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REVISION FOR THE 1ST SEMESTER – CLASS 11 SCHOOL YEAR 2019-2020  1. Pronunciation: /dʒ/, /tʃ/, /m/, /n/, / ŋ/, / l/, /r/, /h/, /w/, /j/, /tr/, /dr/, /tw/, /kl/, /gl/, /kr/, /gr/, /kw/ 2. Stress pattern: 2, 3 syllable words 3. Vocabulary, word form, word choice; prepositions; articles; correction, speaking, synonym, antonym (Unit 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6) 4. Grammar: Infinitive with to, infinitive without to, gerund Passive infinitive and gerund Gerund and present participle Perfect gerund and perfect participle Reported speech with gerund, infinitive and conditional sentences Simple present tense and past tenses Conditional sentences, type: 1, 2, 3 5. Writing 6. Reading PRACTICE A. PRONUNCIATION Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 1. a. machine b. change c. teacher d. choose 2. a. condition b. option c. suggestion d. relation 3. a. good b. gossip c. game d. geometry 4. a. money b. notice c. glance d. ankle 5. a. imagine b. glance c. geography d. religion 6. a. trust b. mutual c. number d. uncertain 7. a. adult b. candle c. talk d. flower 8. a. hour b. honest c. vehicle d. happy 9. a. weather b. cream c. friend d. wedding 10. a. birthday b. although c. together d. clothing 11. a. children b. divorce c. married d. present 12. a. iron b. celebrate c. parent d. restaurant 13. a. shout b. announce c. group d. found 14. a. mutual b. residential c. nature d. culture 15. a. two b. twenty c. twist d. twice B. STRESS Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others. 1. a. announce b. answer c. pronounce d. award 2. a. floppy b. embrace c. cotton d. idol 3. a. complain b. destroy c. recite d. female 4. a. carefully b. correctly c. seriously d. personally 5. a. annual b. announce c. formal d. sculpture 6. a. organize b. encourage c. remember d. encourage 7. a. party b. birthday c. affair d. candle 1
8. a. refreshment b. horrible c. exciting d. intention 9. a. overcome b. orphanage c. volunteer d. understand 10. a. museum b. disaster c. literacy d. minority 11. a. support b. suffer c. suggest d. succeed 12. a. handicapped b. acquaintance c. performance d. donation 13. a. contest b. sponsor c. observe d. marriage 14. a. experience b. acquaintance c. athletics d. marathon 15. a. expect b. compete c. award d. suffer C. VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE I. Word choice 1. Your friendship should be based on ________ trust. a. basic b. fragile c. mutual d. blind 2. The company expects ________ from its employees. a. constancy b. quality c. interest d. loyalty 3. I've got lots of ________, but only a few are really good friends. a. close friends b. acquaintances c. neighbors d. partners 4. Friendship is a two-sided ________, it lives by give-and-take. a. affair b. event c. aspect d. feature 5. Daisy is so ________ . She only cares about herself, not about other people. a. helpful b. selfish c. loyal d. talkative 6. I believe that everyone has had ________ experiences in their life. a. memorable b. observable c. acceptable d. reflexible 7. One third of the world's population _______ two thirds of the world's resources. a. drains b. absorbs c. consumes d. supports 8. A ________ is a conversation about other people’s private lives which might be unkind or not true. a. quality b. sorrow c. secret d. gossip 9. She made a big ________ of not having a window seat on the plane. a. complaint b. fuss c. excitement d. interest th 10. They're having a party in _______ of his 84 birthday. a. ceremony b. honor c. memory d. celebration 11. We tried to make a _______ of our situation, but it wasn't funny. a. joke b. trick c. tension d. risk 12. They held a concert to mark the _______ of Mozart's death. a. occasion b. anniversary c. situation d. remembrance 13. A _______ is a person chosen to speak on behalf of a group. a. monitor b. president c. member d. representative 14. The winner of the contest was given a(n) _______ for her excellent performance. a. bonus b. reward c. fine d. award 15. Such questions provide a useful means of ______ students' interest. a. expressing b. encouraging c. stimulating d. providing 16. The population of the world is growing at a dangerous _______. a. amount b. rate c. figure d. way 17. To become a good gardener, it is important to practise and learn from ______. a. past b. memory c. experiment d. experience 2
18. Last year I went to a party alone. I didn’t know any people there except the host. I felt very _______. a. embarrass b. embarrassed c. embarrassing d. embarrassingly 18. I want to buy a skirt for my mother. She is not very tall. She is of medium ________ . a. height b. high c. tall d. length 19. On the _________ of our wedding, we would love to invite your family to our dinner. a. opportunity b. chance c. anniversary d. birthday 20. He pulled a(n) ________ of 10 pounds notes out of his pocket. a. sum b. amount c. piece d. wad 21. I have nothing in_______ with Tim. a. together b. common c. commonly d. altogether 22. We have to protect our country’s natural _______, such as coal, oil, and forests. a. population b. resources c. rates d. methods 23. He has to work very hard to earn enough to _________his big family. a. reach b. govern c. limit d. support 24. The children seem to be totally________of working quietly by themselves. a. unable b. impossible c. incapable d. not able 25. There is a _________ of clean water in many parts of the world today. a. drainage b. loss c. decrease d. shortage II. Word form 1. She was not fired. She left the company ________ . a. voluntary b. volunteer c. voluntarily d. volunteers 2. She showed her ________ by asking lots of trivial questions. a. experience b. experienced c. inexperienced d. inexperience 3. Better health care and agriculture have led to rapid population _______. a. grow b. growing c. grown d. growth 4. How many _________ are there in the competition? a. participates b. participants c. participations d. participative 5. Everyone was attracted by her graceful ______ . a. performance b. performing c. perform d. performer 6. He has a very outgoing ________ and makes friends very easily. a. person b. personal c. personality d. personage 7. He tried his best to make his birthday party more _______ . a. enjoyed b. enjoying c. enjoyment d. enjoyable 8. All the teachers work on an entirely ______ basis. a. volunteer b. volunteered c. voluntary d. voluntarily 9. The new law allows school districts to spend more money on less ______ children. a. advantageous b. disadvantageous c. advantaged d. disadvantaged 10. A lot of children participated in ______ performances. a. raising-fund b. fundraising c. fundraise d. funding-raise 11. There is now intense ______ between schools to attract students. a. competence b. competition c. competitive d. competitor 12. Don’t write anything until the instructor finishes his ________. a. explain b. explanatory b. explaination b. explainer 13. The second solution is to provide safe, _________ birth-control methods. a. expensive b. inexpensive c. expensively d. inexpensively 14. He does not know much about the project but he is very ________ . a. enthusiastic b. enthusiast c. enthusiasm d. enthusiastically 3
15. Beauty contests are based largely on the beauty of _______ appearance. a. physically b. physics c. physical d. physician 16. She always gets________ before her birthday. a. excite b. exciting c. excited d. excitement 17. It __________him that he had no idea of what was going on. a. embarrass b. embarrassed c. embarrassing d. embarrassment 18. The teaching of history shouldn’t be _________ to date and figures. a. limiting b. limitation c. limit d. limited 19. There are many places of ________ to visist in London. a. interest b. intertesting c. interestedd. interestingly 20. This price reduction is due to _________ among suppliers. a. complete b. competition c. competitor d. competed III. Grammar 1. I think your mother should let you _________ your own mind. a. make up b. to make up c. making up d. made up 2. Do you know what made so many people _________ their home? a. evacuate b. to evacuate c. evacuated d. be evacuated 3. I was delighted _________ my old friends again. a. seen b. seeing c. to see d. to be seen 4. When he realised that I ________ at him, he ________ away. a. looked - was turning b. was looking - turned c. was looking - was turning d. looked - turned 5. A small stone struck the windshield while we _______ down the gravel road. a. drive b. were driving c. had driven d. had been driving 6. The film _______ by the time we ________ to the cinema. a. already began - got b. have already begun - got c. had already begun - got d. already began - had got 7. We managed _______ over the wall without ________. a. to climb/ seeing b. climbing/ being seen c. to climb/ being seen d. to be climbed/ seeing 8. Isabel expected _______ to the university, but she wasn't. a. to admit b. to be admitted c. admitting d. being admitted 9. By the time their baby arrives, the Johnson hope ______ painting and decorating the new nursery. a. having finished b. to have finished c. having been finished d. to have been finished 10. She's angry about ______ to the farewell party last night. a. not having invited b. not to have invited c. not having been invited d. not to have been invited 11. ______ in dark colors, the room needed some bright lights. a. Having painted b. To have painted c. Having been painted d. To have been painted 12. John said if he ______ any money he ____________me a drink. a. has - will buy b. had - would have bought c. has had - would buy d. had had - would have bought 13. If the North Sea _______ in winter, you could walk from London to Oslo. a. happened to freeze b. froze c. should freeze d. should happen to freeze 4
14. If you _______ to my advice in the first place, you wouldn't be in this mess now. a. listen b. will listen c. had listened d. listened 15. I'll give you a lift if it _______. a. is raining b. rained c. will rain d. had rained 16. _______ how difficult the job was, I mightn't have taken it. a. If I know b. If I would know c. Did I know d. Had I known 17. If it _____last night, it _______ so hot today. a. rained / is not b. was raining / were not c. had rained / would not have been d. had rained / would not be 18. _________ along Canary Street, I saw a terrible accident. a. While walking b. While I walking c. To walk d. While I have walked 19. Nowadays we _________ how important television ________ for our knowledge. a. know / is b. is knowing / has been c. knew / will be d. have known / was 20. These workers stopped _________ some coffee because they felt sleepy. a. to have b. have c. having d. had 21. Due to having a lot of things ________ last night, we missed _________ the film. a. for doing / to see b. done / saw c. doing / see d. to do / seeing 22. Most famous people don’t like ________ personal questions. a. asked b. be asked c. to be asked d. to be asking 23. Peter is not used to ____ in front of the public. He often feels too nervous _____ anything. a. speaking / to say b. speak / saying c. spoken / for saying d. speaking /saying. 24. Dad had the hall ________ for his 25th wedding anniversary. a. to decorate b. to be decorated c. decorated d. be decorating 25. Bob ________ having stolen Mary’s pocket calculator. a. admitted b. agreed c. dreamed d. accepted IV. Preposition and article 1. The children seem to be totally capable ________ working by themselves. a. on b. of c. in d. for 2. We hope that students themselves will enjoy taking part ______ the projects. a. in b. on c. at d. for 3. He apologized _______ not being able to complete the poem. a. in b. on c. of d. for 4. Time was _______, and the judges announced the results. a. out b. up c. off d. down 5. People are not aware ______ the problem of overpopulation. a. for b. of c. at d. in 6. Scientists say that the main reason ______ population explosion is an increase in birth rates. a. of b. to c. for d. in 7. John thanked me _______ helping him with the homework. a. to b. for c. with d. of 8. She has _______ sense of humour. She often makes us laugh a lot. a. a b. an c. the d. no article 5
9. Many Americans ______ the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their age. a. at b. over c. with d. above 10. He pulled _______ wad of $10 notes out of his pocket. a. some b. a c. the d. no article 11. At _____ end of the competition, the judge announced the results to everybody. a. a b. an c. the d. X 12. Have you got any difficulty ________ learning these answers? a. in b. for c. about d. with 13. The instructor is explaining the competition’s rules __________ the competitors. a. to b. for c. with d. at 14. Why don’t we do something to help these children _________ their education? a. in b. with c. about d. on 15. On _______ Internet and with cable television w e can select information from _______ wide variety of sources. a. the / a b. an / the c. the / Ø d. Ø / the V. Synonym 1. The boy glanced at me and turned away. a. looked carefully b. looked quickly c. looked attentively d. looked suspiciously 2. All students can take part in the annual English-speaking Competition. a. happening once a year b. happening once a term b. happening once a month d. happening once every six months 3. They quickly read the questions and tried to find out the answers. a. complete b. guess c. offer d. discover 4. In tonight’s quiz, our contestants have come from all over the country. a. losers b. judges c. competitors d. winners 5. The population of the world has been increasing faster and faster. a. becoming greater in number b. getting smaller in amount c. going limited d. raising controllable 6. People are now raising money for flood victims. a. sending b. collecting c. paying d. making 7. A bank has promised a donation of $24 million toward the disaster fund. a. connection b. addition c. contribution d. provision VI. Antonym 1. I don't like that man. There is a sneaky look on his face. a. furious b. humorous c. honest d. guilty 2. Last year I went to a party alone. I didn’t know any people there except the host. I felt very embarrassed. a. nervous b. ashamed c. confident d. uncomfortable 3. The price of petroleum has decreased since last week. a. gone down b. given up c. let off d. put away 4. Originally, there were 365 acupoints, but now this has increased to more than 2000 nowadays. a. reduced b. stabled c. transferred d. turned into 5. After a very short time, this kind of music becomes wildly popular among the youth. a. appealing b. attractive c. unknown d. common 6. She admitted that she broke her mother’s vase. 6
a. denied b. refused c. promised d. agreed 7. They almost completed the five activities. a. finished b. continued c. occurred d. achieved VII. Correction 1. Joyce thanked us inviting them to dinner and said that they wanted to have us over for dinner next week. A B C D 2. If Rudy would have studied German in college, he would not have found the scientific A B C terminology so difficult to understand. D 3. The rain prevented us for climbing to the top of the mountain. A B C D 4. Finished my homework, I was allowed to go to the cinema with my friends. A B C D 5. Whatever happened, I didn't want to lose friendship of Vera. A B C D 6. During a curfew it is not possible walking on the streets after a specified hour. A B C D 7. Approximately 70 percent of all parents let their children to attend school. A B C D 8. Computers have made access to information instantly available just by push a few buttons. A B C D 9. You had better learning a foreign language before applying for a job. A B C D 10. Richard said the play was very entertaining and he recommended to see it. A B C D VIII. Sentence transformation Choose the answer (a, b, c or d) that is nearest in meaning to the printed before it. 1. 'Let me pay for the coffee. I really want.' a. Jenny is asked to pay for the coffee. b. Jenny suggested paying for the coffee. c. Jenny insisted on paying for the coffee. d. Jenny told me to pay for the coffee. 2. 'You're always making terrible mistakes,' said the teacher. a. The teacher complained about his students making terrible mistakes. b. The teacher asked his students why they always made terrible mistakes. c. The teacher realized that his students always made terrible mistakes. d. The teacher made his students not always make terrible mistakes. 3. Each of you may have one piece of candy,’ Mrs. Jones said to the children. a. Mrs. Jones advised the children to have one piece of candy. b. Mrs. Jones asked each of the children to have one piece of candy. c. Mrs. Jones allowed each of the children to have one piece of candy. d. Mrs. Jones reminded the children to have one piece of candy. 4. 'Don't be so disappointed Jane. You can take the driving test again,' said Helen. a. Helen told Jane not to be disappointed and take the driving test again. b. Helen asked Jane not to be disappointed and offered her another driving test. c. Helen warned Jane not to be di3appointed' in order to take the driving test again. d. Helen encouraged Jane to take the driving test again. 5. 'Let's break for lunch,' said Mathew. a. Mathew wanted to break for lunch. b. Mathew insisted on breaking for lunch. 7
c. Mathew suggested breaking for lunch.d. Mathew offered us a break for lunch. 6. Maria hasn’t played the piano for 5 years. a. The last time Maria played the piano5 years ago. b. Maria played the piano 5 years ago. c. The last time Maria played the piano was 5 years ago. d. Maria doesn’t played piano 5 years ago. 7. I closed all the windows and then locked the door. a. Having locked the door, I closed all the windows. b. Having locked the door, then all the windows were closed. c. Having closed all the windows, then the door was locked. d. Having closed all the windows, I locked the door. 8. We couldn’t move fast because of the fog. a. The fog prevented us from moving fast. c. The dog didn’t let us to move fast. b. We wanted to move fast but the fog stopped us. d. The fog made us difficult to move fast. Choose the best sentence -a, b, c, or d - made from the given cues. 1. I/ had/ An/ clean/ bedroom/ before/ let/ her/ go out/ play// a. I had An clean up her bedroom before I let her going out to play. b. I had An cleaned her bedroom before letting her go out for playing. c. I had An clean up her bedroom before I let her go out to play. d. I had An to clean her bedroom before letting her go out to play. 2. We/ listen/ old man/ say/ his story/ beginning/ end// a. We listened to the old man saying his story from beginning to end. b. We listened the old man say his story from the beginning to the end. c. We listened to the old man say his story from beginning to end. d. We listened to the old man to say his story from beginning to end. 3. boys/ clever/ see/ solution/ problem/ so quickly// a. The boys were clever to see the solution to the problem so quickly. b. Boys are clever to see the solution of problem so quickly. c. The boys are clever at seeing the solution to the problem so quickly. d. The boys were clever to see the solution of the problem so quickly. 6. Heavy rain/ cause/ widespread flooding/ this/ region/ lately. a. Heavy rain caused widespread flooding in this region lately. b. Heavy rain has caused widespread flooding in this region lately. c. Heavy rain had caused widespread flooding in this region lately. d. Heavy rain was caused widespread flooding in this region lately. 7. If/ you/ not help/, / I/ not meet/ her/ last week. a. If you don't help me, I couldn't meet her last week. b. If you didn't help me, I couldn't meet her last week. c. If you hadn't helped me, I couldn't meet her last week. d. If you hadn't helped me, I couldn't have met her last week. D. SPEAKING 1. Minh: “Do you mind if I use your book?” - Quang: “__________” a. Yes, do you. b. Yes , It’s my pleasure. c. No, you don’t. d. No, you can use it. 2. An: “You look great in this new dress.” - Tom: “__________.” a. With pleasure b. Not at all c. I am glad you like it d. Do not say anything about it 8
3. Nam: “Happy birthday! This is a small present for you” - Lan: “_______” a. What a pity. b. How beautiful it is! Thanks. c. Have a good time! d. How terrble! 4. Hoa: “Thank for your help, Tom” - Tom: “_______” a. With all my heart. b. Never remind me. c. It’s my pleasure. d. Wish you. 5. Mary: “Will you be able to come to the meeting?” Daisy: “_________.” a. I’m afraid not b. Of course you will c. You must be kidding d. I’m sorry not E. WRITING I. Complete the sentences to report what was said, using a to-infinitive or an- ing form of a verb. 1. 'You'd better look for a new job, Andrew.' Jane advised ………………………………………………………………………. 2. 'It was nice of you to invite me to your birthday party. Thanks very much.' Mike thanked ………………………………………………………………………. 3. 'I must have made a mistake in the calculations." Mr Forest admitted ………………………………………………………………... 4. 'I'll pay for the meal.' Sarah insisted ……………………………………………………………………… 5. 'Perhaps we can go to Paris for the weekend.' Neil suggested ………………………………………………………………………. 6. 'I'm sorry I couldn't come to visit you last summer.' Kate apologized …………………………………………………………………… 7. 'We'll organize the Christmas party.' They promised ……………………………………………………………………… 8. 'I hear you won the championship. Congratulations!' Dane congratulated …………………………………………………………………. II. Rewrite the sentences beginning with an appropriate participle (present, past or perfect). 1. When she saw the dog coming towards her, she quickly crossed the road. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. As I don't have a credit card, I found it difficult to book an airline ticket over the phone. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. Because I was walking quickly, I soon caught up with her. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. I was eager to catch the bus in good time because I had been told off the day before for arriving late. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. She didn't know where the theater was, so she asked for directions at the hotel reception. ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 6. He had spent his childhood in Oslo so he knew the city well. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7. We have spent nearly all our money so we couldn't afford to stay at a hotel. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9
III. Write a second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first. Use the given words or words in brackets. 1. I started working in this hotel six months ago. (worked) I …………………………………………………………………………………. 2. I met her during my stay in Paris last summer. (while) While ……………………………………………………………………………….. 3. She drove to work very early yesterday. It was very dangerous. It was ……………………………………. …………………………………………… 4. They were allowed to stay at home to finish the assignment. The teacher let ………………………………………………………………………. 5. As she is often absent from class, she can’t keep pace with her classmates. If ………………………………………………………………………………………. 6. I couldn’t write to Alice because I didn’t know her address. If …………………………………………………………………………………….. 7. We spent five hours getting to London. It took ………………………………………………………………………………… 8. I hope to see you at Christmas. I’m looking forward ……………………………………………………………….. IV. Write the sentence, using the given cues. 1. She/ not stand/ kept/ wait/ such/ long time// ………………………………………………………………………………………. 2. She/ decide/ go back/ shop/ buy/ long dress// …………………………………………………………………………………….... 3. I/ pleased/ hear/ you/ offer/ job/ assistant manager// ……………………………………………………………………………………… 4. There/ no point/ persuade/ her/ go/ us// ………………………………………………………………………………………. 5. We'd prefer/ play tennis/ rather/ watch/ it/ TV// …………………………………………………………………………………………… 6. I/ just/ finish/ read/ long novel/ write/ Arthur Hailey// ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 7. I/ regret/ inform/ you/ your application/ refused// ……………………………………………………………………………………….. V. Change the following conditional sentences into reported speech. 1. 'If I had any money I'd buy you a drink,' she said to me. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. 'If I catch the plane I'll be home by five,' he said. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3. 'You should stay in bed if you feel unwell.' my mother said. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4. 'What would you do if you were having a problem with grammar, Jane?' Anne asked. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5. 'If you don't apologize, I'll never speak to you again.' he said. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… F. READING Choose the correct words or phrases that best complete the passage. During the (31) ________ years, many young people can at times be difficult to talk to. They often seem to dislike being questioned. They may seem (32) _______ to talk about 10
their work at school. This is a normal (33) _______ of this age. Though it can be very hard for parents to understand, it is part of becoming (34) ________ of teenagers trying to be adult while they are still growing up. Young people are usually unwilling to talk if they believe, that questions are trying to (35) ________ up on them Parents should do their (36) _______ to talk to their son and daughter about school, work and future plans but should not (37) ________ them to talk if they don't want to. Parents should also watch for danger signs. Some young people in trying to be adult may (38) ________ with sex, drugs, alcohol or smoking. Parents need to watch for any signs of (39) ________ behavior which may be connected with these and help if (40) ________. 1. a. early b. teenage c. childhood d. recent 2. a. unworried b. unrestrained c. unexpected d. unwilling 3. a. development. b. appearance c. circumstance d. achievement 4. a. free b. confident c. dependent d. independent 5. a. catch b. check c. keep d. make 6. a. well b. good c. better d. best 7. a. push b. allow c. put d. expect 8. a. experiment b. approach c. experience d. attach 9. a. unacceptable b. unusual c. normal d. exemplary 10. a. proper b. appropriate c. important d. necessary Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. VOLUNTEER WORK Each nation has many people who voluntarily take care of others. For example, many high school and college students in the United States often spend many houses as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or homes for the aged. They read books to the people in these places. Sometimes the students just visit them, play games with or listen to their problems. Other young volunteers work in the homes of sick or old people. They clean up their houses, do their shopping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers, there is a voluntary organization called Big Brothers. College students take these boys to baseball games and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers. Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others. 1. Where do high school and college students usually do as volunteers? ................................................................................................................................... 2. What do other young volunteers work in the homes of sick or old people? ................................................................................................................................... 3. What is the name of a voluntary organization for boys who no longer have fathers? ................................................................................................................................... 4. Does each nation have a lot of people who voluntarily take care of others? ................................................................................................................................... SPRING SCHOOL Spring school is an informal school. It provides classes to disadvantaged children in Ho Chi Minh City. Around 30 street children live and study at school and about 250 children with special difficulties from district 1 regularly attend classes. The Organization for Education Development co- operated with Spring School to set up English classes in 1998. Dance, theatre, singing and circus classes were set up a year later. Children from these classes participate in fundraising performances. They raise money to continue their English and performance Arts classes. 11
Spring school requires volunteers to help organize their fundraising dinner held annually in June. This is an exciting night in which children perform circus, theatre, dance, and singing at one of the largest hotels in Ho Chi Minh City. They also need foreign volunteers to contact sponsors and help to expand the school required from February until July to help organize these events. It is hoped that more schools like Spring School will soon be found in other cities in Viet Nam. 1. What is the aim of Spring School? ................................................................................................................................... 2. Were dance, theatre, singing and circus classes were set up in 1999? ................................................................................................................................... 3. Where do children dance, sing and play music? ................................................................................................................................... 4. Why are foreign volunteers needed? ................................................................................................................................... ---THE END--- 12