I. Find the word with different stress in each line.

II. Complete the sentences. Use the -ing form of the verbs in the box.

6.      My teacher likes______ to school.

7.      My sister hates______ up early.

8.      They enjoy______ tennis at weekends.

9.      Do your parents love______ every morning ?

10.     My friends don’t like ______easy exercises.

11. I don’t like ______football matches on television. I love to the stadium.

12.     My brother enjoys ______to rock music.

13. I am fond of ______flowers.

14.     He likes ______photos.

Exercise 1: Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part

Exercise 2: Choose the correct answer

1. People often clean and decorate their houses ________ Tet.

A. during

B. after

C. before

D. on

2. You ________ speak during the exam - it’s forbidden.

A. should

B. shouldn’t

C. must

D. mustn’t

3. Ha Noi is ____________ exciting than Viet Tri City.

A. much

B. much more

C. more much

D. only more

4. Tet is ___________ for family gatherings.

A. time

B. the time

C. a time

D. times

5. Many foreign visitors come to Ha Long Bay because of its natural ___________.

A. beauty

B. beautiful

C. pretty

D. wonder

6. Is it true that Ha Noi is __________ city in Viet Nam?

A. the large

B. largest

C. larger

D. the largest

Exercise 3: Put the verbs In brackets into the correct tense or form.

1.Vietnamese people ____________ (celebrate) the Lunar New Year every year.

2.This Tet, my family __________(not buy) Chung cakes. We will make them.

3.Look! Mr. Quang ___________ (repaint) his house to welcome Tet.

4.You shouldn’t ____________(wear) white clothes on the first day of Tet.

5.People spend a few days _______________(clean) their houses before Tet.

Exercise 4: Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D for each of the gaps to complete the following test

There are many Chinese festivals in Hong Kong. The Western New Year starts on the first day of January but the Chinese begin New Year on the first day of the first moon of the Chinese calendar. Before New Year's Day comes, people clean and decorate their houses, (1)_________a lot of traditional food and go shopping for presents and new clothes. New Year's Eve is the time (2) ________every family gathers its members together for dinner.

People (3) ___________ the New Year with a music performance and a firework display to light up the sky.

On New Year's Day, they visit their friends and relatives. The children get lucky money in red envelopes. Many people go to the (4) ___________ to wish for good health and good luck. Chinese people in Hong Kong celebrate the New Year with (5)________and happiness.

Exercise 5: Read the following passage, and decide the statements below are True (T) or False (F).

On Christmas Eve, everything is hurried and busy. Offices and public buildings close at one o'clock, but the shops stay open later. Most big cites, especially London, are decorated with colored lights across the streets and enormous Christmas trees. The trains, and buses are crowded with people traveling from all parts of the country to be at home for Christmas.

In the homes, there is a great air of expectation. The children are also decorating the house with colored lights. Christmas cards - with the words "Merry Christmas to You" or "Wishing You a Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year", or "With the Compliments of the Season", etc. - are arranged on shelves, tables, and sometimes hung around the walls.

Meanwhile, the housewife is probably busy in the kitchen getting things ready for the next day's dinner. The Christmas turkey is being prepared, the pudding is inspected and the cake is got out of its tin.

In small towns and villages, one may still see carol-singers who come and stand in front of the house and sing or play Christmas carols. They collect money in a Christmas box. The money collected is to help old people.

l. The shops close at one o'clock on Christmas Eve.

2. Colored lights are decorated across streets in big cities.

3. People expect to be at home on Christmas Eve.

4. Trains and buses are almost empty on Christmas Eve.

5. Colored lights are also decorated at homes.

Exercise 6: You the following set of words and phrases to write complete sentences.

1. People/ decorate/ homes/ plants/ flowers.

__________________________________________________

2. They/ visit/ relatives/ friends/ they/ exchange/ New Year's wishes.

__________________________________________________

3. Many people/ go/ pagoda/ have/ happy year/ their family.

__________________________________________________

Exercise 7: Write the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.

1. Antarctica is colder than any other places in the world.

Antarctica is __________________________________________.

2. My father has a plan to repaint our house before Tet.

My father ____________________________________________.

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

II. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences

1. “……………do you visit your hometown?” – “Once every two or three months”.

A. How long

B. How far

C. How often

D. How much

2. The new instructor at the gym is excellent. He is very …………………with us.

A. confident

B. patient

C. positive

D. careful

3. My sister ……………speak 3 languages fluently.

A. can

B. should

C. must

D. would

4. I don’t feel good. I ……………….home from school tomorrow.

A. am staying

B. stay

C. stayed

D. have stayed

5. ……………….the first turning on the left. The bank is on your right.

A. Give

B. Take

C. Have

D. Do

6. My laptop is …………………………..than his.

A. modern

B. morderner

C. more modern

D. most modern

7. We often ………………………..the furniture before Tet.

A. hang

B. watch

C. plant

D. clean

8. You’ve got a toothache. You shouldn’t ………………….

A. go out with friends

B. play cards all night

C. eat a lot of sweets

D. behave well

9. My mother is …………………………………………in my family.

A. the shorter

B. the shorter than

C. the shortest

D. the short

10. Before Tet, people often give ………………………to show their love and respect.

A. fireworks

B. plants

C. food

D. presents

III. Read the following passage and answer the questions.

Hi. I’m Mary. I have lots of friends and we learn many subjects at school. In the morning, I have lessons from seven thirty to eleven. At break time, I often play badminton with my friends or chat. In the afternoon, I often read books in the library. After dinner, I watch TV and do my homework. I usually go to bed at 10. I always get up early in the morning so I never go to school late.

1. What time do Mary’s lessons finish? ->…………………………………………………………...

2. What does she often do in the afternoon? -> ……………………………………………………….

3. Does she usually go to bed at 10.30? ->……………………………… ………………………….

4. Why does she never go to school late? -> …………………………………………………………..

5. What time do Mary’s lessons start? ->………………………………………………………………..

IV. Rewrite these sentences so that it has the same meaning as the root ones.

1. My mother is younger than my father. -> My father …...............................................................

2. Does your neighbourhood have a library? -> Is there………………………………………….?

3. Minh’s house is near the supermarket. -> Minh’s house isn’t …………………………………

4. Unit one is more difficult than Unit two. -> Unit two is ……….………………………………

5. My mother is shorter than my father.-> My father …..............................................................

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

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I. Indentify the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.

II. Find the words which has a different stress pattern.

III. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.

IV. Read the following passage, then choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete it.

Na is a newcomer to the neighborhood. Her family (1)_____here last week. She doesn’t

know anything about the new neighborhood. Nam, Na’s neighbor, is very happy (2) _____

her. Nam has lived here for about 10 years, so he knows the area quite well. Na wants to know the way to the nearest restaurant (3) _____ her mother is too tired to cook dinner.

Nam shows her the way to get there, just around the corner. The restaurant (4)_____ Hue

food. According to Nam, the food there is (5) _____, especially the pancakes. Na and her

mother will definitely try the food.

V. Read the paragraph, then decide whether the following sentences are True (T) or False (F).

Charles Dickens was born in Ports Mouth in 1812. His family then lived in London. His father was a clerk in an office. There were eight children in the family, so life was hard. Charles went to school and his teacher thought he was very clever. When he was only eleven, he had to leave school and went to work in a factory. He worked ten hours a day and earned 30 pence a week. Every night, after work, he walked four miles back to his home. Charles hated it and never forgot. He used it in many novels, especially David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.

6.  Charles’ family had eight children.

7.  Charles went to school when he was only eleven.

8.  He worked ten hours a day and earned thirty pence a day.

9.  Charles liked walking back to his home after work.

10.  Oliver Twist is one of Charles’ novels.

VI. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it is similar to the original one.

1. “Open the door, please, ” said my grandmother.

-> My grandmother told me………………………………………

2. Nam often played soccer very well.

-> Nam used ………………………………………… …………..

3. I’m not strong. I can’t take part in the games.

-> I’m not…………………………… …………………….………

I. Phonetic: Pick out the word which has different partern sounds from the others (0,5pt)