Bài tập trắc nghiệm tiếng anh 9 (5000 câu, có đáp án)

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5000 CÂU TRẮC NGHIỆM TIẾNG ANH 9
THEO CHUYÊN ĐỀ
(CÓ ĐÁP ÁN)

Exercise 1
1.

The wedding party________ at the Rex Hotel.
a. is

2.

b. does

c. did

d. will

b. is coming

c. came

d. has come

Angelina Jolie is a famous actress. She ________ in several film.
a. appears

5.

d. is going to be

Hurry! The train________ I don't want to miss it.
a. comes

4.

c. will be

How many languages_____ John speak?
a. do

3.

b. is being

b. is appearing

c. appeared

d. has appeared

I saw Maggie at the party. She ________ in several film.
a. wears

b. wore

c. was wearing

2

d. has worn


6.

What time________ the next train leave?
a. does

7.

b. will

b. is staying

b. had had

c. has gone

d. did go

c. will finish

d. shall have finished

b. had been written c. had written

d. has been written

She ________ English at RMIT these days.
b. is studying

c. will study

d. is gong to study

She's at her best when she________ big decisions.
b. makes

c. had made

d. will make

c. will spend

d. are going to spend

We________ next vacation in London.
b. are spending

Robert________ tomorrow morning on the 10:30 train.
b. is arriving

c. has arrived

d. would arrive

c. leaves

d. is leaving

c. had phoned

d. has phoned

Look! The bus________
a. left

20.

d. had been

Before you asked, the letter________

a. arrived
19.

c. was

b. finishes

a. spend
18.

d. walk

He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ________ dinner.

a. is making

17.

c. walks

b. went

a. studies
16.

d. would learn

Henry________ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.

a. was written
15.

c. has leaned

b. has been

a. finish
14.

d. have had

For several years his ambition ________ to be a pilot.

a. was going
13.

b. will learn

b. walked

a. is
12.

c. have has

The man got out of the car,_______ round to the back and opened the boot.
a. walking

11.

d. is going to stay

By the end of next year, George________ English for 2 years.
a. will have learned

10.

c. will stay

After I________ lunch, I looked for my bag.
a. had

9.

d. would

Monica________ with her sister at the moment until she finds a flat.
a. stays

8.

c. shall

b. has left

Mike________ one hour ago.
a. phoned

b. was phoning

1c

2b

3b

4d

5c

6a

7b

8b

9a

10b

11b

12b

13b

14b

15b

16a

17b

18b

19d

20a

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Exercise 2
1.

I shall be glad when he________
a. had gone

2.

b. did go

b. has finished

b. unlocked

c. has written

d. had written

b. wrote

c. was written

d. had written

b. has been broken

c. had broke down

d. breaks down

c. have learned

d. had learned

We ________English this time last week.
b. were learning

Is it raining? - No, it isn't but the ground is wet. It________
b. had rained

c. has rained

d. has been raining

Her family________ to America before 1975.
b. have gone

c. had gone

d. would go

When I arrived at the party, Martha________ home already.
b. have gone

c. had gone

d. would go

Henry________ for 10 years when he finally gave it up.
a. has smoked

16.

d. had left

I couldn't cut the grass because the machine_______ a few days previously.

a. went
15.

d. lain

While her husband was in the army, Janet________ to him twice a week.

a. went
14.

c. leaves

b. writes

a. rained
13.

d. have unlocked

By the age of 25, he ________ two famous novels.

a. learned
12.

c. locates

b. left

a. broken down
11.

d. float

Almost everyone________ for home by the time we arrived.

a. was writing
10.

c. will be floated

c. to be unlocked

b. lies

a. wrote
9.

d. takes

That dancing club________ north of the city

a. leave
8.

c. might have taken

When he returned home, he found the door________.

a. lays
7.

b. have taken

b. floats

a. unlocking
6.

d. finishing

Oil________ if you pour it on water
a. floated

5.

c. finished

After you finish your work, you________ a break.
a. should take

4.

d. had gone

Ask her to come ad see me when she ________ her work.
a. finish

3.

c. went

b. has been smoking c. had smoked

d. had been smoking'

Yesterday morning I got up and looked out of the window. The sun was shinning but the ground
was very wet. It________
a. rained

b. has been raining

c. had rained

4

d. had been raining


17.

We ________ our examination next month.
a. have

18.

b. shall have

b. will rain

c. would rain

d. can rain

We________ English this time next Monday.
a. learn

20.

d. will be having

Look that those black clouds! It________
a. is going to rain

19.

c. will have had

b. will learn

c. are learning

d. will be learning

We________ this course before the final examination.
a. are going to finish b. have finished

c. will finish

d. will have finished

1d

2b

3b

4d

5c

6a

7b

8b

9b

10c

11b

12b

13b

14b

15b

16a

17b

18b

19d

20a

Exercise 3
1.

I________ "Chicken soup for the soul" but I haven’t finished it yet.
a. read

2.

c. had read

d. had read

b. will have

c. are having

d. will have had

b. is flowing

c. will flow

d. is going to flow

b. had cooked

c. has cooked

d. was cooking

b. are existing

c. exist

d. have existed

b. rang

c. had rung

d. had been ringing

The earth________ on the sun for its heat and light.
a. is depend

11.

b. was reading

The phone________ constantly since Jack won the first prize this morning.
a. has been ringing

10.

d. have lost

Fish________ on earth for ages and ages.
a. existed

9.

c. had lost

While mother________ dinner the phone rang.
a. cooked

8.

b. lost

The Red River________ very fast today-much faster than yesterday.
a. flows

7.

d.. hadn't looked

We________ a part next week. Would you like to come?
a. have

6.

c. hasn't looked

Last night Tine________ in bed when suddenly she heard a scream.
a. read

5.

b. wasn't looking

I ________ my key. Can you help me look for it?
a. lose

4.

c. have been reading d. was reading

Alan took a photograph of Sandra while she________
a. didn't look

3.

b. am reading

b. depending

c. has depend

I don't feel good. I ________ home from work tomorrow.

5

d. depends


a. am staying
12.

b. has made

c. have been

d. had been

b. isn't going to exits

c. isn't existing

d. won't be existing

b. is never winning c. had never been winning d. had never won

b. has studied

c. will have studied

d. has been studying

In one year's time, I________ in this school for 15 years.
b. will work

c. will have studied

d. has been studying'

They ________ this course by next June.
a. have finished

20.

d. was step

By the end of this year, Tom ________English for three years.

a. will be working
19.

c. has stepped

Their football team________ a championship until last season.

a. will be studying
18.

d. makes

If coastal erosion continues to take place at the present rate, in another fifty years this
beach________ any more.

a. had never won
17.

b. stepped

b. were

a. doesn't exist
16.

c. made

When boarding the plane, many passengers were annoyed because they ________ waiting in the
airport for three ad a half hours.
a. are

15.

d. stayed

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong ________ down onto the moon, the first person ever set foot on
another planet.
a. was stepping

14.

c. will have stayed

In the last two decades, space exploration___great contributions to weather forecasting.
a. is making

13.

b. stay

b. will finish

c. are going to finish d. will have finished

She will go abroad as soon as she________ this English course.
a. has completed

b. will complete

c. will have completed

d. completed

1c

2b

3d

4b

5c

6b

7d

8d

9a

10d

11a

12b

13b

14d

15b

16d

17c

18c

19d

20a

Exercise 4
1.

The child________ before the doctor arrived.
a. died

2.

d. was dying

b. has left

c. left

d. were leaving

The secretary________ the report by 10:00 yesterday.
a. hasn't finished

4.

c. has died

We cleaned up the room as soon as the guests________
a. had left

3.

b. had died

b. hasn't finished

c. didn't finish

d. would finish

c. has been crying

d. had cried

Jane's eyes are red. She________
a. cried

b. has cried

6


5.

This room is dirty. Someone________ in here.
a. smoked

6.

b. has smoked

c. would win

d. is winning

b. will rain

c. is going to rain

d. is raining

I'll come and see you before I ________ for America.
a. leave

9.

b. will win

it________ rain tomorrow.
a. rains

8.

d. has been smoking

Arsenal________ next Monday.
a. wins

7.

c. had been smoking

b. will leave

c. have left

d. shall leave

The little girl asked what________ to her friend.
a. has happened

b. happened

c. had happened

d. would have been happened
10.

John________ a book when I saw him.
a. is reading

11.

b. would

b. open

b. was looking

b. paint

b. left

b. haven't seen

b. is living

c. has been looking

d. looked

c. will have painted

d. painting

c. has left

d. had left

c. didn't see

d. hadn't seen

c. was living

d. has been living

She is tired now. She________ for a long time.
a. has been learning b. has learned

20.

c. for two hours d. all are correct

When I last saw him, he________ in London.
a. has lived

19.

b. since 9 a.m

We________ Doris since last Sunday.
a. don't see

18.

d. opening

The train________ half an hour ago.
a. has been leaving

17.

c. will have opened

Jack________ the door.
a. has just painted

16.

d. would be'

My sister________ for you since yesterday.
a. is looking

15.

c. can

I have been waiting for you________
a. since early morning

14.

d. reading

Jack________ he door.
a. has just opened

13.

c. was reading

He said he________ return later.
a. will

12.

b. read

c. learns

d. learned

They will have gone home before you________ to meet them.
a. came

b. come

c. will come

7

d. are coming


1b

2a

3a

4c

5d

6b

7d

8a

9b

10b

11b

12d

13d

14b

15c

16a

17c

18b

19a

20b

Exercise 5
1.

Hurry up or the train________ before you ca catch it.
a. will leave

2.

13.

b. will come

c. comes

b. had been waiting c. has been waiting

b. will visit

c. would visit

b. has it begun

c. Had it begun

b. has never seen

c. never seen

b. have lived

d. coming

d. have waited

d. is going to visit

d. Would it begin

d. never had seen

c. had lived

d. had been living

b. are leading

c. leading

d. led

a. was preparing

b. was being prepared

c. was prepared

d. had been prepared

She was tired. She____ for a long time.
b. had been learning

c. leaned

d. was learning

He ____ in space for 10 days by tomorrow.

a. will travel

15.

d. be

When we got home, dinner____ so we had a drink first.

a. has been learning
14.

c. was

There are many ways________ to Rome.
a. is leading

12.

b. have been

I________ in Da Nang before I moved to Dong Nai.
a. have been living

11.

d. comprises

My daughter saw an elephant this morning but she________ one before.
a. had never seen

10.

c. comprised

________ to rain before you woke up this morning?
a. Did it begin

9.

b. composes

Did she say she________ him tomorrow?
a. has visited

8.

d. had

My girls friend arrived after I ________ for her about half an hour.
a. was waiting

7.

c. has

Last week, my professor promised that he________ today.
a. would come

6.

b. are having

This is the first time I ________ here.
a. am

5.

d. has left

A football team________ chiefly of 12 players.
a. composed

4.

c. will have left

Now my sister________ a bicycle of her own.
a. is having

3.

b. leaves

b. will be traveling c. will have been traveling d. has traveled

He said he would visit me, but he____ me yet.

8

a. has not visited
16.

b. has been

b. would have

d. had been

c. will be having

b. had begun

d. has

c. was beginning

d. began

As soon as he____ a certificate in English, he will apply for a job.
a. would get

20.

c. was

We had just got out of car when it ____ to set fire.
a. has begun

19.

d. does not visit

Before the prime Minister leaves New Your he____ several talks.
a. will have had

18.

c. is not visiting

The weather____ fine so far this week.
a. is

17.

b. had not visited

b. got

c. gets

d. will get

He was told that he____ knocked out in the first round.
a. had been

b. was

c. has been

d. was being

1c

2c

3b

4b

5a

6b

7c

8c

9a

10d

11c

12b

13b

14c

15a

16b

17a

18d

19c

20a

Exercise 6
1.

Michael ____ a word with Lisa this morning.
a. has

2.

c. has talked

d. has been talking

b. was watching

c. has watched

d. had watched

b. played

c. has played

d. has been playing

b. made always

c. was always making d. was making always

b. am wondering

c. wondered

d. was wondering

c. have panted

d. had painted

I____ four chairs so far this morning.
a. painted

9.

b. was talking

I____ if you could give me hand
a. wonder

8.

d. smokes

When he worked here, simon____ mistakes.
a. always made

7.

c. smoked

While I was working in the garden, my son____ video games.
a. was playing

6.

b. has smoked

I____ TV at 8L30 last night.
a. watched

5.

d. had had

Stephen____ on the phone when I came in.
a. talked

4.

c. has had

Old Ted____ twenty cigarettes a day till he gave up.
a. had smoked

3.

b. had

b. was painting

Frank____ home since he was a boy.

9


a. isn't
10.

b. wasn't

b. has lived

b. saw

b. from

b. from

16.

c. has watched

d. watched

b. have been widely used

c. were widely used

d. widely used

She has been studying engineering________
b. for 5 years

c. 5 years before

d. during 5 years.

In 1996, my brother________ at Harvard university.
b. is studying

c. studied

d. had studied

Are you learning your lesson? No, I________ it.
b. have finished

c. finishing

d. have finished'

Elvis Presley________ on television for a long time.
a. isn't appearing

20.

d. for

a. had been widely used

a. finished
19.

d. for

since the appearance of karaoke machines, they________

a. studies
18.

c. to

c. to

b. is watching

a. since 5 years
17.

d. would see

My little sister________ "sleeping beauty" several times.
a. watches

15.

c. have seen

Paulo has learned English________ five years.
a. since

14.

d. was living

I've lived here________ 1990.
a. since

13.

c. is living

We____ "Alexander the Great". It's very interesting!
a. see

12.

d. hadn't been

Mai____ in HCM for five years.
a. lives

11.

c. hasn't been

b. hasn't appeared

c. won't have appeared d. hadn't appeared

We________ waiting for her half a hour before she came.
a. have been

b. will be

c. will have been

d. had been

1b

2c

3b

4b

5a

6c

7d

8c

9d

10b

11c

12a

13d

14c

15b

16b

17c

18b

19b

20d

Exercise 7
1.

There's a strange smell in here. Mother________ something.
a. cooks

2.

c. will cook

d. has cooked

c. has started

d. is going to start

The concert________ at 7:15.
a. starts

3.

b. is cooking

b. is starting

Nora says she's 17 but I ________ here.

10

a. don't believe
4.

14.

b. teaches

b. for

b. was blowing

b. read

b. are damaged

b. were

c. has blown

d. was blown

c. reads

d. have been reading

c. have damaged

d. had damaged

c. had been

d. have been

He might have given you some advise if you________ him to.
b. had asked

c. asked

d. would ask

Sir Thompson always________ funny stories after dinner.
b. has said

c. says

d. tells'

The milkman________ the jug of milk on the table outside the kitchen
b. lay

c. laid

d. lie

My litter sister is afraid to________ the dishes after dinner.
b. do

c. make

d. made

Did you see him yesterday? Oh no, but I________
b. ought to

c. should have

d. did

c. knew

d. have known

I wish I________ his name
a. know

20.

d. owing to

d. many peoples feared

a. should
19.

c. because of

c. many peoples were afraid

a. have done
18.

d. having taught

b. many people afraid

a. lain
17.

c. taught

a. many people were afraid

a. said
16.

d. have got

In former times________ to go to a dentist.

a. would have asked
15.

c. got

We________ to Tri An a few times recently.
a. would be

13.

b. are getting

What did the farmer do after locusts________ their crop?
a. damage

12.

d. has rained

I________ that novel at least twice.
a. have read

11.

c. had rained

The wind________ very hard when the ship sailed around the Mediterranean Sea.
a. blew

10.

b. was raining

Her life has changed a lot________ she became rich.
a. since

9.

c. haven't waited d. haven't been waiting

Mr. Black did teach that lesson along tome ago, but now he never remembers______ it.

a. teach

8.

b. am not waiting

Michael, is it true that you________ married next week?
a. get

7.

d. wouldn't believe

We did not go out because it________
a. would rain

6.

c. won't believe

Sorry I'm late - That OK, I________ long
a. don't wait

5.

b. didn't believe

b. known

When his girlfriend came, he________ his car.

11


a. cleaning

b. cleans

c. is cleaning

d. was cleaning

1b

2a

4a

4d

5b

6b

7d

8a

9b

10a

11d

12d

13a

14b

15d

16c

17b

18c

19c

20d

Exercise 8
1.

They________ tomorrow at 12:30
a. will leave

2.

13.

d. will flow

b. is playing

c. would play

d. has played

b. will have presented c. presents

d. will be presenting

b. did/made

c. made/made

d. did/did

b. lied

c. led

d. laying

b. laid

c. led

d. laying

b. are with the wrong c. have the wrong

d. made the wrong

I like looking at the pictures, but I ________ enough by lunch time.
a. should have

12.

c. is flowing

I'm afraid you________ number.
a. have mistaken

11.

b. flows

The snake________ one big egg last week.
a. lay

10.

d. will work

The holiday makers________ in the sunshine to get sunburnt.
a. laid

9.

c. has worked

This pupil________ his best and ________ only one mistake in his dictation.
a. made/did

8.

b. is working

We shall make a trip around the world when the opportunity________ itself to us.
a. will present

7.

d. knocked

He________ for Chelsea this season.
a. played

6.

c. has knocked

The river________ after last night's rain.
a. flowed

5.

b. is knocking

John________ at the moment, so he can't answer the telephone.
a. works

4.

c. are going to leave d. leave

Someone________ at the door, can you answer it?
a. knocks

3.

b. are leaving

b. will have

c. will have had

d. have

I don't understand this sentence. What________?
a. does mean this word

b. have this word mean

c. means this word

d. does this word mean

John________ tennis once or twice a week.
a. usually play

b. in usually playing

c. usually plays

d. have usually played

12


14.

It was noisy next door. Our neighbors________ a party
a. had

15.

b. were having

b. get

b. looked

d. looks

b. have ironed

c. ironed

d. was ironing

b. come

c. came

d. have came

Why________ at me like that? What's the matter?
a. do you look

20.

c. am looking

Are you ready, Ann? Yes, I________
a. am coming

19.

d. has got

At 5 o'clock yesterday evening, I ________ my clothes.
a. am ironing

18.

c. got

I________ for Christine. Do you know where she is?
a. look

17.

d. have had

It________ dark. Shall I turn on the light?
a. is getting

16.

c. had had

b. have you looked c. did you look

d. are you looking

I________ along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.
a. was walking

b. a walking

c. walk

d. walked

1d

2b

3b

4c

5b

6c

7b

8d

9b

10c

11c

12d

13c

14b

15a

16c

17d

18a

19d

20a

Exercise 9
1.

There was a time when watching TV really________ family entertainment
a. were

2.

6.

b. has sold

b. was waiting

b. was seeing

d. sold

c. have waited

d. had been waiting

c. saw

d. see

Danniel ______ the bus. It doesn't run on Sundays.
a. Did not catch

b. have not caught

c. had not caught

d. couldn't have caught

We didn't play very well. We______ better.
a. should have played b. should play

7.

c. has sold

Through the rain, I ______ a lighted window and a sign wich said "Sam's Place".
a. have seen

5.

d. is

At last the bus came. We _________ for half an hour
a. waited

4.

c. had been

Last year they __________ 22 million TV sets.
a. were selling

3.

b. was

c. have played

d. have been playing

I think you ______ pay to park here, I'll just go and read that notice.
a. will

b. would

c. must

13

d. better


8.

I think you should have that coast_____ soon.

a. cleaned

9.

b. being cleaned

b. did not eat

b. am lying

14.

b. will have visited c. have visited

d. will have been married

I think the weather______ nice later.
b. be

c. is

b. has been

c. will have been

d. will be

We__________ a party last Saturday. It was great we invited lots of people.
b. have had

c. had

d. had had

I was sad when I sold my car. I_____ it for a very long time.
b. were running

c. had been running

d. have been running

We were extremely tired at the end of the journey. We____ for more than 24 hours.
c. have traveled

d. traveled

The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody______ straight to bed.
a. had gone

20.

d. has been

She_______ very angry when she knows this.

a. had been traveling b. were traveling
19.

d. visit

c. will been married

a. am running
18.

d. has been married

b. had been married

a. have
17.

c. were married

a. have been married

a. shall be
16.

d. should be lying

When their first child was born, they_____ married for three years.

a. will be
15.

c. will be lying

Tomorrow I_______ my grandparents.
a. am going to visit

13.

d. shouldn't have eaten

Ted and Amy______ for 24 years.
a. have been married b. married

12.

c. mustn't eat

I'm going on holyday on Saturday. This time next week I_____ on a beach in the sea.
a. will lie

11.

d. to clean

I'm feeling sick. I_______ so much chocolate last night.
a. needn't to eat

10.

c. leaning

b. have gone

c. went

d. go

The man sitting next to me on the plane was nervous because he______ before.
a. hasn't flown

b. didn't fly

c. hadn't flown

d. wasn't flying

1b

2d

3d

4c

5d

6a

7c

8a

9d

10c

11a

12a

13b

14a

15d

16b

17c

18a

19a

20c

Exercise 10
1.

________ a car when they were living in London?
a. Have they

b. Did they have

c. Were they having

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d. have they had


2.

They ________ serving meals by the time we get to the restaurant.
a. will stop

3.

c. has/closed

d. was closing

b. ate

c. eat

d. have eaten

b. is playing

c. played

d. plays

b. was cleaning

c. had cleaned

d. has cleaned

b. told

c. had told

d. would tell

b. would leave

c. would have left

d. is leaving

b. was

c. would be

d. will be

b. has died

c. died

d. was dying

b. given

c. have given

d. was given

b. must have gone

c. has gone

d. had had

b. were

c. will be

d. are

I ________ the dishwasher on when heard the shot.
a. am turning

19.

b. had/closed

Where ________ you at 9:00 last night, Mr. Green?
a. have been

18.

d. would enjoy

Yesterday I passed by Peter's house, but the front door was closed. He__out.
a. went

17.

c. did enjoy

I______________ my son the money for that last week.
a. gave

16.

b. enjoy

My grandfather______ many years ago.
a. had died

15.

d. have used

I hope everything______ fine.
a. is

14.

c. use

I_______ here at the end of the month.

a. will leave

13.

b. used

They_____ me about it last week.
a. was telling

12.

d. are going to be

After he________ the house, he wrote a letter.
a. cleans

11.

c. will be

She_______ music all day. Now she fells tired.
a. has been playing

10.

b. won't be

There's no more apples. We ______ them all.
a. had eaten

9.

d. was reading

It was 10 p.m. Most of the shops_____ just______
a. have/closed

8.

c. is reading

We______ the concert. It was really good.
a. are enjoying

7.

b. reads

Can I borrow your bike on Monday? I'm sorry, but_____ it.
a. I'll be using

6.

d. will have stopped

You______ here for my party, won't you?
a. shall be

5.

c. are stopping

Mark was listening to music while his sister_______ a book.
a. read.

4.

b. stopped

b. turned

c. was turning

d. turned

Now I _______ for what I said about you. It wasn't true and I shouldn't

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have said it
a. do apologize
20.

b. apologized

c. was apologized

d. apologizing

c. studied

d. had been studying

Tim was tired. He ______ hard all day.
a. has been studying b. studies

1b

2d

3d

4c

5a

6c

7b

8d

9a

10c

11b

12a

13d

14c

15a

16b

17b

18c

19a

20d

Name:

Basis No 2

Mark

CAUSATIVE FORM
Class:

Exercise 1
1.

I'll have the boys______ the chairs.

a. paint

2.

d. to take

b. to service

c. service

d. serviced

b. to make

c. make

d. made

b. to test

c. test

d. testing

b. repaired

c. to repair

d. repairing

b. to install

c. installed

d. installing

c. decorated

d. decorating

We had the room______ yesterday
a. decorates

10.

c. take

They have just had air conditioning______ in their house.
a. install

9.

b. taking

Lisa had the roof______ yesterday.
a. repair

8.

d. building

Pupils should have their eyes______ regularly.
a. tested

7.

c. built

I'll have a new dress______ for my daughter.
a. making

6.

b. to build

You should have your car______ before going.
a. servicing

5.

d. painting

Have these flowers______ to her office, please.
a. taken

4.

c. painted

I am going to have a new house______

a. build

3.

b. to paint

b. had decorated

The villagers have had the use of this washing machine______ by this engineer.

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a. explain
11.

b. explained

b. to have

b. built

b. to drain

b. cuts

c. cut

d. to cut

c. whitewashing

d. to whitewash

b. had/clean

c. had/cleaned

d. had/to clean

c. sweeping

d. to sweep

c. repaired

d. being repaired

I'd like to have my shoes______ at one.
b. repairing

My grandmother had a tooth______ last week.
a. fill

20.

b. whitewashed

b. swept

a. repair
19.

d. to cut

Please have the cleaner______ this meeting room.
a. sweep

18.

c. cut

I'm sorry I'm late, but I______ my watch______ on the way here.
a. have/cleaned

17.

d. building

It's about time you had your house______
a. whitewash

16.

c. to be built

She is going to have her wedding dress______
a. cutting

15.

d. to get

They had the swamp______ last year.
a. drain

14.

c. having

The government has had new houses______ in the rural areas.
a. build

13.

d. explains

By______ the housework done, we have time to further our studies.
a. taking

12.

c. to explain

b. filling

c. filled

d. to be filled

c. mended

d. being mended

We had the roof______ last year.
a. mend

b. mending

1a

2c

3a

4d

5d

6a

7b

8c

9c

10b

11c

12b

13d

14c

15b

16c

17a

18c

19c

20c

Exercise 2
1.

We have just had the carpenter______ this chair.
a. made

2.

d. making

b. have

c. got to

d. order

c. cleaned

d. being cleaned

I have had my room______ today.
a. clean

4.

c. to make

What did you do this morning? We ______ the room whitewashed.
a. had

3.

b. make

b. cleaning

John had just had his brother______ a house for him on Fifth Avenue.
a. building

b. build

c. to build

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d. built


5.

Let's have our waiter______ some coffee
a. bring

6.

7.

b. cleaned and pressed

c. cleaning and pressing

d. cleaning and pressed

The teacher had the students______ their test.

c. taking

d. to take

b. to break

c. breaking

d. broken

b. to steal

c. stolen

d. steal

b. blown

c. blowing

d. to blow

b. to take

c. taking

d. taken

b. to shine

c. chining

d. shine

b. making

c. to make

d. make

b. delivered

c. to deliver

d. delivering

c. developing

d. doing

c. to do

d. doing

c. typed

d. typing

I have not had the film______ yet.
b. to develop

She had her hair______ yesterday.
a. done

20.

b. taken

Do you have a newspaper______ to your home?

a. develop
19.

d. to clean

I'll have another key______

a. deliver
18.

c. cleaning

Bill is having his shoes______

a. made
17.

b. clean

George had his papers______ at the police station.

a. shined
16.

d. buying

Fred had his hat______ off in the wind.

a. take
15.

c. bought

Frank had his passport______ on a train.

a. blow
14.

b. to buy

James had his nose______ in a fight.

a. stealing
13.

d. having handed in

She doesn't like having her picture______

a. break
12.

c. handing in

Why don't you have that coat______?

a. take
11.

b. handed in

The students got the librarian______ books for them.

a. cleaned
10.

d. brought

a. clean and press

a. buy
9.

c. bringing

You ought to have your coat______

a. had in
8.

b. to bring

b. do

Have her______ these letters, please.
a. type

b. to type

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1b

2c

3a

4d

5d

6b

7a

8b

9a

10b

11d

12c

13b

14d

15a

16a

17a

18d

19a

20a

Name:

Basis No 3

Mark

COMPARISONS
Class:

Exercise 1
1.

Peter is the______ student in my class.
a. taller than

2.

b. strange

c. the most careful d. carefully as

b. best

c. better

d. the best

b. the most same

c. the same

d. more same

b. no sooner as

c. as soon as

d. soonest as

b. so rapidly that

c. as rapid as

d. as rapid than

Commercial centres are______ they were many years ago.
a. as popular than

10.

b. more carefully

Hotels have developed______ restaurants.
a. as rapidly as

9.

d. so intelligent that

I'll be there______ I can.
a. sooner as

8.

c. so intelligent as

Jane is______ age as Mary.
a. as same

7.

d. stranger

What's the______ film you've ever seen?

a. good

6.

c. as strange as

He drives as______ his father does.
a. careful as

5.

b. the most popular. c. more popular than

12.

d. most popular than

Computer are considered as ______ tools today
a. much modern than b. the most modern c. modern as

11.

d. tallest

Jane is not______ her brother.
a. more intelligent as b. intelligent as

4.

c. the tallest

The deep oceans contain some of the______ of all living creatures.
a. strangest

3.

b. so tall as

d. more modern

A supermarket is______ a shopping centre.
a. less convenient as

b. not so convenient than

c. less convenient than

d. the most convenient as

Vietnam becomes______ to foreign tourists.
a. most and most attractive

b. the more attractive

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c. much and ore attractive
13.

Can Tho is______ from Saigon than Bien Hoa is.
a. farther

14.

b. further

b. better

b. the best

b. earliest

b. best

d. the most

c. earlier

d. more early

c. good

d. more good.

b. the poorer

c. the more poor

d. poorer

c. older

d. so old

c. more large

d. larger

My father is______ as yours.
a. old

20.

c. most

The harder this farmer works, ______ he becomes.
a. the poorest

19.

d. more good

The sooner, the______
a. better

18.

c. gooder

The______ we start, the sooner we will be back.
a. early

17.

d. farer

Of all the ball-point pens, which one do you like______?
a. best

16.

c. far

Bao Yen sings______ than this singer.
a. well

15.

d. more and more attractive

b. as old

HCM city is______ than Hanoi.
a. large

b. largest

1d

2a

3c

4d

5b

6c

7c

8a

9b

10b

11c

12d

13a

14b

15a

16c

17a

18b

19b

20d

Exercise 2
1.

She is the______ daughter in the family.
a. older

2.

c. clearness

d. very clear

b. as large

c. not so large

d. larger

b. not sharp

c. sharper

d. sharp

c. more rich

d. not so expensive

This car is ______ than mine.
a. less expensive

6.

b. clearly

Your pencil is ______ as mine.
a. as sharp

5.

d. oldest

HCM city is ______ than Nha Trang
a. more large

4.

c. eldest

She speaks English as______ as you.
a. clear

3.

b. more old

b. as expensive

The______ he is, the more miserable he gets.

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a. richer
7.

b. more riches

b. as different

b. twice as much

b. as much

b. as high to

b. More

d. as high than

c. The more

b. much twice

b. more bright

d. The most

c. twice as much

d. times two

c. more brighter

d. brighter more

The noise in Rome is ______ worse than in Florence.
b. far

c. A and B are wrong

d. A and B are correct

______tobacco was sold in 1983 as in 1982,
b. Not as many

c. Not much

d. Not many

He eats with chopsticks______ the Chinese.
a. such

20.

c. as high as

The______ students do not always do well in tests.

a. Not as much
19.

d. is so beautiful as

I would have paid______ for my car if the salesman had insisted, because I really wanted it.

a. much
18.

d. too many

______ I get to know her, the more I like her.

a. brighter
17.

c. so much

Tuition at an American university runs______ one thousand dollars a semester.

a. as much twice
16.

d. twice as many

b. the most beautiful c. is more beautiful

a. For more
15.

c. as many

Of the two sisters, Linda______

a. so high as
14.

d. more different

You can take______ books as you want.

a. is beautiful
13.

c. differs

This one is prettier, but it costs______ as the one.

a. as many
12.

d. is as deep as

Sharon______ from other women I know.

a. as much as
11.

d. less intelligent

b. is the same deep as c. deeper as

a. different
10.

c. more intelligent

b. most intelligent

Despite its smaller size, the Indian Ocean______ the Atlantic Ocean.
a. as deep as

9.

d. none is correct

He is the______ student in this class.
a. very intelligent

8.

c. more rich

b. as if

c. like

d. as

c. more faster

d. faster more

Instead of slowing down, he drove______
a. more fastly

b. faster

1d

2b

3d

4a

5a

6a

7b

8d

9c

10b

11a

12c

13c

14c

15c

16a

17d

18a

19c

20b

Exercise 3

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1.

2.

My new glasses cost me______ the last pair that I bought.
a. times three

b. three times more than

c. three times as much as

d. as much three times as

Although she is very popular, she is not______ her sister.
a. pretty as

3.

b. different than

b. for

b. found

b. like

16.

c. same

d. similar

c. friendlier as

d. more friendly than

b. farther

c. further

d. b and c

b. most bad

c. worse

d. worst

b. the most rapidly

c. most rapidly

d. more rapidly

Many chemicals react________ in acid solutions.
b. more quickly

c. quicklier

d. as quickly more

The younger you are ________ it is to learn.
a. easier

15.

d. are finding

He finished the test________ of all.

a. more quick
14.

c. find

The______ accident in the history of the city occurred last night on the Freeway.

a. rapidly
13.

d. to

The lab is______ from the bus stop than the library.

a. badest
12.

c. like

They are______ my other neighbors.

a. far
11.

d. different that

b. larger than that of c. larger than those in d. larger than in

a. more friendlier than b. friendly than
10.

c. different from

The final will be______ the midterm.
a. alike

9.

d. we finish

We'll be there as soon as we______ a babysitter for our son.
a. will find

8.

c. we'd finish

The rooms is Graduate Towers are______ Patterson Hall.
a. larger than

7.

b. we'll finish

Ms. Jones isn't as nice______ Ms. Smith.
a. as

6.

d. more pretty than

This new soap is not much______ the others that I have tried.
a. different

5.

c. prettier than

We are going to Florida as son as______ taking our final exams.
a. were finish

4.

b. as pretty

b. you are easier

c. the easier

d. the easy

It's becoming________ to find a job.
a. more difficult and more

b. more and more difficult

c. most and more difficult

d. more difficult than

________electricity you use, ________ your bill will be.
a. The more/ the higher

b. The most/ the higher

c. The more/ the high d. More/ higher

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17.

The more I got to know Tom, ________ I liked him.
a. least

18.

b. the less

d. the fewer

The rooms in the front________ noisier than those in the back.
a. are more

19.

c. the least

b. are littler

c. are very

d. are much

________ you are, ________ you concentrate
a. Tired/ the least hardb. The more tired/ the harder
c. The tireder/ the harder

20.

d. The tired/ the harder

I will return your notes as soon as________ copying them.
a. I will finish

b. I finish

c. I do finish

d. I be finished

1c

2c

3d

4c

5a

6c

7c

8b

9d

10d

11d

12b

13b

14c

15b

16a

17b

18d

19a

20c

Exercise 4
1.

The younger you are, _______ it is to learn.
a. easier

2.

c. the easier

d. the easy

_______ porpoises and dolphins, whales are mammals.
a. As

3.

b. you are easier

b. Also

c. Like

d. When

The Romans used central heating systems very much like_______.
a. those of today

b. to day's do

c. those they do

d. the systems which are now.
4.

The higher one rises in the atmosphere, _______ the temperature generally becomes.
a. colder than

5.

6.

b. are the most complex cells

c. most complex the cell are

d. most are the complex cells

The United States spends more money on advertising_______ country in the world.
b. other than

c. than any other

d. while other

The rooms in the front_______ noisier than those in the back.
b. are little

c. are very

d. are much

A microscope can reveal vastly_______ detail than is visible to the naked eye.
a. than

9.

d. is colder

a. the most complex cells are

a. are more
8.

c. the colder

Nerve cells, or neurons, _______ in the human body.

a. other
7.

b. the colder than

b. than more

c. more than

d. more

_______plants, which manufacture their own food, animals obtain nourishment by

acquiring and digesting their food.

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a. Unlike
10.

11.

b. Different

a. As much

Of all the candidates, Peter is probably_______
a. the less qualified

b. the qualified less

c. the most little qualified

d. the least qualified

These two girls_______ that I can't tell them apart.
a. are so like

12.

c. Whereas

b. are so alike

c. are too alike

d. alike enough

This house is_______ the others we've seen.
a. father more expensive than

b. far more expensive than

c. far most expensive d. further more expensive
13.

Apart from Pluto, the outer planets_______ the inner planets and are made mainly of lighter
materials such as hydrogen and helium.
a. are larger than

14.

16.

c. large than

d. are large

This is_______ man of all I've been known.
a. best

15.

b. are the largest

b. better

c. good

d. the best

_______ we finish the project, _______ we can start the next one.
a. The soonest/ the sooner

b. The sooner/ the most soon

c. The sooner/ the sooner

d. The soonest/ the soonest

That child behaves_______ of all
a. the most carelessly b. the more carelessly
c. more carelessly than

17.

18.

It is_______ that I have read it twice.
a. such an interesting book

b. so interesting a book

c. too interesting a book

d. a or b

For many children, nothing seems so exciting_______ their first airplane ride.
a. so does

19.

b. as

c. same

d. is

A baby might show fear of an unfamiliar adult, _______ he is likely t smile and reach our to

another infant.
a. if

20.

d. as carelessly

b. whenever

c. so that

d. whereas

The deep oceans contain some of the_______ of all living creatures.
a. strangest

b. strange

c. as strange as

d. stranger

1c

2c

3a

4c

5b

6c

7d

8d

9a

10d

11b

12b

13a

14d

15c

16a

17d

18b

19d

20a

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Exercise 5
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

The curriculum at the public school is as good_____ of any private school.
a. or better than

b. as or better that

c. as or better than that

d. as or better than

_______ tilted toward the sun, the more heat it receives and the hotter it is.
a. As more as the earth is

b. most complicatedly

c. The earth is more than

d. The earth is most

Which group of languages has the _______ vest forms?
a. most complicated

b. most complicatedly

c. more complicated

d. as complicatedly

Of the two sisters, Linda_______
a. is beautiful

b. the most beautiful

c. is more beautiful

d. is so beautiful as

As a rule, _______ the heart rate, the faster the pulse.
a. the more rapid

6.

7.

9.

a. that I couldn't help looking at

b. that I couldn't help looking at her

c. for me looking at her

d. that for me to look at

Often weighing_______ 100 pounds, large dogs are used to pull sleds in the snow.

c. begin treatment as soon as possible

d. must begin treatment sooner

The bed is not clean enough_______
b. to lie in

d. in which to lie

b. shortest

c. more shorter

d. shorter

The foods that contain_______ are made of animal fat whereas vegetables have the lest energy.
c. the most energy

d. more energy than

Laser discs provide images of _______ than those of either television signals or video tapes.
b. good quality

c. better quality

d. the best quality

c. far too hard

d. such too hard.

This book is_______ to understand.
a. too hard far

14.

c. for lying in

Jays are_______ and more colorful than crows.

a. best quality
13.

d. than

b. sooner must begin treatment

a. as much energy as b. the more energy
12.

c. than it is

a. the sooner treatment must be begun

a. short
11.

b. just an

The greater the number of bacteria attacking the system_______

a. to lie in it
10.

d. the most rapid

The woman was so beautiful_______

a. more than
8.

b. the more rapidly c. rapid

b. too hard than

The old man and the Sea, a novel about an old fisherman's harrowing adventure catching a huge
fish, is one of Ernest Hemingway's_______ book.

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