REVIEW- SEMESTER I- GRADE 10

Exercise 3:. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to choose the underlined part in each
sentence that needs
correcting.
1. The world economy (A) would be improve (B) by the discovery (C) of a cheap and non-
polluting (D) car.  improved
2. Remove chemicals (A) outside of the house; use eco-friendly (B) pesticides that (C) won’t
contaminated (D) groundwater.  contaminate
3. In order to reduce (A) our carbon footprint, we should replace (B) the disposable (C) items
with the reuse (D).  reusable
4. The hydrogen (A) technology was (B) still not invent (C) in the 19th century (D).  invented
5. Deforestation is a serious problem (A) in South America where cattle farmers have
accused of (B) cutting down large areas (C) of forest to make room for (D) cattle
ranches.  have been accused

Exercise 4: Read the following advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on

your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that fits best into each numbered
blank from 10 to 15.

Question 13: A. selection B. intention C. agency D. movement

Question 14: A. look up B. turn off C. get around D. take off
Question 15: A. strengthen B. combine C. unite D. enhance
School Announcement: Celebrating Inventions!
Attention, students! This week, we are celebrating amazing inventions that (15) _______ the
world in incredible A. has recently changed B. recently changed
C. recently has changed D. have recently changed
1. A. software B. inventions C. laptop D. driverless
2. A. joining B. to joining C. to join D. join
Exercise 5: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your
answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits into each numbered blanks.
3. A. Smartphones became a big part of our daily lives
B. A smartphone has become a part of our life every day
C. A smartphone became a part of our life every day
D. Smartphones have become a big part of our daily lives
4. A. to having everything they need in their pocket
B. having everything they need in their pocket
C. have something they scare of in their pocket
D. to have something they scare of in their pocket
5. A. Taking photos with a smartphone B. To take photos of a smartphone.
C. To taking photos with a smartphone. D. Take photos of a smartphone
6. A. With access to the latest films B. With access of the some software
B. With access to educational apps D. With access of the newest phone
7. A. which saves time and makes work more flexible
B. that saves time and makes work more flexible
C. which saving time and makes working more flexible
D. which to save time and make work more flexible
8. A. like better buttons and faster devices B. like better chargers and faster 3D printing
C. like better cameras and faster processors D. like better e-readers and faster storage
space
There are several actions you can take to help reduce plastic pollution. First, minimize your
plastic usage. (18) __________ avoiding single-use plastic items like straws and disposable coffee
cups. Instead, choose reusable products made from bamboo, metal, or glass. In addition, you
should use reusable shopping bags (19) __________ such as fabric. Second, reuse plastic items
whenever possible. (20) __________, make sure to them multiple times before throwing them
away. For example, you can refill water bottles and (21) __________. Get creative - plastic
containers can be used for organising small items or as planters. Lastly, always try to recycle
plastic items. Before purchasing any plastic products, (22) __________ recycling symbols. Always
rinse and clean plastic items before placing them in the recycling bin. Remember that many
products are made from recycled plastic. By reducing, reusing, and recycling plastic, you can
help protect our environment.
Question 18: A. Meaning that B. This means that
C. It's the meaning that D. Which means that
Question 19: A. made from materials eco-friendly B. made from eco-
friendly materials
C. made eco-friendly materials D. making eco-friendly materials
Question 20: A. Having plastic items B. If you have plastic items
C. To have plastic items D. That you have plastic items
Question 21: A. reusing lunch containers B. to reusing lunch containers
C. we reuse lunch containers D. reuse lunch containers
Question 22: A. checking the labels for B. check the labels for
C. checking the labels with D. check the labels with
Exercise 6: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
arrangement of the sentences to make a meaningful paragraph in each of the
following questions.
Question 16:
A. b - c - a - e - d B. c - b - a - d – e C. c - b - a - e – d D. b - c - a - d – e
Question 17:
A. d – a – e – c – b B. a – b – c – d – e C. e – c – a – b – d D. d – e – b – c – a

Exercise 7: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
1. A group of volunteer students were mowing the lawn in the home for the aged while it started
to rain
A B C
heavily.
D
2. When he still worked for Oxfam, he was coming up with different ideas to help needy people.
A B C D
3. The volunteers went to a nearby school on a Sunday morning, picked up a food package, and
delivered
A B C
them to an elderly person.
D

4. The lives of disadvantaged students are often very different for those of their more wealthy
peers.
A B C D
5. There are lots of amused ways to volunteer in the arts such as teaching, designing and
assisting with
A B C
a variety of arts and crafts.
D
6. Mahatma Gandhi fought against the rights of poor people and women in India and became a
hero for
A B C
millions of people.
D
7. In her lifetime, Audrey Hepburn also paid a visit to Viet Nam to bring awareness of
immunisation and
A B
sets up clean water programmes.
C D
8. While he and his wile Ali first went to Africa, they worked in a refugee camp for a month.
A B C D
9. The famous Irish rock band U2 wrote the song Walk On to honour this amazed woman, who
put her country
A B C D
before everything.
10. He worked in a big bank in London when suddenly he decided to leave this city to take part
in Volunteer
A B C D
Bolivia.
Exercise 8: Fill in each blank with one suitable word given below

11.  Driverless cars can be useful for / in reducing road traffic accidents.
 12.  The invention of the email enables us to exchange information conveniently.
13.  The real-world value of AI has never been so clear before. / The real-world value of AI
hasn’t been so clear before.
Exercise 10: Idioms & Collocations
A. Match the bold idioms in the conversation below with its meaning from a to f
Linh: Hey, do you know that concert tickets for the BridgeFest 2024 are on sale?

Nam: Really? That rings a . I think I read about it somewhere. It’s such a good deal!
Linh: Yeah, and guess what? The organizer called to tell me they’ve invited my band to perform too.

That news was music to my !

Nam: Wow, that’s amazing! You’ve been doing so well lately. Go ahead, toot your own ,
you deserve it.

Linh: (laughs) Well, I don't want to make a song and about it, but yeah, I’m pretty excited!
Nam: You should be! Remember how you were nervous about performing last year? You’ve
really changed your tune since then.
Linh: True! I feel much more confident now.
a. For a song : very cheap – cụm này ko được đề cập trong cuộc
hội thoại – GV cung cấp thêm cho học sinh
b. music to one’s ears : something you are pleased to hear about
c. change one’s tune : to change the way one talks about something
d. toot your own horn : show off
e. ring a BELL : to sound familiar
f. make a song and dance about it : to make something seem more important than it
really is so that everyone notices it
B. Use the idioms to fill in the blanks.
1. When she realized she was talking to the police officer, she quickly changed her tune
2. I only asked her to wear a helmet but she made a song and danced about it
3. My boss didn't toot her own hown at all but emphasized what my colleague and I contributed
to the project. She is such a decent person!
4. My friend told me that I have passed the exam with flying colors. It was music to my ears
5. The story Anna was talking about rang a BELL but I couldn't remember where I had read
about it.
6. This second-hand jacket is for a song, but it is all the rage that I can mix and match with many
items of clothes in my wardrobe.

Exercise 11: Gerund & Infinitive

Complete the text with the gerund or infinitive form of the verb in brackets.
Exam worries? How to study successfully
Don’t put off 1 revising (revise) until the last minute. We recommend 2 starting (start) early. 3
Studying (study) for hours can be tiring. Avoid 4 sitting (sit) for too long. Aim 5 to work (work)
every day, but not all day.
You need 6 to take (take) regular breaks. When you’re really bored of 7 learning (learn)
about a particular subject, we suggest 8 looking (look) at something different.
It helps 9 to sit (sit) in a quiet place. 10 Listening (listen) to loud music can be distracting.
If you don’t understand something in your revision, you can phone a friend 11 to talk (talk) about
it.
When you’ve finished, spend time 12 relaxing (relax).

A. Give the correct forms of the verbs.

Farmer Pitt met Jane when they were both young. He determined to ask Jane (1) TO
marry him. After getting married, Pitt tried (2.) TO get up early every morning to milk the cow
so that Jane could sleep late. Everything went smoothly until they decided (3.) TO increase
their profits by buying some hens. A fox came and tried to eat their hens. Jane persuaded her
husband (4.) TO buy a gun, but this couldn't (5. help) help, for the fox was so fast. They even let
 the fox (6.) eat other foods, but this didn't seem (7.) TO work. Eventually, they asked around
for help, and one of the neighbors advised them (8. try) TO try putting tiger dung on the
ground. They hoped that tiger dung would make the fox (9.) stay away from their only chicken
left. Pitt had his wife (10. buy) BUY some tiger dung at a nearby shop, and they never saw the
fox again.
HAVE SB VO/ GET SB TO VO

Exercise 12: Rewrite

1. Her unpaid work took up most of her free time.
Her volunteer work took up most of her free time.
2. The social network encourages social interaction between neighbours, making people
know about crime in their area.
The social network raises awareness about crime in their area.
3. They often went to school by bike when they were young.
No longer do they go to school by bike.
4. Victims began dying, leaving villages filled with widows and parentless children.
Victims began dying, leaving behind orphans in the villages.
5. The president will talk about schools.
The president will deliver a speech about schools.
6. He came in the middle of our dinner.
He came when we were having dinner.
7. I just got mixed up, and thought she wanted us to come early.
I was just confused and thought she wanted us to come early.
8. When they were young, they liked ice-cream very much.
They used to like ice-cream very much when they were young.
9. Most people give money and food to a charity because they wish to contribute to a
good cause.
Most people make donations because they wish to contribute to a good cause.

Exercise 13: Supply the correct tense of the verbs in the brackets.
1. Jessica has lunch in the cafeteria every day.
2. When Jim said that he liked me, I knew that he was lying.
3. It is raining quite hard - perhaps we shouldn't go out now.
4. The children were playing in the park when it started to rain.
5. You won't find him at home right now because he is studying at school.
6. Did you buy (you buy) food online during the past pandemic?
7. How have humans made (humans, make) technological advancements in the last 50 years?
8. First developed in 2004, Facebook wasn’t (not be) the first social media website.
9. It wasn’t until the 2000s that electric cars were built (build) on a large scale.
10.Can you choose three major inventions that have ever led (ever lead) to successful products?
11.Google Maps app has made (make) getting lost virtually impossible since the date it was
introduced (introduce).
12.L’Oreal has devoted (devote) itself to beauty for over 100 years, and L’Oreal Water Saver was
named (name) in Time’s 100 Best Inventions of 2021.
13. The online game server stopped working (stop, work) and had to be serviced (service)
because so many users were playing (play) it.
Exercise 14: Choose the underlined words that need correction.
1. He successfully has fixed many different types of computer, so I think he's an expert.  has
successfully fixed
2. Astronauts say unmanned flights into space can make important and excited discoveries. 
exciting
3. I am pleased to tell you that your application for the post of salesman have been successful. 
has been
4. When testing (A) an upgraded system, you can keep (B) the original (C) system until you
finished (D) testing the upgraded system.  D (have finished/ finish)
5. Don’t (A) save your files to public computers to avoid being damaged (B) by computer viruses
or caused (C) damage to other computer users (D).  C (causing)
Exercise 15. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
1. Last Sunday, our volunteer team ____ a lot of food packages to homeless people in the flood-
hit region.
A. were bringing B. brought C. have brought D. had brought
2. I ____ Maria for the first time at the Heart-to-Heart Charity Office.
A. saw B. was seeing C. was seen D. has seen
3. We ____ the roof for Mrs. Smith, an elderly childless woman, when it ____ with rain.
A. were mending - was pouring B. mended - poured
C. mended - was pouring D. were mending - poured
4. When we were on a voluntary tour, we ____ to public places to collect rubbish every day.
A. were going B. went C. have gone D. had gone
5. The phone was engaged when I called. Who ____ to?
A. were you talking B. were you talked
C. did you talk D. have you talked
6. We ____ in silence when he suddenly ____ me to help him.
A. were walking - was asking B. were walking - asked
C. walked – asked D. walked - was asking
7. I ____ my report when my boss ____ the hall.
A. made - was entering B. made - entered
C. was making - was entering D. was making - entered

Exercise 16. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
11.Switching to renewable energy sources can significantly _______ reducing carbon emissions.
A. lead on B. contribute to C. add in D. help for
12.Since the last pandemic, many organizations ______ pace and ______ technologies under the
guise of saving money.
A. don’t keep - even delay updating B. didn’t keep - haven’t even delayed to update
C. weren’t keeping - even delayed to update D. haven’t kept - have even delayed
updating
9. After many weeks, his solo album ____ a profound influence on the youth all over the
country.
A. remains B. maintains C. becomes D. persuades
Remains suggests that the album still has an influence, while the other verbs don't fit in this
context.
10. They had a global ____ hit with their album concept about “The dark side of the Moon”.
A. top B. song C. smash D. popular
11. Luckily, I got some ____ advice on how to make a presentation on ‘For a better community’
from my class teacher.
A. useless B. useful C. usefulness D. uselessness
12. These ____ children encounter many problems and really need our help.
A. disadvantaged B. advantaged C. disadvantage D. advantage
13. Fundraising for charity is a ____ thing for everyone to do to help the community.
A. meant B. meaningful C. meaningless D. meaning
14. They were so ____ about joining the local volunteer group that they couldn’t sleep last night.
A. excite B. excitement C. exciting D. excited
15. It is ____ that all the students in class 1OA choose to do a project on ‘Helping the needy’.
A. surprising B. surprised C. surprise D. surprisingly
16. Volunteers become well ____ of the problems facing the world.
A. aware B. concerned C. helpful D. interested
17. English teaching is considered a good example of a volunteer job which often turns ____ a
career.
A. off B. up C. on D. into
18. Mahatma Gandhi fought for the rights of coloured people in general and the Indians ____.
A. in time B. in particular C. in contrast D. in fact
19. A/an ____ is a person who needs others to take care of him/her, because of illness that
he/she had for a long time.
A. patient B. martyr C. invalid D. addict
20. 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
21. Most of the students in that special school are making good progress, but Michael is a ____
case.
A. hopefully B. hopeless C. hopeful D. hopelessly
22. A lot of generous businessmen have ____ valuable contributions to helping needy people.
A. done B. taken C. made D. given
23. Poor students cannot ____ an abundance of presents on their birthday.
A. look forward to B. put up with
C. come up w ith D. cut down on
24. Befriending can offer volunteers the opportunity to provide support and friendship to a
person who may be going ____ a difficult period.
A. up B. on C . off D. through
25. Volunteer organisations are generally small-staffed, so they need to ____ lots of volunteers
for a huge event.
A. employ B. recruit C. research D. catch
26. You’d better ____ a commitment to being a volunteer on a regular basis.
A. promise B. do C. make D. pull
27. They visit a retirement home and ____ time doing fun activities with the elderly who lack
immediate family.
A. spend B. lose C. waste D. consume
28. Both community ____ and volunteerism are an investment in our community and the people
who live in it.
A. life B. language C. performance D. service
29. ____ being the CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates is also one of the world’s greatest philanthropists.
A. Aside from B. But for C. Except for D. In addition
30. Their massive salaries let them afford to give ____ huge amounts to charities.
A. off B. up C. away D. hack
31. When you get involved in a volunteer project, you are able to ____ your knowledge into
practice.
A. take B. put C. bring D. push
32. Volunteers can work with many ____ children who were harmed by Agent Orange in childcare
centres.
A. parentless B. disabled C. poor D. homeless
33. Both CARE and Oxfam organisations have programmes to help people in underdeveloped
countries ____ their lives.
A. make B. risk C. improve D. start
34. Many international volunteer organisations are trying to find a ____ to the problem of world
hunger.
A. way B. method C. suggestion D. solution
35. For a cleaner and greener community, everyone should ____ the amount of trash and take
care of our environment.
A. increase B. reduce C. contribute D. ignore
36. Thanks to everyone's efforts, we can do ____ to make school a meaningful place for students
living in poverty.
A. a great many B. a little C. a great deal D. a few
37. On the door of the house where Louis Braille was born are the words ‘He opened the door of
____ to all those who cannot see.’
A. knowledge B. information C. news D. material
 38. University students are willing to get involved in helping the old and ____ people.
A. childlike B. childish C. children D. childless
39. Contact is ____ connecting students with volunteer organisations abroad.
A. in place of B. in charge of C. in case of D. in danger of
40. Football superstar David Beckham has a huge ____ for kids in need.
A. head B. strength C. memory D. heart
1. Biotech drugs, which are ________ from living cells, provide some of the best efforts at curing
diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and HIV.
A. done B. made C. caused D. formed
2. The magnetic compass was first used to determine the correct ________ by the Chinese.
A. way B. road C. path D. direction
3. IBM Watson is an artificially intelligent computer system ________ of answering questions posed
in natural language.
A. capable B. aware C. able D. fond

Exercise 4: Change the sentences from the active into the passive. Omit the agent
where it can be omitted.

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