Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question 9. He became embarrassing when a journalist asked him questions about his private life.

A. became                               B. embarrassing                      C. asked                      D. about

Question 10. There is not very far from here to the market.

A. There                                  B. is                                         C. from                       D. market

Question 11. Mr. Johnson used to reading books in his spare time.

A. to                                        B. reading                               C. books                      D. spare

Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following sentences

Question 12. In spite of the silly _______, many people enjoyed that comedy.

A. actor                                   B. character                            C. scene                      D. plot

Question 13. Trung finds horror films really ________.

A. disgust                                B. disgusts                              C. disgusting               D. disgusted

Question 14. La Tomatina ________ on the last Wednesday of August every year.

A. hold                                    B. held                                    C. is held                     D. be held

Question 15. “How about going cycling round the lake on Sunday?” – “_________”

A. Great idea!                         B. Hey!                                   C. I can’t believe it!    D. Oh no!

Question 16. Sales are poor now. ________, there may be an increase before Christmas.

A. However                             B. But                                      C. Although                D. In spite of

Question 17. Everybody has gone to the ________ festival.

A. music                                 B. musical                               C. musicians               D. musician

Question 18. The Academy Awards, commonly _______ as The Oscars, are the most famous film awards in the world.

A. know                                  B. knowing                             C. to know                  D. known

Question 19. I _______  my head in the water because I couldn’t swim.

A. didn’t used to put               B. use to put                            C. used to putting       D. didn’t use to put

Question 20. ______ having lots of trouble, the old man hides it so well.

A. Although                            B. In spite                               C. Despite                   D. Despite of

Question 21. People put pumpkin _______ outside the homes during Halloween.

A. lights                                  B. neon signs                          C. bulbs                       D. lanterns

Question 22. “________ do the buses run?” – “Every ten minutes”.

A. How                                    B. How far                              C. How often              D. How many

Question 23. Nelson _______ here for 10 years now.

A. have been                           B. is                             C. will be                                D. has been

PART III: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR  (2pts)

Task 1. Fill in each blank with one word in the box below (1pt)

1.     A________________  is a film that tries to makes audiences laugh.

2. Bus is the main public________________in Viet Nam.

3. The latest film of that director makes us ________________.

4. People put pumpkin________________outside the homes during Halloween.

Task 2. Give the correct form or tense of the words given to complete these sentences (1pt)

1. My father _________________ me how to ride a bike last week. (teach)

2. I used to _________________ to school when I was in primary school. (walk)

3. The movie was so____________________ that we couldn’t sleep last night. (thrill)

4. Birthday is a family ____________________     (celebrate)

Task 1. Circle the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: (1.0 p)

Task 2. Find the word with the different stress pattern from the others in each line

26.Although the story was silIy, I enjoyed the film.

Although the silly story, I enjoyed the film.

Despite the story was silIy, I enjoyed the film.

Despite of the silly story, I enjoyed the film.

In spite of the silly story, I enjoyed the film.

27.Indicate the word that differs from the rest in the pronunciation of the underlined part in the following question.

present

vehicle

enter

seatbelt

28. Indicate the sentence that is best written from the given words/ phrases.
 What’s the distance from Madrid to Barcelona?

How far is it from Madrid to Barcelona?

How far it from Madrid to Barcelona?

How far is it from Madrid with Barcelona?

How far it is from Madrid to Barcelona?

29.Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting in the following sentence.
The boy was so frightening by the film that he couldn't sleep at night.

at

couldn't

was

frightening