THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR, WAR INVALIDSAND SOCIAL AFFAIRS VIET NAM COLLEGE OF MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY GENERAL ENGLISH I 1 Complete the sentences Use the present simple negative form of the.
THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR, WAR INVALIDSAND SOCIAL AFFAIRS VIET NAM COLLEGE OF MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY GENERAL ENGLISH I Complete the sentences Use the present simple negative form of the verbs in brackets My grandfather……… …………….(not live) in the USA My cousin…… …………(not have) an American accent Our step dad…… ………… (not see) his children a lot Your great-grandmother…… ………………(not speak) Engligh I……… …………(not go) out a lot during the week Hugh Larie………… …………(not work) in a hospital Mark: _ /6 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences every / football / John / plays / Saturday _ breakfast / ever / hardly / I / prepare Ben / class / in / Net / sometimes / surfs / the always / athletics / does / Leila / on / Thursdays a / at / for / go / meal / out / the / usually / We / weekend Brian / does / housework / never / the Mark: _ /6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words below (adjective or adverb) early easy fast careful fluent hard clear late I feel safe with her in the car! She drives very Let's take a taxi! I don't want to be _ It's a big city, so you can get lost He's got a nice house and a _ car Tanya speaks Spanish It's always good to arrive for an interview She works _ and gets a lot of money Please speak _ , so I can understand you! Mark: _ /8 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences sister/ go out/ my/ doesn’t/ a lot …………………………………………………… New York/ parents/ live/ in/ don’t/ Tom’s … ………………………………………………… pizza/ brother/ eat/ doesn’t/ my … ………………………………………………… teacher/ our/ doesn’t/ work/ Sundays/ on ………………………………………………… Lady Gaga/ like/ my/ don’t/ parents …………………………………………………… Chinese/ Sam/ speak/ doesn’t …………………………………………………… friends/ Elizabeth’s/ like/ we/ don’t …………………………………………………… Mark: _ /7 Complete the sentences with the words below There is one word that you not need compete crowd fan goal hand head loudly match regularly shoulders train The _ always cheer _ after their team wins the game In a football game, you can’t score a _ with your _! Tennis players usually _ very hard before a big _ When cheerleaders _ in a competition, they sometimes climb onto another cheerleader’s _! I’m a big _ of my local football team I _ go to all their games Mark: _ /10 Complete the sentences with the words below is are any a aren’t isn’t any some There _ five English teachers at our school _ there a computer in your classroom? There _ a DVD player in Room Use Room There _ any students in the canteen Are there _ English books in the library? There’s _ dictionary on the shelf in the classroom Are there _posters on the wall? There are desks in the library Mark: _ /8 Complete the sentences with the present simple affirmative form of the verbs below love live go study watch listen My friends _ to school by bus My dad _ football on television every Saturday My mum _ The Simpsons! I _ to music after school every day Jenny _ medicine in Oxford Pete his homework in the afternoon Suzie and John _ in a flat in Liverpool Mark: _ /7 Complete the sentences with the words below board games cycling drama drawing ice hockey skateboarding video games I really enjoy _ , and I get lots of ideas from the great artists Liz loves – she says it's cold, fast and dangerous! My brother loves He does 30 km on his bike every Saturday Gazz can't play _ _ now, because his computer's not working I love watching _ I want to be an actor _ _ are OK for children and the family, but I need something more exciting! Mark: _ /6 Complete the sentences with the school subjects below ICT biology geography economics chemistry history DT We study the life of plants and animals in is the study of kings, queens, wars and empires We make plans and projects using a computer in _ We study _ _ in the science lab 5 _is the study of computers and the Internet We learn about countries, climate and maps in _ We learn about money and business in _ _ 10 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences kind of / you / board games / what/ like/ do/? think of / what / you / Take That / do/? singer / who’s / favourite / your/? favourite / what’s / computer game / your/? you / interested / in / are / fashion /? Mark: _ /5 11 Complete the sentences with the words below bored keen interested good angry proud Sorry, I'm not really _ _ in dance classes! Fiona is very at languages! Our school football team is very of winning the championship Are you _ on painting? I'm _ with the same activities every day! My friend is _ with me because I don't phone her 12 Complete the sentences Use can/can’t and the verbs below play play dance drive sing speak Harry can speak French, but he…… …………….Italian I never go to night club because I… …………………… “What’s that terrible noise?” “It’s Max He… ………… Sue is really into sport She…… …………football and she…… ……… athletics He…… ………….a car, but he wants to learn She’s only four years old, but she…… the piano Mark: _ /6 13 Complete the sentences with suitable subject or object pronouns What you think of Lady Gaga’s songs? Do you like… …….? We go to Spain every year because… ……really like it Jack and Amelia are at this school Do you know…… …….? I speak to Sophia every day She phones… ………before school Do you know my parents? …… …… work in the hospital My dad walks to work and my mum goes with…… ……… Mark: _ /6 14 Write affirmative and negative sentences with There is, there isn’t, There are or There aren’t Use a, some or any book on the table (x) clock in my bedroom (√) shelves in the bathroom (x) cupboards in the dining room (√) study in the house (x) curtain in the living room (x) Mark: _ /6 15 Write sentences Use the present simple and an adverb Emma’s dad/ dance/bad Tom/ speak French/ fluent Peter/ play the piano/good William and Kate/ get up/early Oliver/ sing/loud Holly/ learn new vocabulary/easy Mark: _ /6 17 Complete the sentences with the affirmative or negative form of have to I _ homework every day, only on Mondays and Tuesdays We _ train for three hours at swimming lessons every Saturday It’s very hard My brother _ come home before 11 p.m., but I do! When they’re seventeen, English students only _ study four subjects They’re lucky! We haven’t got a car, so my dad _ go to work by bus We _ wear a uniform at our school I usually just wear a sweatshirt and black trousers I clean my bedroom every Saturday! I hate it! 19 Complete the sentences with the appropriate words ‘Are there _ desks in the library?’ ‘Yes, there are near the door.’ My sister _ to wear a school _ at her school, but I can wear jeans at my school In our school, the head teacher’s is in front _ the boy’s toilets! ‘Excuse me Where’s the science _?’ ‘It’s next to the music _ .’ There isn’t a playing _ at our school, so we _ _ to all our P.E lessons in the gym! Reading Read the text Dear cousins, I'm here in England on a three-month exchange visit It doesn't snow much in winter, so I don't have to wear lots of clothes like at home The school is always quite warm because there's central heating There are three floors, so I often get lost and have to ask for directions! DT is on the ground floor, for example, but biology is on the top floor – that's a lot of stairs! One good thing is that the doors on each floor have a different colour, so it's easy to remember: blue, red and green The school subjects here aren't the same as at home In history classes, we learn about English history, not European history, so I'm not very keen on that We don't have to economics this month because the teacher's sick (I can't stand economics!) But the science labs are brilliant! We can lots of experiments, and the teachers are fun Life outside the school is a big change! I have to be careful in the streets because cars all drive on the left There's a good bus service between the town and the school, so I don't have to walk much And the family I'm living with are very friendly They have a son and a daughter about the same age as me, so we sometimes go out together But there's still a lot that I don't understand! I have to a lot of homework, so I don't watch much TV And the food – what can I say about the food? They eat everything out of cans and packets, so I really miss my Mum's cooking! Write back soon! Guido Choose the correct answers Guido says he often needs A clothes B heating C directions The different colours help him to remember the A classrooms B floors C subjects Guido likes the classes A economics B history C science Guido's main problem outside the school is the A buses B cars C family Guido wants to A finish his homework B eat his mum's food C watch more TV Mark: /5 Read the text Choose the best answers: The Long Hill Community is a group of twenty families who live together in the south of England They have a small farm with animal and ten small houses Two families live in each house Their aim is to live without the help of modern technology The adult at Long Hill don’t have jobs outside the Community, but they work very hard They get up early and they have breakfast Then they start work on the farm or they housework The children have lessons in the morning Their teachers are all members of the Community ‘We don’t hate technology’, says Martin Edward, the founder of the Community, but we want a simple, natural life And technology isn’t simple – or natural!’ So at Long Hill, they don’t use computers or watch TV They haven’t got phones So what they in the evenings? ‘Lots of thing: we read books, we play games, we play music and sing,’ says Martin ‘Life at Long Hill is simple, but it’s never boring.’ Each family in the Long Hill Community a lives with another family b has got animals c has got two houses All the adult in the Community a are teachers b have got jobs outside the Community c work inside the Community In the morning, the children a have lessons b work on the farm c housework At Long Hill, they don’t use modern technology because a they hate it b.they want a natural life c they don’t understand it In the evenings, the families at Long Hill a watch films b enjoy music c play computer games Mark: _ /5 Read the text Interviewer Dr Watson! Just how important is sport for teenagers? Dr Watson _ It's no good just spending two or three hours a day playing video games You can't be fit and healthy if you hardly ever exercise Three or four hours a week is OK Different sports exercise different parts of the body For example, swimming is excellent for your arms and shoulders _ Then, there are team sports, where you need to use special skills to play well Team sports can also help you work more easily with other people – and this is important when you want a job Interviewer _ Dr Watson These are not a very good idea, because they can be quite dangerous You need special protection like a helmet for your head, pads for your knees and elbows It's always a good idea to work with a trainer, who can help when you have problems Interviewer _ Dr Watson Things like board games or bowling can also be very good for you They don't give you much physical exercise, of course, but they are important mental exercise And they are often good fun too _ Oh, and finally, I would also recommend listening to or playing music It's important to work with both mind and body, and music can that very well! Match the sentences A–E with the gaps 1–5 in the text A Cycling, on the other hand, is good for your legs and knees B What about other activities? C Well, all young people need physical exercise D What about extreme sports? E You meet lots of different people and you enjoy life more Mark: _ /5 Read the text Tea and cakes There are four Royal garden parties every year – one in Scotland and three at Buckingham Palace in London About 8,000 people go to the party The government and many different charities all help to choose the guest The party starts at three o’clock in the afternoon The guest listen to music (there are two bands) and walk around the beautiful gardens They drink tea and eat sandwiches and cakes They can’t take photos use mobile phones At four o’clock, the Queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburg, join the party Other members of the Royal family – like Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Harry and Princess Ann – don’t go to every garden party, but they go to one or two a year It’s a chance for the Royal Family to meet and talk to the public The party finishes at six o’clock Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? There are four Royal garden parties at Buckingham Palace every year The Royal Family choose all of the guests The parties start at p.m anf finish at p.m The guests take photos of the Queen at the garden parties The Queen and her husband go to the all of the garden parties Mark: _ /5 Read the text Life in an island community Off the west coast of Scotland, there are many small island communities Life in these communities is very different from life in the big cities People from the cities often say that life in the islands is slow and boring But the island people tell a different story Many families live by fishing or farming, and people usually have more than one job Many families have rooms for tourists who come to visit the islands in summer The tourists go walking and fishing and play sports Sometimes they study Gaelic, the local language And they stay in a 'bed and breakfast' with a local family or in one of the small island hotels In the long summer evenings, people meet and talk together They tell stories of where they live and what they The children on the islands go to small local schools They have their classes in English and Gaelic Sometimes there are only eight or ten children in one school! When they are twelve, they go to secondary school in a bigger town on the island When they finish that school, they decide whether to go to university in a big city, or to stay and work on the island Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? City people and island people have the same opinion about island life People on the island mainly one job Tourists can stay with local families in summer Children speak two languages at school There are no secondary schools on the islands Mark: _ /5 Listen to Cindy, a student at Stratton Moutain School Complete the sentences with the missing information In the winter, Cindy lives at She shares a with a French girl In spring, summer and autumn, she lives with Breakfast is at o’clock After the afternoon lessons, she trains for hours WRITING Imagine you are a new student at school Write a message to introduce yourself for a school magazine • Say your name, age and class • Give information about your family members and pets • Include information about one or two hobbies or free- time activities • Include information about favourite teams or people related to your hobbies ... subject or object pronouns What you think of Lady Gaga’s songs? Do you like… …….? We go to Spain every year because… ……really like it Jack and Amelia are at this school Do you know…… …….? I speak... the correct order to make sentences kind of / you / board games / what/ like/ do/? think of / what / you / Take That / do/? singer / who’s / favourite / your/? ... watching _ I want to be an actor _ _ are OK for children and the family, but I need something more exciting! Mark: _ /6 Complete the sentences with the school subjects below ICT biology