First Mid-Term Test Revision Notes | Môn Tiếng anh - Trường Cao đẳng Kinh tế - Kỹ thuật Công thương

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REVISION FOR THE FIRST MID-TERM TEST I. PRONUNCIATION
A. Choose the word with a different way of pronunciation in the underlined part. 1. A. cure B. endure C. curious D. insurance 2. A. group B. food C. moon D. shout 4. A. choose B. cool C. good D. tool 5. A. June B. bull C. truth D. flu 6. A. woman B. who C. move D. lose 7. A. pudding B. push C. cushion D. include 8. A. wood B. moon C. soon D. loose 9. A. rude B. pull C. rule D. include 10. A. drummer B. running C. rural D. puzzle 11. A. activity B. sick C. think D. city 12. A. busy B. picturesque C. support D. campus 13. A. orange B. village C. buffalo D. cabbage 14. A. police B. cover C. collect D. combine 15. A. lunch B. picture C. upon D. suggest 16. A. group B. tour C. soup D. wound 17. A. leisure B. culture C. nature D. sure 18. A. zoo B. pool C. poor D. food 19. A. oil B. voice C. boil D. soft 20. A. sore B. destroy C. joy D. annoy
B. Choose the word which has different stress from the others 1. A. enjoyable B. concentrate C. practical D. media 2. A. account B. bully C. discuss D. upload 3. A. forum B. pressure C. teamwork D. prepare 4. A. connect B. avoid C. focus D. mature 5. A. enjoy B. stressful C. session D. website 6. A. balance B. crazy C. fancy D. resort 7. A. detest B. leisure C. adore D. relax 8. A. collect B. paddy C. global D. local 9. A. picture B. suggest C. famous D. handsome 10. A. banana B. mistake C. compare D. compass 11. A. office B. fluency C. sofa D. upon 12. A. present B. beauty C. pretty D. begin 13. A. lesson B. repair C. father D. woman 14. A. remind B. happy C. tiredD. quiet II. LANGUAGE FOCUS
Exercise 1. Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets.
1. I enjoy with friends and going out at the weekend. A. socialise B. to socialise C. socialising D. socialises
2. Are you about the new Gears of War games? lOMoAR cPSD| 58097008 A. excited B. exciting C. to excite D. to excited
3. She listens to classical music . A. relaxing B. relaxed C. to relax D. relax
4. She was with her job and decided to look for a new one. A. satisfy B. satisfying C. to satisfy D. unsatisfied
5. Iceland is considered the most country in the word. A. peace B. peaceful C. more peace D. peaceless
6. My brother has been a stamp for several years. A. collect B. collection C. to collect D. collector
7. Drinking water in some areas may be . A. unsafe B. safety C. safe D. safely
8. During my stay in the village, I was with several local farmers. A.friends B. friend C. friendly D. friendliness
9. Encouraging children to eat and drink is very important. A. healthy B. health C. healthful D. healthily
10. The baby slept very because the bed was really comfortable. A. soundy B. sound C. soundly D. sounds
11. The pollution in our city is much than it used to be. A. worst B. worse C. bad D. badly
12. My new teacher explained the lessons than my old teacher. A. clearer B. clearly C. clear D. more clearly
13. He doesn't play volleyball as as his brother. A. good B. better C. well D. best
14. Get rid of the sorrow! You will do it next time. A. better B. best C. good D. well
15. Communication is a lot than it was 50 years ago. A. easier B. easy C. easily D. more easily
16. Robert arrived at the meeting than Francis. A. later B. late C. lately D. more lately
17. My mother always gets up than everybody else in the house. A. early B. earlier C. more early D. more earlier
18. Does she fancy a book to the younger children? A. reads B. reading C. to read D. read 19. They enjoy on Sundays. A. garden B. gardening C. gardened D. gardens
20. They love with their friends. A. eating out B. ate out C. having eaten D. to eating out 21. I prefer people. A. text B. texting C. texted D. texts
22. They detest so early in the morning. lOMoAR cPSD| 58097008 A. getting up B. get up C. to get up D. gets up
23. How much time do you spend TV every day? A. watch B. to watch C. watching D. in watching
24. I'd hate _ the exams, so I'm doing my best. A. failing B. to fail C. fail D. failed
25. I always enjoy to my grandfather. He always tells me great stories. A. to talk B. to talking C. talking D. talk
26. Could you help me the kitchen? It's a real mess! A. tidy B. tidied C. tidying D. on tidying
27. Steven dislikes , so he usually takes a bus to work. A. drive B. to be driven C. be driven D. driving
28. Jane prefers an instrument to listening to music. A. playing B. play C. to play D. played
29. I really regret this computer - It's useless. A. buy B. to buy C. buying D. for buying
30. I would love to your party! Thank you for inviting me. A. come B. coming C. to come D. came
31. Mai enjoys to music, especially pop music in her free time. A. hearing B. playing C. listening D. talking
32. You should avoid too much TV. It's not good for your eyes. A. seeing B. looking C. watching D. glancing
34. We often play football during summer time. A.one another B. together C. each other D. themselves
35. As a mental exercise, origami can help increase . A. health B. stress C. creativity D. balance
36. They are harvesting rice in the . A. crop B. orchard C. garden D. paddy field
37. Tom’s father is very so he can control the combine harvester very well. A. well-trained B. surrounded C. relaxed D. interested
38. Alice likes playing chess because she thinks it can help her better. A. connect B. show off C. concentrate D. keep fit.
39. I am a little busy. Would you mind ___________ a little longer? A. waiting B. waited C. to wait D. wait
40. I have enjoyed __________you. Hope __________you again soon. A. meeting/to see B. to meet/ to see C. meet/ see D. meeting/ seeing
41. Linda wants ______Vietnamese because she is interested in _________Viet Nam. A. to learn/ to visit
B. learning/ to visit C. to learn/ visiting D. learning/ visiting
42. Tonight I'd like ________ out, but I have to do my homework. A. go B. going C. to go D. goes
Exercise 2. Choose the underlined part A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
1.Having leisure activities are truly important to the elderly. lOMoAR cPSD| 58097008 A. Having B. are C. to D. elderly
2. Although she wanted to go to the museum, she decided staying at home. A. Although B. wanted to go C. decided D. staying
3. Parents are concerned that their kids may be spending too many time on screens . A. concerned
B. spending C. too many D. on screens
4. Collecting coins is exciting , but it can also be relaxed. A. Collecting B. is C. exciting D. relaxed
5. Cloud watching sound weird, but Hang adores it. A. Cloud watching B. sound C. but D. it
6. For some young people, enjoyment involves sitting in front a computer playing games . A. For some B. involves C. in front D. playing games
7. His parents are thinking of banning him on using the computer. A. thinking B. banning C. on D. using
8. When you play games online, be carefully when making friends with strangers. A. games B. carefully C. making D. with
9. My friends and I are really keen on play computer games. A. My friends and I B. keen C. on D. play
10. I really like to getting involved in team sports. A. like B. to getting C. in D. sports
11. She enjoys go shopping on weekends and hanging out with friends. A. She B. go C. on weekends D. hanging
12. I am about learning English. I B. about C. learning
D. English IV/ WRITING:
Exercise 1. Rewrite the sentence without changing its meaning. 1. I like learning English.
 I am interested __________________________________________________________________
2.Lan likes using the computer best in her free time.
 Lan's favorite___________________________________________________________________
3.I am interested in going camping with my close friends.
 I am fond______________________________________________________________________
4.It is not a problem to me whether I have to pick her up to the cinema or not.
 I don't mind ___________________________________________________________________
5. Jane is a more beautiful dancer than Huy.
 Jane dances___________________________________________________________________ 6.
Mr Long is a slower runner than I am.
 Mr Long runs__________________________________________________________________
7. He is a more fluent English speaker than I am.
 He speaks_____________________________________________________________________
8. He is a quicker learner than I am.
 He learns_____________________________________________________________________ lOMoAR cPSD| 58097008
9.She finished the project for five days.
It took________________________________________________________________________
10. We drove to the beach in four hours.
It took________________________________________________________________________
11. They cleaned the house for three hours.
It took________________________________________________________________________
12. He wrote the report in four hours.
It took________________________________________________________________________
13. He played video games for an hour.
 He spent_____________________________________________________________________
14. They watched TV for three hours last night.
 They spent___________________________________________________________________ 15.
She painted the room for six hours.
 She spent____________________________________________________________________ 16.
They worked on the assignment for two hours.
 They spent___________________________________________________________________
17. She loves to read. She doesn't have much time for it. (but)
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18.I want to learn English. I'm taking an English class. (therefore)
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19.He loves to travel. He doesn't like flying. (however)
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20. I brought an umbrella. It looked like it was going to rain. (for)
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Exercise 2. Write a paragraph (80 - 100 words) about what you like or dislike about the life in the countryside
1.I like/ live/ in the countryside /because/ some reasons.
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2.Environmentally speaking, it /peaceful place.
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3.The air/ fresh/ the space/ quiet.
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4. We can/ enjoy healthy natural conditions/ without /worry/ much about environmental pollution.
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5.The countryside/also/ a safer place/ a city.
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6.Most of/ countrymen/ friendly/ ready to help one another.
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7.Moreover, rural life /also easy/ life in cities.
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Exercise 3. Write a paragraph (80 - 100 words) about the causes of your stress and offer solutions. lOMoAR cPSD| 58097008
1.I/ often/feel stressed/ because/ peer pressure/ pressure/ schoolwork.
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2.I /have/ complete /school work, projects and reports/ study hard/ exams.
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3.I / some friends /who/ very excellent/ intelligent/ many subjects.
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4.I have/ try harder/ be as well/ them.
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5.And here/ some ways /I deal/ my stress.
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6.I often /listen to music/ stay calm/ relaxed.
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7.I sometimes/ watch funny cartoons/ movies/ be out of stress.
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