Revision1-Multiple choice-E9-HKI-2010-2011

REVISION 1
I/ Phonetics:

A/ Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

A. violent B. interactive C. edition D. comic
A. climate B. separate C. gather D. advance
3. A. control B. costly C. cross D. correspond
4. A. missed B. talked C. looked D. wanted
B/ Choose the words that has a different stress pattern from the others.

A. occasion B. locate C. baggy D. fashion
A. material B. pagoda C. linguistics D. access
A. deposit B. remote C. cotton D. unique
A. Tamil B. logical C. exchange D. blanket


II/ Vocabulary:
1. I spend most of the time ____ because I just don’t know which website is useful for me.
A. walking B. running C. seeing D. wandering
2. Internet is a ________ invention of modern life.
A. wonderful B. wonder C. wonderfulness D. wonderer
3. We can find ________ on another planet.
A. ground B. tree C. life D. light
4. Singapore is one of the countries of the ________ South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
A. Organization B. Association C. Federation D. Group
5. This dictionary is ________ to look for words that you don’t know the meaning of them.
A. necessarily B. necessity C. necessary D. necessarian
6. I can speak English fluently but my____ is very bad I can’t hear when people say too fast.
A. speaking B. reading C. writing D. listening
7. When Liz has visited his friend in Paris and she lost because he didn’t bring a ________
A. food B. televison C. map D. calculator
8. Other designers have taken inspiration from Vietnam’s ethnic _________.
A. minority B. minors C. minored D. minorities

III/ Grammar:
 Past simple (V-ed/2) * ago, last , yesterday, …
1. Mrs. Jones _________ part – time at a local supermarket three years ago.
A. works B. is working C. worked D. has worked
 Used to +(V-inf)
1. Before Mr. Teo used to _________ 20 cigarettes a day but now he doesn’t smoke any more.
A. smoker B.smoking C. smoke D. smoked
 Tag questions: (K => P ; P => K)
1. Lan and Hoa are never late for school, ________ ?
A. are they B. aren’t they C. don’t they D. isn’t she
2. Mr. Brown grew a lot of vegetales, ________ ?
A. didn’t he B. was he C. do we D. hasn’t she
 Prepositions: * at , in , on, for, since, from … to/upto/until, between … and, ..etc
1. Mr. Ba often works ________ 7 a.m _______ 6 p.m each day.
A. at / at B. before / at C. from / upto D. in / to
2. His family has lived in this area ________ about 7 years.
A. since B. for C. in D. with
 Gerunds (V-ing) *love, like, dislike, enjoy, stop, hate , practise, give up, go on , keep on,
* be fond of, be good at, be interested in, be look forward to , …
1. Xuan is looking forward to _________ e-mail from her friends in Ha Noi.
A. receive B. received C. receives D. receiving
2. We hate _________ this advertisement.
A. watch B. watched C. watching D. watches
 Wish sentences. (V after in the past simple / *Note : be => were)
1. Peter wishes he _______ a student of Oxford University.
A. was B. will be C. were D. is
2. My friends don’t have a reference Maths books. I wish they ______ them.
A. having B. had C. will have D. has
 Past Progessive tense (Be: was/were + V –ing)
1. When my teacher came in the classroom, Lan ________ to another student.
A. talks B. is talking C. talked D. was talking
 Modal verbs with IF ( if + S + V present simple –s/es/inf , S + Modal verb + V – inf)
1. No problem. If we _______ to be there in time, we _______ as quickly as possible.
A. want / runs B. wants / will run C. want / must run D. will want / must run
2. Really? If she __ to improve her listening skills, she __ the English news on TV very often.
A. can want / should listen B. wants / should listen to
C. want / listens to D. wants / listen to
 Reported speech
Statement sentences: 1/ S1+ said + S2 + V in the Past form.
WH – questions: 2/ S1 + asked + WH – questions + S2 + V in the Past form.
* Notes: ( trợ động từ bỏ đi)
Yes/No– questions: 3/ S1 + asked + if / whether + S2 + V in the Past form.
* Notes: ( trợ động từ bỏ đi)
1. His teacher asked her if she __________ going to do the following day.
A. was B. is C. be D. will be
2. An old man asked a girl whether she ________ him to cross the busy street.
A. helped B. help C. has helped D. helps
 Adverb clauses of result (so , so … that)
20. They didn’t want to get home late ________ they took a taxi.
A. but B. and C. so D. because
21. The hotel was ______ noisy ______ they couldn’t sleep.
A. so – that B. from - to C. but - for D. between - and
 Adverbs and Adjectives
22. Internet has _________ developed and became part of our everyday life.
A. increasingly B. increasing C. increasable D. increased
23. Attention please. Here is a ________ announcement. A little girl is reported missing.
A. speically B. specialty C. unspecified D. special
 Passive
24. Students ________ to participate in the after- school activities.
A. encourage B. are encouraged C. encouraged D. encouraging
25. Goods ________ to your house if you order.
A. may deliver B. may be delivering C. may be delivered D. may delivered
 Present participle
26. After an hour ________ on the farm, the buffalo was given some hay.
A. plow B. plowing C. plowed D. plough
27. Since his father ________, his eldest sister has looked after them.
A. death B. dead C. passing away D. died
 The present perfect ( S + has/have + V-ed/3)
28. He ________ with his friends in an apartment in HCM City since last week.
A. living B. has lived C. lived D. live
29. The Ao dai ________ for years.
A. is modernized B. has been modernized C. was modernized D. modernize