TEST 1: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Exercise 1. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.

1. Ba ______ go to Dalat in the summer when he was young.
A. use to B. used to C. is used to D. is used
2. He ______ English for 4 years.
A. learns B. learnt C. has learnt D. will learn
3. Young people are fond of ______ Jeans.
A. to wear B. wearing C. wore D. worn
4. She sings very ______.
A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautify D. beautifully
5. She asked me where I ______ from.
A. come B. came C. to come D. coming
6. He was born ______ 15th January.
A. on B. at C. of D. in
7. If he ______ free time, he will go swimming.
A. has B. had C. will have D. is having
8. Could you please stop ______ so much noise?
A. make B. making C. made D. to make
9. Peter plays soccer very well, ______ he?
A. does B. did C. doesn’t D. didn’t
10. If the ______ continues, what will happen?
A. pollution B. pollute C. polluted D. polluting
11. He is tired now ______ he stayed up late watching TV.
A. so B. because C. but D. and
12. Be ______! He is looking at you.
A. care B. careful C. carefully D. carelessly
13. I suggest ______ to the movies.
A. go B. to go C. going D. went
14. Remember to turn ______ the lights before going to bed.
A. of B. off C. on D. up
15. Auld Lang Syne is a song ______ is sung on New Year’s Eve.
A. which B. who C. whom D. whose
16. People ______ take physical exercise can live longer.
A. who B. whom C. which D. when
17. According to the weather ______, it will be raining tonight.
A. forecast B. forecaster C. forecasted D. forecasting
18. Hue will have temperatures ______ 23C and 27C.
A. at B. between C. in D. with
19. Where would you go if you ______ a car?
A. have B. has C. had D. having
20. The children laughed ______ when they were watching a comic.
A. happiness B. happy C. happily D. unhappy.
21. UFOs mean ______ flying objects.
A. unknown B. unidentified C. unable D. unimaginary
22. If I ______ a bird, I would be a dove.
A. am B. is C. are D. were
23. I want ______ my English.
A. to improve B. improving C. improved D. improve
24. My grandparents have lived there ______ 1975.
A. in B. on C. since D. for
25. Mr. Lam suggested that we ______ tonight.
A. worked late B. working late C. should work late D. would work late
26. She presented me with a new blanket on which she ______ some beautiful flowers.
A. knitted B. embroidered C. moulded D. carved
27. She is very good at knitting. She ______ herself this sweater. It looks very nice.
A. knit B. knits C. is knitting D. knitted
28. All the main parts of this machine are ______ of steel.
A. made B. done C. woven D. given
29. My parents once took me to Bat Trang village. I could make my own ______ there. I really enjoyed
it.
A. pottery B. lacquer C. painting. D. sculpture
30. You should take your shoes ______ when you go into the temples.
A. up B. in C. off D. on
31. When the doctor came in, he went ______ all my test results and gave me a prescription.
A. out B. over C. in D. of
32. A close friendship has gradually grown ______ between them. They help each other in their daily
life.
A. in B. out C. of D. up
33. It is considered that life in a city is wonderful and ______.
A. funny B. boring C. enjoyable D. helpful
34. You‘ll have ______ opportunities to widen your global horizons while living in this cultural capital
city.
A. unlimited B. comfortable C. cheerful D. populous
35. Dubai‘s Palm Islands in the blue ocean is the ______ of a good and sunny life.
A. indicator B. view C. signal D. sign
36. This place is so ______ with the non-stop flow of customers to come and enjoy Pho.
A. delicious B. convenient C. popular D. exciting
37. Visitors can take a free boat from Manhattan to Staten Island for a great ______ of the Statue of
Liberty and the Manhattan skyline.
A. view B. sight C. scene D. landscape
38. Ha Noi also offers a nightlife as exciting as ______ in Ho Chi Minh City.
A. it B. which C. what D. that
39. When you want to relax, you‘ll have one of the world‘s ______ cities at your feet, with more than
40% green space and open water to enjoy.
A. greener B. greenest C. mostly green D. green mostly
40. Let me know when you come to Ha Noi and I’ll ______.
A. take you out B. bring you around C. cheer you up D. show you round
41. We expected her at nine but she finally ______ at eleven.
A. turned up B. turned out C. came over D. grew up
42. Ann is taking extra lessons to ______ what she missed while she was sick.
A. take back B. get on well with C. keep up with D. look forward to
43. The architects got inspired to use the lotus flower in the design for the ______.
A. city B. skyline C. skyscraper D. downtown
44. Villagers are more kind, friendly, and warm-hearted than city ______.
A. dwellers B. foreigners C. beginners D. movers
45. You can see the ______ of the suburbs in Ho Chi Minh City with many apartment buildings,
supermarkets, shopping centres, and schools.
A. urban area B. convenience C. urban sprawl D. living condition
46. Dong Khoi street is the main shopping street in the ______ of downtown in Ho Chi Minh City.
A. mind B. heart C. head D. spot
47. Opened in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco still ranks among the top 10 ______
bridge spans in the world.
A. long B. longer C. mostly long D. longest
48. The new student was very shy at the beginning, but then he ______ well with everyone.
A. got on B. went on C. got over D. cheered up
49. The police never ______ all hope of finding the lost child.
A. stops B. think over C. grow up D. give up
50. He‘ll be very upset if his employer ______ his offer.
A. pulls down B. finds out C. turns off D. turns down
51. It‘s time to say goodbye, but I’m ______ meeting you all again soon.
A. looking forward to B. getting on with C. keep up with D. put up with

TEST 2: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.
1. I’ve been studying very hard for my final exams but I always feel ______.
A. tired B. calm C. worried D. frustrated
2. She has failed her driving test three times. She feels ______ now.
A. depressed B. worried C. stressed D. calm
3. He did very well at the examination this morning so he feels very ______ at the moment.
A. sad B. unhappy C. relaxed D. worried
4. On the way home yesterday, his bicycle broke down so he felt very ______.
A. excited B. delighted C. confident D. frustrated
5. The boy looks ______ when he sees his parents at the door of the classroom.
A. relaxed B. confused C. tired D. left-out
6. Hoa said she was very ______ and she didn‘t want to go to the cinema with us.
A. quick B. fast C. smoothly D. tired
7. Huy got a bad mark for his English test. He must have been really ______.
A. disappointed B. relaxing C. interested D. happy
8. We take turns to make an English presentation about keeping our environment clean and green. This
opportunity makes everyone feel more ______ in speaking English.
A. worried B. tense C. confident D. frustrated
9. Minh feels very proud and ______ at the gold medal he has got.
A. delighted B. unhappy C. stressed D. strong
10. If you study hard and you feel tired, you had better take a rest and ______ for some minutes.
A. encourage B. relax C. advise D. empathise
11. Malaysia is divided ______ two regions.
A. to B. on C. in D. into
12. She often goes to the ______ to pray because her region is Islam.
A. church B. pagoda C. temple D. mosque
13. Mary was really ______ by the beauty of Hanoi.
A. impress B. impression C. impressive D. impressed
14. The United States has a ______ of around 250 million.
A. population B. separation C. addition D. introduction
15. Mathematics and Literature are ______ subjects in high schools.
A. adding B. compulsory C. optional D. religious
16. It's very kind ______ you to say so!
A. in B. to C. for D. of
17. The 'ao dai' is the ______ dress of Vietnamese women.
A. beautiful B. traditional C. casual D. baggy
18. The word Jeans comes ______ a kind of material that was made in Europe.
A. in B. at C. from D. on
19. He ______ with friends in an apartment in HCMC since last week.
A. living B. has lived C. lived D. live
20. They often go to that ______ to pray.
A. market B. hotel C. hostel D. shrine
21. There is a small bamboo ______ at the entrance to the village.
A. forest B. forestation C. forest ranger D. forestry
22. There is a meeting ______ 9 a.m and 2 p.m.
A. on B. between C. till D. at
23. We have many well ______ teachers here.
A. qualify B. quality C. qualified D. qualification
24. What aspect of ______ English do you find difficult?
A. study B. studied C. learnt D. learning
25. Who told you of the news? The ______ may not be correct.
A. inform B. information C. informational D. informative
26. She thinks chatting on the Internet is time ______.
A. consume B. consumer C. consuming D. consumption
17. Can you tell me who ______ this kind of machine?
A. invented B. invention C. inventor D. inventive
18. Your teacher writes poems or stories, ______ she?
A. don't B. won't C. didn't D. doesn't
19. Excuse me. Can I ______ in this area?
A. smoke B. smoking C. smoked D. to smoke
20. Can you turn ______ the light? It's too dark.
A. on B. off C. in D. for
21. We can ______ easily in the daylight.
A. to read B. reading C. reads D. read
22. What can we do to spend less ______ lighting?
A. in B. on C. about D. of
23. She is very tired; ______, she has to finish her homework.
A. moreover B. so C. and D. however
24. Is he an actor ______ a singer? An actor.
A. and B. or C. with D. so
25. I suggest ______ money for the poor people in our neighborhood.
A. save B. to save C. saving D. saved
26. Who looks ______ your children when you are away from home?
A. for B. at C. after D. to
27. He got wet ______ he forgot his umbrella.
A. because of B. because C. but D. and
28. He is going to the post office ______ he wants to send a letter.
A. because B. but C. and D. moreover
29. She studies well ______ she is busy.
A. because B. since C. although D. and
30. Yesterday a hurricane hit the ______ of Vung Tau City.
A. coaster B. coast C. coasting D. coastal
31. The ______ can know when a volcano will erupt nowadays.
A. science B. scientific C. scientists D. scientifically
32. Many people become ______ because of natural disasters every year.
A. homeland B. homesick C. homeless D. homework
33. Daddy, it's the weather forecast ______ TV.
A. in B. to C. on D. at
34. I am preparing for the picnic ______ my friends tomorrow.
A. at B. to C. in D. with
35. Kangaroos, which come ______ Australia, have long tails.
A. to B. in C. from D. for
36. Mount Pinatubo, ______ is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991.
A. which B. who C. whom D. whose
37. We ______ since we left school.
A. don't meet B. didn't meet C. won't meet D. haven't met
38. In 1995, a huge earthquake ______ the city of Kobe in Japan.
A. strike B. struck C. striking D. striked
39. I can't hear what you are saying. Can you ______ the radio?
A. turn on B. turn off C. turn up D. turn over
40. Do you think you will be able ______ a space trip?
A. take B. to take C. talking D. taken
41. If we became rich, we would travel ______ the world.
A. on B. in C. at D. around
42. She would come to see you if she ______ your address.
A. have B. has C. had D. having
43. This test must be done ______.
A. carefully B. care C. careful D. careless
44. Pressure ______ children to get into top schools has reached a crisis point.
A. at B. under C. on D. with
45. Perhaps what you’re reading or hearing is boring, which makes it hard to ______ on the book or the
conversation.
A. concentrate B. rely C. depend D. notice
46. A great way to improve ______ skills is to keep trying new things.
A. reason B. reasoned C. reasoning D. reasons
47. As children move toward ______, they are less likely to ask for advice.
A. dependent B. dependence C. independent D. independence
48. Taking good notes ______ students to evaluate organize and summarize information.
A. requests B. requires C. allows D. offers
49. Susan needs someone to who her how to ______ her anxiety and depression.
A. empathize B. try C. succeed D. manage
50. Mi asked what information she ______ that assignment.
A. needs to be done B. needed doing C. need to do D. needed to do
51. My teacher told me that I ______ attend the math course for the higher-level program that I ______
for.
A. can‘t/ apply B. couldn‘t/ apply C. can‘t/ applied D. couldn’t/ had applied
52. My parents asked me to find out ______ it gave you so much trouble.
A. what B. which C. why D. where
53. I am not sure ______ I can solve this problem.
A. how B. what C. who D. by whom
 TEST 3: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Choose the correct option A, B, C, or D to complete the sentences.
1. Many children in our village are still ______. They can't read or write.
A. creative B. illiterate C. unhealthy D. traditional
2. We usually ______ ourselves by playing hide and seek or flying kites.
A. behave B. collect C. imagine D. entertain
3. Laura is in the ______ of writing in her diary every day.
A. habit B. custom C. practice D. generation
4. The children started to ______ each part of the story.
A. go out B. act out C. play out D. cry out
5. "How cool!" is used to express ______.
A. a wish B. a surprise C. an agreement D. an appreciation
6. - "He had to work 12 hours every day." - “______”
A. Sure. B. I wish I could go back to that time. C. How cool! D. I can't imagine that.
7. We all ______ it were the weekend tomorrow.
A. think B. hope C. wish D. want
8. I ______ a teddy bear, but I don't have one now.
A. used to having B. used to have C. was use to having D. was used to have
9. Minh wishes he ______ English perfectly well.
A. spoke B. speaks C. is speaking D. has spoken
10. They ______ go on holiday when they lived in the countryside.
A. not use to B. weren't use to C. didn't use to D. hadn't used to

11. They like playing tug-of-war and cat and mouse game ______ because playing these games with
friends is ______.
A. almost - funny B. almost - fun C. most - fun D. most - funny
12. Traditional games ______ an important role in children's intellectual life.
A. play B. take C. bring D. make
13. Whenever ______ Vietnamese village festivals, you will have a chance to watch a traditional game -
human chess - which is the favorite of a great deal of Vietnamese people.
A. participating B. taking place C. taking part D. taking part in
14. Traditional games ______ as an effective but simple educational method for centuries.
A. were used B. used to used C. had used D. have been used
15. Raising roosters for cockfighting ______ heavy investments in time and labour.
A. requests B. requires C. satisfies D. asks
16. The folk ______ of top spinning still attracts city children despite the popularity of modern games
such as bowling, skateboarding, billiards and video games.
A. pastime B. ceremony C. activity D. enjoyment
17. Although spinning tops are among the simplest of toys, children ______ it one of the most vivid and
exciting games.
A. allow B. let C. make D. keep
18. Women have walked dozens of kilometers to the market ______ twenty- or thirty-kilogram loads in
shoulder poles for generations.
A. carry B. to carry C. to be carried D. carrying
19. Cyclo, a sort of tricycle rickshaw, ______ the most popular means of transport in Viet Nam in the
past.
A. was B. used to C. used to be D. would be
20. We wish LCD projectors ______ still expensive.
A. haven‘t been B. are not C. were not D. hadn‘t been
21. Despite changes brought on by industrialisation and modernisation, shoulder poles ______ the main
carriers of 80 percent of the rural population.
A. continue B. exist C. stay D. remain
22. The image of an old lady with the traditional ao dai on a rickshaw on her way back from the market
is still so ______ for Vietnamese people.
A. meaning B. meaningful C. meaningless D. meaningfulness
23. Furthermore, traditional ______ help to develop their senses, memory, thoughts, imagination,
linguistic capacity and basic concepts about the national culture.
A. habits B. games C. customs D. practices
24. Working as street vendors has created countless jobs, and it has become ______ in Ha Noi.
A. part of life B. parts of life C. part of lives D. life parts
25. Quang ganh is two baskets hung from either end of a bamboo pole ______ the shoulders.
A. across B. at C. on D. above
26. Viet Nam‘s tug-of-war game was also ______ as a UNESCO cultural intangible heritage of
humanity in December 2015.
A. realised B. recognised C. allowed D. seen
27. People in Bac Ninh province believe that if the tug-of-war team facing the east wins, it will bring
bumper crops and good luck and that the situation will be just the ______ if the team facing the west
wins.
A. different B. same C. other D. opposite
28. The first university that ______ the western educational system was built in Ha Noi, in 1919 with
the medical school and 1933 with the law school.
A. requested B. applied C. applied to D. related
29. In the past, white, or violet ao dai ______ by Vietnamese female students as their uniforms.
A. wore B. used to wear C. was worn D. would be wear
30. We all wish there ______ a smartboard in our classroom.
A. is B. was C. has been D. had been
31. The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long is a complex that ______ royal palaces and monuments.
B. consist of on B. consists of C. consists on D. consist
32. It is reported that ______ come to enjoy the beautiful view of Binh Dai Fortress every year.
A. thousands of visitors B. thousand of visitors C. thousands visitors D. thousands of visitor
33. I suggest the government should ______ the number of visitors every day.
A. limiting B. limited C. limit D. limits
34. Perfume pagoda Is a religious site ______ being a great sightseeing spot In Viet Nam.
A. the same as B. as well as C. such as D. and
35. ______ that the temple was built on the current site of Thien Tru In the 15th century.
A. It is think B. It was thought C. They thought D. It is thought
36. Nowadays, Perfume pagoda ______ large numbers of pilgrims from all over Viet Nam.
A. attracts B. attracted C. attracting D. attract
37. The teacher suggested that the students ______ all their homework before going to bed.
A. must finish B. finish C. finished D. should finish
38. It is hoped that many defensive measures ______ to protect and preserve our man-made wonders.
A. is taken B. will take C. will be taken D. are taken
39. Many valuable things ______ and destroyed from man-made wonders in the world.
A. have been stolen B. has been stolen C. are stolen D. will be stolen
40. It is said that Ha Long Bay is a magical place, attracting more tourists than ever since UNESCO's
______ of this beautiful spot.
A. recognize B. recognition C. recognizing D. recognizes
41. In a traditional family, there were three ______: grandparents, parents, and children.
A. groups B. teams C. bands D. generations
42. It was very ______ that a couple in the past could have about 5 to 10 children.
A. popular B. common C. shared D. obvious
43. Along with our need for love, our most important need is the need for ______.
A. appreciation B. value C. importance D. increase
44. The metro will ______ Ben Thanh Market in the central area to the amusement park at Suoi Tien in
District 9.
A. join B. contact C. connect D. relate
45. Ho Chi Minh City plans to use the state budget funds to build ten more flyovers ______.
A. systems B. sets C. methods D. routes
46. It is not ______ for men to wear the traditional costumes in modern life.
A. certain B. surprised C. pleased D. convenient
47. It is not ______ for a particular vehicle to exist, to be loved for generations.
A. fun B. glad C. relieved D. easy
48. Used throughout the 19th century in ______ classrooms, the slate has been used for students to write
the answers to the problems.
A. most of B. almost C. nearly all D. hardly ever
49. The sound of firecracker was common on previous Tet, but is now prohibited ______ being
dangerous and unsafe in production and distribution.
A. because B. due to C. despite D. for
50. They ______ a five-day tour in Malaysia before they enjoyed the Tet festival last year.
A. spend B. spent C. had spent D. would spend