PRACTICE TEST 1 FOR UNIT 6

OUR TET HOLIDAY

PART: PHONETICS
I. Write the sound /s/ and /∫/ of the underlined letter(s).
1. celebrate / / 2. should / / 3. exciting / / 4. blossom /
5. show / / 6. wish / / 7. special / / 8. shopping
3. spring / / 10. shine / / 11. nice / / 12. summer
4. sure / / 14. class / / 15. second / / 16. English /
5. wash / / 18. sugar / / 19. decide / / 20. shirt / /
II. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently for the rest.
1. A. decorate B. calendar C. celebrate D. clean
2. A. shopping B. sugar C. sure D. summer
3. A. centre B. special C. decide D. rice
4. A. present B. sound C. sweet D. season
5. A. blossom B. chess C. messy D. passion
PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Complete the sentences with the words in the box
fireworks lucky money apricot blossoms peach blossoms
pagoda calendar family gathering furniture
1. Vietnamese children get _______________in Lunar New Year.
2. On New Year’s Eve, thousands of people gather on Nguyen Hue Street to watch
___________
3. In the north, people decorate their house with pink ______________
4. Yellow ______________are the symbol of Tet for Southern Vietnamese.
5. Half a month before Tet, people begin to clean their houses and ______________
6. On the first day of Tet, people often go to ______________to pray for a good new year.
7. Tet is a time for ______________
8. A ______________is a set of pages showing the days, weeks and months of a particular
year.
II. Write should or shouldn’t to say what one should do or should not do during Tet holiday.
1. One ___________ visit relatives and friends.
2. One ___________sweep house on the first day of the new year.
3. One ___________give good luck wishes to others.
4. One ___________give children and the elderly lucky money.
5. One ___________say bad words or do bad things.
6. One ___________break glassware.
7. One___________ buy and wear new clothes. buy make clean visit celebrate cook go
decorate give hang
8. One ___________wear black or white clothes.
9. One ___________eat squids, duck meat or shrimps.
10. One ___________ offer visitors something sweet such as biscuits, candies or mut
III. Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.
1. Vietnamese people usually return to their families _________ Tet.
A. in B. on C. for D. during
2. When the clock strikes midnight, colorful fireworks light _________ the sky.
A. in B. up C. on D. over
3. You shouldn’t_________ things on the first day of Tet.
A. make B. hang C. break D. cook
4. Tet is the _________ time of the year.
A. busy B. busier C. most busy D. busiest
5. Tet is the biggest and most important_________ in Vietnam.
A. festival B. decoration C. occasion D. tradition
6. Tet is coming. We _________ clean and decorate our house.
A. should B. shouldn’t C. mustn’t D. are
7. I always _________ my grandparents a long life and good health.
A. celebrate B. wish C. make D. bring
8. The _________ is the first person to enter your house in the New Year.
A. relative B. first cousin C. first footer D. rooster
9. “_________ do Vietnamese people prepare for Tet?”_____ “They decorate their houses and
cook special food.”
A. How B. What C. Where D. How
often
10. “In which country do people throw water at one another?” ____ “_________”
A. Scotland B. Thailand C. The USA D. Denmark
11. I wish you had a _________ life and _________ health.
A. long – best B. big – good C. long – good D. happy –
bad
12. I will _________my lucky money in my piggy bank.
A. keep B. spend C. borrow D. give
13. We should help our mother _________ the table after the meal.
A. make B. to make C. to clearing D. clean
14. People in Laos _________ water over one another.
A. give B. throw C. take D. bring
15. On New Year’s days, children in Korea make a _________ to their parents or elders and
wish them a long and healthy _________
A. bow - live B. friend - lives C. bows - lives D. bow – life
16. Children should help their parents _________ their house with flowers and pictures.
A. make B. decorate C. do D. lay
17. New Year’s Eve is a night when members of a family often get _________
A. together B. another C. other D. others
18. People believe that _________ water over people will bring a lot of rain in the new year.
A. throw B. to throw C. throws D. throwing
st
19. January 1 is a day when people in Europe and America _________new year.
A. see B. remember C. celebrate D. spend
20. New year is one of four important _________ in the United States.
A. parties B. festivals C. events D.
celebration
IV. Put the verbs in the correct form.
1. Mr. Thanh ……………. (be) a doctor. He ……………… (work) in a hospital in the city center.
Every day he ……………(catch) the bus to work.
2. Where ……………….your sister ……………..……..(work)? - she …………….…… (work) for a factory.
3. We must…………………… (not go) camping next week because there will be a storm.
4. Miss Van is a journalist. She (not write) ……………….…..for Lao Dong Newspaper. She …….……..
(write) for Nhan Dan Newspaper.
5. I’d like …………….……… (join) your club
6. You should (stay) ………………..….. in bed for few days.
7. ……………….. he (go) …………..……… to school on foot?
8. What should you …………………… (do) next Sunday?
9. There (be not) ………………………… any water in the bottle.
10. How many children ……………………….. (she/have) …………………………?
V. Find and correct one mistake in each of the following sentences
1. He should does the shopping. …………………..
2. At Tet we shouldn’t visit our relatives and friends. …………………..
3. I make you good health and a long life, Grandma. …………………..
4. Children won’t get lucky money from their grandparents. …………………..
5. We should buy some salt, should we? …………………..
6. Will you go shopping with Mum? – Yes, I won’t. …………………..
8. Dad will to repaint the house. …………………..
9. I’m from the USA, I’m Japanese. …………………..
10. Students shouldn’t to litter the schoolyard. …………………..
PART C: SPEAKING
Match the sentences to make conversations, writing the answer in each blank. Then practice
them. (LHT)
1. I'm tired. 1. a. You shouldn't talk in class.
2. I have a headache 2. b. You should take it to the vet.
3. My teacher's angry with me. 3. e. You should take an umbrella.
4. My cat's ill. 4. d. You shouldn't eat so much.
5. It's raining outside. 5. e. You shouldn't go to bed so late.
6. There's lots of food during the Tet 6. f. You should take an aspirin.
holiday.
I. Read the passage and then decide whether the sentences a True or False. (LHT)
Viet Nam's New Year is known as Tet. It begins between
January twenty-first and nineteenth. The exact date changes from
year to year. Tet lasts ten days. The first three days are the most
important. Vietnamese people believe that what people do
during those days will influence the whole year. As a result, they
make every effort to avoid arguments and smile as much as
possible. Vietnamese people believe that the first person through
the door on New Year's Day can bring either good or bad luck. Children receive lucky money as
they do in other countries.
1. Tet occurs in late January or early February. _______
2. There are two weeks for Lunar New Year. ________
3. People should not argue with each other at Tet. ________
4. The first visitor on New Year's Day brings good or bad luck. ________
5. Only children in Viet Nam get lucky money. ________
II. Choose the correct answers to complete the passage.
New Year is one of the most important (1) ________ in the United States. On New Year’s
Eve, most people go to the parties. At twelve o’clock at night, everyone says “Happy New
Year” and they (2) ________ their friends and relatives good luck. New Year’s parties usually
last a long time. Many people don’t go home (3) ________ morning. Another holiday,
Halloween, is mainly for children. On this holiday children (4) ________ as witches, ghosts or
other characters. Most children go (5) ________ house to house and say “Trick or Treat”,
asking for candy or fruit. If the people at the house do not give them candy, the children will
play a trick on them. But this (6) ________ ever happens. Most people give them candy or
fruit.
1. A. competitions B. festivals C. decorations D. traditions
2. A. wish B. exchange C. bring D. play
3. A. in B. on C. for D. until
4. A. put B. make C. dress D. set
5. A. from B. in C. to D. for
6. A. mostly B. hardly C. usually D. always
PART E: WRITING
I. Rewrite these sentences, using must, mustn’t, should, shouldn’t.
1. Parking in this street is prohibited. => You ………………………………………………………………..……
2. It’s not a good idea to swim immediately after a meal.
=> You ……………………………………………………………………………………
3. It’s really important to take this medicine three times a day.
=> You ………………………………………………………………………………………… ……
4. It’s a good idea to listen to the weather forecast before going camping.
=> You …………………………………………………………………………………… …
5. It’s a good for you to take exercise every day.
=> You ………………………………………………………………………………………… ……
6. It’s very important not to drink the water there. It will make you ill.
=> You ……………………………………………………………………………………… …
7. It’s not good to eat lots of sweets.
=> You ………………………………………………………………………………………… ……
8. It’s against the rules to use your mobile phone in class.
=> You ……………………………………………………………………………………… …
II. Put the words in the correct order.
1. I / you / wish /a / good / long / and / life / health/ .
=> ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. Colourful firewords / the sky / when / midnight / light up / strikes / the clock / .
=> ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. We / wish / a / at / should / Tet / make /.
=> ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. Phong / Banh Chung / doesn’t / Thailand / eat / in/.
=> ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. How / we / lucky money / spend/ our / should /?
=> ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. keep / should / in / you / your / it / bank / piggy /.
=> ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
7. Children / bed / should / go / early / to/
=> ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
8. buy / we / Tet / should / before / blossoms / peach /
=> ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..