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`TRƯỜNG THPT YÊN HÒA
BỘ MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP HỌC KỲ II
NĂM HỌC 2023 - 2024
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - KHỐI 10
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
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A. POINTS IN FOCUS
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I. VOCABULARY
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II. GRAMMAR & STRUCTURES
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III. STRUCTURE OF THE TEST
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B. PRACTICE FOR THE 2nd MID-TERM TEST
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- MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
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- WRITTEN QUESTIONS
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- FURTHER PRACTICE TEST 1
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- FURTHER PRACTICE TEST 2 (OFFICIAL 2nd MID-TERM TEST - 2022-2023)
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C. PRACTICE FOR THE 2nd FINAL TERM TEST
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- MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
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- WRITTEN QUESTIONS
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- FURTHER PRACTICE TEST 1
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- FURTHER PRACTICE TEST 2
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- FURTHER PRACTICE TEST 3 (OFFICIAL 2nd FINAL TERM TEST - 2022-2023)
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A. POINTS IN FOCUS
I. VOCABULARY
UNIT
MAIN CONTENTS
Unit 5:
Charity
Voluntary work and charity activities
collect/remove the rubbish, help the elderly, do volunteer work in the hospital, help the
animals, teach children, donate blood, donate money, help the needy, raise money, help sick
people, plant trees, lead nature tours, raise money, (do a) fundraiser, pick up rubbish/ trash/
litter, tutor children, rescue animals, help on a farm, rubbish removal, empty the rubbish bin, do
charity work
Charity things
first-aid kits, medical supplies, blankets, plaster, toiletry
Phrasal verbs related to volunteer and charity works
benefit from, clean up, help out, care for, throw away, join in, give back to
Charity places
senior centre, orphanage, community centre
Others
needy, donate, homeless shelters, make a difference, improve quality of lives, motorway,
empathize, gain experience, dump rubbish (illegally), ecotours, sponsor, broaden networks of
friends
Unit 6:
Time to
learn
Places in school
Classroom, corridor, gym, science lab, playground, reception, library, school hall, school
office, staff room, sports field, canteen/ cafeteria
Education
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Academic subjects, curriculum, classmate, compulsory, timetable, schedule, comprehensive
school, secondary school, university graduate, autism, learning disorder, dyslexia, expert,
mentor, manifesto, tuition fee, swipe card, host family, application form, gap year
Phrasal verbs
Move up, line up, struggle with, dream of, enquire about, keep up with, make fun of
Collocations
Learn by heart, mixed ability, top grades, get stressed, get on well with, focus on, do a
degree, do a bungee jump, get a tattoo, stay positive
Verbs
exhaust, bully, concentrate, register
Unit 7:
Cultural
Diversity
Festivals
Cold Food Festival, Lunar New Year, Phủ Dầy Festival, Hùng King Temple Festival, Mid-
Autumn Festival, Hương Pagoda Festival, Lim Festival
Incense, pilgrim, commemorate, worship, ritual, ceremony, blessing
Verbs
to be held, offer, to be famous for, take place, decorate, pray for, celebrate, pay respect to, light
up lanterns, feature (v), bring offerings, visit pagodas, attend, to practice traditions and customs
Unit 8:
Ecotourism
buy local food, conservation, conserve, deforest, ecotour, ecotourism, environment, exotic,
grow crops, harm, limit energy use, litter (n), litter (v), local community, offer medical care,
plant trees, provide with, protection, put rubbish in the bins, rainforest, recycle, reduce waste,
remote, reuse used items, take rubbish with you, trek, trekking, use plastic bags, waste,
wilderness, at the intersection of, bamboo hut, border, brightly coloured, container, cutlery, do
harm to, endangered animal, environmental problem, extinction, generation, gibbon, go scuba
diving, guideline, healthcare, indeed, intersect, mangrove, mountainous, photograph, protect
from, province, recycling centre, rhino, rice field, sea level, silverware, storage, throw away,
transportation travel agent, tropical, underground river, villager, wildlife, orchid
II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES
MAIN CONTENTS
1. Verb + ing or verb + to + infinitive
- Verb + to + infinitive: choose, afford, arrange, expect, decide, help, hope, need, pretend, refuse,
want, would like, etc.
- Verb + ing: avoid, can’t stand, consider, don’t mind, enjoy, hate, like, love, fancy, miss, spend,
admit, delay, deny, detest, encourage, can’t stand, can’t help, etc.
2. Bare infinitives and infinitives without to
Modal verbs (can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, would) / let / make + infinitive
1. First conditional
Action -> future result
If + Present simple will/won’t + verb
2. Defining relative clause and non-defining relative clause
- Defining relative clause: Give essential information
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• Who/ that for people
• Which/ that for things
• Where for places
- Non-defining relative clause: Give extra information
• Who for people
• Which for things
• Where for places
3. Future time and conditional clauses:
Conjunctions: if, when, as soon as, unless (= if not), before, and after + Present tense → talk about
the future
1. Second Conditional
Unlikely future condition
Result
If + Past Simple Verb
Would (‘d) / wouldn’t + the infinitive
2. Compound sentences
A compound sentence is made from combining two simple sentences with FANBOYS (For, And,
Nor, But, Or, Yet, So). Place a comma (,) after the first simple sentence.
3. Articles a, an, the
We use a/ an when talking about things in general. We use the when talking about particular
things.
1. Direct and indirect speech:
- Back shifting rules
- Changes in Pronouns and Adverbs
2. Direct question to indirect question
3. Prepositions after verbs (approve of, die of, join in, know about, learn about, protect
from, provide with, trek through)
III. STRUCTURE OF THE TEST
1. PHONETICS
- Word stress
- Pronunciation
2. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR STRUCTURES
- Vocabulary related to the themes
- Grammar structures
- Synonym
- Antonym
3. LANGUAGE FUNCTION
4. CLOZE TEXT
5. READING COMPREHENSION
6. SENTENCE ARRANGEMENT (new)
7. WORD FORMATION
8. VERB TENSES
9. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
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B. PRACTICE FOR THE 2nd MID-TERM TEST
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
I. PHONETICS
Exercise 1: Find the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. sick B. second C. service D. sure
2. A. angry B. needy C. supply D. country
3. A. handicapped B. interested C. dedicated D. excited
4. A. hungry B. community C. mutual D. student
5. A. charity B. school C. childless D. teacher
6. A. mobile B. modern C. concentrate D. electronic
7. A. distract B. tablet C. backpack D. concentrate
8. A. recordings B. educate C. children D. device
9. A. access B. affect C. application D. fact
10. A. assignment B. address C. discussion D. access
Exercise 2: Find the word with a stress pattern that is different from the others.
1. A. dedicate B. fortunate C. practical D. volunteer
2. A. enquire B. tattoo C. exhaust D. bungee
3. A. donate B. apply C. provide D. study
4. A. successful B. announcement C. ignorant D. removal
5. A. service B. donate C. support D. exam
6. A. modernize B. organize C. indicate D. continue
7. A. graduate B. develop C. consider D. enable
8. A. household B. plaster C. donate D. children
9. A. dyslexia B. register C. timetable D. positive
10. A. exercise B. volunteer C. calculate D. interview
II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR STRUCTURES
Exercise 3. VOCABULARY
Exercise 3.1. Choose the best answer to complete these sentences
1. Her son suffers at school. Many children ________ him and make fun of him.
A. help B. teach C. bully D. support
2. Autistic herself, Dr Temple Grandin is a(n) ___________ on how to teach people with autism.
A. doctor B. teacher C. nurse D. expert
3. Languages are __________ in my school. That means everybody has to study Spanish or English.
A. compulsory B. difficult C. interesting D. optional
4. Volunteers become well ________ of the problems facing the world.
A. aware B. concerned C. helpful D. interested
5. Mr. Chen is more ________ because he has finally agreed to allow his daughter to join an overseas
volunteer organisation in Africa.
A. single-minded B. narrow-minded C. absent-minded D. open-minded
6. A lot of generous businessmen have ________ valuable contributions to helping needy people.
A. done B. taken C. made D. given
7. Their massive salaries let them afford to give ________ huge amounts to charities.
A. off B. up C. away D. back
8. Volunteers can work with many ________ children who were harmed by Agent Orange in childcare centres.
A. parentless B. disabled C. poor D. homeless
9. Both CARE and Oxfam organisations have programmes to help people in underdeveloped countries
________ their lives.
A. make B. risk C. improve D. start
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10. University students are willing to get involved in helping the old and ________ people.
A. childlike B. childish C. children D. childless
11. You can also __________ volunteering activities.
A. give back to B. benefit from C. help out D. clean up
12. Instead of _________ unwanted items, donate them to charity.
A. joining in B. caring for C. throwing away D. getting involved in
13. I went to classes two evening a week and I was surprised at how quickly I____ process.
A. had B. made C. did D. produced
14. I ____ a lot of new language from speaking with my host family and with other students from all over the
world
A. picked up B. took up C. made up D. saved up
15. Helen is much more confident with her English now. She can actually ____ a conversation with her teacher in
English without difficulty.
A. keep B. do C. improve D. hold
16. If you’re not sure what something means, _____ in your dictionary or use your electronic dictionary for help
A. check up B. look up C. translate D. interpret
17. Whenever you hear a new word that you think is important, _____ in your notebook.
A. keep it down B. put it down C. write it down D. spell it down
18. I’m ____ for my English test tomorrow
A. focusing B. meditating C. remembering D. revising
Exercise 3.2. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
1. I got the teaching job in the Happy Child Charity Centre just by chance.
A. Accidentally B. purposefully C. easily D. immediately
2. Every month, the volunteer group go to remote and mountainous areas to help those in need.
A. empty B. faraway C. crowded D. poor
3. Mother Teresa devoted herself to caring for the sick and the poor.
A. spent B. contributed C. gave up D. dedicated
4. Our top priority is to clean and protect the environment in our neighbourhood.
A. hobby B. job C. preference D. idea
5. Young people are now getting more and more concerned about environmental problems.
A. worried B. nervous C. hopeless D. uneasy
6. Personal electronic devices which distract students from their classwork are banned in most schools.
A. forbid B. prohibit C. divert D. neglect
7. If your smartphone rings in class, it will be very annoying and disruptive.
A. interruptive B. supportive C. discouraging D. confusing
8. For very young children, electronic devices may help promote listening and speaking skills.
A. advertise B. popularize C. discourage D. improve
9. Student who have access to inappropriate information, videos and pictures may spend many hours reading and
watching, and forget about their projects or assignments.
A. fascinating B. temping C. unsuitable D. illegal
10. People whose work involves using a computer for most of the day may suffer from chronic headaches.
A. suggests B. includes C. means D. contains
Exercise 3.3. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
1. Many people who do volunteer work think they are more fortunate than others.
A. lucky B. blessed C. unlucky D. uncomfortable