It’s really surprising/ surprised but good, of course III/ Rewrite the sentences: It be Adj for sb to V…… = V-ing...be Adj.. Choose the best anwer to complete the following sentences 1..
Trang 1THEME 6: ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS/ COMPARISION
THEME 7: PREPOSITIONS Ò TIME
THEME 8: WORD FORMATION
THEME 9: RELATIVE CLAUSE
THEME 10: CONNECTIVES
THEME 11: SO, SUCH, TOO, ENOUGH
THEME 12: TAG QUESTIONS
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THEME 6: ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS I/ Using Adj or Adv
1 Tom is (slow)……… He works………
2 Sue is a (careful)……… girl She climbed up the ladder ………
3 The dog is (angry)……… It barks………
4 He acted (excellent)……… He’s an ……… actor 5 They learn English (easy)………They think English is an ………… language 6 Max is a (good)……… singer He sings………
7 It's (awful)……… cold today The cold wind is………
8 Dogs rely on their noses as they can smell (extreme / good) ……… ………
If that is true, why does dog food smell so (terrible)……… ?
9 The little boy looked (sad)…… I went over to comfort him and he looked at me……
10 I tasted the soup (careful)……… but it tasted (wonderful)………
11 He……… reads a book (quick)
12 Mandy is a……… girl (pretty)
13 The class is ……… loud today (terrible)
14 Max is a ……… singer (good)
15 You can ……… open this tin (easy)
16 It's a ……… day today (terrible)
17 She sings the song ……… (good)
18 He is a ……… driver (careful)
19 He drives the car ……… (careful)
20 The dog barks ……… (loud)
II Choose the correct adjective-ing/ adjective-ed:
1 My nephew was (amusing / amused) by the clown
2 This lesson is so (boring / bored)!
3 I thought her new idea was absolutely (fascinated /fascinating)
4 This maths problem is so (confusing / confused) Can you help me?
5 The teacher was really (amusing / amused) so the lesson passed quickly
6 He was (frightening / frightened) when he saw the spider
7 We are going in a helicopter? How (exciting / excited)!
8 My sister is so (exciting / excited) because she isgoing on holiday tomorrow
9 I hate long flights, I’m always really (boring / bored)
10 She looked very (confusing / confused) when I told her we had to change the plan
11 My niece is (terrifying / terrified) of dogs
12 I am so (relaxing / relaxed) I don’t want to move
13 My job is very (satisfying / satisfied), I love helping people
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15 If I feel stressed, I find taking a bath is often (relaxing / relaxed)
16 I am really (tiring / tired); I think I’ll go to bed
17 He’s very (interesting / interested) in history
18 She is never (satisfying / satisfied) with her work
19 Cleaning is so (tiring / tired)! I think I’ll have a rest!
20 My exam results were great! It’s really (surprising/ surprised) but good, of course
III/ Rewrite the sentences: It be Adj (for sb) to V…… = V-ing be Adj
1 It’s important to look for that book =>Looking………
2 It’s lovely to be with you tonight.=>Being ………
3 It’s quite healthy to drink coconut juice.=>Drinking ………
4 It was silly to make such a noise.=>Making ………
5 I’m happy to see you.=>Seeing ………
6 We’re ready to leave home now.=>Leaving ………
7 The car is easy to drive =>Driving ………
8 It is easy to study English.=>Studying ………
9 Her writing is easy to read.=>Reading ………
10 Finding an answer of this question is not easy.=>It is ………
11 Seeing that film is interesting.=>It is ………
12 The ladder is quite safe to use.=>Using ………
13 It’s important for drivers to take care.=>Taking ………
14 It isn’t safe for children to play on ladders.=>Playing ………
15 It isn’t expensive to buy a GMS computer.=>Buying ………
16 Using the computer is very simple.=>It’s ………
17 Understanding the handbook isn’t difficult.=> It isn’t………
18 Running any kind of software is easy.=>It is ………
19 Exploring the world of GMS is absolutely fascinating.=> It is ………
20 Doing this test is very difficult.=>It is ………
COMPARISONS I Choose the best anwer to complete the following sentences 1 Ho Chi Minh city is the ……… one in the country (larger, large, largest, largely) 2 The climate in England is …… than that in Vietnam (cold, colder, coldest, as cold) 3 Mai is ……… than Hoa (intelligent, more inteligent, intelligenter, most intelligent) 4 He drove ……… than I did (more fast, faster, more fastly, more faster) 5 The villa is ……… of all (older, the oldest, old, elder) 6 This building is ……… than that buiding (biggest, bigger, more big, as big) 7 Tom runs ……… as his brother.(as quick, quicker, more quick, as quickly) 8 He looks ……… his father (as, like, same, different) 9 My house is ……… your (as the same as, different, different from, like as) 10 Look at Lan’s bag It’s ……… mine (the same to, the same than, as, the same as) II Rewrite these sentences, keeping the original meaning: 1 My house is bigger than your house.→Your house is
2 The black car is cheaper than the red car.→The red car
3 This film is more interesting than that one.→That film is
4 My kitchen is smaller than yours.→ Your kitchen
5 My grandmother is older than every one in my family.→ My grandmother is the
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7 I can’t cook as well as my mother.→ My mother can cook
8 He does not play tennis as well as Jack.→ Jack can
9 I did not spend as much money as you.→ You spent
10 I don’t think this book is expensive as it is.→ This book is
11 He is the tallest boy in his class.→ No one in
12 This is the most interesting film of all.→ No other films are
13 No cars in the world are more expensive than Japanese ones.→Japanese cars
14 This exercise is easier than that one.→ That exercise is not
15 He drives more carefully than Jack does.→ Jack
16 No one in the group plays better than he.→ He can
17 No hotel in the city is as comfortable as this.→ This hotel is the
18 Other oceans in the world aren’t as large as the Pacific one.→ The Pacific Ocean is
Trang 4THEME 7: PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
1 The course begins 7 January and ends 10 March
2 I went to bed midnight
3 We arrived 5 o’ clock the morning
4 Mozart was born in Salzburg 1756
5 Are you doing anything special the weekend?
6 Hurry up! We have to go five minutes
7 I met Ann Tuesday
8 He has lived in India two years
9 I’ll phone you Tuesday morning about 10
10 Tom’s grandmother died in 1987 the age of 81
11 Jack’s brother is out of work the moment
12 The price of electricity is going up October
13 I haven’t seen him Christmas
14 Sunday afternoons I usually get up late
15 There are usually a lot of parties New Years Eve
16 I’ll be at the office 7 o’ clock
17 I’ll be back half an hour
8 They were working in the garden 3 o’clock seven o’clock
19 Carol got married 1994
20 They have lived there 20 years
21 I did my homework the evening
22 She started dancing 6 and now she’s a great star
23 He learned to drive a lorry three weeks
24 In summer he always goes jogging Sundays
25 I like walking around the town night
26 Are you going to the cinema Friday night?
27 I’ve been waiting an hour
28 I’ve been invited to a wedding February 14th
29 the age of twelve he wrote his first play
30 I’ve been waiting for her an hour
31 spring they're always in Spain
32 The price of coffee is going up April
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34 They go to school 2 o’ clock foot.
35 I work the morning car/ bus/ train/ taxi/ bike/ plane.
THEME 8: WORD FORMATION Exercise: Put the words in the correct form
1- We like their _ (friendly)
2- The between Vietnam and Cuba is good (friend)
3- They seem to be We dislike them (friend)
4- There will be a _ in this street (meet)
5- We saw _ girls there (beauty)
6- The garden is with trees and flowers (beauty)
7- They enjoy the _ atmosphere here (peace)
8- The _ unit of currency is the Ringit (Malaysia)
9- In _, there are other religions (add)
10- The _ anthem of Viet Nam is sung (nation)
11- There is an match between Vietnam and Lebanon on VTV3 (nation) 12- The language of _ is Bahasa Malaysia (instruct)
13- Ao Dai is the _ dress of Vietnamese women (tradition) 14- _, Ao Dai is worn by women (tradition)
15- To Huu is a famous (poetry) His are interesting 16- Ao Dai is always _ (fashion)
17- Jeans are _ made from cotton (complete)
18- The _ from Genoa enjoyed wearing jeans (work)
19- _ of clothes always goes up (sell)
20- At the _ to the village, we saw the accident (enter)
21- They had an _ day by the river (enjoy)
22- They are _ - qualified teachers (good)
23- We need further _ (inform)
24- This book is very (inform)
25- Look at the _ Rain Bi looks handsome (advertise)
26- It is an _ program (interest)
27- The song is to me (interest)
28- We felt in the show (interset)
29- English is his _ (nation)
30- It is cheap It’s _ (expensive)
31- Libraries are helpful in children’s love for books (develop) 32- The Internet has _ developed nowadays (increase)
33- The Internet is one of the most important of our life (invent) 34- Everyone has their which are hardly recognized by themselves (limit) 35- The website is not _ for teenagers It’s (use) 36- Their _ is always good (communicate)
37- She is a girl (communicate)
38- Listen _ please (care)
39- We’re _ that our environment is spoiled (disappoint)
40- Our boys play today (disappoint)
41- We’re worried about the _ here (pollute)
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43- A _ faucet may waste 500 liters of water a month (drip) 44- In Viet Nam, electricity, gas, and water are not only _ but also
_(lux/ need)
45- Her appearance is today (need)
46- Farm _ are always exported (produce)
47- This plant’s is high, so it attracts a lot of investment (produce) 48- The of this machine requires the latest techniques (produce) 49- This energy- _ bulb is not cheap (save)
50- The _ are requiring us to repair the machines (consume)
KEY:
1/ friendliness 2/ friendship 3/ unfriendly 4/ meeting
5/ beautiful 6/ beautified 7/ peaceful 8/ Malaysian
9/ addition 10/ national 11/ national 12/ instruction 13/ traditional 14/ Traditionally 15/ poet - poems 16/ fashionable
17/ completely 18/ worker 19/ sale 20/ entrance
21/ enjoyable 22/ well 23/ information 24/ informative
25/ advertisement 26/ interesting 27/ interesting 28/ interested
29/ nationality 30/ inexpensive 31/ developing 32/ increasingl 33/ inventions 34/ limitation 35/ useful – useless 36/ communicatio 37/ communicative 38/ carefully 39/ disappointed 40/ disappointedly 41/ pollution 42/ polluted 43/ dripping 44/ luxury-necessary 45/ necessary 46/ products 47/ production 48/ productivity 49/ saving 50/ consumers
Trang 7THEME 9: RELATIVE CLAUSE
I Choose the most suitable word to complete sentence.
1 My friend, Jack, (that, who, whose) parents live in Glasgow, invited me to spend Christmas in Scotland
2 Here’s the computer program (that, whom, whose) I told you about
3 I don’t believe the story (that, who, whom) she told us
4 Peter comes from Witney, (that, who, which) is near Oxford
5 That’s the girl (that, who, whose) brother sits next to me
6 The meal, (that, which, whose) wasn’t very tasty, was expensive
7 We didn’t enjoy the play ( that, who, whose) we went to see
8 The reason (why, that, what) I phoned him was to invite him to party
9 I don’t like people (who, whom, whose) never stops talking
10 The day (which, that, when) they arrived was Sunday
11 Ann, (whose, who, whom) children are at school all day is trying to get a job
II Fill in the blank
1/ We'd like to buy a house _ overlooks West lake
2/ The woman _ daughter Jack loves is very kind
3/ The letter _ she received this morning is from the USA
4/ I don't know the girl _ is wearing a long blue dress
5/ The police are asking the man _ car has been stolen
6/ Spring is the time _ many kinds of flowers blossom
7/ English is the subject _ she is good at
8/ He went to the sport club _ he first met his wife
9/ He will never forget the day _ his mother died
10/ The man _ my sister loves is very intelligent
III Rewrite these sentences, using relative pronouns
1 This is Mr Smith His son plays in our team
………
2 Her book was published last year It became a best seller
………
3 This is the bank We borrowed the money from it
………
4 I told you about a person She is at the door
………
5 Jack’s car had broken down He had to take a bus
………
6 I lent you a book The book was written by one my friends
………
7 Some boys were arrested They have been released
………
8 Do you know a restaurant? We can have a good meal there
………
9 I don’t remember the day I left school on that day
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IV Write “where, when, or why” to complete the sentences. 1/ We visited the school _ my father taught 2/ I met her last month, _ she came to our house 3/ We all looked at the place _ the fire had started 4/ Did they tell you the reason _ they were late? 5/ The cat sat on the wall _ it had a good view of the birds 6/ They arrived in the evening, at a time _ we were all out 7/ I couldn’t understand the reason _ they were so rude 8/ I met him in the cafe _ he was working as a waiter 9/ I listen to music late at night, _ the children have gone to bed 10/ I bought them in August, _ I was in France V Find one mistake in each sentence. 1/ The police are looking the paintings which stolen last night………
2/ The girl who were injured in the accident yesterday is my friend………
3/ The boy who bike I borrowed speaks English well………
4/ Have you found the wallet where you lost yet?
5/ The books were written by Jack London are very interesting………
6/ The restaurant where we often go to overlooks a beautiful lake………
7/ Dogs are the animal who I like………
8/ The man which she is speaking to is my teacher………
9/ Football is the sport when many people are keen on ………
10/ The girl stands over there is very nice………
VI Rewrite these sentences, using relative pronouns
11 I wanted the painting You bought it
12 This is the chair My parents gave it to me
13 She’s the woman She telephoned the police
14 He’s the person He wanted to buy your house
15 We threw out the computer It never worked properly
16 Are you the man ? The man won the first prize
17 The man was badly injured He was driving the car
18 The children broke the window They live in the next street
19 That’s the woman I was telling you about her
20 Romeo and Juliet were lovers Their parents hated each other
21 This is the story of a man His wife suddenly logses her memory
22 A man brought in a small girl Her hand had been cut by flying glass
23 There’s the lady Her dog was killed
24 He’s the person His car was stolen
25 They’re the people Their shop burned down last week
26 I’m the person You stayed in my flat
27 This is a story of a group of boys Their plane crashed on an uninhabited island
28 This is Mrs Jones Her son won the championship last year
29 I know the woman You bought the car from her son
30 We need a room We can study in that room
Trang 931 He invited her to eat out on a day It rained heavily on that day.
32 The day was sunny She arrived on that day
33 September 2nd 1945 was the date President Ho Chi Minh declared the Independence
of Vietnam on that date
THEME 10: CONNECTIVES Exercise 1: Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences.
1 He got wet _ he forgot his umbrella
A because of B because C but D and
2 He stops working _ heavy raining
A in spite of B although C despite D because of
3 They have a lot of difficulties in their life _ their poverty
A in spite of B although C because D because of
4 Tom wakes his parents up _ playing the guitar very softly
A because B in spite of C because of D although
5 Nobody could hear her _ she spoke too quietly
A although B because C because of D in spite of
6 We decided to leave early _the party was boring
A although B despite C because D because of
7 Many people believe him he often tells a lie
A because B in spite of C although D because of
8 _she was very hard working; she hardly earned enough to feed her family
A In spite of B Because C Because of D Although
9 _her absence from class yesterday, she couldn’t understand the lesson
A Although B In spite of C Because of D Because
10 her poorness, she feels happy
A Although B Because C If D In spite of
11 We all feel sad _ the bad news
A because B because of C though D despite
12 John lost his job his laziness
A because of B because C in spite of D though
13 I went to the club last Saturday the heavy rain
A because of B because C in spite of D though
14 She walked home by herself, _ she knew that it was dangerous
15 Mai worked hard, she passed her exam
A so B although C because D though
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences.
1 _ she was very tired, she helped her brother with his homework
A Because B whether C Although D so
2 It’s raining hard, _ we can’t go to the beach
3 Nam was absent from class yesterday he felt sick
A so B because C although D but
4 Tom has a computer, _ he doesn’t use it
5 The boy can’t reach the shelf he’s not tall enough
A because B although C even though D and
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7 The girl bought the shoes _ they are very expensive
8 He used to smoke a lot now he doesn’t smoke any more
A still B therefore C but D as
9 She couldn’t unlock it she had the wrong key
A while B but C though D because
10 it rained, the boys played football
A Even B Even though C However D In spite of
11 It was still painful, I went to see a doctor
12 Lan likes oranges _ her sister doesn’t
13 Nam failed the final exam _ he was lazy
A while B though C because D but
14 He’s tired _ he stayed up late watching TV
15 Jim can speak English _ French fluently
16 _ the traffic, I arrived on time
A Though B Although B Even though D In spite of
17 they live near us, we can see them very often
18 I was really tired, I couldn’t sleep
19 We watched TV the whole evening we had nothing better to do
A because B though C so d but
20 It’s cheap, _ I don’t like it
Exercise 3: Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences.
1 it was late, I decided to phone Brian
A Despite B However C In spite of D Though
2 The little boy was hungry he ate nothing
3 the car was cheap, it was in good condition
A Although B Because C As D If
4 tomorrow is a public holiday; all the shops will be shut all day
5 She came in _ turned on the radio
6 We didn’t go for a walk _ it was very cold
A though B because C but D so
7 I tried to persuade her, I didn’t succeed
A Because B So C Although D However
8 Lan woke up late _ she didn’t have time for breakfast