PRE-INTERMEDIATE – MIDTERM SAMPLE TEST (KEY)

A. GRAMMAR

I. Choose the best answer.

1. B 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. A

II. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb

1. When I was snoozing under a tree in that pagoda, I was woken up by a bell
ringing in ears.

2. Bread is made from wheat.

3. The building was completed at the end of last month.

4. Have you ever been to Bat Trang Village?

5. The festival is held by the Hanoi City Department of Tourism to preserve and
develop traditional trade villages in Hanoi.

III. Complete the sentences using “some, any, much, many” and a suitable
noun (countable/uncountable)

1. many car parks

2. any cheap restaurants

3. many trees

4. Some students

5. much sugar

6. many flowers

7. much time

8. much money
9. any picture

10. some male students

B. Vocabulary

I. Match the words in box A with the words in box B to make 5 compound
nouns.

1-E 2-D 3-A 4-C 5-B

II. Write the words next to the definitions

1. expand 2. upbringing 3. magnificent 4. colleague 5. Privacy

III. Match the phrases in A with the definitions in B.

1-B 2-D 3-E 4. A 5.C

IV. Complete the gaps in the text using words from the box

1. provide 2. profession 3. consists 4. proportion 5. cultivation

C. Reading

I.

1.T 2. F 3. NG 4. T 5. F

II.

1. B 2. D 3. C

4. NG 5. T 6. F 7. F

D. WRITING

I. Rewrite the sentences without changing their meanings

1. Hana hasn’t written to his pen pal for five months

2. This box is not light enough for me to carry.

3. It takes me 20 minutes to walk to school everyday.

4. Jack knows Anna doesn’t like him but he still chases after her.

5. This bag was given to me by my brother.

E. LISTENING

I. Listen and fill in the blanks with the correct words

1. weekend

2. neighborhood

3. newspaper

4. movies

5. Australian

6. exciting

7. Thursday

8. special

9. stadium

10. 4 pm

II. Listen to the conversation between Peter (the man) and Carla (the woman)
and answer the question.

1. He works in the design team.

2. She works in the marketing team.

3. Carla is from Brazil.

4. Peter is from the UK.

5. He has worked in this company for three years.