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I. Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c, or d) which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter you choose (3.0m)
1) Please ask them . . . . . . . . . . in this area.
a) don’t smoke b) not smoking c) to not smoke d) not to smoke
2) Come and . . . . . . . . . . . . badminton, Nam!
a) do b) make c) take d) play
3) Timson . . . . . . . . . . 13 films and I think her latest is the best.
a) made b) had made c) has made d) was making
4) My birthday is . . . . . . . . . . February 2nd.
a) on b) in c) at d) from
5) You should learn your lesson . . . . . . . . . .
a) careful b) carefully c) careless d) carelessly
6) “The students went on a canoe trip yesterday.”
“I heard it was . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .”
a) excited b) exciting c) exciteful d) an excitement
7) “Do you think your father will worry if we’re late?”
“Maybe we’d better . . . . . . . . . . . . . . him.”
a) call b) be calling to c) to call d) will call
8) I said “Happy Birthday” before . . . . . . . . . . Lan a present.
a) give b) will give c) gave d) giving
9) Tam . . . . . . . . . last night when the telephone . . . . . . . . . . .
a) slept-rang b) slept-wasringing
c) was sleeping - rang d) was sleeping-was ringing
10) It’s very crowded here. I wish ...............................................
a) there were a few people b) there weren’t so many people
c) there is no one d) there was somebody here
11) Quiet, please. The headmaster would like to ......................................... a few words.
a) talk b) say c) tell d) mention
12. Maria’s English is excellent. She speaks English ...............................................
a) very perfect b) perfective c) perfectively d) perfectly
II. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words provided after each sentence so that they can make the sentences meaningful (2.0m)
1. My ……………………………………… television programs is cartoon. (favor)
2. Life is more . . . . . ............... . . . . now. (comfort)
3. Would you like to go . . . . ............ . . . . . . (swim)
4. He speaks French very . . ............... . . . . . . . . . (good)
5. Life in the city is . . . . . . ........ . . . . . . from life in the country. (difference)
6. Lan has a ……………………………… of many lovely dolls. (collect)
7. Meat is not a . . . . . . . . . . food if we know how much to eat. (health)
8. You should go to a doctor and have a thorough ……………………. (examine)
III. Identify the words or phrase (A, B, C or D that must be changed for the sentence to be correct. Circle the letter you choose (1.5m)
1. I discovered something interestingly in the store so I got in to buy it.
A B C D
2. Would you mind help me solve these mathematics problems? I can hardly
A B C
understand how to do them.
D
3. She was having dinner when a man was coming and giving her a present
A B C D
4. Some people grow so taller that their health may become endangered.
A B C D
5. After said goodbye to my parents, I went to school with my sister.
A B C D
6. The phone rung while I was washing the dishes.
A B C D
IV. From each number, pich out one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (1.