Name: ..................................................................................

Date: …………………………………………
MID-TERM REVISION
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three in each
question.
1. A. prefer B. better C. worker D. number
2. A. sunburn B. unusual C. nurse D. surf
3. A. fragile B. continue C. obesity D. unique
4. A. stomach B. challenging C. ache D. school
5. A. Stephen B. photo C. physics D. graphic
6. A. of B. fast C. safe D. facebook
7. A. occasion B. worker C. collect D. tutor
8. A. graffiti B. gymnastics C. bag D. garden
9. A. charity B. headache C. children D. challenging
10. A. exercise B. community C. encourage D. difficult
Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the other three in each question.
11. A. collect B. hobby C. provide D. protect
12. A. homeless B. rubbish C. headache D. advice
13. A. service B. bottle C. fragile D. maintain
14. A. advantage B. allergy C. charity D. benefit
15. A. volunteer B. tradition C. recycle D. disabled
Choose the best option to complete the sentences
16. A(n) ___________ often helps others people willingly and without payment.
A. teacher B. volunteer C. organisation D. expert
17. If you have unused clothes, why not give them away to charitable___________?
A. environment B. tradition C. benefit D. organization
18. My mother regularly _____ money to orphanages.
A. donates B. cleans C. helps D. benefits
19. Community service is the work we do for the _____ of the community.
A. profits B. attention C. benefits D. hobbies
20. Last year, my club ______ evening classes for fifty children.
A. took B. gave C. made D. provided
21. Don’t eat that type of fish, you may have a/an _________.
A. energy B. sick C. sore D. allergy
23. Wear sun hat or you will have ________.
A. sunburn B. stomachache C. sore throat D. runny nose
24. The health tips from that diet _________ is that you should eat less junk food and count your
calories if you are becoming fat.
A. workers B. people C. experts D. managers
25. Be careful with _________ you eat and drink.
A. who B. what C. that D. this
26. Eating a lot of junk food may lead to your _________.
A. fitness B. obesity C. pain D. toothache
28. We should play sports or do exercise in order to stay in _________.
A. look B. health C. fit D. shape
29. We need to spend _________ time playing computer games.
A. less B. more C. many D. much
30. Rob eats a lot of fast food and he _________ on a lot of weight.
A. takes B. spends C. puts D. bring
31. When you have flu, you may have a cough and a _________ nose.
A. running B. runny C. noisy D. flowing
32. Do more exercises _________ eat more fruits and vegetables.
A. and B. or C. but D. so
33. What does your father do _________ his free time?
A. in B. at C. while D. on
34. I join a photography club and all the members love _________ a lot of beautiful photos.
A. watching B. arranging C. making D. taking
35. “Can you do this math exercise?” – “It’s a ________ I can finish it in 2 minutes.”
A. cake B. cake piece C. piece D. piece of cake
36. My sister is often tired ______ she doesn’t have enough sleep.
A. that B. so C. alhough D. because
37. Don’t eat ice-cream too much. You will _______ sore throat.
A. fell B. have C. have a D. feel a
38. I enjoy __________ wood. I can make a lot of beautiful products from wood.
A. carve B. carving C. to carve D. to carving
39. I like ________ but I don’t like cooking on the Moon.
A. cook B. cooks C. cooking D. cooked
40. Your health is bad recently. Do _______ exercise.
A. many B. more C. less D. little
Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets
41. My father (start) __________ the hobby ten years ago after a trip to Ha Long Bay.
42. They first (meet) ________ each other last week.
43. I (collect) ___________________ a lot of stamps from foreign countries so far.
44. My brother hates (do) ___________ the same things day after day.
45. My parents love (live) ___________ in the countryside. I think they (move) _______________ to
our hometown next year.
46. They (give) ______________ a party next week. They have arranged everything for it.
47. I enjoy (go) __________ camping because it is relaxing.
48. My brother usually (go) _____________ fishing in his free time.
49. Every year, my mother (give) ________ me a nice doll on my birthday.
50. My brother doesn’t like (collect) _____________ stamps, he likes collecting glass bottles.
51. My sister dislikes (cook) ____________ very much but she can cook many good foods.
52. Does your brother like (listen) ________ to music in his free time?
53. I think in the future, more people (enjoy) ________________ going out by bicycles.
54. (You/ever/do) ______________________ volunteer work? – Yes, I did volunteer work last month.
55. Nga (listen) ___________________ to music at the moment.
56. My father (buy) ____________ a new car two months ago.
57. I (be) _________ busy last night , so I missed a good film on TV.
58. He (teach) ____________ Math at this school in 1986.
59. There (be) __________ many teachers there when I arrived yesterday.
60. Yesterday Lan (not go) ________________ to school because she was sick.
Read the passage and then decide whether the sentences are True (T) or False (F)
The English-speaking Waiter
Thanasis is 10 years old and lives in a small village on a beautiful Greek island. Like all children his age,
Thanasis has just completed year 4 in primary school. But unlike other children his age, Thanasis also has a
full-time job for two months of the year. In the busy summer months Thanasis is a waiter in his family’s
restaurant. In July and August, the restaurant is very popular with tourists from all over the world. Because
he is the only person in his family who can speak English, it is his job to look after the tourists when they eat
at the restaurant. He explains the menu, he takes their order and he even carries the heavy trays to their
tables.
Where did he learn his English? There is no school in Thanasis’s village, and during the school year he
travels 12 kilometres every day by bus to a nearby village to go to school. Together with his classmates, two
evenings a week, he attends classes at a language school in the same village. There is no bus service when
his classes end, so his mother picks him up and brings him home.
61. ____ In the summer, the other children in Thanasis’s village go to school.
62. ____ The restaurant Thanasis works in belongs to his family.
63. ____ Thanasis helps his family in the restaurant because he can speak English.
64. ____ Thanasis go to school in another village.
65. ____ He learns English in the restaurant.
Read and decide whether the statements are true (T) or (F) then answer the questions:
Greert Vinck is 29 years old. He lives in Belgium. He has collected teabags since he was five years old.
Now he has more than 12,000 teabags. Perhaps you think it is strange to collect teabags, but a lot of
people do this.
There are about 200 teabag collectors in Belgium and the Netherlands. Greert Vinck also exchanges
teabags with people from France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Greece, Sweden, Iceland, the
USA, Canada, Brazil and Argentina. If you hobby is collecting teabags, why not exchange them with
him?
66. _____ He started to collect teabags when he was 24 years old.
67. _____ He owns over 12,000 teabags.
68. _____ He collects teabags and nobody does this.
69. _____ People from Germany don’t want to exchange teabags with him.
70. _____ He exchanges teabags with some Spanish collectors.
Read and decide whether the statements are true (T) or (F) then answer the questions:
How many calories can you burn in one hour? Well, it all depends on the activity. You use calories all the
time, even when you are resting. Reading, sleeping, sitting and sunbathing all use about 60 calories an hour.
Very light activities use 75 calories. Examples are eating, writing, knitting, shaving, driving and washing up.
Light activities which use about 100 calories an hour include playing the piano, getting dressed and having a
shower.
Under moderate activities which use between 100 and 200 calories an hour we can put walking, doing
housework, shopping and skating.
Energetic activities use 200-400 calories. These include horse riding, cycling, swimming, skipping and
dancing.
Finally there are strenuous activities which use up to 600 calories an hour. These activities include climbing
stairs, jogging, digging the garden and playing football.
71. _____ The amount of calories we use an hour depends on the activity we do.
72. _____ When we are resting, we don’t burn calories.
73. _____ Sunbathing uses more calories than driving.
74. _____ Cycling and dancing use the same amount of calories.
75. _____ Horse riding uses the most amount of calories.
Read and choose the best answers to fill in the blanks:
Being a (76)____________ is one of the best things you can do with your life. It’s a great way to help other
people. It’s also very satisfying to know that you are not wasting your time and are helping (77)_______
who need help. Many of us could and should be out there doing voluntary activties of some kind. So many
volunteer organizations need extra hands. It really is easy. Just pick up the phone and offer your
(78)_____________. I think too many of us settle into a lazy lifestyle. We just want to come home and
watch TV. Life is much more (79)______________ when you’re a volunteer. I’ve found it really opens your
eyes to how some people live. It’s sometimes sad to (80)_____ how the government lets people down, but at
least I’m doing my bit.
76. A. volunteer B. street children C. homeless people D. the elderly
77. A. funds B. people C. attention D. evening classes
78. A. friends B. community C. services D. blood
79. A. boring B. down C. interesting D. useful
80. A. have B. feel C. see D. help
Combine each pair of sentences into one, using the given words.
81. He often eats fast food. He is very fat. (because)
→ ___________________________________________________________________________________
82. She felt tired. She still went to school to finish the test. (but)
→ ___________________________________________________________________________________
83. My dad likes playing football. My brother also likes it. (too)
→ ___________________________________________________________________________________
84. If you don’t wear sun hat, you will get sunburnt. (or)
→ ___________________________________________________________________________________
85. I want to lose some weight. I go to the gym regularly. (so)
→ ___________________________________________________________________________________
Rewrite the following sentences so that their meaning stays the same as the first one:
86. It’s a good idea to do morning exercises every day.
→ We should ___________________________________________________________________________
87. It’s a bad idea to eat a lot of meat every day.
→ We shouldn’t _________________________________________________________________________
88. I like reading comic books.
→ My hobby ___________________________________________________________________________
89. Colleting coins is his hobby.
→ He likes ____________________________________________________________________________
90. She started playing the piano 5 years ago.
→ She has ____________________________________________________________________________
91. They have provided evening classes for street children in 2010.
→ They began _________________________________________________________________________
92. It takes them 2 hours a day to play badminton.
→ They spend _________________________________________________________________________
93. We spend 2 weeks finishing a carved eggshell.
→ It takes us _________________________________________________________________________
94. It is very healthy to drink a lot of water every day.
→ Drinking ___________________________________________________________________________
95. Eating junk-food is not good for your health.
→ It is not good ________________________________________________________________________
96. This is the first time I have talked to elderly people in the nursing home.
→ I have never ________________________________________________________________________
97. I have never had flu before.
→ This is the first______________________________________________________________________
98. He is the most generous man I have ever met.
→ I have never ________________________________________________________________________
99. I have never eaten such a delicious dish before.
→ This dish is the most _________________________________________________________________

Read and decide whether the statements are true (T) or (F) then answer the questions:
Greert Vinck is 29 years old. He lives in Belgium. He has collected teabags since he was five years old.
Now he has more than 12,000 teabags. Perhaps you think it is strange to collect teabags, but a lot of
people do this.
There are about 200 teabag collectors in Belgium and the Netherlands. Greert Vinck also exchanges
teabags with people from France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Greece, Sweden, Iceland, the
USA, Canada, Brazil and Argentina. If you hobby is collecting teabags, why not exchange them with
him?
61. _____ He started to collect teabags when he was 24 years old.
62. _____ He owns over 12,000 teabags.
63. _____ He collects teabags and nobody does this.
64. _____ People from Germany don’t want to exchange teabags with him.
65. _____ He exchanges teabags with some Spanish collectors.

Being a (1)____________ is one of the best things you can do with your life. It’s a great way to help
other people. It’s also very satisfying to know that you are not wasting your time and are helping people
who need help. Many of us could and should be out there doing voluntary (2)_____________ of some
kind. So many volunteer organizations need extra hands. It really is easy. Just pick up the phone and
offer your (3)_____________. I think too many of us settle into a lazy lifestyle. We just want to come
home and watch TV. Life is much more (4)______________ when you’re a volunteer. I’ve found it
really opens your eyes to how some people live. It’s sometimes sad to see how the (5)_______________
lets people down, but at least I’m doing my bit.

IV/ There is a mistake in each sentence. Find and correct it

21. I think that making pottery difficult. …………………………
22. I often play camping at weekends. …………………………
23. We find arrange flowers interesting. …………………………
24. You can use carved eggshells as decoration in your house. …………………………
25. You should spend less time to play computer games. …………………………
V/ Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word
26. We ……………………playing table-tennis very interesting because we can meet and make friends
with interesting people.
27. My brother and I …………………… the same hobby.
28. I love …………………… outdoors in my garden to plant flowers and vegetables.
29. My father likes …………………… his bike in the park at the weekend.
30. Tom and Peter like water ……………………, and they go swimming, play water polo and surf
together a lot.
31. My hobby is collecting …………………… because I love reading whenever I have time.
32. I really enjoy going round the shops in my town to …………………… for rare and old teacups.
33. My parents have just bought a new …………………… of roller skates.
34. Why don’t you …………………… jogging because it can help you keep fit?
35. It is very …………………… to collect motorcycles because it costs you a lot of money to buy them
and get them repaired.
VI/ Complete the passage using the words in the box
My favourite hobby is coin (36) ………… It is also one of the oldest (37) ………… of the world and is
also called ‘hobby of the King’, as in the old times, it was only done by kings and elite class of the
society. It started for me some years back when my father used to come back (38) ………… his foreign
tours and give me coins of (39) ………… countries. I started collecting them in my money box and after
that I always used to wait for my new coins as much I used to wait for my father. Since then, it has
become my favourite hobby. This hobby has given me information about different countries of the
world. I feel extreme pleasure in (40) ………… my collection to (41) ………… It has also taught me
this lesson that A LIFE (42) ………… A HOBBY IS JUST (43) ………… FOOD WITHOUT SALT.
36. A. collecting B. collection C. collected D. collectors
37. A. hobby B. hobbies C. game D. games
38. A. after B. in C. from D. of
39. A. other B. different C. unlike D. diverse
40. A. showing B. show C. shown D. to show
41. A. other B. another C. others D. person
42. A. with B. about C. without D. of
43. A. as B. like C. if D. likes
VII/ Complete the sentences using the words given
44. When / I / ten / begin / play football.
.............................................................................................................................................................
45. We find / make / models / very interesting / because / we/ should / creative.
.............................................................................................................................................................
46. I / think / future / people / take up / more / outdoor activities.
.............................................................................................................................................................
47. My best friend / not / like / mountain climbing / because / he / afraid / heights.
.............................................................................................................................................................
48. My / sister / enjoy / cook / and / make / new dishes / her own.
.............................................................................................................................................................
VIII/ Fill in the blank with a word / phrase in the box
gardening – feel – planting – seeing – blooming – myself – exercise – rejuvenate – healthy –
watering
My favourite hobby is (49) …………………… and I like so much (50) …………………… new plants
and (51) …………………… them in daily morning. I enjoy seeing flowers (52) ……………………
and plants (53) …………………… I really (54) …………………… sense of great achievements and
realize the fact of life. It helps me keep (55) …………………… fit, (56) …………………… , strong
and (57) …………………… Watering plants and gardening on daily basis is a best (58)
…………………… for me which positively moulds my mind and body.
IX/ Make questions for the underlined parts
59. My brother goes fishing once a month.
.............................................................................................................................................................
60. They find watching TV very boring.
.............................................................................................................................................................
61. Hung’s hobbies are taking photos and playing chess.
.............................................................................................................................................................
62. My brother doesn’t like mountain climbing because it is dangerous.
.............................................................................................................................................................
63. Sue had a headache yesterday.
.............................................................................................................................................................
X/ Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition
64. “The weather is good. Let’s go swimming.” - “Count me ………….. I just want to stay at home.”
65. Be careful …………. what you eat and drink.
66. I think you should take …………. jogging because it is very useful for your health.
67. Sleeping …………. at the weekends doesn’t help you recover from a busy week.
68. Whenever you watch TV, please remember the 20-20-20 rule: every 20 minutes look ………….
about feet for 20 seconds.
XI/ Rewrite the following sentences so that they mean the same as the original ones
69. It’s a good idea to eat a lot of fruit and vegetables every day.
We should ...................................................................................................................................
70. Our mother grows a lot of vegetables, so we don’t have to buy vegetables in the market.
Because ......................................................................................................................................
71. If you don’t wear sun hat, you will get sunburnt.
..........................................................., or ..................................................................................
72. It takes him 2 hours a day to play basketball.
He spends ...................................................................................................................................
73. It is very healthy to eat fruit and vegetables every day.
Eating .........................................................................................................................................
XII/ Give the correct form of the word given to complete the sentence
74. I like reading books because it ………………………… my knowledge. WIDE
75. Hoa is very ………………………… and she paints very well. CREATE
76. I think collecting old bowls is a very ………………………… hobby. BORE
77. You can use carved eggshells as ………………………… in your house. DECORATE
78. Reading books can also develop our …………………………. IMAGINE
79. You should choose a hobby because it will give you PLEASE
………………………… and help you relax.
80. That girl can use leaves to make ………………………… sounds. MUSIC
XIII/ Read the passage, and then choose the best answer
Stamp collecting is an interesting hobby. You can learn many things, such as the geography of a country
from stamps. Postal stamps are a source of interesting facts and important dates about every country in
the world. It makes stamp collecting become very popular.
As you look at the pages of a stamp album, you can learn interesting details of foreign custom, arts,
literature, history and culture. Their colours can make you feel relaxed and happy.
Collecting stamps can become a business. If you are lucky in finding a special stamp, it will bring you
some money besides knowledge and pleasure.
81. Stamp collecting is an interesting hobby because ……….
A. you can learn many things such as the geography of a country from stamps
B. stamps give you interesting facts and important dates about a country
C. it is very important to collect stamps
D. A and B are correct
82 All of the following are true EXCEPT ……….
A. stamps can make you relaxed and happy
B. stamps can make you know more
C. stamp collecting can make you famous
D. you can earn money from your collection if you are lucky
83. According to the passage, it is true to say that ……….
A. stamp collecting helps you become rich and famous
 B. stamp collecting is a very popular hobby
C. stamp collectors can earn a lot of money from stamp collecting
D. stamp collecting is a hobby that costs you a lot of money
84. The word ‘business’ in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ……….
A. the activity of collecting stamps.
B. the activity of selling stamps from other countries
C. the activity of buying stamps from other countries
D. the activity of buying or selling something
85. The main idea of the passage is ……….
A. the history of stamp collecting B. good things from stamp collecting
C. the ways of stamp collecting D. famous stamp collectors