ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 – THCS
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề )

A. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS
I. Which word is stressed differently from the others? (0,5m)
1. A. picnic B. fishing C. arrive D. movie
2. A. tomorrow B. badminton C. aerobic Dusually
3. A. frequently B. gymnastic C. adjective D. difference
4. A. activity B. destination C. independent D. intersection
5. A. recycle B. potato C. collection D. dangerous
II. Which underlined part is pronounced differently? (0,5m)
6. A. drop B. joke C. top D. confidence
7. A. ground B. found C. though D. sound
8. A. normal B. order C. oven D. origin
9. A. honesty B. hair C. honor D. hour
10. A. sugar B. steam C. press D. waste
B. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
I) Choose and circle the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence (3ms)
1. Hurry up, there’s …… time left.
A. a little B. a few C. little D. few
2. For lunch, you may have _________ fish or chicken.
A. both B. neither C. not only D. either
3. The clerk said she was tired …… hearing complaints day after day.
A. with B. of C. about D. for
4. You and I are busy right now, ……
A. aren’t I B. aren’t we C. we aren’t D. aren’t you
5. We arrived …… to have some coffee before class.
A. enough early B. early enough C. too early D. early too
6. “What are you doing?”
“I …… the flowers. They …… wonderful!”
A. am smelling / smell B. smell / smell
C. am smelling / are smelling D. smell / are smelling
7. Do you know _________ ?
A. who how many people go on Sundays to church
B. who go to church on Sundays how many people
C. how many people who go on Sundays to church
D. how many people who go to church on Sundays

8. We watch the cat ________ the tree.
A. climbed B. climb C. had climbed D. was climbing
9. If we had known your new address, we ________ to see you.
A. came B. will come C. would come D. would have come
10. He looked forward to ________ his first pay packet.
A. receive B. have received C. be receiving D. receiving
11. “Let’s go dancing, _________?” – “Yes, let’s.”
A. won’t we B. don’t we C. do we D. shall we
12. I wish I _________ all about this matter a week ago.
A. knew B. know C. had known D. B & C are correct.
13. He was _________ he could not wake up.
A. very tired that B. such tired that C. too tired that D. so tired that
14. Joan asked _________.
A. if there was coffee B. there was coffee
C. was there coffee D. where was the coffee
15. I ____ my house ____. That is why there is all this mess.
A. had – paint B. have – paint C. am having – painted D. had had - paint
16. He was made _________ for two hours.
A. to wait B. wait C. waiting D. waited
17. “Where are my jeans?” “They _________ at the moment. Sorry.
A. are washing B. were washed C. are washed D. are being washed
18. It took weeks to get used to …… someone else around.
A. have B.