PRACTICE TEST 20

I. Read the lists of four words and choose one word that does not belong to others.  (1 mark)

1.   a. dog                  b. cat                           c. chicken                  d .rice

2.   a. orange              b. apple                      c. chicken                  d. banana

3.   a. house               b. book                       c. board                      d. pen

4.   a. music               b. geography             c. football                  d. math

5.   a. soccer              b. nurse                      c. tennis                     d. volleyball

6.   a. mother             b. teacher                   c. sister                       d. father

7.   a. beautiful          b. pretty                     c. handsome              d. bad

8.   a. vegetables       b. spinach                  c. cucumber               d. beef

9.   a. water                b. noodles                  c. coffee                     d. milk

10. a. breakfast         b. lunch                      c. dinner                     d. food

II. 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 mark)

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

III. Circle the correct answer a, b, c, or d to complete the sentences. (4 marks)

 1. Bob is not old enough …………………….. a car.

     a. drive                  b. drives                     c. to drive                d. driving

 2. ……………. I speak to Mr. Lee ? This is Nga.

     a. Can                    b. Will                      c. Do                        d. Should

 3. Are you going ……………… a movie tonight ?                                                       

     a. seeing                b. to see                      c. see                        d. sees

 4.We must …………………. knives out of children’s reach.

     a. to put                 b. put                          c. putting                    d. puts

 5. Tom should …………… harder on his English.

     a. studies               b. study                      c. to study                  d. studied

 6.  May I ……….  you ?

     a. help                               b. to help                    c. helped                    d. helps

 7. I ………… there for twenty years.

a. lived                       b. have lived             c. was living              d. had lived.

 8. My birthday is ……… July 3rd.

            a. at                             b. on                           c. in                             d. about

 9. The teacher told him ___________ up late.

a. to not stay              b. to stay not             c. to stay not              d. not to stay

10. “……… you like to come and have dinner with us?” - “I’d love to but I’m very busy”.

            a. Can                         b. Could                     c. Would                    d. Should

11. You are the ____________ student in this class.

a. tall                          b. taller                       c. more tall                d. tallest

12.  My brother is studying hard .........................  pass the exam.

a. for                           b. in order to             c. so to                        d. so that

13. We have lunch ................... eleven o'clock.

a. for                           b. at                             c. since                       d. to

14. He was born in England and English is his ................................. .

a. mother tongue                                           b. language

c. foreign language                                       d. mother

15. My father used ...................... me to school.

a. took                                    b. taking                     c. to take                    d. take

16. My aunt speaks English very ................................ .

            a. good                       b. well                                    c. goodly                    d. bad

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

            a. once                        b. twice                      c. three times             d. four times

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

            a. wait                         b. waiting                   c. to wait                    d. waited

19. Gold is .............................. than silver.

            a. cheap                      b. cheaper                  c. more cheap            d. cheapest

20. My mother is proud ………………. me.

            a. at                             b. of                            c. for                           d. in

IV. Read the passage then answer the questions below.(3 marks)

            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?

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

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?

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

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

…………………………………………………………………………………...

6. Does he like his neighborhood now ?

…………………………………………………………………………………...

V. Give the correct forms of the  verbs in parentheses. (4 marks)

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)

VI. Rewrite the sentences. Beginning is done for you.(4 marks)

   1. He is strong. He can carry the box.

  ð He is strong enough .........................................................................................

    2. Trinh got up late last week but she gets up early now.

  ð Trinh used to ........................…………………………………………………

    3.”Can you close the door for me ?” Mai said to Minh.

  ð  Mai asked Minh ……………………………………………………………..

    4. The weather wasn’t very warm. We couldn’t go swimming.

  ð The weather wasn’t warm enough ....................................................................

   5. “Don’t stay up late.” My mother said to me.

  ð My mother told me ..........................................................................................

    6. Teacher said “You should learn new words everyday, Ba” .

  ð Teacher said Ba ........................……………………………………………...

    7. They intend to go on a picnic on Sunday.

  ð  They are going ……………………………………………………………..

    8. Mr. Hao ought to cut the grass..

  ð  Mr. Hao should ........................ ....................................................................

VII. Write a short paragraph to describe your close friend.(3 marks)

            (name, age, address, build, hair, character, best friend)

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PART A: LISTENING (10 points)

Question 1: Listen and circle correct anwer A, B or C.  (5.0 points)

1. What is Dan’s favorite  subject?

          A. English                      B. Maths                        C. PE

2. When does Jenny have her history class?

          A. Monday                    B. Wednesday                C. Friday

3. What is in Kate’s pencil case?

          A. rubber                       B. a ruler                        C. a pencil

4. How old is John?

          A. 14                              B. 40                              C. 4

5. Which middle school is Sam at?

          A. Green                        B. Merton                      C. Hill

Question 2: Listen and complete the blanks (5.0 points)

Condo for sale in Florida $175,000

                   Condo 1,200 sp. ft

                   (1)____________bedrooms,

                   Two modern(2)____________

                   30 ft x(3)________________ft swimming pool

                   Beautiful(4)________________

                   Contact:(5)________________@ house.com.

I.  Which word is differently pronounced ? Circle the letter A, B, C or D   ( 1 point ) :

II. Choose the best  by circling the corresponding  letter A or  B, C, D  ( 2.5 points ) :

1. I sometimes stay .................. bed until lunchtime.

3. Please .................. the radio, it’s too noisy.

A. slow down                B. turn down                 C. put down                  D. let down

4.  .................. to swim across a flooded river.

A. Dangerous                                    C. Very dangerous is

B. There has danger                          D. It’s dangerous

5. Every car ........ a number at the back and front.

A. is having                   B. have                 C. has                            D. are having

6. The singers were at the microphone at the time of the broadcast.  ....................... .

A. It was a successful broadcast                 C. It was a charity broadcast

B. It was an education broadcast                D. It was a live broadcast

7. Good morning Susan. This is my sister, Emily.         ................................... .

          A. What do you do?                          B. How do you do?

          C. What do you like?                         D. Don't I meet you?

8.  ...........................  , Sir?                - Fruit salad, please.

          A. What would you like for dessert   B. What dessert you would like

          C. How would you like for dessert    D. How dessert would like

9. Could you tell me.................. to get to the bank?

10.You did very..................in your study.

11. Wait a minute I want to .................. a picture of you and the baby.

12. Airmail is much ................... than surface mail.

  A. expensive      B. very expensive C. more expensive           D. most expensive

13. No one can make me .........  my mind ?

14. What are you cooking in that saucepan ? It ............. good ?

15. This is my book and ......................... .

          A. that are yours                              B. those are your

          C. that are your                                D. those are yours

16. Lan's got dark hair, but ..................... is fair.

          A. his brother's hair                          B. his brother hairs

          C. his brother hair                            D. his brother hair's

17. What's your birthday, Ann ?         - It's ........................ .

          A. on the thirty-one of July              B. on the thirty-first of July

          C. on July the thirty-one                   D. in July the thirty-first

18. Tommy is a better swimmer than Tony.

          A. No one can swim as well as Tommy and Tony.

          B. Tommy is the best swimmer of all, apart from Tony.

          C. Tony can’t swim so well as Tommy.

          D, Tony can’t be better than Tommy.

19. Christine finds it easy to make friends.

          A. It is easy to make friends to Christine

          B. Christine has no difficulty making friends.

          C. Christine has a lot of friends.

          D. Christine is fond of making friends.

20. She started learning English 3 years ago.

          A. She started learning English 3 years.

          B. She has learnt English for 3 years.

          C. She started learning English since 3 years.

          D. She learnt English since 3 years.

21. Walking a mile a day is good exercise.

A. It is good exercise for walking a mile a day.

B. It is good exercise walking a mile a day.

C. It is good exercise to walk a mile a day.

D. It is good exercise to walking a mile a day.

22. We / collect stamps.

          A. We likes collecting stamps           C. We like to colleting stamps

          B. We likes stamps collect                          D. We enjoy collecting stamps.

23. What time / you / work ?

          A. What time you work ?                           C. What time do you start work ?

          B. What time do you go work ?                 D. What time do you go to work ?

24. I / ski / the winter / sometimes.

          A. I ski the winter sometimes.           C. I sometimes go skiing in the winter.

B. I ski on winter sometimes.            D. I sometimes go to ski in winter.

25. He / weak / that job.

          A. He is too weak to do that job.                C. He doesn't week to do that job.

          B. He is weak doing that job.            D. He does that job weak.      

III. Give the correct tense or form of the verb in brackets  ( 1 point ) :

1. He couldn't make his motor bike (start ) ........   this morning.

2. I dislike (listen ) .........   to music while (do) ..........  my homework.

3. These tigers used (keep) ..........  in iron cages .

4. What you (do) ........  when I (phone) .........  you last night ?

5. When we entered his room, we (see) ..........  him (sleep) ............... in an armchair.

6. She said that her mother (not be) ...... very well, so she (can not) ......... go to the party.

IV. Identify the underlined word or phrase that must be changed  to make the sentence correct by circling the letter A or B, C, D  ( 1 point ) :

1. The new model  costs twice  more than  last  year’s model.

                                 A                    B             C       D

2. Her husband  hasn't done  anything at  home for  year.

                                  A                B              C              D

3. It's not  good for  healthy  to  smoke and to  drink wine.

                    A              B               C                    D

4. After said good bye to my parents, I went to school with my sister.

              A                    B                          C                     D

5. Sorry. I'm  very tired that I can't stay any longer .

      A               B                       C                 D

6. I used to getting up late when I was small.

         A            B           C      D

7. At first I found it strangely to drive on the left side of the road.

        A                 B      C             D

8. I will intend to go back home when I finish my education.

             A                    B                            C                 D

9. The phone rung while I was washing the dishes.

                A       B                       C                     D

10. Henry's friends told  themselves to put his coat on the rack in their hall.

                        A                    B                     C                                   D

V. Read the passage carefully . Then do the exercises below: ( 1.5 points ) : 

Why do people in many countries learn English  ?

               It is not difficult to answer this question. Students learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers learn it for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at the college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers and magazines in English.

 1. The following statements are true ( T ) or false ( F ). Put T or F at the end of

           each statement :

               a/ English is learnt by people in many countries.                              .....

               b/ Students learn English because their parents make them.               .....

               c/ Teenagers learn English because they want to go abroad.                .....

               d/ Many adults learn English because it helps them in their work.       .....

               e/ Books are always in English at the college or university.               …..

2. Answer these questions:

               a. Why do students learn English at school ?

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

               b. What do you often do to improve your English ?

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

VI. Use the correct form of the word given in capitals at the end of each sentence (1p):

VII. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first . Use the word in  brackets  ( 2 points ) : 

1. Your shoes are as big as mine.                                            ( size )

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

2. If you run a lot, you’ll be fitter.                                                    ( The )

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

3. Could you tell me the way to the nearest Post office, please ?      ( mind )

          .............................................................................................................................. ?

4. She is too young to do that work.                                                 ( enough )

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

5. Who wrote that poem ?                                                                (  by )

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

6. Martin said to Susan : " Can you work on Saturday ? "               ( could )

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

7. When I was young , I regularly walked to school .                       ( used )

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

8. I’m very sorry I don’t remember your birthday.                          ( wish )

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

9. Yesterday’s work was easier than today’s .                                 ( difficult )

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

10. Hoa said " Would you like to join me for dinner, Mai ? "                    ( invited )

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