ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP TIẾNG ANH

LỚP CÁN BỘ GIÁO VIÊN A 1 và A2

( Năm học 2007-2008)
Coursebook : Lifelines Elementary

CONTENT
I- Grammar (15%)
1. The present simple tense of the verb to be, have got /has got, can/ can’t, have to/ has to
2. Present simple – like + -ing
3. The structure: there is, there are - prepositions
4. Possessive adjective
5. Adverbs of frequency
6. Some and any
7. The past simple tense
8. The present continuous tense
9. Comparatives and superlatives of adjective
10. Going to
11. The present perfect tense
II- Vocabulary (10%)

1. People description 5. Parts of a house 9. Parts of the body

2. Time 6. Giving dates 10. Phrasal verbs
3. Food and drink 7. Travel
4. Daily activities 8. Clothes

III- Writing (10%)

1. Write a paragraph about yourself
2. Write about your working day
3. Write a description of your home
IV- Pronunciation (10%)
1. Present tense endings
2. –ed endings
3. Vowel sounds
V- Reading (15%)
1. My family
2. You are what you eat
3. It’s a job, not a holiday
4. Home sweet home
5. Chairlift terror
VI- Listening and speaking (40%)

1. Yourself and your family

2. Your working day/ your daily activities
3. Your house
4. Your hobbies
5. Your meals
6. Shopping
7. Your best friend
8. Your last holiday
9. Your grandparents
10. How to keep fit

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EXERCISES
Exercise 1. Correct the sentences
0. I am engineer. an engineer
1. She can play violin
2. The Queen meet all the doctors in the hospital.
3. What is your brother job?
4. He's secretary.

5. Martina can speak English perfect.

6. Rob don't go around the United States in Summer.

7. I low many money do they have?
8. We don't have go school today because it's a holiday.
9. Do you want some cakes?
10. We work at weekdays.

11. Who build the Hanoi Tower'?

12. My grandmother has ten childrens.
13. Have you a house or a flat?
14. His husband is a taxi driver.
15. What you are going to do next?
16. When I was younger, I disliked meat with too much fat in it.
17. He winned two prizes in his life.
18. What did the weather like yesterday?
19. She is more slim than her mother.
20. How much students were there in the conference?

Exercise 2. Choose the best answer

1. There's a pay phone______________ the corner of London Road and King Street.

A. at B. between C. in D. on

2. I'd like________________oranges, please.

A. any B. some C. Much D. an

3. He reads and reads ………………those books

A. at B. from C. to D. in

4.______________. I'm late.

A. Excuse me B. Sorry for C. I'm sorry. D. Excuse

5. How often do you go to the cinema? -______________

A. twice of a week B. twice in a week C. twice a week D. twice on a week

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6. Would you like something__________?

A. eating B. to eat C. is eating D. eat

7. There's_________egg on the table.

A. an B. two C. a D. some

8.On average, …………. milk does each cow produce every day ?

A. How B. How many C. How much D. How far

9. Ba’s _______________________.He ' d like some fruit juice.

A. happy B. hungry C. thirsty D. well

10. Let's go fishing__________ the morning.

A. at B. in C. on D. to

Exercise 3. Fill in each gap with an appropriate preposition

I. Please come (1) …….. my birthday party (2)……… Saturday.

2. Tom is (3)…………….. the garden working (4)…………… his grandma, who loves to

garden with Nature.

3. I go (5) ...........work (6) .........bus …………….5.30 every day.

4. Can you buy a bottle (7) ............wine?

5. Would you like to go out (8) ...............a meal tonight?

6. - I go (9) .... bed at 10.30, usually.

- You're really like me. I go to bed early, too (10) .... the news on TV.

Exercise 4. Reorder the words to make sentences

1. very/My/is/beautiful/country. /
2. sister/quite/My/ beautifuil/is/a/girl./
3. much /books ?/ those/ are /How/
4. can't/ car . / He/a/drive./
5. finish ?/ When/this/ does/programme/
6. have/ I/money/some/ got /you . / for/
7. got / you / an /job ?/ Have/ interesting/
8. pop/ music ? /like / you / Do / listening / to/
9. rooms/you/ got ?/ many/have/ How/
10. coffee/tea . /I/but/like/like/don’t/
11. name ? / what / your / is
12. were / born? / you / where/
13. live? / where / you / did/
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 14. do? / what / do / you
15. like / your / do / job? / you
16. languages /four / he / speak / can.

17. than /jacket /jeans / expensive / is / the/ the / more.

18. ago/ it/two/ about/was/ years.

19.
person/ father/ in/ the/ family / tallest / is / my /my.
20.
got /children/ have/ any/ you?

Exercise 5. Read the paragraphs. Fill in the blank and then number them in the

correct order.
A. Then suddenly the chairlift stopped and Luke slipped from the chair. Fran grabbed his
hand and stopped him just in time. She tried to pull the child back into the chair, but he was
too heavy. 'Help! Help!' she shouted.
B. But Luke didn't fall. The (1)………………..operator climbed up to the chair and
helped Fran to hold her son. About five minutes later the police (2)
……………………………. arrived and lifted Luke into the chair.
C. People looked up and screamed. Luke was 20 metres above the ground. Someone (3)
……………… for a helicopter and people hurried to put coats on the ground under the boy.
D. It was a normal day at the (4)…………………………….. theme park in Wellington,
New Zealand, and young Luke Mansen wanted to go on the (5)………………… chairlift.
With his mother, Fran, he waited for a chair. When it arrived, he jumped in and Fran (6)
………………………. him.
E. Everybody watched and waited while up in the chair Fran talked to Luke: 'Don't look
down, Luke. Hold on.' Every second was like a (7)……………………………..and the child
started to cry. 'I can't hold on,' he (8)………………………………….. 'Goodbye, Mum.'
F.The chair moved out into the sunshine. It was a warm, sunny day, so there were (9)
……………………….. of people at the park. As the chair lifted Fran and Luke up into the
sky they looked down, and Luke waved to the people on the ground. It was Luke's first time
in a (10)………………………………. and he was very excited.

1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6-

Exercise 6. Turn these sentences into negative sentences and questions

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1. My mother was tired yesterday evening.

2. Lan went to Paris last month.

3. My father can speak three foreign languages.

4. It is raining outside.

5. Her children alsways go to Thule Zoo on Saturday afternoon.

6. They were famous singers in 1990.

7. His father started work at 8.00 last Monday

8. He is going to the cinema soon.

9. My sister has finished her homework.

10. We were listening to the radio.

Exercise 7. Make questions for the underlined words.

1. I usually go to school at 7 o'clock in the morning.

2. She had four houses in the country.

3. He likes working with children.
4. Paul is talking to the shop-assisstant.
5. My parents want to go to London.
6. 1 went to the cinema last week.
7.I don't have to go to school on Saturdays.

8. She has drunk some water in the bottle.

9. She visited her mother yesterday.
10. Mr. Brown's children are going to leave school.

Exercise 8. Fill in the gaps with the Past Simple or the Present Perfect of the verb.

Eminem

Eminem, whose birth name is Marshall Bruce Mathers, was born on the 17th October 1972 in
Kansas City. He …………………(grow up) between Kansas City and Detroit. When he
was 12, he and his mother …………………(settle) on Warren, Michigan, where he
………………….(attend) Lincoln High School in Warren (1986-89). Eminem …………(be)a
fan of rap music since he was young and he ……………(begin) performing at age 14.
He……………. (leave)school after failing three times 9th grade (3º ESO). Eminem
……………..(have) a stormy relationship with his wife, Kim. They got married in 1999 but
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 they had known each other since they were at school. She ………………..(give) birth to their
daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, in 1995. In July 2000, Kim Mathers……………(attempt) suicide.
A month later, Eminem *filed for divorce.

Exercise 9. Write about your working day

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Exercise 10. Tick the verbs  that have the same vowel sound

he’s these 
meat great 
thin fine 
noise boys 
were where 
home come 
was has 
there hair 
meet eat 
that date 
score four 
don’t front 
does goes 
hall wall 
swim think 