A. Match the words/ phrases in Column A with its definition or examples in Column B.
spelling
pronunciation
part of speech
definition
grammatical note
word usage
examples sentences/ expressions
a. how to say a word
b. e.g. slang, idioms, collocations
c. the meaning of a word
d. how a word and its different forms are spelled
e. the type of word
f. The sentences or expressions with words used correctly
g. countable/ uncountable nouns, plurals of nouns, etc.
2 Identifying the part of speech is helpful in working out the meaning of a word. Study the way the academic words in bold are used in the examples and write the correct part of speech, noun (N), verb (Vb), adjective (Adj) or adverb (Adv) for each one. 4 compared with previous generations ......... 5 Results revealed that... 8 3... in two rural and two urban locations......... 2 The present study was conducted... 1 The walking school bus concept originated in 1998.
Question III. Match the first halves in column A with the second ones in column B to make sentences. (1.0 points)
A | B | Answers |
1. Minh has a round face | A. but the garden in front of my house is large. |
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2. My sister is very good at English and Maths | B. and he travels everywhere by bus too. |
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3. My house is small | C. but his sister has an oval face. |
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4. My father goes to work by bus | D. but she doesn’t like Literature much. |
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III. Match the first halves in column A with the second ones in column B to make sentences .
A | B |
1. Minh has a round face | a. but the garden in front of my house is large |
2. My sister is very good at English and Maths | b. and he travels everywhere by bus too |
3. My house is small | c. and I am helping her |
4. My father goes to work by bus | d. but his sister has an oval face |
5. My mother is preparing for my birthday’s party | e. but she doesn’t like Literature much |
Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.
C. theme | D. plot |
22 | Ha Noi is famous for its delicious street food. |
| A. sunny | B. tasty | C. friendly | D. beautiful |
Write a postcard (50-70 words) to a friend . Use the writing guide to help you
Start with Dear or Hi
Say where the place is like and what the weather is like
Say what type of housing you are staying in
Say what you do every day
Finish with Love or Bye for now and your name
B. READING (30 points) Choose the word which best fits each gap. I live in a house near the sea. It is (21) ________ old house, about 100 years old and (22) ________ very small. There are two bedrooms upstairs (23) ________ no bathroom. The bathroom is downstairs (24) ________ the kitchen and there is a living room where there is a lovely old fire place. There is a garden (25) ________ the house. The garden (26) ________ down to the beach and in spring and summer (27) ________ flowers everywhere. I live alone (28) ________ my dog, Rack, but we have a lot of visitors. My city friends often stay with (29) ________. I love my house for (30) ________ reasons: the garden, the flowers in summer, the fire in winter, but the best thing is the view from my bedroom window. 21. A. a B. an C. the D. any 22. A. It's B. It C. there's D. They're 23. A. and B. or C. but D. too 24. A. between B. next C. near to D. next to 25. A. in front B. front of C. of front in D. in front of 26. A. go B. going C. goes D. in goes 3 27. A. these are B. they are C. there are D. those are 28. A. for B. of C. on D. with 29. A. me B. I C. my D. I'm 30. A. a B. any C. many D. a lot Read the passage carefully and answer the questions below. Hoa’s family lives in a beautiful house in the country. There are many flowers in front of her house. Behind the house, there is a well. To the right of the house, there is a rice-paddy and to the left of the house, there are tall trees. It’s very quiet here and Hoa loves her house very much. Hoa’s father is a worker. He works in a big factory. Every day, he travels to work by motorbike. He works in his factory from Monday to Friday. He doesn’t work on Saturdays and Sundays. 31. What are there in front of her house? ________________________________________________________________________________ 32. Is there a paddy field to the right of the house? ________________________________________________________________________________ 33. What does Hoa’s father do? ________________________________________________________________________________ 34. How does he travel to work? ________________________________________________________________________________ 35. When does he work in the factory? ________________________________________________________________________________ C. WRITING (30 points) Make the question for the underlined words or phrases. 36. It takes Dr. Phong 10 minutes to fill Van’s tooth. ________________________________________________________________________________ 37. Nga went to see the dentist last week. ________________________________________________________________________________ 38. Dr. Lai will check your teeth. ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 39. I feel sick after eating that food. ________________________________________________________________________________ Rewrite the sentences keeping the meaning unchanged. 40. I don’t have a television set in my dining room. There __________________________________________________________________________ 41. Her favourite room in the house is her bedroom. She ____________________________________________________________________________ 42. The bookshop is behind Lan’s house. Lan’s house ____________________________________________________________________ Complete the sentences with the given words 43. They/ moving / new/ apartment/ next/ week/. ________________________________________________________________________________ 44. pet dog/ is/ at/ back/ computer/. ________________________________________________________________________________ 45. you / can/ see/ nice picture/ wall /? ________________________________________________________________________________ 46. There /not/ wardrobe/ Minh /room/. ________________________________________________________________________________ Reorder the following words to make meaningful sentences. 47. house/ a/ Minh/ lake/ a/ lives/ in/ near. ________________________________________________________________________________ 48. many/ right/ the/ museum/ Are/ flowers/ the/ there/ to/ of/? ________________________________________________________________________________ 49. his/ friend/ in/ family/ My/ Hanoi/ doesn’t/ with/ live. ________________________________________________________________________________ 50. next/ photocopy/ What/ store/ there/ the/ is/ to /? _______________________________________________________________________________
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences with given words
any/ front/ your garden/ of/ yard/ there/ in/ is?
A. There is any yard in front of your garden?
B. Any yard there is in front of your garden?
C. Is there any yard in front of your garden?
D. Is there your garden in front of any yard?
Match an item in column A with its meaning in column B.
A | B |
1. Decorate 2. Celebrate 3. Eve 4. Piggy bank 5. Gathering | a. A time when people come together. b. To add something in order to make a thing more beautiful to look at. c. A small box often in shape of a pig that children use for saving money in. d. To do something special or enjoyable on an important day. e. The day or evening before an important day. |
V. Read the passage and choose the correct word A, B, C or D to complete it.
Brunei is one of the smallest countries in the world. Its population (1) ____ only 25,000 and most of them live in Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital city with the longest name in the world!) It is also the richest country in (2) ____ Asia and maybe the richest country in the world because it has a lot of oil and natural gas which it (3) ____ to Japan. Every week huge tankers carry oil and gas from the oil-fields of Brunei to Japan.
The head of the state in Brunei is Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah. He is on of the richest man in the world. He has two wives and (4) ____ lives in their own beautiful palace. The Sultan has more than 200 cars and he also has (5) ____ of horses.
1. A. has B. is C. are D have
2. A. a B. an C. the D. no article
3. A. exports B. buys C. imports D. produces
4. A. either B. every C. each D. neither
5. A. hundreds B. hundred C. a hundred D. one hundred