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ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP HỌC KỲ 1
MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 10 THÍ ĐIỂM
Năm học: 2019- 2020
1. Reading
Family life,
Your body & You,
Music,
For a better Community,
Inventions
2. Phonetic:
- Consonantcluster:/tr/,/kr/,/br/,/pl/,/pr/,/gl/,/gr/,/nd/,/nt/,/ɳ/,/est//eit//ənt/
- Stress pattens: Compound nouns and noun groups
3. Lexico + Grammar:
- The present simple – The present continuous
- The future simple with will & be going to
- The passive; Compound sentences;
- To-infinitives and bare infinitives
- Past simple & Past continuous tenses
- Adjective suffixes: -ED, -ING, -FUL, -LESS
- Irregular past tense verbs
- The present perfect
- Gerunds and infinitives for description
4. Writing
- Sentence transformation with the structures of:
+ Tenses: past simple, the present perfect
+ Voice: active vs passive
+ Compound sentences
- Topics:
Advice for health
Advantages or benefits of new inventions

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I.PHONETICS
Choose one word that has difference in the underline part or stress
1. A. arrest B.request C. invest D. honest
2. A. accelerate B. abbreviate C. active D. accurate
3. A. dearest B.chest C. conquest D. best
4. A. development B. indent C. establishment D. employment
5. A. penetrate B. accommodate C. approximate D. administrate
6. A. measurement B. comment C. government D. replacement
7. A. checkroom B. cockroad C. bankrupt D. Kremlin
8. A.best B. test C. contest D. modest
9. A. legend B. defend C. lend D. pretend
10. A. Band B. land C. demand D. Husband
11. A. Belong B among C. strong D. long
12. A. Want B. applicant C. Vacant D. Tenant
13. A. advertisement B. movement C. comment D. announcement
II. GRAMMAR
1. Choose the best answer.
1. I ........Louisiana state University now.
A. am attending B. attend C. was attending D. attended
2. Columbus.........America more then 400 years ago.
A. discovered B. has discovered C. had discovered D. he has gone
3. He fell down when he ............towards the church.
A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run
4. I............in the room now.
A. am being B. was being C. have been being D. am
5.. I.............to New york three times this year.
A. have been B. was C. were D. had been
6. John ............a book when I saw him.
A. is reading B. read C. was reading D. reading
7. Tomorrow I…............my grandparents
A. am going to visit B. will have visited C. have visited D. visit
8. I think the weather…............nice later.
A. will be B. be C. had D. has been
9. Last year, they.............22 million TV sets.
A. were selling B. had sold C. has sold D. sold
10. My grandfather............…many years ago.
A. had died B. has died C. died D. was dying
10. Bad driving often............many accidents.
A. caused B. had caused C. causes D. has cause
11. When I was young, I............to be a singer.
A. want B. was wanting C. wanted D. had wanted
12. Ted and Amy............for 24 years.
A. have been married B. married C. were married D. has been married
13. The Olympic Games............every four years.
A. take place B. takes place C. took place D. is taking place
14. What time…..the banks close in Britain?
A. do B. did C. does D. can
15. Look! That man….............to open the door of your car.
A. try B. tried C. is trying D. has tried
16. We............Doris since last Sunday.
A. don’t see B. haven’t seen C. didn’t see D. hadn’t seen
17. After I............…lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had B. had had C. have has D. have had
18. The earth............… round the sun.
A. go B. has gone C. went D. goes
19. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I.......to play.

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A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying
20. Since............,I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left B. he left C. he has left D. he was
21. John.............tennis once or twice a week.
A. usually play B. is usually playing C. usually plays D. have usually played
2. Identify the word or phrase that needs correcting.
1. Helen borrowed my dictionary for look up the spelling of "occurrence".
A B C D
2. My mother made me to promise to write them once a week.
A B C D
3. Most students want return home as soon as possible.
A B C D
4. I asked my classmate to let me to use his shoes.
A B C D
5. I am looking forward to go to swim in the ocean.
A B C D
6. I had the operator to put the call through for me.
A B C D
7. Would you mind turn on the lights, please? It's too dark for me to read.
A B C D
8. Thank you for looking up the children while I was out.
A B C D
9. My brother enjoys to go to the park on Summer evenings.
A B C D
10. I look forward to have the resolution to the problem I have mentioned.
A B C D
11. It was not easy for us getting tickets for the concert.
A B C D
12. The earth circle the Sun once every 365 days.
A B C D
13. Look at these big black clouds! It is going to raining.
A B C D
14. Acupuncture is one of the oldest medical treatment in the world.
A B C D
15. Many accidents is caused by careless driving.
A B C D
16. Sometimes it is difficult to avoid to drink when we enjoy an informal party.
A B C D
17. It takes us two hours getting to Nam Dinh by car.
A B C D
18. Thank for your advice. It was really useless
A B C D
19. Do you like playing computer games or you are tiring of them
A B C D
20. He was a gifted composer, so he had to suffer poor health.
A B C D
3. Use these words in the box to complete the sentences below.
chores household soft clips album
breadwinner laundry exercise pianist junk
1._____ ____ food is a kind of food that is quick and easy to prepare and eat, but it is thought be bad
for your health.
2. As a ___ ___ in his family, Mr. Black has to work hard all the time for money.
3. To stay healthy or become stronger, you should _____ __ regularly.

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4. Mrs. Brown does not do many ____ _______ duties, she just shops for groceries.
5. Many people around the world watched Michael Jackson's __ ______ on the Internet.
6. A _________ drink is a cold drink that does not contain alcohol.
7. The pop superstar's first ____ _____ was so great that it was sold more than 1,500,000 copies.
8. I have to do some household ____ ________ such as cooking meals, cleaning the house and
washing the dishes.
9. A: Where does your brother often do the ______ _______?
B: He goes to the launderette near his college.
10. One of my favorites songs is "The Candle in the Wind" by Elton John. This __ can sing and play
the piano very well.
4. Choose the correct verb active or passive
Example: These cars produce / are produced in Japan.
1. Alan teaches / is taught Geography.
2. German is spoken / speaks in Austria.
3. Lots of houses destroyed / were destroyed by the earthquake.
4. Henry Ford was invented / invented the assembly line.
5. Somebody cleans / is cleaned the office every day.
6. Somebody is sent/ sends emails.
7. The grass cuts / is cut every day.
8. Paul found / was found the key.
9. The computer fixed / was fixed yesterday.
10. My wallet store / was stolen.
5. Write the correct form of the Adjective of attitude.
1. Joe is ………… …………… because he had a … day. (TIRE)
2. Your jokes are … …. I am … …….(AMUSE)
3. The TV program was … …. I felt … …………… while watching it. (BORE)
4. The nurse's big needle was …… ………………. I felt …… … when she walked over to me!
(FRIGHTEN)
5. Ted forgot to close his zipper. It was …… ……. Ted felt …… … .(EMBARRASS)
6. My alarm clock wouldn't stop ringing. I was…… …………. The sound was ……
……………. (ANNOY)
6. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form : GERUND or INFINITIVE .( In some
sentences, both forms are correct ).
1. I’m not in a hurry. I don’t mind……………………………………………….( wait ) for you.
2. My father gave up …………………………………………….( smoke ) three years ago.
3. Would you mind …………………..( keep ) silent ? I’m trying ………………………( study ).
4. I always try to avoid………………………………………( borrow ) money from my friends.
5. The traffic was very heavy this morning, but I managed ………………………………..( get ) to
school on time.
6. Could you please stop ……………………………………….( make ) so much noise ?
7. I’ve put off …………………………( write ) the letter so many times. I really must do it today.
8. Sarah gave up …………( try ) to find a job in this country and decided…………( go ) abroad.
9. You can’t stop me ………………………..( do ) what I want.
10. They don’t have much money. They can’t afford…………………( go ) out very often.
11. My mother can’t stand………………………( stay ) at home without doing anything.
12. How long have you been able……………………………………………(swim), John ?
13. You must promise…………………………………………….( not / be ) late again.
14. When I saw her in that funny hat, I couldn’t help……………………………………( laugh).
15. They refused……………………………..( lend ) him the money although he needed it badly.
16. Please, don’t forget………………………………( post ) the letter for me today ! It’s urgent.
17. However, she did not plan…………………………………( be ) a secretary all her life.
18. But she couldn’t imagine……………………………..( do ) the same job for years and years.
19. The only thing that prevented her from…………….( study ) law was a lack of time and money.

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20. She often remembered ……………………………..( talk ) to her father before he became ill.
7. Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition
1. He looks like a different person______ ____stage.
2. Internet helps us interact _ ____ people all around the world.
3. Nuclear family consists … …….parents and children.
4. According… ….…experts, both men and women now work to contribute to the family finance.
5. Who's taking care …… …..the children while you're away?
6. The digestive system lets us break down the food we eat and turn it... energy.
7. Grains are good…… …your health.
8. Her talent …… …. art has been obvious ever since she was a child.
9. He and his wife shared a passion … …. classical music.
10. Volunteer work can often lead … … a paid job.
11. Did he graduate… ……a famous music school?
III. WRITING .
1. Change the following active sentences into passive sentences:
1. Somebody has taken my briefcase.
=>…………………………………………………………………
2. The teacher returned our written work to us.
=>…………………………………………………………………
3. She had finished her report by soon.
=>…………………………………………………………………
4. The mad dog bit the little boy.
=>…………………………………………………………………
5. The police have arrested five suspects.
=>…………………………………………………………………
6. The doctor ordered him to take a long rest.
=>…………………………………………………………………
7. A group of students have met their friends at the rail way station.
=>……………………………………………………………………
8. They didn’t allow Tom to take these books home.
=>……………………………………………………………………
9. The teacher won’t correct exercises tomorrow.
=>……………………………………………………………………
10. Marry has operated Tom since 10 o’clock.
=>…………………………………………………………………
2. Complete the sentences using the coordinating conjunctions from the box.
1. You can go to the concert with me, …… …she could not go to the university
2. The first season of Vietnam Idol aired in 2007, ……. …..the fourth season aired in 2012.
3. American Idol began in 2002, ….. …… quickly became grandest entertainment series with
viewers in the hundreds of millions.
4. He was a gifted composer , ….. ….. he had to suffer poor health.
5. The actress did not finished secondary school, … …..she could not go to the university.
3. Combine each pair of sentences, using the coordinating conjunctions.
1. The concert was cancelled at the last minute. We had to stay home.
…………………………………………………………………
2. The artist played passionately and skillfully. At the end of his performance, he got the hearty
applause from the audience.
……………………………………………………………………
3. You can go with us to the event. You can stay home watching TV.
……………………………………………………………………
4. His voice is beautiful. His performance is not skillful.
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