on tap 10

Exercise 3; choose the best answer for each sentence.. Exercise 3; Choose the best answer for the following sentence.. like / am liking / will like / would like Exercise 4:Make question

English 10- prepared by Nguyen Minh Hai

Topic 1;A day in the life of……

Exercise 2; Fill each gap in the sentence with one word from the box.

brigade, fields, rubbish, weather, experiences, family, danger, routines,

children,neighbours

1 When her children are at school,Mrs White does her usual…….

2 There is a lot of…… involving in rock climbing.

3 The success of the crop depends on the……….

4 We can see many ……… of corn in the village.

5 Turn the radio down,or you’ll wake the………….

6 Almost every…… in the town owns a television.

7 Whenever you see a house on fire, call the fire…………

8 The street is crowded with old cans and other kinds of………

9 Several……… ,aged about seven, were playing in the yard.

10 He had many interesting………while he was travelling in Africa.

Exercise 3; choose the best answer for each sentence.

1 How are you feeling? I have been feeling better since the doctor………… ( has come / had come / comes / came )

2 Water and oil ……….

( do not mix / does not mix / has not mix / is not mixing )

3.Playing computer games for 12 hours every day…………him exhausted

( make / making / makes / made )

4.Linh’s house is near his school and it…………him only 15 minnutes yo go there on foot.

( takes / took / has taken / is taking )

5.It is ……….that every pupil will have to follow the school timetable

strictly.

( certainly / surely / obviously / certain )

6 She was so surprised……….the exam result that she could’t say

anything.

( in / at / of / for )

7 ……… ,Phuong gets up at 6 a.m, but today is Sunday so she gets up a bit late.

( Normal / Rarely / Normality / Normally )

8 Spain …………at one time a very powerful country.

( was / is / has been / was being )

9 Who ate all the cookies ?- Cuong………

( has / ate / did / had )

10 Before electricity was discovered,oil lamps……….

(used / has used / has been used / had used )

11.Almost every household………… a computer nowsadays.

( have / has / has had / had )

12 Would you like………….with me tonight?

( going out / go out /to go out / to be going out )

13.’’To take off” ……….to move off the ground.

( meant / means / is meaning / has meaning )

14.If I ……… much money, I would buy a big house.

( have / has / had had / had )

15.The earth……… round the sun once every 365 days.

( go / went / gone / goes )

Exercise 4;Find mistakes and then correct them

1 Huong did shouted at me when he met me at the station.

2 The police is looking for the bank robbers who stole a large sum of money from the bank.

3 Every student who are absent from class too often will not be allowed to take the exam.

4 Hang immediate comes home after she finishes school.

5 In many families,importance decisions are made by the women.

6 Our pets, two cats and a dog,needs to be taken care of while we are going.

7 As soon as the teacher came back into the room,the students stopped to talk.

8 Your car was going to break down if it is not repaired soon.

9 Because she was in the bathroom, she could answer the phone.

10 He went to school every morning.

Exercise 5; Give correct form of the verb.

1 last year we (live)……….in Nha trang with my grandparents, but now we (live) in with my parents.

Do you like swimming, Ba?I (do)………… When I was a child but not now.

Last week I (send) ………my friend Dasy a letter but she (not reply)

……….I (be)……… very sad now.

2 My father (not like)……….drinking beer but yesterday he (have) two big glasses of beer He (be)……….happyto receive my mother’s news.

3 What………you (do)…………yesterday?

I ( phone )……… you but you ( noy be )……….in.

6 Last month my brother (send)………me his photographs.He (send)

………….his photographs every year.

7 I ( think ) ……… you ( not like ) chocolates but I was wrong.

8 Nam is a careful driver but yesterday he (drive) ………carelessly.

9 What time………you (go) ……… to the market yesterday? I ( not

remember )……, I am sorry.

10 I ( not know ) how to dance when I ( be ) six years old.

Exercise 6; Make sentences based on the given words.

1 The children / always / fond / sweets / such / chocolates / cakes.

10 I / often / go / there / three / times / week / summer.

Topic 2; School talks: prepared by Nguyen Minh Hai

d two weeks at the seaside

e campers avoid trouble

f a note for your friend

g a good pair of boots

h a gold medal

i in a good physical condion

j dancing and singing

k the match

l physical benefits

Exercise 2: Fill each gap in the sentence with one word from the box.

went / win / believe / raining / required lost / stay / playing / provide / attracted

1 The dog was……….by the mell of the meat

2 The children are ……… in the park near their house

3 When we reached home, it began………very hard

4 They ……….on a camping trip at the end of the summer term

5 He has a large family to ………… for

6 People used to ……….that the world was flat

7 Students are ………to take three papers in Vietnamese literature

8 It’s only the second time the term has……… a match this season

9 Charles was deermined to……… th race

10.We decided to………at the hotel by the seaside

Exercise 3; Choose the best answer for the following sentence.

1.They will certainly come……….them

( when calling / you are calling / if you call / do you call )

2 You needn’t ………….the money back for a year

( to pay / pay / paid / be paid )

………that reason, I don’t agree with you

( Because / Instead / But / For )

3 ……….don’t like English

( Some student / Some of the students / Some of the student / Some of students )

4 If anybody………question, please ask me after class

( has / have / have a / has a )

5 What did you want to talk about, Mai? I am considering……….home

( go / going / to / about going )

6 ………… did they arrive? Ten minutes ago

( How long / How much time / How many times / When )

7 You’d better………early

( to arrive / arriving / arrive / arrived )

8, Did you check your paper? No, I………….it

( checking / am checking / check / checked )

9 If you keep………….that dog won’t hurt you

(slowly a walk / a slow walk / walking slowly / to walking slowly )

10 It’s difficult……….on time

( get there / to get there / in getting there / for getting there )

11 I wouldn’t waste time………that book if I were you

( to reading / reading / read / to read )

12 I ……….to visit Australia in the future

(like / am liking / will like / would like )

Exercise 4:Make question for the underlined words in the following sentences.

1 They do their homework at night

2 Mr Robertson came to the party alone

3 I like the red blouse, not the blue one

4 She felt better after she took a nap

5 She talked to him for an hour

6 My parents have two cars

7 They are coming to visit tomorrow

8 The with the white hat is my brother

9 I don’t get up early because I like to sleep late

10 We have an Englush class everyday

11 They like dancing on weekends

12 The club is not far from their house

13 Their favourite kind of music is the classical music

14 They are singing popular songs

15 We live in the same countryside

Exercise 5: Fill preposition (if any) And give correct form of the verb

1 Thank you ( help )……… me

2 My sister is good ( play )………tennis

3 He need to practise ( speak )……… English more

4 We are looking forward ( see)……… you

5 She is afraid ( cross )……… the street

6 She is not interested ( learn )……… to speak French

7 John insisted ( buy )……… a new bicycle

8 We are thinking ( study )……… French

9 I have no objection ( carry )……… out the plan

10.I don’t think He is accustomed ( drive )……… on th right

Topic 3: people s background’

Exercise 1: Fill each gap in the sentence with one word from the box

scientific, tragic, friendly, difficult, brilliant medical, famous, necessary, technical, serious

1 They were very ……… to me when I first arrived.

2 The man finds it ……….to stop smoking.

3 There were a lot of ……… achievements in the twentieth century.

4 She looked very……….when she heard th news.

5 Changes can easily be made where……….

6 The effect of the pollution on the beach is absolutedly………

7 The play they performed was a……….success.

8 She is more……… as a writer than as an actress.

9 What is the patient’s………history?

10 He received some……….training from his father.

Exercise 2: Choose the best answer.

1 Marie Curie was the first woman in France………….a university professor.

( was / to be / used to be / is )

2 In spite of………… up late, She got up early the next morning.

( staying / to stay / Mary stayed / stay )

3 When he…………,everyone………

A.arrived / had left B had arrived / left C.would arrive / leaves D.arrived / had left

4 I suddenly remembered I……… my wallet on the bus.

( leave / had left / have left / would leave )

5 I ………the washing up before my father came home

( was doing / did / had done / must have done )

6 After her husband’s accident, she …………the sole breadwinner of the family

( had become / became / would became / used to be )

7 The room smelled terrible Someone…………before I came.

( had smoked / smoked / seemed to smoke / would smoke )

8 Celine Dion ……… to receive recognition fer her talent in 1982.

( had begun / began / probably begins / would have begun )

9 In 1994, Celine Dion and Rene Angelil………….in Basilica.

( had married / married / mary / have married )

10 I ……… as a hotel telephonist from May 2001 to March 2002.

( had worked / would work / worked / get used to working )

11 His ambition is…………the richest the man in the world.

( becomes / will become / became / to became )

12 Mary is a humorous girl She always makes me………

( laugh / laughing / to laugh / laughed )

13 Although his early education ……… ,Peter is now the best clerk in our company.

( interrupted / had interrupted / was interrupted / interrupting )

14 By the time they came, we ………our dinner.

( had finished / finished / would finish / were finishing )

15 Neil Amstrong was the ……… man to set foot on the moon.

( only / first / one / individual )

16 She studied hard ……….her parents’ expectation.

( meeting / to meet / meet / met )

17. Sally was disappointed with the exam result She …… a bark mark before.

( had got / had ever got / never had got / had never got )

18 It was impossible…………his room the door was locked.

( to enter / entering / enters / entered )

19 The thieves ran away ……… the could.

( quick / quickly so that / quicker as / as quickly as )

20 He said that no-one could love me……… he did.

( so much like / as much like / as much as / that much )

Exercise 3: Find mistakes and then correct them.

1 She had live in London for five years before she moved to New York.

2 Poor little Laura had always dreamt of have a new shirt on her birthday.

3 Jimmy is not so kindly as Geoge, but he is more handsome than Geoge.

4 Although being only 14, she was more mature than most of her classmates.

5 Lizzie told me that it was the loveliest gift she ever received.

6 Surprisingly , someone had changed the curtains before I had arrived.

7 I didn’t know how to get to Hang bong street, so I must ask a passer by.

8 Her father taught her science She was received most of her scientific knowledge from her father.

9 This is not the first time we have talked to each other.I had met Geoge five years ago at Jennifer’s party.

10.By the time they had come,the food had already got cold.

Exercise 4: Complete the sentences, using the correct past tense of the verb in blackets.

1 Peter no longer phoned Marry They ( say )……… goodbye.

2 My neighbour didn’t have any money to buy food He ( spend )………

all his money gambling.

3 The girl’s arm was bleeding when she arrived at school She ( fall over )…………

4 When I ( get )………… home everyone ( have ) ……… dinner.

5 I ( play )……….a lot of piano recently.

6 We ( not see ) ……… you for ages.

7 How long ( you learn ) ……… Spanish?

8 I ( do )……… housework yesterday.

9 I was disappointed when I didn’t see the dress I liked in the shop I ( save ) ……….

money to buy it for weeks.

10.He went to bed after he ( take ) ………a bath.

Exercise 5: Rewrite the first sentence so that the second one means nearly the same as the first one.

1 I worked very hard for the exam Then I passed it.

7 She went out for a walk Then she had a fatal accident.

Topic 4: Special education

Exercise 1: Choose the word with the diffirent pronunciation of the underlined part.

1 A scholar B chemist C reseach D technical

2 A correct B century C complete D cathedral

3 A leader B dream C weapon D disease

4 A think B gather C death D through

5 A music B design C industry D physician

6 A enough B found C account D thounsand

8 A picture B century C contact D culture

9 A only B produce C abandon D technology

10 A stay B locate C patient D doctorate

Exercise 2: Fill each gap in the sentence with one word from the box.

poor………… primary……… gifted………proud……… miraculous……… great……… amateur……… difficult……….different………healthy………

1 The……….aim of this course is to improve your spoken English.

2 She was too ………to buy clothes for her children.

3 They were very……… of their daughter’s achivements.

4 It is very……… to climb this mountain in winter.

5 She is wearing a……… dress every time I see her.

6 The tournament is open to………….as well as professional players.

7 The area of forest that has been destroyed is very……….

8 The children are well fed, active and………

9 She has won many prizes in musical contests beacause she is a………….artist.

10 The way he climbed the mountain was quite ……; no-one else had done it that way.

Exercise 3: Match a verb in A with a phrase in B

1 to learn

2 to work

3 to welcome

4 to give

5 to live

6 to explain

7 to have

8 to wait

9 to found

10 to provide

11 to bring

12 to help

a how to do something

b money to the poor

c new courage to blind people

d in poor conditions

e a school for the blind

f on farms all day

g an educational program for children

h how to read and write

i children with a variety of disabilities

j different kinds of tests

k for hours at the school

l visitors to the class

Exercise 4:Complete the following sentences about the present or the past.

0 I used to smoke but I don t smoke now’

00 I like her now but I didn t use to like her when I was at school’

1 He used to buy me flowers and send me letters but………

2 She didn’t use to cry but……….

3 We like classical music but……….

4 She doesn’t play the piano now but………

5 He’s poor now but………

6 She used to be an ugly girl in my village but………

7.We don’t like going out in the rain but………

8 They used to go swimming at weekends but……….

9 It used to be hot in Summer but………

10.They don’t drink wine but………

Exercise 5: combine the following sentences to one sentence, make any necessary changes. 1 The bus goes up Oxchard Avenue It doesn’t stop at the supermarket 2 I am lazy This annoys my parents 3 The performance went on for three hours It was carefully prepared 4 The tree has died They cut it down 5 Jill always comes to class late This makes the teacher angry 6 They decided to choose the green motorbike They had always wanted a green motorbike. 7 Next weekend I will have to visit the dentist again I dislike visiting a dentist 8 I work very hard and always get good marks This pleases my grandmother. 9 We are talking to my brother Jim He is very keen on dogs. 10.Jim has a lot of money This puts him in trouble with his frie n nds. Exercise 6: choose the best answer for the following sentences 1 My teacher………… a successful photographer ( used to be / uses to be / used to being / used to being ) 2 My father ………… morning exercises ( wasn’t used to do / didn’t use to do / didn’t used to doing / didn’t use to doing ) 3 Since the new road was built, traffic is not a problem………

( any long / no longer / any longer / no long )

4 Melissa was so satisfied………… her success that she laughed all day.

( with / for / about / of )

5 Even twins are……….from each other in some aspects.

( identified / similar / same / different )

6 There……… a big demonstration along the streets on the previous Independence Day.

( has been / was / is / will be )

7 The child …………having no ability to study because he was mentally retarded.

( considers / will be considered / was considered / considered )

8 A devoted teacher continues to explain………… his students understand his lesson thoroughly ( if / when / until although )

9 My house,……….has een decorated many times, now looks like a new one.

( what / which / that / whom )

10 Tell me immediately if you are……….to my plan.

( disagree / diassatisfied / suspicious / opposed )

Exercise7: Find mistakes and then correct them.

1 A student excellent must have an overall score of 8 or more.

2 We used to go fish on the river when we were small children.

3 The young teacher had on difficult getting the students to understand.

4 it is time the governent helped the unemploy to find some jobs.

5 I look forward to have the resolution to the problem I have mentioned.

6 The light has gone out, this makes it difficult to continue the lesson.

7 She looked proud of her when she won the mathematics prize.

8 Wait for me until I will come back.

9 We didn’t like the club because the poor quality of its service.

10.The retarded mentally also have the right to go to school

Topic 5: technology and you

Exercise1: Fill each gap in the sentence with one word from the box.(vocabulary)

control computer distance language television speed telephone accuracy invention information

1 What is the……… between Da Nang and HCM City?

2 He has a good command of the English……….

3 The accounts are processed by………

4 ………… is his greatest asset as a tennis player.

5 Could I have some………about trains to Ha Noi?

6 The telephone was a wonderful………of the 19 th century.

7 He spent the whole evening watching many programs on……….

8 We can easily operate the television with the remote………

9 My neighbour’s ……….hasn’t stopped ringing all day.

10 It is impossible to say any………… how many people are affected.

Exercise 2: Fill each gap with one suitable word with the first letter given.

1 My father always reads a n……….after dinner.

2 Which is the largest city in the w……….?

3 Learning a f………language needs a lot of effort and patience.

4 Most school children are interested in playing computer g……….

5 The boy didn’t l………….to what the man was saying.

6 Tom and Mary have written to each o………for four years.

7 I t………….you yesterday, but you weren’t in at that time.

8 Did you w………….the football match last night?

9 Could you t……… the television down? I am concentrating on my work.

10.Scientific achievements have had a great effect on the d……… lives of hundreds of millions of people.

Exercise 3: Choose the word with the diffirent pronunciation of the underlined part.

Exercise 4: Choose one of the two words in blankets.(BTTA)

1 Have you done your homwork( already / yet )?

2 We have ( yet / already ) visited the play

3 ( Did / Have ) they just called me?

4 Has she come home ( already / yet )?

5 We have ( just / yet ) received a Christmas gift.

Exercise 5: Arrange the words in each line to have a correct sentence.

1 How / you / English / have / learnt / long?

6 Have / yet / you / London/ visited? ………

7 Yes / have / I I / to / in / went / with / my / and / we / England / 2000/ parents / visited /

London………

………

8 Have / Scotland / you / yet / been / to?