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HANOI OPEN UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGLISH

GUIDELINES FOR GRADUATION EXAMINATIONS

PART A: ENGLISH LANGUAGE THEORIES
I.

ENGLISH THEORETICAL GRAMMAR (Course book: A Guide

to University Grammar of English by Tran Huu Manh)
1. Noun and Noun phrase

- Grammatical categories of English nouns

- The structures of basic NP and complex NPs
- Realisations of postmodifiers in complex NPs
- Syntactical functions of English NPs
2. Verb phrase
- Classification of English verbs
- Grammatical categories of English verbs
- Finite and non-finite VPs
3. The complementation of the verb
- 7 basic clause types and the realisations of the complementation of each type
of verb
4. Adjectives and adverbs
- Classification of English adjectives and adverbs
- Syntactical functions of English adjectives and adverbs
5. Preposition
- The structure of Prepositional phrases
- Realisations of Prepositional Complement (Cprep)
- Syntactical functions of Prep P
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6. The simple sentence

- Realisations of S, O, C and A
- Semantic roles of S, O, C and A
- Types of concord
7. Adjunct, disjunct and conjunct
- Difference between adverbial and adverb, between adjunct and disjunct
and conjunct
- Realisations of adjunct of time and place
- Types of disjunct
8. Coordination and apposition
- The concept of coordination and apposition
- Coordinators
- Ellipsis
9. The complex sentence
- The concept of subordination
- Subordinators
- Structural and communicative classification of subordinate (dependent)
clauses
- Syntactical functions of finite and non-finite nominal clauses
II.

ENGLISH LEXICOLOGY (Course book: Lectures on English

Lexicology by Dang Tran Cuong)
1. Word Structure and Formation
- The concept of morpheme, classification of morphemes, types of
words based on morphemes
- Different ways of forming English words
2. Semantics
- Classification of meaning
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- The motivation of English words

- Polysemy and homonymy
- Synonymy and antonymy
- Semantic change and transference of meaning (different figures of
speech)
3. Phraseology
- Structural and semantic features of set expressions
III.

ENGLISH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY (Course book: 1.

English Pronunciation HOU, and 2. English Phonetics and
Phonology - A practical course by Peter Roach)
1. The concept of phoneme, allophones
2. Classification of English vowels and consonants
3. Assimilation rules
4. Elision rules
5. Intonation

PART B: ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS

I.

READING COMPREHENSION

1. Read a sentence with one space and choose (tick or circle) one word or
phrase from the alternatives given that best fills in the space.
2. Read a text and do one of the following activities:
a. Answer the questions which are given below it.
b. Choose the answers (A, B, C, D) which you think fits the question best
according to the text.

c. Choose from the list of summary sentences given to match with of the
paragraphs of the text (There is one extra sentence which you do not need to
use).
d. Choose from the list of sentences/paragraphs given the most suitable
sentence/paragraph to put into each space. In the case of sentence insertion,
there is one extra sentence, which you do not need to use.
e. Insert one word which best fits each space in the text.

II.

WRITING

1. Sentence correction
- Read a sentence and identify the word/phrase which is not acceptable in some
way, then write the correction.
Example: Diamnonds are graded according to weigh, color, and cut.
A

Error: B

Correction: weight

b. Read a sentence or a text carefully. Some of the sentences/lines are correct

and some have a word which is not needed. If a sentence/line is correct, put a
tick (v) and if a sentence/line has a word which is not needed, write the word
that should be removed by the number.
Examples:
.....Before... 1. This years annual local festival was one of the best weve ever
had before.
...........v.......2. Almost everyone who lives in the town either took part in it or
watched it.
2. Sentence building and Paraphrasing

a. Use the words given to complete the second sentence so that it has a similar
meaning to the first one. Keep the given word unchanged (or change the form of
the word if needed).
Example: Your car really needs a wash. (washed)
You really must get/have your car washed soon.
b. Make one complex sentence from each group of sentences.
Example: Who is your audience? Make a note of that.
Make a note of who your audience is.
c. Use your own words to make the second sentence so that it has a similar
meaning to the first one.
Example: I fastened her in my heart.
I never forgot her / I kept her memory in my heart.
3. Summarizing
a. Summarise a text by using the underlined words in it.
b. Summarise a text by using one sentence or a number of sentences (in your
own words).
4. Composition writing
a. Use the words given to write a paragraph about a topic.
b. Write a 200-word composition on a topic.

III.

TRANSLATION (English-Vietnamese/Vietnamese-English)

1. Translate from one language into the other the underlined parts/sentences
of a text (a newspaper article or a book extract)
2. Translate a whole text from one language into the other language.

IV.

SPEAKING
15 TOPICS FOR ORAL TESTS
1.

Happiness

2.

Employment

3.

Tourism

4.

Entertainment

5.

University education

6.

Modern lifestyle

7.

Environment

8.

Violence

9.

Health

10. Information technology (IT)

11. Relationship
12. Honesty
13. Animals
14. Beauty
15. Natural resources
Good luck to you!