Test for unit 1A

 TEST FOR UNIT 1A
Pick out the words underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
 1. 	A. message	B. begin	C. repeat 	D. repair
 2.	A. dinner	B. drink	C. child	 D. children
 3.	A. ready	B. meat	C. Defeat 	 D. beat
Pick out the words that have the stress different from that of the others.
 6. 	A. usually	B. continue	C. family	D. buffalo
 7. 	A. tobacco	B. breakfast	C. children	D. several
Choose the best answer.
 11. I know ______ how she felt.
 	A. exact	B. exactly	C. exactness	D. exacting
 12. I felt quite _______ with my day’s work.
	A. satisfy	B. satisfactory	C. satisfied	D. satisfaction
 13. I was late for school this morning because my alarm did not ____.
	A. go away	B. go up	C. go on	D. go off
 14. I have not met him since he ______ school.
	A. left	B. was leaving	C. had left	D. has left
 15. My house isn’t very far _____ school, so I usually go to school _____ bike.
	A. from- on	B. away - in	C. of - by	D. from - by
 16. _____ films should be made for school.
	A. Educational	B. Educating	C. Educated	D. Education
 17. Mr. Lam goes to work on foot once a week. It means he ____ walks to work.
	A. never	B. sometimes	C. often	D. usually
 18. When I was a child, I usually ______ fishing with my brother.
	A. go	B. went	C. gone	D. used to go
 19. We _____ dinner at home on Saturdays.
	A. haven’t had	B. didn’t had	C. doesn’t have	D. don’t have
 20. _______ class allows students to acquire knowledge about living things.
	A. Geography	B. Chemistry	C. Biology	D. History
 21. The contented smile on her face shows that she finally passed the exam.
	A. bored	B. boring	C. happy	D. disappointed
 22. Now I don’t take the bus to school as I ____.
	A. used to	B. did	C. took	D. was
23. It ___ me 15 minutes to get to school every morning.
	A. takes	B. took	C. spends	D. spent
 24. 	- “_______ do you often go to school?”
	- “At 6.30 every morning.”
	A. How	B. What time	C. Who	D. With whom
 25. He’s not really interested in ____ on the farm.
	A. to work	B. being worked	 C. working	D. worked
 Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
 26. Mr. Vy leaves the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5.30.
 A B C D
 27. We haven’t seen Jim since he has returned the countryside last year.
 A B C D
 28. I spend 20 minutes to read books every day.
 A B C D
29. I enjoy to talk with my classmates about their future plans.
 A B C D
 30. David immediate comes home after finishing school.
 A B C D
Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question.
My name is Seumas McSporran and I am a very busy man. I am 60 years old and I have thirteen jobs. I am a postman, a politician, a fireman, a taxi driver, a school- bus driver, a boatman, an ambulance man, an accountant, a petrol attendant, and an undertaker. Also, I and my wife, Margaret, have a shop and a small hotel.
	I live and work on the island of Gigha in the west of ScotlanD. Only 20 people live there but in summer, 150 tourists come by boat every day.
	Every weekday I get up at 6:00 and make breakfast for the hotel guests. At 8.00 I drive the island’s children to school. At 9:00 I collect the post from the boat and deliver it to all houses on the islanD. I also deliver beer to the island’s only puB. Then I help Margaret in the shop.
	My wife likes being busy, too. We never have holidays and we don’t watch television. In the evenings Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At 10:00 we have a glass of wine and then we go to beD. Perhaps our life isn’t very exciting, but we like it.
 31. Mr. McSporron does all the following jobs EXCEPT ______
	A. a firefighter	B. a driver	C. a farmer	D. a mailman
 32. Gigha is the name of _______.
	A. his wife	B. his hotel	
	C. the shop where they work	D. the island where they live
 33. Tourists ________ to the islanD.
	A. sail	B. fly	C. swim	D. drive
 34. The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to the ______.
	A. beer	B. post	C. boat	D. pub
 35. According to the passage which is TRUE about Seumas McSporran?
	A. He likes the job as a postman most.	B. He and his wife go on holiday every year.
	C. He does the accounts in the evenings.	D. He goes to bed very late.
 Read the following passage and choose the best option for each blank.
	 The 29th of August in 2006 is a day I shall never forget. On that day, I stared ___36__ in the face. Our flight was ___37__ to leave at 10:30 A.m., and arrived at the airport with plenty of time to spare. We started boarding 10:00 A.m. Most of us were holiday makers and there ___38__ a lot of laughing and joking going on. It was raining slightly, but visibility was good and the plane ___39__ on time. The cabin staff were just beginning to bring round the duty- free goods when the plane began ___40__ . At first, we thought we had just hit bad weather. We were told to sit down and to fasten our seat belts. Then suddenly, the front of the plane seemed to ___41__ and we realized we were speeding towards the grounD. People screamed in ___42__. Strangers joined hands and prayeD. We thought we had only minutes to live. Then, just when we had __43__ all hope, we felt the plane level out, and slowly we began to gain height. A few minutes later, the pilot announced that everything was now ___44__ control, and we all began to clap and cheer hysterically. Twenty minutes ___45__ we landed safely.
 36. 	A. die	B. dead	C. death	 D. deaden
 37. 	A. due	B. thought	C. plan	 D. bound
 38.	A. was	B. had	C. Were 	D. has been
 39. 	A. went off	B. got on 	C. got in 	D. took off
 40. 	A. to shake	B. shaking	C. shake	 D. for shaking
 41. 	A. chop	B. dip	C. down	 D. reduce
 42. 	A. danger	B. risk	C. Afraid 	D. panic
 43. 	A. given up	B. given back	C. brought up	D. brought back
 44.	A. of	B. with	C. under	 D. below
 45.	A. after	B. later	C. behind	D. then 
Exercise 2: Put the verb in the present simple tense:
She usually (walk) _______________ to school.
What time ________Mary usually (get) ____________ up every morning?
She (not wash) ____________her clothes every weekend.
___________they (be) teachers?
It (not be) often ______________cold in summer.
Tom usually (walk) _____________ to school.
He (be) _______________ a student.
I (be) _________________ sixteen years old.
They (be) __________________ very friendly.
He often (wash) __________________ the car at weekends.
What time ____________you often (get) ____________ up every morning?
________she (like) ________________ English?
Every week she (go) ______________________ to visit her parents.
What time __________your father usually (get) ___________ up?
We (not go) ____________________to school on Sundays.
We (not be) ___________________very lazy.
The Earth (go) _________________around the Sun.
I (visit) ___________________my parents very often.
___________he (go) ___________________to school every day?
_____________she (come) _____________________from Japanese?
 We (not, eat) . pasta once a week.
 It (snow) . here in December.
When Dax (take)  a shower, he (wash) . his hair with shampoo.
 Ann always (swim)  in the pool?
 I usually (go).. to school.
26. They (visit ) us often.?
27. You (not, play) basketball once a week.
28. Tom (work) ..every day.?
29. He always (tell) ..us funny stories.
30. She never (not, help). me with that!
31. Martha and Kevin (swim) ..twice a week.
32. In this club people usually (dance) ..a lot.
33. Linda (take care).. of her sister.
34. John rarely (leave).. the country.?
35. We (live) .in the city most of the year.
36. Lorie (not, travel) to Paris every Sunday.
37. I (not, bake) cookies twice a month.
38. You always (teach) ..me new things. ?
Exercise 2: Put the verb in the past simple tense:
They (begin) __________ to study at this school 7 years ago.
She (lose) __________ her handbag on the train yesterday morning.
We (visit) ___________ that city last year.
Peter and Daisy (be) __________ born in 1978.
__________you (spend) _________ your holiday in Dalat last summer?
She (clean) _______________the bicycle yesterday.
They (start) __________school in 1998.
My friend and I (go) __________________ to the seaside last week.
We (spend) ___________________________ hours on the beach last Sunday.
He (be) ______________________________ in Ha Noi last year.
His father (die) _____________________ in 1930.
Lincoln (work) __________________in this factory three years ago.
I (be) _______________ in Ha Noi last month.
My parents (go) _______________to HCM city last week.
Yesterday we (have) _______________a meeting at our school.
Mary (meet) _______________her parents two week ago.
She (be) _______________born in 1992.
What you (do) _______________last night.
Last summer I (study) _______________English in Can Tho City.
She (not visit) _______________her son last week.
In 1997 there (be) _______________a terrible storm.
They (build) _______________the house twenty years ago.
John (do not) _______________come to my birthday party last Sunday.
We always (cook) together when we was a child.
25. She (not,arrive) ..in 1978.
26. Emily and Edward (meet) in Paris.
Exercise 3: Choose the best answer:
 1. He ............. a doctor two years ago. 
 A. am	B. is 	C. was	D. were
 2.It ........ cold yesterday. 	 
 A. aren’t	B. is n’t	C. wasn’t	D. weren’t
 3. ..... he an engineer yesterday. No, he ...... 
 A.is/ isn’t 	B. are/aren’t 	C.was/wasn’t 	D.were/weren’t
4. The windows ...open last Monday. 
A. am	B. is 	C. was	D. were
 5. Where ......Nam yesterday? 
 A. am	B. is 	C. was	D. were
6. Why .........he unhappy last Tuesday? 
A. am	B. is 	C. was	D. were
7. I ... your trip to Nha Trang two years ago.
A. remember 	B. remembers 	C. remembered 	D. rememberred
8. Ba ........ the cap all day yesterday. 
	A. wear	B. wears	C. weared	D. wore 
9. I ..........a lot of fish yesterday. 
	A. eated	B. ate	C. eats	D. eat
 10. Her aunt ......... her to see Cham Temple last year. 
	A. taked	B. took	C. take	D. takes
11. Tuan ......... a new bike yesterday.	
	A. haved	B. has	C. had	D. have
12. .............she..... a new ruler yesterday? 
A. didn’t.. buy	B. doesn’t.. bought 	C. diD.. not buy 	D. does .. not bought 
13. He .. with his parents about his vacation in Da Lat last year.
	 A. didn’t talk 	B. doesn’t talked 	C. didn’t talked 	D. don’t talk
14. ..............they........... school yesterday? 
	A. Didn’t.. comed	B. Didn’t.. come 	C. Doesn’t.. comed D. Doesn’t.. come
15. ..............the windows ........... yesterday? 
	 A. Didn’t..close 	B. Didn’t..closed 	C. Doesn’t.. closed 	D. Doesn’t.. close
 16. They ____________to Ha Long for their last summer vacation.
A. go 	B. are going 	C. was going 	D. went 
17. She ____________ to brush her teeth yesterday.
A. forget	B. forgot 	C. forgetting 	D. was forgetting 
18. Ba ____________his room yesterday afternoon.
A. clean and tidy 	B. cleaned and tidied	C. cleaned and tidy
19. Why____________ you come yesterday?
A. can not 	B. can’t 	C. don’t 	D. couldn’t 
Exercise 4: Put the “adverb of frequency” in brackets in its correct position.
 	We go to Hanoi in the spring. (always) 
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My neighbors are out on Sundays. (usually)
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	We travel by plane. (sometimes)
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	Jim never phones me. I have to phone him. (always)
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	We go to a restaurant on Friday evenings. (often)
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	She is late for class. (seldom)
	I didn’t understand the directions. (fully)
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