Exercises (Unit 1)

Unit 1: My friends.
I.Tenses.
Exercise 1:Open the brackets with the correct tense of the verbs.
1. She usually (go) to school on foot.……………………
2. It (take) ..me twenty minutes to go to school everydday.………………
3. I (not like) .watching football.………
4. …….you (go) ..there tomorrow?…………
5. most rivers (flow) into the sea.……………
6. They (be) . Here in ten minutes.…………
7. My father (go) to Ha Noi yesterday.………………
8. Where Martin (come) .from/……… ………
9. ………your father (work0 ..in an office?………
10.When I (be) .young, I (like) .. playing football very ……………… ……………
much.
Exercise 2: Open the brackets with the correct tense of the verbs.
Bao (be) (1) one of myfriends. He (be) .(2) the most sociable. He …… ………
usually (spend) ..(3) his free time doing volunteer work at a local ……………
orphanage. He (learn) ...(4)well, so he always (get) ..(5) good grades. ………… ……
Last year he (be) ..(6) the best one of our class.He (have ) ……………
(7) a 10 day- tour in Nha Trang for the pride. He (say) ..………………… ……………
(8) it (be) .(9) very interesting there, he (meet)……………………
(10) a lot of people, (see) ..(11) many interesting ……………………… …………
palces, (eat) .(12) a lot of sea food and (buy) (13) …………………… …………………
some souvenirs for us. He (tell) (14) me that he (go) (15) to ………… ……………
Nha Trang again next year.
Exercise 3: Underrline the correct word in brackets for thebest ansawer.
1. I (was/ were/ am) born in Ha Noi but I (spend/ spended/ spent) most of my
childhood in the country.
2. I (learn/ learnt/ will learn) English next year.
3. My mother usualy (cook/ cooked/ cooks) for my family.
4. Look! A man (running/ is running/ runs) after the train. He (wanted/ wants/ is

wanting ) to catch it.
5. He (stay/ going to stay/ will stay) here untill she comes back.
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6. Why are you working so hard? Because I (will buy/ am going to buy) a car so
I’m saving as much as I can.
7. Dad! Can you mend it for me? Sorry, I can’t. Ask Mom she (will/ is going to)
do it for you.
8. I haven’t got enough money to get a house. No problem, I (will/ am going to)
lend you some.
Exercise 4: Open the brackets with the correct tense of the verbs.
1. We (finish) .our dinner half an hour ago.……………………
2. The farmer (work) ..in the field now.………………
3. Mrs Green always (go) .. .to work by bus.………… ………
4. She paid for the ticket and (leave)………………………
5. Do you know that man who (smoke) ...over there?………………
6. Rivers usually (flow) .. to the sea.…………… …
7. If it cost too much, I (buy) .. a small one.……………
8. How often .. you (read) ..a new spaper?……… … ………………
9. As soon as he (finish) his work, he (go) ..home.……………… ………
10.I (give) it to them when they (visit) ..us.………………… ………………
Exercise 5: Put the verbs in the brackets into the present simple.
Ex: The sun (rise) . in the east.………………
The sun rises in the east
1.She ..(not drink) coffe. She (drink) Coca Cola.………………… ………………
2.It .(be) often hot in the summer.…………………
3. What .you ..(do) every evening?……… ………
4. The earth ..(circle) the sun once every 365 days.……
5. I ..(see) her very often.…………………………
6. Vegetarians (not eat) meat.………
7. Bees ..(make) honey.………

8. Rice (not grow) in cold climates.…………………………………
9. Where .Martin .(come) from? – He (be) ..Scottish.……… ………………… ………
II. Adjectives and positions of adjectives.
Exercise 1: Put the adjectives in the brackets into correct places to completes
the sentences
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1. Bring me something to drink (cool)
……………………………………………………………………………………
2. The leaves turn in Autumn.(yellow)
…………………………………………………………………………………..
3. Woolen clothes keep our body (warm)
……………………………………………………………………………………
4. Shelly is a poet all over the world(famous)
………………………………………………………………………………….
5. I thought him very (intelligent)
…………………………………………………………………………………
6. Ping Pong is a sport for boys and girls (good)
………………………………………………………………………………..
7. I have nothing to give you (interesting)
………………………………………………………………………………..
8. The corn waved in the wind(ripe golden)
………………………………………………………………………………..
9. Vietnam is a country (rich and beautiful)
………………………………………………………………………………..
10.I found him still in his bed(asleep)
……………………………………………………………………………….
Exercise 2: Arrange these words into the correct order to have the meaningful
sentences.
1.dark has he hair got
……………………………………………………………………………………

2. brother quite my looking good is
…………………………………………………………………………………….
3. and you brother got? Sisters have any
…………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Bobby got hair has fair
……………………………………………………………………………………
5. much postcards these are how?
…………………………………………………………………………………….
6.you piano play? Can the
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7. can’t car I a drive
…………………………………………………………………………………….
8.to morning in it’s four the twenty.
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Exercise 3: Arrange these words into the correct order to have the meaningful
sentences.
1.a it’s dress green short nylon
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2. are they shoes black newleather.
………………………………………………………………………………………
3. woolen an it’s brown light tie expensive
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4. a shoe big brown plastic it’s
………………………………………………………………………………………
5. interesting something is there the picture in
……………………………………………………………………………………..
6. saw he asleep a lion mountain the on.
……………………………………………………………………………………..
7. he moustache with man interesting meets an a big

…………………………………………………………………………………….
9. man both a he witty and wise is
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Exercise 4: Arrange the adjectives in brackets in the correct order.
Eg: Mr Thanh has a (black/ long/ straight) hair.
Mrs Thanh has a long straight black hair.
1.It is a (wooden/ round) table.
………………………………………………………………………………………
2. She is wearing a (green/ new/ beautiful) hair dress.
……………………………………………………………………………………..
3. What a (sunny/ lovely) day!
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4. My uncle lives in a (old/ lovely/ small) house.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
5. That girl has (blue/nice/big) eyes.
……………………………………………………………………………………
6. he gave me (black/ leather) gloves.
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7. My teacher has a (round/ pink/ small) face.
……………………………………………………………………………………
8. It’s a (small/ metal/ black) box.
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III. Adverbs: too enough–
Exercise 1: Fill in the gaps with: enough or too to complete the sentences.“ ” “ ”
1. He hasn’t got ....money to buy this car.…………
2. It is cool for youto drink.…………………
3. There is ..much pollution in big cities.…………………
4. It is high for me to jump over.………………………
5. There are ....many people on the road.………………

6. There aren’t ..chairs for these people.……………
Exercise 2: Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence,
using (not) adjective + enough + to- infinitive.
Eg: He is tall. He can play volleyball.
He is tall enough to play volleyball.
1. My sister is old. She can drive a car.
……………………………………………………………………………………
2. The radio isn’t small. You can’t put it in your pocket.
……………………………………………………………………………………
3. This coat isn’t warm. I don’t wear it in winter.
…………………………………………………………………………………..
4. She is beautiful and intelligent. She can become Miss World.
……………………………………………………………………………………
5. The weather was fine. We could go camping.
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6. Those applesaren’tripe. We can’t eat them.
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7. Mr. Robinson isn’t rich. He can’t buy a house.
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8. The worker is clever. He can make fine things from wood.
…………………………………………………………………………………
Exercise 3: Rewrite the sentencs in the other way with the suggestion so that
the meaning is kept unchanged.
1.This montain is very high we can’t climb it.
This mountain is too……………………………………………………………
2. Are you very tall? Can you reach that picture?
Are you tall ..……………………………………………………………………
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