A. PHONETICS

I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group 

1.  A. bird                       B. girl                   C. first                  D. sister

2.  A. burn                                                   B. sun                   C. hurt        D. turn

3.  A. nurse                    B. picture              C. surf                  D. return

4.  A. neighbor               B. favorite            C. culture              D. tourist

5.  A. hobby                   B. hour                 C. hotel                 D. hot

6.  A. prefer                    B. better               C. teacher             D. worker

7.  A. bear                      B. hear                  C. dear                  D. near

8.  A. collect                   B. concern            C. concert             D. combine

9.  A. absent                   B. government      C. dependent         D. enjoy

10. A. future                   B. return               C. picture              D. culture

11. A. exciting                B. excellent           C. experience        D. expensive

12. A. hobby                  B. cycle                 C. bye                   D. why

13. A. pottery                 B. collect              C. melody             D. monopoly

14. A. bird-watching       B. children            C. school              D. challenge

15. A. future                   B. return               C. picture              D. culture

16. A. piano                   B. fish                   C. like                   D. badminton

17. A. arrange                 B. game                C. make                D. skate

18. A. mother                   B. some                  C. cold                  D. come

19. A. absent                    B. government      C. dependent           D. enjoy

20. A. telephone              B. post office         C. directory            D. moment

21. A. number                   B. Sunday            C. excuse              D. fun

22. A. second                   B. personal           C. tomorrow          D. movie

23. A. machine                 B. kitchen             C. teacher             D. children

24. A. city                        B. many                C. country            D. cry

25. A. book                      B. room                C. stool                 D. school

26. A. soon                       B. see                   C. sure                  D. sorry

27. A. amazing               B. orange              C. table                 D. favorite

28. A. country                B. journalist          C. younger            D. countryside

29. A. game                    B. arrange             C. skate                D. cake

30. A. hobby                  B. doll                  C. collect              D. for

31. A. difficult                B. unusual            C. uncle                D. result

32. A. piano                   B. fish                   C. like                   D. badminton

33. A. rest                      B. help                  C. garden              D. identify

34. A. heard                   B. pearl                C. heart                D. earth      

35. A. button                  B. circus               C. suggest             D. future

36. A. sofa                      B. away                C. banana             D. occasion

37. A. light                     B. fine                   C. knife                 D. principle 

38. A. farm                     B. card                  C. bare                  D. marvelous 

39. A. both                     B. bottle               C. Scotland           D. cotton 

40. A. park                     B. farm                 C. warm               D. marmalade

41. A. nature                  B. pure                 C. picture              D. culture

42. A. faithful                 B. failure              C. fairly                D. painted 

43. A. country                B. cover                C. economical       D. ceiling

44. A. new                      B. sew                  C. few                   D. nephew

45. A. with                     B. library              C. willing              D. if

46. A. ask                       B. angry               C. manager           D. damage

47. A. notebook              B. hoping              C. cock                 D. potato

48. A. engineer               B. verb                 C. deer                  D. merely

49. A. theory                  B. therefore          C. neither              D. weather

50. A. shoot                    B. mood               C. poor                 D. smooth

II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each group.

1. A. welcome                 B. upstairs            C. hobby               D. eggshell

2. A. difficult                  B. unusual            C. expensive         D. occasion

3. A. challenge                B. outdoor            C. model               D. enjoy

4. A. melody                   B. pottery             C. creative            D. gallery

5. A. receive                   B. fragile               C. unique              D. arrange

6. A. essential                 B. unusual            C. occasion           D. calorie

7. A. mural                     B. monopoly         C. graffiti              D. conjunction             

8. A. reporter                  B. mountain          C. gardener           D. newspaper

9. A. favourite                B. unusual            C. popular            D. common

10. A. pottery                 B. flower              C. silent                D. prepare

11. A. exciting                B. melody             C. experience        D. expensive

12. A. gymnastics           B. gardening         C. basketball         D. volleyball

13. A. affect                    B. excuse              C. attend               D. damage

14. A. language              B. character          C. complete          D. spinach

15. A. anniversary          B. adventure          C. improve           D. appointment

B. MULTIPLE CHOICE

I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.

I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.

1. Nowadays people                 hours sitting in front of computers.

          A. spend               B. last                   C. set                    D. take

2. I think you should take up swimming _____it is suitable for your health condition.

          A. so                     B. because            C. although           D. but

3. My family enjoys        because we can sell vegetables and flowers   money.

          A. garden - to        B. gardening - for  C. gardening - with         D. garden - of

4. If your hobby is greeting card making, you can give your      to your friends as

     presents.

          A. hobby              B. money              C. greetings          D. products

5. My sister’s hobby is sewing, and she can get the sewing patterns from the ___

     magazines.

          A. fashion             B. cooking            C. sports               D. science

6. My brother doesn’t like ice-skating because he thinks it is               .

          A. danger              B. in danger          C. dangerous        D. endangered

7. My sister is very keen on swimming, and she goes swimming three __      a week.

          A. time                 B. a time               C. times                D. timings

8. We often read the instructions carefully in order to make                 of the things we like best.

          A. meanings         B. models             C. copies              D. uses

9. You need to be            to follow eggshell carving because it may take two weeks to complete one shell.

          A. careful              B. interesting        C. fit                     D. patient

10. If you choose sewing as your hobby, you will            your own clothes.

          A. do                    B. make                C. take                  D. get

11. There are many         why it is important to have a hobby.

          A. answers            B. reasons             C. details              D. facts

12. Will you          making models in the future?

          A. pick up             B. look for            C. take up             D. find

13. Do you think that hobby is            and boring?

          A. easy                 B. difficult            C. danger              D. interesting

14. I love my sister’s paintings because she is very          in using colors.

          A. careless            B. care                  C. creative            D. imagine

15. A hobby helps you to connect with                  people.

          A. other                B. others               C. another            D. the other

16. I join a photography club, and all members love                  photos.

          A. take                  B. taking               C. make                D. making

17. What does your father do             his free time?

          A. in                     B. at                     C. on                    D. while

18. I think a hobby will always give you                and help you                   .

          A. pleased - relax                               B. pleasure - relaxed      

          C. pleased - relaxing                          D. pleasure - relax

19. You can share your stamps                      other collectors               a stamp club.

         A. with - at           B. to - at                 C. with - in           D. to - in

20. I think this hobby does not cost you much, and           you need is time.

          A. most                B. all of                 C. some                D. all

21. Hoa likes music. She often …………. to music in late evenings.   

A. listen                B. listening           C. listens              D. to listens

22. I enjoy …………. baminton after school.

          A. doing               B. playing             C. seeing               D. going

23. Ann has a large …………. of stamps.

          A. collect              B. collection          C. collecting         D. collections

24. How …………. you go to the library after school?

          A. often                B. much                C. many               D. usually

25. My sister usually goes to the library with me. She likes___ comic books very much.

          A. read                 B. reading             C. to read              D. reads

26. In big cities, there are many kinds of _____ for young people.

          A. entertain           B. entertains          C. entertainment   D. entertaining

27. What _____ does Minh like playing in his free time?

          A. activities          B. sports               C. things               D. subjects

28. He goes swimming when he ______ free time.

          A. have                 B. is having          C. has                   D. will have

29. My uncle likes ______ the vegetables we grow ourselves.

          A. to eat                B. eat                    C. eats                  D. eating

30. My close friend draws very well. She will be a …………. artist one day.

          A. fame                 B. famous             C. famously          D. famed

31. We ________ swimming because it’s fun and good exercise.

         A. like                  B. are liking            C. will like           D. liked

32. My grandparents don’t like ________ in the city because it’s noisy and crowded.

         A. live                  B. lived                  C. living               D. to living

33. Fire needs oxygen to burn. It ________ without oxygen.

         A. burn                B. burns                 C. don’t burn        D. doesn’t burn

34. How much time do you spend ________ the Internet per day?

         A. surf                  B. to surf                C. surfing             D. to be surfing

35.I don’t mind ________ a DVD, but I prefer ________ to the cinema.

         A. to watch - to go                               B. watching – go  

         C. to watch – going                             D. watching – to go

36. _____ is her father's hobby. He likes going to the zoo to see beautiful parrots

or canaries.

A.  Collecting birds                              B. Raising pets

C. Bird-watching                                D. Arranging flowers

37. My mother loves ____ She usually grows vegetables and takes care of them when she has free time.

A. cooking food     B. gardening           C. cycling             D. eating fruits

38. My brothers would like to_____   mountain climbing. They think they will

enjoy themselves and _____ some nice photos.

A. go/ take              B.  pick/take           C. take/collect      D. go/pick

39. I prefer listening to music____ very much. Gentle      and nice lyrics of old

songs always attract my attention.

A. headphones        B.  noise                 C. colours            D. melodies

40. My father will go_____ on the sea when my family goes to the beach this week.

A. gymnastics        B. camping             C. horse-riding     D.      surfing

41. I love making ____ because I can create some nice and unique clay bottles

or cups to give my friends.

A. pottery               B. paper kites         C. architectures    D.      lanterns

42. __ is my unusual hobby. I like moving on the ice and feel like a beautiful swan.

A. Swimming                                      B. Eating ice-creams

C. Ice-skating                                      D. Making models

43. She took__ playing the piano when she was a young girl.

A.  in                      B. over                  C. up                    D. on

44. He ____ karate club next month. He_____ to improve his health.

A.  will join/ wants                               B. joins/wants

C. will join/ will want                         D. is joining/ wants

45. Our grandfather he ___us how to carve eggshells this weekend.

A.  will promise/will show                    B. is promising/shows

C. promises/will show                        D. promised/shows

46. My mother____ me to the museum tomorrow because she______ to finish

a lot of her work.

A.  doesn't take/ has                             B. won't take/ has

C. won't take/ doesn't have                  D. doesn't take/ doesn't have

47. The bus___ in two minutes. I ____late for school when I _____it.

A. arrives/ will be/ miss                     B. will arrive/ will be /miss

C. arrives/ am/ will miss                    D. will arrive/ am/ will miss

48. My brother hates______ horror films. They make him________ scary a lot.

A.  to watch/ feel                                 B. watching/ to feel

C. to watch/ to feel                             D. watching/ feel

49. It's interesting______ a puppy. I enjoy_____ after it very much.

A. having/ looking                             B. to have/ to look

C. having/ to look                              D. to have/ looking

50. One of my favorite hobbies is_____ comics. I love_______ more famous ones.

A. read/ collecting                              B. reading/collecting

C. to read/ to collect                           D. reading/ collected

C. WORD FORMS

I. Give the correct form of the word given to complete the sentences.

1. My uncle usually takes a lot of _______ photos.

(BEAUTY)

2. I think collecting old bowls is a very _______ hobby.

(BORE)

3. You can use carved eggshells as _________ in your house.

(DECORATE)

4. I like reading books because it __________ my knowledge.

(WIDE)

5. Model making is a ____________ ways of spending time.

(WONDER)

6.  Reading books can also develop our __________

(IMAGINE)

7. That girl can use leaves to make ____________ sounds.

(MUSIC)

8. You should choose a hobby because it will give you _______and help you relax

(PLEASE)

9. Nick’s hobby is collecting stamps. He is a stamp ____________

(COLLECT)

10. Hoa is very _________and she paints very well.

(CREATE)

11. Tom and his close friend are playing with his colourful train toys______

(ENJOY)

12. He thinks his brother has an ____ hobby - carving shells. It's quite strange to him.

(USUAL)

13.  It's____ that he carves beautiful faces into small woods.

(AMAZE)

14. My mother hangs her beautiful pictures on the wall as home______.

(DECORATE)

15. , Staying at home is the most.____________way of relaxation.          

(BORE)

16. It is__________to eat a lot of junk food.                                         

(HEALTH)

17. A thief stole all the_____________ in the museum.                              

(PAINT)

18. There are___________symptoms when you have a cold. (differ)

(DIFFER)

19. He gets a cold, so he has a _______nose.

(RUN)

20. He drinks ________beer than me.

(LITTLE)

D. VERB FORMS

I.  Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

     1. Sally and her family love (go)                       to the park in the summer.

     2. Her mum likes (lie)          on the blanket and loves (read)                    her favourite magazines.

     3. Anna’s family (like)                  the park because they love (be)          outdoors.

     4. I enjoy (collect)                         dolls and it becomes my pleasure.

     5. We love (watch)                       new films, and we (go)                       to watch a new Hollywood film next weekend.

     6. My brother hates (do)                                   the same things day after day.

     7. Our uncle (play)                        badminton once a week.

     8. I (collect)                         a lot of stamps from foreign countries so far.

     9. In 2100, people (travel)                      in flying cars.

     10. I’m so hungry, Mum.

          - I (make)                       you some sandwiches.

II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form.

1. You (think) __________ collecting stamps costs much money?

2. My father thinks mountain climbing (be) __________ more dangerous than skating.

3. Every year, my mother (give) __________ me a nice doll on my birthday.

4. My brother (not like) __________ collecting stamps, he likes collecting glass bottles.

5. My sister likes (cook) __________ very much. She can cook many good foods.

6. Does your brother like (listen) __________ to music in his free time?

7. I think in the future, more people (enjoy) __________ going out by bicycles.

8. My father says when he's retired, he (go) __________ back to his village to do the gardening.

9. We are planting trees around our school now. Our school (be) __________ surrounded by a lot of green trees.

10. Lan says she loves collecting pens but she (not/continue) __________ this hobby from next year.

III.    Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in the list.

     This is my favourite singer. He (1)          a famous rock star. He (2)               in America. He (3)              all around the world and (4)                         in rock concerts. He (5)                   his songs and(6)                       his own video dips. In his free time, he (7)              staying at home listening to his CDs. At weekends, he usually (8)                           to expensive restaurants with his friends. He also (9)                     a lot of books about strange things. I can’t wait to see him perform live. I (10)            him so much.

E. CORRECTION

I. Choose the underlined word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D) in each sentence that needs correcting.

1. The children are playing boarding games, and their mother is arranging flowers.

A                      B                      C                                    D

2. One of his father's favourite hobbies is playing horse-riding, and he just practises it

A                                                 B              C

twice a month.

 D

3. He started learning how to play the guitar on his elder brother.

A                                     B              C            &nbs