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A. Phonetics

1. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest. Circle the corresponding letter A, B, C or D

1. A. vulnerable                B. Satellite              C. eleven            D. element

2. A. character                  B. publisher           C. Wonderful     D. understand 

3. A. interesting                 B. surprising          C. amusing         D. successful 

4. A. arctic                          B. behave                C. event              D. facility

5. A. illiterate                    B. occasion               C. relaxed          D. sculpture 

Answer :      1C          2D         3A          4A         5D

2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.  Circle the corresponding letter A, B, C or D

1. A. women                B. bench             C. lend              D. spend

2. A. brain                    B. lamb               C. comb          D. climb

3. A. phoned               B. called              C. cooked         D. climbed

4. A. surface               B. necklace          C. face              D. palace

5. A. chew                   B. news                C. crew            D. screw

Answer:     1A        2A         3C         4D         5C

B. Vocabulary & Grammar

1. Look at the picture and complete the sentence using “wish”

1. He is very short. He ……………… he ………………..… taller
2. They don’t have a car. They …………. they …………… a car.
3. He doesn’t have any children. He ……………. he ………….……. a child.
4. He is overweight. He …………….. he ………………... thinner.
5. I can’t play the piano. I ………….. I …………… play the piano

Answer: 

• 1. He is very short. He wishes he were taller
• 2. They don’t have a car. They wish they had a car
• 3.He doesn’t have any children. He wishes he had a child.
• 4.He is overweight. He wishes he were thinner.
• 5.I can’t play the piano. I wish I could play the piano

2. Fill used to/ didn’t use to/ Did … use to/ be used to/ get used to in each space to complete the sentence

1. We ………………………………have a computer, but we do now.

2. ………………………………….. (they) work together?

3. That restaurant ………………………… be a clothes shop.

4. He ………………………………. Be fat but now he’s thin.

5. He ……………………………… working in these bad conditions.

6. Where ……………………………… (you) go to school?

7. My mother ………………………….. drink much coffee. But now she has become addicted to it.

8. There ……………………………….. be a lot of trees in this court yard. They have all been cut down.

9. Ms Jane ………………………..be a teacher before she became a famous singer.

10. How did you …………………………. Working in the middle of this mess?

Answer: 

• 1.We didn’t use to have a computer, but we do now.
• 2.Did they use to work together?
• 3.That restaurant used to be a clothes shop.
• 4. He used to be fat but now he is thin.
• 5.He is used to working in these bad conditions
• 6.Where did you use to go to school?
• 7.My mother didn’t used to drink much coffee. But now she has become addicted to it.
• 8.There used to be a lot of trees in this court yard. They have all been cut down.
• 9.Ms. Jane used to be a teacher before she became a famous singer.
• 10.How did you get used to working in the middle of this mess.

3. Complete with the right words given in the box. You can use words more than once, there are some extra

             play             dance                    be                 use                       have      

           go                ride                       collect          spend                     jump

1. She used to ………………………. with dolls when she was a child.

2. They didn’t use to …………………………… any sports.

3. He didn’t use to ……………………………. a scrapbook

4. When they were younger, they used to …………………………….. to the beach, ride a bike and collect comics

5. I used to …………………………… very shy, but I am not anymore.

6. After school, my friend and I used to …………………. chess and hide-and-seek.

7. I used to ………………….. my vacation in a summer camp with my friends.

8. I used to ……………. a pet when I was 5 years old. Now I don’t have it anymore.

Answer:    1.play    2. play     3.have     4.go     5.be     6.play      7.spend    8.have

4. Give the right tense of the verbs given and then fill in each space to complete the sentence.

1. I don’t know where my wallet is. I wish I ……………………….. where my wallet was. (know)

2. Michael is in the park playing with the older boys. I wish Michael ………………… with them (play)

3. Things are not good in the country. I hope everything …………………… better (get)

4. I am tired of hearing your screaming. It  is time you …………………. Screaming in my ear! (stop)

5. I can’t go to the pool with my friends because I can’t swim. Oh, I wish I ……………………. (swim)

6. Veronica doesn’t like calling boys. I really wish she ………………. me. I want to go out with her. (call) 

7. David and Christian are at the cinema right now. I hope they ………………. themselves (enjoy)

8. You are a great guy Jimmy, but I don’t love you. I wish I …………. you. (love)

9. This party is so boring and Gina is not coming. It is time I ………… I’m tired of being here. (live)

10. Tommy is a great piano player. I wish I …………………… the piano just like him. (play)

Answer:

• 1.I don’t know where my wallet is. I wish I knew where my wallet was.
• 2.Michael is in the park playing with the older boys. I wish Michael were not playing with them
• 3.Things are not good in the country. I hope everything will get better.
• 4.I am tired of hearing you screaming. It’s time you stopped screaming in my ear!
• 5.I can’t go to the pool with my friends because I can’t swim. Oh, I wish I could swim.
• 6.Veronia doesn’t like calling boys. I really wish she would call me. I want to go out with her.
• 7.David and Christian are at the cinema right now. I hope they will enjoy themselves.
• 8.You are a great guy Jimmy, but I don’t love you. I wish I loved you.
• 9.This party is so boring and Gina is not coming. It is time I left. I’m tired of being here.
• 10.Tommy is a great piano player. I wish I could play the piano just like him.

C. Reading

1. Read the passage and answer what Molly Hornby used to do when she was young. Decide which ones are right or wrong.

“I was a young girl in the 1960s. My friend and I used to do a lot of things which shocked our parents. We used to do things our mothers never did. We cut our hair, we wore short skirts, we smoked, and went dancing. We danced to music of Elvis Presley and The Beatles. We also got the chance to see The Beatles live concert once. It was amazing. My father went fishing once a week. He always wished that I would accompany him, but fishing wasn’t my cup of tea. Instead, my friends and I went for picnics in the surrounding area quite often. My boyfriend had a car, a 1960 Ford Falcon, so he always picked us up and we often drove to Brighton. He went to the pictures twice a week and I loved to watching films with Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor, especially the ‘Reflection in a Golden Eye’ starring both of them. I still love to watch this film. It’s my favorite. I can remember it all so clearly.”

Rights Wrong

Molly Hornby …

1. … used to do a lot of things which shocked her parents

2. … used to cut her hair

3. … used to wear long skirts

4. … used to sing Elvis Presley songs

5. … went to a Beatles’ concert once.

6. … used to go fishing with her father

7. … used to go for picnics in the surrounding area quite often

8. … used to drive to Brighton with her friends and boyfriend

9. … used to go to the pictures twice a week

10. … used to watch films with Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor

Answer: 

• 1. Right (My friends and I used to do a lot of things which shocked our parents.)
• 2 Right (We cut our hair,…)
• 3 Wrong (we wore short skirts…)
• 4.Wrong (We danced to the music of Elvis Presley)
• 5.Right (We also got the chance to see the Beatle lives at a concert once)
• 6.Wrong  (He always wished that I would accompany him but fishing was not my cup of tea.)
• 7.Right (I went for picnics in the surrounding area quite often.)
• 8. Right (My boyfriend had a car, a 1960 Ford Falcon, so he always picked us up and we often drove to Brighton)
• 9.Right (We went to the pictures twice a week)
• 10.Wrong (I loved to watch films with Mardon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor,… I still love to watch this film.

2. Complete the passage with the word provided in the box

       Live             space                     signals              poor           events           radio

     Until           transmitted         expensive         landing         one              use

All early television was broadcast in black and white. Color television was possible, but it’s too (1)………….. and of very (2)…………. quality (3)…………. the middle of the 1950s. Color television broadcasts began in the United States in 1954, in Japan in 1960 and in Europe in 1967.

The first (4)………….. on the moon was broadcast (5)…………… on the television in 1969, and now television programs are (6) …………….. all over the world immediately through the (7) ………….. satellites that transmit the (8)…………… from the earth, through the (9)………….. and back to the earth.

More people now het their news and information through television than through newspapers and (10)…………. The development of television is (11)…………… of the most rapid and exciting (12)………….. of our century.

Answer:  (1) expensive     (2) poor          (3) until        (4) landing      (5)live      (6) transmitted

                (7) use         (8) signals         (9) space       (10) radio       (11) one      (12) events

3. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage.

It’s hard to believe that (1)………… had computers a few years ago. I wonder how people lived. There must have been a lot of (2)………….. I can’t imagine writing everything by hand. I also wonder how everything worked  (3) ………….. computers. We need computers today for everything. Hospitals, airports, the police… nothing can work without computers. I’m sure I’d be ten times busier than now if I didn’t have a computer. Imagine having to find (4)………….. paper and an envelope and then walking down the street to mail a letter! I love my computer. It makes everything so (5)………………… Sure, it freezes and crashes sometimes . Sure I lose some data. But that’s not often. Most of the time my computer is my best friend.

1. A. no one                 B. anyone                        C. someone             D. nobody

2. A. paperworks       B. work paper                 C. paperwork          D. paper work

3. A. with                      B. without                       C. by                         D. in

4. A. pieces of              B. a piece                        C. piece of               D. a piece of

5. A. convenient          B convenience               C. inconvenient       D. inconvenience

Answer:       1.A         2.C       3.B          4.D          5.A

D. Writing

1. There are 5 mistakes in this passage. Find out and correct them.

My favorite subjects at school was history. I don’t know why. I loved reading the story about famous people and famous events. When I was little, history was just stories. As I got old, I realized history is the study of how we got here today. It’s a long journey that describes all the wars, great people, inventions, disasters, etc that have bring us to this point in time. I love any kind of history. It’s fascinating to visit a new country and learn about its historical. Watching the news today is like seeing history unfold. Lots of the things I learnt at school now make the news more interesting. History provides us with the perfect background information to a news story.

Answer:           1.subjects => subjects         2. story => stories       

           3. old => older      4. bring =>brought      5. historical => history

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

1. I / grow up / small / town / northeast / England / . /

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2. It / the coast / , / next sea / . / And / now / I / live / London / , / which / much / big / place / to where / I / grew up / . /

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3. When / I / child / , / I / use / walk / everywhere / . / The / town / small / that / you / could / walk / one side / other/ and / you / never / need / car / . / 

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4. When / I / young / , / mealtimes / use / quite predictable / . / And / we’d / eat / similar / food / every day / , / consist / meat / , / potatoes / , / root vegetables / , / whatever / season / time / . /

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5. We / never / use / have / very / varied meals / , / whereas / now / my diet /  change / a lot / . /

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6. I / not / eat / meat / anymore / . /

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7. I / have / diet / that’s all / vegetables / and / fruit / . / 

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8. I / more / adventure / what / I / eat / now / than / what / I / do / when / I / child /. /

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Answer:

• 1.I grew up in a small town in the northeast of England.
• 2.It was by the coast, next to the sea. And now I live in London, which is a much bigger place compared to where I grew up.
• 3.When I was a child, I used to walk everywhere. The town was so small that you could walk from one side to the other and you never really needed a car.
• 4. When I was young, mealtimes used to be quite predictable. And we’d eat similar foods everyday, consisting of meat, potatoes, root vegetables, whatever was in season at that time.
• 5.We never used to have very varied meals, whereas now my diet has changed a lot.
• 6. I don’t eat meat anymore.
• 7.I have a diet that’s all about vegetables and fruit.
• 8.I am more adventurous in what I eat now than what I did when I was a child.

3. Write down at least five things you would change your home if you were your father. 

Example : If I were my father, I would let my son go to school by bicycle himself.

1. _________________________________________________________________.

2. _________________________________________________________________.

3. _________________________________________________________________.

4. _________________________________________________________________.

5. _________________________________________________________________.

Answer: 

• 1. If I were my father, i would grow more flowers
• 2. If i were my father, I would build a new house
• 3. If I were my father, I wouldn't let my kids learn too much
• 4. If I were my father, I woul travel around Vietnam with family
• 5. If I were my father, I would make more money