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THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VÒNG THÀNH PHỐBẬC THCS
I. From the following verbs, pick out those whose ending “ed” is pronounced /t/ (1m):
Expressed suggested talked called
Visited liked touched cared


II. Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets (2,5ms):
“As he . . . . . . . . . . . . (run) to jump over the ditch, he . . . . . . . . . . . . (fall) and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (twist) his ankle. We . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(have) to carry him home. He now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (lie) on the sofa, and he . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(read) a book until a few minutes ago. The doctor just . . . . . . . . . . . . . (leave) and . . . . . . . . . . . . (say) as he . . . . . . . . . . .(go) out that he must . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(rest) for a week.
III. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition (2ms):
The house is . . . . . . . . . . . . fire. Call . . . . . . . . . . . . help ?
. . . . . . . . . . night, we can see millions . . . . . . . stars . . . . . . . . . our heads.
. . . . . . . . . . an average, women live longer than men.
We stand . . . . . . . . . peace and are . . . . . . . war.
IV. Fill in the blanks with “a”, “an”, “the” or “O” (no article) (2ms):
1. He got (1). . . . . . . . job in (2). . . . . . . . . south and spent (3). . . . . . . . . next two years doing (4). . . . . . . work he really enjoyed.
2. It was (1) . . . . . . windy morning but they hired (2) . . . . . boat and went for (3) . . . . . . . sail along (4) . . . . . . . coast.
V. Complete the following sentences with an appropriate form of the words in brackets (2ms):
1. Sleeping all day, eating too much and never going out is . . . . . . . . . . (health).
2. A doctor who treats only particular illnesses is a . . . . . . . . . . . . . (special).
3. We would have a lot of . . . . . . . . . (funny) if we went there.
4. The person who’s out of work is . . . . . . . . . . . . (employ).
VI. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning (4ms):
1. Theatre programmes usually have lots of information.
- There
2. He has been collecting stamps for five years.
- He started
3. He spends two hours a week sorting out stamps.
- Sorting out his stamps
4. The garage is servicing my car on Monday.
- I am
VII. Do as directed in parentheses (2,5ms)
1. This large map belonged to my uncle. In the middle of it you can see part of the Arctic Circle (Combine into one sentence using Relative pronoun)
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2. They can’t put you in prison if they haven’t tried you. (Change into passive voice)
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3. The dog was fed. It lay down by its owner’s chair. (Combine into one sentence using present participle)
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4. He never does his homework. If he (do) his homework, he (not worry) about his examination. (supply the correct verb form)
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5. she was very foolish and she believed everything I told her. (Rewrite the sentence using “too” or “enough”)
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VII. Fill in the blanks with the words from the list (2ms):
Grown about farm want (like)
Some fruit country