Practice test 3

PRACTICE TEST 3
I.

Find the word that has the different pronunciation.

1.

A. honest

B. hour

C. honor

D. humor

2.

A. excited

B. recycle

C. festival

D. enroll

3.

A. question

B. application

C. participation

D. co-operation

4.

A. interest

B. fill out

C. citizenship

D. highlight

5.

A. comment

B. equipment

C. development

D. improvement

6.

A. escape

B. graze

C. transit

D. chase

II. Choose the best answer. Circle it.
1.

Nga learns English very hard so she can speak English very ............
A. well

2.

C. is teach

B. stayed/ watch

C. stayed/ watched

B. Do

C. Are

“What’s your hobby? – “I like ..........
A. drawing

7.

B. is teaching

........ show me the way to the nearest post office?

A. Can

6.

C. between

What did you do yesterday? – I ......... home and...... T.V
A. stay/ watch

5.

B. until

Now Mrs Lien is in class 8E. She ....... Math.
A. teaches

4.

C. slowly

Tomorrow I’ll have a meeting .......... 8.30 and 9.30.
A. at

3.

B. bad

B. draw

C. to draw

“Could you do me a favor?” – ...........
A. What can I do for you?

B. I’m sorry. I’m very busy.

C. Both A & B are correct.
8.

How many countries will participate ............ the Olympic Games?
A. on

9.

B. in

C. at

When she was young she used ........ fishing with my friends.
A. to going

B. to go

C. go

10. Which sentence is true?
A. What did you used to play when you were a small girl?
B. What do you used to play when you were a small girl?
C. What did you use to play when you were small girl?
III. Rewrite these sentences in indirect speech, beginning as shown.

1.

“You should do your homework every day”.
My sister said to me that........................................................................................................

2.

“Don't ride the bike too fast ”.
Her mother told him...............................................................................................................

3.

“You shouldn’t make a noise in the class”.
My teacher said to me............................................................................................................

4.

"Can you help me with my homework?''
Minh asked her sister.............................................................................................................

5.

“Can you open the window for me”. My brother said.
................................................................................................................................................

6.

“Don’t stay up too late”. My sister asked me.

................................................................................................................................................

7.

“You should stop smoking”. The doctor advised him.
................................................................................................................................................

IV. Choose the best answer
1.

My sister loves ................ the meal.
A. cook

2.

I often play soccer .................. Sunday afternoon.
A. in

3.

D. for

B. went

C. goes

D. to go

B. waiting

C. waited

D. to wait

They used ................ fishing on the weekend.
A. go

6.

C.at

The manager asked me .................. for her outside her office.
A. wait

5.

B. on

Last year, Hoa and Lan ...................... to the same school.
A. go

4.

B. cooked C. cooking D. is cooking

B. went

C. to go

D. goes

Nam must ...................... his mother do the housework.
A. help

B. to help

C. helped

D. helping

V. Supply the correct forms of the verbs in bracket
1.

They (work)..................... very hard when they (be).................... young.

2.

Ba’s teacher (give)..................... him a lot of homework last week.

3.

I enjoy (watch)..................... television.

4.

Hoa’s mother (go)...................... shopping everyday.

VI. Read the passage then choose the true (T) or false (F) statement

How Nam has improved his English.
"... In the first semester of grade 7, I had some difficulties in learning English. My
pronunciation of English was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I didn't know
how to improve. One day, my English teacher took me to the school library and showed me
cassettes of pronunciation drills. She also told me how to use an English - English dictionary
to improve my English grammar. I made much progress and only short time later I got
excellent grades in English. Now I like learning English best. "
1.

Nam's English is poor in the first semester of grade of 7.

2.

He improved his English himself.

3.

His teacher told him how to learn new words.

4.

He is good at English now.

VII. Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition
1.

I’ll see you ...................... Monday.

2.

The class starts ............. 7.15 am, if you arrive .................. 7.15 you’ll be late.

3.

You can meet me ........................... 8.00 and 9.00.

VIII. Read the folktale. Then answer the questions
Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family. His chicken laid many eggs which
the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing for his family.
Once day, he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg.
He shouted excitedly to his wife "We're rich! We're rich". His wife ran to him and they both
look at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open all
the chickens and find more gold eggs. Unfortunately, He couldn't find any gold egg. When he
finished all, the chickens were dead. There were no more eggs of any kind for the foolish
farmer and his greedy wife.
1.

Who lived a comfortable life?
................................................................................................................................................

2.

Did the farmer used to sell chickens to buy food and clothing?
................................................................................................................................................

3.

How many gold eggs did they discover?
................................................................................................................................................

4.

Why did the farmer decided to cut open all the chickens?
................................................................................................................................................

5.

Could they find any more gold eggs?


................................................................................................................................................
6.

Were all the chickens dead?
................................................................................................................................................

PRACTICE TEST 3
I.

Find the word that has the different pronunciation.

1.

A. honest

B. hour

C. honor

D. humor

2.

A. excited

B. recycle

C. festival

D. enroll


3.

A. question

B. application

C. participation

D. co-operation

4.

A. interest

B. fill out

C. citizenship

D. highlight

5.

A. comment

B. equipment

C. development

D. improvement

6.

A. escape

B. graze

C. transit

D. chase

II. Choose the best answer. Circle it.
1.

Nga learns English very hard so she can speak English very ............
A. well

2.

C. is teach

B. stayed/ watch

C. stayed/ watched

B. Do

C. Are

“What’s your hobby? – “I like ..........
A. drawing

7.

B. is teaching

........ show me the way to the nearest post office?
A. Can

6.

C. between

What did you do yesterday? – I ......... home and...... T.V
A. stay/ watch

5.

B. until

Now Mrs Lien is in class 8E. She ....... Math.
A. teaches

4.

C. slowly

Tomorrow I’ll have a meeting .......... 8.30 and 9.30.
A. at

3.

B. bad

B. draw

C. to draw

“Could you do me a favor?” – ...........
A. What can I do for you?

B. I’m sorry. I’m very busy.

C. Both A & B are correct.
8.

How many countries will participate ............ the Olympic Games?
A. on

9.

B. in

C. at

When she was young she used ........ fishing with my friends.
A. to going

B. to go

C. go

10. Which sentence is true?
A. What did you used to play when you were a small girl?
B. What do you used to play when you were a small girl?
C. What did you use to play when you were small girl?
III. Rewrite these sentences in indirect speech, beginning as shown.
1.

“You should do your homework every day”.
My sister said to me that I should do my homework every day.

2.

“Don't ride the bike too fast ”.
Her mother told him not to ride the bike too fast.


3.

“You shouldn’t make a noise in the class”.
My teacher said to me I shouldn’t make a noise in the class.

4.

"Can you help me with my homework?''
Minh asked her sister to help him with his homework.

5.

“Can you open the window for me”. My brother said.
My brother asked me to open the window for him.

6.

“Don’t stay up too late”. My sister asked me.
My sister asked me not to stay up too late.

7.

“You should stop smoking”. The doctor advised him.
The doctor advised him to stop smoking.

IV. Choose the best answer
1.

My sister loves ................ the meal.
A. cook

2.

C.at

D. for

B. went

C. goes

D. to go

B. waiting

C. waited

D. to wait

They used ................ fishing on the weekend.
A. go

6.

B. on

The manager asked me .................. for her outside her office.
A. wait

5.

D. is cooking

Last year, Hoa and Lan ...................... to the same school.
A. go

4.

C. cooking

I often play soccer .................. Sunday afternoon.
A. in

3.

B. cooked

B. went

C. to go

D. goes

Nam must ...................... his mother do the housework.
A. help

B. to help

C. helped

D. helping

V. Supply the correct forms of the verbs in bracket
1.

They worked very hard when they were young.

2.

Ba’s teacher gave him a lot of homework last week.

3.

I enjoy watching television.

4.

Hoa’s mother goes shopping everyday.

VI. Read the passage then choose the true (T) or false (F) statement
How Nam has improved his English.
"... In the first semester of grade 7, I had some difficulties in learning English. My
pronunciation of English was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I didn't know
how to improve. One day, my English teacher took me to the school library and showed me


cassettes of pronunciation drills. She also told me how to use an English - English dictionary
to improve my English grammar. I made much progress and only short time later I got
excellent grades in English. Now I like learning English best. "
1.

Nam's English is poor in the first semester of grade of 7. (TRUE)

2.

He improved his English himself. (FALSE)

3.

His teacher told him how to learn new words. (TRUE)

4.

He is good at English now. (TRUE)

VII. Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition
1.

I’ll see you on Monday.

2.

The class starts at 7.15 am, if you arrive after 7.15 you’ll be late.

3.

You can meet me between 8.00 and 9.00.

VIII. Read the folktale. Then answer the questions
Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family. His chicken laid many eggs which
the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing for his family.

Once day, he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg.
He shouted excitedly to his wife "We're rich! We're rich". His wife ran to him and they both
look at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open all
the chickens and find more gold eggs. Unfortunately, He couldn't find any gold egg. When he
finished all, the chickens were dead. There were no more eggs of any kind for the foolish
farmer and his greedy wife.
1.

Who lived a comfortable life?
The farmer lived a comfortable life.

2.

Did the farmer used to sell chickens to buy food and clothing?
No, he didn’t.

3.

How many gold eggs did they discover?
They discovered one gold egg.

4.

Why did the farmer decided to cut open all the chickens?
Because the wife wanted more gold eggs.

5.

Could they find any more gold eggs?
No, they couldn’t.

6.

Were all the chickens dead?
Yes, they were.