Test : 01

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

1.   A. passed                          B. Watched                 C. played                     D. washed

2.   A. proud                            B. about                      C. around                    D. would

3.   A. market                          B. depart                     C. card                                    D. scare

4.    A. entrance                       B. paddy                     C. bamboo                   D. banyan

5.    A. problem                       B. love                         C. box                         D. hobby

II – Choose the best answer from the four options given (marked A, B,C, or D) to complete each sentence.

6.   My house_________in 1986.

      A. is built                          B. was building           C. was built                 D. has been built

7.   The doctor_________me not to stay up too late at night.

      A. advised                         B. suggested               C. insisted                   D. forced        

8.   Tomorrow we'll go to Noi Bai Airport to meet Maryam, _________comes from Malaysia.

       A. who                             B. whom                     C. whose                     D. that

9.   His house looks very large and beautiful. It is _________house.

      A. a seven-room                B. a seven-rooms         C. seven room             D. seven rooms

10. If you get up early, you_________late.

      A. weren't                         B. wouldn't be                        C. aren't                      D. won't be

11. It's very hot today. I wish I_________on the beach now.

      A. am                                B. was                         C. were                        D. had been

12. When he lived in the city, he_________to the theater twice a week.

      A. uses to go                     B. has gone                 C. used to go               D. was going

13. My father asked us_________too much time playing computer games.

      A. not to spending                        B. did not spend         C. not to spend           D. to not spent

14. Hoai can not remember the name of the restaurant_________she ate her favorite roasted duck.

      A. which                           B. whose                     C. whom                     D. where

15. If I were a flower, I_________a sunflower.

      A. was                               B. were                        C. will be                     D. would be

16. Nobody went to the party, _________?

      A. does he                         B. do they                   C. didn’t they             D. did they

17. It is nearly 3 months_________he visited his parents.

      A. while                            B. during                     C. since                       D. when

18.  _________population is another unpleasant result we have to solve.

      A. Increased                      B. Increasing               C. The increase            D. To increase

19. If  we_________enough time, we’ll study this exercise more carefully.

      A. will have                       B. have                        C. had                         D. would have

20. What would you do, if you_________a UFO?

       A. see                               B. saw                         C. would see               D. had seen

III- Identify the underlined word/ phrase (A or B,C,D) that needs correcting to become an exact one.

21.  The picture was paintingby Michael last year.

          A                                    B                       C                   D

22.   There’s the woman who she sold me the handbag.

             A                B                            C           D

23.   Mr. Smith is going to buy a new Japanese car, doesn’t he?

               A                         B               C                           D

24.   I met a lot of interesting people while I was studying at Ho Chi Minh City.

             A                       B                     C                           D

25.   If I were you, I didn’t buy that expensive car.

        A              B         C                        D

IV - Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 26 - 30.

            I went to Australia on a student program last year and I like to (1)_______you about it. I was very (2)_______when I knew I was going to Australia because I had never been there before. I didn’t think about the problems of speaking English (3)_______I met my host family. At first I couldn’t communicate with them because my English was so bad. All the five years I had been learning English wasn’t much used at all (4)_______we didn’t have real practice at school. Even though my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn’t. My problem is (5)_______ ‘l’ and ‘r’. For example, Australian people often asked “What do you eat in Vietnam?” I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn’t understand when I said “We eat lice”…

26.  A. say                               B. tell                                      C. talk                         D. speak

27.  A. exciting                       B. excites                                C. excited                    D. excite

28.  A. after                             B. until                                    C. when                       D. while

29.  A. although                      B. even                                    C. because                   D. so

30.  A. pronouncing                B. speaking                             C. reading                   D. telling

V. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.

0.   They suggested banning advertisements on TV.             

-     They suggested thatadvertisements on TV should be banned.

31. People say that they bought this shop last year.  

-     It is_____________________________________________________________________________.

-     They are_________________________________________________________________________.

32. "How much do you think it will cost?" he said to me.   

-     He asked me______________________________________________________________________.

33. Mr.Brown's team has lost the game.He looks very sad. 

-     Mr. Brown whose__________________________________________________________________.

34. Do you know the man who sat next to me at Nam’s birthday party last night?

-     You know________________________________________________________________________.

35. It takes Minh 2 hours to do his homework every day.

-     Minh spends_______________________________________________________________________.

36. We were late for school because of the heavy rain.

-     Because it_________________________________________________________________________.

37. My mother used to make us clean the house. 

-     We used__________________________________________________________________________.

38. "I'm working in a restaurant, and don't care much for it."she said

-     She said__________________________________________________________________________.

39. It’s two years since I last spoke to her.            

-     I haven’t__________________________________________________________________________.

40. Going swimming in the river in the summer is interesting.

-     It________________________________________________________________________________.