I. Choose the word whose the underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. blankets
B. prepositions
C. weekends
D. partners
2. A. gather
B. entrance
C. family
D. banyan
3. A. played
B. invited
C. modernized
D. stayed
4. A. about
B. found
C. council
D. course
5. A. floor 
B. bamboo 
C. booth 
D. food
II. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Look! A girl (ride) ______is riding_______ a water buffalo.
2. Loan (not finish) __________has not finished_______ her homework yet.
3. They used (write) ________to write______ to each other every month when they were at school.
4. We wish we (know) ___________ knew__________ his decision now.
5. Did They (practice) _____________practice____________ their music lesson last night?
III. Choose the best answer.
1. Mr Smith is going to buy a new car, ……….?
A. doesn’t he
B. is he
C. isn’t he
D. does he
2. Peter has lived far from his parents and friends______2 years.
A. since
B. in
C. for
D. during
3. He wishes he _________speak English fluently.
A. could
B. will
C. can
D. does
4. She asked me if I_______ a driving license.
A. have
B. having
C. had
D. to have
5. People didn’t do everything with the help of modern equipment, _______?
A. they did
B. didn’t they
C. did it
D. did they
6. Would you like to go to the cinema with me _______ Sunday evening?
A. in
B. at
C. to
D. on
7. I _________English here since I graduated from university.
A. teach
B. taught
C. have taught
D. am teaching
8. Liz will visit Ba’s village again if she _________to Viet Nam next year.
A. return
B. returned
C. would return
D. returns
9. It rains heavily, _________I can’t go to the movies with you.
A. and
B. but
C. because
D. so
10. If Nam worked hard, he ___________ a lot of money.
A. will earn
B. would earn
C. earns
D. earned
IV. Find and correct the mistakes in the following sentences.
1. I wish (A) I can (B) travel to (C) the countryside next week (D).

can -> could
2 Minh said he invited (A) his (B) friends to have (C) dinner the next (D) weekend.

invited -> had invited

3. The letter (A) should been (B) delivered (C) in the afternoon (D).

should been -> should be
4. Minh has (A) a big house (B) in the city (C) , hasn’t (D) he?

hasn’t  -> doesn't
5. Would (A) you mind (B) give (C) me a (D) lift?

give -> giving
V. Choose the correct options in the box to fill in the blanks in order to make a complete passage and answer the questions below.
broken; invented; shortage; is; papermaking; exported;
Paper was ______ invented____ (1) by the Chinese in the first century A.D. The art of papermaking took 700 years to reach the Muslim world and another 700 years to get to Britain.
Most paper _____is_____ (2) made from wood. When the trees are cut down, they are carried by land or water to paper mills. Here they are cut up and the wood is ___broken_______ (3) up into fibers, mixed with water and chemicals. This wood pulp is then dried up on a machine and made into paper.
Papermaking is an important British industry, and paper from Britain is _____exported_____ (4) to South Africa, Australia and many other countries. Some of the wood used in British ____papermaking______ (5) industry comes from trees grown in Britain, but wood is also imported from other countries such as Norway. One tree is needed for every 400 copies of a forty-page newspaper. If half the adults in Britain each day buy one daily paper, this uses up over 40,000 trees a day. Trees are cut down faster than they can be replaced, so there may be a paper _____shortage_____ (6) before the year 2030.
VI. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one.
1. Lan cannot visit her pen pal in Malaysia.
->Lan wishes she could visit her pen pal in Malaysia.
2. “Don’t stay up so late”, my father said.
-> My father told me not to stay up so late
3. We repainted the house last week.
-> The house was repainted last week.
4. Karen learnt to play the piano when he was young, so he can play it very well now.
-> Because Karen learnt to play the piano when he was young, he can play it very well now.
5. Try to study hard and you will pass the exam
-> If you try to study hard ,you will pass the exam .
6. They last met each other when they graduated
-> They haven’t met each other since they graduated
7. It rains so heavily, so we stop the match.
-> If It had not rain so heavily, we would not stop the match.
VII. Write complete sentences using the suggested words .
1. Would / mind / if /I/ borrow / your car?
-> Would you mind if I borrowed your car?
2. He asked / if / I / be / free / that night.
-> He asked me if I was free that night.

I)

1 . A

2 . B

3 . B

4 . D

5 . C

II)

1 . is riding

2 . hasn't finished 

3 . to write

4 . knew

5 . Did .........practice/practise

III)

1 . C

2 . C

3 . A

4 . C

5 . D

6 . D

7 . C

8 . D

9 . D

10 . B

IV)

1 . A

2 . A

3 . B

4 . D

5 . C

V)

1 . invented

2 . is

3 . broken

4 . exported

5 . paper making

6 . shortage

VI<

1 . .........................could visit her pen pal in Malaysia.

2 . ..................................not to stay up late.

3 . .......... was repainted last week.

4 . ............Karen learnt to play the piano when he was young, he can play it very well now.

5 . ..........you study hard, you will pass the exam.

6 . ...............met each other since they graduated.

7 . .......  it didn’t rain so heavily, the match would not be stopped.

VII.

1 . Would / mind / if /I/ borrow / your car?

⇒ Would you mind if I borrowed your car ?

2 . He asked / if / I / be / free / that night.

⇒ He asked me if I were free that night.