THE FIRST SEMESTER Revision Unit 1,2,3 Part I: PHONETICS Exercise 1: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group. 1. a. lunch b. kitchen c. technology d. purchase 2. a. fasten b. sense c. smell d. rest 3. a. island b. prescription c. answer d. basic 4. a. little b. eaten c. click d. fit 5. a. head b. ready c. peasant d. realise 6. a. live b. dinner c. routine d. quick 7. a. minute b. lunch c. pump d. buffalo 8. a . home b. have c. high d. hour 9. a. born b. work c. short d. morning 10. a. continue b. repeat c. physics d. like 11. a. meeting b. engineer c. free d. weekly 12. a. teacher b. breakfast c. eating d. beat 13. a. study b. put c. cousin d. love 14. a. worry b. target c. marvelous d. far 15. a. bike b. idea c. opinion d. library 16. a. marvel b. package c. farther d. lastly 17. a. education b. general c. extremely d. met 18. a. said b. send c. sand d. pen 19. a. happen b. many c. example d. family 20. a. determine b. together c. repeat d. report Exercise 2: Choose one word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group. 1. a. repair b. thirty c. fellow d. interesting 2. a. family b. disaster c. buffalo d. several 3. a. repeat b. afternoon c. conclusion d. continue 4. a. brigade b. harrow c. normal d. peasant 5. a. routine b. arrive c. prefer d. breakfast 6. a. alarm b. discuss c. friendly d. begin 7. a. peasant b. finish c. plough d. continue 8. a. holiday b. language c. crowded d. enjoy 9.a. opinion b. borrow c. occasion d. important 10. a. geography b. appropriate c. communicate d. entertainment 11. a. polite b. problem c. arrive d. guitar 12. a. holiday b. interest c. prepare d. classmate 13. a. complain b. member c. listen d. happen 14. a. receive b. repeat c. award d. secondary 15. a. brilliant b. mature c. tutor d. tragic 16. a. atomic b. develop c. private d. condition 17. a. humane b. ambitious c. human d. diploma 18. a. intelligent b. private c. appearance d. development 19. a. manage b. chemistry c. educate d. obtain 20. a. November b. university c. diploma d. professor Part II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Exercise 1: Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in English standard. 1. Hoa did shouted at me when he met me at the station. 2. She has lived in London for 5 years before she moved to New York. 3. It is impossible to entering his room. The door was locked. 4. When Jimmy returned to the town, Sarah got married to John for two years. 5. Before I went to bed last night I have already finished my homework. 6. Mrs Hoa had worked at the primary school for 20 years after she retired. 7. Marie Curie found the Radium Institute in 1914. 8. By the time they had come, the food had already got cold. 9. He has just got home when you phoned. 10. It’s very kind of you helping me with my homework. Exercise 2: Choose the best answers. 1.We use a …… to break up the earth and plant the seeds. a. plough b. car c. dog d. land 2. Mai always has a very busy timetable for the whole week. a. life b. routine c. holiday d. schedule 3. The alarm rings at 5.20. a. goes off b. goes wrong c. goes away d. goes away 4. Take off … to move off the ground. a. meant b. is meaning c. means d. has meaning 5. The alarm clock …… off, which woke everyone up. a. rang b. went c. gave d. put 6. Yesterday I …. at the bus-stop just in time to catch the first bus. a. came b. went c. arrived d. reached 7. Which sentence is correct? a. Daisy is seldom late for school. b. Daisy seldom is late for school. c. Daisy is late seldom for school. D. Seldom Daisy is late for school. 8. How …… to work as a rule? a. are you getting b. did you get c. do you get d. will you get 9. What … he …. in the evening? He usually … cards or …. television. a. does…do/plays/watchs b. do…do/plays/watches c. does…does/play/watches d. does…do/plays/watches 10. When I …. Young, I always …. to be a pilot. a. was / want b. were/ wanted c. was/ wanted d. were/want 11. ….you … the thunder last night? No. I … anything at all. I …. asleep. a. do you hear/didn’t heard/was b. did you hear/didn’t hear/was c. did you hear/didn’t heard/was d. did you hear/didn’t hear/were12. 12. Another word for fasten is … a. tighten b. loosen c. frighten d. lengthen 13. When I was a child, I usually … fishing with my brother. a. go b. gone c. went d. use to go 14. Which sentence is correct? a. What do you often do every Saturday afternoon? b. What do you do often every Saturday afternoon? c. What often do you do every Saturday afternoon? d. What do you often do every afternoon Saturday? 15. The children agreed…. the candy equally. a. to divide b. divide c. dividing d. to dividing 16. I’m not in a hurry . I don’t mind… a. wait b. waited c. waiting d. to wait 17. Don’t forget … the letter I gave you. a. to post b. post c. posting d. posted 17. Why don’t you consider … me? a. visit b. visited c. to visit d. visiting 18. I was enjoying my book, but I stopped …. my homework. a. reading to do b. to read to do c. to read for doing d. reading for do 19. You needn’t …. the money back for a year. a. pay b. to pay c. paid d. paying 20. Which sentence is correct? a. I am really looking forwards to meet your brothers and sister. b. I am really looking forwards to meeting your brothers and sister. c. I am really looking forwards for meeting your brothers and sister. d.All are correct. 21. When he … , everyone … a. arrived/ left b. arrived/ had left c. had arrived/ left d. had arrived/ leaves. 22. She studied hard and got a degree with …. Colors. a. flying b. brilliant c. mature d. romantic 23.I … as a hotel telephonist from May 2001 to March 2002. a. had worked b. worked c. has worked d. would work 24. By the time they came, we …. Our dinner. a. finished b. has finished c. were finishing d.had finished 25.” Habour “ means “…… ”. a. keep in the mind b. promise c. keep secret d. talkative Exercise 3: Finish the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, beginning with the given words or phrases. 1.Mr. Vy often spends fifteen minutes leading the buffalo to the field. =>It often takes …………………………………………………………… 2. Mai always walks to school. =>Mai always goes ……………………………………………………… 3. After John had done his homework, he went to bed. =>Before ………………………………………………………………… 4. What is your day of birth? =>When ………………………………………………………………… 5. He left school and then joined the army. =>After he ………………………………………………………………… Exercise 4: Fill in each numbered blank of the following passage with a suitable word. Maria Sklodowska was born in Warsaw, Poland, on 7 th November, 1867.Her (1) …… was not happy. Her older sister died when she was nine and her mother died when she was eleven. Four years later after the (2)…… of her mother , she left school. That was a difficult time, too. She couldn’t go to university(3) … universities in Poland were not open to women, so she taught herself. In 1891 Maria went to Paris to syudy physics. She(4) … very well and got her degree in 1893. A year after she got a degree in physics, she got a degree in maths, too. This was only a(5) ……. weeks before she met a clever young man called Pierre Curie. They got (6)… in 1895 and Maria became Marie Curie. The Curies had two daughters: Irene, born in 1897, and Eve, born in 1904. Before the (7)…. of Irene, Marie started working with Pierre. Together (8)… radium in 1898. In 1903 Marie and Pierre(9) … the Nobel Prize for physics and they became very famous, Then, three years(10) … , Pierre died and Marie’s world changed forever. 1.a. childhood b. childlike c. child d. young 2. a.dead b. died c. death d. a and c are correct 3. a. although b. because c. as d. b and c are correct. 4. a. did b. studied c. learned d. All are correct 5. a. few b. a few c. little d. some 6. a. marry b. married c. wedding d. marryed 7. a. birth b. born c. birthday d. bear 8. a. find out b. discovered c. thought d. a and b are correct 9. a. got b. obtained c.won d. gained 10.a. ago b. before c. sooner d. later KEY THE FIRST SEMESTER Revision Unit 1,2,3 Part I: PHONETICS Exercise 1: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group. 1. a. lunch b. kitchen c. technology d. purchase 2. a. fasten b. sense c. smell d. rest 3. a. island b. prescription c. answer d. basic 4. a. little b. eaten c. click d. fit 5. a. head b. ready c. peasant d. realise 6. a. live b. dinner c. routine d. quick 7. a. minute b. lunch c. pump d. buffalo 8. a . home b. have c. high d. hour 9. a. born b. work c. short d. morning 10. a. continue b. repeat c. physics d. like 11. a. meeting b. engineer c. free d. weekly 12. a. teacher b. breakfast c. eating d. beat 13. a. study b. put c. cousin d. love 14. a. worry b. target c. marvelous d. far 15. a. bike b. idea c. opinion d. library 16. a. marvel b. package c. farther d. lastly 17. a. education b. general c. extremely d. met 18. a. said b. send c. sand d. pen 19. a. happen b. many c. example d. family 20. a. determine b. together c. repeat d. report Exercise 2: Choose one word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group. 1. a. repair b. thirty c. fellow d. interesting 2. a. family b. disaster c. buffalo d. several 3. a. repeat b. afternoon c. conclusion d. continue 4. a. brigade b. harrow c. normal d. peasant 5. a. routine b. arrive c. prefer d. breakfast 6. a. alarm b. discuss c. friendly d. begin 7. a. peasant b. finish c. plough d. continue 8. a. holiday b. language c. crowded d. enjoy 9.a. opinion b. borrow c. occasion d. important 10. a. geography b. appropriate c. communicate d. entertainment 11. a. polite b. problem c. arrive d. guitar 12. a. holiday b. interest c. prepare d. classmate 13. a. complain b. member c. listen d. happen 14. a. receive b. repeat c. award d. secondary 15. a. brilliant b. mature c. tutor d. tragic 16. a. atomic b. develop c. private d. condition 17. a. humane b. ambitious c. human d. diploma 18. a. intelligent b. private c. appearance d. development 19. a. manage b. chemistry c. educate d. obtain 20. a. November b. university c. diploma d. professor Part II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Exercise 1: Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in English standard. 1. Hoa did shouted at me when he met me at the station. 2. She has lived in London for 5 years before she moved to New York. 3. It is impossible to entering his room. The door was locked. 4. WhenJimmy returned to the town, Sarah got marriedtoJohn for two years. 5. Before I went to bed last night I have already finished my homework. 6. Mrs Hoa had worked at the primary school for20years after she retired. 7. Marie Curie found the Radium Institute in 1914. 8. By the time they had come, the food had already got cold. 9. He has just got home when you phoned. 10. It’s very kind of you helping me with my homework. Exercise 2: Choose the best answers. 1.We use a …… to break up the earth and plant the seeds. a. plough b. car c. dog d. land 2. Mai always has a very busy timetable for the whole week. a. life b. routine c. holiday d. schedule 3. The alarm rings at 5.20. a. goes off b. goes wrong c. goes away d. goes away 4. “Take off “… ” to move off the ground”. a. meant b. is meaning c. means d. has meaning 5. The alarm clock …… off, which woke everyone up. a. rang b. went c. gave d. put 6. Yesterday I …. at the bus-stop just in time to catch the first bus. a. came b. went c. arrived d. reached 7. Which sentence is correct? a. Daisy is seldom late for school. b. Daisy seldom is late for school. c. Daisy is late seldom for school. D. Seldom Daisy is late for school. 8. How …… to work as a rule? a. are you getting b. did you get c. do you get d. will you get 9. What … he …. in the evening? He usually … cards or …. television. a. does…do/plays/watchs b. do…do/plays/watches c. does…does/play/watches d. does…do/plays/watches 10. When I …. Young, I always …. to be a pilot. a. was / want b. were/ wanted c. was/ wanted d. were/want 11. ….you … the thunder last night? No. I … anything at all. I …. asleep. a. do you hear/didn’t heard/was b. did you hear/didn’t hear/was c. did you hear/didn’t heard/was d. did you hear/didn’t hear/were12. 12. Another word for fasten is … a. tighten b. loosen c. frighten d. lengthen 13. When I was a child, I usually … fishing with my brother. a. go b. gone c. went d. use to go 14. Which sentence is correct? a. What do you often do every Saturday afternoon? b. What do you do often every Saturday afternoon? c. What often do you do every Saturday afternoon? d. What do you often do every afternoon Saturday? 15. The children agreed…. the candy equally. a. to divide b. divide c. dividing d. to dividing 16. I’m not in a hurry . I don’t mind… a. wait b. waited c. waiting d. to wait 17. Don’t forget … the letter I gave you. a. to post b. post c. posting d. posted 17. Why don’t you consider … me? a. visit b. visited c. to visit d. visiting 18. I was enjoying my book, but I stopped …. my homework. a. reading to do b. to read to do c. to read for doing d. reading for do 19. You needn’t …. the money back for a year. a. pay b. to pay c. paid d. paying 20. Which sentence is correct? a. I am really looking forwards to meet your brothers and sister. b. I am really looking forwards to meeting your brothers and sister. c. I am really looking forwards for meeting your brothers and sister. d.All are correct. 21. When he … , everyone … a. arrived/ left b. arrived/ had left c. had arrived/ left d. had arrived/ leaves. 22. She studied hard and got a degree with …. Colors. a. flying b. brilliant c. mature d. romantic 23.I … as a hotel telephonist from May 2001 to March 2002. a. had worked b. worked c. has worked d. would work 24. By the time they came, we …. Our dinner. a. finished b. has finished c. were finishing d.had finished 25.” Habour “ means “…… ”. a. keep in the mind b. promise c. keep secret d. talkative Exercise 3: Finish the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, beginning with the given words or phrases. 1.Mr. Vy often spends fifteen minutes leading the buffalo to the field. =>It often take Mr Vy 15 minutes to lead the buffallo to the field. 2. Mai always walks to school. =>Mai always goes to school on foot. 3. After John had done his homework, he went to bed. =>Before John went to bed, he had done his homework. 4. What is your day of birth? =>When was you born? 5. He left school and then joined the army. =>After he had left school, he joined the army. Exercise 4: Fill in each numbered blank of the following passage with a suitable word. Maria Sklodowska was born in Warsaw, Poland, on 7 th November, 1867.Her (1) …… was not happy. Her older sister died when she was nine and her mother died when she was eleven. Four years later after the (2)…… of her mother , she left school. That was a difficult time, too. She couldn’t go to university(3) … universities in Poland were not open to women, so she taught herself. In 1891 Maria went to Paris to syudy physics. She(4) … very well and got her degree in 1893. A year after she got a degree in physics, she got a degree in maths, too. This was only a(5) ……. weeks before she met a clever young man called Pierre Curie. They got (6)… in 1895 and Maria became Marie Curie. The Curies had two daughters: Irene, born in 1897, and Eve, born in 1904. Before the (7)…. of Irene, Marie started working with Pierre. Together (8)… radium in 1898. In 1903 Marie and Pierre(9) … the Nobel Prize for physics and they became very famous, Then, three years(10) … , Pierre died and Marie’s world changed forever. 1.a. childhood b. childlike c. child d. young 2. a.dead b. died c. death d. a and c are correct 3. a. although b. because c. as d. b and c are correct. 4. a. did b. studied c. learned d. All are correct 5. a. few b. a few c. little d. some 6. a. marry b. married c. wedding d. marryed 7. a. birth b. born c. birthday d. bear 8. a. find out b. discovered c. thought d. a and b are correct 9. a. got b. obtained c.won d. gained 10.a. ago b. before c. sooner d. later