Exercise 3: Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question, circle the correct letter A, B, C or D. LOUIS BRAILLE (1809 – 1852) Louis Braille (0) was_ the son of a French leather worker. He (1) ___________ blind at the age of three when he fell on a tool in his father’s workshop. But Louis was a (2)____________ and talented boy. He (3) _________ to be a musician, so he learned to play the cello, and at the age of ten he (4)_____________ a scholarship to The National Institute for Blind Children in Paris. He could play the cello, (5)_____________ he (6) ________ read or write. In 1819 a French soldier, Charles Barbier, (7)____________ “night writing”. He used patterns of twelve raised dots on paper so that soldiers could read (8) ____________ dark. Louis Braille understood the importance of this invention for blind people and (9)___________ he was fifteen, he began to develop it. He made it simpler with six dots, not twelve. In 1829, he (10)___________ it at the Institute. 0. A. was B. had C. did D. made 1. A. came B. went C. reached D. got 2. A. brave B. courage C. able D. possible 3. A. passed B. considered C. wanted D. promised 4. A. defeated B. beat C. became D. won 5. A. so B. and C. but D. however 6. A. couldn’t B. wouldn’t C. mustn’t D. can’t 7. A. invented B. discovered C. found out D. set up 8. A. under B. at C. with D. of 9. A. then B. while C. at D. when 10. A. introduce B. introduced C. introduces D. was introducing

II. Rewrite the following sentences based on the given words. ( Viết lại câu sau  dựa trên từ cho sẵn )

1..Hip hop is my favourite kind of music

→ I __________________________________________________

2. Hoa is a hard student

→ Hoa studies__________________________________________

3. My school has 25 classrooms.

→ There_______________________________________________

B. PRONUNCIATION

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. (Chọn 1 từ mà có phần gạch chân phát âm khác với những từ còn lại.)

1. A. artist                B. far                         C. smart                      D. calculator

2. A. glass                B. Mars                     C. bookcase                D. answer

3. A. bag                  B. saw                        C. map                        D. captain

4. A. love                 B. got                        C. some                        D. dove

5. A. holiday          B. horse                       C. pork                        D. torch

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E. WRITING

I.Reorder the words to make correct sentences. .( Sắp xếp những từ sau thành câu hoàn chỉnh)

1. in / My / a / father / works / the / in / city. / hospital

……………………………………………………………………………………….

2. Hoa / and / teeth. / at / brushes / six / o’clock / gets / up / her

………………………………………………………………………………………

3. shoes / Those / the / are / Millers’.

……………………………………………………………………………………

4. . house. / six / Minh’s / There / are / rooms / in.

…………………………………………………………………………………….

5. . not / moment. / English / learning / am / the /I / at

…………………………………………………………………………………..

II. Read the passage, then tick True (T) or False (F).( Đọc đoạn văn rồi xác định câu đúng (T) hoặc câu sai (F)

Nga is a good pupil. She is eleven. She is in grade 6. Every day, she gets up at six o’clock. After getting up, she washes her face, and brushes her teeth. Then, she has breakfast with her family (her father, her mother and her brother). Her father is a doctor. He is forty-two years old. Her mother is a nurse. She is thirty-nine. Tam is her brother. He is a student. Nga goes to school after she gets dressed at 6.30. Her school is big. It has three floors and her classroom is on the second floor.

III/ Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (Viết dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc).  

1. They ( speak) _________ English well.

2. My younger sister (not be) _________ fond of seafood.

3. Jack (not get) _________ up early on Sundays.

4. Anna ( talk) ________ on the phone right now.

5. We (not drink) ________ milk now.

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II/ Choose the best answer among A, B , C or D. (Chọn đáp án đúng trong số A, B,C hoặc D).

1. Mai brushes __________ teeth every morning. 

A. his                        B. my                        C. her                        D. your

2. We are traveling to the countryside __________ bus. 

A. on                         B.in                        C. from                        D. by

3. There __________ a living room, two bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom in Tom’s house.

A. is                        B. are                        C. be                        D. have

4. The bathroom is __________ my sister’s room and my room.

A. in                        B. on                        C. next                        D. between

5. __________ is Phong? - He’s in the living room. 

A. When                B. Where                C. Who                        D. What

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C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I/ Find a word which does not belong in each group. (Tìm 1 từ không cùng nhóm với các từ còn lại trong mỗi nhóm dưới đây).

1. A. artist                B. author                C. beautiful                  D. biologist

2. A. board              B. calculator           C. compass                   D. biological

3. A. favourite        B. biology                C. chemistry                D. physics

4. A. smart             B. quick                    C. share                       D. nice

5. A. rubber            B. textbook                C. pencil                      D. historical

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