Tröôøng P.T.T.H Ngoâ Maây SOME EXERCISES
I/ Pronunciation : Group the following words in correct one
Speaks , photographs , laughs , speeds , books , pens , result , measure , birds , stopped , started ,
needed , played , wanted , listed , days , kids , kits , lesson ,
II/Complete the following sentences by putting a suitable word.
1.------------------- I went to bed early , I was really sleepy.
2.---------------------Ha has studied English for 6 months , he can’t speak it.
3.-----------------------learning hard , he failed the exams .
4.--------------------------------she wasn’t wearing a coat , she became ill.
5.-------------------------having a lot of money , he feels sad .
6.----------------you learn hard , you ‘ll fail the exams .
7.What would happen --------------there were no rain next year?
8.This is the first person ---------------------- invented the radio.
9.I ‘ve just bought a good computer ----------------------was made in Japan.
10.The President lives --------the white House , which is located -----1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
--------------Washington DC.
11.I like to shower ------------------the morning , buit my roommate likes to shower
------------------night.
12.Mozart died ----------------------Vienna-----------------1791------------------the age of 35.
13.Fruit trees generally bloom --------------------April or May.
14.When he was in ----------------hospital , she could not get ----------------------permission to visit
him.
15.They succeeded --------------escaping ---------------the burning house.=
III/ Rewrite the following sentences , using only the number of words started.
1.”What did you do yesterday , John ? “ asked Mary .
=> Mary asked -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.” I ‘ll come to help you next Sunday , “ David said to you .
=> David promised------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.” I ‘m sorry I broke your cup ,” Tom said to Jane .
=> Tom apologized ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.” I have found a new flat , “ said Ann.
=> Ann said ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.” What made you change your mind ? “ Joe asked .
=>Joe asked ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.Nancy’s sister is sick . She has to stay home to look after her .
=> Nancy ,----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7.That is the new student . We were talking about him .
=> That ‘s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8.This is the village . I was born here.
=>This is----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9.Yesterday I ran into an old friend .I hadn’t seen her for ages.
=> Yesterday I ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10.The bus carries the mail . It leaves at noon .
=>The bus------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11. The house was built twenty years ago. We have just bought it.
=> The house which -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12. William is my uncle. I visited him last week.
=> William whom -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13. That woman is a nurse. We saw her daughter at the party last week.
=>That woman whose ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14.Peter hasn’t seen Mary yet.
=> Mary -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
15. What did you do last night ?
=> What ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
16. She practices English every day .
=>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
17.She has no qualification . She can’t apply for a job.
=>If -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
18.She didn’t learn and prepare her lessons well . She failed the exams.
=> If ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19.If she doesn’t go by train , she will be late .
=> Unless-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
20.I don’t trust John because he behaves badly .
=> I --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
21.He succeeded in his life although he came from a poor family .
=>He---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
22.Although it was raining hard , They insisted on leaving .
=> In spite -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
23.Steve started learning the violin a month ago .
=> Steve has ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
24.The last time Peter came here was in 2000.
=> Peter hasn’t --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
25.I haven’t been to an Australian restaurant for ages .
=> It is ages -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IV.Complete the following sentences with the correct form or tense of the verbs in
brackets.
1/ If she doesn’t learn hard , she -------------------------------( fail) the exams.
2/ Our school ( build)---------------------------------in 1998.
3.There (be) -----------------------------an English class in this room tomorrow.
4.I (wait) ----------------------for her since seven o’clock and she (not come) yet.
5.The boys (play)--------------------- football when the referee comes.
6.Look! The sky is very heavy. It (rain)------------------------- .
7.If you ( take ) ------------------------ these pills , you ( feel ) ------------------------ better .
8.If you ( read ) ------------------------ this book , you ( get ) ------------------------a lot of
information .
9.If the smokers ( stop) ------------------------smoking , they ( improve ) ------------------------their
health .
10.If I ( be ) ------------------------in Moscow , I ( visit ) ------------------------Kremlin .
IV/ WRITING : Choose the underlined part among A,B,C or D that needs correcting
and the correct them :
1. Many people enjoy living in a big city in spite of there is a tremendous amount of pollution.
2.What time do you often get up on the morning .
3.Do you believe about ghosts?
4.I ‘ve just visited my grandparents , that made me happy .
5.The man waiting for the campers were the park ranger.
6.Tom said that he is going to leave for London the following day.
7.Nguyen Du , who wrote Truyen Kieu , was one of most famous poets in Vietnam.
8.The students who waiting outside are becoming impatient.
9.The book Tom reading was written by a famous author .
10.You would have passed the GCSEs if you studied well
V. READING : 1/Read the following the text then fill in the gaps to complete the passage.
Before Doi Moi our country experienced ------------- difficulties: the economy was
under-developed and was-------------by traditional agriculture; the country------------poor, the
people led a poor life, production was stagnant; there was a shortage--------------school and
hospitals, and inflation could be seen in very sector of the economy. -----------------these
problems, our Government introduced a number of renovation measures: they eliminates
government subsidies; they shifted economic priority from heavy industry to three
major----------------- programs , namely, production of food, production of consumer
good----------------production of exports; they reduced state intervention in business; they opened
trade--------------with all countries-------------the world and--------------------foreign and domestic
private investment.
2/ Answer some questions.
1.How was the economy before Doi Moi ?
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Which measures did the Government introduce?
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3- What did our country experience ?
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4- Did people lead a rich life ?
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