The new road should help ……… traffic problems.. professor The Past Perfect Tense 1.. Supply the correct verb tense The simple past or past perfect 1.. my wife tense years ago.. I know ……
Trang 1UNIT 3: People’s background
Vocabulary
brilliant (a) thông minh
mature (a) trưởng thành
habour (v) nuôi dưỡng, ấp ủ
tutor (n) = private tutor gia sư
take up (v) đảm nhận
professor (n) giáo sư
determine (v) xác định
actomic (a) thuộc nguyên tử
found – founded – founded thành lập
scientist (n) nhà khoa học
scientific (a) (thuộc về ) khoa học
with flying colours rất thành công, với thành tích cao
strong willed ý e3
I Choose the best answer
1 Marie Curie was born ……… November 7, 1867.
2 He passed his exams with flying colours
a difficult b successfully c easily d badly
3 the new surgeon will ………… her post in May.
a go on b get over c take up d look after
4 The new road should help ……… traffic problems.
5 She was awarded a Nobel Prize in ………
a chemistry b chemical c chemist d chemically
6 I wish to apply ……… the post of receptionist in your company.
7 After her husband’s tragic death, Marie ……… Up his position at the Sorbonne.
8 He behaves like an adult I think he is more ……… Than the other boys in his class.
a intelligent b mature c ambitious d developed
9 Jane is always determinted to do anything she wants She’s a ………… woman.
a ambitious b strongly willed c brillian d humane
10 There is no ……… explanation for what happened.
a scientist b scientifically c science d scientific
II Choose the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from that the others
1 a death b beach c receive d teacher
2 a radium b founding c determine d education
3 a chemistry b prepare c receive d degree
5 a earn b research c realize d early
III Choose the word with the main stresses syllable differently from that the others
Trang 21 a human b award c husband d tragic
2.a tutor b award c research d degree
3 a obtain b determine c award d harbour
4.a ambitious b difficult c brilliant d chemistry
5 a scientific b atomic c impossible d professor
The Past Perfect Tense
1 After he had finished his work, he watched TV
2 Before I came to her house, she had left
3 It was late When the police came, the robbers had escaped
4 My husband had cleaned the house before yesterday
5 My daughter had washed all the cloths by last night
6 I couldn’t phone you last night because I had lost your phone number
IV Supply the correct verb tense The simple past or past perfect
1 I (meet) ……… my wife tense years ago
2 I (know) ……… my wife five years before we got married
3 I (never see) ……… Such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai
4 I didn’t have any money because I (lose) ……… my wallet
5 Toney knew Istanbul so well because he (visit)……… The city several times
6 what (you do) ……… Yesterday?
7 Had Mary ever studied English before she (move) ……… to America?
8 I met a man He (look) ……… very strange
9 we (go) ………… to the cinema last week
10 The child (fall) ……… ill several months ago
11 almost everybody (leave) ……… for home by the time we arrived
12 I have not driven a car since I (have) ………… an accident
13 In the past, people (have) ……… no cars
14 John (repair) ……….many cars before he received his mechanic’s license
15 It’s ten years since I (meet) ……… her
16 In 2009 Her family (fly) ……… To Holland
17 They felt bad about selling the house because they (own) ……… it for more than twenty years
18 She (visit) ……… her sister once in 1999 before she moved in with her in 2000
19 He (never see) ……… a bear before he moved to Alaska
20 By the time he finished his studying, he (be) ……… in Australia over ten years
ANSWER KEY
I Choose the best answer
11 Marie Curie was born ……… November 7, 1867.
12 He passed his exams with flying colours
a difficult b successfully c easily d badly
13 the new surgeon will ………… her post in May.
a go on b get over c take up d look after
14 The new road should help ……… traffic problems.
15 She was awarded a Nobel Prize in ………
a chemistry b chemical c chemist d chemically
16 I wish to apply ……… the post of receptionist in your company.
Trang 3a of b on c with d for
17 After her husband’s tragic death, Marie ……… up his position at the Sorbonne.
18 He behaves like an adult I think he is more ……… than the other boys in his class.
a intelligent b mature c ambitious d developed
19 Jane is always determinted to do anything she wants She’s a ………… woman.
a ambitious b strongly willed c brillian d humane
20 There is no ……… explanation for what happened.
a scientist b scientifically c science d scientific
II Choose the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from that the others
1 a death b beach c receive d teacher
2 a radium b founding c determine d education
3 a chemistry b prepare c receive d degree
5 a earn b research c realize d early
III Choose the word with the main stresses syllable differently from that the others
1 a human b award c husband d tragic
2.a tutor b award c research d degree
3 a obtain b determine c award d harbour
4.a ambitious b difficult c brilliant d chemistry
5 a scientific b atomic c impossible d professor
V Supply the correct verb tense The simple past or past perfect
21 I (meet) ………MET……… my wife tense years ago
22 I (know) ……HAD KNOWN………… my wife five years before we got married
23 I (never see) ………HAD NEVER SEEN……… Such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai
24 I didn’t have any money because I (lose) ……HAD LOST……… my wallet
25 Toney knew Istanbul so well because he (visit)……HAD VISITTED………… The city several times
26 what (you do) …DID YOU DO……… Yesterday?
27 Had Mary ever studied English before she (move) ………HAD MOVED……… to America?
28 I met a man He (look) ………HAD LOOKED……… very strange
29 we (go) ………WENT… to the cinema last week
30 The child (fall) ……FELL……… ill several months ago
31 almost everybody (leave) …………HAD LEFT…… for home by the time we arrived
32 I have not driven a car since I (have) …HAD……… an accident
33 In the past, people (have) ………HAD…… no cars
34 John (repair) ……HAD REPAIRED……….many cars before he received his mechanic’s license
35 It’s ten years since I (meet) ……MET……… her
36 In 2009 Her family (fly) ……FLEW……… To Holland
37 They felt bad about selling the house because they (own)…HAD OWNED it for more than twenty years
38 She (visit) …………HAD VISITED…… her sister once in 1999 before she moved in with her in 2000
39 He (never see) …HAD NEVER SEEN……… a bear before he moved to Alaska
40 By the time he finished his studying, he (be) ………HAD BEEN……… in Australia over ten years