Tam Hiep Secondary School REVISION FOR THE 1st MIDTERM TEST GRADE 7

School year: 2024 - 2025

A. LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Vocabulary and grammar
Vocabulary Grammar
1. Unit 1 Hobbies: lists of hobbies, verbs of liking and disliking Present simple tense
2. Unit 2 Healthy living: Types of health problems, healthy Simple sentences
activities
3. Unit 3 Community service: Community acivities Past simple tense

II. Phonetics
1. Sounds: /ə/, /ɜː/
2. Sounds: /f/, /v/
3. Sounds: /t/, /d/, and /id/
4. Stress in two-syllable words
5. Stress in three-syllable words

B. PRACTICE
PHONETICS
I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. A. burn B. birth C. hurt D. singer
2. A. computer B. opinion C. collect D. hobby
3. A. mother B. singer C. prefer D. sister
4. A. surfing B. picture C. colour D. nurture
5. A. donated B. provided C. flooded D. changed
6. A. saved B. volunteered C. interested D. enjoyed
7. A. helped B. stopped C. reduced D. followed
8. A. cooked B. watered C. followed D. cleaned
9. A. laugh B. photograph C. through D. cough
10. A. enough B. flu C. vitamin D. flower

II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. condition B. serious C. physical D. vitamin
2. A. enjoy B. explore C. cartoon D. active
3. A. volunteer B. interested C. library D. countryside
4. A. sunburn B. acne C. disease D. healthy
5. A. boring B. children C. donate D. always
6. A. exercise B. exciting C. neighbourhood D. interesting
7. A. affect B. expect C. exchange D. sweetened
8. A. cardboard B. reduce C. hobby D. homeless
9. A. wonderful B. tomorrow C. opposite D. program
10. A. activity B. responsible C. community D.vegetable
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
III. Choose the best answer
1. I’m a member of a(n) ________ that helps street children.
A. talk B. organization C. programme D. show
2. Her hobby is ________ models.
A. making B. building C. having D. taking
3. Community service is the work you do for the _________ of the community.
A. causes B. benefits C. solutions D. problems
4. My classmates and I ________ books and old clothes for homeless children last
week.
A. used B. collected C. carried D. had
5. It is a non-profit organization that ________ the environment.
A. protects B. helps C. supports D. provides
6. The young people love __________ volunteer _______ in the countryside.
A. do/task B. doing/job C. doing/work D. do/responsibility
7. There are many activities that individuals or organizations can _______ to benefit the
community.
A. did B. doing C. does D. do
8. She hates _________ a horse.
A. riding B. rides C. ride D. rode
9. My brother sometimes ______ blood at a local hospital.
A. raises B. provides C. donates D. helps
10. She loves ________ postcards and selling them in the market.
A. having B. making C. giving D. cutting
11. It’s _______ for a boy to have a hobby of playing dolls.
A. common B. typical C. natural D. unusual
12. Don’t ever think gardening is a piece of _______ You must spend a lot of time
taking care of your plants.
A. cake B. paper C. art D. work
13. It’s really dangerous if you go __________ without being able to swim.
A. jogging B. skating C. surfing D. camping
14. Jacob is a great artist. He _________ able to carve in both wood and stone.
A. is B. was C. isn’t D. wasn’t
15. ____________ gives us beautiful plants, pleasant smelling flowers and fresh fruits and
vegetables.
A. Bird-watching B. Arranging flowers C. Gardening D. Making models
16. My father _____________ models of planes, motorbikes and cars for me when I was a
little boy.
A. maked B. made C. is making D. make
17. Peter likes __________ to English songs everyday.
A. listening B. listen C. listens D. listened
18. We __________ trees in our school every year.
A. planting B. plants C. plant D. planted
19. The primary students often __________ up litter in the park.

A. picking B. picks C. pick D. to pick

20. They helped __________ in the nursing home last Sunday.
A. homeless children B. old people C. patients D. poor people
21. My father __________ a lot of fish from the river this afternoon.
A. had B. brought C. carried D. caught
22. Does your father like _______ photos?
A. doing B. making C taking D. having
23. My mum does exercise every day to __________ fit.
A.keep B. do C. take D. turn
24. My daughter is __________ She can make new things easily.
A. creative B. careful C. serious D. happy
25. I like ______ activities such as planting trees and cleaning in the park.
A. sport B. indoor C. tutor D. community
26. ________ Sophia _________ English very well?
A. Does - speak B. Did - speak C. Is – speaking D. Is – speak
27. My grandfather ________ his pet dog.
A. adore B. adoring C. adores D. adored
28. Martin __________ for a walk in the morning.
A. go B. goes C. going D. went
29. Bring along a hat and _________ when you go out in hot weather.
A. sunburn B. glasses C. lunch box D. suncream
30. He ______________ books for poor children last summer.
A. has collected B. collects C. is collecting D. collected
31. - Please name some …………
- Carrot and tomatoes.
A. coloured vegetables B. red spots C. vegetable protein D. green salad
32. Volunteer activities often include ______ money for people in need, cooking and giving food.
A. rising B. raising C. taking D. getting
33. _______ and fruit have many vitamins.
A. Bread B. Soft drinks C. Cakes D. Vegetables
34. My mother and I jog every morning.
The subject is: _______.
A. My mother B. My mother and I C. jog D. every morning
35. Most children love fast food and soft drinks.
The verb is: _______.
A. Most B. love C. fast D. soft
36. He doesn't read science books.
The object is: _______.
A. doesn't B. science C. books D. science books
37. The Japanese often eat lots of tofu.
The subject is: _______.
A. The B. Japanese C. The Japanese D. lots of tofu
38. They went to Paris two weeks ago.
The adverb is: _______.
A. two B. weeks C. ago D. two weeks ago
40. Her hands are red and _______ because of working outside all winter.
A. warm B. chapped C. healthy D. smooth

IV. Give the correct form of verbs in brackets

1. I _____ (be) at school at the weekend.
2. My best friend _________ (go) to abroad five days ago.
3. Jane shouldn’t ___________ (stay) up late because it’s not good for her health.
4. My brother is too fat. He should ____________ (eat) more vegetables.
5. He _______ (be) only 34 years old when he died.
6. I usually _________ (have) breakfast at 7.00.
8. _________ you _________ (attend) the extra class last night?
9. All students should ___________ (finish) all their homework before going to school.
10. The weather ________ (be) good when we were on holiday.
11. They __________ (not go) to bed at 8.30.
12. The second war (finish) 40 years ago.
13. ______ you ______ (stay) at home?
14. She ______ (live) in Florida.
15. My mother (not pick) _________ up me the last afternoon.
16. She _______ (not study) on Friday.
17. What your sister ________ (do) last night? I _________ (listen) to music with my brother.
18. Their friend often __________ (play) soccer after school.
19. Peter ________ (be) from England.
20. She _______ (buy) me a nice gift yesterday.

V. Choose the word or phrase that needs correction

1. He begins always his lessons with a warm-up exercise.
A B C D
2. Doing exercise is one of the key components of a health lifestyle
A B C D
3. You can avoid some disease by keeping yourself clean.
A B C D
4. She enjoys to build dollhouses and posting pictures of them on social media
A B C D
5. I didn’t donate food but sing and danced with the elderly in the nursing home.
A B C D

VI. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in
meaning to the underline part in each of the following sentences.
1. Young people still dislike wearing jeans nowsadays.
A. enjoy B. hate C. love D. mind
2. Peter is interested in painting in her school club on Sundays.
A. fancies B. detest C. hates D dislikes
3. The air conditioner Mary has just bought is very hard to use.
A. boring B. difficult C. simple D. easy
4. Her house is very far from her company so every day she drives to work.
A. goes to work by motorbike B. goes to work on car
C. goes to work by car D. rides her car to work

VII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE
in meaning to the underline part in each of the following sentences.
1. Barry seems happy enough working for himself.
A. funny B. satisfied C. upset D. interested
2. Our sons usually play basketball with their classmates on Monday afternoon.
A. seldom B. always C. often D. frequently
3. He stops working because of heavy raining.
A. prevents B. finishes C. continues D. ends
4. She is bored with judo because she finds it too difficult.
A. fond of B. tired of C. sick of D. angry

VIII. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the following exchanges.
1.“Would you like to go to the supermarket with me?’’ – “_________”
A. Yes, please. B. Yes, I can’t. C. Never mind D. Yes, I’d love to.
2. –“How about going fishing tomorrow morning?” – “______________.”
A. I love fish B. Great idea C. Yes, please D. No, thanks
3. ‘You got the first prize. Congratulations!’ ‘_________ ’
A. You’re welcome B. Never mind C. It’s my pleasure D. Thanks a lot
4. ‘I think model making is an expensive hobby.’ ‘______________ it’s incredibly cheap.’
A. You’re right B. Certainly C. No matter D. Not at all

READING
IX. Read the text carefully and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gap.
I have a very interesting and (1) ________ hobby. I make short video clips with my digital camera. It was
my birthday present from my parents last year. Since then, I have (2) __________ three short films. It’s great
fun! I started asking my friends and relatives to take (3) ____________ in the films. I have tried to write the
story for my video clips. When I have finished the script, I make copies for the “actors”. Each scene is small and
they can look at the words just (4) __________ we start filming. We film at the weekend in my neighborhood,
(5) ____________ no one has to travel far. When the video clip is finished, I invite all the “actors” and we watch
the film at my house.
1. A. enjoyable B. enjoyed C. enjoying D. enjoy
2. A. done B. made C. played D. watched
3. A. scene B. role C. part D. film
4. A. until B. after C. only D. before
5. A. so B. because C. but D. although

X. Read and answer to each of the following questions.

VOLUNTEERING TO HELP DESERT ANIMALS

Cameron Oliver had a passion for the welfare of desert animals. He received the Abu Dhabi Award as a
community hero for his contributions to society. However, the biggest reason for his fame may be that he was
very small. He was only 11 years old when he began his own campaign to save camels from eating plastic. “I
found out that camels are eating rubbish people leave behind and it’s killing them,” says the South
African boy. “I love animals, so when I saw how the camels were dying, I thought I had to do something and
make a difference to save them.”
 He was very excited about receiving this award. He said, “My life changed after I received the award,
because it opened a lot of doors for me. Many people contacted and helped me promote my campaign.” (ESL
Printables)

1. What did Cameron Oliver start when he was 11 years old?

A. the Abu Dhabi Award B. being a community hero
C. a campaign to save camels D. a camel farm
2. In line 2, what does the word “contributions” mean?
A. changes in something that make it worse
B. awards that somebody gets
C. things that are added to something else
D. actions that help to cause or increase something
3. The main reason why Cameron Oliver became famous was that:
A. he was very intelligent B. he was very young
C. he was very handsome D. he was very friendly
4. According to the text, the main goal of his campaign is to:
A. protect camels from eating plastics
B. keep the desert clean
C. create a camel farm
D. protect the environment
5. How did Cameron’s life change after he received the award?
A. He became rich.
B. He did not have to open doors anymore.
C. He was known by more people.
D. He did not have to go to school.

WRITING
XI. Rewrite the following sentences.
1. Her father/ fly/ usually/ Ho Chi Minh City/ to/
A. Her father usually fly to Ho Chi Minh City.
B. Her father usually flied to Ho Chi Minh City.
C. Her father usually flies to Ho Chi Minh City.
D. Her father usually flying to Ho Chi Minh City.
2. I / like/ of/ taking photos/ natural scenery.
A. I likes taking photos of natural scenery.
B. I like to taking photos of natural scenery.
C. I like taking photos of natural scenery..
D. I not like taking photos of natural scenery..
3. Tom/ smoke/ when/ he/ was/ used to/ young.
A. Tom used to smoke when he was young.
B. Tom use to smoke when he was young.
C. Tom to used smoke when he was young.
D. When Tom smoke, he was used to young.
4. We/should/brush/our teeth/every day/avoid/to/tooth decay
A. We may brush our teeth every day avoiding tooth decay.
B. We can brush our teeth every day so as avoid tooth decay.
C. We should brush our teeth every day to avoid tooth decay.
D. We are brushing our teeth every day and avoid tooth decay.

XII. Finish the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one
1. She loves making models (interested)
=> ...............................................................................................................................................................
2. I am keen on doing DIY (adore)
=> .................................................................................................................................................................
3. Peter usually went to work by car when he was young (used to)
=> ................................................................................................................................................................
4. Our school has 23 classes (There are)
=> .................................................................................................................................................................
5. You shouldn't eat much fast food. You shouldn't eat sweetened food. (shouldn’t)
=> ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. It takes my mother an hour to do yoga every day.
=> ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. Eating too much of anything is bad.
=> ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
8. It’s necessary for you to drink lots of water during the day.
=> ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
 LISTENING
1. Unit 1– Skills 2
Lan: Today we'll talk about hobbies. I know that your hobby is building dollhouses. It's quite unusual, isn't it?
Trang: Not really. A lot of girls like it.
Lan: When did you start doing this?
Trang: Three years ago. I read an article about building dollhouses. I loved the idea right away.
Lan: Do any of your friends or relatives build dollhouses too?
Trang: Yes, my cousin Mi loves building them too.
Lan: Is it hard to build a dollhouse?
Trang: No, it isn't. I use cardboard and glue to build the house and make the furniture. Then I make the dolls
from cloth. Finally, I decorate the house.
Lan: What are the benefits of the hobby?
Trang: Well, I'm more patient and creative now.

2. Unit 2 – Skills 2
Tom: So, what did your club do last year?
Linda: We tutored 3rd grade children and helped old people.
Tom: Fantastic! What did you tutor?
Linda: We taught English and maths.
Tom: Awesome! Was it difficult?
Linda: Yes. But we had a lot of fun.
Tom: I see! How did you help the elderly?
Linda: We cooked for them and did some cleaning, too.
Tom: Great! I'm sure they benefited from it.
Linda: Thanks! It made us feel useful. How about you?
Tom: We picked up paper and bottles in a nearby park. We also planted some trees.
Linda: Fabulous! Did you water them too?
Tom: Sure. We watered them very often the first few weeks and enjoyed watching them grow.
Linda: Glad to hear it, Tom.
Tom: Yes. It was a really good time. We worked and played together, and we learnt some skills, too.