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REVISION FOR MIDTERM TEST 1

Task 1: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose
underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following
questions.

1. A. vacation B. festival C. grade D. celebrate

2. A. highlight B. meaning C. stick D. habit

3. A. memory B. try C. directory D. neccessary

4. A. pronounce B. cousin C. enough D. country

5. A. highlight B. although C. neighbor D. laugh

Task 2: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs
from the other three in the position of stress in each of the following questions.

1. A. annoy B. enough C. lucky D.reserved

2. A. humor B. orphan C. receive D.curly
3. A. appearance B. annoyance C. outgoing D.character
4. A. frying B. towel C. socket D.include
5. A. chemical B. precaution C. electric D.desstruction
6. A. remember B. dangerous C. vegetable D.opposite
7. A. countless B. service C. transmit D. answer
8. A. invention B. agreement C. arrangement D. demonstrate

Task 3: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the following questions.

1. You _____ to eat more, you are far too thin.

a. should b. ought c. could d. must

2. It’ll take me an hour to do the household________.

a.work b.chores c.job d.exercises

3. She fell and hurt_______ .

a. her b. herself c. himself d. myself

4. They _____ talk in the library.

a. mustn’t b. don’t have to c. shouldn’t to d.needn’t to

5. Her parents won’t let her_______ with her friends.

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a. go out b. goes out c. to go out d.going out

6. Can you hurry up in the bathroom, I can’t hold _____ much longer.

a. against b. on c. onto d.with

7. We _____ a big party for Debbie’s birthday.

a. annoyed b. arranged c. arrived d.appeared

8. Jenny’s not here now. Can I take a(n) ________?

a. message b. advice c. news d. information

9. They found some electrical _______ in the room.

a. devices b. device c. advices d. advice

10. I tried to phone him countless times but he wasn’t there.

a. few b. little c. much d. many

11. I can’t reach him by phone.

a. arrive at b. achieve c. contact d. come to

12. The_____ put too much salt in the food.

a.cook b.cooker c.stove d.oven

13. Ted was putting his clean clothes away in the _____ .

a. desk b. wardrobe c. refrigerator d. bookshelf

14. It’s hard work looking______ three children all day.

a. after b.before c.about d.at

15. I can’t stand people who are cruel______ animals.

a. with b.to c.on d.about

16. He was late, but fortunately his friends waited for him.

a. luckily b. magically c. cruelly d. lately

17. He died_____ a heart attack.

a. with b.of c.because d.by

18. I____ football very often when I was younger.

a. play b. was going to c. played d. was playing

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19. I ______ gardening, but I don’t have time for it now.

a. use to enjoy b. used to enjoy c. use to enjoying d. used to enjoying

20. His wife recently gave birth to a______ .

a. daughter b. niece c. nephew d.children

Task 4: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that
needs correction in each of the following questions. (0.5 mark)

1. He wokes up and finded himself in the hospital.

A B C D
2. My sister uses to play tennis a lot but she doesn’t play very often now.
A B C D
3. Every morning I spend about an hour to read the newspaper.
A B C D
4. I would like to go away on holiday but I don’t have money enough.
A B C D
5. It’s a traditional to sing ‘Auld Lang Syne’ on New Year’s Eve.
A B C D
6. The course begins in 12 May and ends sometime in August.
A B C D

Task 5: Choose the option that best completes each blank in the passage.

Rice is (1) ________ by Vietnamese people every day. It often (2) ________ in tropical
countries such as Viet Nam, Thailand or Malaysia. The Chinese have also been growing rice
for (3) ________ years. The seeds are planted in special beds to grow into young rice plants.
Then they are taken to fields covered with muddy water called paddies. The fields of rice
look very (4) ________. After 3 or 5 months, the rice is ready to be picked. People often drain
away water before collecting rice. Eating rice is a special action in the world. They don't use
spoons or forks to enjoy bowls of rice. (5) ________, they use two short sticks known as
chopsticks to put rice into their mouths. China and Viet Nam are the four countries in which
people use chopsticks very well.

1. A. used B. taken C. eaten D. boiled

2. A. grows B. keeps C. plants D.stays
3. A. thousands B. thousand C. thousand of D. thousands of
4. A. beauty B. beautiful C.beautifully D.the beauty
5. A. However B. Moreover C. Besides D. Instead

Task 6: Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning.

1. The worker is clever. He can make fine things from wood. (ENOUGH)

→ The worker....................................................................................................
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2. My father’s explanation about the subject was clearer than my brother’s. (CLEARLY)

➔ My father......................................................................................

3. I lived on the farm with my grandma ten years ago. (USED)

→ I used..............................................................................................

4. He uses all of his free time to collect stamps. (SPENDS)

→ He..................................................................................................

5. Playing beach games is very interesting.

➔ It is...............................................................................................

6. I fed the chickens this morning.

➔ The chickens _______________________________________

7. The question is so difficult that all the students can’t answer it.

→ It is such ___________________________________________

8. It is 5 years since Tom and Mary got married.

➔ Tom and Mary ______________________________________

9. The film was so boring that I fell asleep.

➔ Because ___________________________________________

10. Although the weather was bad, it did not delay the traffic.

→In spite of ___________________________________________