A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each
group
1. A. bird
B. girl
C. first
D. sister
2. A. burn
B. sun
C. hurt
D. turn
3. A. nurse
B. picture
C. surf
D. return
4. A. neighbor
B. favorite
C. culture
D. tourist
5. A. hobby
B. hour
C. hotel
D. hot
6. A. prefer
B. better
C. teacher
D. worker
7. A. bear
B. hear
C. dear
D. near

8. A. collect
B. concern
C. concert
D. combine
9. A. absent
B. government
C. dependent
D. enjoy
10. A. future
B. return
C. picture
D. culture
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each
group.
1. A. welcome
B. upstairs
C. hobby
D. eggshell
2. A. difficult
B. unusual
C. expensive D. occasion
3. A. challenge
B. outdoor
C. model
D. enjoy
4. A. melody
B. pottery
C. creative
D. gallery
5. A. receive

B. fragile
C. unique
D. arrange
6. A. essential
B. unusual
C. occasion
D. calorie
7. A. mural
B. monopoly C. graffiti
D. conjunction
8. A. reporter
B. mountain
C. gardener
D. newspaper
9. A. favourite
B. unusual
C. popular
D. common
10. A. pottery
B. flower
C. silent
D. prepare
B. MULTIPLE CHOICE
I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. There are many
_____ why it is important to have a hobby.
A. answers B.reasons
2.Will you

C.details


D.facts

making models in the future?

A.pick up B.look for

C.take up

D.find

3.Do you think that hobby is and boring?
A.easy

B.difficult

C.danger

4.I love my sister’s paintings because she is very
A.careless B.care
A.other

in using colours.

C.creative

5.A hobby helps you to connect with
B.others

D.interesting

D.imagine

people.
C.another

D.the other

6.I join a photography club, and all the members love___a lot of beautifulphotos.
A.take

B.taking

C.make

D.making

C.on

D.while

8. I think a hobby will always give you_____and help you

.

7.What does your father do his free time?
A.in
A.pleased-relax

B.at
B.pleasure-relaxed


C.pleased-relaxing

D.pleasure - relax


9. You can share your stamps
A.with - at B.to - at

other collectors
C.with - in

10. I think this hobby does not cost you much, and
A.most

B.all

a stamp club.
D.to - in

you need is time.
C.some

D.all of

11. Nowadays people_____ hours sitting in front of computers.
A.take

B.last


C.set

D.spend

12.I think you should take up swimming _____ it is suitable for your health condition.
A.so

B.because

13. My family enjoys

C.although

D.but

because we can sell vegetables and flowers

A.garden - to

B.gardening - for

C.gardening - with

money.
D.garden - of

14. If your hobby is greeting card making, you can give your
A.hobby

B.money


C.greetings

to your friends as presents.
D.products

15. My sister’s hobby is sewing, and she can get the sewing patterns from the______magazines.
A.fashion B.cooking

C.sports

D.science

16. _____ is her father's hobby. He likes going to the zoo to see beautiful parrots
or canaries.
A. Collecting birds

B. Raising pets

C. Bird-watching

D. Arranging flowers

17. My mother loves____. She usually grows vegetables and takes care of____them when she has free time.
A. cooking food B. gardening

C. cycling

D. eating fruits


18. My brothers would like to_____ mountain climbing. They think they will
enjoy themselves and _____ some nice photos.
A. go/ take

B. pick/take

C. take/collect

19. I prefer listening to music____ very much. Gentle

D. go/pick

and nice lyrics of old

songs always attract my attention.
A. headphones

B.

noise

C. colours

D. melodies

20. My father will go_____on the sea when my family goes to the beach this week.
A. gymnastics

B. camping


C. horse-riding

D.

surfing

21. I love making ____ because I can create some nice and unique clay bottles
or cups to give my friends.
A. pottery

B. paper kites

C. architectures

D.

lanterns

22. __ is my unusual hobby. I like moving on the ice and feel like a beautifulswan.
A. Swimming

B. Eating ice-creams

C. Ice-skating

D. Making models

23. She took______playing the piano when she was a young girl.



A. in

B. over

C. up

D. on

24. He …………..a karate club next month. He……..to improve his health.
A. will join/ wants

B. joins/wants

C. will join/ will want

D. is joining/ wants

25. Our grandfather____he_____us how to carve eggshells this weekend.
A. will promise/will show

B. is promising/shows

C. promises/will show

D. promised/shows

26. My mother____ me to the museum tomorrow because she______

to finish


a lot of her work.
A. doesn't take/ has

B. won't take/ has

C. won't take/ doesn't have

D. doesn't take/ doesn't have

27.
The busin two minutes. I________late for school when I _____it.
A. arrives/ will be/ miss

B. will arrive/ will be /miss

C. arrives/ am/ will miss

D. will arrive/ am/ will miss

28. My brother hates______ horror films. They make him

scary a lot.

A. to watch/ feel

B. watching/ to feel

C. to watch/ to feel

D. watching/ feel


29. It's interesting_____a puppy. I enjoy_after it very much.
A. having/ looking

B. to have/ to look

C. having/ to look

D. to have/ looking

30. One of my favorite hobbies is__comics. I love

more famous ones.

A. read/ collecting

B. reading/collecting

C. to read/ to collect

D. reading/ collected

1V. Complete the words for the health problems
1. st……….ache

2. e….. ache

3. s…….. th……….

4. c……..


5. t…………che

6. h…….. dache

7. f……..

8. su…….rn

V. Fill in the blank
Earchache

flu

toothache

backache

sore throat

cough

stomachache headache

1……………………....: a pain caused by something being wrong with one of your teeth.


2……………………...: a pain in your back.
3………………………: a very serve pain that you feel in your head.
4……………………….: pain in your stomach .

5. …………………..…: a pain in the inside part of your car.
6……………………….:a problem which is like a very bad cold, but which causes a temperature.
7. ……………………..: a pain in your throat.
8. …………………..…: a heath problem that you make a lot of loud.
VI.Using more or less
1. Eat……………………………...sweet food

6. Drink…………………….…water.

2. Get………………………………...exercise.

7. Smoke…………………….…….and give it up.

3. Drink ………………………..………coffee.

8. Relax………………………

4. Eat………………………..…..fast food.

9. Worry……………………….…….about things.

5. Eat……………..….fruit and vegetables.

10. Spend………………time on computer games

VII. Choose the best answer
1.

Ann (hates, hate) playing games. She doesn’t (like, likes) playing volleyball.


2.

Mr Brown (enjoys, enjoy) reading books a lot. He (likes, like) reading stories, too.

3.

We (like, likes) playing table tennis. They (like, likes) playing table tennis, too.

4.

I (dislike, dislikes) eating durians but I (like, likes) eating mangoes a lot.

5.

They (hate, hates) cleaning the floor but we (love, loves) cleaning the floor

6.

I don’t (likes, like) people shouting at me. She doesn’t (like, likes) people shouting at her, either.

7.

I love (meet, meeting) people. He (loves, love) meeting people, too.

8.

Tom doesn’t (minds, mind) working at night. They don’t (mind, minds) working either.

9.


She doesn’t (like, likes) singing very much. He (dislkes, dislike) singing, either

10. I dislike (spending, spend) money on such a ridiculous thing.
11. He detests (being, be) late. They don’t (like, likes) being late, either
12. She can’t (bear, bears) being alone but he can (bear, bears) being alone
13. I enjoy (being, be) alone. Thanh doesn’t (enjoy, enjoys) being alone.
14. He’s not very fond of (doing, do) the housework.


15. He’s not a great fan of (swimming, swim).