school". Behind the gate, there is a big (3) ________with many trees. Students love (4) ________books, playing or chatting under the trees during recess. There is also a big playground with many wings (5) ________to school yard. Many students can play on the wings during recess. There are 20 classrooms in my school. Each (6) ________ has 30 desks, 6 lights, a black board, a teacher's table and a clock. All of us try to (7) ________ our classrooms clean. Each class has from 25 to 30 students. Students have right to choose their seats and I often (8) ________ on the first row because I can listen to the lesson (9) ________ clearly. I learn many interesting things at school, so I always want to go to school (10) ________day. I love my school very much.

Write your answers here.

1…………………   2…………………  3………………….  4………………….  5…………………

6…………………   7………………….  8………………….  9………………….. 10……………….

Fill in the blank with one suitable word

Vietnam,our country,is very beautiful.It has four seasons :spring,summer,autumn and (1)............................is cool in the fall,and in the winter it is cold and windy.I like hot weather(2)...............In the spring it is often warm.Sometimes it is rainy.In the summer it is often hot and sunny.The (3)................... I can do many activities.(4)...............I usually go swimming and play soccer.Sometimes I go fishing with my brother.