Kiến thức tiếng anh cần nắm vững trước khi thi

REVISION FOR GCSE EXAMINATION
CHUYÊN ĐỀ CẦN NẮM THẬT CHẮC TRƯỚC NGÀY THI
Câu 1: ed Ai cũng biết: /t/: ch x gh k p s sh
Chú ý: ce => /s/
Question 1:
A. travelled
B. behaved
Question 2:
A. threatened
B. promised
Question 3:
A. performed
B. discussed
Question 4:
A. happened
B. reduced
Question 5:
A. supported
B. approached
Question 6:
A. wanted
B. stopped
Question 7:
A. finished
B. developed
Question 8:
A. toured
B. jumped
Question 9:
A. dressed
B. dropped

Question 10:
A. played
B. planned
Question 11:
A. missed
B. talked
Question 12:
A. washed
B. passed

/id/: d t

/d/: còn lại
C. practised
C. injured
C. cancelled
C. survived
C. noticed
C. decided
C. defeated
C. solved
C. matched
C. cooked
C. watched
C. worked

Câu 2: nguyên âm a, e, i, o, u => 1 âm tiết
Chữ cái a thường được phát âm là:
1.
/ æ /: map, cat, hand, man, can

2.
/eɪ/: take, cake, make
3.
/ɔː/ (đặc biệt trước chữ cái l): all, talk, tall
4.
/ɒ/: want, quality
5.
/e/: many, any
6.
/ɪ/:
7.
/ə/: afraid, ago
8.
/ɑ:/: after, car, father, far
Chữ cái e thường được phát âm là:
1.
/e/: end, rent, lend
2.
/ɪ/: explore, replace
3.
/i:/: fever, gene
4.
/ə/: interest, camera
Chữ cái i thường được phát âm là:
1.
/ɪ/: fit, slippery
2.
/aɪ/: strive, mice, kind, polite
3.
/ə/: terrible, principle

Chữ cái o thường được phát âm là:
1.
/ɒ/: bottle, floppy
2.
/ɔ:/: boring, lord
3.
/ᴧ/: son, done
4.
/əʊ/ go, post
5.
/ə/: computer, purpose
6.
/wᴧ/: one /wᴧn/, once /wᴧns/
Chữ cái u thường được phát âm là:
1.
/ʊ/: put, push
2.
/u:/: include
3.
/ju:/: computer, human
4.
/ᴧ/: much, cut
5.
/ə/: success
6.
/з:/: burn
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A. round
A. bread
A. leave
A. count
A. deal
A. feat
A. sound
A. stool
A. sale
A. walk
A. date
A. find
A. hate
A. mood

B. ground
B. heat
B. teach
B. doubt

B. teach
B. great
B. touch
B. blood
B. chalk
B. call
B. face
B. think
B. face
B. flood

C. shout
C. peak
C. speak
C. group
C. break
C. seat
C. amount
C. soon
C. date
C. take
C. page
C. drive
C. make
C. spoon

D. touch
D. steal
D. learn
D. sound

D. clean
D. meat
D. account
D. moon
D. plane
D. talk
D. map
D. mind
D. dance
D. moon

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D. combined
D. agreed
D. followed
D. bothered
D. finished
D. hated
D. looked
D. rained
D. joined
D. lived
D. cleaned
D. opened


REVISION FOR GCSE EXAMINATION
Question 15:
A. head

B. bean
Question 16:
A. great
B. cheap
Question 17:
A. dream
B. wear
Question 18:
A. meat
B. threat
Question 19:
A. house
B. mouth
Question 20:
A. drought
B. fought
Question 21:
A. dumb
B. shut
Question 22:
A. appeal
B. ease
Question 23:
A. page
B. age
Question 24:
A. abroad
B. coal
Question 25:
A. good

B. book
Question 26:
A. dear
B. near
Question 27:
A. those
B. lose
Question 28:
A. low
B. bow
Question 29:
A. bush
B. brush
Question 30:
A. watch
B. want

C. meal
C. clean
C. treat
C. beat
C. could
C. brought
C. sunny
C. team
C. village
C. road
C. foot
C. bear
C. both

C. know
C. bus
C. bank

D. team
D. mean
D. mean
D. seat
D. found
D. bought
D. tube
D. already
D. stage
D. toasty
D. food
D. fear
D. goes
D. slow
D. cup
D. what

Câu 3: Trọng âm của các từ có hai âm tiết
Mẹo:
1. trọng âm thường khơng vào âm /ə/ /i/ (/i/ > /ə/)
2. trọng âm thường vào âm dài hoặc nguyên âm đôi /aɪ/ /eɪ/ /əʊ//ju:/…
Quy tắc truyền thống:
1. Đa số các động từ hai âm tiết có trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ hai
2. Đa số các danh từ và tính từ hai âm tiết có trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ nhất
3. Các danh từ có hậu tố là –ic, –ical, -sion, -tion, hoặc –cian, -ity, -logy, hoặc -graphy thì trọng âm chính thường rơi vào âm tiết
ngay trước đó

4. Cịn những tính từ có hậu tố là, ate thì trọng âm chính thường rơi vào âm tiết thứ ba từ cuối lên.
5. tiền tố và hậu tố không chứa trọng âm
6. Một số động từ 3 âm tiết trọng âm là âm cuối: introduce, understand, interfere, entertain, recommen (đề xuất), reunite (tái hợi),
volunteer (tình nguyện)
7. Những từ có hậu tố như sau thì trọng âm chính thường rơi vào âm tiết cuối (chính
là hậu tố đó):
-ee
agree /ə'gri:/, trainee /treɪ'ni:/
-eer
volunteer/ˌvɒlən'tɪə(r)/, engineer/ˌendʒɪ'nɪə(r)/
-ese
Vietnamese /ˌvjetnə'mi:z/
-ique/ -esque
unique /ju'ni:k/, picturesque /ˌpɪktʃə'resk/
-ain (đối với động từ)
retain /rɪ'teɪn/, maintain /meɪn'teɪn/
Ngoại lệ: committee /kə'mɪti/, coffee /'kɒfi/, employee /im'plɔɪi:/
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A. struggle
A. offer
A. bamboo
A. teacher
A. office
A. answer
A. doctor
A. advice
A. intend
A. explain
A. behave
A. obtain
A. inform
A. carry

A. reward
A. travel
A. poison
A. childish
A. confide
A. visit
A. machine
A. capable
A. donate
A. advice
A. routine
A. laundry
A. donate
A. campaign

B. anxious
C. confide
B. canoe
C. country
B. forget
C. deserve
B. lesson
C. action
B. nature
C. result
B. reply
C. singer
B. student
C. advice
B. justice

C. circus
B. install
C. follow
B. involve
C. borrow
B. relax
C. enter
B. perform
C. affect
B. explore
C. prevent
B. remove
C. protect
B. study
C. delete
B. return
C. connect
B. comer
C. improve
B. spacious
C. resource
B. comfort
C. inflate
B. extinct
C. survive
B. robot
C. human
B. robotic
C. industry
B. compare

C. campaign
B. contact
C. mature
B. problem
C. lonely
B. punish
C. depend
B. impair
C. mental
B. global
C. balance
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D. comfort
D. standard
D. channel
D. police
D. farmer
D. future
D. parent
D. product
D. decide
D. discuss
D. allow
D. happen
D. cancel
D. consist
D. survive
D. deny
D. capture

D. wallet
D. severe
D. evolve
D. fiction
D. futurist
D. flashy
D. maintain
D. hygiene
D. reason
D. support
D. carbon


REVISION FOR GCSE EXAMINATION
Question 29:
A. college
B. degree
Question 30:
A. suggest
B. involve
Question 33:
A. campaign
B. hearing
Question 34:
A. champion
B. common
Question 35:
A. relax
B. wonder
Question 36:

A. address
B. include
Question 37:
A. rainfall
B. inquire
Question 38:
A. begin
B. mountain
Question 39:
A. before
B. arrive
Question 40:
A. forests
B. singing
Question 41:
A. around
B. legend
Question 42:
A. beauty
B. mutual
Question 43:
A. village
B. begin
Question 44:
A. captain
B. belong
Question 45:
A. disease
B. people

C. language
C. travel
C. slogan
C. peaceful
C. problem
C. imply
C. confide
C. kingdom
C. imply
C. concern
C. question
C. Europe
C. column
C. respect
C. upset

D. subject
D. sustain
D. talent
D. respect
D. special
D. common
D. machine
D. passage
D. countless
D. burning
D. special
D. reduce
D. pity
D. avoid

D. upstairs

C. currency
C. marvelous
C. determine
C. employment
C. confident
C. effective
C. dangerous
C. argument
C. charity
C. invention
C. continent
C. selection
C. general
C. exercise
C. threatened
C. comfortable
C. resource
C. interrupt
C. magazine
C. geography
C. habitat
C. critical
C. protection
C. industry
C. graduate
C. promoted
C. selective
C. flexible

C. protective
C. humour
C. understand
C. critical
C. importance
C. medical
C. dangerous
C. discover
C. enormous
C. education
C. internship
C. memory
C. technology
C. assignment
C. interest
C. tradition
C. energy

D. allowance
D. physical
D. departure
D. relation
D. supportive
D. national
D. regular
D. vacancy
D. agency
D. company
D. solution
D. holiday

D. beautiful
D. energy
D. economy
D. flamingo
D. wallet
D. dedicate
D. connection
D. opposite
D. vulnerable
D. tradition
D. valuable
D. futurist
D. organize
D. interview
D. national
D. willingly
D. elegant
D. partner
D. volunteer
D. important
D. happiness
D. physical
D. habitat
D. animal
D. disappear
D. relationship
D. scholarship
D. represent
D. populated
D. pollutant

D. benefit
D. protection
D. poverty

Câu 4: Trọng âm của các từ có ba âm tiết
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A. pollution
A. financial
A. endanger
A. important
A. possible
A. difficult
A. medical
A. apartment
A. disaster

A. attitude
A. passenger
A. festival
A. terrific
A. article
A. museum
A. computer
A. childish
A. general
A. computer
A. diversity
A. dangerous
A. convenient
A. pollution
A. capable
A. encourage
A. prospect
A. optional
A. reluctant
A. romantic
A. campaign
A. favourite
A. difficult
A. awareness
A. cognitive
A. natural
A. rainforest
A. pollution
A. biology
A. bachelor

A. cultural
A. organiser
A. familiar
A. natural
A. butterfly
A. disposal

B. computer
B. fortunate
B. furniture
B. happiness
B. cultural
B. popular
B. essential
B. benefit
B. origin
B. manager
B. principal
B. summary
B. chemical
B. addition
B. destroy
B. communicate
B. spacious
B. popular
B. technology
B. endanger
B. survivor
B. endanger
B. collision

B. robotic
B. interview
B. reference
B. primary
B. different
B. solution
B. female
B. recommend
B. confident
B. solution
B. volunteer
B. endangered
B. tropical
B. continue
B. geography
B. diploma
B. heritage
B. comfortable
B. generate
B. safari
B. departure
B. animal

Câu 5. Câu hỏi đuôi
Question 1: Mary invited John to come to her birthday party,______?
A. didn’t she
B. did he
C. didn’t he
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D. has she


REVISION FOR GCSE EXAMINATION
Question 2: He goes to the swimming pool,______?
A. doesn’t he
B. does he
C. didn't he
D. did he
Question 3: Silly is going to my party,______?
A. isn’t she
B. will she
C. won’t she
D. doesn’t she
Question 4: Phuong Lan speaks Chinese very fluently,______?
A. does she
B. doesn’t she
C. do she
D. didn’t she
Question 5: The shoes don’t cost a lot of money,______?
A. do they
B. don’t they
C. do it
D. does it
Question 6: James owns a house in the countryside,______?
A. does she
B. doesn’t she
C. do she
D. don’t she
Question 7: She looked tired yesterday,______?

A. did she
B. didn’t she
C. does she
D. doesn’t she
Question 8: The bank will close at 7pm,______?
A. won’t it
B. will it
C. does it
D. doesn't it
Question 9: She complained to the company and they sent her a written apology,______?
A. didn’t she
B. did she
C. didn’t they
D. did they
Question 10: Your son is very naughty,______?
A. is she
B. isn’t she
C. isn’t he
D. is he
Câu 6. Bị động PASSIVE VOICE
Học thuộc cơng thức bị động 9 thì cơ bản
1. Thì HTĐ: S + am, is, are + PII ( by O)
2. Thì QKĐ: S + was, were+ PII ( by O)
3. Thì HTTD: S + am, is, are + being + PII (by O).
4. Thì QKTD: S + was, were + being + PII (by O).
5. Thì HTHT: S + have/ has +been + PII ( by O.)
6. Thì QKHT: S + had + been + PII ( by O.)
7. Thì TLĐ:
S + will/ shall + be + PII ( by O)
8. Thì TLG:

S + am, is, are + going to + be + PII (by O).
9. Động từ khuyết thiếu: S +can/ must/ ought to/ should/ could.........+be + PII
Question 1: The application form______to the university before May 31st.
A. must send
B. sent
C. must be sending
D. must be sent
Question 2: Once ______ in large quantities, these products will be more affordably priced.
A. are produced B. having produced
C. produced
D. producing
Question 3: One man______outside his own country is tipped to become the new President.
A. little knowing B. to know little C. little known
D. to be little known
Question 4: The acupuncturist decides which and how many needles will______.
A. be use
B. be used
C. use
D. used
Question 5: The student ______by the teacher for lying.
A. was punished B. punishes
C. punished
D. has punished
Question 6: As the patient could not walk, he______home in a wheel chair.
A. has carried
B. was carrying C. was carried
D. has been carried
Question 7: The injured______to the hospital in an ambulance.
A. have taken
B. was taking

C. were taken
D. were taking
Question 8: Many American automobiles______in Detroit, Michigan.
A. manufacture B. have manufactured
C. are manufactured
D. are manufacturing
Question 9: On September 9th 1850, California______to the United States as the thirty-first state.
A. has been admitted
B. is admitted
C. was admitted
D. admitted
Question 10: The child's arm was swollen because he______by a bee.
A. stung
B. had stung
C. had been stung
D. had being stung
Question 11: Peter and Tom______in an accident yesterday.
A. is hurt
B. is hurted
C. were hurt
D. were hurted
Question 12: South Florida and Hawaii______by a hurricane.
A. is hit
B. have been hit C. have are hit
D. has been hit
Question 13: We can’t go along here because the road______.
A. is repairing
B. is repaired
C. is being repaired
D. repairs

Question 14: The story I’ve just read______Agatha Christie.
A. was written
B. was written by C. was written from
D. wrote by
Question 15: There’s somebody behind us. I think we are______.
A. being followed
B. are followed C. follow
D. following
Câu 7: Giới từ
1. be famous for = well-known for = renowned for: nổi tiếng về
2. to be surprised at + Ving : ngạc nhiên
3. to be tired of + Ving :  mệt mỏi vì
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REVISION FOR GCSE EXAMINATION
4. to warn sb about  +  Ving : cảnh báo ai việc gì hoặc làm gì
5. to look forward + to :  trông mong
6. to remind sb of:  gợi nhớ
7.to be afraid of:  sợ
8. to be amazed at: ngạc nhiên
9. to be angry about/at: giận/ bực mình
10. to be good/bad at + Ving : giỏi/ kém
11. to be bored with + Ving : buồn chán
12. to be dependent on st/ + Ving : phụ thuộc
13. to be different from + Ving : khác biệt
14. to be excited about + Ving : háo hức
15. to think of + Ving : nhớ về cái gì đó
16. to thanks to + Ving : nhờ vào cái gì, vào ai gì đó
17. to apologize for + Ving : xin lỗi ai vì cái gì đó

18. to confess to + Ving : thú nhận
19. to congratulate sb on Ving : chúc mừng ai vì điều gì đó
20. to be friendly with + Ving : thân thiện với
21. to be familiar with + Ving : quen thuộc với
22. to be popular with + Ving : phổ biến/ưa chuộng
23. to be based on + Ving : dựa trên
24. to be capable of + Ving : có khả năng
25. to be doubtful about + Ving : nghi ngờ
26. to take part in + Ving : tham gia
27. to join in Ving : tham gia làm gì
28. to be famous for + Ving : nổi tiếng vì
29. to be fed up with + Ving : chán
30. to be fond of Ving: thích
31. to be grateful to sb for Ving : biết ơn ai vì đã làm gì
32. to be interested in + Ving : thích, quan tâm
33. to be keen on + Ving : đam mê
34. to be nervous of + Ving :….. lo lắng
35. to be responsible for+ Ving : có trách nhiệm
36. to be worried about + Ving : lo lắng
1. I always come……….. school………..foot.
A. at/on
B. to/by
C. to/on
2. It never snows here………..Christmas.
A. on
B. in
3. The country looks beautiful……….. spring.
A. in
B. on
4. I can see you……….. Monday.

A. in
B. on
5. This book was written ……….. Dickens.
A. by
B. of
6. My birthday is……….. May 5th.
A. of
B. with
C. on
7. ……….. my opinion, it is a very good book.
A. in
B. from
C. for
8. Jane was absent……….class yesterday.
A. from
B. for
C. at
9. You will soon get accustomed………..English cooking.
A. of
B. to
10. She is very angry……….. me.
A. to
B. at
11. I apologize ……….. keeping you waiting.
A. of
B. to
12. Does this belong ……….. you?
A. with
B. to
C. of

13. Are you aware……….the time?
A. about
B. with
C. of
14. My cat is very fond………..fish.
A. with
B. in
C. of
15. I’m quite different………..her.
A. with
B. from
C. to
16. She insists………..coming.
A. on
B. from
C. after
17. He is quite incapable………..such a thing.
A. in
B. with
C. of

D. to/of
C. for

D. at

C. by

D. of

C. with

D. at

C. in

D. for
D. in
D. on
D. of

C. for

D. after

C. with

D. for

C. with

D. for
D. about
D. before
D. to
D. before
D. of
D. on

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REVISION FOR GCSE EXAMINATION
18. I should like to be independent………..everyone.
A. on
B. from
C. with
D. of
19. May I introduce you………..Miss Brown?
A. to
B. with
C. for
20. She is very jealous………..her sister.
A. for
B. to
C. of
21. Clean air provides us………..a healthy supply of oxygen.
A. for
B. with
C. about
22. I’m very sorry………..what I have done.
A. about
B. for
C. from
23. I’m so worried………..my sister who is ill.
A. of
B. with
C. for
24. Were your friends successful………..getting a loan from the bank.
A. in

B. of
C. with
25. Mr Green is responsible……….hiring employees.
A. for
B. to
C. about
26. That type of music is quite popular……….teenage boys and girls.
A. to
B. with
C. for
27. Ken was proud……….his good marks on English.
A. about
B. to
C. of
28. Everybody was surprised……….the news.
A. about
B. at
C. for
29. Tom is excellent……….repairing things.
A. at
B. about
C. for
30. Ann wasn’t very keen……….going out in the rain, so we stayed at home.
A. on
B. with
C. at

D. about
D. about
D. of

D. by
D. about
D. by
D. from
D. between
D. with
D. to
D. ot
D. from

Câu 8: So sánh kép
Có hai loại so sánh kép:
+ Càng …càng… the + S2 hơn S V…, the + S2 hơn S V ….
+ er and er/ more and more…
Question 1: The faster we walk,_______we will get there.
A. the soonest
B. the soon
C. the more soon D. the sooner
Question 2:_______the time passes,_______I feel! The deadline of my thesis is coming, but I have just finished half of it.
A. The faster / the nervous
B. The more fast / the nervous
C. The fast / the more nervous
D. The faster / the more nervous
Question 3: She sat there quietly, but during all that time she was getting_______. Finally she exploded.
A. as and as angrily
B. the more angry
C. angrier and angrier
D. the most angry
Question 4:_______you study for these exams,_______you will do.
A. The harder / the better

B. The more / the much
C. The hardest / the best
D. The more hard / the more good
Question 5: My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that_______it is at night, _______he plays his music!
A. the less/ the more loud
B. the less/less
C. the more late/ the more loudly
D. the later/the louder
Question 6: It gets_______when the winter is coming.
A. cold and cold B. the coldest and coldest C. colder and colder
D. more and more cold
Question 7:_______in Stevenson's landscapes, the more vitality and character the painting seems to possess.
A. The brushwork is loose
B. The looser brushwork
C. The loose brushwork is
D. The looser the brushwork is
Question 8: The richer you are,_______.
A. you may become more worried
B. you more worried may become
C. the more worried you may become
D. the more worry you may become
Question 9: The more carefully humans mind their daily activities,_______on the environment.
A. the less harmful impact have they
B. the less harmful impact they have
C. the less impact harmful they have
D. the less harmful they have impact
Question 10: The more she practices,_______she becomes.
A. the greater confidence B. more confidently C. the more confident D. the most confident
Câu 9: trật tự tính từ
O

Opinion
ý kiến
beautiful
expensive
dirty
fabulous (rất tốt)

S
Size
kích cỡ
big
large
thin
thick

A
Age
tuổi tác
old
new
ancient

SH
Shape
hình dáng
round
square
oval

C

Color
màu sắc
white
red

O
Origin
nguồn gốc
Vietnamese
Japanese

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M
Material
Chất liệu
cotton
leather
woollen
wooden

P
Purpose
Mục đích
reading
wine driking
sleeping


REVISION FOR GCSE EXAMINATION

Question 1: When I was going to school this morning, I saw a______girl.
A. beautiful young Russian
B. beautiful young Russian
C. young beautiful Russian
D. Russian young beautiful
Question 2: My daughter likes playing with a(n)______rope to get lean in the early morning.
A. old black leather
B. leather black old
C. black old leather
D. leather old black
Question 3: Peter’s wife gave him a(n)______bike as a birthday present last week.
A. blue Japanese cheap
B. cheap Japanese blue
C. Japanese cheap blue
D. cheap blue Japanese
Question 4: I remember she wore a______dress to go out with her boyfriend last week.
A. cotton white Vietnamese
B. Vietnamese white cotton
C. white Vietnamese cotton
D. white cotton Vietnamese
Question 5: There is a______table which was given to me by my best friends on my house warming.
A. large beautiful round wooden
B. beautiful large round wooden
C. beautiful round large wooden
D. wooden large round beautiful
Question 6: They bought me a______toy to congratulate me on achieving high scores in the last exam.
A. strange round orange plastic
B. plastic orange round strange
C. strange plastic orange round
D. strange round plastic orange

Question 7: Charles was wearing a______ tie at the Peter’s party.
A. funny red silk B. red silk funny C. red silk funny D. red funny silk
Question 8: Jane lost the______bicycle he bought last month.
A. Japanese beautiful new blue
B. blue Japanese beautiful new
C. beautiful new blue Japanese
D. beautiful Japanese blue new
Question 9: “Can I help you, sir?” - “I’m looking for a______desk for my son.”
A. wooden round fashionable
B. round fashionable wooden
C. wooden fashionable round
D. fashionable round wooden
Question 10: She is going to marry a______man next year.
A. tall pretty English
B. English tall pretty
C. tall English pretty
D. pretty tall English
Question 11: In the live show, Son Tung gave me some______cards, which made me so happy.
A. nice blue round
B. round blue nice
C. nice round blue
D. blue nice round
Question 12: His sister is not only a (n)______singer but also a distinguished painter.
A. famous opera Italian B. opera famous Italian C. famous Italian opera
D. Italian famous opera
Question 13: My mother puts a(n)______seat in my house to relax at the weekend.
A. expensive wooden garden
B. wooden expensive garden
C. garden wooden expensive
D. wooden garden expensive

Question 14: Pass me the______cups to have my sister clean them.
A. red big plastic B. big red plastic C. red plastic big D. plastic big blue
Question 15: There’s a______lamp in his room for him to read books every single day.
A. round small reading
B. small reading round
C. reading round small
D. small round reading
Câu 10: QKTD
when QKD/ QKTD
S + was/were + Ving
1. I saw the accident when I _______ for the the taxi.
A. were waiting B. was waiting C. waiting
D. waited
2.  It _______ and cloudy when we left Ireland.
A. was rain
B. was raining C. is raining
D. raining
3. When I woke up this morning, my mom _______
A. was cook
B. was cooking C. is cooking
D. cooking
4. Mary _______ in the sea when she saw a dolphin.
A. was swimming
B. was swimmingC. were swimming
D. were swimming
5. My brother _______ in Ireland when he met his girlfriend.
A. study
B. was studying C. were study
D. was study
6. We _______ on the lake when it started to rain so we went home.

A. finished
B. finishing
C. were finishing D. are finishing
7. While we ___________ in the park, Mary fell over.
A. ran
B. are running
C. was reunning D. were running
8. My dad found some money while he …… his suitcase.
A. packing
B. package
C. are packing
D. was packing
9. My grandma tried pizza for the first time while she ………. in Italy.
A. staying
B. is staying
C. is stayed
D. was staying
10. What did you watch on TV while you …….. dinner yesterday?
A. were having B. was having
C. were having D. was haveing
Câu 11: mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ nguyên do và tương phản
Bởi vì
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REVISION FOR GCSE EXAMINATION
+ because/ as/ since/ ,for/ now that/ due to the fact that + S + V
+ because of/ due to/ thanks to/ owing to/ on account of + N/ Ving
Mặc dù
+ though/ although/ even though + S + V

+ despite/ in spite of + N/ Ving
Question 1: Many students work to earn money_______their parents are rich
A. because of
B. despite
C. however
D. although
Question 2: The residents of the village are living a happy life_______they lack modem facilities.
A. despite
B. alhtough
C. therefore
D. because of
Question 3: My uncle tries to spend time playing with his children_______he is very busy.
A. because of
B. although
C. despite
D. moreover
Question 4: Children are encouraged to read books_______they are a wonderful source of knowledge.
A. because of
B. in spite of
C. because
D. although
Question 5: Solar energy is not widely used_______it is friendly to the environment.
A. since
B. although
C. in spite of
D. because of
Question 6:_______ASEAN is becoming more integrated, investors should be aware of local preferences and cultural sensitivities.
A. Because
B. However
C. Despite

D. Although
Question 7:_______the TRUMPET is the smallest brass instrument, it can play the highest notes of all the brass instruments and often
plays in marches or fanfares.
A. Because
B. Although
C. However
D. Since
Question 8:_______many international agreements affirming their human rights, women are still much more likely than men to be poor
and illiterate.
A. Although
B. Despite
C. Because
D. Since
Câu 12: thì HTD
by the time HTD/ TLHT
TLD when/ after/ before/ as soon as HTD
Question 1: When we see Mr. Minh tomorrow, I______him of that.
A. will remind
B. remind
C. have remindedD. reminded
Question 2: Please send us a postcard as soon as you______in London.
A. will arrive
B. is going to arrive
C. arrive
D. arrived
Question 3: I______you this book when I meet you tomorrow.
A. give
B. will give
C. is giving
D. has given

Question 4: By the time Christmas comes, I______for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. will have been working B. will work
C. have been working
D. will be working
Question 5: I will come and see you before I______for the States.
A. leave
B. will leave
C. have left
D. shall leave
Question 6: He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he______dinner.
A. finish
B. finishes
C. will finish
D. finishing
Question 7: By the time he______out of jail, he will have forgotten how to function
in the real world.
A. got
B. will get
C. gets
D. is getting
Câu 13: Rút gọn mệnh đề cùng chủ ngữ: có 2 cách
Bước 1: xác định chủ ngữ (đã bị rút gọn) bằng việc nhìn vào chủ ngữ câu sau dấu phẩy
Bước 2: xác định chủ động hay bị động nhờ vào động từ ở đáp án (bằng cách dịch chủ ngữ và động từ)
Bước 3: Chủ động => chọn Ving/ Having P2 ; Bị động => chọn P2/ Having been P2
Cẩn thận:
- phải biết thế nào là chủ động và thế nào là bị động.
- có thể thay Having P2 cho Ving; thay Having been P2 cho P2 nếu nó xảy ra trước hẳn, hoặc nhấn mạnh đã hoàn thành ,
đã xong
Question 1. ____________ tired, I stayed at home.
A. To feel

B. Feeling
C. Feel
D. Felt
Question 2. _____________all the homework, I went to bed.
A. Have finished B. Have finished C. To finish
D. Finish
Question 3. ____________ at the news of his death, she fainted.
A. Shocking
B. Shocks
C. To be shocked D. Shocked
Question 4. ____________ every major judo title, Mark retired from international competition.
A. When he won B. Having won C. On winning
D. Winning
Question 5. ____________ in large quantities in the Middle East, oil became known as black gold because of the large profit it brought.
A. Discovered
B. Discovering
C. Which was discovered
D. That when discovered
Question 6. ____________ for 4 hours, they decided to stop to have lunch at a cheap restaurant.
A. Having been walked
B. Having walked
C. Walking
D. Walked
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REVISION FOR GCSE EXAMINATION
Question 7. _________the instruction, he snatched up the fire extinguisher.
A. Read
B. Having read C. Being read

D. Being done
Question 8.
every major judo title, Mark retired from international competition.
A. When he won
B. Having won
C. On winning
D. Winning
Question 9. ______ high school, Nam attended a university in the city centre.
A. Having finished
B. To have finished
C. Having been finished
D. To finish
Question 10. _______ the Nobel Prize, he retired from politics.
A. Received
B. Having received
C. Being received
D. Receive
Question 11.
UNESCO criteria for outstanding universal value to humanity, Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex was added to the
World Heritage List in 2014.
A. Meeting
B. Met
C. To meet
D. Having met
Question 12. ________classical dance for five years, Akiko finally felt ready to perform in public.
A. Being studied
B. Studying
C. Having studied
D. To study
Question 13. __________the night in the water, she swam to the shore.

A. Having spent B. Having spending
C. When spending
D. Had spent
Question 14. _________ the desalination plant, the company could offer an effective solution to the problem of water scarcity.
A. To build
B. Having built C. Being built
D. Built
Question 15. On ______________he had won, he jumped for joy.
A. he was told
B. having told
C. being told
D. get fined
Question 16.
the distance was too far and the time was short, we decided to fly there instead of going there by
train.
A. To discover B. Discovered
C. To have discovered
D. Discovering
Question 17.
the email - supposedly from Boyd's Bank - to be genuine, she was tricked into disclosing her credit
card details.
A. Believe
B. Being believed
C. To believe
D. Believing
Question 18. _________the instruction, he snatched up the fire extinguisher.
A. Read
B. Having read
C. Being read
D. Being done

Câu 14: Từ loại
Xác định đc từ loại cần dùng nhờ vào từ ở trước hoặc sau
is beautiful => sau “to be” là tính từ
sings beautifully => sau động từ thường là trạng từ
a big bird => trước danh từ là tính từ
a very big bird => trước tính từ là trạng từ



Đi tính từ: y, ic, ical, al, ful, less, able, ous, ive, ent, ant
Đuôi danh từ: er, or, ist, ion, ment, ance, ence, ship, hood, ness

1. He has been very interested in doing research on __ since he was at high school.
A. biology
B. biological
C. biologist
D. biologically
2. He was looking at his parents _______, waiting for recommendations.
A. obey
B. obedience
C. obedient
D. obediently
3. The interviews with parents showed that the vast majority were ___ of teachers.
A. support
B. supportive
C. supporter
D. supporting
4. London is home to people of many _______ cultures.
A. diverse
B. diversity

C. diversify
D. diversification
5. An hour later we landed _________
A. safe
B. safely
C. safer
D. safety
6. These quick and easy ________ can be effective in the short term, but they have a cost.
A. solve
B. solvable
C. solutions
D. solvability
7. The journey took all day and night. They found it very ________.
A. tired
B. tiring
C. tire
D. tiredness
8. Jack London wrote several ______ novels on adventure.
A. interesting
B. interested
C. interest
D. interestingly
9. The baby is ________about his new toy.
A. excited
B. interested
C. bored
D. fascinated
10. It is _________ of you to leave the medicine where the children could get it.
A. care
B. caring

C. careless
D. careful
11. For ________ reasons, passengers are requested not to leave any luggage unattended.
A. secure
B. securely
C. security
D. securing
12. The leader of the explorers had the great _______ in his native guide.
A. confident
B. confidence
C. confidential
D. confidentially
13. We are impressed by his _________ to help us with the hard mission.
A. will
B. willing
C. willingness
D. willingly
14. My mother used to be a woman of great _______, but now she gets old and looks pale.
A. beauty
B. beautiful
C. beautifully
D. beautify
15. My parents will have celebrated 30 years of _______ by next week.
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REVISION FOR GCSE EXAMINATION
A. marry
B. married
C. marriageable D. marriage

16. She was__________ unaware of the embarrassing situation due to her different cultural background.
A. complete
B. completed
C. completing
D. completely
17. I found the movie last night so ________
A. amuse
B. amusing
C. amusingly
D. amused
18. I am so _______ that I cannot say anything, but keep silent.
A. nerve
B. nervous
C. nervously
D. nervousness
19. It is _______ to fail a job interview, but try again.
A. disappoint
B. disappointing C. disappointedly
D. disappointment
20. A child receives his early ________ from their parents.
A. educate
B. education
C. educator
D. educative
21. Thanks to the women's liberation women can take part in ____ activities.
A. social
B. society
C. socially
D. socialize
22. Western women are more ________ than Asian women.

A. depend
B. dependent
C. independent D. independently
23. I think that up to now there has not been a real ________ between men and women.
A. equal
B. equally
C. equality
D. equalize
24. It's really ________ to refuse to talk to her.
A. child
B. childhood
C. childlike
D. childish
25. I like his essay because it's very________
A. imagination B. imaginable
C. imaginative D. imaginary
Câu 15: Cụm động từ (Phrasal verbs)
Phrasal verbs
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.

carry out
fill in
get over
get along/on (with)
get through
give up
go away
go on
go out
go off
hold up
call off
hurry up
look after
look up
look for
put on
result in
stay up late
take up

take off

22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.

take after
take part in
turn on
turn off
turn up
stand for
try on
try out
take in

look up to
look down on
catch up with
turn down
grow up
bring up
come across= run into
make up for
break down

Synonyms
(Từ đồng nghĩa)

conduct
complete
recover from
have good relationship with
connect, pass
stop
leave
continue
go for a walk
explode, ring
delay, postpone, put off
cancel
be quick
take care of, care for
find (in a dictionary)
search for sth
wear

cause
go to bed late
play; continue (uncompleted work)
start to fly
remove (shoes, clothes …)
resemble sbd
attend, join
switch on
switch off
arrive, appear, increase the volume
abbreviate
test
understand
respect/ admire
think less of
keep up with/ keep pace with
refuse, decrease the volume
develop into an adult
raise
meet unexpectedly
compensate
stop functioning well

Vietnamese meanings
tiến hành, thực hiện
điền vào; hồn thành
bình phục
hịa hợp, có quan hệ tốt với
kết nối (điện thoại), vượt qua (kỳ thi)
từ bỏ

bỏ đi
tiếp tục
đi chơi, đi dạo
nổ, reo
trì hỗn, hỗn lại, lỡ hẹn
hủy bỏ
nhanh, vội
chăm sóc
tra cứu từ điển
tìm kiếm (cái gì)
mặc, đội, đeo
gây ra
thức khuya
chơi, tiếp tục (cơng việc cịn dang dở)
cất cánh (máy bay)
cởi ra (giầy dép, quần áo ..)
giống
tham gia
bật
tắt
đến, xuất hiện, bật to
viết tắt, thay cho
thử quần áo
kiểm tra, xem xét
hiểu
coi trọng
coi thường
bắt kịp
từ chối, vặn nhỏ
lớn lên

ni lớn
tình cờ gặp
đền bù
hỏng

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REVISION FOR GCSE EXAMINATION
40. break up
41. call on
42. put out
43. put up with
44. watch out = look out
45. make up
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.

cheer sbd up

let sbd down
wash up
go by
hang on = hold on
hang up
take over
come down with = go down with
come up with
get away with
run out (of)
show off
break in/ into

end a relationship
visit
extinguish
tolerate
be careful and take notice
apply comestics, invent a story, forgive
each other
make sbd happy
disappoint sbd
wash the dishes
pass
wait a short time
end a phone call
get control of a business
become sick
think of
do sth without being noticed/ punished

have none left
boast

tan vỡ, chia tay
đến thăm
dập tắt
chịu đựng
để ý, chú ý
trang điểm, bịa chuyện, làm lành
làm ai vui vẻ
làm ai buồn
rửa bát đĩa
trôi qua
đợi 1 lát
cúp máy (điện thoại)
tiếp quản
bị ốm
nghĩ ra
thoát khỏi
cạn kiệt, hết
khoe khoang
đột nhập

1. Who will ________ the children while you go out to work?
A. look for
B. look up
C. look after
D. look at
2. Please ________ the light, it’s getting dark here.
A. turn on

B. turn off
C. turn over
D. turn into
3. You can __________ the new words in the dictionary.
A. look for
B. look after
C. look up
D. look at
4. It’s cold outside. __________ your coat.
A. Put on
B. Put down
C. Put off
D. Put into
5. Frank never turns up on time for a meeting.
A. calls
B. arrives
C. reports
D. prepares
6. Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
A. do
B. let
C. delay
D. leave
7. My father still hasn’t really recovered from the death of my mother.
A. looked after
B. taken after
C. gone off
D. got over
8. The bomb exploded with a loud bang which could be heard all over the town.
A. went on

B. went out
C. went off
D. went away
9. Bill seems unhappy in his job because he doesn’t get _______ his boss.
A. up to
B. on for
C. on well with
D. in with
10. The government hopes to _________ its plans for introducing cable TV.
A. turn out
B. carry out
C. carry on
D. keep on
11. Both Ann and her sister look like her mother.
A. take after
B. take place
C. take away
D. take on
12. She ran in a marathon last week but________ after ten kilometers. {withdraw}
A. dropped out
B. closed down
C. broke up
D. made up
13. Billy hasn't been working; he won't________ his examinations.
A. get off
B. get through
C. keep up
D. keep off
14. Did Mr. Tan________ the class while Miss Fiona was ill in hospital?
A. take away

B. take over
C. take up
D. take off
15. Johnny sometimes visits his grandparents in the countryside.
A. calls on
B. keeps off
C. takes in
D. goes up
16. I always run ________of money before the end of the month.
A. out B. back
C. up
D. down
17. Stephen always wanted to be an actor when he ________ up.
A. came B. grew
C. brought
D. settled
18. If anything urgent comes ________, you can contact me at this number.
A. across
B. by
C. up
D. round
19. If you want to join this club, you must__________ this application form.
A. make up
B. write down
C. do up
D. fill in
20. - Look ______! There is a car coming. The driver should slow ______when he is coming round the bend.
A. up / in
B. out/ down
C. for / on

D. into/ off
21. Could you please turn ______ the stereo? The music is interesting.
A. up
B. off
C. round
D. to
22. How can you put ______ with your brother? He is talkative and unreliable.
A. on
B. up
C. off
D. at
23. What do the initials USA stand ______?
A. up
B. on
C. for
D. with
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REVISION FOR GCSE EXAMINATION
24. The fireworks went ______ in all their colors and lit ______ the sky.
A. off / up
B. upon / beyond C. among / in
D. up / of
25. So many people were absent that we had to call ____the meeting.
A. on
B. with
C. off
D. in
26. He came ______ some of his old love letters in his wife’s drawer.

A. forward
B. along
C. across
D. up
27. The boy ______ off his jacket and ______ it away.
A. sent / took
B. hung / handed C. got / showed D. took / put
27. You made me disappointed. I would like you did not ____ me down any more.
A. hold
B. slow
C. let
D. go
28. I don’t know why their marriage is ______ up. They end in divorce.
A. approving
B. going
C. breaking
D. putting
Câu 16: Từ gần nghĩa
1
PLAY/
- “Play" dùng trước tên của các môn thể thao đồng
DO/
đội.
GO
- "Do" dùng trước tên của các môn thể thao cá nhân.
- "Go" dùng trước tên các mơn thể thao có dạng
"Ving".
- "Salary" tiền lương (cơ bản).

2

3

4

5

6

SALARY/
WAGE/
INCOME/
PENSION/
DOLE/
SAVINGS

- "Wage" tiền lương, tiền công (thường trả theo giờ,
ngày, tuần).
- "income" thu nhập, lợi tức.
- "Pension" tiền trợ cấp; lương hưu.
- "Dole" tiền trợ cấp thất nghiệp.

- "Savings" tiền tiết kiệm.
- "Scenery" phong cảnh (cảnh vật xung quanh, những
cảnh thiên nhiên hấp dẫn của một vùng quê như núi
non, sông hồ...).
-"Landscape" phong cảnh (của một vùng, tức những
SCENERY/
gì ta có thể thấy được quanh mình khi du hành qua
LANDSCAPE/

vùng đó, ta dùng danh từ landscape để diễn tả, cho dù
SCENE
cảnh vật có hấp dẫn hay khơng).
- "Scene" cảnh phim, cảnh tượng, hiện trường, quang
cảnh (cảnh một người quan sát nhìn thấy).

SEAT/
ROOM/
SPACE/
PLACE

SEE/
LOOK/
WATCH

SEEK/
LOOK FOR/
FIND/
SEARCH

-"Seat” một chỗ mà bạn có thể ngồi, ví dụ như một
cái ghế.
-"Room" khơng gian trống được sử dụng cho một
mục đích cụ thể.
-"Space" một khoảng không gian của một khu vực
hoặc một nơi trống hoặc có sẵn để sử dụng (rộng
hơn).
-"Place" một vị trí, chỗ ngồi... đặc biệt là một vị trí có
sẵn cho hoặc được sử dụng bởi một người hoặc
phương tiện.

- "See"xem không có chủ ý, hình ảnh tự lọt vào mắt
mình, bạn khơng mốn thấy nhưng vẫn thấy.
- “Look" nhìn có chủ ý, ngắm nhìn, bạn muốn nhìn.
- "Watch" nhìn có chủ ý một thứ gì đó, và thứ đó
thường đang chuyển động.

+ We play football in the yard every afternoon.
+ I do aerobics and weight training at the gym.
+ We went swimming with our friends last
Sunday.
+ Your salary will be paid on the third week of
each calendar month.
+ The weekly wage for this job is £200.
+ More help is needed for people on low incomes.
+ When I retire, I will have to live on my pension.
+ If I can't find any work within a month, I'll have
to go on the dole.
+ I’m going to put some of my savings into a
down payment on a car.
+ This area has some of the most awesome
scenery.
+ As we journeyed south, the landscape became
drier and rockier.

+ It’s a delightful rural scene.
+ Would you prefer a window seat or an aisle
seat?
+ Do you have room for a computer on your
desk?
+ Put it in the space between the table and the

wall.
+ Would you like to change places with me so
that you can see better?
+ I opened the curtains and saw some birds
outside.
+ I looked at the man.

+ I watched the bus go through the traffic lights.
-"Seek" tìm (thường dùng trong văn viết) tìm, nhờ ai
+ She seek help from a neighbour.
làm việc gì; để cố gắng đạt được hoặc cố gắng tìm
hoặc lấy thứ gì đó, đặc biệt là thứ khơng phải là vật
thể).
-“Look for" tìm (để hy vọng điều gì đó, mong đợi một
cái gì đó).
+ We shall be looking for an improvement in your
work this term.
- “Find" tìm thấy (khám phá nơi, người hoặc vật một + We've found a great new restaurant near the
cách tình cờ hoặc bất ngờ).
office.
-“Search"tìm (một hành động tìm kiếm, kiểm tra cẩn + The child was found safe and well.
thận nơi, người, vật bị che khuất chưa tìm ra hoặc để
+ Firefighters searched the buildings for
tìm câu trả lời giải quyết vấn đề).
survivors.
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REVISION FOR GCSE EXAMINATION
-"Select" chọn (ai đó / thứ gì đó từ một nhóm người

hoặc vật, thường là theo một hệ thống với sự suy nghĩ,
cân nhắc cẩn thận và thường mang tính quan trọng).
-"Choose” chọn (quyết định những thứ hoặc người mà
SELECT/
bạn muốn trong số những thứ có sẵn dựa trên chất
7
CHOOSE/
lượng, sự vượt trội (cũng mang tính cân nhắc nhưng
PICK
thường sự lựa chọn khơng nhiều)).
-"Pick"chọn (người/cái gì, nhặt ra một thứ, chọn từ
một đống đồ vật và để lại những thứ khác và thường
lựa chọn ngẫu nhiên (ý thân mật, không trang trọng)).
-"Skillful" tinh xảo, khéo léo (ám chỉ đặc biệt đến sự
khéo léo).
SKILLFUL/ -"Skilled" lành nghề, có kĩ xảo (nhờ vào kinh nghiệm
8
SKILLED/
làm việc trong thời gian dài hoặc được đào tạo bài bản
EXPERT
về một công việc nhất định).
-"Expert" lão luyện, tinh thơng (của nhà chun mơn,
địi hỏi trình độ chun mơn cao).
- "Soon" sớm, sắp, ngay, chẳng mấy chốc(được dùng
khi nói đến những gì xảy ra trong thời gian sắp tới).
SOON/
9
- "Early” sớm (trong giai đoạn đầu của một quãng
EARLY
thời gian hoặc là sớm hơn so với dự kiến).

10

11

12

13

14

15

SORE/
HURT/
PAINFUL

-"Sore" bị đau (do sử dụng nhiều, dùng cho bộ phận
trên cơ thể).
-“Hurt" gây đau (tổn thương về thể chất hoặc tinh
thần).
- "Painful" bị đau (đau về thể chất hoặc tinh thần).

- “Spectator" cổ động viên (người xem một sự kiện
thể thao).
SPECTATOR/ - “Viewer" người xem (qua truyền hình).
VIEWER/
- "Audience" người xem/nghe trực tiếp một chương
AUDIENCE/ trình gì.
ONLOOKER - "Onlooker” người xem một sự việc gì đó đang diễn

ra.

STRENGTH/
POWER/
FORCE

SUIT/
MATCH/
FIT/
GO WITH

TEACH/
EDUCATE/
COACH/
TRAIN
TRAVEL/
TRIP/
JOURNEY/
TOUR/
VOYAGE/
EXCURSION/
EXPEDITION

- “Strength" sức mạnh (về thể chất, điểm mạnh trong
tính cách).
- “Power"sức mạnh (quyền lực).
- "Force" sức mạnh (vũ lực).
- “Suit" dùng để chỉ một cái gì đó phù hợp với ai
đó/cái gì đó.
- "Match"mang nghĩa là "hợp” trong sự kết hợp cái gì

đó sóng đơi được với cái gì đó (về màu sắc hay sự bài
trí).
- "Fit" dùng để nói quần áo, mũ, giày dép... vừa vặn
với người.
- “Go with” mang nghĩa kết hợp tốt với cái gì, sóng
đơi được với cái gì (= match).
- “Teach" dạy (truyền đạt kiến thức).
- “Educate" giáo dục, rèn luyện (Educate thường ngụ
ý đến việc đào tạo tồn diện thơng qua hệ thống giáo
dục của trường học).
- “Coach"truyền dạy (trong thể thao).
- "Train" huấn luyện (dùng cho cả người lẫn vật).

+ He hasn't been selected for the team.
+ She was selected as the parliamentary candidate
for Bath.
+ She has to choose between the two men in her
life.
+ She picked the best cake for herself.
+ Pick a number from one to twenty.
+ Police officers have to be skillful drivers.
+ My mother is very skilled at dressmaking.
+ The centre provides expert advice for people
with financial problems.
+ We’ll be home soon.
+ She sold the house soon after her husband died.
+ The project is still in the early stages.
+ The bus was ten minutes early.
+ I’ve got a sore throat beacause of talking so
much.

+ I feel very hurt by what you said.
+ Her annkle was very painful.
+ A painful injury forced her to withdraw from
the game.
+ They won 4-0 in front of over 40,000 cheering
spectators.
+ Millions of viewers will be glued to their sets
for this match.
+ The secret to public speaking is to get the
audience on your side.
+ A crowd of curious onlookers soon gathered to
see what was happening.
+ She's well aware of her strengths and
weaknesses as an artist.
+ Does the president have more power than the
prime minister?
+ Teachers aren't allowed to use force in the
classroom.
+ The city lifestyle seems to suit her - she looks
great.
+ Does this shirt match these trousers?
+ That jacket fits you perfectly.
+I'm not sure that those shoes really go with that
dress.
+ She taught English to foreign students.
+ They were educated at a local secondary school.
+ He coached the Blue Devils during their last
championship season.
+ He's training the dog for the next race.
+ A lot of my travel is business related.

+ We're going on a trip to Norway this summer.

- "Travel": sự đi lại nói chung giữa hai nơi, sự đi du
lịch.
- "Trip": sự đi đến đâu (với thời gian ngắn) và có nhắc
đến việc quay về và thường có mục đích là đi chơi, đi
du lịch, đi công tác....
+ I love going on long journeys.
- "Journey": chuyến đi thường có khoảng cách dài và
thường có địa điểm xác định, nhưng khơng đề cập
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REVISION FOR GCSE EXAMINATION
chuyện quay về.
- "Tour": chuyến đi du lịch đến nhiều nơi theo
chương trình có sẵn.
- "Voyage": chuyến đi dài ngày trên biển hay trong
không gian.
- "Excursion": cuộc tham quan du ngoạn (thường
ngắn và có tổ chức cho một nhóm người.)
- “Work” cơng việc nói chung
- “Job” chỉ một nghề nghiệp, một công việc cụ thể
JOB/ WORK/ hay một vị trí nào đó
OCCUPATIO - “Occupation” Nghề nghiệp, thường ám chỉ đến
16
N/
nghề nghiệp gắn liền với cuộc đời một người (mang
PROFESSION tính trang trọng”
/ CAREER

- “Profession” chỉ ngành nghề hoặc cơng việc địi hỏi
chun mơn
- “Career” chỉ sự nghiệp

+ They've just come back from a tour of
California's wine country.
+ He was a young sailor on his first sea voyage.
+ Next week we're going on an excursion.
 + Thank you for all your hard work.
+ I want to apply for a job in your company.
+ Please state your name, age and occupation
below.
+ She was at the very top of her profession.
+ He had a successful career in television
journalism.

Câu 17: Từ gần nghĩa
Câu 18: Thành ngữ
THÀNH NGỮ (Idioms)
 Một số thành ngữ thông dụng
Section 1: (dùng cho Exercise 1 – Phần thành ngữ)
- take someone/something for granted: cho là điều dĩ nhiên
- take something into account/consideration: tính đến cái gì, kể đến cái gì
- take it easy: không làm việc quá căng thắng
- keep an eye on someone/something: để mắt đến
- lose touch with someone: mất liên lạc
- pay attention to someone/something: chú ý đến
- catch sight of someone/something: nhìn thấy (trong chốc lát)
- at someone's disposal: có sẵn cho ai sử dụng theo ý muốn
- splitting headache: nhức đầu như búa bổ

- beat about the bush: nói vịng vo tam quốc
- off the peg: (quần áo) may sẵn
- on the house: không phải trả tiền
- on the shelf: (đồ vật) xếp xó, bỏ đi, khơng cịn có ích nữa
- hit the roof: giận dữ
- make someone’s blood boil: làm cho ai giận điên lên
- bring down the house: làm cho cả rạp hát vỗ tay nhiệt liệt
- pay through the nose: trả giá mac
- by the skin of one's teeth: sát sao
- pull someone’s leg: trêu chọc ai
Section 2: (dùng cho Exercise 2 - Phần thành ngữ)
- get butterflies in one’s stomach: cảm thấy bồn chồn
- sell like hot cakes: bán đắt như tôm tươi
- shooting star: sao băng
- sow one’s wild oats: trải qua thời kì theo đuổi những thú vui bừa bãi
- close shaves: những lần thoát hiểm trong gang tấc
- have a bee in one’s bonnet about something: hay chú trọng, đặt nặng vấn đề gì
- blow one’s own trumpet: huênh hoang
- fight tooth and nail: chỉến đấu ác liệt, đánh nhau ác
liệt
- head over heels: lăn lơng lốc, hịan tịan
-smell a rat: nghi ngờ có âm mưu, nghi ngờ có sự dối trá
-know something like the back of one's hand: biết rõ điều gì
- the last straw: giọt nước tràn ly
- fly off the handle: mất bình tĩnh, thình lình nổi
nóng
Section 3: (dùng cho Exercise 3 - Phần thành ngữ)
- drop someone a line: viết thư cho ai
- have/get cold feet: sợ hãi
- beside the point: khơng thích hợp

- for the time being: trong lúc này
- off the record: không được ghi, khơng chính thức
- piece of cake: việc dễ làm
- chip off the old block: người có tính cách giống bố
- one’s cup of tea: người hoặc vật mình ưa thích
- get something on one's mind: đang bận tâm điều gì
LANTA - XUANGIANG HIGH SCHOOL - 14


REVISION FOR GCSE EXAMINATION
- down at heel: tàn tạ xơ xác
- make money hand over fist: vớ được lợi lộc béo bở
- in/ out of practice: có/ khơng có thời gian luyện tập
- burn the candle at both ends: làm việc hết sức,không biết giữ sức
- play with fire: chơi với lửa
- go to town (on something): làm cái gì rất hăng hái (nhất là bằng cách chỉ tiền)
- have something on the tip of one’s tongue: sắp nhớ ra, sắp nói ra
Section 4: (dùng cho Exercise 4 - Phần thành ngữ)
- put one’s feet in ií: làm phiền ai
- kill two birds with one stone: một công đôi việc, nhất cử lưỡng tiện
- hit the nail on the head: nói chính xác
- put two and two together: cứ thế mà suy ra
- keep one’s fingers crossed for someone: cầu mong điều tốt đẹp cho ai
- it’s no use/good crying over spilt milk: kêu ca cũng bằng thừa
- by a hair’s breath: trong đường tơ kẽ tóc
- have a narrow/hairbreadth escape: st nữa thì bị tóm, may mà thốt được hình phạt
- a sight for sore eyes: cảnh tượng dễ chịu
- keep one’s chin up: giữ vững can đảm
- come out of one's shell: trở nên dạn dĩ, cởi mở
- catch someone on the hop: đến một cách bất ngờ

- on the spot: lập tức, tại chỗ
- (like) water off a duck’s back: nước đổ đầu vịt (khơng có tác dụng đối với ai)
- fight windmills: đánh nhau với kẻ địch tưởng tượng
- spitting image: có mặt giống như khn đúc
Section 5: (dùng cho Exercise 5 - Phần thành ngữ)
- money for old rope: cách làm ra tiền một cách dễ dàng
- old wives’ tale: chuyện mê tín huyễn hoặc
- long shot: biện pháp xa vời, ít có cơ may thành cơng
- fly in the ointment: mắc míu nhỏ
- crying shame: sự xấu hổ
- wet blanket: người làm cho tập thể cụt hứng (vì bản thân ủ rũ buồn rầu)
- in every nook and cranny: trong mọi ngóc ngách
- general dogsbody: người gánh công việc cho người khác
- a soft spot for someone/something: thích ai/ cái gì
- a last/final fling: trò đùa, ăn chơi cuối cùng
 Một số thành ngữ thông dụng về so sánh
Section 6: (dùng cho Exercise 6 - Phần thành ngữ)
- as strong as a horse/an ox: khỏe như voi
- as thin as a rake: gầy đét
- as tough as old boots (nhất là về thịt): rất dai, khó nhai
- as white as a sheet: trắng bệch, xanh như tàu lá (do sợ hãi, chóang váng)
- as cool as a cucumber: bình tĩnh, khơng hề nao núng
- as deaf as a post: điếc đặc
- as different as chalk and/from cheese: hoàn toàn khác nhau
- fit as a fiddle: khỏe như vâm, rất sung sức
- like a lamb: hiền lành
- as good as gold: có đạo đức rất tốt, rất có giáo dục
Section 7: (dùng cho Exercise 7 - Phần thành ngữ)
- as light as air/a feather: rất nhẹ
- as old as the hills: rất cũ, cố xưa

- as plain as the nose on one’s face: rõ như ban ngày
- as flat as a pancake: đét như cá mắm
- with knobs on (dùng để đáp lại một câu lăng mạ hoặc sự đồng ý dứt khoát): chẳng kém gì, được đấy
- as pleased as Punch: rất hài lịng
- as keen as mustard: hết sức hăng hái hoặc nhiệt tình
- as clear as a bell: rành rọt, dễ nghe
- as fresh as a daisy: tươi như hoa
- as hard as nails: cứng rắn, tàn nhẫn
- as large as life: được thấy xuất hiện bằng xương bằng thịt (không thể nhầm lẫn)
- as stubborn as a mule: cứng đầu cứng cổ, ương bướng
Section 8: (dùng cho Exercise 8 - Phần thành ngữ)
- as sober as a judge: tỉnh táo không hề say rượu
- (as) steady as a rock: vững như bàn thạch
- as thick as thieves: rất ăn ý với nhau, rất thân
- as red as a beetroot: đỏ như gấc
LANTA - XUANGIANG HIGH SCHOOL - 15


REVISION FOR GCSE EXAMINATION
- to sleep like a log: ngủ say như chết
- to hold on like grim death: bám chặt không rời
- to eat/work like a horse: ăn/ làm khỏe
- to smoke like a chimney: hút thuốc lá cả ngày
- to fit like a glove: vừa khít
- to spread like wildfire: (tin đồn) lan rất nhanh
- like a house on fire: rất nhanh, mạnh mẽ
- as peas in a pod: giống nhau như hai giọt nước
- like a clockwork: đều đặn như một cái máy
Câu 19: Cụm từ cố định

WORD COLLOCATION

1. DO:
Do one’s best: cố gắng hết sức
Do one’s duty: làm nhiệm vụ
Do someone a favour: giúp ai
Do an experiment: làm thí nghiệm

Do research: làm nghiên cứu
Do good: bổ ích
Do harm: gây hại

2. MAKE:
Make an attempt: cố gắng, nỗ lực
Make an effort: nỗ lực
Make an announcement: thông báo
Make advance: có tiến bộ
Make progress: tiến bộ
Make a choice: chọn lựa
Make changes: thay đổi
Make a complaint: phàn nàn
Make a comparison: so sánh
Make a contribution: đóng góp
Make a decision: quyết định

Make up one’s mind: quyết định
Make a differrence: tạo sự khác biệt
Make ends meet: kiếm đủ sống
Make a fuss: làm ồn
Make fun (of): cười nhạo

Make a mistake: mắc sai lầm
Make preparations for: chuẩn bị
Make a promise: hứa hẹn
Make sense: hợp lý
Make use of: sử dụng

3. TAKE:
Take action: hành động
Take a risk: mạo hiểm
Take something into account/ consideration: tính đến cái gì, kể đến cái gì
Take a chance: nắm lấy cơ hội
Take it easy: không quá căng thẳng
Take place: xảy ra
Take part in: tham gia vào
Take advantage of sth: tận dụng cái gì
Take notice of sth: chú ý dến cái gì
Take responsibility for sth: chịu trách nhiệm về cái gì
Take sb/sth for granted: xem ai/ cái gì là tất nhiên
4. HAVE:
Have a break : nghỉ giải lao
Have difficulty (in) doing something: gặp khó khăn khi làm cái gì
Have a look : ngắm nhìn
Have fun / a good time: vui vẻ
Have a go/ try: thử
Have a conversation / chat : nói chuyện
5. GET
Get the message: hiểu ý
Get drunk: say rượu
Get lost: lạc đường, mất phương hướng
Get married (to sbd): kết hôn

Get ready: sẵn sàng

6. PAY:
Pay attention to: chú ý dến
Pay a compliment: khen
Pay a visit to sb: đến thăm ai

7. OUT OF
Out of work : thất nghiệp = jobless= unemployed
Out of date : lỗi thời 
Out of reach : ngoài tầm với 
Out of control: vượt ngồi tầm kiểm sốt
Out of order : bị hỏng = out of service 
8. IN
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in advance: trước
in common: có điểm chung
in charge of: chịu trách nhiệm
in favor of: ủng hộ

in stead of: thay vì
in need: đang cần
in danger: gặp nguy hiểm
in a hurry: đang vội

9. AT

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At times : thỉnh thoảng
At once : ngay lập tức
At war : thời chiến
At all cost : bằng mọi giá
At least : ít nhất
At most : nhiều nhất
At ease : nhàn hạ
10. ON
On second thoughts : nghĩ lại 
On one’s own : một mình 
On purpose : có mục đích 
On time : đúng giờ 
On fire : đang cháy
On and off : thỉnh thoảng
On sale : bán giảm giá 
On duty : làm nhiệm vụ
On behalf of: thay mặt
On the occasion of: nhân dịp

11. BY
By chance : tình cờ
= by accident
By mistake : nhầm lẫn
By heart : thuộc lòng 
By oneself : tự mình

Câu 20: Đồng nghĩa (CLOSEST)
Câu 21: Đồng nghĩa
Đồng nghĩa: Mức độ nhận biết (50 câu)
Question 1.The maintenance of these old castles must cost a lot of money.
A. building
B. foundation
C. destruction
D. preservation
Question 2. People in the mountainous areas are still in the habit of destroying forests for cultivation.
A. planting
B. farming
C. industry
D. wood
Question 3. Paris is the ideal place to learn French; it’s a beautiful and hospitable city with Institutions for high quality linguistic
teaching.
A. noticeable
B. friendly
C. affectionate
D. natural
Question 4. American children customarily go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
A. inevitably
B. happily
C. traditionally
D. readily
Question 5. At times, I look at him and wonder what is going on his mind.
A. Never
B. Always
C. Hardly
D. Sometimes
Question 6.We should join hands to protect our environment.

A. take up
B. put up
C. work together
D. make decisions
Question 7. The fact that space exploration has increased dramatically in the past thirty years indicates that we are very eager to learn
all we can about our solar system.
A. seriously
B. gradually
C. significantly
D. doubtfully
Question 8. Everyone is hoping and praying that lasting peace will eventually come to the area.
A. durable
B. ongoing
C. temporary
D. enduring
Question 9. Before you begin the exam paper, always read the instructions carefully.
A. orders
B. answers
C. rules
D. direction
Question 10. A series of programs have been broadcast to raise public awareness of healthy living.
A. people’s
B. teenagers’
C. adolescents’
D. residents’
Question 11. It was really difficult to decide between the two candidates.
A. steal
B. think
C. attempt
D. choose

Question 12. We hope to become more accurate in predicting earthquakes.
A. dangerous
B. delicious
C. nervous
D. exact
Question 13. You may note down your qualifications and experience that can relate to the job.
A. put down
B. hold down
C. draw down
D. jot down
Question 14. It was relatively easy for him to learn baseball because he had been a cricket player.
A. nearly
B. essentially
C. comparatively
D. approximately
Question 15. The factory is fined for discharging dangerous chemicals into the river.
A. releasing
B. increasing
C. decreasing
D. keeping
Question 16. After several days underground after the earthquake one child was pulled out alive.
A. still talking
B. still seeing
C. still living
D. still trying
Question 17. The washing machine I have just bought is very simple to use.
A. boring
B. interesting
C. easy
D. difficult

Question 18. No vehicle weighing over 3.5 tons is allowed on this bridge, according to traffic signs placed at both ends of the structure
A. corruption
B. construction
C. connection
D. confusion
Question 19. The use of lasers in surgery has become relatively commonplace in recent years.
A. comparatively
B. absolutely
C. relevantly
D. almost
Question 20. The dog saw his reflection in the pool of water.
A. imagination
B. bone
C. leash
D. image
Question 21. The repeated commercials on TV distract many viewers from watching their favorite films.
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A. economics
B. businesses
C. contests
D. advertisements
Question 22. My parent’ warnings didn’t deter me from choosing the job of my dreams.
A. influence
B. discourage
C. reassure
D. inspire
Question 23. Students are expected to always adhere to school regulations.

A. question
B. violate
C. disregard
D. follow
Question 24. I didn't go to work this morning. I stayed at home due to the morning rain.
A. thanks to
B. on account of
C. in spite of
D. in addition to
Question 25.
Pitchforks were once carved entirely from wood, but today the have steel tines and wooden handle.
A. in the meantime
B. in one area
C. formerly
D. sometimes
Question 26. Local charity organization benefited the fire victims.
A. donated
B. claimed
C. prevented
D. protested
Question 27. If desired, garnish your plate with parsley, bell pepper rings or other vegetables
A. decorate
B. replace
C. associate
D. provide
Question 28. When you are at restaurant, you can raise your hand slightly to show that you need assistance.
A. bill
B. food
C. menu
D. help

Question 29. Since the death of Laura's father, her mother has become a breadwinner to support the family.
A. a person who bakes bread every morning
B. a person who goes out to work to earn money
C. a bakery-owner
D. a person who delivers bread to make money
Question 30. We do not whistle or clap our hands to get the person’s attention. That is considered
impolite and even rule.
A. offensive
B. polite
C. informal
D. terrific
Question 31. Could you take care of our children while I go away?
A. look like
B. look after
C. look for
D. look at
Question 32. Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the inventions of laborsaving devices.
A. Official
B. Household
C. Foreign
D. Schooling
Question 33. As a government official, Benjamin Franklin often traveled abroad.
A. overseas
B. alone
C. widely
D. secretly
Question 34. It is required for all students to take the entrance examination in oder to attend the university.
A. useful
B. compulsory
C. optional

D. important
Question 35. The air has become more and more polluted because of exhaust fumes from vehicles.
A. wasted
B. contaminated
C. conserved
D. preserved
Question 36. Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking.
A. help
B. prepare
C. be busy
D. attempt
Question 37. We are very anxious about the result of the exam.
A. careful
B. worried
C. excited
D. indifferent
Question 38. Computers and telecommunication are bound to have a huge influence on various aspects of our life.
A. equivalent
B. diverse
C. like
D. similar
Question 39. Physically inactive people are at risk of developing heart disease.
A. dynamic
B. active
C. lively
D. passive
Question 40. We can use either verbal or non – verbal forms of communication.
A. using gesture
B. using speech
C. using verbs

D. using facial expressions
Question 41. Environmentalists appeal to the government to enact laws to stop factories from discharging toxic chemicals into the sea.
A. take over
B. take care of
C. take part in
D. take place
Question 43. He’s really delighted with his success.
A. pleased
B. angry
C. entertained
D. annoyed
Question 44. Try to eliminate fatty foods from your diet.
A. limit
B. move
C. add
D. get rid of
Question 45. The student service centre will try their best to assist students in finding a suitable part-time job.
A. make
B. provide
C. allow
D. help
Question 46. GCSE are not compulsory, but they are the most common qualifications taken by students.
A. required
B. applied
C. fulfilled
D. specialized
Question 47. I received housing benefit when I was unemployed.
A. out of order
B. out of fashion
C. out of work

D. out of practice
Question 48. The space shuttle covered vast distances. out of practice
A. very
B. varying
C. huge
D. hard
Question 49. I didn’t think his the comments were very appropriate at the time.
A. correct
B. right
C. exact
D. suitable
Question 50. When you see your teacher approaching you, a slight wave to attract his attention is appropriate.
A. coming nearer to
B. catching sight of
C. pointing at
D. looking up to
Đồng nghĩa: Mức độ thông hiểu 1 (50 câu)
Question 1. The first few days at university can be very daunting, but with determination and positive attitude, freshmen will soon fit in
with the new environment.
A. interesting
B. memorable
C. serious
D. depressing
Question 2. Deforestation may seriously jeopardize the habitat of many species in the local area.
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A. do harm to
B. set fire to

C. give rise to
D. make way for
Question 3. When Susan invited us to dinner, she really showed off her culinary talents. She prepared a feast - a huge selection of
dishes that were simply mouth-watering.
A. having to do with food and cooking
B. relating to medical knowledge
C. involving hygienic conditions and diseases
D. concerning nutrition and health
Question 4. The works of the English theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking helped pave the way for the framework
of general relativity and theoretical prediction of black holes dynamics and mechanics.
A. terminate
B. lighten
C. initiate
D. prevent
Question 5. She was brought up in a well-off family. She can’t understand the problems we are facing.
A. poor
B. broke
C. wealthy
D. kind
Question 6. The most important thing is to keep yourself occupied.
A. relaxed
B. comfortable
C. possessive
D. busy
Question 7. Yes, we went away on holiday last week, but it rained day in day out.
A. every single day
B. every other day
C. every tow days
D. every second day
Question 8. The government has passed laws to protect wildlife from coomercial trade.

A. enforced
B. enabled
C. ensured
D. enacted
Question 9. Only aggressive species of small animal life are likely to survive in the rough waters nears shallow coral reefs.
A. passive
B. strong
C. assertive
D. marine
Question 10. We decided to pay for the car on the installment plan.
A. credit card
B. piece by piece
C. monthly payment D. cash and carry
Question 11. When the business folded, he took the lion's share of the assets.
A. the only part
B. the smallest part
C. the easiest part
D. the biggest part
Question 12. It’s a lovely house and very big but nobody uses it so it’s a bit of a white elephant.
A. something very expensive and useless
B. something very big and useful
C. something very beautiful and useful
D. something very cheap and useless
Question 13. The shop assistant was totally bewildered by the customer’s behavior.
A. disgusted
B. puzzled
C. angry
D. upset
Question 14. The works of such men as the English philosophers John Locke and Thomas Hobbes helped pave the way for academic
freedom in the modern sense.

A. terminate
B. prevented
C. enhanced
D. incorporated
Question 15. A US man with a large online following in Vietnam has caused widespread anger, and faces possible criminal charges,
over a Facebook post thought to have insulted a military hero.
A. embarrassed
B. offended
C. confused
D. depressed
Question 16. Jack persisted in attempting to convince his employers to use more technology and fewer people.
A. endured
B. remained
C. repeated
D. insisted
Question 17. When posed with a complicated mathematical equation, some students seek the assistance of a teacher.
A. spaced
B. informed
C. solved
D. presented
Question 18. At the advent of his speech, he told a joke but the audience failed to laugh.
A. end
B. commencement
C. creation
D. climax
Question 19. The Extension Program first established in 1873 at Cambridge University has successfully withstood changing popular
trends.
A. sponsored
B. endured
C. stabilized in

D. extended
Question 20. Laws on military service since 1960 still hold good.
A. remains for good
B. is still in good condition
C. stands in life
D. remains in effect
Question 21. The expression “out of the frying pan and into the fire” means to go from one dilemma to a worse one.
A. situation
B. predicament
C. solution
D. embarrassment
Question 22. At every faculty meeting, Ms. Volatie always manages to put her foot in her mouth.
A. move rapidly
B. trip over her big feet
C. fall asleep
D. say the wrong thing
Question 23. When two people get married, it is with the assumption that their feelings for each other are immutable and will never
alter.
A. constantly
B. alterable
C. unchangeable
D. everlasting
Question 24. That the genetic differences make one race superior to another is nothing but a tall story.
A. cynical
B. unbelievable
C. untrue
D. exaggeration
Question 25. She simply took it for granted that the check was good and did not ask him any questions
about it.
A. permitted it

B. accepted it without investigation
C. objected to it
D. looked it over
Question 26. Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2016 for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50year-long civil war to an end.
A. determined
B. sure
C. original
D. certain
Question 27. After many years of unsuccessfully endeavoring to form his own orchestra, Glenn Miller
finally achieved world fame in 1939 as a big band leader.
A. offering
B. deciding
C. requesting
D. trying
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