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PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HUYỆN LONG ĐIỀN TRƯỜNG THCS MẠC ĐĨNH CHI (Đề chính thức) MARKS I. Listening (2pts): Part A. Listen to the passage carefully. Choose True (T) or False (F) (1pt) (Nghe đoạn văn sau một cách cẩn thận. Chọn True (T) hoặc False (F)). 1. Nga has black hair and brown eyes. T F 2. Her favorite colour is blue. T F 3. The name of the dog is Tuti. T F 4. Nga isn’t nice and talkative. T F Part B. Listen to the passage carefully. Filling the missing words (1pt) (Nghe đoạn văn sau một cách cẩn thận. Điền từ vào chỗ trống). My best friend is Hong. She is a good student of my (1) ……… , she lives with her morther in a small house near my house. She has short black hair, an oval face and brown (2) …….... What particularly struck me about her was the simle. She looks so lovely when she smiles. She is form of friends that I can share everything. She is (3) ……..….and patient. She likes reading (4) ……..…. and listening to music. II. Choose the correct answer (2.5pts) (Chọn đáp án đúng): 1. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. A. students B. books C. rubbers D. subjects 2. Nam is very……………. He always does well in tests. A. loving B. funny C. short D. clever 3. There is a fridge ………. the kitchen. A. in B. of C. on D. at 4. Marry is very_________. She pays attention to what she does. A. clever B. shy C. friendly D. careful 5. My mum is in the ______. She's cooking dinner. A. living room B. kitchen C. bedroom D. garden 6. They (meet) ____________their teacher at the moment. A. meeting B. is meeting C. are meeting D. meet 7. Find the mistake in the sentence: Phong and Hoa always gets up at 6 o’clock. A B C D 8. Nam: What are you watching? Mai: ................................................................... A. I am watching TV B. I watch TV C. I watching TV D. I watches TV 9. My sister often …………me with my homework. A. helps B. help C. is D. is helping 10. _________ Mr Hung _________ to your mother now? A. is-talking B. Does- talk C. is – talks D. Do- talk III.Reading: (2.5 pts)
A. Read the passage carefully. Then choose the best answer.(1pt) Huy’s bedroom is small but beautiful. There are two pictures (1) ………. the wall. There is a new bed near the window, and there (2) ………. a family photo and a lamp on his desk. He usually (3) ………. his schoolbag under the desk. His bed is next to the desk, and it is also clean. There is a small plant in his room. Huy’s mum is (4) ………. with this, and now Huy (5) ………. up his room. 1. A. at B. on C. in 2. A. are B. am C. is 3. A. put B. is putting C. puts 4. A. lovely B. happy C. sad 5. A. is tidying B. are tidying C. am tidying B. Read the passage carefully and choose True (T) or False (F) (1pt) Hi, my name is Minh. This is my house. There are nine rooms in my house. There is a hall and a dinning room. On the left, there is a living room, and on the right, there is a bathroom and a kitchen. In the bathroom, there isn’t a shower. There is also a study room. There are two bedrooms and they are very big. All the bedrooms have chest of drawers, windows and a lot of lights. Behind the house, there is also a garden with three trees and a lot of flowers, and there are six chairs and one table. I love my house. Statements True False 1. There are six rooms in Minh's house. …… …… 2. There is a hall in his house. …… …… 3. The bedrooms are small. …… …… 4. The chest of drawers are in the bedroom. …… …… 5. There is a garden with a lot of flowers. …… …… IV. Do as directed: (3pts) 1. My father/ water/ some plants/ the garden. (Complete the sentence, using present continuous: Hoàn thành câu, sử dụng thì hiện tại tiếp diễn) ->My father……………………………………………………………………………………… 2. town / Lan’s/ house/ live / in/ grandparents/ a. (Rearrange the meaning sentence: sắp xếp lại câu có nghĩa) ->………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. We always play badminton after school. (Make the question: đặt câu hỏi cho từ gạch chân) ->………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. This is a boy and it is his toy. (Rewrite sentence, using possessive case: Viết lại câu, sử dụng sở hữu cách) -> It is ………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. Write about your house? (Write a paragraph about 50-60 words) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
TRƯỜNG THCS MẠC ĐĨNH CHI TỔ: TIẾNG ANH MA TRẬN ĐỀ KIỂM TRA KSCL GIỮA HKI NĂM HỌC 2023-2024 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 6- THỜI GIAN: 50 phút Mức Số Số điểm độ câu Chu Nhậ Thôn Vận Vận Dạng ẩn n g dụng dụng bài kiến biết hiểu cấp cấp thức thấp cao TT TL TNK TL TNK TL TNK TL TNK Q Q Q Q - Part 1 3 1. True/ 8 2.0 False Liste - Part 1 2 1 ning 2. I (Twi Fill ce) in the missi ng word s II Multi - 6 4 2 10 2.5 ple Soun choic d 1 e - (4 Prep optio ositio ns) n 1 - Voca bular y3 - Verb form/ tense 2 - Struc
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parag raph) Tổng số câu 11 15 6 1 33 10.0 Tổng điểm 3. 0 4.0 2.0 1.0 Tỉ lệ % 30% 40% 20% 10% 100 % TRƯỜNG THCS MẠC ĐĨNH CHI TỔ: TIẾNG ANH HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM KIỂM TRA GIỮA HỌC KÌ I MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 6 Năm học: 2023-2024 Câu Nội dung Điểm Listening. (2 pts) Part A: Listen to the passage carefully and then decide TRUE (T), or FALSE (F). (1pt) 2 điểm I 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F (Mỗi câu đúng 0,25 Part B: Listen to the passage carefully then fill in the missing words. điểm) (1pt) 1. class 2. eyes 3. patient 4. Literature Multiple choice. (2.5 pts) 2.5 điểm Circle the correct answer. II (Mỗi câu 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. B đúng 0,25 điểm) 6. C 7. C 8. A 9. A 10. A Reading. (2.5 pts) A. Read the passage carefully. Then choose the best answer. (1.5pts) 2.5 điểm 1. B 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. A (Mỗi câu III B. Read the letter and then decide if the statements are true (T) or false đúng (F). (1pt) 0,25điểm) 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. T IV Do as directed. (3pts) 3 điểm
1. My father is watering some plants in the garden. (Mỗi câu 2. Lan’s grandparents live in a town house. đúng 0,5 3. What do you always do after school? 4. It is the boy’s toy. điểm. Câu 5. Student’s answer. 5: 1 điểm) PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HUYỆN LONG ĐIỀN TRƯỜNG THCS MẠC ĐĨNH CHI ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP KIỂM TRA GIỮA HỌC KỲ I TIẾNG ANH 6 Năm học: 2023-2024 EXERCISE UNIT 1: MY SCHOOL I. Supply the verbs in the bracket, using present simple tense.( Chia động từ trong ngoặc, sử dụng thì hiện tại đơn) 1. I (be) _ at school at the weekend. 2. She (not study) __ ___ on Friday. 3. My students (be not) _aren’t _ hard working. 4. He (have) _ ______ a new haircut today. 5. I usually (have) _ __breakfast at 7.00. 6. She (live) __ ______ in a house? 7. Where (be) ________? 8. My sister (work) ________ in a bank. 9. Dog (like) ________ meat. 10. She (live)________ in Florida. 11. It (rain)________ almost every day in Manchester. 12. We (fly)________ to Spain every summer. 13. My mother (fry)__fries______ eggs for breakfast every morning. 14. The bank (close)________ at four o`clock. 15. John (try)________ hard in class, but I (not think) ________ he`ll pass. 16. Jo is so smart that she (pass)________ every exam without even trying. 17. My life (be) so boring. I just (watch)________ TV every night. 18. My best friend (write)________ to me every week. 19. You (speak) ________ English? 20. She (not live) ________ in HaiPhong city. II. Complete the sentences ( Hoàn thành câu) 1. she / not / sleep late at the weekends =>______________________________ 2. we / not / believe the Prime Minister =>______________________________ 3. you / understand the question? =>______________________________ 4. they / not / work late on Fridays =>______________________________ 5. David / want some coffee? =>______________________________ 6. she / have three daughters =>______________________________ 7. when / she / go to her Chinese class? =>______________________________
8. why / I / have to clean up? =>______________________________ III. Choose the word which best fits each gap. My dream school is a quiet school (1) ___________ we have just two or three hours a day, in the morning. Then, in the afternoon, we can do many (2) ___________ like singing, dancing, playing soccer, basketball, rugby. We won’t havetests and mark either. The teachers will not (3) ___________ homework, so we can do whatever we want after school. In my dream school, we can also choose the (4) ___________ we want: for example, you’re not going to learn mathematics or physics if you hate (5) ___________. So it’s a free school where you can learn with calm and serenity and you can make (6) ___________ friends during afternoon activities! 1. a. what b. where c. when d. how 2. a. subjects b. actions c. activities d. acts 3. a. give b. take c. do d. get 4. a. class b. classrooms c. classmates d. classes 5. a. it b. them c. her d. him 6. a. much b. few c. any d. lots of II/ Write the questions for the underlined parts. 1.There is a dog in the house. _______________________________________________ 10. We always play badminton after school. _______________________________________________ 11. We always play badminton after school. _______________________________________________ 12. We always play badminton after school. _______________________________________________ 13. Long plays badminton after school. _______________________________________________ 14. Mai doesn’t play badminton after school. _______________________________________________ 15. The boys are playing soccer over there. _______________________________________________ 6. He plays badminton twice a week. _____________________________________________________________________________ ________________ UNIT 2: MY HOUSE I/ Put the words with the final s/es pronounced /s/, /z/ in the correct column. hopes works writes starts loves cupboards remembers kitchens sofas lives thinks walks stops looks rooms sits lamps toilets does flats goes comes sings sinks
II. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group 1. A. flats B. cupboards C. dishwashers D. windows 2. A. sinks B. lamps C. walls D. clocks 3. A. televisions B. towns C. flats D. cupboards 4. A. parents B. sisters C. brothers D. cousins 5. A. toilets B. beds C. notebooks D. graphs 6. A. pairs B. groups C. learners D. kitchens 7. A. students B. books C. rubbers D. subjects 8. A. chairs B. sofas C. rooms D. sinks 9. A. lamps B. halls C. desks D. lights 10. A. cookers B. tables C. bedrooms D. carpets III/ Choose the correct answers A, B, C, or D to finish the sentences. 1. A ______ is a room in the house where people sit together, watch TV, etc. A. living room B. bedroom C. hall D. kitchen 2. My brother is having a ______ in the bathroom. A. meal B. shower C. towel D. chair 3. Bertha is ______ Liza. A. to the left B. to the right C. in front of D. behind 4. The cat is ______ the box A. to the right of B. to the left of C. in front of D. behind 5. The man is ______ the tree. A. on B. next to C. in D. under 6. My mum is in the ______. She's cooking dinner. A. living room B. kitchen C. bedroom D. garden 7. A ______ is the area just inside the main entrance of a house. A. bathroom B. living room C. hall D. bedroom 8. You should keep your food in the ______ to preserve it. A. cupboard B. sink C. dishwasher D. fridge 9. There are clothes on the floor. It’s ______ . A. interesting B. mess C. messes D. messy 10. I love my bedroom because it’s ______ . A. comfortable B. uncomfortable C. comfort D. uncomfort IV. Finish the second sentence, using the possessive case. 1. John has a sister, Jane. John is ________________. 2. The dog that is barking belongs to Ben. It is ________________. 3. These bikes belong to my brothers. These are ________________. 4. The boy has a toy. It's the ________________. 5. Nick has a Russian book. It's ________________. V. Choose the correct answer. 1. There are three bathrooms in Tim’s/ Tims’ house. 2. Her sisters’/sister’s room is next to the living room. 3. It's the boy's/boy' toy. 4. These are the boys's / boys' pencils. 5. They're Tom'/Tom's shorts. 6. My parents’ / parents's car was not expensive. 7. This is my brother/brother's book. 8. My sister /sister's bedroom is next to the living room. 9. This is my brother’s/ brothers bike .
10. The children/children's room is upstairs. VI. Choose the best answer. 1. This is Jenny’s / Jennys bag. 2. The boy’s/ boy clothes are on the floor. 3. Jana’s / Jana’ hair is straight and shiny. 4. The Chan’s/ ’s Chan house is for sale. 5. My book and Sandra’s/ Sandra books are here. VII/ Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. My dream house My dream house is (1) _____ the countryside. It has lots of rooms and windows. There is a big bookshelf in the living room. Everyone in my family can read their favourite (2) _____ in this room. There is a kitchen in my dream house. There my mum and I can (3) _______ together. There is a fridge and it has drinks and snacks. There (4) ______ extra bedrooms, so my friends can sleep over. My dream house also (5) _______ a big garden. I can plant flowers and vegetables there. 1.A. on B. in C. at D. for 2. A. toys B. pens C. notebooks D. books 3. A. do B. make C. cook D. have 4. A. is B. are C. give D. be 5. A. has B. is C. gets D. needs IV. Read the text about Ann’s house and decide if each statement is true(T) or false(F). My house is quite big and comfortable. It is in the suburbs of London Upstairs there are three bedrooms, a spacious corridor and a big bathroom. In each bedroom. We have a king- sized bed, two bedside tables with lamps on them. We also have an armchair and a big rug on the floor. In the bathroom, there is a bath, a washbasin, a toilet and a mirror. On the ground floor, there is a beautiful living room, a large kitchen and a hall. In the hall, we have the stairs and some paintings on the wall. We eat our meals in the kitchen. It has got a rectangular table in the middle, ten chairs, a fridge, a cooker, a big white cupboard to keep our plates and glasses and a dishwasher. T F 1. Ann’s house has two floors 2. There are two tables beside the big bed in each bedroom. 3. The beautiful living room is on the same floor as the hall. 4. Ann’s family eats their meals in the dining room next to the kitchen. 5. They store their plates and and glasses in a small white cupboard V. Complete the sentences using the guided words and phrases given. 1. I/ not share/ my room/ my sister.  _____________________________________________________________________ 2. It/ be/ between my sister’s room/ the living room/.  _____________________________________________________________________ 3. In the corner of my room,/ there/ be/ a small bed/ a bookshelf.  _____________________________________________________________________ 4. My desk/ be/ next to/ bed/ and/ I have/ blue lamp on it.  _____________________________________________________________________ 5. There/ be/ some posters/ my favourite TV star/ the wall.  _____________________________________________________________________ VI. Rewrite the sentence so that it is closest in meaning to the original one.
1. The tall tree is behind my house.  My house is __________________________________________________________ 2. We have a sink, a fridge, a cooker in our kitchen.  There _______________________________________________________________ 3. I don’t have a bookshelf in my bedroom.  There _______________________________________________________________ 4. My favorite room in the house is the living room.  I like ________________________________________________________________ 5. The notebook is on the book.  The book ____________________________________________________________ 6. My bedroom has a nice bed and a bookshelf.  There _______________________________________________________________ UNIT 3: MY FRIENDS Quy Tắc Thêm -ing - Động từ kết thúc bằng e thì bỏ e rồi thêm ing give → giving argue → arguing promote → promoting gaze → gazing Ngoại trừ dye → dyeing singe → singeing - Động từ tận cùng bằng ee thì giữ nguyên ee rồi thêm ing. agree → agreeing - Động từ kết thúc bằng một phụ âm và trước đó là nguyên âm duy nhất thì gấp đôi phụ âm cuối trước khi thêm ing. hit → hitting run → running stop → stopping put → putting - Động từ có hai âm tiết mà âm tiết thứ hai kết thúc bằng một phụ âm và trước đó là một nguyên âm, và trong âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ hai thì gấp âm cuối trước khi thêm ing admit → admitting begin → beginning Ngoại trừ những từ có trong âm không ở âm tiết cuối budget → budgeting enter → entering signal → signaling travel → traveling - Động từ kết thúc bằng ie thì đổi ie thành y rồi thêm ing die → dying lie → lying I. Complete each sentence with one word from the box. friendly hair hard- working active caring 1. My friend is very _____________. She often looks after me. 2. Binh is a _____________. pupil. He always finishes all homework. 3. Lena has short blond _____________. with blue eyes. 4. Lan is _____________. . She has a lot of friends. 5. I am not _____________. . I like sitting in the classroom at break. II. Choose the correct answers A, B, C, or D to finish the sentences. 1. _________ Mr Hung _________ to your mother? A. is-talking B. Does- talk C. is – talks D. Do- talk 2. Lan is really _________ . She always helps other people. A. kind B. loving C. confident D. clever 3. Nick likes meeting new people. He’s very _________. A. caring B. creative C. friendly D. fat 4. Paola often helps me with my homework. She’s very _________. A. kind B. shy C. lazy D. short
5. Kim is very_________. She pays attention to what she does. A. active B. Short C. shy D. careful 6. Nam can wait hours for his friends without getting angry. He is a _________ boy. A. hard -working B. free C. patient D. lazy 7. Get up! Don’t be lazy. Be _________ Susan! A. Caring B. hard – working C. friendly D. shy 8. Patrick is very _________ .He always does well in tests. A. loving B. funny C. short D. clever 9. Children are often_________ . They hide behind their mothers when guests come. A. kind B. shy C. clever D. slim 10. Lan is always _________. She studies more than four hours a day and never misses her homework. A. active B. hard -working C. smart D. shy 11. My mum always asks me to wash my _________ before meals. A. fingers B. arms C. hands D. legs 12. The baby next to me is very _________ . He talks all the time, which really annoys me. A. talkative B. silent C. lovely D. friendly 13. The part between the head and the body is the _________. A. shoulders B. hip C. arms D. neck 14. Next summer Milke’s parents _________ him to New York to see a new film. A. taking B. is taking C. are taking D. take 15. My brother can do all difficult Math exercises. He is a(n) _________ student. A. intelligent B. confident C. careful D. carefully II/ Cho dạng đúng của động từ 1. Listen! My mother (sing)________________________a song. 2. Every night, We (go)________________________to bed at 10p.m 3. Giang (like)_______________Music but I (like)____________________Math 4. Now, they (stay)___________________________in Hue . 5. My father (read)__________________________a newspaper in the morning 6. Look! Ha (run)______________________. 7. Trang usually (listen)____ to the teacher in the class, but she (not listen)_____now. 8. Hoa (live)________________in Hanoi, and Ha (live)________________in HCM City. 9. Hung and his friend (play)_______________badminton. 10. They usually (get up)___________________at 6.oo in the morning. III/ Supply the verbs in the bracket, using present progressive tense. ( Chia động từ trong ngoặc, sử dụng thì hiện tại tiếp diễn) 1. They (meet) ____________their teacher at the moment. 2. We (visit) _____________the museum at the moment. 3. John (not read) ________ a book now. 4. What______you (do) ________ tonight? 5. Silvia (not listen) ________ to music at the moment. 6. Maria (sit) ________ next to Paul right now. Is/ am/ are 7. He_______always (make) ________ noisy at night. 8. Where your husband (be) ________? IV. Rearrange sentences.( sắp xếp câu) 1. doing/ is/ mother/ what/ your? 2. An/ Hung /are/ what/ doing/ now/ and? 3. that/ Hanoi/ to/ going/ businessman/ is 4. truck/ is he/ driving/ his/ ?/
5. waiting/ is/ who/ he/ for? V. Supply the verbs in the bracket, using present progressive or present simple tense. ( Chia động từ trong ngoặc, sử dụng thì hiện tại tiếp diễn hoặc hiện tại đơn) 1. Thu (go)_______________to school by bike every day. 2. This house (have) ______________ a big garden. 3. What you (do) ______________ now? - I (unload) ______________ the vegetables. 4. She (live) ______________ in a small village. 5. I (play) ______________ soccer every afternoon and I (play) ______________ soccer now. 6. They (not play) ______________ video games at the moment. They (do) ______________their Math homework. 7. His mother (work) ______________in the hospital. 8. There (be) ______________a park near my house. VI. Read the passage carefully. Then choose the best answer.(1pt) Huy’s bedroom is small but beautiful. There are two pictures (1) ………. the wall. There is a new bed near the window, and there (2) ………. a family photo and a lamp on his desk. He usually (3) ………. his schoolbag under the desk. His bed is next to the desk, and it is also clean. There is a small plant in his room. Huy’s mum is (4) ………. with this, and now Huy (5) ………. up his room. 1. A. at B. on C. in 2. A. are B. am C. is 3. A. put B. is putting C. puts 4. A. lovely B. happy C. sad 5. A. is tidying B. are tidying C. am tidying VII. Read the text and decide if each statement is true (T) or false (F). Dear Grandma, I’m writing to you from the summer camp in Brisbane, I’m here with all of my friends from school. The camp is very nice and the weather is fine, too. We can take part in many activities such as going fishing, sailing, playing volleyball on the beach, visiting a museum in the city centre or having parties at the camp. I’m sharing a room with two friends: Hana and Mi has short curly dark hair and big round eyes. She is very kind and friendly. She’s willing to help others in the camp. We’re having a great time here! Can you send my regards to Grandpa? Write to me soon. With love, Tina T F 1. Tina joins the summer camp with all her schoolmates. 2. Tina and her friends can’t go fishing or play volley ball on the beach. 3. Tina, Hana and Mi are staying together in one room. 4. Hana and Mi have the same hair style and hair colour. 5. They are all enjoying themselves at the summer camp now. VIII. Arrange the words to make complete sentences. 1. your/ volleyball/ week/ are/ brother/ next/ you/ playing/ and/ beach//?  _____________________________________________________________________ 2. hair/ face/ eyes/ has/ a/ round/ short/ blue/ black/ Mr Pike/ and/ ,//.
 _____________________________________________________________________ 3. curly/ brown/ hair/ black/ and/ has/ eyes/ Tom/.  _____________________________________________________________________ 4. likes/ drawing/ stories/./ She/ pictures/and/ writing.  _____________________________________________________________________ 5. best/ Mai/ are/ Mi / talking/ and/ their/ about/ friends/.and  _____________________________________________________________________ 6. small/ thin/ sister/ white/ and/ his/ lips/ teeth/ has//.  _____________________________________________________________________ 7. part/ cooking/ Sunday/ Linda/ in/ this/ a/ taking/ competition/ is//.  _____________________________________________________________________ 8. arms/ fingers/ the/ are/ ten/ two/ in/ body/ and/ there//.  _____________________________________________________________________ 9. at/ swimming/ He/ the/ is/ moment/.  _____________________________________________________________________ 10. Many/ going/ the/ like/ pupils/ Camp/./Summer/ to  _____________________________________________________________________