Boi duong hoc sinh gioi 9

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<i><b>Hoa Ngo Xuan</b></i>

Tai Lieu Boi Duong HSG 9

<b>Exercise 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense or form.</b>
1. Columbus _______ (discover) America more than 400 years ago.
2. I ________ (not see) them for more than a week.

3. He ________ (not eat) turkey since he was in Moscow.
4. Since when you ________ (know) her?

5. How long you ________ (live) here? - For 15 years.
6. How long ago ________ (be) the last war?

7. How long ago you last _______ (see) him? - Last month.
8. They ________ (come) here a month ago?

9. We _______ (finish) our supper half an hour ago.
10.I ________ (read) a book when he came in.
11. The sun ________ (shine) when we went out.
12.I _______ (live) in this town since 1995.

13. She ________ (write) a letter when her brother ________ (come) in yesterday
afternoon.

14.I ________ (look) at this picture for 5 minutes, but I can't see you in it.
- I'm afraid you _______ (look) at the wrong one.

15.Peter _________ (sit) in a small restaurant when I ________ (see) him.
16.The boy ________ (fall) down while he ________ (run).

17.While you ________ (play) the piano, I ________ (write) a letter.

18.Mary _____ (have) a lovely dog, and she always _____ (take) it out for a walk in the
evening.

19.I know you ______ (talk) about grammar for the last half an hour, but I'm afraid I
_______ (not understand).

20.The sun _______ (rise) in the East. Now it ______ (set) and the night ________ (fall).
21.John usually ________ (get) up at 6.30 and ________ (have) breakfast at 7.00.

22.That man in the white hat who ______ (walk) past the window ____ (live) next door.
23.The baby _______ (cry) because it _______ (be)hungry now.

24.Why you _______ (wash) those clothes this morning?

-Because the sun ________ (shine).I never _______ (wash) clothes when there ______
(be) clouds in the sky.

25.The boy ______ (grow) 5 cm before his father saw him again.
26.My sister ______ (be) a nurse for eight years now.

27.Last sunday,Nam _______ (have) breakfast at 7.30, _______ (ride) until noon and
______ (sleep) till 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

28.I already ______ (give) him one before you told me.

29. Mary always ______ (go) to school by bus. Her class ______ (begin) at 12.30 and
_______ (finish) at 5.30.

30. Miss Lien ______ (be) a doctor. She _______ (work) in a hospital and she ______
(talk) to her patients now.

31. Tom ______ (start) his work early this morning. He _______ (do) a lot, but he ______
(not finish) it yet.

32 .We _______ (go) to England again last summer. We ______ (be) there twice.

33. Mr. Jones ___ (be) on holiday last month. He ____ (travel) through Europe. He ___
(enjoy) _____ (travel).

34. He times _______ (make) his little girl ________ (cry).
35. His little girl is sometimes made _______ (cry) by him.

36. My father _______ (learn) Latin when he _______ (be) at school.
37. We ________ (drink) coffee every day when we were in France.
38. I'm very interested in ________ (watch) action movies.

39. May I borrow your pen? - I'm sorry, I _______ (use) it.

40._______ (Be) students, we should ______ (try) _______ (study) hard.
<b>Exercise 2. Turn these following sentences into the passive voice.</b>
41.I finished my work at about five o'clock.

_______________________________________________
42. We use this book in our class.

_______________________________________________
43. They gave him a nice present when he retired.

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<i><b>Hoa Ngo Xuan</b></i>

Tai Lieu Boi Duong HSG 9

44. He opened the boxes and took out a cigarette.

_______________________________________________
45. Do people speak English all over the world?

_______________________________________________
46. Somebody planted this tree last month.

_______________________________________________
47. They built this house in 1995.

_______________________________________________
48. You must answer all the questions on the paper.

_______________________________________________
49. Someone is singing an English song.

_______________________________________________
50. We have learnt English for five years.

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<b>Exercise 3. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.</b>
Coca-Cola is enjoyed all over the world. 1.6 billion gallons (1. sell) __________ every
year. The drink (2. invent) ___________ by Dr John Pemberton on 8 May 1886, but it (3.
give) __________ the name Coca-Cola by his partner, Frank Robinson. In the first year,
only nine drinks a day (4. sell) __________.

The business (5. bring) ___________ by a man called Asia Candler in 1888, and the
first factory (6. open) ____________ in Dallas, Texas, in 1895. Coca-Cola (7. still/make)

_____________ there. Billions of bottles and cans (8. produce) _____________ since
1895. Diet Coke (9. make) ____________ since 1982. It is certain that Coca-Cola (10.
drink) ____________ far into the twenty-first century.

<b>Exercise 4 Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets.</b>
11. He asked his son _________ (take) the telephone out of the room.

12. The novel is very long. I _________ (read) it for some days but I _________ (not
finish) it yet.

13. I _________ (meet) Lan while I _________ (walk) down the street.
14. They _________ (be) away from home for a week.

15. Long enjoys _________ (read) books.

16. How long you _________ (learn) English? - For 4 years.
17. We _________ (see) this film before last year.

18. Yesterday I _________ (not have) breakfast before __________ (go) to work.
19. When you _________ (build) this house? _ It _________ (build) in 1995.

20. You _________ (have) your birthday party next week? - N. I _________ (have) it
already last week. 30. How long ago you last _________ (meet) him?

<b>Complete the sentences using the prepositions in the box.</b>

IN, ON, AT, BY, FOR, TO, FROM, UNTIL, SINCE, DURING
1. They lived in Nha Trang _____ two or three years.

2. Huy made his first trip to Da Lat _____ October 2004.

3. The train will leave Hang Co Railway Station _____ 15 minutes.

4. Mr.Quang said that the meeting would begin _____ 8.30 sharp.

5. _____ yesterday, I thought that he had told us the truth.

6. We haven't seen our friends _____ last Tuesday.

7. _____ the time your uncle gets your letter, it will be too late.

8. Dr.Quang's office hours are _____ 10 AM _____ 3 PM.

9. The two children stayed awake ______ 11 o'clock last night.

10. The director didn't say about the matter _____ that time.

11. Mr.Thanh has worked for this company ______ the war.

12. He works in a factory _____ the day and studies _____ night.

13. Wait here for me. I will only be away _____ 15 minutes.

14. Mrs.Huong worked there _____ quite late _____ the evening.

15. It has been raining _____ the morning _____ nearly 3 hours.

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<i><b>Hoa Ngo Xuan</b></i>

Tai Lieu Boi Duong HSG 9

1. Mr Thanh leaves Ha Noi at

……

.2 pm.

2. He arrives in Singapore

………

Monday evening.

3. On Tuesday morning, there is a meeting

………

11 am and 1 pm.

4. On Wednesday, Mr Thanh has appointments

…

.10 pm.

5. He returns to the hotel

……

.10 pm.

6. He will be in Singapore from Monday

……

..Thursday.

7. Goodbye! See you

……

..Monday.

8. The bus collected us

……

.5 o

’

clock early

……

the morning.

9. We usually go to our home village at least once

………

the summer.

10. We walked

………

.half an hour to reach the waterfall.

11. They planned to have the trip

………

.June.

12. She loves to watch the stars

………

night.

13. Mr Thanh isn

’

t here at the moment. He

’

ll be back

……

..a few minutes.

14. We were at the seaside

………

..two weeks.

15. I haven

’

t seen Liz

………

.Monday.

16. Mrs Nhung has gone away. She

’

s been away

…………

.Friday.

17. Where

’

s Trang? She should be here

…………

..now.

18. There are usually a lot of parties

………

..New Year

’

s Eve.

19. Can I meet you

………

.8 am

and 9 am.

20. They don

’

t like traveling

…

.night.

<b>so . . . that/ such . . . that / too/ enough</b>

<b>Combine the pairs of sentences using the cues in brackets.</b>

1. He is an excellent student. We all like them. (such . . . that)

2. The cows are very big. They give a lot of milk. (so . . . that)

3. The bridge is so low that the car can't go through it. (such . . . that)

4. He is too short to be a volleyball player. (enough)

5. The water was too cold for us to go swimming. (enough)

6. He wasn't old enough to take part in the game. (too)

7. It was very cold. I went to visit her. (although)

8. It was such a difficult test that no one could finish it. (so . . . that)

9. The bridge is so low that the car can't go through it. (too)

10.I got up late. I was late for school. (since)

11. The movie was boring. We went home before it finished. (so)

12. Mai opened the door. Mai greeted the guests. (and)

13. We started the trip very early. We reached the village before noon. (so

that)

14. Liz saw some wild ducks. Liz was resting under a tree. (while)

15. Hoa is very sick. She can

’

t sit up. (so

…

.that)

16. Ba felt tired and hungry. Lan felt tired and hungry. (so)

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<i><b>Hoa Ngo Xuan</b></i>

Tai Lieu Boi Duong HSG 9

18. The water is very cold. We can

’

t swim in it. (too)

19. Peter didn

’

t have money to buy a bus ticket. He had to walk home. (so)

20. Mr Parker feeds the chicken. He collects their eggs. (not only

…

.but also)

<b>Turn these following sentences into the passive voice.</b>

1. I finished my work at about five o'clock.

2. We use this book in our class.

3. They gave him a nice present when he retired.

4. He opened the boxes and took out a cigarette.

5. Do people speak English all over the world?

6. Somebody planted this tree last month.

7. They built this house in 1995.

8. You must answer all the questions on the paper.

9. Someone is singing an English song.

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