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for THE MID-TERM

TEST
 U7 Traffic

CONTENTS U8 Film

U9 Festivals Around the World

I. Vocabulary
I . Vo c a b ul a r y
Unit 7 Unit 9
• Means of transport
• Types of
• Road signs
• Festival
festival activitie

Unit 8
• Types of films
• -ed and –ing
II. Pronunciation
II. Pronunciation.
1. /e/ and  /eɪ/
(left) (break)

2. Pronounce –ed verb endings.

/t/, /d/, /ɪd/

3. Stress in two-syllable
words.
Pronunciation /t/, /d/, and /ɪd/
The ways to pronounce _ed at the end of ordinary verbs
Cách đọc Âm cuối Ví dụ
(các âm còn lại answered, played,
/d/ ngoài 2 nguyên tắc begged, allowed
(nguyên tắc chung) riêng dưới đây)

/ ɪd / d, t visited, needed,
(đạn tịt)
mended, wanted
(nguyên tắc riêng 1)

k, x, s, p, ch, sh, f looked, faxed,

/t/ passed, stopped,
(nguyên tắc riêng 2) [khi xuống sông phải coi
watched, washed,
chừng cô ấy (she) té
(falls)] laughed
Pronunciation: Stress in two-syllable words.
Type of word General rule Exceptions
most stress on the a'sleep
nouns and first syllable a'broad
adjectives e.g. 'country ma'chine

'copy
most verbs stress on the 'differ
second 'happen
syllable
(two-syllable verbs
e.g. re'ceive
ending in er / en)
III. Grammar
III. Grammar.
“It” indicating
distance. Unit 7
 H/Wh-
 Used to
Unit 9questions

 Connectors: Unit 8  Adverbial

although, despite/ phrases.
in spite of,
however,
1. “It” indicating distance.

- -How
Howfar farisisititfrom
from___
___to
to____?
____?
- -ItItisis(about)
(about)++distance
distance++from
from__
__to__.
to__.
Example:
Example:
- -How
Howfar farisisititfrom
fromyour
yourhouse
housetoto
thebus
the busstop?
stop?
- -ItItisisabout
about500 500metres
metresfrom
frommy
my
house to the bus stop.
2. Used to.
Example:
Example:
Thereused
There usedtotobe
bemany
manytrees
treeson
onthis
this
street,but
street, butnow
nowthere
thereare
areonly
onlyshops
shops
We use used to to describe an action, a habit
or a state that happened regularly in the past
but doesn’t happen now.
(+) S + used to + Vinf
(-) S + did not + use to + Vinf
(?) Did + S + use to + V ?
3. Connectors: although, despite/ in spite of, however,
nevertheless.
Although + S + V, S + V
Ex. Although he was ill, he still went to school.
 He still went to school although he was ill.

Despite + Noun / Noun phrase, S + V

In spite of

Ex. Despite/ In spite of being ill, he still went to

 Heschool.
still went to school despite/ in spite of being ill.
GRAMMAR however and nevertheless

However, + S + V.
Nevertheless,

Ex. Hoa is a very good student.

However, Minh is much better than her.
 Type/Question Example
TIME The Festival of the Sun is held on
4. Adverbial phrases.
(when?) June 24th.
PLACE
The festival is celebrated in Peru.
(where?)
FREQUENCY
The festival takes place every year.
(how often?)
People attend the festival for fun.
REASON
(why?) A lot of people go to Cusco, Peru, to
attend the festival.
People celebrate it in a special way.
MANNER
(how?) People celebrate it with street fairs
and live music.
5. H / Wh-questions.
There are seven Wh-questions and one
H-question in English:
what
How which

Question
Words where
why

whose when
who
IV. Practice
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is
pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. watched B. danced C. walked D. bored

2. A. naked B. booked C. walked D. worked

3. A. whole B. why C. what D. when

4. A. called B. waited C. played D. loved

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from the others.

5. A. looked B. lived C. laughed D. watched

6. A. frightened B. amazed C. disappointed D. terrified

7. A. thread B. beam C. breath D. stead

II. Choose the best answer ( A , B , C or D ) to complete the
sentences.
1. Nam used to ________ morning exercise when he got up early.

A. did B. does C. doing D. do

2. My father __________the bus to work every day, but I cycle.

A. catches B. drives C. goes D. runs

3. Traffic accidents can be prevented if people __________ the rules.

A. remember B. obey C. go after D. take care of

II. Choose the best answer ( A , B , C or D ) to complete the
sentences.
4. You should look right and left when you go ________the road.

A. down B. across C. up D. along

5. Bus is the main public ________in Viet Nam.

A. travel B. tricycle C. transport D. means

6. She’s sure that they will find the film_________.

A. entertaining B. entertain C. entertainment D.

7. ____________ being frightened by the images, Lan still liked the
film so much.
A. In spite B. Despite C. Although D. Nevertheless
8. __________ the story wasn’t good, I didn’t like that film.
A. Because B. However C. Despite D. Although
9. – “ Do you like seeing a film?” – “_________________”
A. No, I don’t like it at all B. Sure. What film shall we see?
C. Who is in it? D. I’m sorry, I can’t.
10. ____________ is La Tomatina celebrated?
– Every August.
A. Where B. Why C. When D. Which
11. My father liked the ____________ of that singer.
A. perform B. performer C. performance D. performing
12. ____________ is not very far from here to the harbour.
A.There B. It C. This D.That
III. Rewrite the sentences with the same meaning.
1. The distance from Ha Noi to Thanh Hoa City is about 100 kilometres.
 It is about………………………………..................................................................
2. Although Quang Hai is so young , he plays football beautifully.
 Despite ......................................................................................................................
3. My father lived in small village when he was a child.
 My father used to ……………………………………………………..……………
4. Did you often go to the beach when you lived in Nha Trang?
 Did you use…………………………..……………………………………………
5. I’ve been too busy to answer by email. I’ll do it soon. (nevertheless)
……….……………………………………………………………………………
1. The distance from Ha Noi to Thanh Hoa City is about 100 kilometres.
 It is about………………………………........
2. Although Quang Hai is so young , he plays football beautifully.
 Despite .......................................................
3. My father lived in small village when he was a child.
 My father used to …………………………………
4. Did you often go to the beach when you lived in Nha Trang?
 Did you use…………………………..………………
5. I’ve been too busy to answer by email. I’ll do it soon. (nevertheless)
III. Rewrite the sentences with the same meaning.
1. The distance between Ha Noi and Thanh Hoa City is about
100 kilometres.
It is about 100 kilometres from Ha Noi to Thanh Hoa City.
2. Although Quang Hai is so young , he plays football
beautifully.
Despite being so young , QH plays football beautifully.
3. My father lived in small village when he was a child.
live in small village when he was a child.
 My father used to
III. Rewrite the sentences with the same meaning.

4. Did you often go to the beach when you lived in Nha

Trang?
to go to the beach when you lived in Nha Trang?
 Did you use………………………….
5. I’ve been too busy to answer by email. I’ll do it soon.
(nevertheless)
I’ve been too busy to answer by email. Nevertheless, I’ll do it soon.
……….………………………………