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PHN I: THI CA NG T, DNG NG T NGUYÊN TH & V-ING
(VERB TENSES, INFINITIVE AND GERUND)

1. Al's doctor insists ________for a few days.
A. that he is resting
B. his resting
C. him to rest
D. that he rest

2. It's no use ________ in your assignment after the deadline. It has to be submitted
before noon on Friday.
A. handed
B. hand
C. handing
D. to hand

3. You really should make an effort ________ to the Halloween Party next week. It
could be your last chance to hear the teacher singing.
A. to come
B. coming
C. came
D. come

4. Since your roommate is visiting her family this weekend, ________ you like to have
dinner with us tonight?
A. will
B. won't
C. do
D. wouldn't

5. Please ________ photocopies of documents.
A. not a submit
B. do not submit
C. no submit
D. not submit

6. The team has been really well-trained because the coach requires them________
every weekend.
A. practise
B. to practise
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C. practised
D. the practise

7. Would you mind ________, please?
A. to answer the telephone
B. answering the telephone
C. answer the telephone
D. to the telephone answering

8. You________ your seats today if you want to go to the game.
A. had better to reserve
B. had to better reserve
C. had better reserve
D. had to reserve better

9. Frankly, I'd rather you ________ anything about it for the time being.
A. do

B. didn't do
C. don't
D. didn't

10. Since they aren't answering their telephone, they ________.
A. must have left
B. should have left
C. need have left
D. can have left

11. We were hurrying because we thought that the bell ________.
A. had already rang
B. has already rang
C. had already rung
D. have already ringing

12. I hadn't expected James to apologize but I had hoped ________ .
A. him calling me
B. that he would call me
C. him to call me
D. that he call me

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13. Does your new secretary ________ shorthand?
A. know to take
B. know how to take
C. know how take
D. know how taking

14. Tommy had his big brother ________ his shoes for him.
A. to tie
B. tie
C. tied
D. typing

15. His English teacher recommends that he ________ a regular degree program.
A. begin
B. begins
C. will begin
D. is beginning

16. I'd ________ the operation unless it is absolutely necessary.
A. rather not have
B. not rather had
C. rather not to have
D. rather not having

17. Would you please________ write on the test books?
A. don't
B. not to
C. not
D. to not

18. The old man asked her to move because he ________ in that chair.
A. used to sit
B. was used to sit
C. used to sitting
D. was used to sitting

19. Your mother and I are looking forward ________ you.
A. of seeing
B. for seeing
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C. to see
D. to seeing

20. It is imperative that you ________ there in person.
A. be
B. will be
C. will
D. are

21. We could go to the Indian restaurant tonight but I'd rather ________ in the Italian
place on Park Street.
A. eating
B. to eat
C. ate
D. eat

22. Ancient civilizations such as those of the Phoenicians and the Mesopotamians
________ goods rather than use money.
A. use to trading
B. is used to trade
C. used to trade
D. used trading

23. General Grant had General Lee ________ him at Appomattox to sign the official
surrender of the Confederate forces.

A. to meet
B. met
C. meet
D. meeting

24. To generate income, magazine publishers must decide whether to increase the
subscription price or ________ .
A. to sell advertising
B. if they should sell advertising
C. selling advertising
D. sold advertising

25. Travelers ________ their reservations well in advance if they want to fly during
the Christmas holidays.
A. had better to get
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B. had to get better
C. had better get
D. had better got

26. Nerve impulses ________ to the brain at a speed of about one hundred yards per
second.
A. sending sensations

B. to send sensations

C. send sensations

D. be send sensations

27. There are ways ________ that.
A. doing

B. to be done

C. done

D. to do


28. The police suspect him of ________stolen goods.
A. to try to sell

B. try to sell
C. trying selling

D. trying to sell

29. In ancient times and throughout the middle ages, many people believed that the
earth ________ motionless.
A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were

30. Instead of ________ about the good news, Tom seemed to be indifferent.

A. exciting

B. being excited

C. to excite

D. to be excited


31. Because it was very cold in Classroom G, our teacher let us ________ coffee or
hot chocolate into the room.
A. bring
B. bringing
C. brought
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D. to bring

32. He ________ his first million pounds by the time he was thirty.
A. has made

B. used to make

C. had made

D. would make


33. We asked him what countries he ________.
A. had been visited

B. had visited

C. has been visiting

D. visited

34. Schizophrenia, a behavioral disorder typified by a fundamental break with reality,
________by genetic predisposition, stress, drugs, or infections.
A. may be triggered

B. may triggered
C. may trigger

D. may be trigger


35. Optical fibers ________to deliver laser light.
A. can also used

B. can also use

C. can also be used

D. also can be used

36. If you can’t unscrew the lid, try ________ it with a hammer.
A. to hit

B. hit

C. hitting

D. hits


37. I remember ________ him say the grass needed ________ yesterday.
A. to hear // cutting

B. hearing // to cut

C. hearing // cutting

D. to hear // to cut


38. We invited them ________ the meeting next week.
A. to attend

B. for attending

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C. attending
D. attend


39. In purchasing a winter coat, it is very important ________ it on with heavy
clothing underneath.
A. for trying

B. to try

C. of trying

D. try


40. Many grasshoppers can produce sounds by ________ their hind legs against their
wings.
A. rub

B. to rub

C. rubbed

D. rubbing


41. Jane and Margaret ________ to live next door to each other at one time.
A. had used

B. used

C. were used

D. have used

42. She ________ drive to the station every day but then she suddenly decided to walk
instead.

A. was used to

B. had used to

C. was using to

D. used to


43. When I came in, he ________ to repair his TV set.
A. tried

B. has been trying

C. tries

D. was trying


44. My doctor will not let me ________ animal fats any more.
A. to eat

B. eating

C. eat

D. to eating


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45. The U.S. postal service policy for check approval includes a requirement that two
pieces of identification ________.
A. must present

B. presented
C. be presented

D. for presentation


46. Each of the Intelsat satellites ________ in a fixed position from which they relay
radio signals to more than seventy earth stations.
A. remain

B. remains
C. remained

D. remaining

47. If more than five thousand dollars in monetary instruments is transported into the
United States, a report needs ________ with the customs office.
A. file
B. filing
C. to file
D. to be filed

PHN II: CÂU DNG IF (IF CLAUSE)
1. If it ________ more humid in the desert of the Southwest, the hot temperatures
would be unbearable.

A. be
B. is
C. was
D. were

2. If he had been more careful, he ________.
A. won’t fall
B. wouldn’t fall
C. wouldn’t have fallen
D. would haven’t fallen

3. If services are increased, taxes ______.
A. probably go up
B. probably up
C. will probably go up
D. going up probably
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4. You ______ any friends if you ______ talking like that.
A. will win // carry on
B. won't win // carry on
C. wouldn't win // carried on
D. would have won/ had carried on

5. If we had read the book, we ________the film.
A. can understand
B. would have understood
C. would understand
D. understood

6. I ________in trouble now if I had listened to you in the first place.
A. won’t be
B. wouldn’t be
C. am not
D. wouldn’t have been

7. My sister could score better on the test if the teacher ________ the grammar once
more.
A. explained
B. explaining
C. explain
D. have explained

8. If the parents bought the cat, their children ________very happy.
A. will be
B. were
C. would be
D. have been

9. If the greengrocer has some bananas, ________ buy some please?
A. you should
B. would you
C. you will
D. shall you

10. If you had gone there last year, you ________ my brother.
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A. would have met

B. would meet
C. had met
D. met

11. Metal ________if you heat it.
A. expanding
B. will expand
C. expands
D. would expand

12. If my documents ________ last week, I would have been able to come back at
least five days ago.
A. are found
B. were found
C. would be found
D. had been found

13. If they ________ to that party, they would certainly have decided to attend it.
A. had been invited
B. will be invited
C. have been invited
D. were invited

14. They'd have been able to return the bottle if they ________the labels.
A. turn off
B. turned off
C. hadn't torn off
D. did not turn off

15. Where would you live if you ________younger?

A. are
B. were
C. was
D. have been

16. If he ________ a little harder, his results would be better.
A. has worked
B. works
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C. will work
D. worked

17. If someone ________ a crime in Britain, the police try to catch him.
A. committing
B. will commit
C. commits
D. committed

18. We ________a glass of hot chocolate if you had bought some milk.
A. could have
B. might have had
C. would have
D. will have

19. If the prisoners attempt to escape from prison, ________.
A. he will catch
B. they will catch
C. they will be caught
D. the prisoners will have caught

20. ________, he would have come to class.
A. If Mike is able to finish his homework
B. Would Mike be able to finish his homework
C. If Mike could finish his homework
D. If Mike had been able to finish his homework

21. If the United States had not entered the Second World War, probably the 1940
unemployment rate of 14% ________ still further.
A. would rise
B. would risen
C. would have risen
D. had risen

22. _______, he would have signed his name in the corner.
A. If he painted that picture
B. If he paints that picture
C. If he had painted that picture
D. If he would have painted that picture
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23. The new professor would have been easier to understand if he ________ some
examples on the board.
A. gave
B. gives
C. has given
D. had given

24. If Mark does the washing up, his mother ________more time for him.

A. would have
B. had
C. have
D. will have

25. If Doris ________earlier, she wouldn't have been late for school.
A. had got up
B. got up
C. have got up
D. would get up

26. Ron would understand more if the teacher ________ clearly.
A. spoke
B. speaks
C. has spoken
D. will speak

27. If it ________ so late, we could have coffee.
A. wasn't
B. isn't
C. weren't
D. not be

28. If Bob ________ with us, he would have had a good time.
A. would come
B. would have come
C. had come
D. came

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29. After the way she treated you, if I ________ in your place, I wouldn't return the
call.
A. be
B. am
C. was
D. were

30. If I ________ the flu, I would have gone with you.
A. hadn't
B. hadn't had
C. didn't have
D. wouldn't have had

31. If a ruby is heated, it ________ temporarily lose its color.
A. would
B. will
C. does
D. has

PHN III: DNG SO SÁNH (COMPARATIVE)
1. I am glad that so many people have passed the test. In fact, there were ________
who haven't.
A. little
B. a little
C. few
D. a few

2. The Boeing 747 is twice ________ the Boeing 707.
A. bigger than

B. as bigger as
C. as big as
D. more bigger than

3. This house is cheap, but that one is ________.
A. cheaper even
B. cheaper yet
C. cheaper still
D. more cheaper

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4. The new factory chimney was ________ than all the trees around it.
A. longer
B. greater
C. deeper
D. taller

5. I'm afraid that we don't have any ________ sizes in stock, madam.
A. higher
B. larger
C. greater
D. taller

6. All the poems you selected are good, but only the ________ one will get the prize.
A. worse
B. best
C. better
D. goods

7. Who is ________, Mary or Jane?
A. prettyer
B. more pretty
C. prettier
D. as pretty as

8. Excuse me, where is ________ drugstore?
A. the near
B. the nearest
C. near
D. the nearer

9. Are you sure that Sydney is ________ than Anchorage?
A. larger
B. less
C. largest
D. so large

10. Your glasses are ________ mine.
A. so ugly than
B. uglier
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C. as ugly as
D. ugliest

11. A computer is usually chosen because of its simplicity of operation and ease of
maintenance ________ its capacity to store information.
A. the same as
B. the same

C. as well as
D. as well

12. Neptune is an extremely cold planet, and ________.
A. so does Uranus
B. so has Uranus
C. so is Uranus
D. Uranus so

13. Frost occurs in valleys and on low grounds ________ on adjacent hills.
A. more frequently as
B. as frequently than
C. more frequently than
D. frequently than

14. Cold objects emit ________ hot objects.
A. fewer than infrared rays as
B. fewer infrared rays than
C. fewer infrared rays as
D. as fewer infrared rays

15. Signor Risponso's fame rested on the breadth of his range, which was ________
any other tenor, living or dead.
A. greater than that of
B. as large as
C. more greater
D. broader than the one of

16. The prices of homes are ________ high in urban areas that most young people
cannot afford to buy them.

A. as
B. so
C. such
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D. so as

17. Bricks baked in a kiln are much harder ________ that are dried in the sun.
A. those
B. than do those
C. than those
D. ones

18. Staying in a hotel costs ________ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
A. twice more than
B. twice as much as
C. as much twice as
D. as much as twice

19. The artistic medium of clay is ________ that images have been found near the
remains of fires from the last ice age.
A. so old
B. such an old
C. oldest
D. old

20. One of Shaw's ________ “Pygmalion”, was the story that formed the basis for the
musical play “my fair lady".
A. greatest work
B. greatest works

C. the greatest work
D. the greatest works

21. The seed heads of teasel plants raise the nap on coarse tweed cloth ________ than
do the machine tools invented to replace them.
A. more efficiently
B. efficient more
C. efficient
D. most efficient

22. The area where a microchip is manufactured must be the ________ environment
possible.
A. most cleanest
B. cleanest
C. more cleanest
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D. cleaner

23. It may be argued that modern presidents have far ________ responsibilities than
their predecessors did.
A. great
B. more great
C. greater
D. most great


PHN IV: DNG CÂU HI UÔI (TAG QUESTIONS)

1. Everybody's gone home, ________ ?

A. do they
B. haven't they
C. don’t they
D. have they

2. Nobody here speaks French, ________?
A. don’t they
B. they don’t
C. do they
D. does he

3. Nobody phoned, ________?
A. didn’t they
B. they did
C. did he
D. did they

4. We never drink coffee, ________?
A. do we
B. don’t we
C. we do
D. we don’t

5. That's no excuse, ________?
A. isn’t it
B. is it
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C. is that
D. aren’t you

6. Let's go for a walk, ________?
A. shall we
B. is it
C. isn’t it
D. shan’t we

7. Nothing ever changes, ________ ?
A. does it
B. isn’t it
C. is it
D. it isn’t

8. I hardly smoke anymore, ________?
A. don’t I
B. did I
C. I did
D. do I

9. Nobody saw us, ________?
A. did they
B. they didn’t
C. didn’t they
D. did we

10. Sean never goes to bed until really late, ________ ?
A. is he
B. he does
C. does he
D. doesn’t he

11. Let's go to Mexico this summer, ________ ?
A. shall we
B. we shall
C. shan’t we
D. is it

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12. The sun hardly shone all summer, ________ ?
A. did it
B. does it
C. doesn’t it
D. didn’t it

13. Somebody called me, ________?
A. did she
B. didn't they
C. she didn’t
D. did they

14. It's never too late, ________?
A. isn’t it
B. is it
C. it isn’t
D. it is

15. There's no homework, ________ ?
A. isn’t there
B. there isn’t

C. is there
D. there is

16. That's the best solution, ________ ?
A. is it
B. isn't it
C. it is
D. it isn’t

17. Nobody failed the exam, ________ ?
A. don’t they
B. did they
C. do they
D. didn’t they

18. He seldom visits his parents, ________ ?
A. does he
B. doesn’t he
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C. he doesn’t
D. he does

19. Everybody's coming to the wedding, ________ ?
A. is she
B. isn’t he
C. aren't they
D. are they

20. You had your house repaired last month, ________?

A. hadn't you
B. didn't you
C. isn't it
D. hadn’t it

21. We never see that actor any more, ________?
A. don’t we
B. we do
C. we don’t
D. do we

22. He hardly said a word, ________?
A. didn’t he
B. did he
C. he did
D. he didn’t

23. Somebody set the building on fire deliberately, ________?
A. didn't they
B. do they
C. don’t they
D. did they

24. Don't forget to do your homework, ________ ?
A. won’t you
B. will you
C. shall you
D. you will

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25. It's hardly surprising, ________?
A. isn’t it
B. it isn’t
C. it is
D. is it

26. There's nothing anyone can do, ________ ?
A. is there
B. there is
C. there isn’t
D. isn’t there

27. Somebody must have Tom's phone number, ________?
A. must they
B. mustn't they
C. they must
D. they mustn’t

28. There's no pizza left, ________ ?
A. isn’t there
B. there is
C. is there
D. there isn’t

29. Don't let him boss you about, ________ ?
A. you will
B. will you
C. won’t you
D. you won’t

30. Let's be serious for a moment, ________ ?
A. will we
B. shall we
C. we will
D. shan’t we

31. Your sister used to visit you quite often, ________?
A. didn't she
B. doesn't she
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C. wouldn't she
D. hadn't she

32. Let's go out for dinner________?
A. will we
B. don't we
C. shall we
D. are we

33. He has taken his medicine, ________?
A. hasn't he
B. didn't he
C. doesn't he
D. isn't he

PHN V: NG T KHUYT THIU (MODAL VERBS)
1. He __________, though I warned him not to.
A. would go

B. must go
C. can have gone
D. would have gone

2. Well, you __________ have sold him the car if you didn't think he would pay you.
A. needn't
B. may not
C. mustn't
D. can't

3. It __________ have been a good idea to ask her before you just jumped in.
A. should
B. might
C. could
D. must

4. You __________ have posted my letters for me while you were in the post office.
A. didn't
B. can
C. might
D. mustn't
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5. He __________ it; he was with me all the time.
A. can't have done
B. mightn't have done
C. won't do
D. can't do

6. __________ you have left the keys in the car?
A. Must
B. Needn't
C. Could
D. May

7. I __________ say this much for him: he's very generous.
A. may
B. will
C. could
D. might

8. You __________ have helped me a little more - you weren't doing much.
A. must
B. may
C. could
D. can

9. You __________ told them that! I asked you to keep quiet!
A. mightn't have
B. wouldn't
C. shouldn't have
D. mustn't have

10. I can't imagine that you __________ to do something so stupid.
A. couldn't have thought
B. mightn't have been thinking
C. can have thought
D. could have been thinking

11. I __________ the responsibility of looking after my younger brothers when my
parents went out.
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A. should get
B. would have gotten
C. could be getting
D. would get

12. Oh no! We have no gas. Murat _________ to fill the tank.
A. could have forgotten
B. should have forgotten
C. must have forgotten
D. is supposed to have forgotten

13. Televisions were on sale yesterday and we _________one in very reasonable
installments.
A. should buy
B. couldn't have bought
C. don't have to buy
D. were able to buy

14. As they have had many lessons, Medya and Pervin _________Italian without a
problem.
A. might have spoken
B. have had to speak
C. can speak
D. will be spoken

15. Esma and Zehra _________ their homework today because it is a holiday at the

school due to heavy snow.
A. don't need to do
B. couldn't have done
C. had already done
D. ought not to do

16. I _________ your laptop next week because I have a very important presentation.
A. should be taken
B. may have to take
C. must have been taking
D. could have taken

17. I enjoyed the party. Still, I'd rather _________ to the theater.
A. go
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B. having gone
C. had gone
D. have gone

18. He _________ this crime. He was with me all the night.
A. can't be committing
B. must have committed
C. had committed
D. couldn't have committed

19. It is dangerous to be outside at this late hour. Somebody _________ you!
A. might hurt
B. is hurting
C. could have hurt

D. would be hurting

20. It is defined in the constitution that all citizens _________ their taxes.
A. have had to pay
B. should be paid
C. have to pay
D. must be paying

21. Al painted his bedroom black. It looks dark and dreary. He_________ a different
color.
A. had to choose
B. should have chosen
C. must have chosen
D. could have been choosing

22. Tom is sitting at his desk. He’s reading his chemistry text because he has a test
tomorrow. He_________.
A. could study
B. should be studying
C. will study
D. must be studying

23. When Mr. Lee was younger, he _________ work in the garden for hours, but now
he has to take frequent rests because he has emphysema.
A. has got to
B. can