Grammar revision exercises

Though it may be possible for us to travel round the world and see the things happening today, it’s not possible for us to see the things that happened in the past, but good books enable[r]

A Gap-Filling I Fill in the gap with an appropriate preposition

a Last night I was (1 ) the kitchen when I lost my glasses I looked (2 ) all the shelves and (3 ) all the cupboards I thought I’d put them (4 ) one of the drawers which are(5 ), but they weren’t there They certainly weren’t (6 ) the table or (7 ) the floor Had I left them (8 ) work? Were they (9 ) the car? Then I realized where they were They were (10 ) my nose

b I am fed up (11 ) this weather! Where’s the sunshine gone?

- I haven’t heard (12 ) Mary for ages I am a bit worried (13 ) her

- Are you good (14 ) literature? I am bad (15 ) it II

I arrived (1 ) London at last The railway station was big , black (2, ) dark I did (3 ) know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter I not only spoke English very carefully , but very clearly as (4 ) The porter, however, couldn’t understand (5 ) I repeated my questions several times and (6 ) last he understood He answered me neither slowly nor clearly.” I am a foreigner” I said Then he (7 ) slowly, but I couldn’t understand him My teacher never spoke English like that The porter and (8 ) looked at each other (9 ) smiled Then he said : “ you will soon learn English” he said In England, each man speaks different language The English understand each other, but I don’t understand (10 ) ! Do they speak English?

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Trees are useful (1 ) man in three important ways: They provide him (2 ) wood and other products: they gave him shade And they help (3 ) prevent droughts and floods Unfortunately, (4 ) many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is (5 ) most important

Two thousand years (6 ) a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to (7 ) warships, with which to gain itself and empire It (8 ) the empire , but without its trees, its soil (9 ) hard and poor When the empire feel to pieces, the home country found itself faced by floods and starvation

So, unless the government has a good system (10 ) control, or can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear

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(13 ) a big decision I got up early and bought thirty seven cards I ( 14 ) the whole day in my room, but did not write a (15 ) card!

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This country has a population (1 ) about 45 million Of these, 76 percent (2 ) black and 12 percent are white It has (3 ) warm climate Either it never rains, (4 ) it rains a lot! It is (5 ) world’s biggest producer of gold, and it exports diamonds, (6 ) It grows a (7 ) of fruit, including oranges, pears and it makes wine In the game reserves you can (8 ) a lot of wildlife , including lions, zebras, and elephants

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Andrea came (1 ) Acapulco to New York ten years (2 ) At (3 ) he missed everything But now he (4 ) a successful business (5 ) his brothers He is living with his (6 ) and two children (7 ) go to American school He certainly works hard He’s (8 ) the store all day, then works (9 ) a driver in the evening He can earn a (10 ) of money here

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The big tree at my gate was old and beautiful I was saddened when it blew (1 ) in a winter storm After the storm I sawed (2 ) the remains of the tree to level (3 ) the ground Some of the wood was rotten Pieces came away in my (4 ) But a good part of the wood was alive and strong I did not dig (5 ) the roots of the tree I (6 ) them in the ground

Three months (7 ) , in spring, the old tree began to grow again It grew strong and beautiful, straight up (8 ) the side of the sawn –off part The color and smell of its heart-shaped (9 ) were exactly the same as (10 ) of the old tree I felt very happy

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There (1 ) a bank robbery (2 ) central London yesterday Just before the closing time yesterday, a man (3 ) the Butcher Street Branch (4 ) the National Westminster Bank He was (5 ) a short gun, and (6 ) a stocking mask (7 ) his head There were only a few (8 ) in the bank at the time He made them (9 ) on the floor, and (10 ) the cashier (11 ) put the (12 ) in the sack As he (13 ) leaving the security guard (14 ) to ring the alarm The robber shot (15 ) and the guard is now (16 ) Patrick’s hospital (17 ) are trying to save his life Last night the police (18 ) a man in South of London He is now helping the police (19 ) their (20 )

England is not a large (1 ) No town (2 ) England is very far (3 ) the sea, and (4 ) English families (5 ) their summer holidays at (6 ) seaside There are no high mountains in England, no very (7 ) rivers and no very large forests

There are many towns in (8 ) No town is far from (9 ) The English between (10 )and the towns is like the (11 ) of many (12 ) In (13 ) and summer, the fields, meadows and forests (14 ) light green and dark green and the gardens are green , red, blue, yellow and white with (15 )

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Mr And Mrs Evans are driving (1 ) a busy street (2 ) they (3 ) an accident A woman is knocked (4 ) when she crosses the street at a (5 ) crossing Mr Evans parks his car and they go to offer their help A (6 ) arrives and asks a young woman to telephone for a patrol car and an (7 )

The policeman, tries to know what (8 ) He talks to John Stoneham, the driver of the van (9 ) hit the woman, and orders him to report (10 ) his nearest (11 ) station with his driving license and his (13 ) certificate (14 ) two days Finally , the policeman asks (15 ) there were any witnesses and Mr Evans offers to tell the accident to him

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I was (1 )in Newcastle, a city in the north-east (2 ) England Newcastle is (3 ) the bank of (4 ) River Tyne It is quite big, with a population of (5 ) 200,000 people There is a cathedral (6 ) a university There are bridges over the River, (7 )link Newcastle to the next town Gateshead , (8 ) there is one of (9 ) biggest shopping centers in the world

A few years (10 ), the main industries were shipbuilding and coalmining, but now the chemical and soap (11 ) are (12 ) important

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Early each morning Jack left the house (1 ) he lived and walked to a newsagent’s He bought the morning paper and then (2 ) home again One day in 1954 Jack did that as usual, except (3 ) one thing: he did not return to the (4 ) Mrs Dobbins missed (5 ) husband, but she was a brave woman She took a (6 ) in a shop , working there full time and earning enough money to live (7 ) She (8 ) a lot of new friends and found new interests Many years (9 ) , five, ten, twenty Mrs Dobbins grew old One morning in 1979 Jack came home He held up the morning (10 ) “ Not much news today, “ he said to his wife

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stay (5 ) me while repairs were made The Kemp were always losing things, important things (6 ) money or keys Pictures often fell off the (7 ) in their house; the children often fell out of their (8 ) at night I used to wake (9 ) in the mornings and think : “What strange thing will happen(10 ) that family today?”

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Jane is unhappy at home and unhappy (1 ) work She has a boring job and she doesn’t (2 ) much money Her boss says that he will give (3 ) a pay rise next month, (4 ) he is not sure yet She does not have a car and she goes to work ( ) crowded buses every day She does not have a flat, she ( ) in a small room above a noisy restaurant (7 ) the center of town She finds it (8 ) to sleep because the restaurant does not close until after midnight She thinks that she will go and live with her friend Wendy but she is not sure yet (9 ) she likes living (10 ) her own

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The first human beings probably lived about two and a half million years ago But man did not begin to (1 ) history until he had invented writing only about 5,000 years ago The period before man (2 ) to write is called “prehistory” and the (3 ) “prehistory” refers to (4 ) who lived during that period

Prehistory man (5 ) the first steps in building civilization The (6 ) people were all hunters In time (7 ) learnt to plant crops and (8 ) animals for food, and (9 ) became farmers Prehistoric man (10 ) simple tools, and he discovered (11 ) to make a fire He painted the first pictures and shaped the first (12 ) and he built and governed the cities

Because early man kept no records, scientists search for bones, tools, and other prehistoric (13 ) They studied these objects to learn what early men looked (14 ) and how he lived and how he developed into model man Most of the tools that have been found and studied are made of stone (15 ) the entire period during which early man lived had been called the Stone Age

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Two rich ladies (1 ) sharing a taxi and talking (2 ) the high cost of going anywhere (3 ) taxi

One (4 ) the ladies said, “ taxis are terribly expensive these days The owners get a lot of money ( ) nothing.”

“Yes “ said the (6 ) lady, “ and the drivers get such big tips (7 ) they soon (8 ) rich They ought ( ) be ashamed of themselves”

One of the ladies was (10 )a cigarette After a minute (11 ) two she said (12 ) the other lady.” Can you see an ashtray (13 ) this taxi? There is not (14 ) on my side “

“ No “ said the other “ there isn’t one on this side(15 ) Driver! Where is the ashtray in this (16 ) ?Why haven’t you ( 17 .) one?”

The driver who ( 18 ) heard everything the ladies had said,(19 ), “ Oh, just drop the ashes on the carpet- I have a servant ( 20 ) comes in and cleans three days in a week! “

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sea, wind, sun and too many tourists and hotels I (9 ) my own flat (10 ) four or five rooms but I’m seldom there If I (11 ) there for a day (12 ) two I prefer to ( 13 ) with my mother (14 ) grandmother They live (15 ) a small house, (16 ) it is very comfortable and my mother cooks (17 ) me I like good, simple food I have no wife , no brothers or sisters and my father died when I was ten He was an engineer and I don’t (18 ) him very (19 ) He liked music very much and wanted (20 ) to become a musician

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An old porter had been (l —) for the railway (2———) a very long time He was standing in one of the big railway (3———) in London one morning, waiting for travelers to ask him to (4——) them with their luggage, when he saw a small man running towards the trains, (5——) a bag The porter watched the man for a (6——) seconds, and then the man saw the porter He ran up to him and ( 7—) "can I catch the 10.15 train to London, porter?" He was breathing and sounded worried The old porter looked at him for a moment and then said politely "well, sir I'd like to help you, but I can't (8—) your question, because I don't (9—) how fast you can run along the rails” “You see," he explained, “the 10.15 train to London (10——) five minutes ago”

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The waltz is a well-known (1 ) popular dance, especially (2 ) adults It is a dance (3 ) which dance partners whirl around the dance floor in times (4 ) the music It is a graceful and elegant form (5 ) dance and has been popular many years

It was during (6 ) 18th century that the waltz (7 ) became

popular in Germany Contrary (8 ) popular belief, the waltz was a (9 ) dance Today, however, a slower (10 ) of the waltz has also become popular

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Marie Curie, the Polish-born chemist, was a courageous and determined woman She (1 ) her home in (2 ) to pursue her interest (3 ) science Living (4 ) poverty, she still managed (5 ) graduate at the top of the class She (6 ) Pierre Curie shortly after graduation and (7 ) him a year later

Together, Pierre and Marie formed (8 ) most famous husband and wife partnership (9 ) science history They discovered the radioactive elements, Polonium and Radium They (10 ) awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903

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The food we (1 ) is converted into energy and used (2 ) the body for its different functions These functions include the continuous process (3 ) growth and repair as well (4 ) the ability to physical activities, like running

(5 ) is divided into three main types: Carbohydrates, proteins and fats Carbohydrates and fats can (6 ) used (7 ) fuelling all the body functions, while protein is (8 ) as the building material for the tissues

Vitamins , minerals and fiber too (9 ) required (10 ) ensure a balance and nutritious meal

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The country is (1 ) beautiful than a town and pleasanter (2 ) live in Many people think so and go to the country(3 ) the summer holidays though they can’t live (4 ) all the year round

English villagers are not all alike, but (5 ) some ways they are not very different (6 ) each other Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of (7 ) can be seen many miles around Surrounding (8 ) church is the church yard (9 ) people are buried

The green village (10 ) a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are (11 ) to it Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages (12 ) water brought through pipes each (13 )

Most villages are so close to some small towns (14 ) people can go there to buy (15 ) they can’t find in the village shop

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Public transport (1 ) London (2, ) expensive The fare depends (3 ) the distance of the journey: you can’t buy books of tickets (4 ) advance Children (5 ) sixteen pay half, and those under five (6 ) free

(7 ) the underground railway you buy your tickets (8 ) a machine or a ticket office, and give it (9 ) at the (10 ) of the journey

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Freddy liked to go to the countryside to draw animals and plants One day, while (1 ) across a field, looking (2 ) rabbits to draw, he was so (3 ) in thought that he did not (4 ) a bull running towards him About a hundred metres (5 ) was a tree under (6 ) he usually sat to draw

not see very (9 ) and noticed only shape and movement To (10 ) the bull, he threw his bag away (11 ) him The bull saw the sudden (12 ) and headed (13 ) the bag Freddy quickly climbed up the tree and watched the bull (14 ) his bag (15 ) the bull was satisfied and had gone away, he got down from the tree and ran as fast as he could Everything in the bag was completely ruined

B Choose a suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence I

A Control B deficient C devote D generation E lead F necessary G was H Plentiful I Produce J Proper K Proposing L Providing M Scarce N Seek O Solution P take Q Time R more S usually T scientific U Been

Food (1 ) an important part in the development of nations In countries where food is (2 ), people have to spend most of their (3 ) getting enough to eat This (4 ) slows down progress, because men have little time to (5 ) to science, industry, government and art In nations where food is (6 ) and easy to get men have (7 ) time to spend in activities that (8 ) to progress, human betterment, enjoyment of leisure The problem of (9 ) good food for everybody has not yet (10 ) solved Many wars have been fought for the (11 ) of rich food-producing land But it is no longer (12 ) to go to war for food Countries are beginning to put (13 ) knowledge to work for a (14 ) for their food problems They work together in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to help hungry nations (15 ) more food

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1.much out difficult 4.his gave make so singing needn’t 10 more 11 retired 12 oldest 13 took 14 although 15 who 16 made 17 for 18 any 19 unless 20 did

1 There are no trains today ,……… we have to go by car The teacher says we……… go to school tomorrow Hunger and lack of sleep ……… bad-tempered We needn’t take………equipment ,the school provides it Tropical regions receive ……… rain

7 I didn’t need to catch the bus this morning , because Vic ………me a lift The woman ……….I spoke to wasn’t very polite

9 I admire people who can speak ……….than one language 10 ………he seemed a friendly person , I didn’t like him 11 He wanted to know why I took ………… wallet

12 He started work……….the company two months ago 13 It……… me the whole evening to finish the report 14 My company……… a lot of profits years ago

15 The more famous he was the more ……….for him to avoid reporters 16 ……… someone puts more coal on , the fire will go out

17 A ……….person is paid a pension

18 Now men and women remain single longer than they once ……… 19 Have you got a light ? My cigarette’s gone………

20 Will you stop ……… while I am talking ? III.

1 at the

end off on 4.air-conditioned 5.all my life 6.used to seasons in 9.in the back 10 handsome 11.between 12 careful 13 on 14.trip 15.tired of 16.have you 17 at 18.up 19.good-looking 20.from The Atlantic Ocean is ……….the United States and Europe In the tropics there are only two ………

3 You will burn yourself if you aren’t………

4 The ……… over the mountains was dangerous and difficult A………person has a nice face

6 He has a nice face He’s very ……… The bus is ……….It’s cool in summer

8 I’ve worked hard ………and I’m now old enough to retire I’m ……….seeing her

10 I sometimes stay ………bed until lunchtime 11 The shops close ……… Saturday afternoon

12 The driver got out of the car and began shouting……… me 13 There is an extra wheel ………of the car

14 They help me to lift ……… the table 15 Glass is made ……….sand and lime

16 Take ………your shoes and put………your slippers 17 I knocked the bottle………the table and broke it

18 Tom collects his salary ………of each month 19 You haven’t seen Ann today, ……… ?

20 She ………drinking cold water IV.

1 of

3 enough for

4.reserve reduced8 a 11 anyone12 make 15 ashore16 inflation 19 included20 has

1 Mr Foster will get back from Chicago ………the tenth of January I ………2 letters this morning

3 If I ……… a day off tomorrow , I would go to the beach Listen! there is ………at the front door now

5 Mr Brown didn’t talk to ……… about his problem Is the river deep ………swimming ?

7 You didn’t have to pay any airport taxes They are ……….in the price It’s an excellent ………holiday

9 I can’t give you the job because you no ……… 10 Every country ……….an army to defend the people

11 Taxes are much too high in this country They should be……… 12 More and more oil has been found and being brought ……… 13 Because of ………prices are rising quickly

14 You are making a ……… mistake

15 Hello! Can I ……….an appointment to see the doctor 16 Five thousand men ……….strike

17 That is ……… very unusual stamp 18 These rings are made ……….gold

19 I was ten minutes late ………the interview

V. 1.them 2.heavy 3.to spend 4.seeing hanging space 7.on 8.open 9.take off 10.the chemist’s 11 for 12 ticket 13 are 14.is 15 wardens 16.out of 17 make 18.can 19.rich 20.strong

1.We look forward to ……… you

2 I was lucky enough to find a parking ……… outside the bank There is a lot of traffic ……… this road today

4 She is going to ………a new secondary school The horses are ready ……….today’s big race

6 You will get a parking ……… if you leave the car here All the traffic ……….have gone home

8 I’ve run ……….cash

9 I’ve got a spare……… of petrol in my truck 10 After you……… the speech , we’ll have the lunch 11 There may be ………showers

12 We need ……… tea tonight

13 We aren’t ……….enough to travel everywhere by taxi 14 Why don’t you ………your coat ? It’s rather hot in here

15 If a person wants to get a tube of toothpaste , he’ll probably go to ……… 16 I checked the answers Two of ……… were wrong

17 All the food ………on the table now

18 These parts of the road ……… dangerous in wet weather 19 I told him not ……….all the money

20 I saw something ………from the ceiling VI.

1 so many 2.hasn’t 3.put off so 5.an appointment possible 7.inherited 8.announced soil 10.such people 11.selfish 12.could be 13.surgent 14 were 15.behind 16 great 17.mustn’t 18.to leave 19.score 20.see her off You ……….go to bed late tonight You have to get up early tomorrow He would enjoy the concert if he ……….present

3 If you ………someone else , who would you like to be I have finished my work , but Mary ………

5 I hate ……….so early, but I’m afraid I have to You should not speak to ………

7 He ran ………quick that I could not catch him You should not make ……….mistakes

9 The young woman was sitting in front of him He was sitting ……….her 10 She’s got an average of 9.5 points That the best ………today 11 They had to ……… the match because of heavy rains

12 We went to the airport to………

14 With ……… difficulty, he climbed into the shop window 15 It is now ………for you to meet her

16 She ………a fortune from her father

17 Hello Can I make ……… to see the optician ? 18 Nothing can grow in this poor………

19 He’s a very ……….man He only thinks about himself 20 An operation is usually performed by a……… VII. being 2.is at lives age

6 travelling on

8 will find

9 owns 10 reading 11 reached 12 won’t 13 was 14 for 15 wants 16 their 17.sitting 18 a few 19 little 20 seems Several centuries ago people ………in those hills

2 If you go to see him now , you……… out the truth

3 Does Peter own that car ? No , I think his brother ……….it now Just before we ……….London there was a violent storm We went to his town , but there nothing interesting to see Their minds are empty and their future……… hopeless

7 In the newspaper there ……… a lot of news about the earthquake We must give the pupils an opportunity to find ………own solution to the problem

9 Everyone in the world……….to lead a happy life 10 Hurry up ! We’ve got ……… time

11 He doesn’t speak much English Only ………words 12 I enjoy ………alone

13 Do you mind ……….such a long way to work everyday ? 14 Is this book worth ……… ?

15 Do you know the old man sitting ………the armchair ? 16 Ann will be here soon , ………she ?

17 Tom left school at the ………of 16

18 The building was …………fire when he was working on the eighth floor 19 Don’t use the office phone ……….personal calls

20 He arrived ………….the manager’s office for an interview VIII. at to 3.too heavier into is there 7.a lot of in

9 another one 10 up

11 an 12 is

13 with

14 has forgotten 15 tore 16.boy likes 17.very 18 lived 19 of 20 for Steel is………than wood

2 It cost me ………money to furnish the house This pen is no good Please take it and give……… Is there ………” m ” in that word ?

5 I wish I ……….in Canada

7 One of the players………late

8 Every……….to play one game or another

9 This sweater is ……… big for me I want a small size 10 There is no one in the house , ……….?

11 Our last two lessons were……….long

12 You ……… your shirt There is a hole in the left sleeve 13 I usually go out ………dinner with a friend

14 The plane crashed ………the tree behind me

15 We got there just ……….time to see the end of the programme 16 It’s very nice ……….you to come to see us

17 I was furious , and shouted ……….the student 18 He will take my cousin ……… him

19 The salesman was very rude………the girl 20 He told me to shut ………and get out IX.

1 history 2.answered 3.in

4 box

5 an 6.rent

7.occasionally 8.collecting

9 beats 10 packet 11.interrupt 12 spare

13.past

14.at the moment 15.feels

16.hitch-hiker

17.strike 18.a watch 19.invitations 20.a century 1.Some people are waiting ……….a queue outside the cinema

2 He eats ……… enormous breakfast She ………sees her brother They aren’t working ………

5 Don’t………! Don’t talk while I am talking He asked for a lift He was a ………

7 He replied in French He ……… me in French How many times did the clock……… ?

9 It was fifteen minutes ……… eleven 10 Most people wear or carry………

11 Joe wins every time He always ………Bill 12 Everyone at the party usually……… happy

13 A way of asking people to your party is to send ……… 14 The study of past events is called ………

15 We call a period of exactly one hundred years……… 16 I like ………foreign coins

17 It’s good to something in your ……… time 18 Could I have a ………of tissues, please ?

19 I’d like a ……… of cigarettes

20 If we use another’s house , we must pay……… X.

2.you

3.strong enough 4more carefully

6 find 7.does 8.of

10 at

11.glasses of 12.about

14 from 15 after 16 aren’t I

18.very 19 came 20 anyone Who does this coat belong………?

2 Have a nice holiday Take care……… yourself

3 He’s very selfish He doesn’t care……… other people I look stupid with this haircut Everyone will laugh ……… me She’s very old She needs someone to look ……….her

6 I didn’t have any money I had to borrow some ……… a friend of mine He is ………to such work

8 They asked me where I ……… from ;so I said ‘London” After the meeting the speakers were given ………beer

10 There is now much ……….water in the lake than there was last year 11 It’s very kind of……….to remember my birthday

12 I hope you will have ……….beautiful holiday 13 I am right ,……… ?

14 The cinema would be ……….popular If it had a car park

15 If you ……… any mistakes on the paper , show them to the teacher 16 He worked ………than his brother

17 I’m very ………to see you here

18 He wasn’t noticed by ……….as he got out of the boat 19 She sings better than everybody else in this group ……… 20 Matio walked into the electrical shop ………shop was dark and dirty

C Fill in the missing prepositions: 1, The beggar asked me some money

a at b to c for d with 2, Hurry! We will be late class

a in b to c for d into 3, She spends a lot of money travel a on b for c by d with 4, This pen belongs Mr Abrams

a to b at c with d after I always go to school bus

a on b in c by d through

8 The child ran and tried to hide the tree

a before b behind c in front of d from He tried to explain me what he wanted

a to b for c with d by 10 Esther is looking the book that she lost a for b after c into d over

11 They walked hand-in-hand the side of the canal a along b past c at d on

12 Linda works the post office a by b to c at d on 13 Can you come our party

a for b till c to d toward 14 We arrive the station half an hour late a in b at c on d to 15 I often return my old hometown a at b back c to d towards

D Rewrite the following sentences: I

1 Can you tell me the way to the bank? Can you tell me Her health became worse in her old age Her health didn’t Everybody wishes to live happily

Who doesn’t What is the price of your car?

How much Mary is an excellent dancer

Mary There is no one who does not know it Everybody I can’t swim as well as Tom

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1 We have no time to prepare the speech We don’t have They saw nobody in the room

They didn’t see The cafe has a lot of tables

There London has more than thirty theatres

There are Mary was very kind to me

Mary behaved He delivers his lecture fluently

He is fluent They did their work carefully

They were carefully He delivers his lecture with eloquence He III

1 A mechanic repaired my motorbike last week I had He is not strong enough to that job

He is too They know more about it than we

We don’t It’s a good idea to leave now

You’d You will be ill if you continue to smoke Unless

6 They heard him make an interesting remark He What should one in such cases?

What should We spent an hour digging the garden

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1 She is a very graceful girl

What ! How fast he runs!

He is Remember to take care of yourself

Don’t Don’t forget to go to the meeting on time

Remember She heard the song and she felt homesick

The song made We work all the day and we have no time to spare Our work makes

7 Everybody is fond of spring because of its ideal weather Everybody She likes drinking coffee

She is

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1 I remembered and she remembered

I He didn’t forget and she didn’t forget

He She and I have never been there before

Neither she I’m sorry that I didn’t go to the party last night

I wish that He is not here now

I wish He said to her, “I’ll take you home”

He told The teacher asked whether I had any books

We

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1 Although it rained we went to school

In spite Although she was very old, she was very graceful indeed Despite To learn a foreign language in a week is impossible It is He is a famous writer and everyone knows him

He is such a The store was opened in 1932 by John

John Has anyone told you about it?

Have you Somebody accused him of stealing the money

He Someone is going to repair my TV set tomorrow I’m going to VII

1 There is a lot of frog today

It’s I was very interested in our conversation

It was very interesting This journey has been tiring

It We met in 1798 Do you remember?

Do you remember John borrowed Janet’s bicycle

Janet She knows how to draw well

She is good If you walk slowly, it takes longer to get there

George can’t

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1 “When did you go to school?”

She wanted I lent my car to that man

That’s They’ve been living here for six years now

They moved One of my cousins is spending the weekend with us A cousin I would prefer you to deliver the sofa on Friday

I would rather We got lost because we didn’t have a map

If we I only bought the dog because my children wanted a pet If

8 The man spoke very fast Almost nobody understood what he said The man spoke

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1 Williamson, the policeman, lived next door

The police man, whose I’m sorry I can’t give you all the expensive thing in life I wish I’ve got to get a new computer

What I really need She is very popular with all her students

All Would you like to go for a coffee in 10 minutes?

8 I didn’t have enough time to visit the town properly

The time I had was too X.

1 He was foolish He left such a good firm

He was You want to ask for money You would be stupid if you didn’t You would be Ring me later Would you be so good?

Would you Open the window Would you be good enough?

Would you He worked out the answer It was clever of him

It was They don’t take any part in local life It’s silly of them

It’s He can’t refuse their invitation It would look rude

It would He’s eager He wants to help us with anyway he can

He’s XI.

1 Lan is 16 years old Nam is 14 years old

Nam This activity is interesting A book report is interesting

A book report Lan speaks English better than Hung

Hung I am too busy I can’t wait for you

I am He drives carefully

He is I will come to see you I have spare time

If I To learn English is very interesting

Miss Susan Pike sings

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1 His hobby is to collect stamps

He enjoys How much money will he need?

I don’t know To smoke and to drink wine is not good for your health

It’s He knew her on the first school day ten years ago

They have Most of them enjoy playing football after class

Most of them love When did he have to finish his work?

Ask him The children love to watch the cartoons

The children are They enjoy fishing

Their hobby XIII.

1 He didn’t arrive in time to see her

He didn’t have The lesson is so easy that all of them can learn it by heart

The lesson is His father asked him to paint the gate

His father had He is happy He wants to meet his old friends again

He is happy Mai may not see this film because she is very young

Mai isn’t They are hungry enough to eat all this cake

They can

She ate not We have seen that film twice because it’s very interesting

That film is so XIV.

1 He has to go to work by train because he has difficulty in parking near his office

Why ? Paper is made from soft material called pulp

What ? Nam’s class held a discussion about using paper last week

What ? Nam and Lan spend their holidays on a farm twice a year

How often ? This child drinks glasses of milk a day

How much ? They were fond of listening to pop music yesterday

What ? I don’t know how long they will stay at the birthday party?

How long ? I’ve lost my purse on my way home

What ? XV.

1 I’d like to read books better than to watch TV

I’d “Don’t come to class too late, Mary” said the teacher

The teacher wanted I didn’t invite Alice to lunch in the canteen

Alice

4 She is very busy She has no time to go the cinema

She is All the pupils don’t love to have bad marks

All the pupils What does that word mean?

He asked

7 He can help her with study He explains lessons to her carefully

He can He was anxious He wanted to meet them again

He was E Translate into Vietnamese

1 Bob is a doctor He is English but now he lives in Australia in the small town of Alice Springs He isn’t an ordinary doctor, he is flying doctor Everyday, from a.m to 10 a.m he speaks to people on his radio, then he flies to help them He works 16 hours a day but he loves his job He isn’t married He has no free time People think it’s always warm and sunny in Portugal, but January and February are often cold and wet I don’t like winter I usually meet friends in restaurant and bar and we chat Sometimes we go to a Brazilian bar I love Brazilian music But then suddenly it’s summer and at weekends we drive to the beach, sunbathe, and go swimming I love summer

3 I work for Pentax cameras, in the export department I don’t have a lot of free time, but I have one special hobby – taking photographs, of course! I like taking photographs of flowers, especially in spring Sometimes after work, I relax in a bar near my office with friends My friend, Shigeru, likes singing pop songs in the bar This has a special name ‘karaoke’ I don’t sing- I’m too shy!

4 My house are fantastic It’s right next to the sea My neighbours are very rich Some of them are famous film stars In my house, there are 10 rooms, are bedrooms, and everything is white I also have a swimming pool, a cinema and an exercise room

5 When I grow up, I’m going to be a ballet dancer I love dancing I go dancing three times a week I’m going to travel all over the world and I’m going to learn French and Russian because I want to dance in Paris and Moscow We have long, cold winters and short, hot summers here in Canada We have

a holiday home near the lake, so in summer I go sailing a lot and I play baseball But in winter I often play ice hockey and go ice skating My favourite season is autumn

7 Our house is quite old, about fifty years old It’s quite near to the city center We have a living room, quite a big kitchen and three bedrooms, but the room we all love is our family room

8 Mattie Smith is 91 years old She lives alone in Atlanta, Georgia She start her day at 7:30 First she has a bath, next she cleans the house, and then she sit outside on her verandah and thinks about her past life Then she writes poems about it

9 Now in my job, I travel around the world, and I like all kind of food But my favourite food is a full English breakfast Bacons, eggs, sausage, mushrooms, tomatoes and of course toast I love it, not everyday but when I’m home we have it every Sunday

11 Last Sunday, my friends went to the cinema to see a film but I did not I stayed at home to study English as my English is still poor

12 Although we are very busy learning, we often find time to write letter to our parents to tell them about our studies and our life in the boarding school

13 Listening, speaking , reading and writing are all important skills but most English learners find listening and writing the most difficult ones

14 Next summer, our father will take us to HCM city for your holidays We plan to go by train

15 Now we can not speak English very well but we hope that next year we will speak English better

F Translate into English:

1 Năm học bắt đầu vào tháng chín kết thúc vào tháng năm

2 Mựa hạ ngày dài đêm nhng mùa đông đêm dài ngày

3 Hôm qua thầy giáo bảo ôn lại cũ để kiểm tra

4 Tôi gọi điện cho giám đốc lần nhng hình nh ơng khơng có nhà

6 Mặc dù mệt nhng tiếp tục làm việc dể hoàn thành cc thÝ nghiƯm tríc trêi tèi

7 Hµng tuần thờng nhà vào chiều thứ bảy trở lại trờng vào chiều chủ nhật

8 Mói đến nhận đợc th anh biết anh chuyển vào thành phố HCM ri

9 Tôi cha thể chơi làm việc khác cha hoàn thành hết tập dịch xong khoá

10 Mặc dù nhà xa trờng nhng cha học muộn

11 Khi sống quê, thờng dạo vào buổi sáng

12 ó đến lúc anh phải nghỉ Đã năm anh cha nghỉ phép

13 Nó thích bóng đá từ cịn nhỏ

14 Cậu Hà Nội đợc ? Đợc năm, kể từ tớ vào trờng

15 Tôi thờng hỏi anh nhiều câu hỏi bắt đầu học tiếng Anh

G Multiple choices: I

1 Most people enjoy to different part of the world

a to travel b travel c traveling d traveled Your hair is long It needs

a cutting b to cut c cut d has cut When we left thirsty, we stopped

a drink b to drink c drinking d drank

4 If I understood the question, I give the teacher the correct answer

5 Have you ever to Ho Chi Minh city? Yes, Two times

a been b gone c visited d come

6 This is the place the accident occurred

a which b gone c where d on which

7 I helped my daughter her homework

a finish b finishes c to finish d finished

8 We had better an umbrella when we go out It looks like it’s going to rain

a taken b took c takes d take

9 Listen to what I am saying,

a don’t you b will you c would you d you 10 .time you spend learning English everyday

a How much b How manyc How long 11 This orange tastes

a sweetly b sweety c sweet d sweets

12 .without milk is yours

a Coffee b the coffee c a coffee

13 My mother is a busy woman that she needs a helper

a so b very c such d with

14 Everyone had at the picnic

a good time b a good time c good times d better times 15 She left her job the reasons she explained

a for b on c about d with

16 I don’t like the wine It so sweet

a tastes b looks c sounds d feels

17 These workers are accustomed to at night

a work b working c works d be working

18 My father usually helps me English

a to learn b learn c learning d both a and b II.

1 Mr Brown a car if he had enough money

a will buy b would buy c bought d has bought Of course she would come to the meeting you her

b you are calling d you call My dog always barks if he anything unusual a hears b will hear c would hear d heard

5 If you had locked the gate properly, the robbers into the house a would not break c would not have broken b should not break d would break

6 .if I take the map

a I will get lost c I would get lost b I will not get lost d I would not get lost If I Mary’s address, I her letter

a Have/ would write c Had/would write

b Have/write d had/ wrote

8 If anybody question, please ask me after class

a has b have c have the d has a

9 If ever the child the mother would run to it

a cries b will cry c would cry d cried 10 If he comes here, I

a made him it c make him it b made him doing it d will make him it

H Guided sentence building I.

1 He / one / father /friend

……… It / difficult / get / there / on time

……… I /find /box /empty

……… We /glad / see /our /friends /after /long /time

……… tea / hot/ her / drink

……… They / finally/ find / new/ house/ near / river

……… John/ tall / reach/ picture/ wall

……… How / far / office / from / here ?

……… The / man / you / see / uncle

……… 10 I/ not / understand/ what / saying

II.

1 How / long / it/ you / get / your / school/ bus ?

……… That/ sailor / suffering / a lack / vitamin C

……… She / finish/ work/ very/ soon

……… When / we/ there / train/ already / leave/ station

……… Why / you/ not/ come/ meeting/ yesterday ?

……… This / weather/ not / suitable/ camping/ holiday

……… You / interested/ listen / pop / music/ classical/ music?

……… He / tall/ than/ sister/ a head

……… If/ it / fine/ tomorrow / we / fishing

……… 10 He / late / school / as/ miss/ buss

……… III.

1 We / talk / him / when/ he / come in

……… She/ a bath / every morning

……… Mr Brown / going/ new car

……… He’s / English / two years/ now

……… The/ secretary / already / letters

……… I / my homework/ two hours / ago

……… Now / she / dances/ beautifully/ than / used to

……… Her father /work /engineer /since /1990

……… Peter/ waiting/ his girlfriend / since o’clock

……… 10 This video / film / so/ interesting/ I/ it/ twice

……… IV.

1 He/ learn / English / before/ he/ go / England

……… not/ allowed / enter / museum / before /

……… It / important / her / see/ doctor/ now

……… If/ no/ taxis/ we / walk/ there

……… English / speak/ the / world / nowadays

……… saw / him / walk / alone/ park

……… After / I/ entered/ house / it/ to rain

……… 10 A / liar / believed / nobody

……… V.

1 Money/ not/ important / as/ friendship

……… Spring/ summer/ which / like/ best / beautiful / seasons

……… Mother/ used/ getting/ early/ morning

……… question / can/ answer/ by / friends

……… How / long / you/ make / acquaintance/ her?

……… She/ one / daughter/ work / us

……… We / not / wait/ him/ because/ too / late

……… He / play/ active / part / politics / now

……… There/ be/ a lot/ hotels/ that / city

……… 10 Teacher/ allow / anyone/ talk / loudly/ class

……… VI.

1.17 / years/ finish/ new/ pagoda

……… It/ take / you / collect / picture ?

……… He/ tall / reach / ceiling

……… school / kilometers/ far/ away

……… not/ tell/ me/ much / money/ need

……… He/ wish/ pass/ examination / last year

……… She/ wish/ go/ moon/ by / the end / this year

……… Who / responsible/ all / noise / last?

………

10 I / hope / come / England/ next / year/ spend / some / months / London ………

VII.

1.I / only / to / talk / you

……… I/ need/ things/ the / supermarket

……… President/ the / students’ Council / call / a / meeting

……… What / you / want / me / bring / you ?

………

5 In / fire / at / department / store, / many/ of / ladies’ dresses / destroyed ………

6 Teacher/ us / our/ homework

……… It/ heavy / him / lift

……… I / able/ to / come/ in / tomorrow

……… Stay/ bed/ until/ well/ work

……… 10 Flats/ difficult/ find /Hanoi

……… VIII.

1 He / in/ love/ her / long time

……… I / told/ not/ use/ office phone / personal calls

……… I / not / pleased/ English

……… It / kind / you / invite us

……… He / rude / me / yesterday

……… William / suggest / we / postpone/ trip/ Friday

……… In / opinion/ we / ought / put/ Edward’s suggestion / a vote ……… She / /go / cinema/ every week / because / fond / films

……… Our / guests/ have/ good time / the party / last night

……… 10 The spaceship / land / the middle / green forest

……… IX.

1 I / not / smoke / while / drive / car

……… One / our friends / own / cassette-recorder?

3 you / think / there/ be / intelligent life / the moon?

……… Our / report/ tonight / come live / satellite / the Olympic Games ……… She / live / Ho Chi Minh city / 10 years

……… They/ arrange /provide / new flat / Mrs Hardy

……… She / not / look / intelligent / university professor

……… He / looked / too old / professional footballer

……… take/ him / minutes/ repair / bicycle

……… 10 new / school / front house/ build

………

X.

1.children / busy / homework

……… delighted / hear / twins

……… They / going / have / luggage / take / station

……… Her /father / work / engineer / since 1990

……… policeman / order / them / not / football / street

……… I like / reserve / room / private bath / nights

……… My father / look forward / hear about it

……… You / have / take / him / to hospital / or he / die

……… It / be / the / first time / I / be / Tokyo

……… 10 What / the name / the girl / car / you / borrow?

……… XI.

1 I / busy /talk / you / now

……… She / tell / not / close / window

……… He / one / father / friend

……… I / find / box / empty

……… The / man / you / see / uncle

……… government / has / decide / demolish / /old building

……… You / be / careful / you / cross / road

……… There/ a few / things / that / we / consider

……… 10 cousin/ tell me / your brother / going / England / study ……… XII.

1 I/ think / you / speak / the manager

……… television/ bought / in 1972/ no/ works

………

3 Though / untrained, she / learn / very fast / and / proving / be / good worker ………

4 I want / pack / them / suitcase

……… There / large/ black clouds / streaks of lightning / sky

………

6 I / leave home / 10 a.m/ and when / return / shock / see / house / fire ………

7 We / to join / English –speaking club / very much

………

8 police / say / nobody / injure / during / the fire / last / two / and / a half hours ………

9 She/ not / go / school / regularly / not / make progress ………

10 The winner/ the contest/ will take / home / car / cassette / player / video recorder/ five hundred dollars

……… XIII.

1 dangerous diseases/ cure / penicillin

……… Outside/ shop / people/ sell fruit / small things

……… Look / sun/ set / mountains

……… I/ not usually / carry / passport / me/ I / afraid / lose it

……… My brother/ learn/ English/ years

……… going / London / a few days / next month

……… games/ hold/ every year

……… I/ please/ hear / your marriage

……… I / invite / party / occasion/ her birthday / last week

……… 10 see/ off my friend / at / airport/ yesterday

XIV.

1 The film/ show / television / three times

……… John/ not have/ his car / wash / over six months

……… A man / black beard/ break/ her house/ night before

……… I / not cook/ well/ my mother /

……… Smoking/ not / allow / class

………

6.I/ never come / see/ again/ unless she/ apologize / what / / my daughter ………

7 My wife / not interested/ watch / football

……… Mrs Laine / go home / work/ last night / not find/ house ……… I / look forward / start work/ you

……… 10 She/ drive/ all day She/ drive / 400 miles

……… XV.

Dear John,

1.I be/ afraid not/ able / meet you/ when / arrive/ airport

……… Unfortunately/ no easy way/ get here / apart/ take/ taxi ……… 3.If you / not much luggage/ suggest/ underground

……… When/ come out/ left / walk along/ main road

……… You/ change twice/ get/ nearest station

……… My house / be Pipe road/ first floor

……… If you / not mind/ slower journey/ be direct bus

……… There/ be / bus stop/ opposite / Greenwood station

……… ask/ driver/ when/ want/ get off

……… 10 look forward/ meet you / Friday evening

………

Yours sincerely David

1 I/ pleased/ meet/ you/ am/ to

This/ not/ is/ exercise/ do/ difficult/ to

Jane/ give/ decided/ a/ husband/ has/ Christmas/ ring/ for/ to/ her

party/ Vera/ to/ come/ couldn’t/ the/ because/ aunt/ visit/ her/promised/to/she I/ stay/ want/ do/ home/ not/to/ at/ tonight/.Let’s/ pub/ to/ the/ go

you/ remember/ can/ says/what/ she?

playing/ now/ he/ is/ football ?

I/ School/ the/ of/ Languages/ am/ at/ International

There/ potatoes/ any/ fridge/ are/ in/ not/ the

10 in/ teacher/ is/ France/ he/ a

II.

1 class/ students/ are/ her/ in/ Europe/ all/ from

and/ how/ a/ water/ chicken/ much/ is/ mineral/ a?

She/ free/ walking/ time/ in/ likes/ her

he/ children/ have/ three/ does?

time/ arrive/ school/ what/ he/ at/ does?

lives/ mountain/ in/ she/ village/ in/ a/ the

there/ books/ table/ are/ any/ the/ on ?

he/ many/ teach/ does/ how/ students/ class/ his/ in/ English?

football/ plays/ he/ his sons/ free/ with/ time/ in/ his

10 nurse/ after/ a/ looks/ in/ people/ hospital/ a

III.

1 What/ it/ last/ was/ month/ month?

He/ chess/ play/ when/ could/ was/ he/ five

quickly/ had/ I/ breakfast/ late/ because/ was/ for/ work/ I

carefully/ listen/ want/ come/ I/ immediately/ to/ home

Summer/ like/ the/ I/ best because/ hot/ long/ it/ the/ and/ days/ is/ are English/ how/ lessons/ have/ many/ a/ do/ you/ week?

do/ one/ which/ you/ want?/ one/ one/ big/ little/ the/ the/ or?

at/ you/ buy/ a/ can/ of/ lemonade/ bottle/ shops/ the?

10 France/ bigger/ England/ is/ much/ than

IV.

1 this/ like/ to/ out/ to/ you/ would/ eat/ evening/ go?

finished/ reading/ you/ newspaper/ the/ have?

to/ she/ tried/ stop/ has/ smoking/ can’t/ but/ she

having/ we/ moment/ are/ at/ test/ a/ the/ written

where/ live/ you/ did/ a/ when/ were/ you/ child?

badly/ team/ played/ the/ lost/ and/ match/ the

night/ go/ you/ last/ did/ out?

not/ she/ going/ wear/ is/ to/ skirts/ blouses/ and

sitting/ near/ she/ window/ is/ the?

10 chairs/ how/ are/ in/ many/ there/ kitchen/ the?

V.

1 you/ wine/ how/ would/ much/ like?

The/ the/ country/ city/ expensive/ is/ more/ than

eat/ people/ of/ fish/ in/ a/ Japan/ rice/ and/ lot

have/ what/ breakfast/ do/ for/ you?

flowers/ living room/ are/ in/ there/ some/ the/ beautiful

was/ sister/ work/ when/ started/ my/ she/ eighteen

could/ party/ I/ not/ to/ go/ the/ night/ last/ because/ was/ ill/ I

she/ have/ sandwiches/ does/ any?

birthday/ is/ of/ her/ October/ the/ first/ on

10 married/ sister/ is/ your?

VI

1 often/ weekends/ go/ I/ at/ swimming

surname/ how/ spell/ you/ do/ your?

isn’t/ coffee/ nice/ English/ very

did/ feel/ how/ before/ you/ exam/ the?

you/ ever/ to/ have/ HCM city/ been?

often/ you/ to/ cinema/ how/ go/ do/ the?

night/ phoned/ her/ I/ last/ but/ answer/ was/ no/ there

mother/ did/ job/ my/ like/ not/ her/ first

10 am/ thirsty/ I/ drink/ have/ can/ a/ I?

VII.

1 waiting/ an/ for/ still/ he/ answer/ is/ Mary/ from

going/ read/ you/ to/ are/ about/ text/ a/ what/ people/ British/ eat?

Prague/ one/ the/ is/ of/ beautiful/ most/ Europe/ in/ cities

on/ you/ last/ go/ holiday/ where/ year/ did?

is/ newspaper/ reading/ room/ the / he/ a/ in/ now

favourite/ is/ food/ what/ your?

house/ smaller/ our/ is/ theirs/ than

is/ to/ who/ tonight/ going/ party/ the?

I/ home/ going/ early/ am/ finish/ homework/ my/ to

10 English/ you/ learning/ better/ are/ to/ job/ get/ a?

VIII.

1 She/ good/singing/ is/ at/ guitar/ the/ playing/ and

is/ weather/ today/ what/ the/ like?

3.There/ bread/ table/ is/ some/the/ on/ but/ coffee/ is/ any/ there/ not

does/ petrol/ much/ a/ cost/ litre/ of/ how?

English/ want/ learn/ to/ you/ do/ why?

come/ today/ school/ how/ you/ to/ did?

a/ cigarettes/ your/ smoke/ many/ father/ does/ how/ day?

a/ are/ dancer/ beautiful/ you?

for/ lived/ a/ he/ foreign/ has/ country/ two/ in/ years

10 went/ last/ I/ Sunday/ shopping/ but/ nothing/ bought/I

IX

1 How/ studied/ you/ English/ long/ have?

2 I/ not/ her/ received/ letter/have/ yet

wrote/ her/ about/ she/ life/ nurse/ as/ a

easy/ it/ him/ for/ is/ start/ for/ to/ job/ new/ a/ looking/

stopped/ tennis/ playing/ we/ because/started/ rain/ it/ to

you/ English/ think/ is/ do/ difficult/ learn/ to?

goes/ my/ to/ nice/ daughter/ school/ a/ very

teacher/ talking/ moment/ is/ the/ at/ your?

many/ can/ how/ languages/ speak/ he?

10 the/ family/ I/ my/ oldest/ am/ in

X

1 than/ weather/better/ today/ the/ is/ much/ yesterday

order/ to/ wine/ you/ like/ some/ would?

buy/ fruit/ could/ you/ some/ when/ shop/ go/ the/ to/ you?

in/ days/ how/ a/ there/ many/ are/ year?

interesting/ last/ watched/ TV/ we/ night/ on/ an/ film

all/ the/ people/ English/ speak/ over/ world

morning/ you/ time/ get/ what/ every/ up/ do?

mother/ usually/ by/ office/ to/ my/ goes/ her/ bus

did/ rain/ not/ it/ a/ during/ lot/ holiday/ our

10 Chinese/ like/ food/ I/ but/ at/ my/ all/ does/ husband/ not/ it/ like

XI

1 book/ interesting/ than/ my/ your/ more/ is/ book

bought/ expensive/ shop/ the/ in/ watch/ most/ Peter/ the

vegetables/ you/ what/ would/ like?

tired/ she/ not/ was/ so/ bed/ go/ not/ did/ she/ to

New York/ expensive/ is/ it/ like/ but/ I

are/ magazines/ some/ table/ there/ under/ the

the/ is/ first/ you/ do/ what/ the/ morning/ in/ thing?

tea/ you/ do/ or/ have/ breakfast/ coffee/ for?

9 children/ with/ never/ our/ us/ come

10 at/ the/ opens/ 9.30/ bank/ morning/ in/ the/ closes/ 4.00/ at/ and

XII

1 a/ is/ photo/ desk/ there/ on/ the/, telephone/ front/ in/ of/ the

the/ trees/ in/ any/ flowers/ garden/ there/ are/ and?

interested/ am/ in/ job/ of/ the/ I/ teacher/ here/a

come/ today/ you/ how/ school/ did/ to?

bank/ they/ the/ to/ clerk/ money/ them / forced/ give

after/ she/ shopping/ work/ go/ usually/ does?

played/ the/ garden/ children/ in/ the/ happily

Tom/ going/ move/ I/ house/ week/ and/ are/ to/ our/ next

you/ restaurants/ how/ eat/ often/ do/ in?

10 We/ restaurant/ go/ a/ often/ evenings/ Friday/ to/ on

XIII

1 good/ see/ it/ to/ is/ again/ you/ Where/ been/ you/ have?

parents/ give/ going/ my/ me/ to/ are/ present/ birthday/ a

did/ train/ last/ you/ by/when/ travel?

Paul/ read/ until/ not/ he/ could/ was/ eight

school/ are/ students/ in/ many/ there/ your/ how/ foreign?

any/ cheese/ is/ in/ fridge/ the/ there?

house/ this/ like/ we/ so/ not/ to /it/ sell/ going/ we/ are

always/ has/ for/ some/ breakfast/ he/ milk

book/ what/ reading/ she/ of/ is/ kind?

10 bothers/ do/ have/ sisters/ any/ you/ or?

XIV

1 on/ there/ good/ a/ TV/ is/ film/ tonight

the/ buy/ do/ any/ at/ bread/ not/ shops!

looking/ a/ is/ better/ Tony/ job/ for/ here

4 to/ we/ wear/ a/ have/ in/ school/ our/ uniform

dinner/ Steve/ coming/ for/ tonight/ is

much/ weekend/ there/ so/ to/ work/ at/ is/

could/ do/ what/ you/ were/ 10/ when/ you?

pass/ not/ last/ exam/ Paul/ the/ year/ did

Sunday/ we/ last/ to/ night/ party/ went/ a

10 the/ at/ Sue/ studying/ John/ medicine/ are/ and/ moment

XV

1 to/ your/ going/ is/ give/ teacher/ you/ homework/ today/ some?

time/ home/ did/ what/ you/ get/ yesterday?

his/ afraid/ I/ Mr Smith/ am/ moment/ is/ office/ not/ at/ in/ the

difficult/ to/ find/ it/ face to face/ talk/ I/ people/ to

did/ yesterday/ how/ your/ to/ father/ get/ work ?

has/ present/ my/ given/ sister/ my/ uncle/ a/ birthday/ for/ her

angry/ he/ for/ was/ late/ her/ coming

took/ a/ time/ it/ long/ them/ decide/ to/ to/ for/ married/ get

their/ are/ forward/ to/ they/ looking/ meeting/ again/ friends/ old

10 brothers/ of/ is/ one/ my/ engineer/ an

XVI

1 be/ tomorrow/ what/ the/ like/ weather/ will?

waited/ for/ we/ since/ teacher/ our/ o’clock/ have

you/ at/ what/ doing/ o’clock/ afternoon/ were/ yesterday?

to/ not/ enough/ the/ going/ child/ to/ is/ start/ old/ school

flowers/ some/ are/ in/ living room/ there/ the/ beautiful

the/ food/ if/ there/ in/ no/ fridge/ is/ out/ will/ eat/ we

is/ weather/ too/ the/ for/ bad/ us/ picnic/ go/ a/ to/ for/ out

easy/ is/ not/ to/ it/ learning/ start/ foreign language/ a/ his/ at/ age

10 happy/ I/ get/ to/ am/ letter/ your/ very

XVII

1 why/ come/ did/ to/ meeting/ not/ you/ yesterday/ the?

book/ not/ table/ on/ is/ the/ my

news/ did/ hear/ the/ this/ radio/ morning/ on/ you/ the?

children/ in/ free/ reading/ books/ my/ like/ picture/ their/ time

at/ prefers/ she/ home/ shopping/ than/ going/ staying

living/ are/ conditions/ better/ than/ cities/ country/ in/ the

not/ is/ book/ read/ to/ this/ easy

up/ I/ a.m/ usually/ at/ get/ because/ at/ start/ I/ a.m/ work

the/ she/ busy/ week/ is/ all/ so/ evening/ in/ always/ she/ the/ relaxes 10 Maria/ happy/ not/ is/ because/ car/ no/ she/ has/ new

XIII

1 likes/ football/ TV/ he/ on/ watching/ but/ like/ he/ playing/ doesn’t

winter/ ice-hockey/ plays/ he/ in/ skiing/ goes/ and

invites/ Sunday/ she/ evening/ on/ often/ friends/ house/ to/ her/ her

I/ sea/ family/ live/ house/ with/ in/ near/ the/ a/ my

hot/ in/ is/ Summer/ it/ Canada/ in?

There/ cupboard/ are/ the/ cups/ some/ in/ but/ any/ there/not/are/ glasses students/ been/ for/ we/ two/ have/ years

How/ in/ worked/ long/ you/ this/ have/ bank?

homework/ evening/ finished/ at/ she/ yesterday/ her/

10 month/ get/ they/ to/ in/ are/ next/ going/ married/ Hanoi

XIV

1 visit/ you/ on/ often/ Tuesdays/ who/ and/ Saturdays/ do?

accident/ on/ there/ yesterday/ was/ bridge/ an/ the/ morning

ever/ you/ any/ broken/ have/ glasses?

home/ 8.30/ leaves/ he/ and/ at/ work/ by/ goes/ train/ to

mountains/ see/ you/ from/ the/ can/ room/ your ?

6 watch/ film/ interesting/ did/ TV/ night/ you/ last/ that/ on?

machines/ most/ washing/ now/ have/ people/clothes/ for/their/ automatic start/ not/ she/ until/ does/ afternoon/ in/ 1.00/ the/ work

to/ John/ off/ forgot/ turn/ lights/ the/bed/ to/ when/ he/ went

10 an/ test/ we/ English/ have/ going/ are/ to/ written/ tomorrow

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1 town/ somewhere/ the/ Jane/ of/ centre/ works/ in

children/ with/ so/ some/ good/ are/ now/ computers

photo/ wall/ behind/ the/ the/ telephone/ is/ on/ the

often/ my/ late/ school/ son/ is/ for

any/ there/ good/ area/ not/ this/ are/ restaurants/ in

us/ our/ gave/ a/ of/ yesterday/ teacher/ lot/ homework

fastest/ world/ the/ the/ Concorde/ is/ in/ plane/ passenger

the/ we/ at/ waited/ in/ rain/ bus/ hour/ an/ stop/ for/ the

to/ much/ get/ how/ into/ is/ the/ it/ museum?

10 travel/ going/ why/ he/ agent’s/ is/ to/ the?

J Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets

I

Once upon a time there was a girl called Little Red Riding Hood who [live] with her mother Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother 2[ invite] her to her cottage, so one fine day she [ set] off to visit her On her arm she carried a basket which contained a cake her mother had baked specially It was a lovely spring morning , the sun 4[shine ] and the birds [sing] , happy that the winter was over

Even though her mother [ tell ] her to follow the path through the fields, the naughty child decided [ take] a shot cut through a wood As she went deeper and deeper into it , the cold and darkness [frighten] her She [ make ] her way along the narrow path when she heard a noise All of a sudden , a big wolf jumped out from behind a bush and 10 [come] towards her

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The New Mozart

sometimes [call] ‘the new Mozart’ He says “I’m shy , but I love [give ] concerts “

Lukas was born in Opara in the Czech Republic but now he [live] with his parents in Vienna where he practices the piano six hours a day He goes to school two days a week Lukas [ play] the piano when he was two and he could read music before he could read books Now he [ write] music ,too

Lukas [ not just play] the piano , he plays football and ice hockey He says “ Mozart 10 [be ] poor and he couldn’t play football, so I’m not like him at all”

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15 Linden street

5430 Wettinger Switzerland 14th February

Dear Ann,

Thanks for your letter, which [arrive] yesterday I like to hear from you The news of your interview is very interesting You [ not say] you got the job I am so sorry that you have been burgled again How many times this [ happen] to you ? Five hundred dollars 4[be ] a lot of money Do the police know who [do] it? You wanted me to tell you about what I [do ] here and how my life was Well I enjoy my course very much The course is good, but harder than I [ think]

First I didn’t have friends, but I soon [find] some

I must finish now A friend of mine must write a letter in French and I promised [ help] him

Write or phone me soon If you come to Switzerland please come to see me, but remember 10[ take] warm clothes It’s very cold here

With best wishes, Mary

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Education in Britain

Every child in Britain must by-law [ receive] full time education from the age of five to sixteen Many parents [ send] their children to state school where the tuition and the equipment , including textbooks and exercise books [be ]free Some children , before [go]to school , go to kindergartens Boys and girls are 5[educate] together there there are also some single-schools ,particularly among independent(non-state) ones

Under the old system children [attend] primary school (from five to eleven), which 7[be] followed by a secondary school course(from eleven to fifteen or over) At eleven every child 8[ have] sit for the eleven-plus examination It consisted of tests in English, arithmetic and intelligence test Those with the highest marks ( about 20% of the children ) [go] to grammar school The others 10 [go] to technical school

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The Twenty-second Olympic Games

Sportsmen from eighty -one countries from all the five continents [take] part in the Moscow Olympic Games For the first time in the history of the Games there [be ] very many sportsmen from the developing countries of Africa and Asia

During the time of the Games five million sportsmen , tourists and guests 7[visit] different sports events in the Olympic cities of Moscow Over 5,500 correspondents 8[ send] articles to their newspapers and magazines about everything that they [see] there People in different countries 10[ watch] the Games on their T.V

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In the home , scientific progress has made life easier and more pleasant A housewife once [ have to] spend almost all her time 2[ wash] and 3[sew] clothes, cooking and preserving food , cleaning house Science [ provide] electric energy 5[run ] washing machines, sewing machines refrigerators and air- conditioners Electric light [replace] the candles , oil lamps and gas flames that once [light] homes Frozen foods and automatic stoves 8[make] the preparation of meals more convenient Detergents 9[ make] cleaning and washing easier These and other advances 10[ give] the housewife more time for recreation and

community activities

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Save The Earth

We are all slowly destroying the earth The seas and rivers are too dirty 1[ swim]in There [be ] so much smoke in the air that it is unhealthy to live in many of the world’s cities In one well-known city , for example , poisonous gases from cars [pollute] the air so much that traffic policemen [have ] wear oxygen masks

We 5[ cut] down so many trees that there are now vast of wasteland all over the world As a result , farmers in countries in Asia there [ too] little rice Moreover , we [not take] enough care of the countryside Wild animals are quickly

[ disappear] For instance, tigers are rare in India now because we [kill] too many for them to survive We must act now before it is too late 10 [ do] anything about it

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Unity is strength

A farmer whose sons were always at loggerheads [try] to persuade them

2[ mend ]their ways, but found that no words [make] any impression on them So he decided to give them an object-lesson He made them [bring] a bundle of sticks, and started by [ give] them the bundle and [tell] them to break the sticks Try as they would they could not

Then he [untie] the bundle and handed them the sticks one at a time , so that they [ break] them easily “ It will be the same with you my children” , he said, “ as long as you agree together no enemy [ overcome ]you ; if you quarrel,

you 10 [ fall] an easy prey”

Divided, men are vulnerable ;it is union that makes them strong

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We know that Jack London 1[bear ] into a poor family, and that he [have] to work during his school years He [meet ] many difficulties when he [ try] to become a writer In his famous novel “Martin Eden”, the poor young hero meets a rich girl He [be] ashamed [tell] her that he never [ read ] any poems, and that he never even [hear ] the names of some of the world’s greatest poets With her help , he [begin] to read and study Martin 10 [become] famous , but the novel doesn’t end happily

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The names of many English and American writers [become] famous in our country Boys and girls everywhere [read] Dicken’s novels, and Defoe’s well-known story of Robinson Crusoe

I remember, when I [be] a boy, I [cry] with Dicken’s poor children and [ live] on the island with Robinson Crusoe I [fly] to the moon with Well’s heroes

Perhaps we sometimes [joke ] about two young people and we call them Romeo and Juliet But our hearts [be] always with these two brave young people in Shakespeare’s play, who [fight] for a new life and who 10 [die] because the world in which they lived was so bad

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Stamps

The first stamp in the world [ be ] an English stamp It [ make] in 1840 Before that time people [pay] money to the postman for every letter they received and the postman [not give] letters to anybody who [ not pay] him

An English teacher whose name is Rowland Hill [ think] much about it One day he said that people who [write] the letters [have] pay for them and not the people who got the letters He [speak] about it to people in the Government Soon all the post-offices 10 [begin] to sell little pieces of paper with a stamp on them

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The morning train seemed more crowded with passengers than usual At first I [think] I would have to stand for the whole journey, but when the train [leave] the station , I [see] an empty seat next to the window I [look] carefully around but non of the passenger seemed 5[ have] that seat I came up to that seat and [sit] down

Opposite me was a boy He [ play] with a small object A small toy , no doubt, but as soon as I [look] at it again, I realized why I [find] the seat so easily The small object 10 [be] a large spider

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Edward caught the express train early in the morning He [ to go] to the next town to visit his relations He [to get] up very early , so he felt tired, and soon [ to fall] asleep About half an hour later , he [to wake] up suddenly in the middle of a dream In his dream, he [to be ] in a crowded tunnel People [ to push] him from all directions, and [to pull] at his clothes As he woke up, he realized that was not only a dream-somebody [ to pull] at his coat pocket He opened his eyes just in time [ to catch] sight of a man slipping out of the compartment His hand went to his pocket-his wallet was missing ! He jumped up and 10 [to run] into the corridor but the man had vanished

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If you 1[to meet] 15-year-old Jane Coke in the street , you may not notice

anything special about her But she [to be] no ordinary schoolgirl, because while [to study] hard for her exams, she is trained [ to take] part in the European table tennis championship this summer Jane will be one of the youngest contestants , but those who [to know] her [to be] confident that she

7 [to do] well Jane’s problem at the moment [to find] time for both table tennis and schoolwork

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Many English families [to have] three early callers between the hours of and 8.30 in the morning Two of them , the postman and the milkman , are doing their full-time jobs , but the third , the newspaper boy(or girl) [to earn] some pocket money before [to go] to school The boy or girl [to do] this “ newspaper round”, as the job is called , [to get] to the shop at about o’clock and begins by [to sort] out the various newspapers and magazines ordered regularly by the 40 or so families on the round The delivery [to make] days a week in all weathers and the rate of pay [to be ] usually in the region of $2.50 per week for approximately one hour’s work each morning

Children [to do] this work 10 [to be] normally between 14 and 16 years of age

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4 [to be] the biggest city in Australia , the busiest port in the South Pacific and one of the most beautiful cities in the world

There are over 20 excellent beaches close to Sydney and in warm summer climate and cool winter [to make ] it a favourite city There are three things that make Sydney famous , its beautiful harbour, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which [to build] in 1932 and the Sydney Opera House , which [to open] in 1973

There [to be] many more interesting things in Sydney,for example, rows of interesting old houses that [to build] in the 19th century ,and everywhere, the sea,

summer or winter, day or night this 10 [to be] an outdoor city

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One day a well known singer was invited by a rich lady to her house His name is Corney He 1[ ask] to sing to the guests He [ not invite] to have dinner with them ; dinner was ordered for him downstairs together with the lady’s

servants He [to have] a good dinner and after it he [to address] the servants “Well, now, my good friends,” he said “I [to want] to sing to you”

There [to be] no piano , but he sang for half an hour even without it

At ten o’clock the singer was asked to come upstairs to the lady’s guests Corney went there All the guests [to wait] for him

“We are ready” said the lady “ Ready for what?” asked Corney “For your songs” she answered

“ But I [sing] only an hour ago and I can’t sing twice in the evening” “ It’s impossible! where you [to sing] ? Exclaimed the lady

‘ I’m sorry that you 10 [to be] not there,” said Corney “but you know, I always have dinner with the company to which I sing”

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K Correcting the mistakes in each sentence:

1 I’m from Hamburg Where you from?

This is Max and Lisa They is from the USA

I’m married and I has two children

She wants learning English for her job

This is my sister His name is Emma

I can here you but I can’t see you

7 He doesn’t plays football

Marian likes eat seafood

My daughter often gets up on 7.30 every morning

10 In Sundays, we often go shopping

11 How many wine would you like to drink?

12 We are like reading books very much

13 On weekend, they often visit their grandparents

14 He doesn’t no where I am living

15 When she was 15 months old, she can walk

16 How many books is there on the table?

17 John can to speak English very fluently

18 Yesterday they wasn’t at home

19 There’s a hospital next my house

20 What’s he’s address?

21 My teacher name is Tony

22 How often you go to the cinema?

23 Is it good get up early in the morning?

24 Where lives she?

25 She’s work three days a week

26 Mary likes skiing and go for a walk in her free time

27 It isn’t easy understanding them

28 He doesn’t married

29 Does she has two sons?

30 How much children you have?

31 What times is it now?

32 There isn’t any students in the classroom

33 Where you go in Sunday evenings?

34 There are some water in this bottle

35 I have any photos of my uncle

36 Look at this house over there

37 How many of people are there in your family?

38 My son can using a computer

39 I am born in Nam Dinh in 1987

40 Was they at the party last night?

41 Do you stay home on Tuesday evenings?

42 There aren’t some sandwiches here

43 She was no at home yesterday morning

44 He can play chess when he was five years old

45 Does she have many free time?

46 Mr Black buyed a pair of shoes yesterday

47 Where you went three hours ago?

48 What the weather like today?

49 How long you lived in Hanoi?

50 Mr Brown enjoys to eat in restaurants at weekends

51 How many does this watch cost?

52 What had you have for breakfast every morning?

53 When did that school course started?

54 Did she got the job?

55 What sports you do? “Well, I’d like swimming very much!”

56 Can I help you? “Yes, I like some stamps, please!”

57 What is your favourite program in TV?

58 How much eggs are there in the fridge?

59 Can I have a bread, please?

60 Did you watch TV at yesterday evening?

61 I am hungry I like a sandwich

62 What can you when you were 10 years old?

63 She is looking after her keys now

64 What did your family have for breakfast every morning?

66 They have lot of homework today

67 The city is more noisier than the country

68 In English, Hoa is best of all

69 Is your car expensiver than mine?

70 Yesterday is more hot than today

71 Recently banks started to offer many new services to their customers 72 I haven’t receive her letter yet

73 He doesn’t got any sisters

74 My homework is the baddest in the class

75 She can dance very beautiful

76 How often your father go to the pub?

77 Look! He has driven fast

78 Her uncle is a carefully man

79 His way of telling stories is so bored

80 My birthday is in 1st November 1987.

81 He is the most young in the class

82 When I am 12 years old , I could swim

83 How long had you have your car ?

84 Who wrote this letter to you ?

85 Collecting stamps is one of my hobby

86 She loves playing with her children on her free time

87 In weekends, we often go to the countryside

88 We meet her three weeks

ago 89 They are listening for the radio in the living room

now 90 How long does it takes you to go to

school ?

91 Are there some letters for me this

morning ?

92 Doesn’t buy any bread at the shops There’s a lot in the

93 I am thirsty so I like a cold

drink

94 Sarah thinks her house are very

small

95 She doesn’t to want to go out

tonight

96 What is sort of food does she

like ?

97 Who is her

address?

98 Are you a doctor ? “ Yes, I do”

99 She is living at her parents

100 What you would like to

drink ?

101 My house is middle of the post office and the

restaurant

102 Her husband likes China food

103 John can plays football very

well 104 Is it you’re

book ?

105 This is my book Is that

her ? 106 He arrived on the station just in

time 107 In England, you can’t leave school and get a job if you are

16 108 The woman are looking after her

son 109 I finished my homework, then I play

games

110 Ann left school in the age of

17 111 Hurry up! We haven’t got many

time 112 We like going to the sea at

Summer

113 I like Chinese food and my husband doesn’t like it at

all 114 Look at this beautiful

flowers

115 What does your family in

Christmas ?

117 Her T-shirt is more cheap than mine

118 People all in the world speak

English

119 Did you speak to the teacher on the

homework?

120 As I was having a bath, the telephone ring in the

room

121 I can’t see something because it’s very dark

122 She is tallest member in her family

123 Who are you talking to? “Anybody”

124 Henry became so angrily that he shouted loudly

125 Let’s play cards on dinner

126 We met them when we are on holiday

127 They speaking English at the moment

128 Every country have an army to defend the people

129 My uncle has just given up smoke

130 Could she dance as beautiful as

you ? 131 This interesting book is worth to read

132 I am looking forward to see you next week

133 We went to his town, but there are nothing interesting to see

134 How far will it take ? “ About 20 minutes “

135 My sister enjoys to cook very much

136 Let’s go there on foot Fresh air will get you good

137 You shouldn’t let him sleeping so long

138 The woman wants buying a warm coat

139 This is most interesting film I’ve ever seen

140 How long had you this watch ? “ For five years”

141 Hanoi is more big than Haiphong

142 Nam learns English very good

143 How often does your mother goes to the cinema ?

145 That is your English dictionary Where is my ?

146 Peter is very good at tennis He won the game easy

147 Where is going Tom on holiday ?

148 My mother always works hardly

149 The children came into the classroom quiet

150 Where is your grandparents living now ?

151 Everybody was very worrying when they heard the news

152 Do you can help me please ?

153 When I saw the accident, I phone the police immediately

154 I’ve seen Jones yesterday

155 I’m sorry, I no can go to the party

156 Did she just bought a new car ?

157 The child’s behaviour was really annoyed

158 She has ever been to America

159 There is a big difference in city and country

160 Where does live Anna’s sister ?

161 What sort of music you like ?

162 What means scream ?

163 Whose you have dinner with ?

164 Do your homework very careful

165 Alice is tall and she’s got long,black hairs

166 I’m wearing a jeans

167 Look at Joe ! He stands next to Jeremy

168 Yesterday was more hotter than today

169 You drive too fastly ! Slow down!

170 Do you got any bread ?

171 Every Sunday I am playing football with my friends

172 I love Japanese food What’s about you?

173 How many money have you saved?

174 My sister always go to the University on foot

175 Mary arrive at the airport at 10 last night

176 Her homework is more difficult than our

177 She could to speak three languages when she was 18

178 Write in when you were at school

179 We didn’t enjoyed the film very much

180 I had a dinner with my old friends last week

181 My children like they’re school very

much

182 How old was Dickens when he die ?

183 He was in New York the last month

184 How many rooms there are in your flat?

185 Near of my house there’s a park

186 She’s gets up at every morning

187 Sally is a nice girl, and I like

188 My brother he works in a bank

189 Does she lives in a house or a flat ?

190 What you usually in weekends?

191 He said his teacher that he was at school yesterday

192 Do you want come with us to the cinema ?

193 It’s easy understanding what she’s saying

194 What you tonight?

195 Say me when you want to stop for lunch

196 He hasn’t never been to Paris

197 I have wrote to her four times but she hasn’t answered yet

198 It’s stopped rain Let’s go for a walk

199 What did she tell about the dinner party?

200 Please find out when the next plane leaves to Hongkong

There is a lot of salt on the earth, and it mixes very well with water There is some salt in all water Water on the land runs into lakes and rivers These rivers runs into the seas and oceans They carry a little salt with them Some of the ocean water moves into the air and clouds It evaporates It stays in the ocean

The water in the oceans has more salt than river water Ocean water is about 3-1/2% (three and half percent) salt Some seas have more salt than others

Some lakes not have a river to carry the water and salt away Some of the water leaves the lakes It evaporates, but the salt can not These lakes are very salty There are two famous lakes like this They are the Dead Sea in the Middle East and the Great Salt Lake in the State of Utah in the United States They are much saltier than the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

1 What does salt mix well with? Where does river water go? Where does the salt in the ocean go? Which have more salt, rivers or oceans? Are there fish in the Dead Sea? Why?

II. Two years ago I went camping in Scotland at the end of August with my wife and three children It’s awful We rented a car from the airport and drove there, but our car broken down, and when we arrived at the campsite, it was dark The campsite was really full and we couldn’t sleep because it was very noisy

During the night it started to rain and it didn’t stop for days After nights we decided to go into the town We found a cheap hotel, but they didn’t have any rooms Finally we drove back to London and got the next flight back to Spain

1.When and where did they go camping ?

Was there something wrong with their car? What was that?

Could they sleep well at night? Why? Why not?

What was the weather like?

What did they finally?

III. When the children have completed the test, it is marked in a standardized way Tests are so constructed that all the answers can only be either right or wrong The process of making is therefore quite mechanical Each marker is provided with a key, and simply tots up the correct answers Then the results of a large number of test papers are compared, and each child is given an intelligence quotient (IQ) which indicates his level of intelligence in relation to an established average

1 In what way is the test marked?

2 What indicates a child’s level of intelligence in relation to the established average?

Why is the process of making quite mechanical?

Who is given an intelligence quotient?

IV. Every year many people in the world learn English Some of them are young children Others are teenagers Many are adults Some learn at school, some learn in the evening classes A few learn English by themselves or just by hearing the language on television or among their friends Most people must work hard to learn English

Why all people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question Young children learn English at school because it is one of their subjects Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies, because many of their books are in English Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English Who wants to learn English?

2.What most people to learn English?

What does “ teenagers “ mean?

How a few people learn English?

Why many adults learn English?

V Mr Brown was a teacher at a school in a big city in the North of England He usually went to France or Germany for a few weeks during his summer holidays, and he spoke French and Germany quite well

But one day Mr Brown said to one of his friends: “I am going to have a holiday in Athens But I can’t speak Greek, so I will go to evening classes to have Greek lessons for a month before I go” He studied very hard for a month, and then his holidays began and he went to Greece

When he came back a few weeks later, his friend asked him: “Did you have any trouble with your Greek when you were in Athens?”

“No, I haven’t any trouble with it”, answered Mr Brown, “but the Greeks did.” Why did Mr Brown have Greek lessons?

How long did Mr Brown study Greek?

How long did Mr Brown intend to stay in Greece?

What did the Greeks have trouble with?

How did Mr Brown speak Greek?

VI A Love story

Nakoma At first, she was afraid, but they talked and laughed and walked in the forest, and soon they fell in love Before they said good bye, Black promised to go back and see her again They planned to meet every fullmoon So Black and his canoe near the lake and every month, he crossed the lake to be with Nakoma They were madly in love But one night he couldn’t find it anywhere so he decided to swim across the lake The lake were wide and the water were freezing but Black was young and strong He swam quickly and soon he could see Nakoma waiting for him on the opposite side but he was getting tired He began to swim more slowly, until finally, he disappeared into the lake and drowned

1 Why did Black Eagle want to kill people from the red tribe?

Didn’t he kill Nakoma although she was an Indian girl? Why not?

How often did he visit her?

How did he come to see her? And what about the last one?

What happened to Black at last?

VII. People all over the world eat rice Millions of people in Asia, Africa, and South America eat rice everyday of their lives Some people eat almost nothing but rice

Rice is a kind of grass There are more than 7, 000 kinds of rice Most kinds are water plants Farmers grow rice in many countries, even in the southern part of the Soviet Union and in Eastern Australia

No one really knows where rice came from Some scientists think it started to grow in two places They think that one kind of rice grew in southern Asia thousands of years ago Someone in China wrote about it almost 5, 000 years ago Another kind probably grew in West Africa Other scientists think rice came from India, and Indian travelers took it to other parts of the world

There are too main ways to grow rice Upland rice grows in dry soil Most rice grows in wet soil People in many countries all of the work by hands This is the same way farmers worked hundreds of years ago Some countries now use machines on their farms The farmers all use fertilizer Some insects are enemies of rice Farmers poison them

People use all parts of rice plant They make animal feed and rice oil from it They also make baskets, brooms, rugs, sandals, and roofs for their houses They burn dry rice plants for cooking

1 What kind of plant is rice?

Scientists have two ideas about where rice came from What are they? What are the ways of growing rice?

How farmers kill insects?

In what countries is rice important food?

They already have staff of over 40 people, because though the restaurant is quite small, it has to be open long hours

They bought the business a couple of years ago and spent the first few months working so hard that they rarely saw any of their friends But once they had got used to the way the restaurant worked, they didn’t need to work such long hours and were able to take more time free Since then, they have improved efficiency by installing a new computer system

The system has been very successful, and despite the competition from another fast food restaurant nearby, the number of customer has increased steadily As a result, they are planning to enlarge the restaurant by buying the hairdressing salon next door and turning it into seating area

1 Why are Jone and Ann in mamy ways typical of young businessmen? How many persons work in their restaurant?

How did they work in the first few months?

How is the restaurant after installing a new computer system?

What is their future plan?

IX. Books are written to provide knowledge and books enrich the mind By putting ourselves under the influence of superior mind, we develop our mental power Through good books we learn that people everywhere are the same, in all ages, and in all places, this knowledge improves our love towards others and helps us to live in peace with them We also know that the world was made not for man alone, but for every creature that can feel hunger and thirst, warmth and cold

Though it may be possible for us to travel round the world and see the things happening today, it’s not possible for us to see the things that happened in the past, but good books enable us to see not only into the most remote regions of the world today, but also into the world in which our ancestors lived

1.What are the advantages of reading books?

What can we learn through good books ?

According to the text, what was the world made for?

What good books enable you to do?

Do you like reading books? What kind of book you like reading? Why? Why not?

in their rooms Perhaps you will see a bowl of flowers or a long silk painting on one of the walls Visitors are given a small cup of green tea You may be surprised to see that there are no bed rooms The Japanese unroll their beds and put them on the floor when they feel tired Japanese people take a bath before their evening meal Most houses have one large bath for the whole family However, no one washes in the bath They wash themselves before they go into the big bath The water is very hot But the Japanese are used to having hot baths After the bath, they put on a loose robe and eat their evening meal

1 What should you when you enter a Japanese house?

What are there in the rooms of Japanese houses?

When Japanese people unroll their beds on the floor?

What they often before going into the big bath?

Why are visitors given a small cup of green tea?

Trial Test

I Choose the words which best complete these sentences Circle the letter: 1.Susan and Tom don’t have money but they have plenty of time

A many B much C a great amount D a lot .a Saturday evening everybody goes to the disco

A In B At C On D For

3 They treat me as if I’m still a child and won’t trust me to things A lonely B on my own C with myself D solely

4 I want to get a job on a Saturday but they say I have to homework

A my B the C D a

5 Anyway in the end I had grilled chicken with vegetables A variant B various C different D alternative If you haven’t where to go for your holiday, why not come here? A directed B organized C planned D managed Don’t overcook vegetables so that they keep their

A appetite B good C fineness D goodness

9 I might go to my health club in the afternoon or some shopping

A B make C go D get

10 It was very of him to break that vase

A careful B bad C careless D ignorant

11 Now all you have to is to buy a day- travel card

A use B make ` C D carry out

12 Her children are not very bad maths

A, in B on C of D at

13 If you eat a lot, you may weight

A raise B take C rise D put on

14 Let’s go and visit Jane and Mary tonight It’s been ages since we last them

A seen B saw C heard D talked

15 I had to keep my daughter from school today because she had a of 39 A temperature B fever C headache D cold

II Use the suggested words and phrases to write a complete sentence: 16 You have/ idea/ why David/ not go/ class/ yesterday?

17 They be/ proud/ him/ he pass/ final exam

18 I order/ beef/ chicken,/ but/ waiter/ bring/ ham

19 She/ stand/ queue/ hour/ turn/ not come

20 He/ leave/ office/ when / policemen/ arrive

21 You/ reply/ letter/ send/ you/ last week/ yet?

22 Advertisements/ put/ newspapers/ televisions/ producers

23 How/ like/ arrange/ things/ room ?

24 You/ ever/ meet/

foreigners?

25 They/ going/ take/ English exam/ next week

III Read the following passages and circle the best answer:

1.Pubs

Pubs in England are normally open from 11.00 a m to 2.30 p.m and from 5.30 p m to 10.30 p.m or 11.00 p.m Opening hours are even shorter on Sundays Children under the age of 14 are not usually allowed in pubs: children under the age of 18 are not allowed to buy alcoholic drinks

26 Pubs in England open

A everyday B on Sunday only C from morning till night D in glasses 27 We order drinks

A by name B in different ways C in “round “ D in glasses

2 Newspapers

In Britain there are two kinds of newspapers: national and local A local newspaper usually has a small circulation whereas national newspapers can sell up to or million copies a day Local newspapers are often read only in one town, city or country, but national newspapers are read all over the country

There are two kinds of national papers: “ popular” and “quality” The Sun, The Star and The Daily Mirror are examples of popular The Guardian, The Telegraph and The Times are quality papers

You can buy newspapers at newsagents, daily papers during the week, and on Sunday, quality papers such as The Observer and The Sunday Times, and popular papers such as the New of the World

28 A local newspaper is different from a national newspaper A in circulation B in the number of articles

C in the headline C in the name

29 the national newspapers are quality

A Half of B All

C Some of D Very few of

30 You can buy on Thursday

A The Observer B The Sunday Times

C The Guardian D The Daily Mirror IV Choose the correct tense of the verbs in brackets:

31 We (have) a great holiday in Italy

32 In Hanoi (be) many interesting places to visit recently 33 Yesterday we (visit) a pagoda to see the statue of Buddha 34 I (go) to Bangkok tomorrow afternoon with my wife

35 The funny story made us all (laugh) loudly 36 How long he (study) in this University?

37 How many cigarettes your father (smoke) a day? 38 We (play) football when it rains heavily

39 When they arrived at the station, the train (go) already 40 Listen! The baby (cry) again