X: Read the passage below and select the best answer.Write your answers in the answer box below.

Ann lives in London. She is twenty-nine and works for the BBC. She interviews people on an early morning news program called The World Today. Every weekday she gets up at 3.00 in the morning because the program starts at 6.30. She loves (11) ______ work because it is exciting and she meets a lot of very interesting people, but she loves her weekends, (12)______ . On Friday she comes home from the BBC at about 2.00 in the afternoon and she just (13)______ .On Friday evenings she (14) ______ out, but sometimes a friend comes for dinner. He or she brings wine and they cook. Ann loves (15) ______ they listen to music or just chat.

On Saturday mornings she gets up at 9.00 and she goes (16) ______ then in the evenings she sometimes goes to the theatre or the opera (17) ______ a friend- she loves opera. Then they eat in her favorite Chinese restaurant. On Sunday morning she stays in bed late. She doesn’t get up (18) ______ 11.00. Sometimes in the afternoon she visits her sister. She lives in the country and has two (19) ______. She likes (20) ______ with her niece and nephew, but she leaves early because she goes to bed at 8.00 on Sunday evenings.

11. A her B. she’s C. hers D. her’s

12. A. so B. too C. either D. and

13. A. relax B. relaxs C. relaxes D. relaxing

14. A. not goes B. isn’t go C. don’t go D. doesn’t go

15. A. to cook B. cooking C. cooks D. cooked

16. A. shoping B. shop C. shops D shopping

17. A. to B. for C.of D. with

18. A. until B. to C. from D. on

19. A. child B. childs C. children D. childrens

20. A. to play ed B. playing C. plays D. played

BÀI TẬP VỀ NHÀ: HỌC BỔ TRỢ BUỔI 1 Exercise 5: Complete the sentences, using the -ING form of the verbs in the box. 1. Do you fancy _____________ out this evening? 2. I like _____________ tennis at the weekend. 3. Jim enjoys _____________ photos of himself and his friends. 4. Ann’s father doesn’t like _____________ ice hockey on TV. 5. My mother hates _____________, so we eat out every often. 6. Do you like _____________ pottery? 7. She dislikes _____________ her room every day. 8. My niece loves _____________ adventure books. 9. I can’t stand _____________ for buses in the rain. 10.They detest _____________, so they usually travel by train or coach. Exercise 6: Each sentence has one mistake. Find and correct it. 1. I find carve eggshells boring because it takes a lot of time to complete one shell. A B C D 2. My brother not goes to class to learn how to paint. A B C D 3. I take up my hobby when I came back home from the Art Gallery. A B C D 4. I think playing volleyball interest because it is a team game. A B C D 5. In my opinion, more people play monopoly in the future. A B C D Exercise 7: Fill each blank with a word/phrase in the box. bottles photos horse-riding gymnastics the guitar camping dolls fishing gardening painting 1. I always take a lot of __________ when I go on holidays. 2. A: Can you play __________? B: No, I can’t, but I can play the piano. 3. My brother’s hobby is watching __________, he likes horses very much. 4. Her brother likes collecting __________, especially glasses. 5. I like drawing very much. My hobby is __________. 6. My sister likes collecting __________. Now she has more than 100. 7. Her hobby is __________. She plants many beautiful flower trees in her garden. 8. My father likes __________. He often goes to the lakes or rivers when he has free time. 9. When we have some days off, my close friends and I often go __________. 10. My sister likes doing __________. She looks very fit. tidy fly take watch cook make wait read play go

Choose the right answer to complete to passage:

Ann lives in London. She is twenty nine and (1) ..................... for the VOV. She interviews people on an early morning news program called The Daily News. Every weekday she gets up at 3 in the morning because the program starts at 6. 30. She loves (2) .............. work because it is exciting and she meets a lot of interesting people, but she loves her weekends, (3) ..............

On Fridays, she comes home from the VOV at about 2. 00 in the afternoon and she just (4) ............. . On Friday evenings she ( 5) .............. out, but sometimes a friends comes for dinner. He or she brings wine and they cook. Ann loves cooking. They (6) .............. music or just chat. On Saturday mornings she gets up at 9 and she goes (7).................... . Then in evening she sometimes goes to the theater or the opera (8) ............... a friend- she loves opera. Then they eat in her favorite Chinese restaurant. On Sunday morning she stays in bed late. She doesn' t get up (9) ............. 11. Sometimes in the afternoon, she visits her sister. She lives in the country and has two (10) ............... . She likes playing with her niece and nephew, But she leaves early (11) ................... she goes to bed at 8 on Sunday evenings.

1. A. work B. works C. is work D. working

2. A. her B. she' s C. hers D. ger' s

3. A. so B. too C. either D. and

4. A. relax B. relaxs C. relaxes D. relaxing

5. A. not goes B. isn' t go C. don' t go D. doesn' t go

6. A. listen B. hear C. listen to D. hear to

7. A. shop B. to shop C. shopping D. shops

8. A. to B. for C. of D. with

9. A. until B. to C. from D. on

10. A. child B. childs C. children D. childrens

11. A. and B. because C. or D. but

X: Read the passage below and select the best answer.Write your answers in the answer box below.

Ann lives in London. She is twenty-nine and works for the BBC. She interviews people on an early morning news program called The World Today. Every weekday she gets up at 3.00 in the morning because the program starts at 6.30. She loves (11) ______ work because it is exciting and she meets a lot of very interesting people, but she loves her weekends, (12)______ . On Friday she comes home from the BBC at about 2.00 in the afternoon and she just (13)______ .On Friday evenings she (14) ______ out, but sometimes a friend comes for dinner. He or she brings wine and they cook. Ann loves (15) ______ they listen to music or just chat.

On Saturday mornings she gets up at 9.00 and she goes (16) ______ then in the evenings she sometimes goes to the theatre or the opera (17) ______ a friend- she loves opera. Then they eat in her favorite Chinese restaurant. On Sunday morning she stays in bed late. She doesn’t get up (18) ______ 11.00. Sometimes in the afternoon she visits her sister. She lives in the country and has two (19) ______. She likes (20) ______ with her niece and nephew, but she leaves early because she goes to bed at 8.00 on Sunday evenings.

11. A her B. she’s C. hers D. her’s

12. A. so B. too C. either D. and

13. A. relax B. relaxs C. relaxes D. relaxing

14. A. not goes B. isn’t go C. don’t go D. doesn’t go

15. A. to cook B. cooking C. cooks D. cooked

16. A. shoping B. shop C. shops D shopping

17. A. to B. for C.of D. with

18. A. until B. to C. from D. on

19. A. child B. childs C. children D. childrens

20. A. to play ed B. playing C. plays D. played

I. Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined. 1. A. brainstorm B. sailing C. railway D. captain 2. A. plane B. safety C. traffic D. station 3. A. vehicle B. mention C. enter D. helicopter 4. A. happy B. house C. here D. hour 5. A. maps B. papers C. cats D. books 6. A. started B. decided C. worked D. waited 7. A. played B. closed C. filled D. needed 8. A. frightened B. amazed C. disappointed D. terrified 9. A. thread B. beam C. breath D. stead 10. A. naked B. booked C. worked D. walked II.Choose the correct answer to complete each following sentence by circling A, B, C or D. 1. Linda used to ________ morning exercise when she got up early. A. did B. does C. doing D. do 2. My mum __________the bus to work every day, but I cycle. A. catches B. drives C. goes D. runs 3. You should look right and left when you go ________the road. A. down B. across C. up D. along 4. Bus is the main public ________in Viet Nam. A.travel B. tricycle C. transport D. vehicle 5. The play was so boring. ________, An saw it from beginning to end. A. Therefore B. Despite C. However D. Although 6. She’s sure that they will find the film_________. A. entertaining B. entertain C. entertainment D. entertained 7. – “ Do you like seeing a film?” – “_________________” A. No, I don’t like it at all B. Sure. What film shall we see? C. Who is in it? D. I’m sorry, I can’t. 8. ____________ being frightened by the images, Lan still liked the film so much. A. In spite B. Despite C. Although D. Nevertheless 9. ____________ is La Tomatina celebrated? – Every August. A. Where B. Why C. When D. Which 10. My father liked the ____________ of that singer. A. perform B. performer C. performance D. performing 11. Does your bike ever ________ down on the way to school. A. break B. take C. do D. turn 12. I __________go on foot when I was in primary school. A. used to B. break C. can D. may 13. Give a________ before you turn left or right. A. signal B. turn C. sound D. sign 14.In the party last night, she looked in a red dress. A. love B. lovely C. loving D. lovelily 15. Is Minh with the final semester‘s result? B. Satisfy B. satisfied C. satisfying D. be satisfying 16. The ending of the film is All audiences are very sad. A.disappointed B. satisfying C. disappointing D. satisfied 17. This is a film and it makes me cry a lot. A.funny B. moving C. comedy D. excited 18. he is a CEO and earns a lot of money, he is very mean. A. Because B. Although C. Despite D. Because of 19.This is a(n) on real life during wars in Vietnam in 1945. A. horror film B. sci-fi C. comedy D. documentary 20.He the Oscar Prize as the best actress this year. A. wins B. acts C. performs D. directs 21. She is hard working , she isn‘t lucky in examinations. A.Therefore B. But C. However D. So 22. She decided to quit this job the low salary. A.because of B. despite C. because D. although 23. Minh used to jigsaw puzzles in his spare time. A. do B. does C. doing D. did 24. Public in this city is quite good, and it‘s not expensive. A. vehicle B. travel C. transport D. journey 25. It‘s about 2 kilometers ………………my house school. A. between/and B. from/to C. between/to D. from/ and III. Put the correct form of the verb in brackets. 1.Nam often ( play) ________________________ soccer in the afternoon. 2.My father used to (go) _____________________swimming when he was a child. 3.What about ( go) ____________________ to the zoo on Sunday evening ? 4. Tien Dung goalkeeper ( live ) _____________________ Thanh Hoa city since 1997. 5.I used to ( go) ____________________ to the zoo on Sundays when I was a child. 6.Xuan Truong footballer ( play) ________________________ soccer beautifully last Saturday. 7.Nam used to (go) _____________________fishing when he was a child. 8.They (learn ) _____________________ English for five years. 9.How about ( go) ____________________ to the zoo on Sunday evening ? 10.Quang Hai footballer ( play) ________________________ soccer beautifully last Saturday. 11.I ( meet ) ______________________ her at the movie theater last night. 12.He ( go ) ___ to the English club every Sunday. But last Sunday he ( not go ) ________ there, he went to the City’s museum. 13.Two years ago, she ( teach ) ______________________ at a village school. 14.What __________you (do) ____________ yesterday morning? 15.We ( travel ) ______________________ to Hue next month. 16.My mother ( not like ) ______________________ riding a motorbike. 17.When my father was young, he (drink ) _____________________ a lot of beer. 18.Nam ( study ) ______________________ homework in the living room now. 19.Be careful ! The car ( come ) ______________________ . 20.My mother ( go ) ______________________ to the supermarket yesterday evening. IV. Find and correct a mistake in each sentence 1. Use roads careful so we may be able to use them for a long time. 2. I saw some cars stop by the police. 3. The car was too expensive for him buying. 4. My father is a careful driver and he doesn’t drive too fast or dangerous. 5. On the way we passed, there were many interested sights. 6. The old house in the end of the road has been sold. 7. Despite of taking a taxi, he arrived late. 8. The gate are closed so that the children can’t run into the road. 9. The train had just left when I arrive at the station. V: Make one sentence from two. Use the word(s) in brackets in your sentences. 1. I couldn't sleep. I was very tired. Despite I couldn't sleep despite being vey tired. 2. They have very little money. They are happy. In spite of ....................................................................................................................................... 3. My foot was injured. I managed to walk to the nearest village. Although ........................................................................................................................................ 4. I enjoyed the film. The story was silly. In spite of ....................................................................................................................................... 5. We live in the same street. We hardly ever see each other. Despite .......................................................................................................................................... 6. I got very wet in the rain. I was only out for five minutes. Even though .................................................................................................................................. VI. Rewrite sentences with In spite of / Despite /because / because of 1. Although Tom was a poor student, he studied very well. In spite of _______________________________________________________________ 2. Mary could not go to school because she was sick. Because of _______________________________________________________________ 3. Although the weather was bad, she went to school on time. Despite _______________________________________________________________ 4. Because there was a big storm, I stayed at home. Because of _______________________________________________________________ 5. In spite of his good salary, Tom gave up his job. Although_______________________________________________________________ 6. He is so young. His acting is excellent. Although___________________________________________________________________ 7. The film poster is fascinating. I don't want to see this film. In spite of___________________________________________________________________ 8. Although our plan is careful, we made some mistakes. Despite______________________________________________________________ VII. Read the following passage and choose the best answer Making a film takes a long time and is very hard work. Writing the story for the film may take many weeks. Filming the story, or shooting the film, often takes at least six months. Actors and cameramen work from very early in the morning until late at night. Each scene has to be acted and re-acted, filmed and re-filmed, until it is just fine. Sometimes the same scene has to be acted many times. The film studio is like a large factory, and the indoor stages are very big indeed. Scenery of all kinds is made in the studio. Churches, houses, and forests are all built of wood and cardboard. Several hundred people work together to make one film. Some of these people are the actors and actresses. The director of the film, however, is the most important person in a film studio. He decides how the scenes should be filmed and how the actors should act. Most people go to see a film because they know the film stars are in it. Sometimes the film may be very poor. It is best to choose a film made by a good director. Some famous directors make their films very real; people feel that they themselves are among the people in the films. 1. Shooting a film often takes…………………. A. less than six months B. at least six months C. many weeks D. from early in the morning until late night 2. Some scenes have to be filmed many times because……………. A. it takes a long time to make a film B. it is often difficult to make them just right C. many people work together D. the film is poor 3. Which of the following is compared to a factory? A. The film studio B. The indoor stage C. The scenery D. A poor film 4. The director of a film………………… A. is always an actor B. makes the scenery C. is a film star D. says how each scene should be filmed 5. We should choose a film which…………………. A. has actors we know B. seems very real C. takes a long time to make D. is made by a good director 6. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Writing the story for the film is a part of making a film. B. The indoor stages in the film studio are very big. C. All of the people in film making are actors and actresses. D. Shooting the film often takes many months. 7. The best title for the passage is "________ ". A. Writing the Story B. Actors and Actresses C. A Director D. Making a Film

Choose the most suitable answer A, B, C, or D to complete the following passage.

MY WORKING DAY

On week days I usually get up at seven o' clock. I do not like to get up early, ________(1) I have to, because I have a lot of _______(2) to do during the day.I do my morning exercises, ______(3) my bed, wash myself, dress and go to the kitchen to have breakfast. My mother usually prepares breakfast for me, but sometimes I do it myself. I do not like big breakfasts, I _________(4) a cup of coffee and a sandwich.Then I go to school. It is rather far _________(5) my house and I go there by bus. I have classes till half past four. I come home and have dinner at around 6.00. After that I do my homework and do some work in the house. I sweep the floor, dust the ________(6) and clean the carpets with the vacuum-cleaner. Sometimes my mother _______(7) me to go shopping or to help her in the kitchen.After it I have free time. I go for a walk with my friend, watch TV, read books, or play computer games. Then I have _______(8) with my family. I like evenings very much because _______(9) of us get together after work, study and have the opportunity to _______(10) about our family affairs. I usually go to bed at about eleven o'clock.

1. A. and B. but C. so D. then

2. A. job B. work C. career D. employment

3. A. do B. clean C. make D. wash

4. A. have B. want C. need D. prefer

5. A. from B. with C. to D. of

6. A. cup B. dish C. cooker D. furniture

7. A. asks B. advises C. offers D. waits

8. A. meal B. breakfast C. lunch D. supper

9. A. every B. each C. all D. most

10. A. speak B. say C. tell D. talk

II.Choose the correct answer to complete each following sentence by circling A, B, C or D. 1. Linda used to ________ morning exercise when she got up early. A. did B. does C. doing D. do 2. My mum __________the bus to work every day, but I cycle. A. catches B. drives C. goes D. runs 3. You should look right and left when you go ________the road. A. down B. across C. up D. along 4. Bus is the main public ________in Viet Nam. A.travel B. tricycle C. transport D. vehicle 5. The play was so boring. ________, An saw it from beginning to end. A. Therefore B. Despite C. However D. Although 6. She’s sure that they will find the film_________. A. entertaining B. entertain C. entertainment D. entertained 7. – “ Do you like seeing a film?” – “_________________” A. No, I don’t like it at all B. Sure. What film shall we see? C. Who is in it? D. I’m sorry, I can’t. 8. ____________ being frightened by the images, Lan still liked the film so much. A. In spite B. Despite C. Although D. Nevertheless 9. ____________ is La Tomatina celebrated? – Every August. A. Where B. Why C. When D. Which 10. My father liked the ____________ of that singer. A. perform B. performer C. performance D. performing 11. Does your bike ever ________ down on the way to school. A. break B. take C. do D. turn 12. I __________go on foot when I was in primary school. A. used to B. break C. can D. may 13. Give a________ before you turn left or right. A. signal B. turn C. sound D. sign 14.In the party last night, she looked in a red dress. A. love B. lovely C. loving D. lovelily 15. Is Minh with the final semester‘s result? B. Satisfy B. satisfied C. satisfying D. be satisfying 16. The ending of the film is All audiences are very sad. A.disappointed B. satisfying C. disappointing D. satisfied 17. This is a film and it makes me cry a lot. A.funny B. moving C. comedy D. excited 18. he is a CEO and earns a lot of money, he is very mean. A. Because B. Although C. Despite D. Because of 19.This is a(n) on real life during wars in Vietnam in 1945. A. horror film B. sci-fi C. comedy D. documentary 20.He the Oscar Prize as the best actress this year. A. wins B. acts C. performs D. directs 21. She is hard working , she isn‘t lucky in examinations. A.Therefore B. But C. However D. So 22. She decided to quit this job the low salary. A.because of B. despite C. because D. although 23. Minh used to jigsaw puzzles in his spare time. A. do B. does C. doing D. did 24. Public in this city is quite good, and it‘s not expensive. A. vehicle B. travel C. transport D. journey 25. It‘s about 2 kilometers ………………my house school. A. between/and B. from/to C. between/to D. from/