Task 1. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. learn             B. read                           C. speak               D. meaning

2. A. write             B. twice                          C. stick                D. while

3. A. few               B. new                            C. knew                D. email

4. A. this               B. that                            C. think                D. they

Task 2.  Choose the best answer.

1. What foreign _____ do you have at school?

A. subject              B. song                           C. language           D. book

2. I want _______ with my foreign friends Tony.

A. to talking          B. talking                       C. talk                  D. to talk

3. They write emails to _____ other every day.

A. every                B. each                           C. one                   D. they

4. How do you _________ listening? – I watch English cartoons on TV.

A. practice            B. learn                          C. want                          D. have

5. She practices _____ by ______ English short stories.

A. reading/ read    B. reading/ reading          C. read/ reading     D. read/ read

6. We learn English _______ we want to read comic books.

A. because            B. so                     C. and                            D. why

7. When I see a new word, I try to guess its _______.

A. name                B. vocabulary                 C. meaning           D. language

Task 3. Read and tick   True or False. There is one example (0). 

Hello, I’m Quan. I have a friend Akiko. She is from Japan. Her favoutite subject is English. She practises listening by watching English cartoons on TV every day. She learns to read by reading English short stories. She writes emails to me every evening. We are both happy because we can understand each other. She says that she learns English because she wants to become a tourist guide.

True

False

0. Akiko comes from Japan.

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1. Akiko watches English cartoons on TV to practise listening.

2. She reads detective stories in English to practise reading.

3. She can’t understand Quan’s emails.

4. She learns English to be a tourist guide.

Task 4. Look and fill each gap with one word . Write the word next to the number. There is one word that you do not need. There is one example (0).

        I like reading English (0)  comic books in my free time. When I see a new (1) __________, I try to guess its meaning. I write it in my (2) ____________ and say it a few times. I often stick new words on the walls of the bedroom and the (3) ____________ , and practise(4) ___________ them aloud. I also learn English by (5) _________English songs.

Task 5. Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.

     My name is Linh. I’m a pupil at Kim Dong Primary School. I’m in class 5A with Lee and John. I love reading comic books. I often read them in my free time. When I see a new word, I try to guess its meaning. I write the word in my notebook and say it many times. I often stick new words on my bedroom walls and practise reading them aloud. Lee and John love learning English too. We often learn to speak English by talking with our foreign friends in our free time. Lee is very good at English. She usually practises listening by watching cartoons on TV. She learns to write by writing emails to her friends every day. John loves reading. He goes to the library twice or three times a week. He usually reads English books to practice reading. They always help me to learn English. We are happy because we can understand each other. English is necessary for communication.

1. What does Linh do when she see a new word?

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2. How do they learn to speak English?

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3. Who is good at English?

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4. How often does John go to the library?

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5. Is English necessary for communication?

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