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Teacher: Nhã Uyên
Exercises
Extra object : IT S + V + it +adjective + to infinitive

I .Rewrite these sentences, using “IT” .
1. That the shop-keeper should display goods in her shop-window is important
-I consider___________________________________________
2. It’s interesting to see different cultures and life-style.
-We find___________________________________________
3. I find that it is hard to do all the work.
-I find _________________________________________________________.
4. To find him in this city is difficult.
-Does she believe___________________________________________
5. It is impossible for you to arrive next week.
-Do you think________________________________________________?
6. It”s not easy to get that man to change his mind.
-She doesn’t think___________________________________________
7. To be there on time is important.
-They think_____________________________________________________
8. To live on her salary must be hard.
-She finds____________________________________________________
9. It is a mistake for her to leave now.
-Her friend considers___________________________________________
10. To spend all that money was a shame.
-They considered______________________________________________
11. To be honest is a good thing.
-We think__________________________________________________
II .Rewrite these sentences , using “IT” as an extra object.
1) He considers meeting her here is a good chance for him
-___________________________________________
2) They think advertising is a waste of money.

-___________________________________________
3) He doesn’t think it is easy to distinguish real goods from imitating goods
-___________________________________________
4) You understood my plan .That was so clear.
-___________________________________________
5) Do you believe to love and to be loved is the greatest happiness in life?
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-___________________________________________
6) He finds that working here is exciting.
-___________________________________________
7) I found doing exercises every morning is good for health.
-___________________________________________
8) They consider serving in the army is the duty of all young people.
-___________________________________________
9) I believe that doing such a foolish thing is a shame.
-___________________________________________
10) We think that learning English is useful to our future work.
-___________________________________________
11) Selling more goods to more people is made easy by advertising.
-___________________________________________
I I I .Fill in the blanks with the correct words or phrases.
*traders *advertisements *cartoon *appears
*very big *purchase *develops *manufacture
1. They have the same purpose: to get people to__________some product or some
service.
2. This in turn makes it possible to__________more things to sell.
3. The__________of ancient Egypt hired criers to walk through the streets shouting
and singing about the things they had to sell.
4. Sometimes what __________to be a________may turn out to be advertising.

5. At night, __________electric signs flash in many colors.
6. Some advertisements are tiny want__________.Others fill several pages.
7. As more things are made to be sold and more people have services to sell,
advertising__________
I V . Rewrite the following sentences with the words given:
1. She sings more beautifully than I do.
- I don’t ______________ ______________ ______________
2. If it doesn’t rain, they will go to the cinema
- Unless ______________ ______________ ______________
3. It was such a fool story that nobody believe it.
- The story ___________________________________________________
4. My mother is a better cook than I
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-I can’t_______________________________________________
5. They had to pay the bill before the tenth of the month.
- The bill ______________ ______________ ______________
6. “How long will it take him to get there?” Mary said.
-Mary wondered________________________________________.
7. Peter is too young to drive acar
-Peter is not_______________________________________________
8. That girl is very nice.
-What_______________________________________________
9. The child will die if nobody calls a doctor.
- If ______________ ______________ ______________
10. If she doesn’t hurry, she’ll be late.
-Unless_______________________________________________
11. I don’t have enough money, so I can’t buy that motorcycle
- If ______________ ______________ ______________
12. They don’t really want to go to the museum.

-They’d rather_______________________________________________
13. The coffee was too strong for her to drink.
- The coffee was so ______________ ______________ ______________
14. Nobody can anwer this question
-This question_______________________________________________
15. You will be ill if you don’t rest .
- Unless ______________ ______________ ______________
16. Inspite of taking a taxi, Jane arrived late for the concert.
-Although_______________________________________________
17. They had such good results that they decided to give a party.
- Their result ___________________________________________________
18. He made himself ill because he worked very hard.
-He worked so_______________________________________________
19. The man injured in the accident was taken to the hospital.
-The man wh-_______________________________________________
20. The book was so interesting that he couldn’t put it down.
-It was such_______________________________________________
V. Supply the correct tense of each verb in bracket :
1. (That man catch) __________any fish yet ?
2. While I (watch) __________ television last night, a man whom I (meet)
__________the previous day suddenly (appear) __________on the screen.
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3. He (lose) __________his job last month and since then he (be) __________out of
work.
4. I (listen) __________to the radio when you rang the bell.
5. What do you think the children (do)__________when we (get) ________ home ?
6.While I (walk) __________across the campus the other day, I (meet) __________
my old friend, John, whom I (not see) __________ since July twentieth. Naturally we
(stop) __________ to talk to each other for a few minutes. I asked him how he (do)

__________ in his classes this semester.
7. The children were frightened because it (get) __________dark.
8. She is very weak because she (be) __________ill for about two months.
9. We (plant) __________some trees in the garden if we (be) __________ you
10. I (go) __________to the zoo tomorrow. (You ever be) __________there ?
VI.Make the correct choice:
1. While I _____ to school yesterday, I _____ him.
a.went / met b.went / was meeting
c.was going / met d.was going / was meeting
2. I was talking about him when suddenly he _____.
a.came into b.came in c.was coming into d.was coming in
3. Inventing the generator was one of his most important _____.
a.moments b.movements c.achievements d.complements
4. The sky was so _____ that I could see millions of stars.
a.clear b.clean c.unclear d.dark
5. It was _____ homework that I couldn’t finish it.
a. long b. a long c.such long d.such a long
6. If we had known who he was, we _____ him to speak at our meeting.
a.invited b.had invited c.would have invited d.would invite
7. Many people think that Faraday is the greatest _____in history.
a.investigator b.investor c.narrator d.inventor
8. The boy was given a prize for regular _____.
a.intention b.attendant c.attendance d.attention
9. Gravity keeps us all _____ being hurled off the earth as it whirls around.
a.from b.of c.for d.at
10. His discoveries had a great influence _____ workers.
a.for b.with c.about d.on
11. Man-made satellites leave the earth _____ very great speed.
a.with b.for c.from d.at
12. He died after he _____ ill for a long time.

a.was b.has been c.had been d.is
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13. He _____ this work before you leave here tomorrow.
a.has finished b.finishes c.will have finished d.is finishing
14. The sun exerts a pull _____ other planets in its system.
a.of b.on c.with d.in
15. Gravity makes balls _____ into the air fall back down.
a.throwing b.that throws c.throw d.thrown
16. The new law will _____ many women to return to work.
a.enable b.make c.let d.have
17. Alice will leave for Washington as soon as she _____ her exam.
a.will finish b.has finished c.finished d.finish
18. He turned off the light before _____.
a. leaving b.he leaving c. left d.he had left
19. You can look _____ the meaning of these words with the help of a dictionary.
a.after b.up c.for d.down
20. If he _____ to London yesterday, he would have met his old friend.
a.went b.had gone c.would have gone d.would go
21. He has worked in this factory _____ 1988.
a.in b.from c.since d.until
22. It is _____ lesson that we can’t understand it.
a.a difficult b.so a difficult c.such a difficult d.difficult
23. It was _____ weather that we couldn’t go out.
a.very cold b.so cold c.such a cold d.such cold
24. These question aren’t difficult. John can _____ answer them .
a.easy b.easily c.easier d.very easy
25. Unless he _____ immediately, he won’t get any information.
a.phones b.doesn’t phone c.won’t phone d.will phone
26. We got lost _____ we didn’t have a map.

a.if b.so that c.although d.because
27. A spaceman must learn to become accustomed to _____ in a spaceship.
a.weighing b.being weighed c.weightlessness d.weight
28. I _____ my hair before breakfast this morning.
a.am washing b.have washed c.washed d.had washed
29. The boys broke a window when they _____ football.
a.played b.had played c.were playing d.are playing
30. We understood it _____ the teacher had explained it to us.
a.after b.since c.before d.though
31. He has played football since he _____10 years old.
a.was b.were c.is d.has been
32. We went out for a walk _____ we had eaten our dinner.
a.if b.before c.after d.since
33. What _____ if there were no gravity?
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