Đề cương ôn thi tiếng Anh Lớp 10 cả năm

1OBJECTIVE PRACTICE TEST OF UNIT 1
Pick out the words underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. message B. begin C. repeat D. repair
2. A. dinner B. drink C. child D. children
3. A. ready B. meat C. defeat D. beat
4. A. kitchen B. history C. time D. finish
5. A. arrive B. fit C. fine D. drive
Pick out the words that have the stress different from that of the others.
6. A. usually B. continue C. family D. buffalo
7. A. tobacco B. breakfast C. children D. several
8. A. biology B. alarm C. transplant D. sometimes
9. A. airport B. passenger C. technology D. chemistry
10. A. routine B. tobacco C. neighbor D. experience
Choose the best answer.
11. I know ______ how she felt.
A. exact B. exactly C. exactness D. exacting
12. I felt quite _______ with my day’s work.
A. satisfy B. satisfactory C. satisfied D. satisfaction
13. I was late for school this morning because my alarm did not ____.
A. go away B. go up C. go on D. go off
14. I have not met him since he ______ school.
A. left B. was leaving C. had left D. has left
15. My house isn’t very far _____ school, so I usually go to school _____ bike.
A. from- on B. away - in C. of - by D. from - by
16. _____ films should be made for school.
A. Educational B. Educating C. Educated D. Education
17. Mr. Lam goes to work on foot once a week. It means he ____ walks to work.
A. never B. sometimes C. often D. usually
18. When I was a child, I usually ______ fishing with my brother.
A. go B. went C. gone D. used to go
19. We _____ dinner at home on Saturdays.
A. haven’t had B. didn’t had C. doesn’t have D. don’t have
20. _______ class allows students to acquire knowledge about living things.
A. Geography B. Chemistry C. Biology D. History
21. The contented smile on her face shows that she finally passed the exam.
A. bored B. boring C. happy D. disappointed
22. Now I don’t take the bus to school as I ____.
A. used to B. did C. took D. was
23. It ___ me 15 minutes to get to school every morning.
A. takes B. took C. spends D. spent
24. - “_______ do you often go to school?”
- “At 6.30 every morning.”
A. How B. What time C. Who D. With whom
25. He’s not really interested in ____ on the farm.
A. to work B. being worked C. working D. worked
2Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
26. Mr. Vy leaves the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5.30.
A B C D
27. We haven’t seen Jim since he has returned the countryside.
A B C D
28. I spend 20 minutes to read books every day.
A B C D
29. I enjoy to talk with my classmates about their future plans.
A B C D
30. David immediate comes home after finishing school.
A B C D
Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given
one.
31. The milk was too sour to drink.
A. The milk was sour in order to drink.
B. The milk was very sour to be drunk.
C. The milk wasn’t fresh enough to drink.
D. The milk wasn’t enough fresh to drink.
32. We started to write to each other two years ago.
A.We used to write to each other for two years.
B.We used to write to each other since two years.
C.We’ve written to each other for two years.
D.We’ve written to each other since two years.
33. He last had his eyes tested a year ago.
A. He has not had his eyes tested for a year.
B. He had not had his eyes tested for a year.
C. He had not tested his eyes for a year.
D. He did not have any tests on his eyes in a year
34. Mary is contented with what she does.
A.What she does doesn’t make her pleased.
B.Mary is satisfied with what she does.
C.Whatever Mary does, she makes nobody pleased.
D. She feels happy when she does something.
35. My brother always drives to work.
A.My brother always goes to work on the car.
B.My brother always gets to work by car.
C.My brother always repairs cars at work.
D.My brother’s driver is always off work.
Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question.
My name is Seumas McSporran and I am a very busy man. I am 60 years old and I have
thirteen jobs. I am a postman, a politician, a fireman, a taxi driver, a school- bus driver, a
boatman, an ambulance man, an accountant, a petrol attendant, and an undertaker. Also, I and
my wife, Margaret, have a shop and a small hotel.
I live and work on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only 20 people live there
but in summer, 150 tourists come by boat every day.
Every weekday I get up at 6:00 and make breakfast for the hotel guests. At 8.00 I drive
the island’s children to school. At 9:00 I collect the post from the boat and deliver it to all
3houses on the island. I also deliver beer to the island’s only pub. Then I help Margaret in the
shop.
My wife likes being busy, too. We never have holidays and we don’t watch television. In
the evenings Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At 10:00 we have a glass of wine
and then we go to bed. Perhaps our life isn’t very exciting, but we like it.
36. Mr. McSporron does all the following jobs EXCEPT ______
A. a firefighter B. a driver C. a farmer D. a mailman
37. Gigha is the name of _______.
A. his wife B. his hotel
C. the shop where they work D. the island where they live
38. Tourists ________ to the island.
A. sail B. fly C. swim D. drive
39. The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to the ______.
A. beer B. post C. boat D. pub
40. According to the passage which is TRUE about Seumas McSporran?
A. He likes the job as a postman most. B. He and his wife go on holiday every
year.
C. He does the accounts in the evenings. D. He goes to bed very late.
Read the following passage and choose the best option for each blank.
The 29th of August in 2006 is a day I shall never forget. On that day, I stared ___41__ in
the face. Our flight was ___42__ to leave at 10:30 a.m., and arrived at the airport with plenty of
time to spare. We started boarding 10:00 a.m. Most of us were holiday makers and there ... en’t played / for 9. Haven’t studied / since
5. Have seen / since 10. Has been / for
V. 1. Although he had been prevented from studying by his illness, he passed the final exam
last year.
2. In spite of the cold weather, we went swimming
3. Because of the rain, we stopped playing tennis
4. Despite being tired, he still went on working
5. Because he was careless in writing, he got bad marks
6. In spite of being ill / her illness. Ann insisted on going to work
7. Even though I tried to persuade her, I didn’t succeed.
8. Because this boy is lazy, he is ignorant
9. Because of her mother’s advice, she accepted the job
10. I have studied English for five years.
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SUBJECTIVE PRACTICE TEST OF UNIT 8
Group the words that contain the same diphthong sounds into /əʊ/ and /aʊ/ columns
/əʊ/ /aʊ/
1 phone Cow
2 bone town
3 note how
4 bowl mouse
5 close couch
6 road flower
7 narrow drought
8 over mountain
9 told crowded
10 shoulder crowed
Turn each direct speech statement into indirect speech with tense changes.
1. He said to them, “Don’t use bent coins in a slot machine.”
He told them not to use bent coins in a slot machine.
2. She said to him, “Remember to send this message to my father.”
She told him to remember to send that message to her father.
3. “I will come to see you as soon as possible”
He told me he would come to see me as soon as possible.
4. 'Careful! You'll fall through the ice.'
I warned him he would fall through the ice.
5. 'You must be home by 9 o'clock.'
She said that I had to be home by 9 o’clock.
6. 'John left here an hour ago.'
She told me John had left there an hour before.
7. 'I easily beat everyone else in the race.'
He boasted he had easily beaten everyone else in the race
8. 'I've been spending a lot more time with my children.'
He mentioned he had been spending a lot more time with his children
9. ‘I love you.’ said Mary.
Mary said that she loved me.
10. 'You can stay in my house when I am on holiday.'
Jim told us that we could stay in his house when he was on holiday.
Write conditional sentences from these statements.
1. If my brother has enough money, He will buy an English - Vietnamese dictionary.
2. If I buy a new hat, I’ll give you this one.
3. If the weather is fine, I will go for a swim.
4. If you work hard, you will pass your examination.
5. If he buys that big house, he will need several servants.
Rewrite the following sentences, using “ UNLESS”
1. You will spoil it if you aren’t careful.
You will spoil it unless you are careful.
2. If you don’t eat anything, you will be ill.
You will be ill unless you eat something.
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3. You won’t pass your examination if you don’t work hard.
You won’t pass your examination unless you work hard.
4. He won’t speak French if he doesn’t go to France.
He won’t speak French unless he goes to France
5. If you don’t ring the bell, the servant won’t come.
The servant won’t come unless you ring the bell.
Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
1. wide 2. short 3. muddy 4. flood
5. farm 6. following 7. enclosure 8.village
9. better 10. worse
SUBJECTIVE PRACTICE TESTOF UNIT 9
PRONUNCIATION
iə uə eə
1. bear 
2. here 
3. air 
4. tour 
5. sure 
6. where 
7. pour 
8. idea 
9. care 
10. ear 
VOCABUARY
A
1. discovery
2. contribution
3. mysterious
4. independent
5. investigation
B
1. ocean/ oceans
2. island
3. sea/ ocean
4. jellyfish
5. whale
GRAMMAR
A
1. shouldn’t play
2. shouldn’t stay
3. should take
4. shouldn’t break
5. shouldn’t tell
B
1. were
2. would offer
3. wouldn’t mind/ were
4. were/ wouldn’t permit
5. would you choose
WRITING
A
1. Alan wouldn’t always overeat at lunch if he ate breakfast.
2. If I knew enough about the machine, I could/ would mend it myself.
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3. Nick could/ would find the way if he had got a map.
4. If the wind weren’t blowing hard, I would take the boat out for a ride.
5. We would visit our parents very often if they didn’t live so far away.
B
1. I don’t think he should go to work.
2. I think you should go to the dentist.
3. I think you should take them back to the shop.
4. I think you should tell them to buy fruit.
5. I don’t think you should work so hard.
SUBJECTIVE PRACTICE TEST OF UNIT 10
1. / sl / : sleep, slim, slowly
2. / sm/ : smith, smile, smell, smoke
3. /sn/ : snow, snore, snack, snowy, sneeze
4. / sw/ : swim, switch, swallow
5. established 7. provided 9. destroy 11. save
6. quickly 8. ban 10. exist
12. Our exercises are corrected at home by the teacher.
13. Ali’s mother was worried about his absence.
14. Several new schools are being built in our town.
15. Great progress in industry, science and medicine has been made by us.
16. A lion was killed last week.
17. Your report must be handed in before the end of this month.
18. That box hasn’t been opened for the past hundred years.
19. Are these letters going to be mailed soon ?
20. The report should have been finished yesterday.
21. It is said that he is the richest man in our town.
22. She fell into water because she was pushed by someone. .
23. It’s the time the cows are brought in.
24. What questions were set by the examiner ?
25. Something must be done for these poor men.
26. My question hasn’t been answered properly.
27. This child has been brought up badly.
28. Jane was promised a prize by her teacher if she worked well.
29. Lessons should be made more interesting for school children ( by the teachers).
30. The house will be locked up for summer and will be looked after by the old gardener.
31. It is said that tortoises live longer than elephants.
32. An orange can not be eaten if it hasn’t been peeled.
33. Don’t let be seen by the others.
34. Was you taught how to behave ?
35. I was surprised to hear you had been robbed.
36. The prices of the services are reasonable for every pocket
37. The Royal National Park is in New South Wales, Australia
38. Sir John Robertson found the Park in 1879
39. The park is one of America’s greatest wildness areas
40. Yesterday I went to Thanh Ba Post Office to send some money to my brother
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SUBJECTIVE PRACTICE TEST OF UNIT 11
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.
1. contamination 2. endangered 3. located 4. explore
5. abandoned 6. defeated 7. was orphaned 8. establish
9. released 10. contains
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. had gone/ would have become 2. had missed/ would have been late
3. could have gone/ hadn’t got 4. had walked
5. would have forgotten
6. had had/would have taken 7. would have sent
8. would have been/ hadn’t known 9. wouldn’t have happened
10. had told
11. had been/would have enjoyed 12. would happen/ flew
13. had left 14. had checked/ wouldn’t have got
15. had had
Rewrite these following sentences, using Conditional sentence type 3
1. If he had prepared for the interview, he could have got the job.
2. We wouldn’t have come home from our holiday early if we hadn’t run out of money.
3. If I had had enough free time, I could have taken much exercise.
4. The house wouldn’t have burned down if the fire brigade had come immediately.
5. If the men hadn’t worn protective clothing, they wouldn’t have been all quite safe.
6. If Tom had come, we wouldn’t have cancelled the meeting.
7. If I had known how difficult it was , I wouldn’t have taken the job.
8. If my father had earned much money, life could have been easy for us.
9. Daniel would have bought the book if he had had enough money.
10. Andrew would have asked Frank Sinatra for his autograph if he had been brave enough.
11. If she had said sorry, hewouldn’t have been angry.
12. If they had passed the examination , their parents would have been happy.
13. If It hadn’t rained last night ,I would have gone to the cinema.
14. If theweather had been very nice, wewould have gone camping.
15. If the computer hadn’t broken down, I wouldn’t have stoppedmywork.
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SUBJECTIVE PRACTICE TEST OF UNIT 12
Complete these sentences with the appropriate form of the words in parentheses.
1. World Cup, the international football tournament is held every four years. (nation)
2. Football is considered the most popular sporting event in the world. (popularity)
3. There are 22 players in each football team. (play)
4. Long was selected to play in the professional football team last week. (profession)
5. The World Cup is followed with great interest around the globe. (interesting)
6. He was in competing with ten others, so he did well to win the race. (compete)
7. Manchester players have been trying to score another goal but their efforts are unsuccessful.
8. All competitors take part in the Olympic Games in the spirit of sportsmanship. (sportsman)
9. My brother is fond of doing scientific research (science)
10. She hits the ball with great accuracy (accurate)
Write the sound for the underlined letters in the following words
1. cup /k/ 9. goal /g/ 17. tournament /ʊə/
2. city /s/ 10. gene /dʒ/ 18. founded /aʊ/
3. victory /k/ 11. champion /tʃ/ 19. defeat /iː /
4. cancer /s/ 12. character /k/ 20. great /eɪ/
5. region / dʒ/ 13. runner /ʌ/
6. governing /g/ 14. stadium /ə/
7. knock /k/ 15. record /ɔː /
8. kick /k/ 16. world /ɜː /
Make questions for the underlined parts of the following statements
1/ How do you go to school every day?
2/ Where does your/ our teacher live?
3/ When will the police come here?
4/ Who is working in the field now?
5/ What did she go to market for?/ Why did she go to market?
6/ Why was the boy glad?
7/ Who(m) does this hand bag belong to?
8/ How often do you / we have 3 English classes?
9/ How many members are there in your family?
10/ How long does it take him to go to his office?
Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one
1. Mary listens to classical music to feel relaxed
2. Peter practices speaking English to pass the oral test.
3. My mother goes to the grocery for some meat.
4. I took my umbrella in order not to get wet.
5. My parents save a lot of money to buy a new house.
6. John telephoned to invite me to his birthday party.
7. Doing the morning exercises makes my grandfather stronger.
8. He didn't have enough money to buy a new motorbike.
9. I try to do my best in order not to make any mistakes.
10. I closed the door in order not to be disturbed.
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SUBJECTIVE PRACTICE TEST OF UNIT 13
Fill in each blank with a suitable form of the words given in the box.
1. actor 2. audience 3. silent 4. character
5. scene 6. entertainment 7. prefers 8. cartoon
9. documentary 10. interested
Rewrite the following sentences:
1. It was not until 10 p.m. that he came home.
2. It was not until she was 20 that she began to work.
3. It was not until I was in grade six that I studied French.
4 It was not until the child was 2 years old that he could walk.
5 It was not until 3.00 p.m. in the afternoon that Lan was free.
6 We were interested in the movie.
7 I was bored with the story.
8 Tan finds astronomy interesting.
9 The weather makes me depressed.
10. They were disappointed with the novel.
Put the words into the right column of pronunciation of the underlined part
/f/ /v/
comfortable
enough
laugh
football
office
village
November
leaving
Stephen
lovely
Give the correct forms of participles of verbs in parentheses:
1. exciting 2. interested 3. pleasing 4. distinguishing
4. boring 6. bored 7. satisfied 8. pleasing
9. excited 10. surprising
SUBJECTIVE PRACTICE TEST OF UNIT 14
Arrange these words into two rows of sounds /g/ and /k/
/g/ game, gnat, gain, organize, group, bag, vague, glass, ghost, leg
/k/ chorus, scholar, character, scar, cook, cake, according, mechanic, school
Arrange these words into three rows of stress: first stress (1), second stress (2), or third stress (3)
(1) honour, final, nation, series, captain, friendly, hero, postpone, football
(2) attract, compete, involve, event, between, promote, defeat
(3) introduce, Vietnamese, volunteer
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Complete these sentences with the appropriate words in the box
1. trophy
2. tournament
3. participated
4. result
5. stadium
6. hosted
7. scored
8. victory
9. defeated
10. professional
11. spectators
12. rules
13. competition
Complete the sentences with “will” or “be going to”
1. will pass
2. is going to rain
3. will like
4. will meet
5. is going to study
6. will come
7. is going to fall
8. am going to eat
9. are going to give
10.will look
Use the verbs in brackets with “will” or “be going to”
1. Are you going to return
2. will go
3. am going to spend
4. will be
5. am going to work
6. will be/ is going to be
7. am going to do
8. am going to fail
9. will not fail
SUBJECTIVE PRACTICE TEST OF UNIT 16
Put /z / or /ʃ/ before the words pronounced as /z / or /ʃ/ .
1. /z / 6. /ʃ/
2. /ʃ/ 7. /z /
3. /ʃ/ 8. /ʃ/
4. /z / 9. /ʃ/
5. /z / 10. /z /
Use the superlative or comparative form of the words in brackets.
11. the most modern
12. the most boring
13. farther/ further
14. the most useful
15. worse
16. the richest
17. the cleverest
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18. lesser
19. better
20. more expensive
Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of the words in parentheses.
21. scientist
22. discoveries
23. widen
24. representative
25. established
26. preservation
27. endangered
28. traditional
29. musician
30. joyfulness
Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning.
31. That cell phone is more expensive than this cell phone.
32. The Tan Ky House is the oldest house in Hoi An.
33. The table is as big as the desk.
34. It’s the most romantic story I’ve ever read.
35. No one in Jeanny’s class is as tall as her/ she is.
36. The pen is mightier than the sword.
37. The blue building is higher than the orange one.
38. The skirt is more expensive than the dress.
39. You are fitter than I am.
40. This train is the most convenient.