Teacher: Nhã Uyên Exercises Extra object : IT S + V + it +adjective + to infinitive I .Rewrite these sentences, using “IT” . 1. That the shop-keeper should display goods in her shop-window is important -I consider___________________________________________ 2. It’s interesting to see different cultures and life-style. -We find___________________________________________ 3. I find that it is hard to do all the work. -I find _________________________________________________________. 4. To find him in this city is difficult. -Does she believe___________________________________________ 5. It is impossible for you to arrive next week. -Do you think________________________________________________? 6. It”s not easy to get that man to change his mind. -She doesn’t think___________________________________________ 7. To be there on time is important. -They think_____________________________________________________ 8. To live on her salary must be hard. -She finds____________________________________________________ 9. It is a mistake for her to leave now. -Her friend considers___________________________________________ 10. To spend all that money was a shame. -They considered______________________________________________ 11. To be honest is a good thing. -We think__________________________________________________ II .Rewrite these sentences , using “IT” as an extra object. 1) He considers meeting her here is a good chance for him -___________________________________________ 2) They think advertising is a waste of money. -___________________________________________ 3) He doesn’t think it is easy to distinguish real goods from imitating goods -___________________________________________ 4) You understood my plan .That was so clear. -___________________________________________ 5) Do you believe to love and to be loved is the greatest happiness in life? 1 Teacher: Nhã Uyên -___________________________________________ 6) He finds that working here is exciting. -___________________________________________ 7) I found doing exercises every morning is good for health. -___________________________________________ 8) They consider serving in the army is the duty of all young people. -___________________________________________ 9) I believe that doing such a foolish thing is a shame. -___________________________________________ 10) We think that learning English is useful to our future work. -___________________________________________ 11) Selling more goods to more people is made easy by advertising. -___________________________________________ I I I .Fill in the blanks with the correct words or phrases. *traders *advertisements *cartoon *appears *very big *purchase *develops *manufacture 1. They have the same purpose: to get people to__________some product or some service. 2. This in turn makes it possible to__________more things to sell. 3. The__________of ancient Egypt hired criers to walk through the streets shouting and singing about the things they had to sell. 4. Sometimes what __________to be a________may turn out to be advertising. 5. At night, __________electric signs flash in many colors. 6. Some advertisements are tiny want__________.Others fill several pages. 7. As more things are made to be sold and more people have services to sell, advertising__________ I V . Rewrite the following sentences with the words given: 1. She sings more beautifully than I do. - I don’t ______________ ______________ ______________ 2. If it doesn’t rain, they will go to the cinema - Unless ______________ ______________ ______________ 3. It was such a fool story that nobody believe it. - The story ___________________________________________________ 4. My mother is a better cook than I 2 Teacher: Nhã Uyên -I can’t_______________________________________________ 5. They had to pay the bill before the tenth of the month. - The bill ______________ ______________ ______________ 6. “How long will it take him to get there?” Mary said. -Mary wondered________________________________________. 7. Peter is too young to drive acar -Peter is not_______________________________________________ 8. That girl is very nice. -What_______________________________________________ 9. The child will die if nobody calls a doctor. - If ______________ ______________ ______________ 10. If she doesn’t hurry, she’ll be late. -Unless_______________________________________________ 11. I don’t have enough money, so I can’t buy that motorcycle - If ______________ ______________ ______________ 12. They don’t really want to go to the museum. -They’d rather_______________________________________________ 13. The coffee was too strong for her to drink. - The coffee was so ______________ ______________ ______________ 14. Nobody can anwer this question -This question_______________________________________________ 15. You will be ill if you don’t rest . - Unless ______________ ______________ ______________ 16. Inspite of taking a taxi, Jane arrived late for the concert. -Although_______________________________________________ 17. They had such good results that they decided to give a party. - Their result ___________________________________________________ 18. He made himself ill because he worked very hard. -He worked so_______________________________________________ 19. The man injured in the accident was taken to the hospital. -The man wh-_______________________________________________ 20. The book was so interesting that he couldn’t put it down. -It was such_______________________________________________ V. Supply the correct tense of each verb in bracket : 1. (That man catch) __________any fish yet ? 2. While I (watch) __________ television last night, a man whom I (meet) __________the previous day suddenly (appear) __________on the screen. 3 Teacher: Nhã Uyên 3. He (lose) __________his job last month and since then he (be) __________out of work. 4. I (listen) __________to the radio when you rang the bell. 5. What do you think the children (do)__________when we (get) ________ home ? 6.While I (walk) __________across the campus the other day, I (meet) __________ my old friend, John, whom I (not see) __________ since July twentieth. Naturally we (stop) __________ to talk to each other for a few minutes. I asked him how he (do) __________ in his classes this semester. 7. The children were frightened because it (get) __________dark. 8. She is very weak because she (be) __________ill for about two months. 9. We (plant) __________some trees in the garden if we (be) __________ you 10. I (go) __________to the zoo tomorrow. (You ever be) __________there ? VI.Make the correct choice: 1. While I _____ to school yesterday, I _____ him. a.went / met b.went / was meeting c.was going / met d.was going / was meeting 2. I was talking about him when suddenly he _____. a.came into b.came in c.was coming into d.was coming in 3. Inventing the generator was one of his most important _____. a.moments b.movements c.achievements d.complements 4. The sky was so _____ that I could see millions of stars. a.clear b.clean c.unclear d.dark 5. It was _____ homework that I couldn’t finish it. a. long b. a long c.such long d.such a long 6. If we had known who he was, we _____ him to speak at our meeting. a.invited b.had invited c.would have invited d.would invite 7. Many people think that Faraday is the greatest _____in history. a.investigator b.investor c.narrator d.inventor 8. The boy was given a prize for regular _____. a.intention b.attendant c.attendance d.attention 9. Gravity keeps us all _____ being hurled off the earth as it whirls around. a.from b.of c.for d.at 10. His discoveries had a great influence _____ workers. a.for b.with c.about d.on 11. Man-made satellites leave the earth _____ very great speed. a.with b.for c.from d.at 12. He died after he _____ ill for a long time. a.was b.has been c.had been d.is 4 Teacher: Nhã Uyên 13. He _____ this work before you leave here tomorrow. a.has finished b.finishes c.will have finished d.is finishing 14. The sun exerts a pull _____ other planets in its system. a.of b.on c.with d.in 15. Gravity makes balls _____ into the air fall back down. a.throwing b.that throws c.throw d.thrown 16. The new law will _____ many women to return to work. a.enable b.make c.let d.have 17. Alice will leave for Washington as soon as she _____ her exam. a.will finish b.has finished c.finished d.finish 18. He turned off the light before _____. a. leaving b.he leaving c. left d.he had left 19. You can look _____ the meaning of these words with the help of a dictionary. a.after b.up c.for d.down 20. If he _____ to London yesterday, he would have met his old friend. a.went b.had gone c.would have gone d.would go 21. He has worked in this factory _____ 1988. a.in b.from c.since d.until 22. It is _____ lesson that we can’t understand it. a.a difficult b.so a difficult c.such a difficult d.difficult 23. It was _____ weather that we couldn’t go out. a.very cold b.so cold c.such a cold d.such cold 24. These question aren’t difficult. John can _____ answer them . a.easy b.easily c.easier d.very easy 25. Unless he _____ immediately, he won’t get any information. a.phones b.doesn’t phone c.won’t phone d.will phone 26. We got lost _____ we didn’t have a map. a.if b.so that c.although d.because 27. A spaceman must learn to become accustomed to _____ in a spaceship. a.weighing b.being weighed c.weightlessness d.weight 28. I _____ my hair before breakfast this morning. a.am washing b.have washed c.washed d.had washed 29. The boys broke a window when they _____ football. a.played b.had played c.were playing d.are playing 30. We understood it _____ the teacher had explained it to us. a.after b.since c.before d.though 31. He has played football since he _____10 years old. a.was b.were c.is d.has been 32. We went out for a walk _____ we had eaten our dinner. a.if b.before c.after d.since 33. What _____ if there were no gravity? 5 Teacher: Nhã Uyên a.happened b.will happen c.would happen d.happens 34. The weather is _____ hot that we can’t live in it even for a day. a.too b.very c.extremely d.so 35. He has progressed _____ in learning English that I can hardly keep up with him. a.so rapid b.so rapidly c.such rapid d.such rapidly 36. He looked _____ that I couldn’t recognize him at once. a.too strange b.very strange c.so strange d.so strangely 37. That boy studied _____ that he topped the list of the successful candidates to that university. a.so well b.so good c.very well d.very good 38. He was so _____ that he forgot to lock the door when he left. a.careful b.carefully c.careless d.carelessly 39. Gary is _____ of the fact that he is never late. a.proud b.interested c.famous d.happy 40. If it costs too much, I _____ a small one. a.buy b.would buy c.will buy d.bought 41. If you _____ more carefully, you wouldn’t have so many accidents. a.drive b.drove c.had driven d.would drive 42. ____ you keep quiet, I’ll scream. a.If b.Unless c.Until d.Since 43. I wish I _____ to him so severely yesterday. a.didn’t speak b.wouldn’t speak c.wouldn’t have spoken d.hadn’t spoken 44. ______ jobs he got, he wasn’t satisfied. a.However b.No matter how c.What d.Whatever 45. In the whole book there is only one chapter which _____ me. a.interest b.interests c.interesting d.interestingly 46. As he was driving _____, the police arrested him. a.fastlyb.carelessly c.lively d.carefully 47. These abbreviations are _____ used in writing letters. a.common b.commonly c.in common d.with common 48. They have visited many _____ places in England. a.interesting b.interested c.interests d.interestingly 49. When ______ a dictionary, you need to understand the symbols and the abbreviations it contains. a.having used b.to use c.use d.using 50. I will return your notes as soon as ______ copying them. a.I will finish b.I finish c.I finished d.I had finished 6 Teacher: Nhã Uyên IX.Read the passage and put a cross on the letter next to the word that fits each space. In Sweden there is only(1)__________cigarette advertising because the government has been successful in (2)___________most cigarette advertisements. Although there are a few cigarette advertisements in magazines(but not many), there are no cigarette advertisements at all in cinemas and also (3)_________ on the radio and television. In Britain and the United States , a lot of cigarette advertisements show beautiful girls and (4)___________ men smoking cigarettes. In spite (5)_______ attempts to stop people smoking, there are(6)__________ more advertisements than before. In Sweden, (7)_________, there must be no people at all in cigarette advertisements! The Swedish government wants as few people as(8)_________ to smoke. It (9)__________ people that most smokers usually die(10)________ a much earlier age than non-smokers. 1.A. a little B.a lot of C.a few D.a number of 2.A. cutting B.sweeping C.throwing D.preventing 3.A. no B.none C.empty D.absent 7 Teacher: Nhã Uyên 4.A. fair B.handsome C.pretty D.lovely 5.A. of B.for C.to D.with 6.A. only B.over C.even D.although 7.A. instead B.however C.but D.therefore 8.A. little B.able C.allowed D.possible 9.A. orders B.forbids C.tells D.announces 10.A.at B.on C.in D.with 8 . considers___________________________________________ 10 . To spend all that money was a shame. -They considered______________________________________________ 11 . To be honest is a good. -___________________________________________ 10 ) We think that learning English is useful to our future work. -___________________________________________ 11 ) Selling more goods