I/ PRONUNCIATION

A. Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

1.      A. career                B. grammar                 C. across                     D. afraid

2.      A. come                 B. note                        C. show                      D. slow

B. Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

3.      A. future                B. foreign                   C. language                 D. improve

4.      A. understand        B. subtitle                   C. newspaper              D. favorite

II/ VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following questions.

5.      You should watch English movies and TV shows with ______ to learn new words.

A.    methods                 B. subtitles                  C. lyrics                      D. details

6.      My father works for a(n) ______ company and he needs to speak English to his co-workers from different countries. 

A.    national                  B. regional                 C. local                        D. international

7.      Students can use a wide range of English ______ which includes articles, videos, and podcasts, to improve their language skills.

A.    ingredients             B. information              C. content                 D. lessons

8.      A good language learner always ______ opportunities to communicate in English.

A.    checks out              B. looks for                    C. looks up              D. comes across

9.      As the foreign student can't speak English, he often feels like he doesn't belong ______ the community.

A.    for                          B. with                           C. in                        D. to

10.  ______ my desire to travel around the world, I'm learning English.

A.    Because                 B. Because of                 C. Despite               D. Although

11.  ______ speaking is my weakness, I need to practice regularly to improve my fluency.

A.    As                          B. While                         C. So                       D. Before

12.  My teacher advised us to keep an English diary ______ writing skills.

A.    improving              B. improve                     C. improved            D. to improve

III/ ERROR CORRECTION

Find the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

13.  When you hear or read a new word or expression, note down in a sentence and with its meaning.

A.    When                     B. hear                            C. note down          D. with

14.  Speak English as much as possibly, and don't be afraid of making mistakes.

A.    much                     B. possibly          C. of                        D. making

15.  Trang decided to take an IELTS course because her dream of studying abroad.

A.    to take                   B. because                      C. studying             D. abroad

16.  If you speak English fluent, travelling abroad will be more fun.

A.    If                            B. fluent                        C. abroad                D. more fun

IV/ WORD FORM

Write the correct form of the given words.

17.  Bảo can speak English ______, but he has difficulty in writing in English. (FLUENCY)

18.  There are ______ study methods which can help improve listening skills. (DIFFER)

19.  It is important to pay ______ to grammar rules in order to communicate accurately in written and spoken English. (ATTEND)

20.  Parents should encourage their children to participate in English-speaking clubs to develop _____ skills. (COMMUNICATE)                                                                   

V/ READING

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Hi Juan,

I know you haven’t started learning English phrasal verbs yet, but you will soon! We use them all the time when we’re speaking or writing personal emails. They’re cool but really difficult, because the two parts usually don’t keep their normal meanings. Prepositions like in, on, out, up, and down often don’t keep their meanings in phrasal verbs. For example, we (21) _____ something on a website, we look up a word in a dictionary, and we check out activities at a gym! Sometimes the preposition has its normal meaning, but it is not easy to see why we use a particular verb with it. For example, we have clothes on our bodies, so we use off when we are getting ready for bed, but why do we say (22) _____ off? Sometimes, though, it is easy to see why the verb and the preposition are used together. If we borrow money from someone, for example, we have to (23) _____ it back.

Another problem is that sometimes phrasal verbs have more than one meaning. For example, the phrasal verb (24) _____ can mean find the answer, in a math problem, for example, but it also means to do exercise.

Finally, sometimes we only have a phrasal verb for a very common action. We don’t open a television – well, TV engineers do, but not you and me – we don’t start it or begin it, we (25) _____.

Good luck when you start learning these wonderful verbs!

Eric

21.   

A.       come across

B.        get over

C.        look out

D.       turn up

22.   

A.       get

B.        take

C.        put

D.       let

23.   

A.       get

B.        come

C.        give

D.       bring

24.   

A.       make out

B.        figure out

C.        find out

D.       work out

25.   

A.       turn it on

B.        set it on

C.        have it on

D.       power it on

VI/ WRITING

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

26. on / I / surfing / learn English / came across / While / I was/ how to / the Internet, / an article / effectively / .

à ___________________________________________________________________________

27. you / your level / learning English, / what / is / important that / Before / find out / you start / right now / it is / of English / .

à ___________________________________________________________________________

28. to read / English books, / every day / If you / the news / use / can't find / the Internet / in English / .

à____________________________________________________________________________

B. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning. Use the given word(s) if any.

29. I wanted to learn the English vocabulary used in the song, so I searched the lyrics. (AS)

à ___________________________________________________________________________

30. Students should find a language exchange group so that they can practice speaking with other learners. (TO PRACTICE)

à ___________________________________________________________________________