Đề cương Tiếng Anh 10 Unit 2: SCHOOL TALKS (Trường THPT Nguyễn Thượng Hiền TP.HCM)

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ENGLISH 10 – UNIT 2: SCHOOL TALKS
I. PRONUNCIATION
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II.
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Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
A. agree
B. employ
C. threaten
D. respond
A. attention
B. consider
C. response
D. attitude
A. corner
B. arrange
C. crowded
D. practice
A. delete
B. common
C. expect
D. express
A. disagree
B. conversation
C. rearrange
D. memorable
A. employee
B. holiday
C. bicycle
D. marvelous
A. enjoy
B. relax
C. women
D. hotel

A. interest
B. weightless
C. memory
D. converse
A. language
B. pleasure
C. business
D. attend
A. marvelous
B. memorize
C. practical
D. improvement
A. memorialize
B. professional
C. situation
D. employer
A. nervous
B. household
C. capital
D. enrolment
A. occupation
B. similarity
C. relaxation
D. professor
A. opinion
B. profession
C. specific
D. national
A. semester
B. chemistry

C. profession
D. consider
A. status
B. target
C. topic
D. relax
A. similar
B. situate
C. specify
D. occasion
A. suggest
B. narrow
C. safety
D. practice
A.technology
B. biology
C. history
D. geography
A. unemployed
B. expectation
C. nationality
D. occasionally
A. unemployment
B. international
C. entertainment
D. appropriate
A. unhealthy
B. experience
C. deletion
D. marital

Choose the word in each line that has different stress pattern.
1. A. ask
B. tragic
C. mathematics
D. married
2. A. award
B. atomic
C. abroad
D. answer
3. A. came
B. private
C. made
D. take
4. A. garden
B. various
C. farm
D. harm
5. A. labour
B. bookcase
C. national
D. famous
6. A. name
B. background
C. enable
D. rabies
7. A. name
B. black
C. hat
D. candle
8. A. state

B. plan
C. plane
D. lake
9. A. hard
B. start
C. party
D. particular
10. A. son
B. wonderful
C. above
D. woman
11. A. column
B. colour
C. love
D. come
12. A. chosen
B. golden
C. cover
D. grove
13. A. company
B. complain
C. month
D. comfortable
14. A. funny
B. rubbish
C. upper
D. student
15. A. push
B. sugar
C. butter

D. put

WORD FORM
The store
with shoppers. (crowd)
Big C supermarket is always
with shoppers. (crowd)


How many people does the company
? (employer)
I had applied for the position, and the
promised to offer it to me. (employ)
I think the tail both informative and
. (entertain)
Keep
by the eating well and exercising regularly. (health)
The children are
in picture books. (interest)
The students in our class are very
. (interest)
When he was 36, he
Mary. (marriage)
I
play badminton but I don’t often have time. (occasion)
Many of the performers were very
. (profession)
I’m worried about the
of the treatment. (safe)
They collected 1000

for their petition. (sign)
If two people speak the same language, they usually have
attitides and opinions.
(similar)
15. Doctors are
about the possible spread of the disease. (worry)
16. He is an
story-teller we all like his jokes.
A. amuse
B. amuses
C. amused
D. amusing
17. At last the explorers had to stop their journey because of the
rain.
A. continue
B. continuous
C. continuing
D. continuously
18. He called at midnight while everybody was asleep. It was very
time.
A. convenient
B. conveniently
C. inconvenient
D. convenience
19. Big C supermarket is always
with shoppers.
A. crowding
B. crowd
C. crowded
D. to crowd

20. As a child, he receive most of his
at home.
A. educate
B. educated
C. education
D. educator
21. I had applied for the position, and the
promised to offer it to me.
A. employ
B. employer
C. employee
D. employment
22. Nobody believed the official got the money
.
A. honest
B. dishonest
C. honesty
D. honestly
23. The children are
in picture books.
A. interests
B. interesting
C. interested
D. interest
24. The students in our class are very
.
A. to interest
B. interesting
C. interest
D. interested

25. The
authority appealed to the contribution of the community to help the victims of the
fire with food, clothes, and money.
A. local
B. location
C. locally
D. locality
26. I’d like to speak to our form teacher about a
matter.
A. person
B. personal
C. personality
D. personally
27. If two people speak the same language, they usually have
attitudes and opinions.
A. similar
B. similarity
C. similarly
D. dissimilar
28. Could you speak more slow, please!
A
B
C
D
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
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III. VOCABULARY
1.

Use the word in brackets to complete these sentences.
about
crowded
enjoyable
narrow
similar
stuck

jobs
subject

language
word


Can you speak any other
besides English ?
Don’t worry
me. I’ll be fine.
If two people the same language, they usually have

attitudes and opinions.
Most students find the course very
.
My favourite
is history.
Our coach was
in a traffic jam and got to Heathrow forty minutes late.
She is interested in teaching
because she loves working with children.
The store was
with shoppers.
The truck could not take that road because it was very
.
Approximately half the people interviewed were in manual occupations.
Use the word in brackets to complete these sentences.
attention
crowded
entertainment
married
mathematical
employees
relaxation
safety

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

7.
8.
9.
10.
2.

The police gave him protection for
.
Susan is getting
to Nicole next month.
The company made hundreds of
redundant.
Shopping centers get very
just before Chrismas.
The show brought
to millions of viewers.
How many times do I have to ask you to pay
?
She listens to classical music for
.
He can calculate very quickly. He has an amazing ability to solve
problem.
Multiple choice.
1. I don’t really like getting up early but I have to because I often have lessons at 7.15.
A. late
B. later
C. first
D. soon
2. I’m the headmaster of Chu Van An High School.
A. head

B. master
C. teacher
D. principal
3. When you meet your friends, which topic do you often talk about ? – Films
A. plays
B. movies
C. theatres
D. stories
4. They are very kind to the students and they enjoy teaching very well.
A. handsome
B. nice
C. pretty
D. beautiful
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

3.

I like English best because it’s an important means of international communication.
A. want
B. need
C. enjoy
D. wish
6. I study many subjects such as Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Vietnamese Literature, History,

Geography etc.
A. a lot
B. a lot of
C. lots
D. much
7. Most people start to lose their memory as they get older.
A. ability to remember
B. ability to impress
C. feeling of admiration D. ability to affect
8. I’m interested in teaching profession because I love working with children.
A. science
B. technology
C. career
D. department
9. I study in class 10A with forty-five other students.
A. learn
B. teach
C. instruct
D. review
10. We live in a small flat above the corner shop in Tay Son Street.
A. younger
B. minor
C. tiny
D. short
11. What is your surname ?
A. first name
B. second name
C. nickname
D. family name
5.

is the scientific study of the life and structure of plants and animals.
A. Physics
B. History
C. Geography
D. Biology
13.
is the scientific study of the structure of substances.
A. Mathematics
B. Foreign language
C. Literature
D. Chemistry
14. Advertising is a(n)
whichhelps manufactures to sell more goods.
A. Entertainment
B. business
C. science
D. designing
15. After leaving school, Ann
as a teacher as she loves working with children.
A. Studied
B. trained
C. chose
D. decided
16. Ann’s parents were very pleased when they read her school
.
A. Marks
B. report
C. account

D. degree
17. Big C supermarket is always
with shoppers.
A. Crowding
B. crowd
C. crowded
D. to crowd
18. Children have to
a lot of homework at home.
A. Make
B. do
C. answer
D. explain
19. Could you please stop
so much noise ?
A. Making
B. doing
C. talking
D. spending
20. Doctors often advise having a medical check twice a year to find out our
problem
as soon as possible.
A. Project
B. profession
C. health
D. understanding
21. English is an international
.
A. Language
B. means

C. subject
D. profession
22. He applied for a teaching
at Bales University with great confidence.
A. Career
B. post
C. work
D. employment
23. He often
his bicycle to the countryside at weekends.
A. Drives
B. rides
C. carries
D. guides
12.

He sometimes fails to
his attention to what other people are saying.
A. get
B. take
C. come
D. pay
25. Ho Chi Minh City is the biggest cultural and economic
in South Vietnam.
A. center
B. pole
C. middle
D. spot
26. I
a bike to school every day.

A. go
B. sail
C. ride
D. steer
27. I am a
. I learn six days a week at school.
A. teacher
B. headmaster
C. manager
D. student
28. I am going to the
to borrow some books.
A. bookshop
B. lab
C. computer room
D. library
29. I hope your work will improve by the end of the second
.
A. period
B. course
C. term
D. occasion
30. I like
best because I enjoying working with numbers.
A. literature
B. math
C. biology
D. geography
31. I love my family
.

A. very much
B. very many
C. very lots
D. very a lot
32. If two people speak the same
, they usually have similar attitudes and opinions.
A. talks
B. language
C. problems
D. lecture
33. If two people speak the same language, they usually have
attitudes and opinions.
A. similar
B. similarity
C. similarly
D. different
34. It’s important to ask a lot of questions to
a conversation going on.
24.


keep
B. have
C. make
D. hold
35. It was two weeks before Chrismas and supermarket was
with shoppers.
A. early
B. narrow
C. crowded

D. stuck
36. Lan
has English on Monday and Friday.
A. usual
B. frequent
C. usually
D. normal
37. Mathematics is an important
, which is required in most of examinations for high
school students.
A. object
B. subject
C. fact
D. syllabus
38. Mathematics is my favourite
.
A. objective
B. requirement
C. subject
D. purpose
39. Most student find the course very
.
A. enthusiastic
B. anxious
C. enjoyable
D. convenient
40. Mr. Tran Hai is in
of Chu Van An High School. He is a teacher.
A. place
B. service

C. charge
D. responsibility
41. Mr. Hammond is the principal who is in
of our school.
A. charge
B.service
C. responsibility
D. place
42. My favorite
at school is English.
A. classroom
B. topic
C. theme
D. subject
A.

Our coach was
in a traffic jam and got to the airport forty minutes late.
A. fasten
B. fixed
C. joined
D. stuck
44. Our English teacher
us some difficult exercises for homework
A. set
B. put
C. obliged
D. made
45. Our main objective is to
educational standards.

A. avoid
B. enjoy
C. make
D. improve
46. Peter cannot
English. Neither can Mary.
A. tell
B. talk
C. speak
D. say
47. She can
four foreign languages.
A. say
B. tell
C. speak
D. talk
48. She is interests in teaching
because she loves working with children.
A. semester
B. communication
C. work
D. profession
49. She studied very hard so that she would not
the exam.
A. fell
B. failed
C. fall
D. fail
50. Students often have a three-month
evey summer.

A. rest
B. holiday
C. break
D. relaxation
51. Sometimes he does not pay
to his teachers so he does not get high marks.
A. love
B. attention
C. expectation
D. time
52. That’s a
idea!
A. greatly
B. great
C. big
D. large
53. The boss
to sack him because he had been late twice.
A. hoped
B. improved
C. threaten
D. advised
54. The leader of a school is the
.
A. captain
B. director
C. vice-headmaster
D. headmaster
55. The New Year is coming so most of the clothing stores are
with people.

A. crowded
B. full
C. accustomed
D. fed up
56. The truck could not take that road because it was very
.
A. wide
B. large
C. narrow
D. broad
43.


There is so
on the road nowadays.
A. many cars
B. many bikes
C. much traffic
D. much motorbikes
58. We were
in heavy traffic so we were twenty minutes late.
A. crowded
B. got
C. captured
D. stuck
59. We would like to
for the late departure of the flight.
A. compliment
B. improve
C. entertain

D. apologize
60. What do you usually give your teachers on the
of Vietnamese teachers’day ?
A. time
B. opportunity
C. occasion
D. chance
61. What time do you
math on Thursday ?
A. take
B. has
C. have
D. takes
62. When I am tired, I like to watch television. It is
.
A. relaxing
B. thrilling
C. nervous
D. lovely
57.

When I arrive home from work, I often
A. relax
B. amuse
64. Would you like something to
A. drink
B. eat
65. Young children enjoy helping with
A. household tasks
B. homework

63.

myself with an exciting film.
C. correct
D. prepare
? – Yes, a glass of orange juice please.
C. swallow
D. have
.
C. housework
D. A & C are correct

IV. PREPOSITION
He missed the last semester because of the serious illness. Now he has to work harder to
his
classmate.
A. put up with
B. be bored up with
C. catch up with
D. lose sight of
2. During the rush hour, streets are often crowded with
people and vehicles.
A. for
B. of
C. in
D. with
3. The New Year is coming, so most of the clothing stores are
with people.
A. crowded
B. full

C. accustomed
D. fed up
4. Please fill
this registration form and hand it in tomorrow.
A. over
B. down
C. through
D. in
5. My sister is not ver good
geography.
A. on
B. in
C. at
D. for
6. We’re really happy
Profession James. He just received an award for excellence in
teaching.
A. for
B. to
C. over
D. in
7. She is interested
working as a tour guide because she enjoys working
people.
A. at / for
B. in / with
C. at / on
D. of / at
8. It is important
student to attend all the lectures before the exam.

A. of
B. for
C. with
D. onto
9. It is very kind
you to help me solve the problem.
A. on
B. of
C. in
D. about
10. “What do you do
a living ?” Mrs. Anderson asked the man.
A. for
B. by
C. through
D. in
11. Nowadays, email is the best means
communication.
A. of
B. on
C. in
D. at
12. Why are you
such a bad mood today ?
A. in
B. on
C. at
D. with
1.

Sometimes he does not pay
to his teachers so he does so he does not get high marks.
A. love
B. attention
C. expectation
D. time
14. He sometimes fails to
his attention to what other people re saying.
A. get
B. take
C. come
D. pay
15. The shop has plenty
flowers today.
A. in
B. of
C. for
D. on
16. He was proud
being a champion.
A. of
B. over
C. with
D. for
17. John has just received a letter
his parents, who live abroad.
A. from
B. of
C. off

D. up
18. During dinner, the family members talked
their day.
A. about
B. over
C. to
D. with
19. Where have you been ? I’ve been waiting
you for over half an hour!
A. to
B. on
C. for
D. after
20. Don’t worry
me. I’ll be fine.
A. to
B. about
C. with
D. for
21. Keep calm! There is nothing to worry
.
A. on
B. in
C. for
D. about
13.

V.

ARTICLE

1. I

would rather go
home and have
lunch.
A. the / a
B. a / the
C. ∅ / the
D. ∅ / ∅
2. Peter is one of
best students that most of us admire.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. ∅
3. English is regarded as
means of international communication.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. ∅

VI. GRAMMAR: WH-QUESTIONS
Exercise 1: Match a question in column A with its answer in column B.
1. What do you do ?
a. By bicycle.
2. Who did you see last night ?
b. It’s today!
3. Where do you live ?
c. I’m a student.

4. When is you birthday ?
d. Forty.
5. Why are you wearing a suit ?
e. Classical music.
6. How many students are there in your class ? f. In an apartment in the center of the city
7. What kind of music do you like best ?
g. Tam and An.
8. How do you go to school ?
h. Because I’m going to an important meeting.
Answer:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Exercise 2: Complete each question with on of the wh-question words.
1. _________brothers and sisters do you have? – I have one brother and one sister.
2. _________car is it? – It is Mr. Brown’s.
3. _________didn’t you go to work yesterday? – Because I was sick.
4. _________is it from here to your home? – 2 kilometers.
5. _________do you feel now? – Little tired but OK.
6. _________do you usually get up in the morning? – At 6 o’clock.
7. _________does Nam work? – In Hai Phong.
8. _________did the car accident happen? – Yesterday.


Exercise 3: Make questions for the underlined words or phrases.

1. Mary closed the window.  ________________________________________________________
2. Miss Phuong teaches English at a high school. ________________________________________
3. A car accident happened last night. _________________________________________________
4. Swimming is my favorite sport. ___________________________________________________
5. John can speak five languages. ____________________________________________________
6. It is about 2 kilometers from here to the nearest bus station. _____________________________
7. Mrs. White is a nurse. ___________________________________________________________
8. My teacher is very tall and blond. __________________________________________________
9. No, she isn’t a peasant. __________________________________________________________
10. The tickets are $5. ______________________________________________________________
11. These are my books. ____________________________________________________________
12. He is doing homework. __________________________________________________________
13. They are living in Da Nang City now. ______________________________________________
14. He goes to school by bike. _______________________________________________________
15. I like English and Maths best. _____________________________________________________
16. I like Maths best. _______________________________________________________________
17. It takes her 15 minutes to go to school. ______________________________________________
18. John parks his bicycle under a tree. ________________________________________________
19. Miss Phuong loves teaching because she loves working with children. _____________________
20. Phong studies at Chu Van An High School. __________________________________________
21. We go swimming every day. ______________________________________________________
22. I often go swimming once a week. _________________________________________________
23. I often listen to classical music to relax my mind. _____________________________________
24. Mary often goes to the library because she likes studying in a queit place. __________________
25. She often gets up at 6 o’clock. ____________________________________________________
26. He arrived in Nha Trang yesterday. _________________________________________________
27. I saw him two days ago. _________________________________________________________
28. I spoke to her last night. _________________________________________________________
29. They danced and sang happily. ____________________________________________________
30. We went to Lan’s birthday party last week. __________________________________________

31. I have been learning English for 5 years. ____________________________________________

VII. WRITING
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

When did you last ride a bike?  How long___________________________________________
I last saw him last year.  I haven’t__________________________________________________
The student said it was true that he didn’t do homework before class.  The student admitted____
______________________________________________________________________________
He likes to go to the countryside.  He enjoys_________________________________________
It takes him fifteen minutes to go to school.  He spends________________________________
Can you turn the light on?  Would you______________________________________________
The doctor advises her to take a complete rest.  She___________________________________
His mother said to him: “Don’t go out when it rains.”  His mother________________________
Where is the post office?  Could you_______________________________________________


She likes learning Chemistry best.  Chemistry________________________________________
I didn’t know why people are attracted to spending all day on the beach.  I can’t see the attraction
______________________________________________________________________________
12. I was going to leave, but because of what he said, I didn’t.  She persuaded_________________
13. It’s not necessary to finish the work today.  You don’t have to___________________________

14. This is my first visit to Ha Noi.  This is the first time__________________________________
15. I last worte to my parents in November.  I haven’t written______________________________
16. Marie was the first woman that received a PhD from Sorbonne. (to)  Marie was_____________
17. I think you should tell the truth.  I want you__________________________________________
18. My father said I could use his car.  My father allowed__________________________________
19. He couldn’t move to a higher place because the flood was so bad.  The flood was too_________
20. John has not had his hair cut for over six months.  It is_________________________________
10.
11.

VIII. READING COMPREHENSION
Read the passage and mark A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word.
Lindsay Lewis is married with four children. In 1969 he (1)
to Cambridge University and took a
degree in economics. From 1972 to 1978 he taught (2)
India and Japan. He returned to England
to do research at Bristol University. He has lived in Fairfiled (3)
seven years and he is now the
principal of a technical college. He was the chairman of Fairfield Education Committee in 1986. He was
also a member of the Public Health Council for two years. In 1987 he (4)
his best essay on
education. He always wants to improve (5)
and the government health services. His hobbies are
swimming, playing chess, and collecting foreign coins.
1. A. go
B. gone
C. went
D. goes
2. A. at
B. for

C. on
D. in
3. A. during
B. for
C. since
D. after
4. A. wrote
B. writing
C. written
D. writes
5. A. education
B. educator
C. educational
D. educate
2. Read the passage and choose the correct answer.
Parents send their children to school to prepare for the time when they grow up. Children learn
their native language so that they will be able to communicate fluently with other people around
them. Moreover, they can preserve the valuable culture and literature of their country. They learn
foreign languages in order to benefit from other countries’ heritage. The more foreign languages they
learn, the more benefits they get. Children also learn mathematics to calculate, geography to know about
nature, and history to know about human beings and historical events. Nearly everything they study at
school has some practical uses in their life.
1. Parents send their children to school to
.
A. make them grow up B. prepare for their future C. learn English
D. play better
2. Why do children have to learn their native language?
A. To learn foreign languages
C. To communicate fluently with other people around them
B. To know about nature

D. To benefit from foreign countries’ heritage
3. According to the passage, children learn history to know about
.
A. the mankind B. people and historial events C. practical uses in life D.events of the history
4. How many school subjects are mentioned in the passage?
A. Four
B. Seven
C. Five
D. Six
5. Most of the things children learn at school
.
1.


A.

have no use

B. have some practical uses

C. are useless

D. are not necessary