Dang Hoang Huy – Nguyen Du Secondary School - 1 -
PRACTICE 1
I. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.
1. a. exciting b. interest c. marvelous d. average
2. a. happy b. pretty c. plenty d. address
3. a. orphanage b. principal c. important d. loneliness
4. a. orphan b. reserve c. prefer d. polite
II. Choose the word having the underlined letters pronounced differently.
1. a. happened b. looked c. played d. smiled
2. a. general b. global c. growth d. grape
3. a. waited b. needed c. annoyed d. wanted
4. a. bought b. thought c. ought d. hour
III. Choose the best answer
1. The school is a bit far ………..my house.
a. from b. at c. to d. with
2. They are going to invite him ……….dinner tonight.
a. to b. for c. with d. at
3. Peter doesn’t talk much in public. He’s rather …………..
a. kind b. reserved c. sociable d. humorous
4. Would you like …………..a message.
a. to leave b. leave c. leaving d. left
5. He spends most of his time………..charity work.
a. did b. to do c. doing d. both a & c are correct.
6. Don’t come in. please wait ……….for your turn.
a. inside b. outside c. downstairs d. upstairs.
7. Susan felt ……….since her boyfriend didn’t apologize for his coming late.
a. annoying b. annoyance c. annoyed d. annoys
8. I’m looking forward…….the summer vacation.
a. at b. for c. to d. None is correct.
9. Look! Nam is playing very well. He …………………..
a. is winning b. is going to win c. will win d. wins

1. a. permitted b. intended c. missed d. invented
2. a. last b. make c. take d. date
3. a. energy b. prefer c. envelope d. level
4. a. boring b. holding c. most d. go
III. Choose the best answer
1. Each of us ………a different character.
a. have b. is having c. has d. are having
2. A cat is lying ………a rug.
a. in b. on c. under d. over
3. There is a bookshelf ……..the let of the room.
a. at b. in c. on d. of
4. What was wrong with you ? Why ……………….go to the hospital ?
a. had to you b. did you have to c. must you d. did you must
5. Do you ……………any help ?
a. want b. have c. wish d. need
6. Let’s …………..the graduation ceremony in a beautiful restaurant !
a. celebrate b. celebrating c. celebrated d. celebrates
7. My mother told me to study ………..
a. hardly b. good c. bad d. hard
8. There are …………..stars in the sky in the evening.
a. count b. countless c. counted d. counting
9. We’ll organize a party …….May 27
th
.
a. between b. in c. on d. at
10. It …………Lan 20 minutes to go to school by bike.
a. take b. will take c. is taking d. takes
IV. Read the following passage, then choose the letter (A, B, C or D) that best fits each of the blanks.
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland. He emigrated (1)………….Canada first and then to
the USA in 1870s. In America, he worked with (2) ………………at Boston University. Soon, Bell started

III. Choose the best answer
1. Tom ………..two packets of cigarettes a day.
a. smoke b. is smoking c. smoked d. smokes
2. Three hours ………not enough to finish the test.
a. are b. is c. was d. were
3. There was a big ………….after the World War II.
a. emigrate b. emigrating c. emigration d. emigrates
4. You ought to stop …………computer games.
a. to play b. playing c. played d. plays
5. Last night, I watched the movie Romeo and Juliet. At last, they killed ……………..
a. together b. each other c. themselves d. themselves
6. You seem ……….today.
a. happy b. happiness c. happily d. unhappily
7. He will be ……..home ……….Sunday morning.
a. at / on b. from / in c. at / from d. to / until
8. I enjoyed listening ………..the radio when I was a child.
a. to b. on c. up d. at
9. The girl sitting ……….my father and Michael is my little sister.
a. on b. next c. between d. in
10. In Britain, people drive ……….the left………..the street.
a. on / in b. to / of c. in / in d. in / of
11. She isn’t used to ………….part in social activities.
a. a. take b. taking c. took d. takes
12. Can we ……….at yor house and go to the party together ?
a. meet b. come c. see d. find
IV. Arrange the following words into a complete sentence.
1. Mr. Quang / in / now / his / office/ is.
2. You / use / should / electricity / economically.
3. It / water / isn’t / necessary / for him / to / that tree / everyday.
4. They / going / to / are / see / movies / tonight.

a. to b. in c. on d. at
5. She was very kind …………my friends when they were in Hanoi.
a. for b. to c. at d. with
6. They will come to our house……….10 minutes.
a. for b. to c. in d. during
7. Their mother told them ……….so much noise.
a. not to make b. not making c. not being made d. not make
8. The teacher said to his students, “Are you …………with you result ?
a. satisfy b. satisfactory c. satisfied d. satisfying
IV. Read the passage, then choose T or F.
“ …in the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English. My
pronunciation of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how to
improve them. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the
classroom. She took me to the school library and showed cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a class
bookcase. She told me how to use an English – English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “ now I
think you know what you should do”, said she. I made much progress and only one year later. I won the first
prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.”
Choose True or False
1. According to the passage, the writer didn’t find any difficulties in learning English.
2. His English pronunciation and grammar are rather good.
3. His teacher helped him a lot in learning English.
4. The teacher asked him to go to the school library to study English.
5. He can improve his English grammar by using an English-English dictionary.
6. He won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest one year after his teacher showed him the
way to learn English.
V. Make sentences with given words.
1. Would / play / you / soccer / like ?
2. What / you / eat / Christmas / often ?
3. Could / do / you / a favor ?
4. Ba / play / dislike / badminton.

2. She is very tired of (read) ……………such documents day after day.
3. Right now, she (do) ……………..her housework.
4. He (die) …………..75 years ago.
5. They (not/know) ………….what to do yet.
6. I usually (work) …………at night, though I (have)………………a holiday at the moment.
7. She often spends her free time (help)…………….her mother with the housework.
8. They (travel)………………to HCMC two months ago.
9. Next week, she (visit) …………….the History Museum.
10. She said.” I would like you (meet)…………….my friend.”
11. What you (do) …………………..this weekend ? I’m going to visit my grandparents on Sat.
12. Is she going out tonight ? Yes. She (go) ………….out with her friends.
13. The earth (move)……………around the sun.
14. He likes playing table tennis very much, so he (buy)………….two rackets yesterday.
15. Next week, my brother ( leave) ……………Vietnam for Australia.
16. You mustn’t let the children ( play )…………in the kitchen.
17. Each year, fire (destroy)………….homes and injures the children.
18. The teacher asked him ( answer) …………….four questions.
19. Mrs. Vui bought some new furniture, but she cannot decide where (put)………it.
V. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistake and correct it.
1. Read the instructions before you turn in machine.
2. We go to Halong Bay on bus this weekend.
3. Fortunately , I lost my key on the way to my house.
4. If you want to join in this club, please fill on this application form.
5. Jane gets up early so as review her lessons.
6. It’s interesting listen to music at night.
PRACTICE 6
English 8
Dang Hoang Huy – Nguyen Du Secondary School - 6 -
I. Fill in the spaces with a suitable form of the words capitalized at the beginning of the
sentences.

V. Read the passage in part IV to answer the questions.
1) How old was Tom?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
2) when did Tom get married ?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
3) Did he have any jobs when he was 28?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
4) What does Tom do?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
5) What does his wife do every day?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
6) How many people Tom’s family have ?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
7) What did they do when they saved a little money ?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
PRACTICE 7
English 8
English happy old market house bought