English Exercises - Grade 11 Leâ Ngoïc Thaïch
UNIT 13: HOBBIES
A. PHONETICS
I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of the other words.
1) A. admired B. looked C. missed D. hoped
2) A. admire B. avid C. variety D. while
3) A. engrave B. pastime C. undertake D. spectator
II. Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other
words.
4) A. envelope B. album C. usually D. accompany
5) A. admire B. regular C. mountain D. corner
6) A. hobby B. oversea C. collect D. myself
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
* Circle the best answer for each sentence.
7) My father is an ____ guitarist.
A. accomplishing B. accomplished C. accomplish D. accomplishment
8) He is very good at ____ people singing with his guitar.
A. making B. getting C. accompanying D. having
9) My uncle is interested in ____ stamps.
A. collect B. collecting C. collected D. to collect
10) She is a very accomplished pianist. The word “accomplished” is closest in
meaning to “____”.
A. skilled B. beautiful C. interesting D. admired
11) A ____ is a series of musical notes that is pleasant and easy to remember.
A. musical instrument B. guitar C. practice D. tune
12) If you ____ a singer or a musician, you play one part of a piece of music
while they sing or play the main tune.
A. accomplish B. accompany C. collect D. admire
13) My ____ for my mother is infinite.
A. admire B. admirer C. admiration D. admirable

C. It was London that D. It was London which
26) ____ on the phone.
A. It is his mother whom is B. It was his mother whom is
C. It was his mother who is D. It is his mother who is
27) ____ a high level of blood cholesterol.
A. It is eggs that contain B. Those are eggs it contains
C. It is eggs that contains D. It is eggs contain
28) It is the library ____.
A. that I often borrow books B. that I often borrow books from
C. where I often borrow books from D. from that I often borrow books
29) ____ England won the World Cup.
A. It was in 1966 that B. It was on 1966 that
C. It was in 1966 when D. It was 1966 in that
30) ____ took my car.
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English Exercises - Grade 11 Leâ Ngoïc Thaïch
A. It was you B. It were you C. It was you that D. It was you whom
C. READING
* Circle the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about
the passage.
I like to be near water – sea, lake or river. That I probably because I was
born in a village by the sea, and I have lived most of my life close to water.
When I am in some place which is far from lake, river and sea, I am restless and I
always feel that there is something missing, even though it is sometimes hard for
me to decide what it is.
Of course, the sports I like are the ones which need water – sailing, rowing
and swimming. It is possible to swim in small swimming pools, but rowing and
sailing are impossible without a lot of water. Rowing is best in a river and sailing
on the sea or a big lake, but one can do some sailing on a river and one can
certainly row on a lake or the sea when the weather is good.

A. Water drops B. Water is too cold
C. Drops of water freeze in the places they fall D. Drops of water fall
39) Why is it unpleasant to swim in cold weather?
A. One can only stay in the water for a short time
B. One stays in the weather for a long time
C. The water becomes icy D. The water gets warmer
40) What does the word “which” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Lake B. River C. Sea D. Some place
D. WRITING
* Circle the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting .
41) It was at this shop where I bought a T-shirt three days ago.
A B C D
42) It is my closest friend goes abroad to study next month.
A B C D
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