John, along with twenty friends be ……… planning a party.. Neither Bill nor Mary be ……… going to the play tonight.. A number of reporters be ……… at the conference yesterday.. The number o
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I USE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS
1 Neither Bill nor Mary (be)………going to the party tonight
2 Everyone who (have)………….a fever must go home immediately
3 A number of reporters (be)……….at the conference yesterday
4 The trousers you bought for me (not be)………fit me
5 Physics (be)……….my best subject at school
6 Can I borrow your scissors? Mine (not be)………….sharp enough
7 Everything (be)………….all right so far
8 The number of days in a week (be)……….seven
9 No news (be)………good news
10 The United Nations (consist)………… of about 160 nations
11 Mathematics (have)…………such branches as arithmetic, geometry, algera,ect
12 His answers to our question (changed)……….everything so far
13 The package of cigarettes (be)………on the table
14 Most of the book (be)………….interesting
15 Washing the dishes (be)……… women’s work
16 Most of the books (belong) ………to my uncle
17 The actress, along with her manager and some friends (be)……… going to the party tonight
18 There are six flats Each (have)………its own entrance
19 Neither you nor I (be)……… wrong
20 Tom with you (be)……… often late for class
II GIVE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN PARENTHESES
1 John, along with twenty friends (be) ……… planning a party
2 The picture of the soldiers (bring) ……… back many memories
3 The quality of these recordings (be) ……… not very good
4 If the duties of these officers (be, not) ……… reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the project
5 Neither Bill nor Mary (be) ……… going to the play tonight
6 A number of reporters (be) ……… at the conference yesterday
7 Anything (be) ……… better than going to another movie tonight
8 There (be) ……… some people at the meeting last night
9 Each student (have) ……… answered the first three questions
10 Either John or his wife (make) ……… breakfast each morning
11 The army (have) ……… eliminated this section of the training yet
12 The number of students who (have) ……… withdrawn from class this quarter (be)
……… appalling
13 Every elementary school teacher (have) ……… to take this examination
14 The police (come) ……… to the site of the accident
15 These pictures, as well as photographs (brighten) ……… the room
16 What he told you (seem) ……… to be of no importance
17 Two years (be) ……… a long time to wait
18 Bread and butter (be) ……… what she asks for
19 Measles (be) ……… cured without much difficulty nowadays
20 After a long day’s work (be) ……… not the right time to dancing
21 Neither Peter nor his parents (be) ……… to Japan before
22 The study of languages (be) ……… very interesting
23 Mr Thompson with his three children (be) ……… abroad yesterday
24 This evidence, together with other news facts, (prove) ……… the prisoner’s innocence
25 Jim as well as his friends (not arrive) ……… yet
26 Collecting old coins and paper notes (be) ……one of my father’s hobbies when he was young
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28 The actress, along with her manager and some friends (be) ………… going to a party tonight
29 The effects of smoking (have) ……… been proven to be extremely harmful
30 Each of the rooms (have) ……… a view on the valley
31 Every man, woman and child (be) ……… protected under the law
32 Neither the moon nor the stars (be) ……… visible in the dark night
III FILL IN THE BLANK WITH ONE SUITABLE WORD OR PHRASE
1. It is essential ………… with such a common problem occurring in our company
2. With no language ………… more unreasonable thn with English to regard it as the possession
of particular nation
A has it been B it is C it has been D is it
3. There are a lot of interesting and beautiful places ………… in Ha Noi
4. Nobody wants to regarded ………… a useless person, so please try to find ways for them to
make full use of their ability
5. This is not ………… that Bien is the best student in the class if he is the one who gets the
highest marks
6. A great number of his ………… did not come to his wedding party because he had treated
them too badly
A friend B relative C acquaintance D friends
7. The girl ………… to Mr Cuong yesterday is Lan
8. Only when his wife left him did have an idea ………… how important his wife was to him
9. Having this library card will give you the fee access ………… the Internet 8 hours a day
10.You’ll get cught some day if you decide to involve ………… that dirty business
11.Either Lan or her friends ………… about that matter
12.Both Phuong and I ………… interested in the job
13.We can still see poverty in ………… part of the world
14.Mr Nam, as well as his students, ………… going to Hoa Binh tomorrow for a tour round the
Hydroelectric Power Station
15.Thanh and his wife ………… never gone to Ho Chi Minh City by train
16.Each of us ………… presented with three notebooks at the beginning of a new school-year
17.Never staying up late at night is the first thing ………… if you want to stay young and
beautiful
A remember B remembering C to remember D remembered
18.The water in this river is ………… for all of us to swim
A clean enough B enough clean C too clean D clean
19.Neither Kim nor his friends ………… good at math
20.Any language belongs ………… the people who use it
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21.It is every man’s responsibility ………… as much as he can to the development of his country
A contribute B to contribute C contributing D contributed
22.If you want to find an answer ………… this question, please have a look at “Vietnam
Economy 1990 – 2000” Book
23.Both my family and my friend’s ………… to have a holiday abroad this year
24.Jim along with two friends of his ………… to take part in the motor race this month
A has decided B have decided C is deciding D decide
25.Either Hoa or you ………… a problem with the pronunciation of this word
26.Since Le was so shocked by the sad news, she found herself ………… with tears
A trembled B be trembling C to tremble D trembling
27.The only place ………… Italian food in Ha Noi is in Cao Ba Quat Street
28.This year a greater number of Japanese tourists …………Ha Long Bay than the Korean ones
A is visiting B have visited C has visited D visit
29.Every woman in the world ………… a man to overcome all hardships in life
30.Ronaldo Cafe is the only place ………… Ba on Tuesday evenings
IV IDENTIFY THE ONE UNDERLINEDWORD OR PHRASE THAT MUST BE CHANGED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SENTENCE CORRECT
1 Neither his parents nor his teacher are satisfied with his result when he was at high school
A B C D
2 The methods of teaching English has always been improved because there are more and more
A B C people learning English
D
3 The problems of pollution are too difficult for us to solving
A B C D
4 The furniture in my grandmother’s houses are very beautiful
A B C D
5 Either the doctor ot the nurses takes care of changing the patients’ bandages
6 Daisy was the only one of those girls that get the scholarship
A B C D
7 It requires practice to reading a foreign language quickly and well
A B C D
8 Working provide people with personal satisfaction as well as money
9 He borrowed the money from the bank to continued his study
10 I remember that I have something new to told you
A B C D
11 Every student who majors in English are ready to participate in the oratorical contest
A B C D
12 She takes vitamins to felt healthier
A B C D
13 The prices of accommodation are as high that many people cannot afford to buy a house
A B C D
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A B C D
15 The only good way to getting achievement in learning English is to practise it as frequently as
possible
16 His knowledge of foreign languages shall help him in finding a good job
A B C D
17 One hundreds eight thousand miles is the speed of light
A B C D
18 All trade between the two countries have to be delayed because of the war
A B C D
19 It is boring when we had nothing to do yesterday evening
A B C D
20.Faraday’s father was not rich enough to sending him to school
A B C D 21.Everyone that saw “Titanic” says that it was good
22.Work on improving industrial disposal methods were begun in the early 1970s
A B C D
23.The film is such interesting that I have ever seen it for three times
A B C D 24.Before he retired last month, Mr Jones is working for Institute of Agricultural Science
A B C D
25.It is necessary for we to learn a foreign language nowadays
A B C D