LESSON 2- APTIS ONLINE A61

PHẦN 1 : SPEAKING PART 1

1. Please tell me about your family (Do you have a large
family?)
- I live in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam/ the beautiful of
Vietnam
- There are 4 people in my family : my parents, my brother and
me
- My father is a doctor, he is 50 years old, he is humorous
- My mother is a teacher, she is kind and friendly
- My brother is an engineer, he is handsome…
- And I am a student at ….
- We are a happy and close-knit family.
2. Tell me about the place you live in? (What is your village/
town/ city like?)
- I live in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam
- It is a peaceful and beautiful place.
- People here are so kind and friendly.
- It‘s famous for : street food ( Banh Mi, Bun Cha….) , Hoan
Kiem Lake, HCM Mausoleum…
- The weather is so nice, sunny, cloudy.
- I love my city/ country so much
3. Please, describe your house
- I live in Hanoi with my family
- My house has 3 floors
- On the first floor, we have a living room and kitchen.
- On the second floor, we have 2 bedrooms
- And my bathroom is on the third floor.
- My house is printed white colour
- In front of, I plant a lot of trees and flowers.
- I love my house so much.
4. What is your favorite season? Why?
- My country has 4 seasons : spring, summer, autumn and
winter
- But I like summer most.
- Because in this summer, I don’t go to school/work.
- So I spend time relaxing.
- I usually go swimming with my father at the weekend.
- Sometimes, I play football with my close friends
- ( I go shopping…)
- I feel so excited and wonderful because of my time relaxing.
5. What is the weather like, today?
- Today, the weather is so good.
- It’s sunny, cloudy.
- The sky is blue and stunning.
- The temperature is about 20 degree.
- I don’t go to school so I spend time relaxing.
- I go shopping with my close friend and then I cook dinner
with my family.

6. How do you relax in the evening?

- I finish my work at 6pm and then I go back home
- I usually listen to music to relax in the evening.
- I like pop music and Rap
- Sometimes, I hang out with my close friends to chill/enjoy
my life.
- I like going shopping/ going to the cinema.
- They/ those activities help me relax and reduce tress after a
hard-working day.
7. What is your favorite music?
- I like a lot of types of music : pop music, rock music, rap,
classical music.
- I usually listen to some songs : Deep side, bad liar,….
- My idols are : son tung, black pink, taylor swift.
- I often listen to music when I have free time.
- Music helps me relax and reduce tress after a hard-working
day.
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8. Describe a member in your family?

9. What do you like doing in your free time?
10. Tell me about your best friend
11. Which sport do people like in your country?
12. Please, tell me about your favorite films/music/books?
13. What do you like doing with your friend?
14. What sport do you like?

15. What did you do last night?

( liet ke hanh dong + chia Verb)
16. Please, tell me why are you interested in travel
 I’m interested in/ I’m keen on/ I’m into = I like traveling
because of some reasons:
Traveling helps me reduce stress after hard- working days.
When I travel, I can go sightseeing and explore new things
around the world.
I can improve/ enlarge my knowledge about different
cultures and customs.
17. What do you do on the weekend? ( free time)
18. Where did you go last night? ( hanh dong + place+
verb)
19. Describe the room you are in ( house)
20. Please tell me about a famous place in your country(cau
2)
21. Tell me about yourself
22. What are your favorite books/ music?
23. Please tell me why do you learn English?
I study English because of some reasons :
If I want to graduate from my university, I must have an
English certificate.
English helps me get a lot of job opportunities and have
higher salary/ incomes.
When I speak English fluently, I can communicate with
foreigners without shyness.
24. Tell me about your job ( yourself, hobby, job)
25. Please tell me the best ways to travel around your
country?
There are many ways to travel around my country.
 Firstly, you can use motorbikes because they are convenient,
they help save a lot of money….
Besides, traveling by planes is also a good way because
planes move fast and make people comfortable.
Next, you can move by public transports, they help protect
environment.
26. What is your typical day like? ( timetable)
27. What clothes do you wear today?

28. What is the food like in your country?

In my country, the food is so delicious, cheap, plentiful,

fresh….
We have a lot of foods
Street food : banh mi, Pho, nem…
Vietnam is also famous for traditional food….,local food…
I really love/ like my country’s food/ cuisines…
PHẦN 2 : SPEAKING PART 2
3 questions
Question 1 : describe a picture ( 45s)
Auto co con nguoi- hanh dong – HTTD
- S + is/are + V-ing
- There is/are + S + V-ing
Khai quat/ tong quan ve buc tranh
- In this picture, I can see…
- Look at the picture, I can see…
- This is a picture of….
+ a man/ girl/ kid… + sitting../ listening…. + by herself/ by
himself/ alone….
+ a group of 6 people / a team/a cpuple… + standing/
talking/ discussing…. + together/ each toher.
+ place :
Mieu ta chi tiet :
 Ngoaihinh/ dang ve : he is tall and thin…
 Tuoi tac : she is 20 years old.
 Trang phuc : he is wearing….
 Hanh dong chi tiet :
Background = foreground.
Weather :
Question 2 : tell me a time when you… (45s/ answer)

Question 3 : show your opinion ( 45s)

1. Describe this picture?
In this picture, I can see a man sitting in a room by himself.
He is tall and handsome.
He looks quite young, about 30 years old.
The man is wearing a T-shirt and black jeans
He is calling for anyone, maybe his customer or co- worker.
There is a laptop and a cup of coffee on the table.
This picture is so beautiful and clear….
2. Tell me the last time when you called for someone? (45s)
I usually use my smart phone to call for other people.
Last night, I made a phone call for my mom.
We did say and share a lot of stories : gossip, my husband,
my work….
And then I asked her about my family’s health. I was so
happy when knowing that.
My mom also gave me some advice to balance my work….
Our talk was during 10 minutes, then I continued my work.
3. Will sending a message replace making a phone call?
Why?
In my opinion, sending messages will not replace making a
phone call because of some reasons :
Firstly, calling helps people update ( send/ receive )
information immediately.
Next, when calling, people can show/ express their feelings
directly, easily.
Besides, the cost of calling by using Internet device connect
is much cheaper than texting.
Those are reasons why I think making a phone call is still a
good way for people to contact others

1. Describe this picture

2. What do you do to relax?

3. Why is it important for people to relax?
Question 1 :
In this picture, I can see a corner of a room.
At the middle, there is a TV .
It looks quite modern and high-tech.
On the screen, I see a lot of beautiful imagines.
There is a hand holding a remote control and choosing a channel.
I don’t know who are in this room, but I guess today he or she doesn’t
need to go to work.
So watching TV is a way for him/ her to relax/ entertain.
Phần 3. Reading APTIS
35 minutes
50 points
5 requests
4 parts :
Part 1 : dien tu : 5 cho trong con thieu trong 1 doan van – easy
Part 2 : sap xep cac cau tao thanh 1 doan van ( 2 requests)
- Tieu su 1 nguoi/ su ra doi : time
- Thong tin/ quy trinh/ thu tuc :
Part 3 : main topic
4 nguoi – 4 opinions
7 questions : Who thinks …
Part 4 : matching headings :
750 words
7 para….
8 headings

APTIS SV
APTIS READING TEST
PART 1
Fill in the gaps in the text.
o Hi Simon, How are things? I have a tennis 0) tournament

tomorrow, I 1)  my racket two days ago and I need a good

one to play the matches. Could I 2)  yours? I'll be very 3)

 and I'll give you back as soon as the tournament finishes.

 I can come you house 4)  if it's OK. Let me know if you 5)

 . Peter.

1. a) bought         b) found        c) broke

2. a) lend              b) borrow     c) try
3. a) mean            b) polite       c) careful
4. a) tonight        b) next day   c) then
5. a) think           b) know         c) agree

PART 2

2.1 The sentences below are from a report. Put the sentences in
the right order. The first sentence is done for you.
a. This report gives information about the traffic problems on the
coast road.

b. This is why we think there should be more signs along the road.

c. For this reason it is easy for them to take the wrong turn and get
lost.

d. These visitors will improve our town's economy and local

businesses.

e. These will help visitors to find their way to our beautiful town.

f. They don't know the road, because many of them are here for the
first time.

g. This road is busy during the summer when tourists visit the area.

2.2 The sentences below are from a report. Put the sentences in
the right order. The first sentence is done for you.
 a. Glaciers are huge, thick pieces of ice that are usually found
between mountains.

b. These pieces of ice are as small as football fields and some are
over a 100 km long.

c. This will cause flooding land that is close to the sea across the
world.

d. Nowadays, 10% of the world's land is covered with glaciers.

e. However, many of glaciers all over the world are decreasing due
to global warming.

f. Also, the level of water in our oceans is rising dangerously.

g. This causes the glaciers melt and the water flows into the rivers.

PART 3

Four people respond in the comment section of an online

magazine article about the importance of money. Read their
comments and answer the questions below.

o Money
 Person A

It is important to keep money in perspective: you need some, but

don’t need too much. Otherwise you'll spend your whole life
chasing the Almighty dollar and that’s not a healthy relationship to
money that you want to have. Some people try to impress with
how much money they have, but I see that as a character flaw. If
you can help those less fortunate, do it, by all means but realize
that just handing out money is usually not an effective way to
improve their lives.

 Person B
I think of money as a tool that helps you build your life. Like a tool
you need to know how to use it. One of the problems with money
is there are far more people who know how to use a saw or a
hammer than there are who know how to use money. For
instance most people equate wealth to what you have. If you have
a big house and fancy car you feel rich.

 Person C

Money is something that can buy you everything in the world

today. However, easy money makes you lose the opportunity to
feel the joy of getting that after you’ve worked hard enough to
earn it. Money is something that everyone needs unanimously. It
ironically causes us to be united in our concordant need for it.
Money is something that cannot buy you true happiness but not
having any of it doesn’t give you that happiness either.

 Person D

Money can buy most of the things but not all the things. When you
don't have money, your supposed friends and relatives will not
prefer to have you near them. However, if you have money, then
they may feel jealous of you and find faults in you without any
reason. Besides, having money has its limitations, you can buy
expensive treatments, but not life. You can't buy respect, or
admiration. However, money can help you to meet your day to
day expenses.

  Who thinks...

 Relations with friends are different if you are

wealthy. 

 It is important to learn how you use your money. 

 You should help people who need it. 

  Money doesn't necessarily make you happy. 

 Some people feel rich just because of their

possessions. 

 There are things that money can't buy. 

 The only objective of some people's lives is money. 

PART 4

Read the passage quickly. Choose a heading for each

numbered paragraph (1 – 7) from the drop-down box.
There is one more heading than you need

A. Ancient inhabitants

B. An optimal Climate

C. Rainforests on planet Earth

D. Harmful species

E. The future of rainforests

F. A wide variety of fauna

G. The need of special skills to survive

H. The influence of humans

Rainforests

1. Where can you find more animal species than anywhere else in the world?
It’s not a zoo or the circus. It’s a very special type of ecosystem called a
 rainforest, and most rainforests can be found in tropical climates in the
Southern Hemisphere. A “hemisphere” is a half of the earth, so the Northern
Hemisphere is the northern half and the Southern Hemisphere is the southern
half of Earth. They are divided by a line called the Equator. The Northern
Hemisphere starts just above the equator and ends at the Arctic Circle. The
Southern Hemisphere starts just below the Equator and ends at the South
Pole in Antarctica.

2. The two most common climates in the Southern Hemisphere, temperate

and tropical, both have lots of precipitation. The difference is that temperate
climates have warm summers and cold winters, while tropical climates are
warm all year long. Because there’s lots of rain and the temperature stays at
about 75-85 degrees Fahrenheit year round, rainforests in tropical climates
have optimal conditions for many animal species. Rainforest animals don't
have to worry about freezing during the winter or finding shade in the summer.
Plus, because it rains almost every day, animals rarely have to search for
water. This makes tropical rainforests a suitable home for many species.

3. In addition to their tropical climates, another reason why rainforests are

home to so many different types of animals is because they are some of the
oldest ecosystems on Earth. Scientists think that some rainforests have been
around since dinosaurs roamed the Earth at least 100 million years ago. There
are fossil clues which indicate that these habitats were the home of a wide
variety of extinct species. They reproduced, hunted and competed for survival
in these lands thousands of years ago.

4. One of the rainforests in the world is the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.

Jaguars, toucans, parrots, and tarantulas all call it home. Yet this is only a
small sample of rainforest animals. Many other rare and often endangered
animals can be found in rainforests, like the okapi. This beautiful creature has
striped hindquarters and front legs like a zebra. Okapis also have tall perky
ears, like a giraffe, and they mostly live in the Ituri rainforest of Central Africa.
In fact, there are so many different types of animals in tropical rainforests that
we haven’t been able to name all the species yet.
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5. Rainforests are also home to some animals you might want to avoid, like
flying snakes (although their name is actually a misnomer since they can only
glide and not gain altitude) and spiders that eat birds. Other rainforest animals,
like the coral snake and the poison arrow frog, produce a natural poison that
protects them from harm. Get too close, and they could easily harm you with
poison. Many of these species are endemic to tropical rainforests, meaning
that rainforests are the only place they live on Earth.

6. Some species have had to adapt to their surroundings in the rainforest in

order to survive. For example, toucans and parrots both have very large,
strong beaks. These powerful beaks make it easy for them to crack open the
tough shells of nuts that grow on many rainforest trees. Birds with small
beaks, like robins and sparrows living in the Northern Hemisphere, probably
would not be able to survive in the rainforest without being able to crack open
hard nuts. Another way animals adapt to life in the rainforest is by
camouflaging themselves to hide from predators. When some butterflies close
their wings, they look identical to leaves, which masks them from predators.

7. Despite the biodiversity in the rainforests of the Southern Hemisphere,

many species are quickly becoming extinct, as people cut down trees and
destroy natural habitats. Other threats to species of the rainforest include
illegally trading monkeys to sell them as pets and killing jaguars for their
highly-valued skins. Pollution from mining has killed many types of fish as well.
Because of the unique tropical climate in rainforests of the Southern
Hemisphere, the animals within these ecosystems most likely cannot survive
elsewhere if their habitats are destroyed. It’s crucial to take care of our planet,
especially the rainforests, so that these animals can continue to thrive.