IV. Fill each blank with the present simple, present continuous or past simple form of the verb in brackets.

1. After school times, Lan usually ___________ (tutor) lower grade students.

2. In order to be healthy, Tom always ___________ (ride) a bike on weekends.

3. Sam: ___________ you ___________ (swim) yesterday afternoon?   Luke: Yes. It was great.

4. The children ___________ (run) around the garden. They look so happy.

V. Choose the best option to complete each sentence. Circle A, B, or C.

1. Alice decided to take ___________ yoga class five years ago.

A. in                              B. up                       C. out                          D. off

2. Can you tell me ___________ this dish?

A. to cook               B. how to cook            C. cooking                    D. how to cooking

3. ___________ tomatoes do you need to make the sauce?

A. How much                      B. How many                     C. How long                          D. How often

4. You should think of ___________ the volunteer activities in your community.

A. taking in         B. participating           C. taking part in        D. making

5. The ring is ___________ that one. How much does it cost?

A. as expensive         B. so expensive as          C. as expensive as       D. as expensively as

6. Traditional volunteer activities include ___________ money for people in need, cooking and giving food.

A. rising               B. raising          C. getting               D. helping

7. John and Jim are twins. ___________ house is big.

A. They                B. You                   C. Them            D. Their

8. I am the ___________ in my family.

A. short           B. shorter         C. shortest       D. shortest as

VI. Read the passage. Circle the best answer A, B, or C to each of the questions.

      Josh is one of the gifted seventh graders at an international lower secondary school with over 800 students aged from 11 to 15. It also has modern facilities and well-qualified teachers, which can provide Josh and his friends with the best learning conditions. Josh has a great passion for science. He likes doing interesting experiments in the science laboratory under the guidance of his teacher. He finds these experiments about electricity or light quite useful and practical. The computer room is also a place where he often goes after class to search for necessary information about safe, funny and simple experiments on the Internet. He also does many science projects with his partners there. With great efforts, he hopes he will become a scientist in the future.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

A. An international school with hundreds of students.    B. A gifted student’s dream.

C. A good learning environment for a gifted student.

2. Who helps Josh to conduct the science experiments in the school lab?

A. Josh’s teacher.                  B. Josh’s partner.                  C. Josh’s classmate.

3. What does Josh think about the science experiments?

A. They are safe and practical.  B. They are useful and practical.   C. They are funny and practical.

4. What does the word there in line 11 mean?

A. On the Internet.             B. In the science laboratory.         C. In the computer room.

5. How can he achieve his dream of becoming a scientist?

A. Try his best.      B. Read many physics books.   C. Watch science programs on TV.

VII. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. to / to / brother / make / learn / how / My / always / wants / pizza/.

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2. get / you / Take / or / might / your / sunburn / umbrella /.

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3. help / food / We / homeless / clothes / kids / with / and / often /.

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4. are / hall / music / some / school / They / the / playing / pop / in /.

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5. cakes / of / flour / make / 500 / grams / to / Tina / needs / some / .