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A. Phonetics

1. Find the words which has a different sound in the part underlined. Read the words out loud.

1. A. few     B. new     C. sew    D. nephew

2. A. closed                 B. practiced

C. asked                      D. stopped

3. A.tired                     B. my

C. arrive                      D.gift

4. A. tables                  B. noses

C. boxes                      D. changes

5. A. son                      B. sugar

C. soup                        D. sing

Answer: 

• 1. C. sew    2. A. closed   3. D. gift
• 4. A. tables     5. B. sugar

2. Put the words in the box into two groups:

Answer: 

B. Vocabulary & Grammar

1. Find the odd one out A, B, C or D.

1. A.geography           B.contain

C.music                      D.science

2. A.tomato               B.potato

C.information          D.cabbage

3. A.fashion              B.shower

C.cavity                     D.unhealthy

4. A.display              B.cartoon

C.paddle                   D.performance

5. A.buffal                B.detective

C.adventure            D.humour

Answer: 

• 1.B. contain    2. C. information    
• 3. D. unhealthy   4. C. paddle     5. A. buffalo

2. Match the musical instruments with the pictures.

	A. SAXOPHONE
	B. DRUMS
	C. VIOLIN
	D. TRUMPET
	E. HARP
	F. PIANO
	G. ACCORDION

Answer: 

3. Give the correct form of the verbs given in the brackets.

1. We like (come)____________________to school by bus, but we hate (stand)___________. and (wait) _____________________ In the rain. 

2. My house (decorate)________ by the new painters last week.

3. There is no thing like (walk)_____ as a means of (keep)_______ fit.

4. The Silver medal (give) ______ to him yesterday in the formal atmosphere by the Vice Director of the comparry.

5. The weather last year (be) ________ not so cold as this year.

Answer: 

• 1. coming, standing, waiting   
• 2. was decorated     3. walking, keeping          
• 4. was given            5. was

C. Reading

1. Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.

An interview with Robbie Williams

Is this Robbie Wiliams? No, it isn't. This man looks like Robbie Williams but his name is Kevin Black. Kevin has an (1)..................... job. He goes to the party every weekend. That's because he's a " celebrity lookalike" Our reporter, June Richardson, interviewed Kevin

June: What do you do in your job, Kevin?

Kevin: I go to (2)................ and I dance and sing Robbie Williams songs

June: Do people (3)............ you are really Robbie Williams?

Kevin: Not, not very often. I try to look like Robbie. I wear the same (4)......... and my (5) ............... is the same, but people don't often think I'm really Robbie Williams

June: What are you doing (6)............?

Kevin: This evening, I'm going to a party in London. It's a 21stst birthday party and I'm singing five Robbie Williams songs

June: Do you (7)................ your job?

Kevin: Yes, I love it. It's never (8)................ and I get up (9).........................every morning

June: Do you like Robbie Williams's music?

Kevin: Yes, I do. But I always listen to it when I'm working so I (10)...................... listen to it at home.

Answer: 

• 1. unusual      2. parties      3. think
• 4. clothes      5. hair      6. at the moment
• 7. enjoy        8. boring

2. Read and circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage.

One of the first novels in the history of literature(1)__________________ written in England in 1719.  It was  Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born (2).............. London in the family of  a rich man, When Daniel was a schoolboy, he began to write stories. After (3)............... school, he worked in his father's shop and (4)............. articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him (5)............. in his writings.

In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which (6)............. him famous. Defoe used in his book a true story about a sailor who (7)........... on an island for twenty- eight years. People liked (8)............... novel in England and in many other countries, Daniel Defoe wrote other books. (9)..............., his novel Robinson Crusoe was the (10)............ famous. Defoe was not a rick man when he died in 1731.

1. A. has          B. have         C. was          D. were

2. A. in            B. at               C. on             D. from

3. A. coming                          B. going

C. staying                               D. leaving

4. A. sold       B. wrote          C. bought     D. reasd

5. A. few        B. much          C. plenty        D. many

6. A. made    B. did               C. brought    D. let

7. A. visited   B. came           C. went         D. live

8. A. a            B. an                C. The           D. 0

9. A. And      B. Because       C. So             D. However

10. A. very     B. much          C. most        D. best

Answer: 

• 1. C. was      2. A. in       3. D. leaving     4. B. wrote
• 5. B. much     6. A. made      7. D. lived    8. C. the
• 9. D. However   10. C. most

D. Writing

1. Complete the sentences by using too and either.

1. Ex: My dog never barks, and (YOUR DOG)

=> My dog never barks, and your dog doesn’t either. 

2. You have to take a bath right away, and (She)

3. She'd like to join in the army, and (he)

4. We' d rather go to school on time, and (Tom)

5. Everything is not OK, and (This problem)

6. Nothing can prevent him from going there, and (you).

7. Everyone knows him, and (I)

8. Nobody knew why he was absent, and (I)

9. The worker must be working very hard, and (You)

10. You’d have come, and (I)

Answer: 

• 2. You have to take a bath right away, and she has too.
• 3. She’d like to join in the army, and he’d too.
• 4. We’d rather go to school on time, and Tom should too.
• 5. Everything is not ok, and this proplem is not either.
• 6. Nothing can provent him from going there, and you can’t either.
• 7. Everyone knows him, and I do too.
• 8. Nobody knew why he was absent, and I did not either.
• 9. The workers must be working very hard, and you must be too.
• 10. You’d have come, and I would too.

2. Complete the sentences by using as……as; not……..as; different……from.

1. Her daughter_________________________________ her. ( beautiful)

2. That dog isn't ______________________.it looks (dangerous)

3. Schools in Viet Nam__________ schools in the USA. (different)

4. These trees ______ those (same)

5. His appearance _____ what I have expected (different).

Answer: 

• 1. Her daughter is as beautiful as her.
• 2. That dog isn’t as dangerous as it looks.
• 3. School in Viet nam are different from schools in the USA.
• 4. These trees are the same as those.
• 5. His appearance is different from what I have expected.

3. Make sentences, using the words and phrases given below.

1. My brothers / enjoy / play / piano / when / he young / . /

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2. The Ceramic Road / take us/ back / memories / country's history / . /

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3. A good knowledge / music / arts / regarded / necessity / anyone / want / to be / truly educated / . /

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4. Thousands / people / take part / paitings festival / environmental / protection campaign / . /

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5. Do / you think / students / good / the arts / actually / better / more / academic subjects / ? /

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 Answer: 

• 1. My brother enjoyed playing  the piano when he was very young.
• 2. The Ceramic Road took us back t the memories of our country’s history.
• 3. A good knowledge of the music and arts is regarded as a necessity for anyone who  wants to be truly educated.
• 4. Thousands of people took part in the paintings festival to support the environmental protection campaign.
• 5. Do you think students who are good at the arts actually do better in more academic subjects?