I. Circle the letter A, B, C or D before the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. (1,25pts)
1. A. promised B. hopped C. booked D. burned
2. A. though B. ought C. thought D. bought
3. A. hard B. carry C. card D. yard
4. A. try B. why C. heavy D. dry
5. A. cool B. food C. look D. flood
II. Circle A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences . (5,75pts)
1. The teacher told him ___________ up late.
A. to not stay B. to stay not C. to stay not D. not to stay
2. My father is good at ____________ English.
A. speaking B. spoken C. speak D. to speak
3. We are all ________ that you passed your English exam. Congratulation!
A. relieved B. afraid C. delighted D. certain
4. “__________to come and have dinner with us?” “I’d love to but I’m very busy”.
A. would you mind B. could you please C. Would you like D. Do you enjoy
5. I am very _____________ in the information you have given me.
A. concerned B. interested C. surprised D. worried
6. Can you tell me where ______________ ?
A. she does B. does she C. she is D. is she
7. You have to work ____________ for the coming exam.
A. hardly B. more hardly C. more hardD. hard
8. I saw her _____________ the flowers in the garden.
A. watering B. watered C. be watered D. is watering
9. They had their luggage ___________ by the porter.
A. carry B. carrying C. to carry D. carried
10. She often spends her weekend ___________ through pleasant open countryside.
A. travel B. traveling C. to travel D. to traveling
11- My brother is studying hard ......................... pass the exam.
A. for B. in order to C. so to D. so that
12- We have studied ................... seven o'clock.
A. for B. at C. since D. to
13- He was born in England. English is his .................................
A. mother tongue B. first language
C. foreign language D. A and B are correct
14- It's dangerous .......................... in this river.
A. swim B. to swim C. swimming D. swam
15- ........................... to America yet ?
A. Were you B. Have you ever been C.Were you been D. Are you
16- The boy was ....................... by the dog
A. bite B. bit C. bited D. bitten
17- My father used ...................... me to school.
A. took B. taking C. to take D. take
18- Would you mind ................... for a few minutes?
A. to wait B. waiting C. wait D. be waiting
III. Give the correct form of the bold words in parentheses. (2,5pts)
1. This book has a lot of information. It’s very ____useful________________. (use)
2. You’ll meet the tour guide on your _____arrival______________ at the hotel. (arrive)
3. Our post is delivered _____everyday/ daily__________________ except for Saturday ( day)
4. Ha Long Bay was ___recognized________by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. (recognition)
5. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more ___comfortable_____________ . (comfort)
6. His parents are very __proud________________ of him. (pride)
7. “The lost shoes” is one of the __traditional_____________ stories I like best. (tradition)
8. The ____flight_________ from Hanoi to London was delayed in two hours. (fly)
9. I’m sure that I have connected the printer ____properly_______ . (proper)
IV. Each sentence below contains an error, underline and write the correct one in the space. 0 is done as an example. (2pts)
0. My brother are a teacher. 0. _______ is _________
1. I go to see her if I have enough time. 1. ___will go_______________
2. It is not easy do that difficult work. 2.______to do_____________
3. He drove such fast that he won the race. 3._____so______________
4. I wish I can go with you to the countryside next weekend. 4. _______could____________
5. When she came, I read her letter. 5 ______was reading_____________
6. It’s dangerous to drive fastly in busy streets. 6.______fast_____________
7. The bicycle is so expensive for me to buy. 7.________too___________
8. Dave is a friend of mine. I knew him for a long time. 8.______have known____________
VI- Complete the following sentences based on the given cues.(2pts)
1- How long / it / take you / get / school ?
.....how long .does it take u to get to school?............................................ .................................................. .................................
2- He / not interested / buy / new / house.
.........he isn't interested in buying new house...................................... .................................................. .................................
3- I / play badminton / Nam / when / my friends / come.
....i was playing badminton with Nam when my friends came.............................................. .................................................. .................................
4- I / bored / doing / same thing / day after day.
.....i am bored that i am doing the same thing day after day............................................. .................................................. .................................
5- Marie Curie / born / Poland / 1867
.....Marie Curie was born in Poland in 1867............................................. .................................................. .................................
6- We ought / use/ cloth bags/ instead / reuse/ plastic bags.
.....we ought to use cloth bags instead of reusing plastic bags............................................. .................................................. .................................
7- We / have / wonderful/ time / moment / SaPa.
.......we are having a wonderful time at the moment in Sapa........................................... .................................................. .................................
8- Could / give me /information ?
........could you give me some information?.......................................... .................................................. .................................
VIII. Complete the 2nd sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the fist (2,5pts).
1. The children are too young to be in class 6.
→The children are not..old enough to be in class 6............................................. .................................................. ...
2. "Eat more fruits and vegetables", the doctor said to her
→The doctor told......her to eat more fruit and vegetables........................................ .................................................. ............
3. We began to study English 5 years ago.
®.We have .studied E for 5 yrs................................................. .................................................. ...............
4 “Can you wait for me here, Jerry?”
®Tom told...jerry if she could wait for him thêre........................................... .................................................. ......................
5. A dog is bigger than a cat.
® A cat isn’t as.big as a dog............................................... .................................................. ............
6. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it.
® The coffee is too hot for me to drink.................................................. .................................................. ...
7. The ladder isn’t very long. It doesn’t reach the window.
® The ladder isnt long enough to reach the window.................................................. .................................................. .............
8. The weather was fine. We could go camping.
® The weather .was fine enough for us to go camping................................................. .................................................. ......
9. I often went boating when I was young.
® I used to..go boating when i was young.............................................. .................................................. ..................
10. We built this house in 1975.
®This house ..was built in 1975................................................ .................................................. .........
