THANH XUAN NAM SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH TEST FOR THE 6TH GRADE

Full name: ………………………………………… Time allowance: 45 minutes

Class: 6…...
MARK REMARK

I. PHONETICS AND VOCABULARY (1 point)

Part A: Find the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. A. picnic B. boring C. chubby D. because
2. A. books B. pens C. chairs D. lives
Part B: Odd one out
3. A. bus B. truck C. music D. bike
4. A. bank B. plane C. temple D. house

II. LANGUAGE FOCUS (4.5 points)

Part A: Choose the best answer
1, My favourite …… is swimming.
A. game B. match C. activity D. sport
2, I like eating ice-cream, …… my brother doesn’t like it.
A. and B. so C. but D. or
3, We will have a …… to take care of our health.
A. home robot B. doctor robot C. teaching robot D. worker robot
4, It is often …… in the winter.
A. hot B. cool C. cold D. warm
5, Mai is …… than Lan.
A. taller B. tall C. tallest D. higher
6, If he …… late, we will go without him.
A. am B. is C. are D. does
7, They usually watch television …… their free time.
A. at B. in C. on D. to
8, My mother goes …… twice a week.
A. shop B. shopped C. shopping D. to shop
9, How …… does she go jogging? – Every evening.
A. many B. much C. far D. often
10, We have to do everything to …… the environment.
A. save B. recycle C. give D. reuse
Part B: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form
11, School (finish) ……………………….. at 4.30 p.m. every day.
12, Listen! They (sing) …………………………………. in the classroom.
13, ……….. you often (eat) ……….. lunch in the school canteen?
14, We (visit) ………………………………. Ngoc Son Temple many times.
Part C: Matching the statements/ questions in column A with their corresponding in column B
Column A Column B
15, What would you like to drink? a, Yes, sure.
16, Don’t forget to clean your room, my dear! b, I will have an apple juice, please.
17, Can you turn off the computer, please? c, Sounds great!
18, How about visiting a milk farm on Saturday? d, No, I won’t, Mom. I’ll do it immediately.
III. READING (2.5 points)
Part A: Read the text and choose the best answer A, B, C or D
I live in (1) ……….. small village called Henfield. There (2) ……….. about 600 people here. I love the
village because it is very quiet and life is slow (3) ……….. easy. The village is always clean – people look
(4) ……….. it with great care. The air is always clean, (5) ……….. . It is much (6) ……….. friendly here
than in a city because everyone knows everyone, and if someone has a problem, there are always people
who can help.
1, A. a B. an C. the D. some
2, A. have B. is C. are D. has
3, A. but B. and C. or D. so
4, A. after B. for C. at D. on
5, A. also B. too C. so D. any
6, A. most B. as C. more D. many
Part B: Read the passage and answer the questions
Dr. Tina is a scientist. She works in the space station. In the morning, she makes new medicines. There is
no gravity so it is easier to make them. In the afternoon, Dr. Tina walks in space. In the evening, Dr. Tina
has a rest. She looks out of the window. There is a sunrise or sunset every fifty-five minutes. Then at 10
p.m. she goes to bed. She sleeps in a special sleeping bag, so she does not float away.
7, What does Dr. Tina do in the morning?
.............................................................................................................................................................
8, When does Dr. Tina go for a spacewalk?
.............................................................................................................................................................
9, How often is there a sunset or sunrise?
.............................................................................................................................................................
10, Why does Dr. Tina sleep in a special sleeping bag?
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IV. WRITING (2 points)

Part A: Rewrite the sentences that they keep their meanings
1, I like cartoons best on TV.
My favourite programme ...............................................................................................................
2, Minh goes to school on foot.
Minh walks ....................................................................................................................................
3, What is his job?
What does ......................................................................................................................................
Part B: Put the words in their correct order
4, hot/ often/ when/ I/ go swimming/ it/ is
.............................................................................................................................................................
5, like/ the/ weather/ spring/ what/ is/ the/ in/?
.............................................................................................................................................................
6, go camping/ often/ do/ how/ you/?
.............................................................................................................................................................
7, trash/ into/ don’t/ water/ the/ throw
.............................................................................................................................................................
8, to/ let’s/ zoo/ go/ the
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 ANSWER KEY

I. PHONETICS AND VOCABULARY (each correct sentence gets 0.25 pts)

1. A 2. A 3. C 4. B
II. LANGUAGE FOCUS (each correct sentence gets 0.25 pts)
1. D 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A
6. B 7. B 8. C 9. D 10. A
11. finishes 12. are singing 13. Do … eat 14. have visited
15. B 16. D 17. A 18. C
III. READING (each correct sentence gets 0.25 pts)
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. C
7. In the morning, she makes new medicines.
8. In the afternoon, Dr. Tina walks in space.
9. There is a sunrise or sunset every fifty-five minutes.
10. She sleeps in a special sleeping bag because she does not float away.
IV. WRITING (each correct sentence gets 0.25 pts)
1. My favourite programme on TV is cartoons.
2. Minh walks to school.
3. What does he do?
4. I go swimming when it is hot.
5. What is the weather like in the spring?
6. How often do you go camping?
7. Don’t throw trash into the water.
8. Let’s go to the zoo.

TEST SPECIFICATION TABLE

Content topics Thinking level
Objectives to be tested Recall/ recognition Comprehension/ Application
understanding
I. Phonetics and 2 x 0.25p 1 x 0.25p 1 x 0.25p
vocabulary (1 pts)
A. Sounds
B. Odd one out
II. Language focus (4.5 10 x 0.25p 5 x 0.25p 3 x 0.25p
pts)
A. Multiple choices
B. Put the verb in the
correct tense
C. Matching
III. Reading (2.5 pts) 5 x 0.25p 3 x 0.25 p 2 x 0.25p
A. Multiple choices
B. Answering the
questions
IV. Writing (2 pts) 4 x 0.25p 2 x 0.25p 2 x 0.25 p
A. Rewrite the
sentences
B. Rearrange the words
Total number of 21 11 8
questions
Total of marks 5p 3p 2p
Percentage of marks 50% 30% 20%