A. Phonetics
1. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
Read the words out loud.
1. A. dear B. fear
C. hear D. heart
2. A. stupid B. studio
C. study D. student
3. A. brother B. thick
C. they D. that
4. A machine B. parachute
C. champagne D. cheer
5. A. doctor B. hospital
C. pollution D. tomorrow
Answer:
- 1. D. heart 2. C. study
- 3. B. think 4. D. cheer 5. C.pollution
2. Read sentences and decide which sentences have Rising intonation or Falling intonation.
| Rising intonation | Falling intonation. | |
| What’s the time? | ||
| Is this the blue one? | ||
| Have you got a pen? | ||
| Where do you live? | ||
| What’s your name? | ||
| Is Jenny with you? |
Answer:
| Rising intonation | Falling intonation | |
| What’s the time ? | x | |
| Is this the blue one? | x | |
| Have you got a pen? | x | |
| Where do you live? | x | |
| What's your name? | x | |
| Is Jenny with you? | x |
B. Vocabulary & Grammar
1. Match the words given with the correct pictures
Answer:
2. Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks.
Answer:
- (1) airplane (2) bus (3) truck
- (4) helicopter (5) motorbike
- (6) bullet train (7) tramway
- (8) bicycle (9) car
3. Put the verb In brackets in the correct tense form
1. What you (do) when you graduate from the university?
2- Next week we (have) many kinds of examinations. It (be) a very busy week, I think
3. In the future, most of Vietnamese people (be able) (speak) English well.
4. We hope the new Director (find) more jobs for his employees.
5. Nam is a hard-working student. He (pass) the exam easily this year.
Answer:
- 1. will you do
- 2. will have/will be
- 3. will be able to speak
- 4. will find
- 5. will pass
4. Choose the best one which fits the space to complete the sentence.
1. This is ______ sister. That's ____. (his, my)
2. _____ pen is red. _____ is blue. (hers, your)
3. They aren’t _____ keys. They’re _____. (theirs, our)
4. It isn’t _____ hat. It’s ____. (mine, her)
5. _____ books are here. _____ are there. (ours, their)
6. These are ______ shoes. Those are _____. (your, his)
Answer:
- 1. My/ his 2. Your/ hers
- 3. Our/ theirs 4. her/ mine
- 5. their/ ours 6. your/ his
C. Reading
1. Put a phrase from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.
There are many means of transport that (1) ………………………………, the capital of Greece. In order to move around inside the city there is a wide network of buses leading to different areas of Athens, then there are trolleybuses which move with the help of electricity and cover a wide area as well. (2) …………………………….. but since it is quite new in Greece it doesn’t yet cover every single prefecture but there are plans for expansion so that other locations are served as well. The metro has connections with the railway train of Athens which can take you from the Port of Piraeus to the northern suburbs with many stops in between. (3) ……………………………. of the metro which will take you to the Athens Airport and a few more areas which are a bit far from the center of Athens but inside the prefecture of Attica. Moving on with the tram, (4) ……………. preferred by many people since it connects areas that didn’t have adequate transportation before and it passes by locations where there are no metro stations. Taxis are cheap in comparison to other European countries and (5) ………………………… since they are easy to find and quick if there is no traffic.
Answer:
- visitors can use in the city of Athens
- Athens metro is the quickest solution
- The suburban railway is the interchange
- tt is a modern means of transport
- they can take you anywhere at any time
2. Put a word from the box in the gap to complete the following passage.
ease, to, cycle, easily,
miniature, from, transport, bullock cart,
cars, invention
About hundreds of years ago there was no fastest means of transport and people had to walk on a (1) _____or horseback. Today, we are with number of means of transport and can reach any part of the world with (2) ________. First of all, with the invention of the wheels came the (3) _____ which is still very a popular form of transport. It is an eco-friendly vehicle. The first (4) that made transport truly fast was the invention of the steam engine. This led to the railways. And further, the petrol engine soon changed the whole scene by making the motor car possible. Today, of course we have motor cycles, motor cars and diesel run trucks. The bulkiest of material can easily be transported(5) _____ one end of the country (6) _____ other end by means of trucks or by railways. We can easily travel to our place of work or go on a holiday. (7)_____ have emerged as the most
widely accepted form of (8)_____ . Today, they have been made very comfortable to run air-conditioner, radio and tape-recorder and even a (9) _____ television. Five or six people can (10)_____ travel with comfort...
Answer:
- (1) bullock cart (2) ease (3) cycle
- (4) inventio (5) from (6) to
- (7) Cars (8) transport
- (9) miniature (10) easily
D. Writing
1. Rewrite the sentence so that it has similar meaning as the sentence printed before, using possessive pronoun.
Example: It’s my hat. -> It’s mine.
1. They’re my glasses.
=>......................................................
2. Here're his shoes.
=>......................................................
3. It's her cup.
=>......................................................
4. They're our pencils.
=>......................................................
5. It’s their picture.
=>......................................................
Answer:
- 1. They’re mine.
- 2. Here’re his.
- 3. It’s hers.
- 4. They’re ours.
- 5. It’s theirs.
2. Rearrange the words given to make mean full sentences.
1. There / been / have / transport/ interesting / many / inventions/ nowadays/./
……………………………………………………………………………………………
2. The / a / is / single-wheel / bike/ mono-wheel
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. The / sits/ driver/ the / to / wheel / inside/ and / pedals/ go / forward /./
……………………………………………………………………………………….
4. The / pulls / handle / to / driver / to / go / forward / back/ or/ pushes/ the/ it/ go/./
………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. I/ it/ way/ convenient/ is/ guess/, /green/ to/ travel/ a/./
………………………………………………………………………………………………
Answer:
- 1. There have been many interesting transport inventions nowadays.
- 2. The mono-wheel is a single-wheel bike.
- 3. The driver sits inside the wheel and pedals to go forward.
- 4. The driver pulls the handle to go back or pushes it to go forward.
- 5. I guess it is a convenient, green way to travel.
3. Circle the sentence or question that has similar meaning to the first one.
1. Mary went to Viet Nam last year and it was her second time.
A. That was the first time Mary went to Viet Nam.
B. That wasn’t the first time Mary went to Viet Nam.
C. That was the second time Mary went to Viet Nam.
D. That was the last time Mary went to Viet Nam.
2. There are many places worth seeing in London.
A. There are many places of interest in London.
B. There are not many places of interest in London.
C. There are no places of interest in London.
D. There are many places which interesting in London.
3. I want to visit a beautiful beach in Viet Nam. Could you suggest one?
A- DO You mind if you suggested one beautiful beach in Viet Nam? « f
B. Would you mind if you suggest one beautiful beach in Viet Nam?
C. Do you mind suggesting one beautiful beach in Viet Nam?
D. Could you suggested one beautiful beach in Viet Nam?
4. Could you help me to send this letter to my boss?
A. Would you mind sending this letter to my boss?
‘B. Do you mind send this letter to my boss?
C. Would you mind send this letter to my boss?
D. Would you mind to send this letter to my boss?
5. Yesterday we decided to paddle around West Lake in a canoe.
A. We decided to go around West Lake in, a canoe yesterday.
B. We decided to walk around West Lake in a canoe yesterday.
C. We decided to run around West Lake in a canoe yesterday.
D. We decided to ride around West Lake in a canoe yesterday.
Answer:
- 1. C. That was the second time Mary went to Vietnam.
- 2. A. There are many places of interest in London.
- 3. C. Do you mind suggesting one beautiful beach in Vietnam?
- 4. A. Would you mind sending this letter to my boss?
- 5. A. We decided to go around West Lake in a canoe yesterday.