E 11 – ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN THI HKI - 2013

E 11 – ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN THI HKI - 2013
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
that of the other words.
1. A. chicken B. children C. chorus D. chime
2. A. house B. hour C. honey D. hockey
3. A. game B. danger C. village D. change
4. A. honest B. exhaust C. hour D. hook
5. A. cheese B. chorus C. chaos D. character
6. A. hair B. honesty C. holiday D. house
7. A. church B. orchid C. orchestra D. psychology
8. A. angry B. agriculture C. angel D. angle
II. Underline the correct tense form of the verb in each sentence.
1. When I was a child I used to / was riding a tricycle.
2. I`m waiting for Sue. Have you seen / Did you see her?
3. When the phone rang I washed / was washing my hair in the bathroom.
4. When did you last go / have you last been to the cinema?
5. At the moment of the earthquake Pat read / was reading in bed.
6. My brother had been / was a soldier before he came back to teaching.
7. When we had eaten lunch, we sat / were sitting in the garden.
8. Juliet was sure she saw / had seen the tall man before.
III. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets –
infinitive or gerund, active or passive.
1. Jane was expected...............................(pass) the exam.
2. John really loves...............................(spend) all day at the beach.
3. Tom insisted on...............................(call) Tomy.
4. Are you waiting...............................(use) the phone?
5. expect.............................(meet) at the airport by my parents.
6. My teacher refused...............................(let) me leave early.
7. This letter is believed...............................(deliver) this afternoon.
8. I expected...............................(invite) to Nam’s birthday party, but I wasn’t.
IV. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays
the same.
1. To meet him again is a pleasure.
It......................................................................................................
2. Studying maths is interesting.
I find it..............................................................................................
3. He left the house early this morning.
I saw.......................................................................................................

4. While Jane was having a bath, Peter came to visit her.
Jane....................................................................................................
5. John went to bed after he had finished the report.
John had............................................................................................
6. Itfs advisable for Bob to work harder for the exam.
Bob....................................................................................................
7. She was made to type these letters before 5 p.m yesterday.
The boss..........................................................................................
8. Before going out, we had turned off all the lights.
Before we.........................................................................................
V. Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce, from the following sets of words or phrases, sentences that together make up a letter of invitation.
Dear Tom,
The summer holidays / come / near. Would you like / come over / my house / countryside / a short stay? We could spend some time on the beach sunbathing, swimming, catching seashells together. All the members of my family will be happy to see you again.
Please let me know whether you can come.
I’m looking forward to your reply.
Love,
Nam
Your letter
Dear Tom,
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Love,
Nam
VI. There is a mistake in each sentence. Find and correct it.
1. Tam had a shower when the phone rang.
2. Minh was coming to visit me yesterday morning.
3. I suddenly remembered that I have forgotten my schoolbag at home.
4. They made me to stay with them for the weekend.
5. Tim was the last student be interviewed this morning.
6. By the time I arrived at the party they ate all everything.
7. It`s a pleasure to seeing you again after so long.

8. This is the first time I had been to England.
VII. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word.
BEST FRIENDS
Paul and Dora had alvvays been the best of friends and sent loads of text messages (1)...........................each other every day. We were all very surprised when we heard that they had fallen (2)......................., but they wouldn’t tell us why. We (3) ....................... hours discussing the problem and decided that we had to find (4)........................what had led to