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(CLASS 812) EXERCISES COLLECTION(cont) ***PART D***
I.COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH THE WORDS PROVIDED:
School-year greeted curious eager hundreds bright gathered hundred just
yet one-another notice-board
1) We have not met the new English teacher……… 2) The students are talking to ……….in the school yard 3) The old students ……… their teachers and friends 4) The new pupils looked at his teachers with ……… eyes 5) The new ………has just begun
6) The colour of this paint looks ……… 7) There are two ……… students in the hall(hội trường)
8) All the students look……… to start the new school year 9) I have ……….seen Nam in the school yard
10) ……….of boys and girls are in uniform 11) Where’s the ………?- It is in the hall
12) The pupils ………in front of the school gate
II.MAKE NEW SENTENCES FROM THE ONES PROVIDED:
1) To make friends is difficult It’s difficult to make friends.
2) To come back to school after the long summer holidays is exciting
……… 3) To find the notice board in the hall is easy
……… 4) To look at the new students in uniform is interesting
………
5) To get acquainted with the regulations in a new school is not difficult
………
III.COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH THE APPROPRIATE WORDS GIVEN IN PARENTHESES:
(noisy , noisily) 1)What ………students! They always things………… (clever , cleverly) 2)He is a ………… boy.He can paint the pictures……… (quiet ,quietly) 3) Keep………….,please!Would you things………? (different ,differently) 4)My sister is……….from me
- She can tell the story……… (busy ,busily) 5) The pupils were……….with their work - Those teachers have worked……….all day
IV.COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT PREPOSITIONS: Of for to over down up on in at near with
(2)2) life ………a big city is not so quiet as in the country
3) Colourful neon signs ………….big stores,shops,restaurants,hotels,and theatres are very beautiful
4)They catch a bus …………the commercial district………the city
5) Thousands ……… boys and girls are gathering ………the school yard and …… front ……the school gate
6) Mother,I’m afraid ……….crossing the street.Please go………me 7) I’ve just rewarded her ………a book…… her good study
8) The pedestrians(khách hành,người bộ) go ……… and…………the streets 9) He is …… there,Mother.He is waiting ……… us at the bus-stop
10) Is the department store……….near?
V.GROUP THE VERBS PROVIDED INTO COLUMNS ACCORDING TO THE PRONOUNCIATION OF THEIR ENDING SOUNDS “ED”:
Clutched gathered hoped laughed agreed acquainted troubled Enjoyed reported spoiled loved intended looked seemed Hurried crowded watched washed called wanted called /-id/ /-t/ /d/
Acquainted clutched gathered ………… ………… ………… ………… ………… ………… ………… ………… ………… ………… ……… …………
……… ………… ………… ………… ………… ………… ……… …………
………… ……… ………
VI.COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH ‘FOR / SINCE’:
1) She has lived here ………….five years
2) I have studied in this school ……….1988
3) She has complained about her cough………last week 4) We have not seen thet dentist ……… a long time 5) Hve you told him the story ……….yesterday? 6) His teeth have just been filled………….a few days THE END
(CLASS 912) EXERCISES COLLECTION(CONT) *** PART E ***
*** GUIDED SENTENCES BUILDING BUILD A COMPLETE SENTENCES WITH THE GIVEN WORDS:
1) I / wonder/ why you/ not/ reply/ last letter
I was wondering why you had no replied to my last letter.
2) Prefer/ countryside/ noise/ traffic/ city
……… 3) We /believe/ whatever/ say /liar
(3)
……… 5) It /surprising/ he/ pass/ examination
……… 6) man/ injure/ accident/ take/ hospital
……… 7) Now that/ highway/ build/ take/ hours/ get there
……… 8) Only guest/ late/ for/ party/ manager
……… 9) It/ stupid/ him/ give up/ job/ need/ money
……… 10) Wish/ go/ beach/ you/ last Sunday
……… 11) Neither/ nor/ be going/ attend/ meeting
……… 12) I/ use/ public telephone/ because/ out of order
……… 13) She / by/ church/ way/ work/ day
……… 14) factory/ close/ workers/ go/strike/ last week
……… 15) director/ ill/ so/ deputy/ speech/ instead of
……… 16) happen/ picture/ used to/ hang/ wall?
……… 17) I/ complain /manager/ restaurant/ food
……… 18) not see/ picture/ our city/ as/ look/ 100 years
……… 19) advantage/ have/ car/ that/ rely/ public transport
……… 20) It/ age/ 14/ Jack London/ leave school/ sailor
……… 21) Neither/ teacher/ parents/ satisfied/ progress
……… 22) There/ be/ increase/ road/ accident/ in/ last year
………
23) Mr Green/ take/ charge/ office/ while/ director/ away/ vacation
……… 24) He/ furious/ me/ not invite/ party/ Sunday
……… 25) rain/everyday/ so have/ spend/ most/ time/ indoors
……… 26) He/ show/ photograph/ hotel/ stay/ during/ holiday
(4)27) In/ opinion/ violent films/ should not/ show/ television
……… 28) you/ know/ Linda/ engage/ friend/mine?
……… 29) If/ smoke/ there/ greater chance/ you /die/ lung cancer
……… 30) accident/fault /so/I/ pay/damage
……… 31) You/ borrow/ book/ if/ promise/ keep/ clean
……… 32) going /visit/ friends/make with /hostel
……… 33) begin/ rain/ manager/ get/ office/ morning
……… 34) When/ boy/ twelve/ father /die/ dangerous disease
……… 35) I /tell/ meeting/ if/ see/ tomorrow
……… 36) It /important /brother/ stops /smoke/ once
……… 37) I /think over/ offer /give /my answer /soon /possible
……… 38) After / dinner/ set out /saying/ where /going
……… 39) We/ invite /party /occasion /birthday
……… 40) She /leave /wait/ rain /minutes /night
……… 41) sister /willing /help /mother /housework /when /holiday
……… 42) police /say /no/ connection /two murders
………
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2) My parents prefer to live in the country because they dislike the noise and traffic of the city.
3) We don’t believe in whatever he says because he is a good liar.
4) Despite his old age,he joins all the social activities of the neighbourhood. 5) It is surprising that he has passed the examination.
6) The man injured in the accident was taken to hospital.
7) Now that the highway has been built,it takes only two hours to get there. 8) The only guest that was late for the party was our manager.
9) It is stupid of him to give up his job when he needs the money. 10) I wish I had gone to be beach with you last Sunday.
(5)12) I have no use the public telephone because mine is out of order. 13) She walks by the church on her way to work everyday.
14) The factory closed because the workers went on strike last week. 15) The director was ill so his deputy gave the speech instead of him. 16) What happens to the picture that used to be on the wall? 17) I have complained to the manager of the restaurant about the food. 18) We have not seen the picture of our city as it looked 100 years ago.
19) The advantage of having a car is that you don’t have to rely on public transport. 20) It was at the age of 14 that Jack London left school and became a sailor.
21) Neither the boy’s teacher nor his parents are satisfied with his progress. 22) There has been an increase in road-accident in the last few years.
23) Mr Green took charge of the office while the director was away on his vacation. 24) He was furious at me for not inviting / for not having invited him to the party last Sunday.
25) It rained everyday so we had to spend most of our time indoors.
26) He showed me the photograph of the hotel where he had stayed during his holiday.
27) In my opinion,violent films should not be showed on television.
28) Do you know that Linda is engaged /has just got engaged to a friend of mine? 29) If you smoke,there is a great chance that you will die of lung cancer.
30) The accident was my fault so I had to pay for the damage. 31) You can borrow the book if you promise to keep it clean.
32) I’m going to visit the girl whom I have made friends with in the hostel. 33) It began to rain/ after the manager had got to the office this morning. 34) When the boy was twelve his father died of a dangerous disease. 35) I will tell her about the meeting if I see her tomorrow.
36) It is important that your brother stops / should stop smoking.
37) I will think over your offer and give you my answer as soon as possible. 38) After dinner he set out without saying where he was going.
39) We were invited to the party on the occasion of her birthday. 40) She left me waiting in the rain fir ten minutes last night.
41) My sister is willing to help our mother with the housework when she has a holiday.
42) The police says/ said (that) there is /was no connection between the two murders (CLASS 12) PASSAGE FOR GAP-FILL
****COMPLETE THE GAPS IN THIS PASSAGE USE ONLY ‘ONE’ WORD EACH TIME (FROM THE BOX SOMETIMES):
* PRACTICE 1:
- In 227 BC, a man entered the home of Cheng,king of the Chin state in northwest Chine.He had …………(1) with him a very precious gift,…………(2) silk map.The visitor,however,had a secret ………… (3) for being there.The man was a killer, and hidden in the map ……….(4) a knife
(6)emperor’.for Cheng was the first ruler of a country he renamed Chine,after his Chin …………(7)
- Chinese map from Shih’s time not ………… (8) todu.But in 1973 three silk maps dating………(9) about 168 BC were ……….(10) in the province of
Human.Silk continued to be used for Chinese maps even after the invention of paper * PRACTICE 2:
- The University of Sidney is Australia’s oldest university (1)………… from being one of the country’s most respected universities, it is ……….(2) one of the most beautiful.It is famous ………….(3) its Great Hall and the Main Quadrangle ………….(4) cloisters,lawns and towera are modelled on the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge - The universiy is situated ……… (5) to the business centre of Sydney and is well-serviced ……… (6) public transport
- The city of Sydney is …………(7) commercial and cultural centre of Australia,sited on ……….(8) of the most beautiful natural harbours in the world and with a mild Mediterranean climate
- Sydney has a population of almost million people,…………(9) up of a wide cross section of races,cultures and religions In ………(10) multi- cultural city it is possible to buy food and goods ……… (11) almost every country in the world - The University ………….(12) offers a wide range of courses, academic facilities and ………….(13) main library is one of the biggest in the southern hemisphere and its language study centre and language laboratories are …………(14) sophisticated and up-to-date
* PRACTICE 3:
- Two thousand year ago,the ………(1) who lived on the island now called Britain were Celts,and they ……… (2) a variety of Celtic dialects In 55 BC the first Romans ……….(3) from across the Channel,bringing ……….(4) them their own language:Latin The Romans stayed in Brain for over 400 years but ………… (5) a very few Latin words were taken over by the Celts and still ……… (6) today – play names mostly
- Not many years later the last Roman had left.Brain was ……… (7) by the Angles,Saxons and Jutes – three Germanic tribes speaking similar ………… (8) Unlike the Romans,these people forced the Celts to ……… (9) their homes and settle in the extreme west and north of Britain Anglo – Saxon replaced Celtic as a native
language,the name “ English” ………(10) from Angles
* PRACICE 4:
- We drove from Seatle to a small town called Winthrop.There ………….(1) only one street on Winthrop.The street is built to look ………(2) a quiet country town ……… (3) the 19th century.
- After breakfast the next morning,we drove ………… (4) the bottom of the mountain.Here our horses ……… (5) waiting for us.We set off ……… (6) the steep trail into the mountains.We ………(7) one behind the other because ………….(8) the narrow trail
(7)* PRACTICE 5:
- When I was sixteen I ………… (1) school and went to work in a butcher’s shop.The manager was a young man,only a few year older ………… (2) me,and he was very ambitious Also, he was a bit dishonest.When customers asked ……… (3) the best steak he would sell them poor-quality beef.He used to this to young housewives,who if the meat ……….(4) tough,blamed themselves for not cooking it
properly.Sometimes,he did not give the ……… (5) change and the customers did not notice
- One day,just before Christmas,we decided to close early because we……….(6) sold all our meat,except for one small turkey.As I was ……… (7) to lock the door,a woman rushed in and said that she really had ………(8) have a ten-pound turkey.The manager tried to sell her small one we had left ‘It’s too small’, she said.The manager said he ……….(9) get another one and went to back of the shop with the turkey.I knew we did not have……….(10) more,so I followed him to see ……… (11) he was going to do.He pulled and stretched the turkey to ……… (12) it look bigger and when back ………(13) said, ‘Here ……….(14) are,madam.Here is a bigger one’
- ‘Yes’, she said, ‘but not ………(15)bigger.I’ll take both of them’
***KEY*** * PRACTICE 1*
1) brought 5) succeed 9) from 2) a 6) which 10) found. 3) reason 7) people
4) was 8) exist * PRACTICE 2*
1) Apart 2) also 3) for 4) whose 5) close 6) by 7) the 8) one 9)made 10) this
11) from 12)itself 13) other 14) its 15) highly /very. * PRACTICE 3*
1) people 2) spoke 3) arrived / came 4) with 5) only/ quite / just
6) survive 7) invaded 8) dialects 9) quit / leave 10) comes *PRACTICE 4*
1) is 2) like 3) from /in /of 4) to 5) were 6) up 7) rode 8) of 9) was 10) fall * PRACTICE 5*
1) left / finished 9) would 2) than 10) any
(8)8) to
(CLASS 12) SENTENCES BUILDING ( PART G )
****MAKE ALL CHANGES AND ADDITIONS NECESSARY TO PRODUCE,FROM THE
FOLLOWING SETS OF WORDS AND PHRASES,COMPLETE SENTENCES (WHICH TOGETHER MAKE A COMPLETE LETTER):
*PRACTICE 1:
1) You / have / new / bicycle / soon ……… 2) I / want / more /money ………
3) They / not like / sleep /window /open
………
4) Let’s / pretend / we / not here ……… 5) They / agree /be / present / meeting /tomorrow
……… 6) I / encourage him / start /take /more exercises
……… 7) He /fond / eat / chocolates ……… 8) I /hate / get up / early ……… 9) He / give / it / his mother-in-law(mẹ vợ)
………
10) They /love / eat / raw fish( cá sống) ……… * PRACTICE 2:
Dear Paul, 1) At last / arrive / Paris / but / terrible trip
……… 2) Train / crowded / ferry / delay / two hours
……… 3) But I / be afraid / be unable / accept /offer
……… 4) I / take up / similar position / another company soon
……… 5) As pay / conditions / better there / I / turn down / offer
……… 6) My wife / secretary company / she likes / me/ work there
……… 7) Other company / also situated / nearer / home
……… 8) Thank you / time / you give / my application
……… 9) I / be sure / you find / suitable applicant / fill / vacancy
……… 10) I / look / forward / see again / some day
(9)* PRACTICE 3:
1) The farmer / walk / the sheds / his farm
………
2) He / see / a light / coachhouse ……… 3) He / open / door / and see / a beggar ……… 4) The beggar / lying / sleeping ……… 5) farmer / terrified / ………
6) He /walk / backwards / out / shed / ……… 7) He /say / it / be / old beggar / he / dead
……… 8) Next morning / when / get up / he / call / coachman
……… 9) He / ask / if the coachman / let /old beggar / sleep
………
10) Coachman / he couldn’t let / old beggar / sleep / out / snow
……… *PRACTICE 4:
1) I / not / mind / help / you ……… 2) He / wait / her / hour ……… 3) He / leave / Sydney / Canberra / Sunday morning
……… 4) The workers / try / put / fire / control
………
5) Someone / knock / door ……… 6) I / sit / late / at night ……… 7) Jane / beautiful / her sister ……… 8) not / hesitate / ask / my help / necessary
……… 9) They / try / look / job / since / June
………
10) I / good / chemistry / school ……… * PRACTICE 5:
1) I / horrible / problem / hope / you help / it
……… 2) I go out / wonderful woman / a year now
……… 3) We / get on / all sorts of ways / well
………
4) I be / very much / love / her, ……… 5) I sure / want / marry her / but cannot / tell
………
6) I make up mind / ask her / several times / but get scared / last minute
……… 7) When / time come / I not get / anything out
(10)8) I / go red / begin sweat /just can’t speak
………
9) I be afraid / she / say no ……… 10) What I / help me ………
Yours sincerely, John * PRACTICE 6:
1) Thank / your letter // I / be glad / you / come / at last // (two sentences)
………
……… 2) I / can / understand / you / be / worried //
……… 3) I / never / forget / first day / abroad //
……… 4) Anyway / you / ask / advice // Here /be / some // (two sentences)
………
……… 5) First / all / pack / warm clothes / umbrella //
……… 6) You / not know / what / weather / be / go / like / even / summer //
……… 7) As / money / golden rule / be / not carry / much //
……… 8) Most places / take / credit cards / travellers ‘checks //
……… 9) Finally / public transport / be / reliable //
……… 10) As / general / rule / best way / meet / people / be / start / talk / to them //
……… *PRACTICE 7:
1) Penny / nervous / when / come / back
……… 2) What / pity / phone / not work
……… 3) She / sit / living- room / read
……… 4) storm / heavy / and / noise / frighten
……… 5) then / lights / go out /
……… 6) She / put / book / away / and / sit / dark
………
7) suddenly / phone / ring ……… 8) A voice said / ‘ I / glad / you / in / Miss White’/
………
(11)********** KEY **********(SUGGESTION) * PRACTICE 1:
1) You will have a new bicycle soon. 2) I want to earn more money.
3) They don’t like sleeping by the open window. 4) Let’s pretend that we are not here.
5) They agree to be present at the meeting tomorrow. 6) I encourage him to start taking more exercises. 7) He is fond of eating chocolates.
8) I hate getting up early.
9) He gave it to his mother- in-law. 10) They love eating raw fish. * PRACTICE 2:
1) At last I arrived in Paris but I had a terrible trip.
2) The train was very crowded and the ferry was delayed for two hours. 3) But I am afraid I am unable to accept your offer.
4) I will take up the similar position in another company soon.
5) As the paying conditions are better there , I’d like to turn down your offer. 6) My wife is a secretary in that company and she likes me to work there. 7) Other companies are also situated nearer from home.
8) Thank you for the time you give on my application.
9) I am sure you’ll find a suitable applicant to fill in tha vacancy. 10) I am looking forward to seeing you again some day.
* PRACTICE 3:
1) The farmer walked around the sheds on his farm. 2) He saw a light in his coachhouse.
3) He opened the door and saw an older beggar. 4) The old beggar was lying sleeping there. 5) The farmer was terrified.
6) He walked backwards out of the shed.
7) He said ‘ It’s an old beggar and he was dead’.
8) The next morning, when he got up he called the coachman. 9) He asked if he let the old beggar sleep in the shed.
10) The coachman said that he couldn’t let an old beggar sleep out in the snow. *PRACTICE 4:
1) I don’t mind helping you
2) He’s been waiting for her for an hour.
3) He’s leaving Sydney for Canberra on Sunday morning. 4) The workers are trying to put the fire under control. 5) Someond is knocking (tense flexible) at the door. 6) I often sit up late at night.
7) Jane is more / less beautiful than her sister.
(12)*PRACTICE 6:
1) Thank you very much for your letter.
- I am very glad that you can ‘ will come at last. 2) I can understand that you are so worried.
3) I never forget the first day when I was / came abroad. 4) Anyway, you asked me for some advice Here are some. 5) First of all, pack all your warm clothes and an umbrella.
6) You not know what the weather is going to be like / will be like even in summer.
7) As for money, the golden rule is not to carry much. 8) Most places take credit cards and travellers’ checks. 9) Finally, public transport is always reliable.
10) As general rule , the best way to meet people is t start talking to them. * PRACTICE 7:
1) Penny was very nervous when she came back. 2) What a pity the phone didn’t work.
3) She sat in the living-room and read / reading.
4) The storm was very heavy and the noise was frightening. 5) Then the lights went out.
6) She put the book away and sat in the dark. 7) Suddenly the phone rang.
8) A voice said “ I’m glad you’re in, Miss White” 9) “ I’d like to come and see you”.
10) Penny was very afraid.
The end
(CLASS 912) *** SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION ***
****Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentences written before it:
1) ‘ Bring your swimming things in case it’s sunny’
He told……… 2) There’s no need for you to talk so loudly
You don’t……… 3) I haven’t been to Bright for three years
The last time,………
4) No one has signed this cheque This cheque……… 5) Tim will be 18 next month
It’s ……… 6) Their attitude caused us great disappointment
We were……… 7) Without his help we would all have died
If he……… 8) You are under no obligation to accept their offer
(13)
The less……… 10) I started work for the company a year ago
I’ve been……… 11) Getting a good job doesn’t interest him
He……… 12) He can’t anything about it
There’s ……… 13) I thought it would be better than that
It’s not ……… 14) I often get up early I am used to ……… 15) I have never been to the ballet before
It’s first time, ……… 16) ‘Have you had enough for lunch?’ the landlady asked me
The landlady asked ……… 17) The doctor should have signed my insurance form
My insurance form……… 18) John missed the ferry because his car broke down
If ……… 19) Collecting dolls from foreign countries is one of Laura’s interests
Laura is ……… 20) Geogre is not as nearly energetic as he used to be
Geogre used to be ……… 21) Writing in English is difficult
It is ………
22) He’s been studying E for five years Five years ago,……… 23) They watched TV afterwards they went to bed
Once ……… 24) Take your umbrella so you don’t get wet
Just in case ……… 25) She hadn’t tasted wild strawberries before
It was……… 26) The teacher asked Mike whether he had any hobbies
‘………’ the teacher asked Mike 27) ‘I like tennis,swimming and football’,Mike replied
Mike said that ……… 28) He has also been collecting stamps for five years
He also started ……… 29) He has over 3500 stamps in his collection
There ……… 30) He spends two hours a week sorting out the stamps
Sorting out his stamps ……… 31) ‘ don’t forget to go to the post office,’ she said
She told him not ……… 32) We will stop off in France on our way to Germany
(14)33) I cannot go to the cinema tonight because I not have my car
The reason I ……… 34) The sea was so cold that we couldn’t swim
The sea was too ……… 35) She and I have never been there before
Neither ………
*** KEY ***
1) He told to bring our swimming things in case it was sunny. 2) You don’t need to talk so loudly.
3) The last time,I saw to Brighton,was for three years. 4) This cheque has been signed.
5) It’s Tim’s eighteenth birthday next month. 6) We were disappointed by their attitude. 7) If he hadn’t helped us he would all have died.
8) You can please yourself as to whether you accept / to accept their offer. 9) The less time my boss has,the better he works.
10) I’ve been working for the company for a year. 11) He isn’t interested in getting a new job.
12) There’s nothing he can about it. 13) It’s not as good as I thought. 14) I am used to getting up early.
15) It’s first time, I’ve ever been to the ballet.
16) The landlady asked me whether /if I had had enough for lunch. 17) My insurance form should have been signed by the doctor.
18) If, John’s car had not broken down,John would not have missed /failed to catch the ferry or John could have caught / got /been able to catch the ferry.
19) Laura is interested in /keen on/fond of collecting dolls from foreign countries or Laura is someone( who/ that is) / somebody /a girl interested in collecting dolls from foreign countries.
20) Geogre used to be much / far/ a lot /considerable / a great deal more energetic (than he is now /at present).
21) It’s difficult to write in English.
22) Five years have passed since he began studying E. 23) Once they had watched TV they went to bed. 24) Just in case of raining,please take your umbrella.
25) It was the first time, she tasted wild strawberries(dâu tây dại). 26) ‘ Do you have any hobbies?’ the teacher asked him.
27) Mike said that he liked tennis,swimming and football. 28) He also started collecting stamps years ago.
29) There are more than 3500 stamps in his collection. 30) Sorting out his stamps takes (him) hours a week. 31) She told him not to forget to go to the post office. 32) We will break in France on our way to Germany.
(15)35) Neither she nor I have ever been there before.