EXERCISES REVISION FOR THE MID–TERM TEST

I. Phonetics: Circle the letter preceding the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

1. A. high                      B. rough               C. tough               D. laugh

2. A. burn                      B. picture             C. hurt                 D. turn

3. A. community            B. computer         C. volunteer                   D. tutor

4. A. life                         B. knives              C. leaf                  D. knife

5. A.picture                      B.sure                    C. future                D. nature

6. A. guess                     B. big                             C. sign                  D. again

7. A. cinema                     B. comic             C. cake                 D. cool

8. A. photo                    B. favour              C. volleyball         D. laugh

II. Vocabulary and grammar; Circle the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete each of the following sentences.

     1. Ngoc……………….eating fast food because it’s not good for her health.

A. likes                 B. hates                C. loves.               D. enjoys

2. Before moving to Ha Noi, my parents………………..in Hai Phong.

          A. have lived        B. live                   C. have been living        D. lived

3. Eat ………………junk food. It makes you fat.

          A. more                B. less                  C. in                      D. of

    4. To help people in remote area, we can…………them transportation.

             A. help              B. donate                       C. provide            D. plant

5.  We enjoy………………English.

          A. studying          B. to study           C. study               D. studied

6. He ate a lot of junk food, so he…………….fat quickly.

          A. gets                  B. getting              C. has gotten        D. got

     7. Don’t play computer games so much, ……………you’ll harm your eyes.

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

     8. She ……………….when she was a child.

           A. visit                B. visited                        C. visiting        D. visits

      9. I stayed at home …………..it rained.

           A. because             B. and                         C. so                 D. but

      10. She hates………….. the house work.

           A. do                               B. doing                       C. does            D. done.

III. Reading: Read the text and choose the best answer:

We need calories or (1)…………………..to do the things every day. For example, when we walk to school or (2) ………………..a bike to school we spend a certain amount of (3)………….and even when we sleep, we also use them. But how many calorie should we (4) ………………a day to stay in shape? It’s difficult (5)…………………..us to calculate. If people want to keep (6) …………….., they should remember that everyone should have between 1600 and 2500 calories a day.

          1. A. food             B. energy              C. drink             D. eat            

           2. A. ride             B. come                C. drive             D. go

           3. A. things                   B. food                 C. money          D. calories

           4. A. do               B. spend               C. have              D. eat

           5. A. for              B. with                 C. in                  D. to

           6. A. health                   B. fit                     C. active           D. strong

IV. Writing:  Complete these sentences:

1.     Hoa’s / favourite / hobby/ collect/ dolls/.

2.     We/ enjoy/ take/ photos/.

3.     Nam / tired/ He/ stay / at home.

4.     They/ visit/ Hue/ last summer/.

5.     My sister/ listen/ pop music/ everyday.

6.     My friends/ donate/ books/ clothes/ street children/ so far/.

7.     They / hate/ do/ house work.

8.     My hobby/ play/ badminton/ and/do/yoga.

we [not see]              her since she left

7.Read the following passage and choose the correct answer for each questions

            Who are the best drivers? Which drivers are the safest on the roads? According to a recent survey, young and inexperienced drivers are the most likely to have an accident. Older drivers ar more careful. Young men have the worst accident records of all. They often choose faster cars with bigger engines. One of the most interesting facts in the survey is that passengers have an effect on the driver. When young male drivers have there friends in the car, their driving become worse. When there wife or girlfriend is in the car, however, there driving is better. But opposite is true for women. Their driving is more dangerous when their husband or boyfriend is in the car.

0. Who have the worst accident records of all?

    A. Young men        B. Young women         C. Old men         D. Inexperienced men

1. According to the survey, who are the most likely to have an accident?

      A. Young and experienced drivers.       B. Old and inexpericenced drivers.

      C. Young and old drivers.                              D. Young and inexpericenced drivers.

2. Young men often choose ………………………….. .

      A. expensive cars.                                     B. fast cars with big engines.

      C. slow cars with big engines.                 D. fast car with small engines.

3. Who have an effect on the driver?

      A. passengers            B. policemen         C. children        D. journalists.

4. When young male drivers have the wife of girlfriends in the car, their driving becomes ………………………….

      A. worse                 B. better               C. slower                        D. faster

6.Choose the best answers.

1, Don’t let your brother ……………… the present.

2, ……………… does the plane fly? It flies at 600 miles an hour.

3, All the furniture in the house ……………… old-fashioned.

4, Your composition is ……………… better than mine.

5, My first English class is ……………… Wednesday at 8.40.

6, History is ……………… interesting and important subject at school.

7, There are not……………… lessons on Sunday.

8, Schools in the USA are quite different ……………… those in Vietnam.

9, Most of the students enjoy ……………… books.

10, The librarian always helps students ……………… what they want in the library.

11, Students have two ……………… breaks each day.

12, I am bored ……………… drinking orange juice.

13, He  ……………… since 1987.

14, You are right. I agree ……………… you completely.

15, This is something my wife bought me ……………… my birthday.

      Books play a very ………………… (1) part in your life. It’s true that every family …………………. (2) books. We can …………………(3) books every where. We can …………………(4) many things from books. Books ………………….(5) us in self-ducation and deciding ……………….. (6) in life.

     Today, there are a lot of public ……………….. (7) in our country and all people have the right to ………………..(8) them.

     Each year hundreds of new books for ………………….(9) appear in Viet Nam. The books are very …………………… (10) and children like reading them very much.

8.Em hãy chọn một đáp án đúng trong ngoặc đẻ hoàn thành mỗi câu  sau.

1. They are (studying/ study) science at the moment.

2. We can (have/having/ to have) a picnic either on Saturday or on Sunday.

3. What time (does Trung have/ is Trung has) music class?

4. The math books are (on/ at) the right.

5. What other classes do you have (on/at/in) Thursday?

6. Is volleyball (a/ an) unpopular after-school activity?

7. We have four (ten-minutes/ ten-minute) breaks each day.

8. These (shelf/ shelves) on the left have dictionaries and literature in English.

9. In geography, we study the world, (its/ it’s) rivers and mountain ranges.

10. This is our library and (that/ those) are our books.

      Books play a very ………………… (1) part in your life. It’s true that every family …………………. (2) books. We can …………………(3) books every where. We can …………………(4) many things from books. Books ………………….(5) us in self-ducation and deciding ……………….. (6) in life.

     Today, there are a lot of public ……………….. (7) in our country and all people have the right to ………………..(8) them.

     Each year hundreds of new books for ………………….(9) appear in Viet Nam. The books are very …………………… (10) and children like reading them very much.