REVIEW (GRADE 10 –TERM II)

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
1: A. rest B. disaster C. style D. serene
2: A. victory B. replace C. announcer D. violence
3: A. cheap B. cheer C. champion D. machine
4: A. please B. witness C. postpone D. space
5: A. check B. change C. character D. chase
6: A. hosts B. ambassadors C. captains D. regions
7: A. appreciate B. combination C. occasion D. classical
8: A. appreciates B. lulls C. combines D. includes
9: A. criticize B. century C. musician D. excite
10: A. luxurious B. exhaust C. exercise D. exam
11: A. fascinate B. science C. amuse D. interest
12: A. holds B. involves C. defeats D. follows
13: A. score B. concern C. cartoon D. committee
14: A. develops B. includes C. sets D. sinks
15: A. movements B. adventures C. jokes D. deaths
16: A. discovers B. exhausts C. gains D. considers
17: A. finalist B. against C. ambassador D. surprise
18: A. mixture B. experience C. express D. exhaust
19: A. figures B. teams C. titles D. books
20: A. shoots B. eliminates C. attracts D. scores

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest

1: A. title B. medal C. finalist D. competitor
2: A. criticize B. musician C. anger D. winner
3: A. victory B. trophy C. compete D. tournament
4: A. convey B. final C. express D. compose
5: A. emotion B. movement C. powerful D. sequence
6: A. business B. expression C. musician D. delightful
7: A. ambassador B. lyrical C. funeral D. lullaby
8: A. music B. entertain C. mournful D. solemn
9: A. witness B. cinema C. industry D. defeat
10: A. champion B. event C. solemn D. music
11: A. announce B. global C. final D. horror
12: A. promote B. organize C. captain D. winner
13: A. moving B. century C. tragic D. cartoon
14: A. tragedy B. suppose C. violent D. character
15: A. cinema B. audience C. position D. rapidly
16: A. completely B. expression C. musician D. mixture
17: A. occasion B. festival C. funeral D. lullaby
18: A. talent B. tradition C. mournful D. celebrate
19: A. atmosphere B. cinema C. combination D. instrument
20: A. joyful B. event C. convey D. combine

Vocabulary and grammar

1: When combines with words in a song, music is a powerful means of ______________.
A. speaking B. emotions C. thinking D. communication
2: Music as _____________ is a profitable industry.
A. emotion B. communication C. feelings D. entertainment
3: To _________were you talking when I met you yesterday? – My new classmate.
A. who B. whom C. which D. what
4: The students are competing with one another __________ get the scholarship.
A. not to B. so as to C. so that D. in order that
5: This lovely piece of music was _____________ by Mozart.
A. composed B. invented C. created D. discovered
6: Music helps ____________ me up when I’m in a bad mood.
A. cheer B. raise C. bring D. move
7: The mother is ___________ her baby to sleep with a folk song.
A. making B. singing C. sounding D. lulling
8: The national anthem of Vietnam, Tien Quan Ca, sounds very rousing and ____________.
A. solemn B. gentle C. soft D. lyrical
9: ___________ a good student, you need to be hard-working
A. To get B. To become C. To come D. To have
10: Music helps __________ more joyfulness to the atmosphere of the festival.
A. add B. develop C. strengthen D. make
11: After his performance, the __________ clapped for five minutes.
A. participants B. actors C. audience D. guards
12: Spy ___________ are concerned primarily with international politics and crime novels.
A. horrors B. thrillers C. cartoons D. detectives
13: Do you think __________ moon is full tonight? I like sitting in ___________ garden beside this well to
watch it.
A. a/a B. the/the C. a/the D. the /a
14: It was not until 1915 that____________
A. the cinema has really become an industry B. the cinema really became an industry
C. the cinema had really become an industry D. the cinema really become an industry
15: It was not until _______________that she cooked the meal.
A. her father came home B. her father would come home
C. her father has come home D. her father comes home
16: The opening ____________of the play took place in an army camp.
A. sight B. scene C. picture D. stage
17: Films are made by recording actual people and objects with _____________.
A. tools B. actions C. music D. cameras
18: He was an __________ storyteller. We were __________ and laughed a lot.
A. amusing / amusing B. amused / amusing C. amused / amused D. amusing / amused
19: He chose a suitable ____________ to put his camera so that he could take the best photographs.
A. scenery B. position C. place D. B and C
20: She heard _________ news, and she was so ____________ that she could not say anything.
A. surprising / surprised B. surprising / surprising
C. surprised / surprised D. surprising / surprised
21: SYNONYM: As expected, she could not come first in the annual tennis tournament.
A. crowd B. competition C. final D. match
22: SYNONYM: He suffered his first defeat at the final in the US Open.
A. failure B. victory C. surrender D. abandon
23: The game is ____________ nationwide every four years.
A. held B. happened C. made D. taken place
24: The ___________ at the football match cheered their team on.
A. audience B. onlookers C. bystanders D. spectators
25: I hope I will be fit enough to _____________ the marathon next week.
A. take part in B. participate C. take place in D. all are correct
26: Sporting games help a great deal in _______________ friendship among nations.
A. making B. doing C. asking D. promoting
27: This is ___________ composition that I have ever read.
A. bad B. worst C. the worse D. the worst
28: She is a ___________ tourist guide than I expected.
A. good B. well C. best D. better
29: Nam is the __________ in his family; all the members are much taller.
A. lowest B. shortest C. taller D. tallest
30: If you are in Hanoi, Ha Long Bay is _____________ than Hai Phong
A. further B. farther C. far D. more remote.
31: A person in a film is called a _______.
A. character B. director C. chairman D. actor
32: _______ is a prize for winning a competition.
A. Trophy B. Champion C. World Cup D. Victory
33: I just bought _______ new shirt. _______ shirt was quite expensive.
A. a/ the B. an/ the C. the/ the D. a/ a
34: The film was so _______that I felt _______with it.
A. boring/bored B. bored/boring C. boring/boring D. bored/bored
35: ERROR IDENTIFICATION: The students were interesting in taking a field trip to the National
Museum.
A. interesting B. were C. taking D. a field trip
36: __________ was New York city founded ? - It was founded in 1624.
A. When B. Where C. What D. How many years
37: __________ milk is often added to __________ tea in __________ UK.
A. no article / no article / the B. the / the / no article
C. the / the / an D. a/ a/ no article
38: ERROR IDENTIFICATION: “It was not until last Sunday when I realized I had been wrong.”
A. when B. was C. until D. had been
39: ANTONYM: Music makes a funeral more solemn and mournful.
A. sad B. miserable C. joyful D. special
40: ANTONYM: When a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of
movement.
A. changing B. moving C. silent D. rapid

Supply the correct form of the word in brackets

1: We are all surprised at his ___________. (announce)
2: We offer a ___________ salary to workers who have experience. (compete)
3: People feel happy with some changes in political ___________. (organize)
4: The film is about a ___________ love story. (tragedy)
5: He was born at Spires in 1635, and known as a physician, a scholar and an ___________. (adventure)
6: He wants her to stay home and be the ___________ wife. (tradition)
7: He loved ___________ and wanted to start a career of being a poet. (poem)
8: My child won’t sleep until she listen to a ___________ CD. (lull)
9: He tells his friend about the match with ___________. (joyful)
10: I was impressed by his ___________ ballads song. (lyric)
11: Music ________________ babies to sleep at night and wakes students up in the morning. (lullaby)
12: Folk music is ________________ music of a country. (tradition)
13: The World Cup is regarded as the world ________________ of the sport. (champion)
14: The cinema changed ________________ at the end of the 1920s. (complete)
15: Titanic is a ________________ love story film. (tragedy)
16: He is a young and generous ________________ because he likes ________________ trips. (adventure)
17: The party was ________________ held by my classmates and my family. (joint)
18: The president (announcement)________________ his (retire)________________ after a lot of
scandals.
19: He was an __________ storyteller. We were __________ and laughed a lot. (amuse)
20: We are very happy and excited because the news __________ us a lot. (delighted)

Sentence transformation
1: Laura didn’t go abroad until she was 35. (NOT UNTIL)
→ It
2: He didn’t arrive at the office until 5 p.m. (NOT UNTIL)
→ It
3: No one could leave the party until midnight. (NOT UNTIL)
→ It
4: I want to pass the final exam so I tries to study hard. (IN ORDER)
→I
5: Johns gets up early. He doesn’t want to be late for class. ( SO AS NOT)
→ John
6: He locked the door. He didn’t want to be disturbed. (IN ORDER NOT)
→ He
7: We don’t want to bother our neighbors so we lower the volume. (SO AS NOT)
→ We
8: My dad bought a new car because he wanted to give me as a birthday present. (SO AS)
→ My dad
9: My son isn’t as good at English as my daughter. (THAN)
→ My daughter
10: No one in the team is taller than Joe. (THE)
→ Joe
11: No one in my class is as friendly as John. (THE)
→ John
12: He does the test more easily than Nga. (DOESN’T)
→ Nga
13: He behaves now worse than he used to. (BETTER)
→ He used to
14: I listen to the music everyday. I want to relax. (SO THAT)
→I
15: He rang the bell because he wanted to tell us that dinner was ready. (TO)
→ He
16: He didn't stop drinking until he got part of his stomach removed. (UNTIL)
→ It
17: Mr. Martin didn't retire until he was too weak to work. (WAS)
→ It
18: Mary telephoned me so that she would invite me to a party. (TO)
→ Mary
19: No one in this team plays football as well as Tom. (BEST)
→ Tom is
20. We have to study hard because we don’t want to fail the coming final exam. (IN ORDER)
→ We