exercise for high school graduation

While she wasthere , she speak ……….. Yesterday she phone ………meand say ………that it was interesting although this was the third time shebe ………there and that she come ……… back the next week.

MULTIPLE CHOICEEXERCISE 1 :

1 I never forget (when / what / which / why ) you have just told me

2 I am looking forward to ( see / seeing / seen / have seen ) you next Saturday

3 My wife and I (had been / have been / went / will go ) to Portugal last winter to see what that was like

4 It’s at least a month since I( last seen / have last seen / last see / last saw ) John

5 He lighted the candle ( as long as / so that / because / and ) I might read the note

6 I am ( capable / excused / unable / disliked ) to come to the meeting on Mondayevening Please apologize for my absence

7 The guide walked so ( quick / rapid / lively / fast ) that most of the party couldn’t keep

up with him

8 The police made him (speak / speaking / spoke / speaks ) out the truth

9 If he ( didn’t warn / hadn’t warned / warned / doesn’t warn ) her , she could have had

an accident

10.My father has an older brother he hasn’t seen ( since / from / during / for ) thirty years

EXERCISE 2 :

1 Ann is very busy these days She has (a little / little / a few / few ) free time

2 What a beautiful Sunday ! Why don’t we have breakfast in ( the / a / that / an )

5 We stopped everyone ( for / from / to / towards ) leaving the building

6 You hardly ever believe him and ( so do I / neither do I / I do either / I believe him )

7 I think that ( many / any / a few / a little ) lemon juice on fish makes it taste better

8 Tropical regions receive ( many / a large number of / much / plenty ) rain and this condition helps to make it ideal for growing rice

9 The climate in India is greatly influenced by strong winds ( calling / called / are

calling / are called ) monsoons

10.Graduate students often spend their weekends ( gather / to gather / gathering / to gathering ) data for their research

EXERCISE 3 :

1 Have you got a light ? My cigarette’s gone (by / away / off / out )

2 Jeff wants to look his best at the wedding , so he’s ( to get made a suit / having made

a suit / make a suit / having a suit made )

3 Now men and women remain single longer than they once ( do / did / doing / were done )

4 No longer ( my mother has / has my mother / does my mother has / does my mother have ) to do all her house work with her hand because our family now owns some new labor-saving devices.

5 I remember ( to meet / met / meet / meeting ) you before, but I have forgotten your name

6 The United Nations ( consist of / consist in / consist / consists of ) about 160 nations

7 How do you speak this fraction: 4/9? - ( Four over nine / ninths / ninth / nines )

four-8 ( Because / Because of / The reason / Since ) his bad leg, he couldn’t walk so fat as the others

9 I’m not able to visit London I wish I ( can / could / might / will ) go there

10.When ( used / are used / using / they used ) in international trade, letters of credit are very convenient

3 She isn’t ( getting on / going on / keeping on / taking on ) well with the new manager

4 I finished ( read / to read / reading / reads ) the book and went to bed

5 My teacher always expected me ( doing / to do / do / does ) well in exams

6 The dentist told me ( being / to be / be / have been ) more careful when I brush my teeth

7 Why are you working so hard? Because I ( will buy / buy / have bought / am going to buy ) a car, so I’m saving as much as I can

8 We usually go ( to fishing / fished / fishing / fish ) after work

9 Mary can’t swim I can’t swim ( too / either / neither / so )

10.They insisted on ( going / to go / go / have gone ) to the party

EXERCISE 5 :

1 Mary was having breakfast when the phone ( rings / rang / rung / to ring )

2 ( like / liked / likes / likely ) her mother, Helen likes sewing

3 The girl ( whose / who / which / that ) eyes are blue is Mr Brown’s sister

4 She’ll be a millionaire by the time she ( is / was / will be / is going to be ) forty

5 There is only one student in the classroom ( prepare / to prepare / was preparing / preparing ) his lesson

6 In some countries more and more young people now need ( false / spare / untrue / unnatural ) teeth

7 It has been / is a long time ( that / since / ago that / ago ) I lived here

8 It’s time we ( will sell / had sold / have sold / sold ) this old car and bought a new one

9 Your pictures are beautiful We ( would take / had taken / will have taken / would have taken ) more if we had not run out of films

10.Sue is ( too young / too intelligent / enough ability / very pretty ) to understand it.

EXERCISE 6 :

1 It is ( a such big / such big / such a big / a very big ) city that he’s got lost

1 If we had had time, we( would have gone / can go / will go / will have gone ) to the party

2 ( Although / In spite of / Despite the fact that / Though ) the bad weather, the plane landed safely

3 My cousin has just arrived ( at / in / for / to ) London

4 John is working in ( a stories building / a building with thirty stories / a story building / a thirtieth story building )

thirty-5 If I were you, I ( would apply for / will ask for / will have change / can take ) that job

6 No sooner ( he had arrived / he has arrived / would he arrive / had he arrived ) than heleft

7 It ( is / was / will he / had been ) a long time since I last saw him

8 She ( had studied / studied / studies / has studied ) French before she began studying English in 1990

9 Please wait for him until he ( came / will come / coming / comes ) back

10.I think you ( will / should / could / had ) better not encourage the students to take extralessons

EXERCISE 7 :

1 Have you ever been to Hue? Yes, I’ve been there ( all / much / a few / a lot ) times

2 Does the grass need ( cutting / cut / be cut / to cut )?

3 He said that he ( had done / did / has done / was doing ) his homework since 7 o’clock

4 He said that everything ( is / would be / will be / can be ) all right

5 He ( had been teaching / has taught / was teaching / has been teaching ) for 25 years before he retired last year

6 We have to start early ( so that / that / because / although ) we won’t be late

7 Why are you angry ( at / with / to / of ) me? I didn’t do anything wrong

8 Don’t let a good chance go ( on / off / by / over )

9 He saw a young woman ( stood / standing / has stood / was stood ) on the pavement outside the shop

10.He said that he can’t help ( to fall / fall / falling / felt ) in love with her

1 Jane , 29 , who (come)……… from England , (stand) ……… on thesubway platform under 14th Street and (wait) ……… for the train to take himback to his flat in London last week when he (see) ……… his old friend , John ,who also (come) ……… from England They (not see) ……… eachother for ten years Now Jane (be) ……… worried about being out of work

He (be) ……… unemployed for a year

2 A few months ago , I (move) ……… into a very small flat after living for yearswith my parents It is the first time I (ever have) ……….a place of my own and

I (be) ……….in the flat for a few days when a friend phoned and begged me tolet him stay for a while He (explain) ……….he (lose) ……….his jobrecently but was sure he (find) ……….another one very soon Since I (think)

……….it would be only for a short while , I said yes

3 A friend of mine , Judith Nelson , (presently work) ……….in the internationalsales division at an electronics firm She (just return) ……… from a trip toJapan She (be) ……….asked to go there because she can speak Japanese When she was a business student at Boston University , she (study)

……….Japanese for four years She (never have) ……….the opportunity

to use her Japanese until she (go) ……….to Tokyo last month While she wasthere , she (speak) ……… Japanese every day and (enjoy) ……….everyminute of it

4 We (arrive) ……….safely yesterday morning Bill and I (have)……….awonderful holiday here The weather (be) ……….nice for the next two weeks

It (say) ……….so in the morning’s newspaper so we (try) ……….to do asmuch sunbathing and swimming as possible According to the hotel manager, theweather(be) ……….terrible so far this summer so we (be) ……….verylucky Bill (study) ……….a map of Rome for the last hour, so I think he (intend)

……….to do some sightseeing

5 Here I am in New York I (be) ……….here for two weeks now and it (be)

……… very interesting My friend, Nancy, who I (meet) ……… inLondon in 1999, (live) ……….in New York for three years, so she (know)

……….all about it Yesterday we (go) ……….to China town to eathotdogs when we (meet) ……….Nancy’s friends We(visit) ……….theStatue of Liberty this Sunday

6 Paul is a musician and a singer He (be) ……….in the music business for over

20 years He (start) ………playing professionally while he (be) ………atschool He (travel) ………all over the world He (have) ………his firstrecord in 1974 So far he (make) ………a lot of records Young people inAmerica and Britain (know) ………his name and they(never, forget)

………his number one song “ The Living Years “

7 Mary and John are neighbors They (know) ………each other for severalyears Mary (move) ………into her house in 1985, and John (live)

………next door since he (come) ………to the area in 1980 Mary is awriter She (write) ………several novels, and (win) ……… severalawards for her books A few years ago, she (win) ………the prize for the mostpromising author of the year At the moment she (write) ………a detectivestory

8 John hasn’t got a job He (be) ………unemployed for six months He (work)

………for a textile firm which (have) ………to close because it (not,have)………orders Now he (not, be) ………here He (already, go)

………to HCM city He (look) ………for a new job for a month but he(not,find) ………it yet

9 Mrs Reed (work) ………as a secretary of a foreign firm She (work)

………for this firm for 12 years Now she(not,be) ………at home She(go) ………on business in France Yesterday she (phone) ………meand (say) ………that it was interesting although this was the third time she(be) ………there and that she (come) ……… back the next week.10.Although some of the foreigners (live) ………here for a long time, they(not,speak) ………English well My friend, Peter, for instance, who (come)

………from Basle, and (come) ………here a year ago, still (speak)

………with a strong Swiss accent He (come) ………here on business.Although I (be) ………here only three months , I (pick) ………upenough English to be able to correct Peter frequently

11.At last we (arrive) ………safely This journey here(be) ……… terrible First my friend (forget) ………the passports, so we (have) ………todrive back home to fetch them Then the customs people (spend) ………twohours looking through our luggage They (not, speak) ………English, so we(never, discover) ………what they (look) ………for

12.When I was a child, I (dream) ………about travelling to lots of differentplaces I (long) ………to go to Japan, Honolulu, Alaska Well, I (be)

………40 years old now, and I (be) ………a travel guide for ten years,

so I (be) ………to all those places This year alone I (travel) ………tofifteen countries Last week, I (visit) ………a friend in Bangkok, and then (go)

………to see the sights of Singapore

13.My friends, Paul and Allen, (just,return) ………from their holiday in Europe.Before they (leave) ………New York, I (give) ………them mybrother’s address in Switzerland in the hope that they (visit) ………him andhis family When I (go) ………to see them last Tuesday night, they (tell)

………me how much they (enjoy) ………travelling around Europe andthat we (soon,look) ……… at the colour photos they (take) ……… They (also,give) ………me greetings from my brother and (assure)

………me that it (be) ………a great pleasure for them to meet myrelatives.

14.Rob (come) ………from Canada and (be) ………an electricalengineer He (be) ………first trained at a college of engineering and thenworked for the Canadian government Last month he (arrive) ………in Britain

to start a new job He said he (write) ………to me, but I (not , hear)

………from him yet If I (get) ………a letter from him now , I (write)

………to him at one

15.Linda (come) ………from Australia Now she (travel) ………roundEurope She (begin) ………her tour three months ago she (travel)

………round Europe for three months and she (visit) ………sixcountries so far Yesterday I (watch) ………TV when she (phone)

………me She said she (come) ………back in three days

16.Dennis Heal is a politician He (go) ………to Oxford University in 1950 and(become) ………a member of Parliament for the Labour Party in 1957 He(be) ………an MP since then He (write) ………three story booksincluding his autobiography He is married to the artist, Adna Heal, and they (have)

………two children They (live) ………in Oxford for 15 years, then(move) ………to London in 1970 They (live) ………in CadoganSquare in central London

17.When I (open) ………the door, I saw a man on his knees He clearly (listen)

………to our conversation and I (wonder) ………how much he (hear)

……… When I (ask)………him what he (do) ………, he saidthat he (drop) ………a 50 p piece outside the door and (look) ………for it

18.Mary (have) ………to go to New York last week, but she almost (miss)

………the plane She (stand) ………in the queue at the check-in deskwhen she suddenly(realize) ………that she (leave) ………her passport

at home Fortunately, she (not,live) ………very far from the airport, so she(have) ………time to go home to get the passport She (get) ………back to the airport just in time for her flight

WORD FORMEXERCISE 1 :

1 English people are fond of (watch) ………football

2 Newton was not only a physicist but also a (mathematics) ………

3 Newton was very (interest) ………in mathematics when he entered theUniversity of Cambridge

4 Jack doesn’t mind (work) ………at night

5 Don’t go to see that play It is very (bore) ………

6 Jane married a(success) ……… businessman

7 One of the (bad) ………diseases that mankind has ever had is AIDS

8 What would happen if rare and (use) ………animals became extinct ?

9 How the ancient (Egypt) ………moved and lifted huge blocks of stonesremains a (mysterious) ………

10.There are a lot of regional (different) ………in England

EXERCISE 2 :

1 Can you drive a bit more (slow) ………, please ?

2 You must be (care) ……… when you open the door

3 Water (conserve) ………is very necessary for hydropower stations

4 The industrial (develop) ………will lead to the prosperity of the country

5 The village is very quiet and (peace) ………

6 Laser can kill diseased cells while leaving healthy neighbours (harm) ………

7 American women are used to (be) ……… independent

8 Edison was a famous American (invent) ………

9 The (rotate) ……… of crops on the same land can prevent soil exhaustion.10.Smoking is (harm) ……… to your health

EXERCISE 3 :

1 He cycled (care) ……… and had an accident

2 The government has promised to deal with the problem of (employ) ………among young people

3 My uncle is a (science) ……… He often does research in his laboratory

4 Preserving natural resources is of great (important) ………

5 Julia sings more (beauty) ……… than Susan does

6 Don’t give up because of (fail) ……… If you work hard , you’ll eventually(success) ………

7 The (attract) ……… of the moon for the earth causes the tides

8 I think that the prices here are (reason) ………

9 They were (disappoint) ……… when they read the result

10.To her great (disappoint) ……… , it rained all the day of the picnic

EXERCISE 4 :

1 You must make a (decide) ………

2 Is it impolite to ask someone (person) ……… questions ?

3 She is always very (help) ……… to her mother

4 AIDS and cancer are very (danger) ……… diseases

5 (Pollute) ……… is one of the most important (environment) ………problems in our city today

6 They often sleep in the park They are (home) ………

7 Teo is afraid of looking (fool) ……… in front of all his friends

8 She has the (nature) ……… grace

9 He is too (self) ……… to think of lending me his bicycle

10.Water has no colour It is (odour) ……… and (colour) ……… liquid

EXERCISE 5 :

1 He is so happy that he can’t speak He is (speak) ……… with happiness

2 My teacher usually ( courage ) ……… me in learning English

3 It is ( possible ) ……… to go to the moon by normal planes

4 These maps ( able ) ……… you to find the way to the People’s Committee

5 Students’ success is teachers’(happy) ………

6 We have a(week) ……… newspaper

7 We started our trip on a beautiful (sun) ……… morning

8 He was (hope) ……… when he did the test badly

9 He said” Good morning in a (friend) ……… way

10.Look! Those children are talking (noise) ………

EXERCISE 6 :

1 We had an interesting (discuss) ……… about football

2 She gets a lot of (satisfy) ……… from her job

3 After years of (happy) ………, she’s finally found something she enjoys doing

4 It takes a lot of (determine) ……… to succeed in a competitive business

5 He is (patient) ……… waiting for the last bus

6 (prevent) ……… is better than cure, so brush your teeth after every meal

7 It was his (lazy) ……… that caused him to lose his job

8 Alexander knows which mushrooms are (poison) ………

9 They have agreed to (wide) ……… the street

10.He is interested in the (preserve) ……… of old buildings

EXERCISE 7 :

1 Nothing could (satisfaction) ……… him

2 She is the most (attract) ……… girl

3 Can your son do all kinds of (calculate) ………

4 The (drain) ……… of these swamps will destroy the mosquitoes’ breedingplaces

5 We must also make (provide) ……… for our old age by saving money

6 Smoke from factories is (dirt) ………

7 He is unhappy because of his (deaf) ………

8 His work suffered because of his total (absorb) ……… in sport

9 These countries are (prefer) ……… in imports of raw cotton

10.British hospitals are trying a new (treat) ……… for cancer

EXERCISE 8 :

1 Farmers apply (fertilize) ……… into the fields after the crops have beenplanted

2 Do school-leavers have a (tend) ……… to overcome difficulties ?

3 Pure water is (odour) ………

4 Thousands of people have been made (home) ……… by the war

5 We come to school to (rich) ……… our minds with knowledge

6 These abbreviations are (common) ……… used in writing letters

7 I would recommend that you should be interested in reading (education)

……… books and magazines

8 John is old enough to be (depend) ……… of his parents

9 These questions are (ease) ……… John can (ease) ……… answerthem

10.The new law will (able) ……… many women to return to work

EXERCISE 9 :

1 Some people still think it is (polite) ……… for men not to stand up when awoman comes into the room

2 Gary is (pride) ……… of the fact that he is never late

3 Vietnam is a (society) ……… country

4 The (young) ……… of today has ever greater opportunities than ever before

5 The teacher had great (confident) ……… in her pupils

6 We have good (relative) ……… with our neighbours

7 Nancy won the first prize in the drawing (compete) ………

8 She’s been very (poverty) ……… since her husband died

9 The problem is so difficult that I can’t (solution) ……… it

10.English has become the main language of (communicate) ………

EXERCISE 10 :

1 The (grow) ……… of world population is being studied

2 After the hot summer , there was a (short) ……… of water

3 Can you (imagination) ……… life without electricity and other modernconveniences ?

4 We’ve just bought a new (electricity) ……… cooker

5 The United Nation (organize) ……… is an international one

6 (Hungry) ……… is a problem throughout the world

7 During his (child) ……… , the family lived in London

8 People hate him because of his (honest) ………

9 This restaurant is (fame) ……… for its western meals

10.They all passed their exams without the slightest (difficult) ………

EXERCISE 11 :

1 SAI GON GIAI PHONG is published seven days a week It is a (day) ………newspaper

2 If you burn the garbage , it will give off (poison) ……… odour

3 These snakes will not cause you any serious harm even if they bite you They are(harm) ………

4 He has no (intend) ……… of leaving the city

5 John’s (behave) ……… improved at his new school

6 I’ll give you further (explain) ………

7 We found out the (true) ……… about him

8 It is often useful to make a (compare) ……… between two things

9 She has been worn down by (poor) ……… and illness

10.What is the (wide) ……… of your garden ?

EXERCISE 12 :

1 Botany is the (science) ……… study of plants

2 (Populate) ………is a problem in Mexico City

3 The( fly ) ………to Tokyo leaves in thirty minutes

4 The (provide) ……… of food for hungry people is very important

5 (Conserve) ……… want to save the Earth’s environment

6 The accident (deaf) ……… him for life

7 The dog took (satisfy) ……… in the fire

8 He was sacked for his (care) ……… when he controlled the new machine

9 How many (compete) ……… were there in all ?

10.If you have any (complain) ……… about the television set you bought, take itback to the store

CONDITIONAL SENTENCESEXERCISE 1 :

1 You could make better progress if you………( attend ) class regularly

2 If I………( know ) his telephone number, I’d give it to you

3 If you………( arrive ) ten minutes earlier, you would have got a seat

4 He could get a job easily if he………( have ) a degree

5 I shouldn’t have believed it if I………( not see ) it with own eyes

6 Henry talks to his dog as if it………( understand ) him

7 If they had left the house earlier, they………( no, be ) so late getting to theairport that they could not check their baggage

8 If I finish the dress before Saturday, I………( give ) it to my sister for herbirthday

9 If I had seen the movie, I………( tell ) you about it last night

10.If you………( be ) a millionaire, how would you spend your time?

EXERCISE 2 :

1 If John paid his debts, people………( respect ) him more

2 If I ………( own ) an automobile, I would take a trip to California

3 If she………( work ) harder, she would probably get a better salary

4 If I………( find ) the book, I shall give it to you

5 If you………( turn ) out the light, we shall be in the dark

6 If you………( save ) your money, you will be able to go on a vacation

7 He might get fat if he………( stop ) smoking

8 What you………( do ) if you found a burglar in your house?

9 If she………( not hurry ), she may be late

10.If I………( try ) again, I think that I would have succeeded

EXERCISE 3 :

1 Water………( not run ) downhill if there were not gravity

2 If I tell you a secret, you………( promise ) not to tell it to anyone else?

3 I………( accept ) if they invite me to the party

4 If we (receive) the news sooner, we would have written to George

5 I’m sure they (give) Ellen the information if they had it

6 We are going to buy the furniture if we (borrow) some money

7 What you (do) if you (be) a millionaire ?

8 If you (not understand) the instruction, read them again

9 Fred (not do) it unless he had your permission

10.I (not believe) it unless I had seen it with my own eyes

PREPOSITIONSEXERCISE 1 :

1 I’m not familiar his name, but his face seems familiar me

2 You must be responsible what you have done

3 Fred is capable doing better work than he is doing at present

4 Ken was proud his good marks on the English test

5 My plan is similar yours, but it is different hers

6 I’m good English, but bad mathematics

7 My teacher is very good us

8 Jogging is very good our health

9 I just feel sorry you and everyone is surprised that

10.I’m sorry that

EXERCISE 2 :

1 The alarm clock went at six o’clock

2 Time goes quickly on holidays

3 Put your coat when you go out

4 Tom is a very careful pupil He always goes his paper before handing it in

5 I picked her handbag mistake

6 I’ve heard such a lot him that I’m looking forward seeing him

7 summer holiday is coming We are all excited going a longtrip the South

8 It’s hard me to get used foreign food

9 summer I often play football the afternoon

10.Tomorrow he will leave Hanoi plane

EXERCISE 3 :

1 The train arrives the station HCM City 10 a.m

2 “ The call of the wild “ was Jack London

3 Don’t be such a hurry

4 A man usually takes his hat when he is introduced a woman or agirl the street

5 Smoking is harmful to our health

6 Everyone is aware air pollution

7 This building belongs those who live it

8 The house is crowded people

9 Our teacher is very kind us

10.It is very kind you to help me

EXERCISE 4 :

1 She was not successful her job

2 He died the age eighty

3 Put your cigarette, please I don’t like the smell your tobacco

4 If you don’t know what a word means, you can look it in a dictionary.

5 I often suffer a bad back

6 You can rely me

7 She insisted knowing what happened

8 I think Celia is very angry me

9 He’s really ashamed what he did

10.London is full tourists the moment

EXERCISE 5 :

1 The house consists five rooms

2 That girl is accustomed living in comfort

3 They have put the meeting until Friday

4 I don’t want to take part any more activities

5 She is famous her intelligence

6 I’m tired boiled eggs

7 It’s contrary our custom

8 He has been absent school very often lately

9 Our country is rich oil

10.This song is very popular teenagers

SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION.

EXERCISE 1 :

1 Tom hasn’t played football for two months.

 It is two months since Tom played football.

 The last time Tom played football was two months ago.

2 I haven’t seen my father for one month

 It is

 The last time

3 The last time I saw him was three months ago

 It is

 I haven’t

4 I have never read this book before.

 It’s the first time I have ever read this book.

5 I haven’t seen that man here before.

 It’s the first time

6 I’ve never met such a famous singer before.

 It’s the first time

7 I haven’t played football since 1990.

 The last time I played football was in 1990.

8 We have seen Tom since he moved to Britain.

 We last saw Tom when he moved to Britain.

9 I haven’t heard from him since August

 The last time I

10.I haven’t seen him since I was a student

 I last

EXERCISE 2 :

1 Tom began playing the piano 2 years ago.

 Tom has been playing the piano for 2 years.

2 He started working for this factory a year ago

 He has

3 My sister began studying English 6 months ago

 My sister has

4 She typed the letter in 20 minutes.

 It took her 20 minutes to type the letter.

5 I spend two hours studying my lesson

 The last time

10.I have never been to Ha Long Bay before

 It’s the first time

EXERCISE 3 :

1 I don’t play the guitar as well as him.

 He plays the guitar better than me.

2 This exercise is more difficult than that one.

 That exercise is not as difficult as this one.

3 He can’t play football as well as me.

 He can play football less well than me.

4 Susan isn’t as good at chemistry as Mary

7 Tom asked me,” What is her name ?”

 Tom asked me what her name was.

8 Her husband said,” Did you meet your friends last night ? “

 Her husband asked her

9 The nurse said to Mary,” How old is your son ?”

 The nurse asked Mary

10.He asked me, “ When will you meet her ?”

 He asked me

EXERCISE 4 :

1 The weather was very bad We couldn’t go on a picnic.

 The weather was too bad for us to go on a picnic.

 The weather was so bad that we couldn’t go on a picnic

 It was such bad weather that we couldn’t go on a picnic.

2 Alice is very young She can’t stay at home alone.

 Alice is too young to stay at home alone.

 Alice is so young that she can’t stay at home alone.

3 That chair isn’t strong We can’t stand on it.

 That chair isn’t strong enough for us to stand on.

4 I ’m not strong I can’t lift this box.

 I’m not strong enough to lift this box.

5 I’m very busy I can’t talk to you

 I’m too

 I’m so

6 The food was very hot We couldn’t eat it

 The food was too

 The food was so

 It was such

7 This shirt is very small I can’t wear it

 This shirt is too

9 The wind was strong It blew my hat off

 The wind was so

 It was such

 The wind was

10.You speak very fast I can’t hear anything

 You speak so

 You speak too

EXERCISE 5 :

1 Learning English is easy.

 It is easy to learn English.

2 Doing the same work every day is boring

5 He didn’t go to school because he was sick.

 He didn’t go to school because of his sickness.

6 Although the traffic was bad , he came to school on time.

 In spite of the bad traffic , he came to school on time.

7 He got a cold because he went out in the rain.

 He got a cold because of his going out in the rain.

8 They live happily because they are very successful

 They live happily because of

9 They closed the doors quickly because of the strong wind.

 They closed the doors quickly because the

10.Although he took a taxi to school, he still went to school late

5 Unless someone has a key, we can’t get into the house

 We can only get into the house

6 I have never seen such an exciting football match before

 Never

7 The performance had no sooner begun than the lights went out

 No sooner

8 She wants to be a teacher of English in the future

 She wishes she

9 What a pity I’m not a millionaire

5 They are going to widen this road next month

 This road is going to

6 She is cleaning the floor at the moment

 The floor

7 That house has been built since 1990

 They

8 People say that he plays football very well.

 It is said that he plays football very well.

 He is said to play football very well.

9 They said that John had gone away

 It was

 John was

10.Someone has stolen my bicycle

 My bicycle

CLOSE TEST

1 I was born in Newcastle, a city in north east of England Newcastle is on the bank ofthe River Tyne It is quite big a population of about 200,000 people.There is cathedral a university There are five bridges theRiver Tyne link Newcastle to the next town, Gates head

2 Food an important part in the development of nations Incountries food is scare, people have to spend most of their getting enough to eat This usually slows down progress, men havelittle time to devote to science, industry, government and art

3 The best to study is a comfortable room with good lighting The bestchair for studying would be one you would be comfortable

in, not so comfortable that you may asleep in it after awhile ! Before you study, for a quite environment with nodistractions you find your home too noisy for studying, try the library orcommunity centre instead

4 The origins of Olympic Game can traced back to ancient Greece, to as

far back as 776 B.C It a Greek tradition to hold athletic competitions

every four days in honour of their gods or dead heroes were alsocompetitions to pit their skills in music poetry

5 The first modern Olympics was in Athens in 1896 .then, nations fromaround the world have been meeting four years to compete against oneanother New Olympic records are set every time they meet The only exception tothis quadrennial event was in 1944, the Olympic Games was notheld of thr Second World War

6 Every year on December 10th, the of Nobel’s death, theawards presented to the Some politics plays animportant in the judges’ decisions Americans have got numerousscience awards, but relatively literature prizes

7 The country is beautiful than a town and pleasanter to live in Manypeople think so and go to the country the summer holidays though theycan’t live all year round Some have a cottage built in a village field thatthey can go there they can find the time

8 English villages are not all alike, in some ways are notdifferent each other Almost every has a church, the round

or the square tower of which can be seen many miles around Surrounding the church

is the churchyard people are buried

9 John Lennon was born in Liverpool in 1940 He was always music andplayed in pop groups school and Art College John got

married Cynthia in 1962 and they had a son name wasJulian.

Model Test 1

Question I Put in the correct tense of each verb in brackets ( 2p )

I (1-come) ………from Switzerland I (2-live) ………in a boarding house in Oxford I (3-enjoy) ………my stay here as I (4-already, have)

………many opportunities to meet interesting people who (5-come)

………from all over the world Like me, they (6-study) ………English Some of them (7-live) ………here for quite a long time but even they all (8-not, speak) ………English very well.

Question II Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition ( 1p )

1 You must be responsible what you have done

2 Fred is capable doing better work than he is doing at present

3 Jogging is very good our health

4 The alarm clock went at six o’clock

Question III Complete the following sentences, using a word or a phrase ( 1p )

1 Do you know the boy ?

2 If there were no air, soil and water, we

3 I have an exam today That’s the reason why

4 On his way home, he met a friend he hadn’t seen for years

Question IV Give the correct form of the words in brackets ( 1.5p )

1 English people are fond of (watch) ………football.

2 Newton was not only a physicist but also a (mathematics) ………

3 Jane married a(success) ……… businessman.

4 Can you drive a bit more (slow) ………, please ?

5 Water (conserve) ………is very necessary for hydropower stations.

6 Laser can kill diseased cells while leaving healthy neighbours (harm) ………

Question V Read the passage and do the exercises below ( 1.5p )

Most people think of computers as very modern inventions , products of our newtechnological But actually the idea for a computer was worked out over two centuries ago

by a man called Charles Babbage

Babbage was born in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician He drew

up plans for several calculating machines which he called "engines" But despite the factthat he started building some of these he never finished any of them Over the yearspeople have argued whether his machines would ever work Recently , however , the

Science Museum in London has finished building an engine based on one of Babbage's

designs It has taken six years to complete and more than four thousand parts have beenspecially made Whether it works or not , the machine will be on show at a specialexhibition in the Science Museum These remind people of Babbage's work

Use these suggested words to make questions then answer them :

1 What / most people / think / computers ?

2 Who / work out / the idea for a computer ?

3 How many years / take / complete / the engine ?

Question VI Fill in each space with a suitable word ( 1p )

I was born in Newcastle , a city in the north-east of England Newcastle

is the bank of the river Tyne It is quite big with a population of about200,000 people There is a cathedral a university There are five bridgesover the river Tyne , link Newcastle to the next town A few years ago , themain industries were shipbuilding and coal mining , now the chemical andsoap industries are more important

Question VII Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as

possible in meaning to the original sentence ( 2p )

1 “ What did you do last night ?” Tom asked me

 Tom asked me

2 People say that AIDS and cancer are dangerous diseases

 AIDS and cancer are

3 She spends two hours to do her homework

6 Because of his laziness, he failed his exam

 He failed his exam because he

Question VIII Use the suggested words to make complete sentences (1p )

1 Most young people/ be / ill-prepared/ future job/ because/ guidance/ home/ and /school/ be/ unsatisfactory//

………

2 Burning coal and oil/ release/ poisonous gases/ which/ be/ harmful/ humans//