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I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to fill in the blanks.
1. I ………… a letter from my old friend last week.
A. sent B. gave C. received D. took
2. “Would you …………to go to the movies with me?” – “I’d love to.”
A. like B. want C. love D. mind
3. He is not …………get married.
A. enough old to B. enough old for C. old enough to D. old
enough for
4. She is wearing a ………… dress.
A. red new pretty B. new pretty red C. pretty red new D.
pretty new red
5. Her mother …………this city two years ago.
A. left B. leaves C. is leaving D. will
leave
6. I find Peter is not communicative. He’s rather …………in public.
A. kind B. reserved C. sociable D.
humorous
7. They enjoy …………jokes.
A. to tell B. tell C. telling D. told
8. The River Amazon …………into the Atlantic Ocean.
A. flow B. flows C. flowed D. is
flowing
II. Complete the paragraph. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form or tense.
Nien (be) …………Hoa’s next-door neighbor in Hue. She (be) …………very beautiful. She (have)
…………big brown eyes and lovely smile. Last week, she (go) …………to Ha Noi (visit) …………Hoa. They
(travel) …………around the city and (see) …………a lot of interesting places. Nien (think) …………Ha Noi
(be) …………beautiful but so noisy and busy, so she (not like) …………(live) …………there.
III. Supply the correct word form.
1. People in my country are very warm and ……………………. (friend)
2. An …………………….is a child whose parents are dead. (orphanage)
3. L.A. Hill is a …………………….writer. (humor)

4. I’m …………………….sorry for the delay. (extreme)
5. She looks more …………………….than her sister. (beautifully)
6. They were very …………………….to survive a shipwreck. (luck)
7. I love the …………………….of summer evenings in the countryside. (peaceful)
8. Those cats look ……………………. (love)
IV. Make questions for the answers.
1. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- Nguyen Bao Quoc.
2. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- Fifteen.
3. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- Tall, thin, short curly hair.
4. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- At 2/16A Tran Hung Dao Street.
5. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- Humorous, kind and helpful.
6. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- His parents and elder sister.
7. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- Swimming, reading and fishing.
8. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- Phong and Nam.
V. Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions.
Do you have any close friends? I think everybody at least has one close friend in their life. And
so doI. I have two close friends, Hanh and Mai. We are in the same class at the primary school, and
then secondary school. We are also neighbors so we spend most of our time in learning and playing
together. Hanh is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval rosy face. She is an intelligent
student who is always at the top of the class. She likes reading, and she often goes to the library
whenever she has free time. Mai isn’t as beautiful as Hanh, but she has a lovely smile and looks very
healthy. Mai is very sporty. She spends most of her free time playing sports. Mai is a volleyball star of

our school. She is also very sociable and has a good sense of humor. Her jokes always make us laugh.
I love both of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never die.
1. Does the author have any close friends? If yes, what are their names?
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2. What does Hanh look like?
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3. What does she like?
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4. What does she often do in her free time?
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5. Is Mai more beautiful than Hanh?
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6. What is Mai’s hobby?
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7. Which sport does Mai play in the school team?
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8. What is Mai’s character?
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VI. Put the words or phrases in correct order to make sentences.
1. enough/ Jane/ stay/ to/ alone/ old/ isn’t/ at home.
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2. you/ going/ to/ are/ what/ do/ next weekend?
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3. she/ hair/ black/ has/ long/ straight.
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4. in the east/ rises/ sun/ the/ in the west/ sets/ and.
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5. table/ large/ was/ in the kitchen/ there/ a/ wooden/ round.
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6. awful/ an/ what/ house!

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VII. Write a paragraph about Trung, using the information in the box.

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Name: Nguyen Manh Trung Age: 15
Appearance: tall, fat, short curly hair
Characters: sociable, generous, kind
Address: 24 Nguyen Du Street, Ho Chi Minh City
Family: mother, father and two younger sisters
Hobbies: swimming, reading
Friends: Nam, Thanh, Phong

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VIII. Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence, using (not)
Adjective + enough + to infinitive.
1. My sister is old. She can drive a car.
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2. The radio isn’t small. You can’t put it in your pocket.
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3. This coat isn’t warm. I don’t wear it in winter.
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4. She is beautiful and intelligent. She can become Miss World.
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5. The weather was fine. We could go camping.
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6. Those apples aren’t ripe. We can’t eat them.
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7. Mr. Robinson isn’t rich. He can’t buy a house.
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8. The worker is clever. He can make fine things from wood.
IX. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form or tense.
1. She (not drink) ………………coffee. She (drink) ………………Coca Cola.
2. It (be) ……………… often hot in the summer.
3. What ………………you (do) ………………every evening?
4. The earth (circle) ……………… the sun once every 365 days.
5. I (see) ………………her very often.
6. Most rivers (flow) ………………into the sea.
7. Vegeterians (not eat) ………………meat.
8. Bees (make) ………………honey.
9. Rice (not grow) ………………in cold climates.
10. Where ………………Martin (come) ………………from?
-He (be) ………………Scottish.
X. Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions.
Hang is fourteen years old. She is a pretty girl (1) ………………long black hair. She goes (2)
………………school five days a week and usually goes swimming (3) ………………some friends (4) ………………
Saturday mornings. She lives (5) ………………a large house (6) ………………her mother, father and younger
brother (7) ………………2/34 Nguyen Train Street. Hang has a lot (8) ………………friends. (9)………………all
her friends, Nga and Thuy are the ones she spends most of her time (10) ……………… They are all like
listening (11) ………………music and playing sports (12) ………………their free time.