ĐÊ THI GIỮA KÌ 1

PART 1: PHONETICS
Exercise 1: Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently
from that of the others in each group.
1.A. sister B. his C. police D. six
2. A. kitchen B. vegetable C. egg D. men
3.A. cake B. village C. make D. paper
4.A. bus B. fun C. sunny D. busy
5.A. lively B. dinner C. fish D. singer
Exercise 2: Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently
from that of the other in each group.
1.A. drama B. baseball C. suggest D. subject
2. A. literature B. biology C. activity D. geography
3. A. music B. soccer C. physics D. perform
4.A. fantasy B. history C. favorite D. adventure
5.A. novel B. decide C. author D. science
PART 2: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
Exercise 3: Choose the word/ phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in
each sentence.
1. I’m ………………….fishing with my dad. Do you want to come?
A. getting B. playing C. going D. walking
2. ……………about Sunday?
A. What B. Who C. When D. Which
3. We like to see ………………..movies. They’re about space and the future.
A. drama B. action C. science fiction D. romance
4. That is an…………..…..book. It tells you all about Asia.
A. interesting B. interest C. interested D. best
5. Who was famous ……………… pop music in the 1980s?
A. in B. at C. on D. for
6. – I like colleccting soccer cards .
A. How about you? B. What are you doing?
C. You are here D. See you tomorrow
7. No, we …………… a camera. We can use our phones to take photos.
A. needs B. don’t need C. must have D. have to
8. What are you doing ………………..?
A. last night B. yesterday C. on Saturday D. last Saturday
9. I want to go…………… to buy some winter clothes.
A. fishing B. shopping C. market D. mall
10. …………people often make their friends laugh.
A. Lazy B. Selfish C. Mean D. Funny
Exercise 4: Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence.
1. I’m so ___________to have a pen pal. (happiness)
2. It’s very difficult to write a good drama. The movies are about
people’s______________. (life)
3. That book was ______________all over the world. (success)
4. I don’t____________ like horror movies. (real)
5. This kind of movie has a lot of ____________and adventure. (exciting)
6. Where did you learn to____________? (cooker)
PART 3: READING
Exercise 5: Read the following text and complete the task below.
Cai luong is a traditional kind of music from southern Vietnam. Cai luong songs are
usually stories about love or family. Many people like listening to Cai luong because
of the beautiful music. There are two kinds of Cai luong. One is about modern
Vietnam and the other is about Vietnamese history. V-pop is Vietnamese pop music.
Young Vietnamese people love listening and dancing to V-pop. There are a lot of
new young V-pop singers and you can hear people singing their songs at weddings
and parties.
1. Cai luong is from the south of Vietnam. _________
2. Cai luong songs are only about history. _________
3. V-pop is very popular with young Vietnamese people. _________
4. People sing V-pop at weddings. _________
5. Young Vietnamese people like listening and dancing to …………….. .
A. Cai luong B. weddings C. parties D. V-pop
6. The word “kinds” on the third line means:
A. friendly B. types C. good D. places
Exercise 6: Read the following text and complete the task below.
Tet is an important holiday (1)…… Vietnam. Before Tet, people buy fruits and
flowers. They also clean and decorate their houses. On New Year’s Eve, Vietnamese
people (2)…….traditional food such as Tet cake or boiled chicken with their
families. During Tet, they wear new clothes and (3)…….. their family and friends.
Children like Tet because they get (4)…….. money and don’t go to school. Tet is a
good (5)…….. for families and friends (6)……… fun together.
1.A. on B. at C. in D. from
2.A. bring B. get C. take D. eat
3.A. have B. visit C. go D. come
4.A. lucky B. good C. fine D. many
5.A. season B. day C. thing D. time
6.A. enjoy B. have C. to have D. make
PART 4: WRITING
Exercise 7: Rearrange the words in a correct order to make complete sentences.
1. you/ do/ did/ last night,/ What/ John/?

2. watched/ show/ I/ an/ called/ action/ Broken Arrow/.

3. mother / On / the / my / always / washing / does / Mondays

4. out / once / put / I / dustbins / week / the / a

5. a / go / with / often / walk / dog / for / We / our

6. sister / ironing / sometimes / My / the / does

Exercise 8: Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it

means almost the same as the sentence printed before it.
1. My favorite subject is biology.
=> I like____________________________________.
2. What does your mother do?
=> What is__________________________________?
3. Where does he live?
=> What____________________________________?
4. My school has 40 rooms.
=> There____________________________________.