Grade 7 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION-2 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest. 1. A. capital B. than C. small D. have 2. A. studying B. much C. subject D. music 3. A. children B. school C. cheap D. watching 4. A. time B. minutes C. hospital D. swimming 5. A. teacher B. each C. heavy D. cheap Choose the best option to complete these following sentences. 6. Ha Noi is the capital city of Vietnam, but it is ________than Ho Chi Minh City. A. the smaller B. smaller C. smallest D. small 7. Minh ________watching cartoon on television every night. A. enjoying B. enjoys C. enjoy. D. enjoyed 8. Students have two ________each day. A. 20 minutes breaks B. 20-minutes break C. 20-minute breaks D. 20- break minutes 9. They ________English in class at this time. A. are studying B. is studying C. study D. studies 10. It's time ________recess. Children often play hide-and-seek ________recess. A. for/at B. at/at C. on/at D. to/at 11. Her father is a ________. He works in a hospital. A. worker B. farmer C. doctor D. teacher 12. Vietnamese students have ________vacations than American ones. A. few B. fewer C. fewest D. a few 13. This house is more ________than that one. A. cheap B. expensive C. bigger D. small 14. He enjoys ________pictures. A. to draw B. draws C. drawing D. draw 15. Don’t work too much, Mai. You ________now A. relax B. can relax C. should relax D. will relax 16. How many hours a day does Mr. John usually work, Lucy? A. she usually works 8 hours a day. B. he usually works 8 hours a day. C. Lucy usually works 8 hours a day. D. I usually work 8 hours a day. 17. How far is it ________your house ________school? - It is about 2 kilometers. A. from/on B. from /in C. from /at D. from/ to Use the given words to make sentences. 18. They / soccer / play / often / recess / at ____________________________________________________________________________________ 19. his new friends/is/talking/Nam/to/. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 20. goes/bus/My father/work/to/every day/by/. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 1 THE FIRST SEMESTER Grade 7 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION-2 21. do / you / physics / When / have? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 22. school/We/to/from/to/ Monday/go/Saturday/in Vietnam./ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Match a question in column A with a suitable answer in column B. A B Answers 23. What time does the library open? 24. Where do you live? 25. How often do you go swimming? 26. Would you like to listen to music? 27. What’s your favorite subject? 28. When is her birthday? 29. How do you go to school? 30. When will your birthday be? A. Yes, I’d love to B. It’s science C. at 7 A.M D. Next Monday. E. By electric bike. F. It’s on 25 th May G. Twice a week H. At 12 Ly Tran Phu Street 23- 24- 25- 26- 27- 28- 29- 30- Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. Lan’s father is a doctor. He works in a hospital in the city. He (26)_______work at 7.00 and returns home at 5.00 every day. He stays in the hospital at night twice a week. He doesn’t have many (27)_______. In his free time, he often plays (28)_______. It’s also (29)_______favorite sport. He gets about 7 public (30)_______each year. A. Choose the best option to complete each blank. 31. A. start B. starts C. starting D. started 32. A. days off B. day off C. off days D. off day 33. A. tennis B. skipping C. games D. chess 34. A. his B. her C. its D. their 35. A. vocations B. vocation C. holiday D. holidays B. Read the passage again and then answer the following questions. 36. Where does Lan’s father work? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 37. Does he have many days off? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 38. What does he often do in his free time? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 39. How many public holidays does he have each year? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 40. What is his favorite sport? ____________________________________________________________________________________ THE END Page 2 THE FIRST SEMESTER Grade 7 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION-2 ANSWER KEYS Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest. 1. A. capital B. than C. small D. have 2. A. studying B. much C. subject D. music 3. A. children B. school C. cheap D. watching 4. A. time B. minutes C. hospital D. swimming 5. A. teacher B. each C. heavy D. cheap Choose the best option to complete these following sentences. 6. Ha Noi is the capital city of Vietnam, but it is ________than Ho Chi Minh City. A. the smaller B. smaller C. smallest D. small 7. Minh ________watching cartoon on television every night. A. enjoying B. enjoys C. enjoy. D. enjoyed 8. Students have two ________each day. A. 20 minutes breaks B. 20-minutes break C. 20-minute breaks D. 20- break minutes 9. They ________English in class at this time. A. are studying B. is studying C. study D. studies 10. It's time ________recess. Children often play hide-and-seek ________recess. A. for/at B. at/at C. on/at D. to/at 11. Her father is a ________. He works in a hospital. A. worker B. farmer C. doctor D. teacher 12. Vietnamese students have ________vacations than American ones. A. few B. fewer C. fewest D. a few 13. This house is more ________than that one. A. cheap B. expensive C. bigger D. small 14. He enjoys ________pictures. A. to draw B. draws C. drawing D. draw 15. Don’t work too much, Mai. You ________now A. relax B. can relax C. should relax D. will relax 16. How many hours a day does Mr. John usually work, Lucy? A. she usually works 8 hours a day. B. he usually works 8 hours a day. C. Lucy usually works 8 hours a day. D. I usually work 8 hours a day. 17. How far is it ________your house ________school? - It is about 2 kilometers A. from/on B. from /in C. from /at D. from/ to Use the given words to make sentences. 18. They / soccer / play / often / recess / at They often play soccer at recess.________________________________________________________ 19. his new friends/is/talking/Nam/to/. Nam is talking to his new friends________________________________________________________ 20. goes/bus/My father/work/to/every day/by/. Page 3 THE FIRST SEMESTER Grade 7 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION-2 My father goes to work by bus every day.__________________________________________________ 21. do / you / physics / When / have? When do you have Physics?____________________________________________________________ 22. school/We/to/from/to/ Monday/go/Saturday/in Vietnam./ We go to school from Monday to Saturday in Vietnam.______________________________________ Match a question in column A with a suitable answer in column B. A B Answers 23. What time does the library open? 24. Where do you live? 25. How often do you go swimming? 26. Would you like to listen to music? 27. What’s your favorite subject? 28. When is her birthday? 29. How do you go to school? 30. When will your birthday be? A. Yes, I’d love to B. It’s science C. at 7 A.M D. Next Monday. E. By electric bike. F. It’s on 25 th May G. Twice a week H. At 12 Ly Tran Phu Street 23-C 24-H 25-G 26-A 27-B 28-F 29-E 30-D Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. Lan’s father is a doctor. He works in a hospital in the city. He (26)_______work at 7.00 and returns home at 5.00 every day. He stays in the hospital at night twice a week. He doesn’t have many (27)_______. In his free time, he often plays (28)_______. It’s also (29)_______favorite sport. He gets about 7 public (30)_______each year. A. Choose the best option to complete each blank. 31. A. start B. starts C. starting D. started 32. A. days off B. day off C. off days D. off day 33. A. tennis B. skipping C. games D. chess 34. A. his B. her C. its D. their 35. A. vocations B. vocation C. holiday D. holidays B. Read the passage again and then answer the following questions. 36. Where does Lan’s father work? He works in a hospital in the city._______________________________________________________ 37. Does he have many days off? No, he doesn’t._______________________________________________________________________ 38. What does he often do in his free time? He often play tennis.__________________________________________________________________ 39. How many public holidays does he have each year? He has about 7 public holidays._________________________________________________________ 40. What is his favorite sport? Tennis is his favorite sport_____________________________________________________________ THE END Page 4 THE FIRST SEMESTER . at 7 A.M D. Next Monday. E. By electric bike. F. It’s on 25 th May G. Twice a week H. At 12 Ly Tran Phu Street 23- 24- 25- 26- 27- 28- 29- 30- Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. Lan’s. at 7 A.M D. Next Monday. E. By electric bike. F. It’s on 25 th May G. Twice a week H. At 12 Ly Tran Phu Street 23-C 24-H 25-G 26-A 27-B 28-F 29-E 30-D Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. Lan’s