Only if they have a good command of Chinese, they will find a suitable job in following year.. Rewrite the following sentences.. Rewrite the following sentences apl_25 1.. If you don’t
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Ex: There are 10 mistakes in the following passage Correct the mistakes
Finally, King was man of great courage In thinking of King, one might be remind of Christ at the last supper, saying, “Let this cup pass from my lips”, in his momentary desire to not have to die to serve God King must has had the similar feelings at the beginning of his crusade He must have known that he was embark on dangerous road There were several attempt on King’s life before last successful one In his later speeches, King often said things like, “I may not get there with you, but we’re still marching towards the promised land” Having leader so willing to die for the cause inspired determination and courage in others
Ex: Use the word given to complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning
1 The programme only finished a minute ago (just)
The programme _
2 My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle (too)
My sister
3 A knock at the door interrupted Dad’s story (telling)
Dad
4 The total sales for this video are already over a million copies (sold)
This video _
5 After sitting in front of the computer all evening I felt sleepy (been)
I felt sleepy because
6 She never stops saying how much she dislikes public transport (complaining)
She
7 The bus service in our city becomes more inefficient every year (getting)
The bus service in our city _
Let’s _
9 Italy is where we went for a holiday last year (on)
We went _
10 Children don’t attend classes on Saturday (school)
Children don’t
11 During his law studies he met his future wife (studying)
While _
Trang 2( + in, upon) lao vào, dấn mình vào, bắt tay vào (công việc gì )
Ex Filling in the gaps
Sugar was for (1)………… long time a luxury and in the opinion of the medical profession it still should be (2) ………… the nineteenth century, however, manufacturers discovered ways (3) ………… producing it in vast quantities and it has since become (4) ……… … of the staple articles of diet, particularly for the lower social classes It has the advantages of (5) ……….…… comparatively cheap, easily digested, rich (6) …… energy and useful (7) ………flavouring Its major disadvantages are that it lacks every nourishing quality except that of giving energy, and because (8) ………… its attractive flavour it tends (8’) ……… displace other much more valuable foods from the diet Most serious of all is its adverse effect (9) ……… health, since excessive consumption can cause heart (10) …………, obesity and dental decay The latter is widespread among the inhabitants of western countries From the very young (11) …… the very old, hardly anyone escapes Yet if parents would drastically reduce the amounts of confectionery they allow (12) ……… children to eat, the extent
of dental (13) ……… would soon be checked And if they were to (14) ……… down their own consumption of sugar, they would suffer much less (15) ……… ailments resulting directly or (16) ……… from their (17) ………… overweight
Ex Building sentences
1 It / only when / I / leave / home / realize / how much / father / mean / me
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2 Scientists / say / forests / destroy / air pollution
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3 Only if / work hard / now / you / any chance / successful
………
4 If / it / her advice / fail / our exam
………
5 Nothing / short / full apology / manager / satisfy / father
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6 He / drive / full speed / catch / robber / last week
………
7 all / probability / there / rise / temperature / next century
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8 Johnson / sentence / three years / imprisonment
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9 You / catch / sight / David / party / last night ?
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10 Her work / result / discovery / eight new / comets
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11 For fear / seasick / they / decide / go / boat
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12 It / be / wrong / you / come home / late / phone / parents
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13 recent accident / completely / put / end / his chances / take / part / race
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14 Price / house / reduce / much / as / possible / owner / need / money
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Ex Replace the group of words in italic by an infinitive or an infinitive construction
1 The captain was the last man who left the ship
2 He got to the top and was very disappointed when he found that
3 Would you be very kind and lend me your phone ?
4 There are a lot of sheets that needs mending
5 I was astonished when I heard that he had left the country
6 It is better that he should hear it from you
7 I was rude to her, which was stupid (It was stupid ……
8 It is necessary that everyone should know the truth
9 He put his hand into his pocket and was astonished when he found that his wallet wasn’t there
10 I want a kitchen in which I can cook
11 Haven’t you anything with which you could open it ?
12 Is it likely that he will arrive before six ? (Is he …….)
13 I was on the point of leaving the house when the phone rang
14 It is said that the murderer is hiding in the woods near your house
15 It appears that he was killed with a blunt instrument (He appears………)
16 It is advisable that we should leave the house separately
Ex Correct the mistakes
1 That shouldn’t have been Nick that you saw
2 It is very noisy in the room that I can’t study
3 Before T.V, the common man seldom never had the opportunity to see and hear his leaders express their views
4 When he was a little boy, Mark Twain would walk along the piers, watch the river boat, swimming and fish in the Missippi, much like his famous character, Tom Sawyer
5 Only if they have a good command of Chinese, they will find a suitable job in following year
6 Ivanop broke the world record for the 100 metres in the second attempt
7 George would like to have a cup of tea, doesn’t he?
8 Have you ever considered to buy a car made in Japan ?
9 Jane imagined these books selling quickly as soon as possible
10 There is hardly a moment which I don’t think of you, Kent
11 After he failed taking an entrance examination, he learned how to cook
12 It is difficult for me to require him clean his room twice a week
Ex Rewrite the following sentences (alp_1 4)
1 I like Tommy, he is my kind of person
2 The whole summer was sunny and warm, for a change
3 Jane was the first person I asked for advice
4 Not a single house in the street had escaped undamaged
5 Then I realised that I had left my keys at home
6 I don’t really approve of his proposal
7 All the visitors to the town fall in love with it
8 I have read all of her books but one
9 The police have no idea as to the whereabouts of the jewels
10 The most important thing is not to panic
Whom Which Whose Which When What Who Which Where What Who
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12 I was not familiar with that kind of computer
13 The dog that chases our cat belongs to those people
15 Don’t tell Tim under any circumstances
Which Whose Who Whatever
Ex Rewrite the following sentences (apl_25)
1 This matter is none of your business
This matter doesn’t ………
2 This bridge will take us three years to complete
In three years time we ………
3 Parker wasn’t always so unfriendly
Paker didn’t ………
5 I haven’t see Anna for years
It is ………
6 The dog keeps stealing my socks !
The dog is ………
7 After taking the pills, I began to feel much better
Since taking ………
8 We’ll have to leave immediately at the end of the film
The moment ………
9 Harry left before we reached the hotel
By the time ………
10 Today is their thirtieth wedding anniversary
They have ………
11 What would you do if there was an earthquake ? (45)
Supposing ………
12 If you do the shopping, I will cook lunch
you ………
13 What would you do if you found some buried treasure ?
If you were ………
14 If Paul hadn’t been interested, the project would have been abandoned ?
But for ………
15 If by chance you find my wallet, could you let me know ?
If you happen ………
16 The fire was brought under control thanks to the night- watchman
If it hadn’t ………
17 Dick is in prison because a detective recognized him
If a detective ………
18 Working so much will make you tired
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If ………
19 It’s a pity your parents can’t be here too
If only ………
20 Getting up early makes me feel hungry
If I ………
21 If the painting is finished by Saturday, we’ll pay you extra
Finish ………
Ex Build sentences
1 price / house / rise / dramatically / this year (Ol2001 230) _
2 He / surprised / us / go / away / without / “good bye”
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3 I / give / you / $ 500 / keep / mouth / shut /
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4 No matter / cold / he / have / swim / lake / every morning
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5 My brother / ten / old / next Sunday
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6 high time / someone / tell / him / stop / behave / child
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7 Take / your shoes / avoid / make noise !
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8 Since then / there / be / increase / 20 % / cost / living
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9 I / not turn /light / for fear / wake / baby
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10 We / not believe / whatever / say / he / liar
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11 Jane / shocked / hear / he / fail/ driving test
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Ex Correct the mistakes
1 Although they run very fastly, they don’t catch the early train
2 I find it excited to put you up in my house until you find a suitable house
3 Children find it hardly to pay attention to their teacher all day long
4 I want to spend the afternoon watch football on TV
5 They admitted to be member of the gang
6 The portrait is known to have painted by an Italian
7 It took all day, but I eventually had the washing machine be repaired
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9 Somehow without my noticing my wallet had been disappeared
10 If you delay to submit your application to us, you won’t be acceptable
11 If you don’t study harder, it will mean to fail getting a good mark
somehow, I don't feel I can trust him không hiểu sao tôi không cảm thấy tin nó được
Ex Build sentences
1 My decision / get up / dance / coincide / band / decision / stop / play
2 I / prefer / you / deliver / sofa / Sunday
3 You / had better / go / doctor / if / pain / your back
4 Maria / together with / mother / say / be / hard bargainer
5 I / not mind / we / meeting / today / tomorrow
6 Mary / hardly / want / see / friend / any circumstances
7 If / you / a choice / marry / love / money / what / do ?
8 My knowledge / he / still / work / Saigon
9 Everything / now / depend / weather / tomorrow morning/
10 Danny / ask / leave / school / bad behavior
11 smell / drain / stop / me / eat / usual breakfast
12 I / remember / receive / letter / a few days / before / go / holiday
13 She / angry / him / break promise
14 It / wrong / you / not / give / daughter / chance / talk
15 Another / attempt / climb / mountain / make / next year /
16 By / end / year / 2010 / they / land / Mars
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17 factory / close / workers / go / strike / last week
18 destruction / old city / London / 1960s / cause / fire /
Ex Correct the mistakes Suggest an alternative for each one
Yesterday I decided to pay a visit to my doctor I’ve been having aches in the chest I heat all time, and then I suddenly cold I don’t have hunger at all and I think I’m thinning I tire myself easily, as well Last week I developed a sore neck and could hardly speak I hoped it would be good, but in fact it got worst The doctor investigated me and gave me a medicine
“You can get this medicine at the chemistry,” he said “Don’t be worried You’ll be all
right.” I asked the doctor to give me some advices “When you feel better, make plenty of exercise, and you need plenty of open air You’ll be good in no time.’ I thanked the doctor
as the secretary showed me out before leading in the next customer
Ex Choose the most suitable word for each space
Choosing clothes can be difficult Some people want to be (of fashion/ fashioned/ fashionable/ fashion ), but they don’t want to look exactly (alike/ like / similar/ same) everybody else Not all clothes are (fitted / suitable/ comfort/ equal) for work or school, perhaps because they are not (formal/ strict/ uniform/ suited)enough, or simply not (comforting/ comfort/ comforted/ comfortable) It is easy to buy the (false/ mistake/ wrong/ error), and find that your trousers are too (straight/ close/ stiff/ tight), especially if you are a little bit (slim/ overweight/ thin/ enormous) Very (loose/ lose/ loosened/ lost) clothes make you feel (thin/ slim/ narrow / spare ), but when they have (lessened / reduced/ decreased/ shrunk) in the washing machine, then you have the same problem! If you buy light (of cotton/in cotton/ cotton/ cottoned) clothes, then they might not be (warm/ cold/ hot/ cool) enough for winter If your shoes are not (tight/ enclosed/ firm/ waterproof), and if you are not (worn / clothed / dressed/ fitted) for the cold, you might look good, but feel terrible !
Ex Choose the best answer
1 What was the name of the person that/ which bought your old car ?
2 All the doors were open, that/ which seemed rather odd
3 I’ll stay here till six, by that/ which time Jane should have phoned
4 Whatever / whichever you do, don’t press this red button
5 This is the school which I used to go / I used to go to
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Ex Rewrite the following sentences
1 I was really proud of that moment
It was
2 I won’t tell you this again
This
3 Most people are in bed at that time
It’s a time
4 A bumpy road led to the hotel
The road which _
5 If someone understands this book, they are cleverer than I am
Anyone _
6 We suggested a lot of things, which were all rejected
Everything _
7 We were in a position which gave us no room for manoeuvre diễn tập
The position
8 Jim used to be married to that girl
That’s the girl
9 Paul asked me a question I had no reply to it
Paul asked me _
10 We haven’t seen one another for a long time
We stopped
11 It is the expense involved that bothers me
What
12 The weather was expected to be fine
We didn’t _
13 I don’t know who did the washing up, but they didn’t do it well
Whoever
14 I’m sorry now that I didn’t tell you the truth
Now I regret
15 Peter, this is my brother, Frank
Peter let me _
16 I couldn’t pay for the meal as I had left my wallet at home
Having
17 Most people think Jane is the best racing driver in the world
Jane is considered _
18 They didn’t let George take his dog to work with him
George wasn’t
19 The meeting will probably be cancelled
In _
20 Speaking for my students, I’d like to thank you
On
21 Everyone was exhausted apart from Sally
With _
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Ex Put the right tense
1 Cuckoos (not build) nests They (use) the nests of other birds
2 I won’t go out now as it (rain) and I (not have ) an umbrella
3 The car had nobody in it but the engine (run) _
4 I (share ) a flat with him when we were students He always (complain) about my untidiness
5 When I (look) for my pen I (find) this old pictutre
6 While he (water) the flowers it (begin) to rain He (put) up his raincoat and (go) on watering
7 I (write) the letter but I can’t find a stamp
8 I (read) his book when I was at school I (enjoy) them so much
9 By next winter they (build) four houses in this field
10 We’d better go out tomorrow because she (practise) the piano all day
11 This time next month the snow (melt) and skiing will be over
12 My children enjoy (allow) to stay up late when there is a new film on TV
13 We will meet Alice at the corner, she (wait) for us when we (arrive)
Ex Build sentences
1 Joe / vacation / decided / go / seashore / few days (oli99)
2 He / got / train / one morning / hour later / be / small town / the sea
3 It / waste / time / try / explain/ John / how / play / piano
4 It / come / no surprise / Maria / hear / she / miss / watch / film
5 Only / Jane / succeed / produce / correct answers
6 rate / inflation / fall / steadily / recent months
7 There / no point / try / phone / he / never answer / midnight
8 safe arrival / ship / seaport / victims / take / hospital
9 by /time / Jackson / arrive / help / we / already / finish / move / everything
10 thief / replace / diamond/ worthless stone / last night
11 It / difficult / people / sleep / silently / put up / sound / snore
Ex Filling in gaps
John Galsworthy was a novelist, a dramatist, a short story (1) ……… and an essayist
as well He gave the (2) ……….the most complete and critical picture
…………English bourgeois (tư sản) (3)……….at the beginning of the 20th century J.G was the son (4)……… a rich lawyer He was (5)………….at Combe, Surey He went to
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to want him to
Ex Read the following passage and choose the best answer (p84) khoẻ mạnh
According to the cencus of 1800, the USA contained 5,308,483 persons In the same year the British Islands contained upwards of fifteen million; the French Republic, more than twenty –seven million Nearly one- fifth of American people were black slaves; the true political population consisted of four and a half million free whites, or less than one million able-bodied males, on whose shoulders fell the burden of a continent Even after two centuries of struggle the land was still untamed; forest covered every portion, except here and there a strip of cultivated soil; the minerals lay undisturbed in their rocky beds, and more than two-thirds of the people clungbám vào the seaboard within fifty miles of tidewater, where alone the wants of civilized life could be supplied
1 In the USA in 1800
a one out of every twenty- five Americans
was a black slave
b one out of every four Americans was a
black slave
c one out of every three Americans was a
black slave
d one out of every five Americans was a
black slave
4 The struggle to tame the American
continent had been going on
a about two hundred years
b about fifty years
c a little more than a century
d since 1750
2 Free white men in America numbered
a about four- fifths of the population
b about four and one- half million
c 5,308,483
d less than one million
3 Two- thirds of American people
a lived where the wants of civilized life could not be supplied
b lived in Washington
c live on the seaboard
d lived within fifteen miles of tidewater
5 This description of the United in 1800 suggests that
a most of the new nation was undeveloped
b the people of the new nation had succeeded
in taming the continent
c strips of cultivated land were everywhere
d settlers were beginning to mine the valuable minerals on the new continent
Ex Fill each of the gaps in the following sentences with one of the following words
however ; whatever , whenever , wherever, whichever , whoever
1 ……….you do, don’t mention my name
2 ……… told you I’d lend you $500 was pulling your leg
3 You can’t buy happiness ………rich you are