SAMPLE TEST I Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest A passed B watched C played D washed A proud B about C around D would II Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern A religion B Hinduism C optional D primary A grocery B hamburger C pagoda D picnic III Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense He (go) ……………………………… walking every day to be healthy Please don’t make any noise The baby (sleep)…………………………… in the room now My parents want to see you They (not see) ……………………………… you for a long time Were you watching TV when I (phone) ……………………………… you last night? IV Use the correct form of the word given to complete each sentence He had a ……………………………… time on his space trip English is fun, so we are ……………………………… in learning it The Tet holiday is the most important …………………………… for Vietnamese people The teacher advised us to the test ……………………………… (wonder) (interest) (celebrate) (careful) V Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition My brothers often play football ……………… Sunday afternoon John is proud ………………… his father and loves him so much What you often …………………… weekends? Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano ………………… the Philippines, erupted in 1991 VI Choose the one underlined word or phrase that should be corrected or rewritten It is said that tornadoes can suck up anything that is on their paths A B C D The picture was painting by Michael last year A B C D There’s the woman who she sold me the handbag A B C D Mr Smith is going to buy a new Japanese car, doesn’t he? A B C D VII Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the passage 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 you eat in Vietnam?” I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn’t understand when I said “We eat lice”… A say B tell C talk D speak A exciting B excites C excited D excite A after B until C when D while A although B even C because D so A pronouncing B speaking C reading D telling VIII Read the text and answer the questions below There are at least 2,000 different languages in the world Of all these languages English is the most widely used It is used by business people, airline pilots and sea captains all over the world It is also the first language of sport and science So it is very important to learn English Chinese is also an important language because it has the greatest number of speakers There are not only over one billion people living in China today, but also many Chinese people living outside China Chinese is widely spoken in many parts of Asia and Africa Russian is spoken in both Europe and Asia French is widely understood in Europe and in parts of Canada, Africa and Asia From more than 2,000 languages, the United Nation has chosen six of them for business They are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish How many languages are there in the world? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Is English the most widely used? Why? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Which language has the greatest number of speakers? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Where is French spoken? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… IX Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first My father doesn’t know Janette’s address If only my father ………………………………………………………………………………………… My pen pal said, “I will visit you tomorrow.” My pen pal told me that ………………………………………………………………………………… Trung doesn’t get good marks at school; therefore, he will not be given a dictionary If Trung ………………………………………………………………………………………………… They did the work excellently The work ……………………………………………………………………………………………… X Use the following suggested words and phrases to write a letter of inquiry Dear Sir, I see / advertisement of English classes / Sunflowers magazine ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… I / be / interested / come / your Foreign Language Center / summer ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… I / learn / English / years / and want / improve / pronunciation ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… You / send / me / information / courses / an application form? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… I / / test / for attending / course / if necessary ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… I / look forward / hear / you / as soon / possible ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Yours faithfully, Kim ... is very important to learn English Chinese is also an important language because it has the greatest number of speakers There are not only over one billion people living in China today, but also... the most widely used? 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