KT lan 2 (E11)

Vocabulary : words with the themes : party and volunteer work.. Fill in each blank of the letter with one suitable word: 1p Dear Mr Hallinen, I must write and thank you .... Read the pas

Date of checking: 01/ 11 /2007

Class : 11A1

Period : 24th

FORTY- FIVE MINUTE TEST NUMBER 2

* The content of the test:

1 Vocabulary : words with the themes : party and volunteer work.

2 Grammar :

+ Infinitive + Gerund + Passive infinitive + Passive gerund + Perfect gerund + Perfect participle

3 Reading:

+ Cloze reading: Read and fill in the blanks of a thank-you letter with suitable words.

+ Reading comprehension : Read a passage and answer the questions.

FORTY FIVE MINUTE TEST

I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the three others in a group (1p)

II Choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D: (3 ps)

1 If you delay your bill, you will only incur more and more

2 Joyce thanked us for them to dinner and said that they wanted to have us offer dinner next week

3 Don’t pretend what you aren’t

4 I regret to his birthday party Most of my classmates were there

5 Ann hoped to join the private club She could make important business contacts there

6 their work, they went home

7 When I came in the room, I heard her alone

A singing B to sing C sang D sings

8 He is afraid of by the teacher because of his being late for school

9 My parents are celebrating their 30 th next week

A birthday party B wedding anniversary C wedding party D Christmas party

10 A lot of foods and drinks were at the party

11 Volunteers bring to other people

12 Most students work in remote and mountainous area

13 We often take part in helping in our city

14 He has to live in because his parents died

15 Our school has just received a of $5,000 from a company

III Fill in each blank of the letter with one suitable word: (1p)

Dear Mr Hallinen,

I must write and thank you your kindness to me personally on my visit to the Tempella factory earlier this month

I grateful for the time you spent my questions, and the trouble you went to , to make my stay in Tampere as interesting possible

In fact, I can assure you those two days were the highlight of my trip Finland

Yours very sincerely, George

III Read the passage and answer the questions: (2,5 ps)

It was Jimmy’s birthday, and he was five years old He got quite nice birthday presents from his family, and one of them was a beautiful big drum

“ Who gave him that thing? “ Jimmy’s father said when he saw it

“ His grandfather did,” answered Jimmy’s mother

“Oh,” said his father

Of course Jimmy liked his drum very much He made a terrible noise with it, but his mother did not mind His father was working during the day, and Jimmy was in bed when he got home in the evening, so he did not hear the noise

But one of the neighbours did not like the noise at all, so one morning a few days later, she took a sharp knife and went to Jimmy’s house while he was hitting his drum She said to him,” Hello, Jimmy Do you know there’s something very nice inside your drum? Here’s a knife Open the drum and let’s find it”

* Questions:

1 When did Jimmy get the drum?

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2 Whom did he get it from ?

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3 Why didn’t his father hear it ? -

4 Why did the neighbour really want Jimmy to cut the drum open? -

5 What did she say to Jimmy to cut it open? -

IV WRITING: (2,5 ps) Write a short paragraph of about 80 words about your birthday party ( or one of your friends’s), using the suggestions: + Whose birthday party was it? + Where and when was it held? + Who attended the party? + What activities took place at the party? + How did you enjoy it? 

THE KEY TO THE TEST

I (0,2p x 5 words)

1 A 2 B 3 C 4 C 5 B

II (0,2p x 15)

15 D

III (0,2p x 5 words)

1 for 2 am 3 answering 4 as 5 to

IV (0,5p x 5 )

1 On his fifth birthday

2 From his grandfather

3 Because he was working during the day and Jimmy was in bed when he got home in the

evening

4 Because she didn’t like the noise at all

5 She said ,” There’s something very nice inside your drum Open the drum and let’s find it”

IV (2,5 ps)

By answering the suggested questions, the ss write a paragraph of about 80 words about their or

their friends’ birthday parties which they have ever been to

Date : 5 /11/ 2007

Date : 05 / 11/ 2007

Class : 11A1

Period : 25th

FORTY- FIVE MINUTE TEST NUMBER 2

MISTAKE CORRECTION

* Aim:

- To help ss correct mistakes that they’ve made in their test

- To provide ss with some more exercises which help them inculcate in what they’ve done in the test

* PROCEDURES:

I Warm up: (3ms)

Asks ss some questions about their last Sunday

II Results:

- Class: 11A1

III Students’ common mistakes:

1 Vocabulary:

- Many ss can’t remember the meaning of:

+ wedding anniversary

+ to serve

- Many ss can’t use part of speech well:

+ Adverb of manner : Most students work in remote and mountainous area voluntarily

+ Noun : Volunteers bring happiness to other people

2 Grammar :

- Many ss can’t remember verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives and can’t distinguish passive and active

3 Reading:

- Most of the ss have no skill to answer the questions : They can’t select suitable information, but copy all the sentences in the reading passage for their answers

4 Writing :

- Many ss don’t read the requirement carefully, so they write letters of invitation

- some of them know what to do, but they make some mistakes:

+ Verb tenses.( They should have used the past tense)

+ Sentence structures:

-> The birthday party at activities took : listening music, play game, sing and song

-> It was Hoa birthday ( Hoa’s birthday)

-> I come my house / I went to at home

-> The party at house at 7p.m in the evening.

- > I was to be invited to in the Sunday

-> I hold the my birthday party

+ Plural or singular:

-> We ate cake, some fruit, candy

-> It were fun

IV Vocabulary/ Structures reviewed:

1 Vocabulary:

+ wedding party

+ wedding anniversary

+ the poor ( The + Adjective -> person)

+ orphanage

+ donation

+ Verbs followed by an Infinitive or a Gerund

2 Structures:

+ Passive infinitive

+ Passive gerund

+ Perfect gerund

+ Perfect participle

V Additional exercises:

1 Exercise 1: Use the correct from of the words in the brackets

a She practises (speak) English every day

b she refused my (invite), because she was busy

c The room is very dirty It needs (clean)

d She feels (happy) when she can help many people

e She sing the song (happy)

f I’m sorry for (tell) him the secret He told his girlfriend

g The dog is afraid of (keep) in the cage all day

h (Collect) enough information, she started to write a report on her research

2 Exercise 2: Fill in each blank with one suitable word:

a I must write and thank you your nice present I received yesterday

b I’m grateful you your help

c Tomorrow we will make trip Dalat

d He spent a most of his time me many questions about my family

e I like to come home as soon as

VI Homework:

- Asks ss to rewrite the passage which they haven’t done well in the Test

- Asks them to learn verbs followed by gerunds and infinitives by heart

VII Teacher’s comments: