Ôn tập Hsg TA12

Ex: There are 10 mistakes in the following passage.. Rewrite the following sentences.. Rewrite the following sentences apl_251.. Some people want to be of fashion/ fashioned/fashionable/

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 ofChrist at the last supper, saying, “Let this cup pass from my lips”, in his momentarydesire to not have to die to serve God King must has had the similar feelings at thebeginning 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 laterspeeches, King often said things like, “I may not get there with you, but we’re stillmarching towards the promised land” Having leader so willing to die for the causeinspired 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)

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 _

Ex Filling in the gaps.

Sugar was for (1)………… long time a luxury and in the opinion of the medicalprofession it still should be (2) ………… the nineteenth century, however, manufacturersdiscovered 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 theadvantages of (5) ……….…… comparatively cheap, easily digested, rich (6) …… energy anduseful (7) ………flavouring Its major disadvantages are that it lacks every nourishingquality except that of giving energy, and because (8) ………… its attractive flavour ittends (8’) ……… displace other much more valuable foods from the diet Most serious ofall is its adverse effect (9) ……… health, since excessive consumption can cause heart (10)

…………, obesity and dental decay The latter is widespread among the inhabitants ofwestern 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

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 leadersexpress 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 followingyear

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

11 Do you get on with your next- door neighbour

12 I was not familiar with that kind of computer

13 The dog that chases our cat belongs to those people

14 Nobody there knew the answer

15 Don’t tell Tim under any circumstances

Whom Which Whose Which When What Who Which Where What Who 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

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”

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

8 A lot of homes in the area have been being broken into by burglar

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

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 heatall time, and then I suddenly cold I don’t have hunger at all and I think I’m thinning I tiremyself easily, as well Last week I developed a sore neck and could hardly speak I hoped itwould 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 ofexercise, 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 alittle bit (slim/ overweight/ thin/ enormous) Very (loose/ lose/ loosened/ lost) clothes make youfeel (thin/ slim/ narrow / spare ), but when they have (lessened / reduced/ decreased/ shrunk) inthe 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 Ifyour 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.

6 Driving carelessly/ As he was driving carelessly, the police arrested David.

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

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

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)

Ex Filling in gaps

John Galsworthy was a novelist, a dramatist, a short story (1) ……… and an essayist aswell He gave the (2) ……….the most complete and critical picture …………Englishbourgeois (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 Harrow and (6)………law

at Oxford (7)………… the early age, he was on intimate terms (8)………upper class, so that(9)…………his books are the representation of the upper bourgeois J.G was destinate (10)

……… become a lawyer (11)………his father used 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 theBritish 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 politicalpopulation consisted of four and a half million free whites, or less than one million able-bodiedmales, on whose shoulders fell the burden of a continent Even after two centuries of strugglethe land was still untamed; forest covered every portion, except here and there a strip ofcultivated soil; the minerals lay undisturbed in their rocky beds, and more than two-thirds ofthe people clung bám vào the seaboard within fifty miles of tidewater, where alone the wants ofcivilized 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

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

4 …………of you broke this window will have to pay for it

5 …………it rains, my roof leaks

6 ………….used the bathroom last forgot to clean the bath

The end

Ex Choose the most suitable words underlined.

1 Diane showed a complete disregard for / with her own safety.

2 I was totally baffled by/ of his behaviour

3 For Romeo and Juliet it was love at/ with first sight

4 They wouldn’t let me in the pub because I was below/ under age

5 Our house has been in/ on the market for months

6 You are perfectly capable for / of making your own bed, I would have thought

7 We walked on tiptoe for / from fear of being discovered

8 This is one of the exceptions of / to the rule

9 I was surprised at/ by you, forgetting your briefcase like that

10 We met at the hotel completely by/ from coincidence

Ex Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word(s) in capitals.

1 Please send the letter as soon as possible DELAY

Ex Put one preposition in gap.

1 Helen had great admiration her history teacher

2 I am afraid I am not very good animals

3 The favourite dropped out of the race the early stages

4 I was the impression that you liked Chinese food

5 The minister stared that no real alternative the plan existed

6 This town is famous its hand- woven carpets

7 Your performance this term contrasts very favourably last term’s

8 Many young people become addicted drug through ignorance

9 Apparently a number of army officers were implicated the plot

10 Carol doesn’t have a very good relationship her mother

Ex Rewrite each sentence.

1 After trying twice, Jane broke the record when he tried the third time

→ Jane broke the record

2 The meeting will probably be cancelled

→ In _

3 Considering your position, we won’t press charges

Ex Choose the best answer.

1 It was very good you to help Dave with his homework

2 Nothing the ordinary ever happens here

3 The union and the management are in over working conditions

a/ advance b/ practice c/ collaboration d/ dispute

4 After running up the stairs I was quite breath

5 I’m afraid that this incident could put your career here

a/ beyond a joke b/ in jeopardy c/ in earnest d/ at fault

6 We are no obligation to change goods which were not purchased here

7 It seems to be your boss who is fault in this case

8 It’s too large to phone Jill at work, at any

9 Tina is an authority Byzantine architecture

10 I reckon (tìm ra) Martin is of a nervous breakdown

a/ in charge b/ under suspicion c/ on the verge d/ indicative

1 I’ll be back after a few minutes / in a few minutes (11)

2 I am sure that everything will be all right at the end / in the end

3 Please call me the moment / exactly when you hear any news

4 I should be back by the time / at the time the film begins

5 I am sure Fiera will be there before long / after a while

6 I can’t leave on Tuesday, I won’t be ready until then / by then

7 By twenty four hours / This time tomorrow I will be in London

8 Diana will be retiring soon / already

9 Bye for now I will see you in two weeks’ time/ two weeks later

10 It wasn’t until / up to 1990 that he could afford to take holidays abroad

11 The letter still hadn’t arrived by/ until the end of the week

12 It was more than a month before / until I realised what had happened