English Test 21 Exercise 1. 1. It’s a long time since I last went to a football match. 6. After I arrived here, I started to feel better. I haven’t __________________________________ Since arriving here, ________________________ 2. This is my second visit to Italy. 7. It’s over twenty years since we got married. This is ____________________________________ We have _________________________________ 3. We haven’t been swimming for ages. 8. The last time I saw Dick was in 1985 It’s ages ___________________________________ I haven’t ________________________________ 4. Mary started learning French five years ago. 9. There is a definite improvement in your work Mary has __________________________________ Lately your work _________________________ 5. I’m on the tenth page of the letter I’m writing. 10. Mrs Quyen began teaching English ten years ago. So far _____________________________________ Mrs Quyen has ___________________________ Exercise 2. Chia ®éng tõ trong ngoÆc ( HT ®¬n hay HT tiÕp diÔn ) 1. I ( 1 – hear ) that you have been promoted. Congratulations! 2. British people ( 2 – drink ) more and more wine, apparently. 3. I hope Sarah will be here soon. I ( 3 – depend ) on her. 4. Please be quiet! You ( 4 – continually interrupt ) others. 5. Hey, you! What ( 5 – you think ) you’re doing ? 6. Could you come here, please? I ( 6 – want ) to talk to you now. 7. Jane is away on holiday so Linda ( 7 – handle ) her work. 8. To be honest, I ( 8 – doubt ) whether Jim will be here next week. 9. You’ve only just started the job, haven’t you? How ( 9 – you get on ) ? 10. What time ( 10 – the train leave ) ___________ here ? Exercise 3. Chän ®¸p ¸n ®óng. 1. The price of petrol has risen / has been rising by 15% over the past year. 2. No wonder you’re overweight! You have eaten / You have been eating chocolates all day long! 3. I’ve read / I’ve been reading War and Peace this morning. 4. Doesn’t this room look better? I’ve put / I’ve been putting some posters on the wall. 5. Don’t disappoint me! I’ve counted on you / I’ve been counting on you. 6. Don’t forget your pills today. Have you taken them? / Have you been taking them ? 7. . Jack has asked / has been asking for a pay – rise three times this year. 8. . I’ve been phoning / I’ve phoned Ann all evening, but there’s no reply. Exercise 4. Chia ®éng tõ trong ngoÆc ( QK ®¬n hay QK tiÕp diÔn ) When the old lady ( 1 – return )________ to her flat, she ( 2 – see )______ at once that burglars ( 3 – break )_______ in duting her absence, because the front door ( 4 – be )______ open and everything in the flat ( 5 – be )______ upside down. The burglars themselves ( 6 – be )_______ no longer there, but they probably only just ( 7 – leave )_______ because a cigarette( 8 – still burn )_______ on an ornamental table. Probably, thet ( 9 – hear )_______ the lift ( 10 – come )______ up and ( 11 – run )_______ down the fire escape. They ( 12 – help )_______ themselvesto her whisky too but there ( 13 – be ) _______ a little left, so she poured herself out a drink. She ( 14 – wonder )______ if they ( 15 – find )______ her jewellery and rather ( 16 – hope )______ that they had. The jewellery ( 17 – give )_______ her by her husband, who ( 18 – die )________ some years before. Since his death, she ( 19 – not have )_______the heart to wear it, yet she ( 20 – not like )________ to sell it. Exercise 5. Give the correct form of verbs in brackets ( Near future of future simple ) 1. The fire has gone out ! So it has, I ( 1 – go ) ______ and get some tickets . 2. Did you remember to book seat? – Oh, no, I forgot. I ( 2 – telephone ) _____ them now. 3. I’ve hired a typrewriter and I ( 3 – learn ) _______ to type. 4. He’s just been taken to hospital with a broken leg. I’m sorry to hear that. I ( 4 – send ) _____ him some grapes. 5. You ( 5 – buy ) ____ meat ? No, I ( 6 – not eat ) _____ meat anymore, I ( 7 – eat ) vegetables. 6. You’ve bought a lot of paint. You ( 8 – redecorate ) ________ your kitchen ? 7. Why are you peeling that bit of garlic? I ( 9 – put ) _______ it in the stew. 8. Will you lend me your season ticket ? No, I ( 10 – not lend ) ___ it to you, it’s against the law. 9. That tree makes the house is very dark. Very well, I ( 11 – cut ) ______ it down. 10. I’ve just enrolled at the local technical college. I ( 12 – attend ) ____ pottery classes next winter *Exercise on PASSIVE VOICE. Exercise 1. ChuyÓn nh÷ng c©u sau sang thÓ bÞ ®éng. 1. They were carrying the injured player off the field. ______________________________ 2. It is impossible to do this. ______________________________ 3. Why don’t you get someone to post the letter for me? ______________________________ 4. They always make fun of me and I hate it. ______________________________ 5. I remember their taking me to the zoo. ______________________________ 6. Who wrote this letter ? ______________________________ 7. He saw her pick up the wallet. ______________________________ 8. You’d better get someone to redecorate your house. ______________________________ 9. She wanted nothing except for people left her in peace. ______________________________ 10. We suggested banning smoking in the meeting this afternoon. ________________________ Exercise 2. ViÕt l¹i c©u sao cho nghÜa c©u kh«ng thay ®æi. 1.We understand the Minister is on the way to the airport. 10. She hates people staring at her The Minister _____________________________________ She hates _______________________ 2.It is said that many people are homeless after the flood. 11. Someone shouls have told us. Many ___________________________________________ We ___________________________ 3.It is known that the Prime Minister is in favour of the new law. 12. I was sure someone was following me. The Prime Minister ________________________________ I was sure ______________________ 4.It is thought that the prisoner escaped by climbing over the wall. 13. It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car. The prisoner _____________________________________ The man ________________________________ 5.It is believed that the thieves got in through the kitchen window. 14. Their attitude caused us great disappointment. The thieves _______________________________________. We were ________________________________ 6.They are going to paint my house this afternoon. 15. Oil was slowly coating the edge of the shore. I am going _____________________________ The edge of the shore _____________________ 7. Her performance made a considerable impression on the critics . 16. They never made us do anything we didn’t want to The critics ______________________________ We ____________________________________ 8. The company presents a gold watch to each of its retiring employees. 17. What impressed me was her intelligence. Each __________________________________ I ___________________________________ 9. They couldn’t trace who had supplied the information in the first place. 18. My parents never let me go abroad alone. The source _____________________________ I ________________________________ *. Exercise on INDIRECT SPEECH. Exercise 3. ViÕt l¹i c©u sao cho nghÜa c©u kh«ng thay ®æi. 1. “ Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets any sun!”. She said. ______________________ 2. “ I am going away tomorrow, mother!”, he said. ______________________ 3. “ Listen carefully !”, he said to us. ______________________ 4. “ It isn’t so foggy today as it was yesterday”, Lan remarked. ______________________ 5. “ Don’t wait for me if I’m late”, his wife told him. ______________________ 6. “ You should eat more fruit and vegetables”, the doctor said to her. ______________________ 7. “ Don’t shout”, I said to the children. ______________________ 8. “ Shut the door but don’t lock it”, she said to us. ______________________ 9. Ann says “ I’m tired”. ______________________________ 10. “ You’d better slow down. There’s a speed limit here”, she said to me. ________________ 11. “ It’s time we began training for our next match”, the coach said to them. ________________ 12. “ Don’t forget to send your parents my regards” , she said to me. ______________________ 13. “ Why didn’t you come to class yesterday?”, he asked me. ______________________ 14. “ Have you read the book by Y Ban?”, she asked him. ______________________ *. Exercise on COMPARISON. Exercise 1. Rewrite the sentences without changing their meaning. 1. Couldn’t you find a better hotel ? Is this __________________________________________ 2. Sarah is better at chemistry than Susan. Susan isn’t ______________________________________ 3. Sally is the cleverest student in the class. Nobody ________________________________________ 4. He has never behaved so violently before. He is behaving ___________________________________ 5. As television programmes become more popular , they seem to get worse. The more _______________________________________ 6. If we can solve the problem soon, it will be better for all concerned. The sooner ______________________________________ 7. I prefer going out for a meal to staying at home. I’d rather ________________________________________ 8. We’d never stayed in such an expensive hotel before. The hotel was _____________________________________ 9. The weather is much warmer than it was a few days ago. A few days ago ____________________________________ 10. Helen can play the piano better than Mary. Mary ____________________________________________ 11. My mother was the most warm – hearted person I’ve ever known. I’ve ______________________________________________ 12. Though my house was cheaper than Norman’s, it was bigger and more attractive. Norman’s house may _________________________________ 13. The President is the statesman I admire most of all. There is ____________________________________________ 14. You will never meet anyone more generous than Mrs John. Mrs John ___________________________________________ 15*. It was not so much a discussion as an argument. It was ______________________________________________ *Exercise on CONDITIONAL SENTENCES. Exercise 1. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña ®éng tõ trong ngoÆc 1. Now we’re lost! If you ( 1 – write down)_____ Mary’s directions this ( 2 – not happen)________. 2. Why don’t we emigrate? If we ( 3 – live )_____ in Australia, at least the weather ( 4 – be )______better! 3. I’m afraid that Smith is a hardened criminal. If we ( 5 – not punish )________ him this time, he ( 6 – only commit )______ more crimes. 4. I’m sorry I can’t lend you any money. You know that if I ( 9 - have)_____ it, I ( 10- lend)______ it to you. 5. Don’t be afraid. If you ( 11 – touch )_____ the dog, it ( 12 – not bite)_______. 6. In those days, if you ( 13 – have )_____ a job, you ( 14 – be )______ lucky. 7. It’s always the same! If I (15- decide)___ to leave the office early, my boss (16- call)___me after I’ve left! 8. What a terrible thing to happen! Just think, if we (17- not miss)___ the plane, we (18- kill)___in the crash. Exercise 2. ViÕt l¹i c©u sao cho nghi· c©u kh«ng thay ®æi 1. If Jane hadn’t refused to work overtime, she would have got promotion. If it hadn’t _________________________________. 2. If you leave out that chapter, you can’t really say you read the whole book. Unless ____________________________________. 3. If you want my advice, I’d think twice about buying a car like that. If I _______________________________________. 4. Provided your voice is audible, the audience will get the point of this scene. As long as the audience _______________________. 5. Without your help, I wouldn’t have found the house. If you _____________________________________. 6. Getting up early makes me feel hungry. If _________________________________________. 7. I wasn’t tall enough to reach the shelf. If _________________________________________. 8. I regret drinking so much last night! If only _____________________________________. 9. If Pauline hadn’t been interested, the project would have been abandoned. But for _____________________________________. 10. Dick is in prision because a detective recognised him. If a detective _________________________________. . English Test 21 Exercise 1. 1. It’s a long time since I last went to a football match. 6. After I. _________________________ 5. I’m on the tenth page of the letter I’m writing. 10. Mrs Quyen began teaching English ten years ago. So far _____________________________________ Mrs Quyen has ___________________________. his wife told him. ______________________ 6. “ You should eat more fruit and vegetables”, the doctor said to her. ______________________ 7. “ Don’t shout”, I said to the children. ______________________