YEN HOA HIGH SCHOOL

IN PREPARATION FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER TEST

SCHOOL YEAR: 2018 – 2019

ENGLISH 10

NAME: _________________________
CLASS: _________________________

PART A: CONTENT
THEMES

LANGUAGE FOCUS

1. Family Life

1. Verb Tenses:

2. Your body and You

The present simple vs. the present continuous

3. Music
4. For a Better Community

The future simple with WILL vs. BE GOING TO

5. Invention



A. platinum

B. popular

C. charity

D. creative

2.

A. biography

B. incredible

C. necessary

D. community

3.

A. contest

B. format

C. debut

D. remote

4.


A. advertisement

B. entertainment

C. professional

D. necessity

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A. Franchise

B. urban

C. adult

D. hopeless

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A. opportunity

B. Inspirational

C. organization

D. competition

B. disadvantage


A. successful

B. passion

C. process

D. careless

4.

A. best

B. suggestion

C. request

D. interest

5.

A. singer

B. finger

C. bingo

D. mingle

6.


A. audition

B. audience

C. aunt

D. August

B. both

C. cost

D. ghost

10. A. remote

EXERCISE 3: Choose the best answer to completes these sentences

1.

Quan Ho singing is a Vietnamese style of ____ .
A. folk music

B. classical music

C. country music
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D. pop music


Environmental ___ has increased dramatically over the past decade.
B. awareness

C. society

D. experience

Teachers complain of being ___.
A. well-paid

B. under-paid

C. low income

D. high income

My old head teacher said he would write me a glowing ____.
A. cover letter

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B. disabled

Grandpa's becoming quite ___. He sometimes forgets whether he said things or not.

A. Reason

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10. If you look out of the window on the left of the bus, you'll see that we're now ____ the Tower of London.
A. approaching

B. coming

C. going

D. running

11. 'Do you think Margaret will take the job you offered her'?' 'I don't know. She seemed _____ in it, however.
A. interest

B. interesting

C. interested

D. interestingly

12. 'The students all went to the circus yesterday.' I heard it was really _____
A. amused

B. amusing

C. amuse

D. amusingly

13. It was _____ that Jan couldn't come to the party.' 'Her boss made her work overtime.'
A. disappointing


EXERCISE 8: Add suffixes -ful or –less to the italicized words to complete each sentence.
1. How could you be so care_____ as to lose your wallet?
2. The weather was beauti_____ so we went for a walk.
3. Yesterday we had a wonder_____dinner at a Spanish restaurant.
4. I am going to give some clothes to the home_____.
5. That little boy is absolutely fear_____ He isn’t afraid of anything.
6. Thank you so much! You were really help_____ to me.
7. I passed all of my English exams. I was success_____ for the first time.
8. Out pet is a hair_____ cat. We bought it from a Russian man.
9. That man is completely friend_____. He hasn’t got any friends at all.
10. I spent a sleep_____ night worrying about you! Where have you been?

EXERCISE 9: Write a single word ending with –ful or –less to complete each sentence.
1. Martha thought she was _____at math. (without hope)
2. Don’t be afraid of the dog – It’s _____ (without harm)
3. Pop said the lawnmower was a _____ piece of junk. (without any worth)
4. Pete was _____that his project would do well at the Science fair. (full of hope)
5. The _____rainbow seemed to be just over the next hill. (full of beauty)
6. The medicine was white and _____ (without any odor)
7. Mom said it was _____to see Robert swimming so confidently. (full of wonder)
8. Please be _____when you go into the forest and don’t pick any of the mushrooms. (full of care)

EXERCISE 10: Use for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so to combine the two sentences into one compound
sentence.
1. Peter drove to visit his friend. They went out for dinner.
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____________________________________________________________________.


for

just

until

yet

recently

1. I’ve _______realized what’s different! You’ve changed your hair.
2. My grandmother’s been quite ill _______, so she’s coming to stay with us for a week or two.
3. We’ve had broadband at home _______about 2005.
4. Have you really finished your homework _______? Okay, you can watch TV, then.
5. We’ve won every match we’ve played _______far this season.
6. I’ve always lived in a big house _______now, so it’s taking some time to get used to being in a small flat.
7. We can’t cancel the party now – I’ve _______invited everyone!
8. How long has Sue gone abroad _______?
9. Don’t get Mathew that game; I’m pretty sure he’s got it _______.
10. Have you _______thought of going onto business on your own?
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EXERCISE 12: CLOZE TEXT
Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best completes the passage
Everyone loves music, it seems. And there's little reason to wonder why. There is so much music (1) ___from
which to choose, and there is a category of music to appeal to every (2) ___ The major groups of music are
divided broadly (3) ___ classical, popular, and jazz. Within these broad groups are many other
subcategories. For example, (4) ___ disparate types of music as movie sound tracks, rhythm and blue, rock,


4. A. so

B. some

C. any

D. such

5. A. familiar

B. popular

C. famous

D. cheerful

6. A. favorite

B. best

C. ideal

D. selected

7. A. music

B. symphony

C. ballad

I was with Overseas Volunteers (OV) for a year after leaving university, and I was sent to an isolated village in
Chad, about. 500 km from the capital N'Djamena. Coming from a rich country, I got quite a shock as conditions
were much harder than I had expected. But after a few days I soon got used to living there. The people were
always very friendly and helpful, and soon I began to appreciate how beautiful the countryside was.
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One of my jobs was to supply the village with water. The well was a long walk away. And the women used to
spend a long time every day carrying heavy pots backwards and forwards. So I contacted organization and
arranged to have some pipes delivered. We built a simple pipeline and a pump, and it worked first time. It
wasn't perfect - there were a few leaks, but it made a great difference to the villagers, who had never had
running water before. And not only did we have running water, but in the evenings it was hot, because the pipe
had been lying in the sun all day. All in all, I think my time with OV was a good experience. Although it was not
well-paid, it was well worth doing, and I would recommend it to anyone who was considering working for a
charity.
1. The author ____
A. has been working for OV for a year
B. is living in the capital N'Djamena
C. was born in a rich family
D. used to be a volunteer working in a remote village
2. How did the author feel when he arrived in the village?
A. surprised

B. impressed

C. disappointed

D. depressed

3. Which of the following is not true?

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3. He arrived in the middle of our lunch time. (Using while)
→ He _________________________________________________________________
4. Peter started playing the piano when he was 6.
→ Peter has___________________________________________________________
5. A temporary manager is running the shop at the moment.
→ The shop ___________________________________________________________
EXERCISE 15: Give the correct form of the given words to complete each sentence.
1. The young pop star looks _____ (PASSION) on stage.
2. Pelé was a _____ (TALENT) football player.
3. Britney Spear is one of my favorite _____ (ART).
4. We'll have to walk _____ (QUICK) to get there on time.
5. In tonight's quiz, our _____ (CONTEST) have come from all over the country.
6. There's a lot of _____ (COMPETE) between computer companies.
7. Tien Quan Ca became the _____ (NATION) anthem of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
8. Mozart is one of the greatest _____ (COMPOSE) of all time.
9. He was such an _____ (INSPIRE) leader in our company.
10. The magazine is aimed at _____ (TEEN) and young adults.

THE END!

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