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I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1. A. leisure                          B. pleasure

   C. ensure                           D. measure

2. A. community                  B. computer

    C. museum                       D. curious

3. A. minority                        B. ethinic

    C. tradition                        D. religion

4. A. recognised                    B. desighned

    C. displayed                       D. entered

5. A. education                      B. question

    C. pollution                        D. collection

Answer: 

• 1D    2D    3A    4A   5B

II. Choose the right word/phrase and then write it under each picture.

Answer: 

• 1. wearing costumes (mặc trang phục)
• 2. harvesting rice (thu hoạch lúa)
• 3. cycling (đạp xe)
• 4. playing beach games (chơi game trên bãi biển)
• 5. communicating with friends (giao tiếp với bạn bè)
• 6. surfing the Internet (lướt Internet)

III. Find the suitable word/phrase in 2 and write it in each gap in the following sentences

1. In summer, we are very interested in…………………..,especially volleyball.

2. Minh likes ………..around West Lake in the mornings. He thinks it is good for his health.

3. Hey, John. I can see the Hmong people …………They are so colourful.

4. I like ………….in my free time. We can chat about everything.

5. I sometimes visit my grandparents in the countryside. I like to help them with the farm work, such as collecting popatoes, …………..and drying it.

Answer: 

• 1. playing beach games   2. cycling
• 3. wearing costumes
• 4. communicating with friends
• 5. harvesting rice

IV. Choose the correct option A,B,C or D for each gap to complete the sentences.

1. Vietnam is a ……………country with 54 groups.

A. bilingual                                  B. ethnic 

C. diversified                              D. multi –cultural

2. Among the ……………,the Kinh have the largest population.

A. ethnic minorities                  B. ethnic groups

C. ethinic cultures                     D. majorities

3. My sister and I often help my parents …………the buffaloes when we come back home from school.

A. herd                                         B. herds

C. to herding                               D. herded

4. My father sometimes goes ………..in the forests. He’d like to find some more food for our family

A. hunt                                         B. hunting

C. to hunt                                    D. hunted

5. My mother enjoys ……………traditional food for our family, especially at Tet holiday.

A. cook                                         B. to cook

C. cooking                                    D. cooked

Answer:

• 1D     2B     3A     4B    5C

V. Read the following text then match the topics 1 - 5 with paragraphs A-E

A. My name ‘s Ben. I’m have twelve years old and I want to design games in my free time. Why? Because I love the Rubik’s Cube! It’s my favourite game of all time and I can do it in three minutes.

B. The cube has got six colours: white, yellow, orange, red, blue and green.

To play it, you move the cube and make each side one colour.

C. Erno Rubik is the creator of the Rubik’s Cube. He created it in 1974 and it quickly became a popular game. Millions of people bought it all over the world.

D. My dad started playing with the Rubik’s Cube in the 1980s. All his friends were into it too. Today there are three players in our house: my dad, my little sister and me. My little sister can’t do it but that’s Ok because I help her.

E. Erno Rubik invented something he really liked and make money from it. I want to design new games too – maybe a more popular game! I’ve got a lot of good ideas!

1.Ben introduces himself       

2.Ben’s ideas for new games                      

3.He talks about the inventor of the game    

and when he invented it.     

4.He describes the game.                             

5.Bensays who plays the game in his family.                                                  

Answer:

1. 1. A    2 . E    3. C    4 . B   5 .D

VI. Match the first halves in column A with the second ones in column B to make sentences.

Answer:

• 1-d Spring is a time when there are many festivals in our country.
• 2-e I do leisure activities in my free time so I feel relaxed.
• 3-a If I have a lot of homework, I'll try to finish it before I do anything else.
• 4-b My friend is addicted to the net, he just loves sitting in front of his computer for hours.
• 5-c My village has no running water, so I have to help my parents to collect water from the river.

VII. Read the following passage. Find the five mistakes, underline the mistakes and write the correct words.

Children love to (0) playing computer games. Some people say that many of them are addicted to game. If you become addicting, all you can think about is computer games and you cannot spend a day without playing. Of course, playing games on the computer is great way to spending time and have fun. But there are also bad sides to it as well.

First of all, you do not get enough exercise because you do not have to move your body much when play games. Second, your eyesight becomes badly because your eyes are fixed on the computer screen for too long. This is why it is not hard to find children wearing glasses around these days. Third, you do not get to spend much time with your family because you are spending all of your time in front of the computer.

Playing computer games is not such a bad thing. But too much playing can cause problems. How much hours do you spend in front of the computer ?Why not take this opportunity to cut down on computer games.

Answer: 

• (1) Addicting=>addicted (cụm từ: become+adj (trở nên ...))
• (2) Spending=>spend (cụm từ: way to+V_nt (cách để làm gì))
• (3) Play=>playing (câu đồng chủ ngữ, tỉnh lược chủ ngữ, động từ thành V_ing)
• (4) Badly=>bad (cụm từ: become+adj (trở nên ...))
• (5) Much=>many (vì hours lad danh từ đếm được số nhiều nên khi hỏi số lượng phải dùng How many )

VIII. Write full sentences to make a passage, using the suggested words and phrases given.

1. Hi / my name /Quang/ . / I/ live / on / farm/.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

2. The farm /not /big/ . / My/ parents / grow /rice /corn /and /potatoes/ .

…………………………………………………………………………………………

3. They / not / use / animals / do / farm work /any more/ . / Today / they/ use / tractor /. / It / work / faster  /  and  /better/.

…………………………………………………………………………………………..

4. After / helping/ my  parents/ the farm work /, /I/ like/ sit/ and /look/ sky/ and /green/ fields.

…………………………………………………………………………………………..

5. I /think / country / beautiful / than/ city/.

………………………………………………………………………………………….

6. In / country/ , /I / can / hear / bird / singing /and / animals / bleating / . / It / really / peaceful.

………………………………………………………………………………………….

7. I /like / / making/ my own/ kites/ . / I / enjoy / flying / kite / in / summer.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

8. Sometimes / brother / and I / go / fishing / in / river / near / our / farm.

………………………………………………………………………………………….

9. When /we /catch /some / fish / , / we / often / wrap / them / in / banana leaf / and/ burn / them  /with / straws/ .

…………………………………………………………………………………………..

10. It / really delicious/ , / maybe/ it/ best/ food /I / have/ ever/ had.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

Answer: 

• (1) Hi. My name is Quang. I live on a farm.
• (2) The farm is not big. My parents grow rice, corn and potatoes.
• (3) They don't use animals to do the farm work anymore. Today they use a tractor. It works faster and better.
• (4) After helping my parents with the farm work, I like to sit and look at the sky and the green fields.
• (5) I think country is more beautiful than the city.
• (6) In the country, I can hear bird singing and animals bleating. It's really peaceful.
• (7) I like making my own kites. I enjoy flying a kite in summer.
• (8) Sometimes my brother and I go fishing in the river near our farm.
• (9) When we catch some fish, we often wrap them in a banana leaf and burn them with the straws.
• (10) It's really delicious, maybe it's the best food I have ever had.