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EXERCISES I. Put in the correct verb form of the past tense. 1. When I arrived, Ann ……………….…. (wait) for me. She was rather annoyed with me because I and she ……………………… (wait) for a very long time. 2. We ……………………… (walk) along the road for about 20 minutes when a car stopped and the driver gave us a lift. 3. When I saw Ben last week, he said he …………………………… (stop) smoking, but when I saw him 2 days later, he ………………………. (smoke) a cigarette. 4. Lucy went to the living room. It was empty but the television still warm. Someone …………… (watch) it. 5. I ……………… (play) tennis so I had a shower. I was annoyed because I …………………… (not win) a single game. 6. They ……………………… … (talk) in the park when storm broke. 7. The man ………………………… (pay) for his new car in cash. 8. I …………………………………. (already/eat) breakfast by the time the others woke up. 9. It ……………………… (snow) for three days when suddenly the sun came out. 10. Sam …………………………… (work) here for six years before he left to go to university. 11. Liz…………………………… (go) to the Bahamas for her holidays last year. 12. We ………………………… (watch) a film on TV when our guests arrived. 13. They …………………… (already/see) the film twice at the cinema when she rented it on video. 14. The teacher ……………………. (teach) the children a song yesterday. 15. He ……………………………. (sit) on the train at this time yesterday morning. II. There is mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentences. Find the mistake. 1. The apartment was hot when I got home, so I was turning on the air conditioner. 2. We are waiting for Mike for the last two hours, but he still hasn’t arrived. 3. Tom wants to get married, but he doesn’t meet the right person yet. 4. By the end of the 20 th century, scientists have discovered the cure for common cold. 5. I saw that movie three times, and now I want to see it again. 6. Last night, I have had dinner with two friends. I have known both of them for a long time. 7. My brother wants me to change the job and I am thinking he is right. 8. So far this weekend, the teachers are giving us a lot of homework every day. 9. There are more than 40 presidents of the United States since it became a country. 1 10. By the time he left the office, he have attended three meetings. III. Choose the correct answer: 1. “May I speak to Dr. Shell, please?” - “I’m sorry, he… a patient at the moment. Can I help you? A. is seeing B. sees C. has been seeing D. was seeing 2. “When are you going to ask your boss for a rise?” “I…….to her twice already! I don’t think she wants to give me one.” A. have talked B. have been talking C. was talking D. had talked 3. “Do you think Tom will want something to eat after he gets here?” “I hope not. It’s probably being after midnight, we…… ” A. are sleeping B. will be sleeping C. have been sleeping D. be sleeping 4. “Paul, could you please turn off the stove? The potatoes … for a least thirty minutes.” A. are boiling B. boiling C. have been boiling D. be sleeping 5. “It’s true that spaghetti didn’t originate in Italy?” “Yes. The Chinese………spaghetti dishes for a long time before Marco brought it back to Italy” A. have been making B. have made C. had been making D. make 6. “I once saw a turtle that had wings. The turtle flew into the air to catch insects” “Stop kidding. I ……. you.” A. don’t believe B. am not believing C. didn’t believe D. wasn’t believing 7. “Could someone help me lift the lawnmower into the pickup truck?” “I’m not busy. I …………… you” A. help B. will help C.am going to help D. am helping 8. My family loves this house. It ……… the family home ever since my grandfather built it 60 ago. A. was B. has been C. is D. will be 9. Here’s an interesting statistic. On a typical day, the average person ……. about 48,000 words. How many words did you speak today? A. spoke B. was speaking C. speaks D. is speaking 10. It’s against the law to kill the black rhinoceros. They ……… extinct. A. became B. have become C. become D. are becoming The End 2 Exercise 24 (Simple Past Tense) 1) The moon (to come) out late last night 2) Jessica (to lose) her first tooth this morning 3) My entire family (to catch) the flu last winter 4) The employees _ (to do) a lot of work today 5) The swimmers (to hold) their breath and jumped in the water 6) The baker _ (to make) a cake for my birthday 7) They _ (to take) a picture of the mountain 8) The teacher _ (to teach) the students chemistry last year 9) I _ (to wear) my jacket to work yesterday 10) We (to go) to the zoo last weekend 10) Tom _ (to write) his family a letter 12) I (to see) a movie last night Exercise 25 (Simple Past Tense) Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in parentheses in simple past or past progressive tense Example: Colleen (determine) determined (simple past tense) that she would go to law school after speaking with her father Example: Our swim team (practice) was practicing (past progressive tense) the relay in an outdoor pool when the storm (begin) began (simple past tense) Example: We (like) liked (simple past tense) the small Italian restaurant best because it (offer) offered (simple past tense) delicious linguine Alfredo 1) The beginning art students (decide) to make collages as their first project 2) You (wear) that shirt every time I saw you last week! 3) The speeding car (crash) _into a telephone pole last night 4) The club members (walk) _ for charity when the rain (begin) to fall 5) Joe (forgive) his sister Carrie for telling her friends his secret 6) The girls (want) to watch the old movie again after it (end) _ 7) Daniel and Katherine (make) _ a big announcement at last Sunday's dinner; they are having a baby! 8) The Smith family's ancestors (live) _ in Virginia when the war started 9) The inn (close) _ after the Gold Rush (end) 10) The company's CEO (introduce) the keynote speaker when the microphone suddenly (make) _ a terrible noise II - Using Irregular Verbs in Simple Past Tense Example: I saw the moon You saw the moon We saw the moon They saw the moon He saw the moon She saw the moon It saw the moon Directions: Write the correct form of the irregular verb in simple past tense Example: He _ (to drink) the coffee He drank (to drink) the coffee 1) The moon _ (to come) out late last night 2) Jessica _ (to lose) her first tooth this morning 3) My entire family _ (to catch) the flu last winter 4) The employees (to do) a lot of work today 5) The swimmers (to hold) their breath and jumped in the water 6) The baker _ (to make) a cake for my birthday 7) They (to take) a picture of the mountain 8) The teacher _ (to teach) the students chemistry last year 9) I _(to wear) my jacket to work yesterday 10) We (to go) to the zoo last weekend 10) Tom (to write) his family a letter 12) I (to see) a movie last night Using Irregular Verbs that Stay the Same 1) She always (put, puts, putted) lots of cream in her coffee 2) He (hit, hits, hitted) his head last night 3) His head (hurt, hurts, hurted) after he hit it 4) The children (play, plays, played) soccer last weekend 5) The arsonist (set, sets, setted) fire to several houses in our neighborhood last year 6) The door is (shut, shuts, shutted) 7) The audience (laugh, laughs, laughed) at the joke 8) My father (split, splits, splitted) lots of wood so that we could make a fire 9) The chef has (bake, bakes, baked) three wedding cakes 10) The trip is (plan, plans, planned) 11) I have never (like, likes, liked) chocolate 12) The boy (touch, touches, touched) the painting while it was still wet 13) My mother (let, lets, letted) me stay up late last night 14) The kitten (try, tries, tried) to drink the milk every time I eat cereal 15) The men (bet, bets, betted) on horses at the racetrack last Monday 16) Janet has never (spread, spreads, spreaded) butter on her bread before 17) The bubble (burst, bursts, bursted) and soap got in my eye 18) The work is (finish, finishes, finished) 19) I (visit, visits, visited) my mother last week 20) The dog (want, wants, wanted) to go outside Please let him out Directions: Now make your own sentences using irregular verbs that stay the same 1) _ 2) _ Exercise 26 (Simple Past Tense) Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in parentheses in simple past or past progressive tense Note: The word 'not' is used with some of the verbs to make a negative expression Example: The teenagers (joke) were joking (past progressive tense) around in the hallway when the principle (tell) told (simple past tense) them to go to class Example: The sisters ... VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY-HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES    NGUYỄN THỊ KIỀU NGA EFFICIENCY OF GAP-FILL EXERCISES TO 10 TH FORM STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACQUISITION (Hiệu quả của bài tập điền khuyết đối với sự tiếp thụ từ vựng của học sinh lớp 10) MINOR M.A THESIS Field: English Methodology Code: 601410 HANOI - 2011 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY-HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES    NGUYỄN THỊ KIỀU NGA EFFICIENCY OF GAP-FILL EXERCISES TO 10 TH FORM STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACQUISITION (Hiệu quả của bài tập điền khuyết đối với sự tiếp thụ từ vựng của học sinh lớp 10) MINOR M.A THESIS Field: English Methodology Code: 601410 SUPERVISOR: LE VAN CANH, Ph.D HANOI - 2011 -iv- TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages Declaration i Acknowledgements ii Abstract iii Tables of contents iv Lists of Tables, Figures vii Lists of Abbreviations viii PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale 1 2. Aims and Objectives of the study 2 3. Research Hypotheses and Questions 2 4. Method of the Study 3 5. Scope of the study 3 6. Significance of the Study 4 7. Organization of the thesis 4 PART II: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER ONE : LIRETATURE REVIEW 5 1.1. What is vocabulary? 5 1.2. The role of vocabulary in second language learning 5 1.3. The vocabulary acquisition 6 1.3.1. Vocabulary teaching techniques 7 1.3.2. Revising vocabulary 9 1.4. Vocabulary activities and exercises 9 1.5. Criteria of a good vocabulary exercise 10 -v- 1.6. Gap-fill exercises and the acquisition of vocabulary 11 1.7. Summary 17 CHAPTER TWO: THE STUDY 18 2.1. Context of the study 18 2.2. Rationale for using a Quasi-experimental method 18 2.3. Variables 19 2.4. Participants 20 2.5. Designing and applying gap-fill exercises 20 2.6. Procedures 21 2.7. Instruments for data collection 23 2.7.1. Pretest and Posttest 23 2.7.2. Questionnaire 24 2.8. Summary 25 CHAPTER THREE: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 26 3.1. The Effectiveness of GFEs on students’ vocabulary acquisition 26 3.1.1. Comparison of Pretest and Posttest Performance 26 3.1.2. Comparison of both group’s vocabulary gains after the experiment 27 3.2. Students’ attitudes towards GFEs 29 3.3. Discussion 32 3.3.1 Vocabulary gains as resulted from the application of GFEs 32 3.3.2. Students’ attitudes towards GFEs 33 3.4. Summary 34 PART III: CONCLUSION 1. Summary of main findings 35 2. Limitations of the study 36 -vi- 3. Recommendations for the application of GFEs 37 4. Suggestions for further study 38 REFERENCES 39 APPENDICES Appendix A: Test Scores I Appendix B: Vocabulary pretest & key II Appendix C: Vocabulary posttest &key VI Appendix D: The Questionnaire X Appendix E: Word lists XI -vii- LISTS OF TABLES AND FIGURES Pages Table 3.1 Descriptive statistics for the pretest and posttest of experimental and control groups. 26 Table 3.2 Means gains of the experimental group and control groups after the experiment. 28 Table 3.3 Students’ attitudes towards GFEs 30 Figure 3.1 The differences between the means scores on the paired pretest and the paired posttests. 27 Figure 3.2 Differences in gain values obtained by both groups after the experiment 29 -viii- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS df BÀI TẬP: Thì khứ đơn Câu 1: Complete the sentences, put the verb into the correct form, positive or negative (Hoàn thành câu, cho dạng động từ, khẳng định phụ định) It was warm, so he off his jacket (take) The film wasn't very interesting I it very much (enjoy) I knew Susan was very busy, so I her (disturb) She was very tired, so she The bed was very comfortable We Janet wasn't hungry, so she I went to Hoa's house but she It was a funny situation but nobody The window was open and a bird 10 The hotel was very cheap It to bed early (go) very well (sleep) anything (eat) at home (be) (laugh) into the room (fly) very much (cost) Câu 2: Complete the exercise with the given verbs (Hoàn thành câu với từ cho sẵn) BÀI TẬP: Thì khứ đơn Be drink fall have sell spend teach throw win write Mozart more than 600 pieces of music 'How did you learn to drive?' 'My brother me.' We couldn't afford to keep our car, so we it I was very thirsty I the water very quickly Peter and I played tennis yesterday He's much better than me, so he Martin down the stairs this morning Yesterday, she I away the useless things when cleaning her room a lot of money on clothes last Sunday I was in a hurry, so I no time to go with you 10 It was hard work carrying the boxes They very heavy easily BÀI TẬP: Thì khứ đơn Câu 3: Using the Simple Past tense, fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verb to be (Sự dụng khứ đơn, điền vào chỗ trống dạng động từ to be) She rich We teachers They You It She They He They 10 He enthusiastic in a hurry cold beautiful very polite eight years old happy in a hurry Câu 4: Make the past simple, positive, negative or question (Dùng khứ, tạo câu khẳng đinh, phụ định nghi vấn) BÀI TẬP: Thì khứ đơn He I Where I We They He 10 What (Janet / read) ‘Gone with the wind’ at school? (not / write) to his parents (have) a mobile phone when I was ten (you / go) on holiday? (like) cakes when I was a child (not / have) lessons yesterday (she / swim) in the West lake last Saturday? (not / play) football yesterday because it was raining (try) to finish the report but he couldn’t (you / eat) for dinner? Câu 5: Make the past simple, positive, negative or question (Dùng khứ, tạo câu khẳng định, phụ định nghi vấn) He (work) in a hospital for twelve years BÀI TẬP: Thì khứ đơn Where I He I We Where She 10 We (they / live) when they were young? (not / study) Japanese at university (travel) to Australia last year (they / live) in Paris? (not / watch) TV last night (buy) a new house last year (you / work) two years ago? (not / think) that she was clever (have) a party last night Câu 6: Make the past simple, positive, negative or question (Dùng khứ, tạo câu khẳng đinh, phụ định nghi vấn) We (you / come) to the party? (not / meet) her there BÀI TẬP: Thì khứ đơn (he / go) to school yesterday? We (meet) our colleagues Which book We What I What 10 (you / like)? (not / forget) your birthday (she / do) last Sunday? (not / like) cakes (she / buy) yesterday? (they / have) a good time there? Câu 7: Make the past simple, positive, negative or question (Dùng khứ, tạo câu khẳng đinh, phụ định nghi vấn) Where What She (you / go) last weekend? (she / do) yesterday? (work) in a bank five years ago BÀI TẬP: Thì khứ đơn He He (not / call) me last night (you / wear) your new dress? (not / watch) that film (you / meet) her in the party? (she / go) to bed early last night? (they / arrive) late? 10 Who (you / give) that book to? Câu 8: Put the irregular verbs in brackets into the correct form (past simple) (Cho động từ bất quy tắc ngoặc theo dạng đúng, dụng khứ) I (see) him again only last Monday We always meet on Sunday We (meet) last Sunday as usual I often find things on the beach I (find) this very old bottle yesterday Someone's always leaving that window open Who (leave) it open this time? BÀI TẬP: Thì khứ đơn I (write) a lot of letters when I was young I hardly ever write letters now They sell all kinds of rubbish now, but they once (sell) I have the same car now BÀI TẬP: Thì khứ hoàn thành Câu 1: Make the past perfect tense (Hoàn thành câu với khứ hoàn thành) We couldn’t go into the theatre because we (not / bring) our tickets He said that he They I (not / visit) the US before (not / meet) before the party (not / have) breakfast when he arrived He She (not / use) email before, so I showed him how to use it (not / study) for the exam, so she was very nervous The grass was yellow because it (not / rain) for three months The lights went off because we (not / pay) the electricity bill The children 10 They (not / do) their homework, so they were punished (not / eat) so we invited them to go to a restaurant Câu 2: Make the past perfect tense (Hoàn thành câu với khứ hoàn thành) When we (finish) dinner, we went out The garden was dead because it He (be) dry all summer (meet) her before somewhere When I arrived at the cinema, the film (start) BÀI TẬP: Thì khứ hoàn thành She (live) in Ho Chi Minh city before she moved to Da Nang city After they If you (be) on holiday, they began to feel sick (listen) to me, you would have got the job Julie didn’t arrive until I (leave) We were late for the plane because we 10 She told me that she (forget) our passports (study) a lot before the exam Câu 3: Make past perfect simple ‘yes / no’ or ‘wh’ questions (Tạo câu dụng khứ hoàn thành với dạng câu hỏi "yes / no" "wh") What (they / cook) for dinner that night? When (you / arrive)? How many glasses of beer Where (he / drink) before he went out? (she / work )? (I / pay) the bill before we left? (we / visit) my parents already that winter? When you called, How (they / eat) dinner? (he / manage) to fix the cooker? (my sister / be) sick for a long time? BÀI TẬP: Thì khứ hoàn thành 10 How much (she / study) before the exam? Câu 4: Make past perfect simple ‘yes / no’ or ‘wh’ questions (Tạo câu dụng khứ hoàn thành với dạng câu hỏi "yes / no" "wh") (it / be) hot all week? (I / read) the book before the class? When she arrived, (we / eat) already? (you / visit) that place before we went there? (she / see) the film already? Why Where (he / forget) about the meeting? (you / be) when I saw you? (they / travel) by helicopter before? (Peter / meet) Mary before they went on holiday together? 10 (you / do) your homework before I saw you? Câu 5: Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple) (Cho dạng động từ ngoặc) The phone _ in the Sales department for ten minutes before the secretary finally answered it A is ringing B rang C was ringing D had rung Although Ms Lan _ reservations, the hotel did not have a room for her A had made B has made C made BÀI TẬP: Thì khứ hoàn thành D had been making By 2005, he _ for his company for 20 years A worked B was working C had worked D works When I arrived home, the place was in a mess Someone _into A broke B had broken C had been breaking D was breaking Mr Brown had just finished reading the letter before the telephone on his desk _ A rang B had rung C was ringing D had been ringing When I arrived, the manager _ A was left B had left C had been leaving D left The patient _ when the doctor arrived A had died B died C was died D has died By the time we arrived, the party _ A finished B had finished C was finishing D was finished I rang the shop as soon as I _the contents of the box A checked B was checking C had checked D checking 10 He _to the job in an hour, but he still hadn’t finished it by 10 o'clock A promised B was promising C had promised D has promised Câu 6: Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple) (Cho dạng động từ ngoặc) BÀI TẬP: Thì khứ hoàn thành The children collected the chestnuts that (fall) (he / phone) from the tree Ann before he went to see her in London? She (not / ride) a horse before that day My sister ate all of the cake that our mum (make) The doctor took off the plaster that he (put on) six weeks before The waiter brought a drink that I (not / order) I could not remember the poem we (learn) the week before The storm destroyed Thì khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn Câu 1: Make the past perfect continuous positive ( Hoàn thành câu khẳng định khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn) We (eat) all day, so we felt a bit sick He was tired because he(run) I (work) Lan (sleep) They (live) all day, so I didn’t want to go out for five hours when I woke her in Paris for two years when he lost his job When we met, you (work) It (rain) 10 They (live) at that company for five months , and the road was covered in water I was really tired because I (study) We(go) all day out for two years when we got married in Hanoi for 10 years when I met them Câu 2: Make the past perfect continuous negative ( Hoàn thành câu phủ định khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn) I was ill because I (not / eat) properly We (not/wait) for long time when he came It(not / rain) long when my father got home She was in trouble with the boss because she (not / go) to work Thì khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn We (not/ live) in London for five years when we got married Although it was hot in the kitchen, his wife (not / cook) He (not / sleep) long when someone knocked at the door She didn’t feel healthy, because he (not /play) I (not / work) sports there long when she gave it up 10 She (not / work) but she was tired anyway Câu 3: Make the past perfect continuous question ( Hoàn thành câu hỏi khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn) (how long / she / play) tennis when she was injured? -> (I / work) that day? -> (she / see) him for long when they moved to London? -> (how long / she / live) in Hanoi when she found that job? -> 5.(why / you / study) so hard? -> Why was the room so messy? (what/ she / do)? -> (how long / we / wait) when the train came? Thì khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn -> When you felt sick, (you / eat) enough? -> There was ink everywhere,(what / the children / do)? -> 10 (it / rain) when you left the shop? -> Câu 4: Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect progressive) (Cho dạng động từ ngoặc) We (sleep) for ten hours when he woke us up I (wait) at the bus stop for 20 minutes when the bus arrived They (look for) her keys for half an hour and then they found it on the desk We (not / walk) for a long time, when it suddenly started to rain How long (learn / she) English before she went to London? She had sore throat because she (sing) He (drive) in the rain too long for two hours when he ran out of petrol They were very tired in the evening because they (work) in the garden all day I (not / work) all day, so I wasn't tired and went to the pub at night 10 They (cycle) all morning so their legs were sore in the evening Thì khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn Câu 5: Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect progressive) (Cho dạng động từ ngoặc) She English for five years before she visited Canada (study) You were out of breath when you came in this morning ? When I got home, Jane We Tom I knew she a beautiful meal for his guests so they all enjoyed it (prepare) the washing because the machine was still working when I got in (do) bed (do) He was exhausted He 10 I her room for two hours (paint) all day for the party that evening and by o'clock we still weren't ready (cook) By 10 o'clock the children How long (you run)? their homework for three hours so I asked them to go to all day (work) there when she arrived? (you /wait) to the company regularly for a month before, but they still hadn't answered (write) Câu 6: Complete the sentences in the Past Perfect Progressive (Hoàn thành câu Quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn) When he noticed his mistake, he (drive) for an hour in the wrong direction When I went to see Ms Hoa, her