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

1. A. nomadic                           B. blow                                    C. folk                                      D. popular

2. A. although                           B. laugh                                   C. paragraph                                 D. enough

II.        Find the word which has a different stress from the others

3. A. colourful                           B. interesting                            C. blackberry                                D. disturb

4. A. medical                            B. mountain                              C. remote                                    D. generous

III.       Choose the best answer

5. Life in the countryside is ____________________________________________________ than that in the city.

A. more quiet                            B. as quiet                                C. most quiet                             D. quiet

6. If you have to do home improvements, ____________________________________ is the good way to save money.

A. eating out                             B. waking                                 C. camping                                    D. doing DIY

7. In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the ____________________________ house.

A. communal                            B. communication                     C. community                                D. commune

8. Don’t worry. It is ________________________________________________ to travel to that village even at night.

 A. difficult                               B. inconvenient                         C. safe                                      D. unsafe

9. The boys help load the rice ___________________________________________________ buffalo – drawn carts.

A. to                                         B. onto                                     C. into                                      D. on

10. The Viet people have many ________________________________________________ customs and crafts.

A. traditional                             B. tradition                               C. culture                                    D. customary

11. We help the farmers _________________________________________________ water into the fields.

A. to pump                                B. pump                                   C. pumping                                   D. Both A and B

12. Viet has been a king of addicted _________________________________________________ the net.

A. to                                         B. from                                     C. on                                        D. at

IV.       Use the correct forms of the words

13. Teenagers enjoy (listen) ______________________ to music and (hang) ___________________ out with friends.

14. The (nomadic) ____________________________ have a very hard life. They can’t live permanently in one place.

15. My father doesn’t mind (pick up) ___________________________________________ me from school every day.

16. If you want to stay slim, you have to eat more (healthy) ____________________________________.

V.        Rewrite the following sentences

17. Mai’s singing is more beautiful than Mi’s.

Mai sings ______________________________________________________________________________________

18. It is not a good idea to spend too much time on computer games.

It’s better to avoid _______________________________________________________________________________

19. Vinh really loves to hang out with friends.

Vinh really enjoys _______________________________________________________________________________

20. Playing beach games is very interesting.

It is ___________________________________________________________________________________________

VI.       Use the given words to make sentences

21. In / country / life / slower / more / carefully.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

22. Listen / music / in / free / time / is / my / hobby.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

23. Minh / think / skating / more / interesting / playing / board games.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

24. Rewrite the messages in “NetLingo”

How about “The Queen and I”? It’s at the Odeon Cinema at 7.30 p.m.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

VII.     Choose the words in the box to complete the following article

chairs                          prepare                        from                collect                          chair                    preparing

SO STRANGE! PEOPLE HAVE STRANGE HOBBIES

1. Mr. and Mrs. Ball live in Oxford. They (25) ___________________ garden gnomes. They have 225 in their garden!

2. The gnomes are all different colours and come (26) ____________________________ different countries.

3. Today, Mr. and Mrs. Ball are (27) ______________________ a big garden party for their gnomes. They are putting

4. lanterns on the trees and decorating the garden with colourful ballons. “We’re writing 225 invitations and we are

5. putting up little tables and (28) __________________________ for the gnomes,” Mrs. Ball says. “It’s a lot of work,

6. but it’s fun.”

(garden) gnome (n) = tượng thần lùn giữ cửa

Read the article again and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)

29. Mr. and Mrs. Ball come from England.

30. There are a lot of gnomes in Mr. and Mrs. Ball’s garden.

31. The gnomes are not very colorful.

32. Mr. and Mrs. Ball hope that the party will be enjoyable.

VIII.    Listen to the passage and fill in the blank with the suitable words

33. According to a recent survey by Country Life magazine, about _________________ of Britain’s population dream of living in the countryside.

34. In fact the countryside of England today ______________________________ the wealth of landowners.

35. English village communities are often small and _______________________________.

36. The environment hasn’t been __________________________ much.

IX.       Choose a word that is opposite in meaning to the words appear in the passage

37. noisy                       ______________________

38. wealthy                   ______________________

39. safe                         ______________________

40. private                    ______________________

I.          Choose the word that is stressed differently from that of the other words

1. A. detest                               B. adore                                    C. addicted                                    D. leisure

2. A. populated                         B. understand                            C. nomad                                    D. language

3. A. socialize                           B. communicate                        C. nomadic                                    D. traditional

4. A. washed                             B. overlooked                           C. experienced                              D. complicated

5. A. boring                              B. friendly                                C. nomadic                                    D. peaceful

II.        Choose the best answer

6. My grandfather has made me the largest, ______________________________________ colorful kite I’ve ever had.

A. more                                    B. the                                       C. most                                     D. as

7. Sometimes I go _________________________________________________ the buffaloes with the boys.

A. swimming                            B. riding                                   C. driving                                    D. herding

8. She is one of _____________________________________________ most popular singers now.

A. a                                          B. an                                        C. Փ                                         D. the

9. My grandparents look __________________________ the house while my parents go to work and we go to school.

A. at                                         B. for                                        C. after                                     D. up

10. The wall is _______________________________________________ painted with blue, red and white.

A. colour                                  B. colourful                              C. coloured                                   D. colourfully

11. I live more _______________________________________________ here.

A. unhappily                             B. happily                                 C. unhappy                                    D. happy

12. We live in a __________________________________________, our traditional circular tent.

A. apartment                             B. ger                                       C. town                                     D. stilt house

13. He is ___________________________________________________ on beer.

A. interested                             B. hooked                                 C. fond                                     D. addicted

14. The cattle provide most of our needs: ______________________________________ products, meat and clothing.

A. daily                                    B. yearly                                   C. days                                     D. dairy

15. You _______________________________________ to prepare the meal. I have done for you already.

A. don’t have                            B. haven’t                                 C. have                                     D. must not

16. It is harvest time, so we help ______________________________________ the rice onto buffalo – drawn cart.

A. load                                     B. dry                                       C. herd                                     D. fly

III.       Use the words given and other words, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do not change the words given

17. Nick is a careful write than Phuc.                                                                                      (carefully)

A. Nick write essays more carefully than Phuc.

B. Nick writes essays more carefully Phuc.

C. Nick writes essays more carefully than Phuc.

D. Nick writes essays the most carefully than Phuc.

18. A snail is slower than a crab.                                                                                             (slowly)

A. A snail moves more slowly a crab.

B. A snail moves more slowly than a crab.

C. A snail moves slowly than a crab.

D. A snail moves less slowly than a crab.

19. This is the largest kite I’ve ever seen.                                                                     (larger)

A. I’ve never see larger kite than this.

B. I’ve never see a larger kite this.

C. I’ve never seen larger kite than this.

D. I’ve never seen a larger kite than this.

20. Mr. Quynh is the happiest person in the village.                                                    (than)

A. No one in the village are happier than Mr. Quynh.

B. No one in the village is happier than Mr. Quynh.

C. No one in the village is happiest than Mr. Quynh.

D. No one the village is happier than Mr. Quynh.