UNIT 4 LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
TEST 3
I. Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the other.
1. A. aspect B. edition C. experience D. examine
2. A. terrible B. edition C. examine D. dormitory
3. A. persuasion B. campus C. supply D. state
4. A. teacher B. ready C. speaker D. easily
5. A. hard B. delicious C. grandmother D. wonderful
II- Pick out the word that has the main stressed syllable different from the others :
11. A. describe B. foreign C. study D. order
12. A. persuade B. polite C. publish D. supply
13. A. until B. begin C. oral D. award
14. A. advertise B. deposit C. candidate D. institute
15. A. edition B. linguistics C. persuasive D. scenery
III. Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences
1. They couldn’t pass the final____________.
A. exam B. examine C. examining D. examination
2. We have many well ______ teachers here.
A. qualify B. quality C. qualified D. qualification
3. This shirt costs______88,000VND.
A. approximative B. approximately C. approximation D. approximate
4. If you study at the Brighton Language Center- UK, you can live in ______on campus.
A. dormitory B. mobile room C. hotel D. private room
5. I saw your school’s ______in today’s edition of the Vietnam News.
A. advertise B. advertisement C. advertiser D. advertising
6. I can complete a ______ English test if you want.
A. speak B. spoke C. spoken D. speaking
7. She said that she______ learning English with you.
A. like B. liked C. liking D. to like
8. The government supplied the victims______ food and water.
A. to B. with C. on D. for
9. She asked me where I ______from.
A. come B. came C. to come D. coming
10. What aspects of ______ English do you find difficult?
A. study B. studied C. learnt D. learning
11. If you want to attend the course, you______pass the examination.
A. have to B. has to C. had to D. could
12. She______me whether I liked classical music or not.
A. ask B. asks C. asked D. asking
13. He asked me who the editor of this book______.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
14. He told me he______ leave the city the following day.
A. will have to B. would have to C. has to D. had to
15. He wants to know whether I ______ back tomorrow.
A. come B. will come C. would come D. came
16. I wonder why he______ love his family.
A. doesn’t B. don’t C. didn’t D. hasn’t
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17. Mary, have you seen our school’s ______in today edition’s of the “ Times”?
A. advertising B. advertisement C. advertiser D. advertise
18. How can we remember all these vocabulary items?- Well, ______.
A. read them in mind B. study them in heart
C. learn them by heart D. tell them by heart
19. Can you tell me the ______ date of the final exam?
A. same B. good C. ready D. exact
20. I’ve read your advertisement in today’s __________of the “ Tuoi Tre”
A. edit B. editor C. editing D. edition
21. In order to attend a higher course of writing you have__________ the English pretest.
A. to get B. to pass C. to finish D. to study
22. He was a strict __________, he asked me a lot of difficult questions.
A. examine B. examining C. examination D. examiner
23. Books in our school library are __________for us to use.
A. available B. willing C. suitable D. worth
24. I’d like __________an advanced course of computing. Is there any available?
A. to go B. to work with C. to attend D. to have
25. If you want any further__________ you can contact their head office.
A. questions B. information C. answer D. responses
26. How can I remember these grammar rules?- Well, try to do all the __________ exercises in
this grammar book.
A. studying B. working C. learning D. grammar
27. You should try harder to pass the__________ . It’s the most important one of the term.
A. questionnaire B. final exam C. pretest D. funny quiz
28. If you want to improve your English, you __________ practice it every day.
A. can B. had to C. must D. may
29. I feel sick. I think you __________see the doctor if you want to get well.
A. can B. may C. ought to D. had to
30. If you want to get good marks, you __________ study harder.
A. must B. could C. will D. shall
31. Unless you hurry, we __________ catch the bus.
A. can B. can’t C. must D. mustn’t
32. He asked her __________
A. when she leaves the party. B. when did she leave the party.
C. when she left the party D. when does she leave the party.
33. He said, “ I bought this book yesterday.” -> He told me that __________
A. he bought the book yesterday. B. he had bought the book yesterday
C. he had bought the book the day before D. he bought the book the previous day.
34. He said that we would be met at the airport, but in fact, we__________
A. wouldn’t B. couldn’t C. didn’t D. weren’t
35. He wanted to know __________there
A. how long time I had been B. how long I had been
C. how long time had I been D. how long had I been
36. She asked me what time it was.
In direct speech this should be read: __________
A. She asked, “ What time it is? B. She asked, “ What time it was?”
C. She asked, “ What time is it?” D. She asked, “ What time was it?”
37. “ Whose motorbike did you borrow last night?”, he asked.
In reported speech this should be read: __________
A. He asked me whose motorbike did I borrow last night.
B. He asked me whose motorbike had I borrowed last night.
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C. He asked me whose motorbike I had borrowed last night.
D. He asked me whose motorbike I had borrowed the night before.
38. “ Would you like a cup of coffee?”, she asked.
A. She asked if I like a cup of coffee. B. She asked if I would like a cup of coffee.
C. She asked if I liked a cup of coffee. D. She invited me to have a cup of coffee.
39. “ Did you close the windows when you left?”, ha asked.
A. He asked me if I closed the windows when I left.
B. He asked me if I had closed the windows when I left.
C. He asked me if I closed the windows when I had left.
D. He asked me if I had closed the windows when I had left.
40. Are you a school bus driver?- No, not any more, but I __________
A. used to B. used to be C. use to D. use to be
41. “ What are you going to do this weekend?”, she asked
A. She wanted to know what I am going to do that weekend.
B. She wanted to know what I was going to do this weekend.
C. She wanted to know what I were going to do that weekend.
D. She wanted to know what I was going to do that weekend.
42. Can I help you?- Yes, do you know__________?
A. when the bus come B. when the bus comes
C. when the bus came D. when will the bus come
43. She told me that her mother __________ to market when I arrived.
A. just went B. had just gone C. has just gone D. had just been gone
44. “ Whose book is on my desk?”. The teacher asked us __________ .
A. whose book is on his desk B. whose book was on his desk
C. whose book on his desk is D. whose book on his desk was
45. She asked me to sit next Mary.
In direct speech, this should be read: “__________”, she said.
A. Please sitting next to Mary. B. Next to Mary, please.
C. Please to sit next to Mary. D. Please sit next to Mary.
46. “Who wrote this letter?”, said the teacher. – The teacher __________
A. asked us who had written that letter. B. asked us who that letter had written.
C. asked us who had written the letter. D. told to us who had written letter.
47. The traffic law requires anyone under 18 __________a motorcycle in the street.
A. don’t ride B. not to ride C. doesn’t ride D. ride not
48. You mustn’t hurry up. If you __________, you will be late.
A. don’t B. won’t C. aren’t D. mustn’t
49. I asked Lan if __________ .
A. she enjoys her music class. B. she will enjoy her music class.
C. did she enjoy her music class. D. she enjoyed her music class.
50. __________? She is about 40 kg.
A. How much is her weight B. How heave is she
C. How much weight is she D. How many kilos is her weight
IV. Find the mistake then correct it.
1. The teacher ordered us not open our book until she told us to do so.
2. He is angry about having not been invited to her birthday party.
3. John was upset last night because he had to do too many homework.
4.We wish we have a longer vacation but we don’t
5. He doesn’t have any informations about the departure and arrival time of today’s flights.
6. I wish I didn’t go there for my holiday last year. I didn’t enjoy it.
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7. The mother asked her son what did he want for his birthday.
8. Throughout the United States there is fast food restaurants where hamburgers are served.
9. Each of the students in the class has to do their own assignment this semester.
10. Helen was proud for finishing the work in such a short time.
V. Fill in each gap one suitable preposition.
Dear sir,
I saw your advertisement (1)………………. English classes (2)………… Sunflowers
magazine and I am interested (3)…………. coming (4)…………….your Foreign Language
Center this summer.
I have learnt English (5)…………… 2 years but I have never been (6)……… England
and I feel that it is now necessary, especially to improve my pronunciation. Could you please
send me more information (7)…………. your courses and an application form? I would also like
some information about accommodation. I can do your tests (8)………… attending your course if
necessary.
I look forward (9)…………. hearing (10)………… you as soon as possible.
Your faithfully,
J.B John.
VI. Read the text then choose the best answer to fill in the blanks.
LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE
Some people learn a second language (1)_____. Other people have trouble learning a
new language . How can you have (2)_____learn a new language , such as English ? There are
several ways to make learning English a little (3)_____and more interesting .
The first step is to feel positive about learning English . If you believe that you can
learn,you will learn .(4)____patient.You do not to have to understand(5)____all at once . It `s
natural to make mistakes when you learn something new . We can learn from our mistakes .
The second step is to practice your English. For example , write in a journal, or diary
,every day. You will get used to (6)_____in English , and you will feel comfortable expressing
your ideas in English . After several weeks, you will see that your writing is improving .
(7)_____,you much speak English every day. You can practice with your classmates
(8)_____class.
The third step is to keep a record of your language learning . You can write this in your
journal . After (9)_____class , think about what you did . Did you answer a question(10)_____?
Did you understand something the teacher explained?Perhaps the lesson was difficult , but you
tried to understand it .
It is important to practice every day and make a record of your achievements .
1. A. ease B. easy C. easily D. all a, b, c.
2. A. itself B. yourself C. himself D. herself
3. A. ease B. easy C. easily D. easier
4. A. Be B. Being C. To be D. Been
5. A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something
6. A. write B. writing C. to write D. written
7. A. In addition B. Addition C. Additional D. By addition
8. A. of side B. outside C. beside D. byside
9. A. some B. each C. all D. few
10. A. correct B. correction C. correctly D. corrective
VIII. Rewrite these following sentences keep meaning as the root ones
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1. The day was so cold that we stayed indoor
It ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. The man was too tired to keep on working
The man was so…………………………………………………………………………………….
3. TV programmes attract so many viewers. They can satisfy every taste
Because……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. He is not good at English, He can’t get the job
If……………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Nam washes his car every week
Nam wishes his car ……………………………………………………………………………….
6. He used to wait there all the time
He used to wait there ………………………………………………………………………………
7. My friend had the storekeeper deliver the book case
My friend asked …………………………………………………………………………………
8. My brother can be so annoying some times
I am ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
9. Although he is old, he often plays tennis
Inspite of …………………………………………………………………………………………
10. Tom is not used to working so hard
Tom is in …………………………………………………………………………………………
IX. Give the correct foem of these following words
1. We need further ___________________ (inform)
2. The song is ________________ to me. (interest)
3. Jeans are ___________________ made from cotton. (complete)
4. My teacher ____________ me to take this examination. COURAGE
5. He used all his ____________ to force the door open. STRONG
6. The police are interested in the sudden ____________ of the valuable painting. APPEAR
7. The teacher gave his students ____________ to leave the classroom. PERMIT
8. The Saigon Giai Phong is a ____________ newspaper. DAY
9. You should go on a diet. You're a bit ____________. WEIGH
10.Thousands of people have been made ____________ by the war. HOME
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