CỦNG CỐ KIẾN THỨC VÀ BÀI TẬP LỚP 9 VÀO 10 TẬP 1

Possessive Pronouns: Singular Plural his/ hers/ its theirs Possessive Pronouns are used to: replace nouns and possessive adjectives mentioned earlier to avoiding repeating the nouns..

Unit 3 – THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

Unit 4 – THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Unit 5 – NOUNS

Unit 6 – ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Unit 7 – PREPOSITIONS (TIME & PLACE)

Unit 8 – ARTICLES

Unit 9 – QUESTION WORDS

Unit 10 – QUANTIFIERS

Unit 11 – MODAL VERBS

Unit 12 – NEAR FUTURE (BE GOING TO)

Unit 13 – ‘TAKE’ WITH TIME EXPRESSION Unit 14 – REVIEW EXERCISES

UNIT 1: THE PRESENT TENSE OF THE VERB

‘BE’

a Positive

Ex: I am a student.

He is intelligent

b Negative

Ex: She is not lazy = She isn’t lazy

You are not a worker = You aren’t a worker

1 Peter Baker _ from Manchester, but Paul and John from London

2 Manchester and London cities in England

3 Hamburg _ a city in Germany

4 Sandra _ at school today

5 Jack and Peter _ her friends

6 They in the same class

7 Mr and Mrs Baker on a trip to the USA to visit their cousin Anne

8 She _ a nice girl

9 Peter says: “My grandfather _ in hospital”

10 I _ at home with my grandmother

11 ‘What time _ it? – It 8 o’clock

12 you tired? – No, I not

13 Today _ Thursday

14 It _ 9 o'clock in the morning

15 The pupils _ at school

Subject + be (am / is / are) + Noun / adjective

Subject + be (am / is / are) + not + Noun / adjective

Be (am / is / are) + subject + not + Noun / adjective?

16 Their classroom _ big and nice.

17 There _ three desks and six chairs

18 There _ a purple door

19 The window _ closed

20 There four girls and three boys in the classroom

21 They sitting on the chairs

22 Only one boy _ on the floor His name _ Roberto

23 Roberto _ working with a map

24 His bag _ on the green map

25 The teacher standing next to the desk

26 He _talking now

27 The children not listening to him

28 They drawing

29 My father _ a taxi driver

30 David our family doctor

II Choose the correct answer (negative or affirmative form of BE).

1 Is Julia Robert French? No, she _ French

2 What about Robert de Nero? Is he an American actor? Yes, he

3 Are New York and Los Angeles Spanish Cities? No, they Spanish cities

4 Is Big Ben in Paris? No, it _ in Paris

5 Is Mount Everest in Africa? No, it _ in Africa It is in Asia

6 The old man _ weak at all He can play strong sports

7 The math test difficult That's why I _ studying hard for it

8 The workers tired They have been working for six hours

9 I happy now I love my life

10 The racecar fast It is very comfortable, too

11 My friend _ buying a new car Her old car broke down It doesn't work

14 _ the library open until 9:00 p.m.? No, it

15 The school small It is very big

16 Jaime and I best friends

17 Tommy, Steven and Teddy in the school play

18 Beatrice at her house

19 It _ hot outside because it has a lot of snow.

20 You finished with the quiz!

III Fill in each blank with only one suitable word.

Hi! My name (1) Nam I (2) from Bien Hoa City, a city in theSouth of Vietnam I (3) _ thirteen years old and I am a student of a secondaryschool I have got a brother and a sister My brother’s name (4) _ Thanh He (5) _ twenty years old and he (6) a good student of Lac Honguniversity My sister’s name is Lan She (7) seventeen years old and she (8) _ a student of Luong The Vinh high school Our parents (9) _ very niceand generous They (10) _ always ready to help us when we have problems Myfather (9) _ a police officer and he (10) _ forty-nine years old Mymother (11) _ a fashion teacher Her name (12) Hoang She (13) _ forty-eight years old now We have got three pets: a dog, a cat and a rabbit Therabbit is mine, the dog (14) _ my brother’s and the cat (15) my sister’s

We (16) a happy family

IV Write an introduction about yourself using the verb BE

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IV Answer the questions

1 Where are you from?

2 How are you?

3 How old are you?

4 What is your phone number?

5 What is your address?

6 Who is your teacher?

7 What is your favorite color?

8 How far is your school from your house? _

9 Who is your best friend?

10 When is your birthday?

UNIT 2: PRONOUNS – POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

Personal pronouns, possessive adjectives & pronouns

Subject

pronouns pronouns Object Possessive adjectives Possessive pronouns

I We You They

He She It

me us you them him her it

my our your their his her its

mine ours yours theirs his hers its

him/ her/ it them

Ex: Peter phoned me yesterday

I often meet him at school

Note: when the direct object stands first and the indirect object stands second, we use “to”

Ex: I sent my mother a present

- Dang is a good student He studies very hard

- You always complain about your study.

- I’m not satisfied with my picture I like hers.

- He is showing his essay to us Our essays are not as good as his.

I sent a present to my mother.

his/ her/ its their

Possessive Adjectives are used to:

1 show ownership:

Ex: - Her car is new

- This is my book

2 refer to parts of the body:

Ex: - He has a pen in his hand

- Her face is round

3 modify a gerund:

Ex: - Thanks for your helping

- The teacher is angry because of our coming late

4 Possessive Pronouns:

Singular Plural

his/ hers/ its theirs

Possessive Pronouns are used to: replace nouns and possessive adjectives mentioned

earlier to avoiding repeating the nouns

Ex: - Your school is big Mine (My school) is small

- My friends are very helpful but hers are not

Exercises

I Choose suitable words to fill in the blanks

1 (They/ Them ) work for a famous company

2 The teacher usually gives (we/ us) difficult exercises

3 I don’t like pizza so (I / me) never eat it

4 He and I are close friends (We/ Us) often go to school together

5 (She/ Her) is from America Last week, I met (she/her) and (she/ her) talked to (I / me) about her country.

II Use the correct pronouns.

Ex: _ is often late for class (Lisa)

She is often late for class.

1 is green (the blackboard)

2 are on the wall (pictures)

3 are watching TV (my mother and I)

4 are in the garden (the flowers)

5 am from Brazil (Mike is my name)

6 are just black and white (the boards)

7 is a primary teacher (my dad)

8 is an excellent teacher (Ms Lan)

9 are very skilful dancers (Long and Lam)

10 _ is big (the room)

11 _ are very professional (firefighters)

12 _ are future models (you and Lan)

III Use the correct possessive adjectives or pronouns.

Ex: She is often late for class and her teacher isn’t pleased with that.

1 I’m Tom and this is _ picture

2 My mother is Susan and this is _ hat

3 They are Robert and Adam and that is house

4 _ is Marco and this is book

5 We are Betti and Laura and this is _ favorite dog name is Lucky.

6 _ is Anna and this is _ sister

7 I’m Tony and this is _ dog, Poppy

8 We are friends hobbies are drawing and listening to music

IV Write sentences using correct possessive adjectives and pronouns.

Ex: She is Ms Black and this is her bag.

1 is Mr Grant and it is _ sketch

2 are Tom and Jerry and this is their room

3 She is Lucy and this is _ collection

4 The pencil case belongs to you It is pencil case

5 The notebook belongs to me and this is _ notebook

6 They are Mr and Mrs Smith This is farm

7 This is Tom and that is sister

8 I know Mary handwriting is very nice

V Choose suitable words to fill in the blanks.

1 _ works in a hospital

2 The school _ very nice

3 I often ask _ for help with difficult homework

4 _ is making a cake

5 This ruler is not _ I think it is yours

6 She is a nurse and sister is a doctor

7 I think _ like this film

8 Do you want me to take _ some photographs?

9 school is very famous and we love it

Hi! (1) name is Tam I am from Bien Hoa City, a city in the South ofVietnam I am thirteen years old and I am a student of a secondary school I have got abrother and a sister (2) brother’s name is Thanh (3) _ is twentyyears old and (4) is a good student of Lac Hong university My _name is Lan (5) _ is seventeen years old and (6) is a student ofLuong The Vinh high school (7) parents are very nice and generous.(8) are always ready to help us when we have problems _ father is(9) _ police officer and he is forty-nine years old My mother is a fashion teacher.(10) name is Hoang (11) _ is forty-eight years old now (12) _ have got three pets: a dog, a cat and a rabbit The rabbit is (13) _,the dog is my brother’s and the cat (14) my sister’s We (15) a happyfamily.

VII Finish each of the following sentences so that it has the same meaning as the first.

1 Where do you come from?

VIII Finish the following sentences using suggested words.

1 I/ from/ city/ south/ Vietnam

IX Rearrange the words/ phrases to make a meaningful sentence

1 am / Hoa / I / this/ and/ Lan/ is _

2 teacher/ is/ our/ and/ beautiful/ kind _

3 tall / are / brothers/ how / your? _

4 favorite/ is/ juice/ food / my _

5 today / are / how / you? _

X Make questions for the following answers

1 _ ? – I’m at the company now

3 _ ? – I’m twenty years old

4 _ ? – They are Tom and Pat and they are

engineers

5 _ ? – He is Minh, not Lam

6 _ ? – I am 1.6 meters tall

Unit 3: THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

Formula:

S + V/ Vs/es

- They live in Hanoi.

- I go to school in the morning.

- She does the housework everyday.

We use the simple present to talk about:

1 repeated actions/ habits/ everyday activities:

- My grandparents always drink tea in the morning.

- She often starts work at 7:30 a.m

2 something that existed in the past, exists now, and will exist in the future:

- It rains in rainy season.

- The sun rises in the East.

- They do not (don’) live in Hanoi.

- She does not (doesn’t work) for a big company.

 Interrogative:

Do/ Does + S + V … ?

- Do they live in Hanoi?

- Does she work for a big company?

Adverbs:

always, usually, often, sometimes, occasionally, rarely, seldom, never, once/ twice a week/ month/ year, every day/ week/ month/ year

- I sometimes go shopping with my friends

- He never eats fish

a are visiting b visits c visit d visiting

3 You basketball once a week

a play b plays c are play d are playing

4 Tom _ every day

a work b works c are working d is working

5 He always us funny stories

a tells b tell c is tells d is telling

6 She never me with that

a help b is helping c is help d helps

7 Martha and Kevin twice a week

a swims b are swim c swim d swimming

8 In this club people usually a lot

a dances b dance c are dancing d dancing

9 Linda _ of her sister.

a is taking care b takes care c take care d is take care

10 John rarely _ the country

a leaves b leave c is leaving d are leaving

11 We in the city most of the year.

a lives b live c are live d are living

12 Lorie _ to Paris every Sunday

a travel b travels c are travel d is travel

13 I cookies twice a month

a bakes b am bake c bake d am baking

14 You always _ me new things

a teaches b teach c are teaching d is teaching

15 She the kids of the neighborhood

a help b is helping c helps d helping

II Give correct forms of verbs in brackets:

1 The car (look) new

2 It (rain) in rainy season

3 He usually (exercise) in the morning

4 Leaves (fall) in autumn.

5 Mary often (go) shopping at weekends

6 Peter is in the living-room now He (watch) TV

7 you (like) funny films?

8 He (play) badminton twice a week

9 they (have) a big house?

10 He never (help) others

III Correct the mistakes in the following sentences if necessary.

1 He usually arrives home late in the evening

2 I am remembering my family very much

3 This soup is selling delicious

4 Lisa is washing her clothes at the moment

5 He is usually eating bread for his breakfast

V Match a verb in A with a suitable phrase in B

VI Make question for the underlined words or phrases

Her favorite class is Computer science

VII Put the tick (v) where the frequency adverbs stand in the sentences

0 always Tim always gets good marks

1 always John climbs the mountain

2 usually I go to bed at 9.30

3 often Sue goes to the cinema

4 sometimes Sam sings

5 never It rains here in August

6 seldom She goes to the concert

7 never I go to school by bus

8 often He is late for class

VIII Complete each sentence Use the verb and frequency adverb in brackets

0 Tina (sometimes, miss) sometimes misses the bus to school.

1 I (never, get up) ……… before 6.00

2 We (usually, have) ……… a holiday in August

3 Jim and Helen (often, go) ……… to the theatre

4 I (often, sing) ……… in the shower

5 Pat (sometimes, play) ……… football on Sunday

6 You (never, finish) ……… your homework!

7 Our teacher (always, wear) ……… a tie.

8 John (seldom, be) ……… late for class

IX Read Mercedes’ letter and answer the questions.

Hi there!

My name’s Mercedes, and I’m a student at Salamanca university, in Spain Where are you from? I study modern languages, and one day I want to travel around South America I go to classes every day, and come home in the evening for dinner I usually eat at home, but sometimes I go out for a pizza with my friends I’m studying hard right now, because I have to do exams next week I love my course, but it’s hard work!

What do you do? What are your hobbies? I love reading books, and buying clothes I don’t like sports much, but I like swimming I usually go swimming every weekend I like music, too, and I buy a lot of MP3s on the Internet Right now, I’m listening to some new Rihanna songs I love them!

Write soon and tell me about your life.

Unit 4 - THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE

Formula:

S + am/ is/ are + V-ing

- They are working.

- She is doing her homework.

We use the present progressive to talk about:

1 an action happening at the present time:

- My grandfather is talking to his friends now

- They are watching TV at home at the moment

2 an action (that is already planned) in the future:

- We are going to Mexico next summer

- I am eating dinner with her on Saturday

- What are you doing this weekend?

Note:

Do not use the present progressive with “stative verbs”

List of “stative Verbs”:

know hear appear tasteunderstand like seem wishbelieve love smell own

remember mean prefer want

 Negative and Interrogative Forms:

 Negative:

S + am/ is/ are + not + V-ing

- He is not doing his homework.

 Interrogative:

Be + S + V-ing … ?

- Is he doing his homework?

Exercises

I Put the verbs into the present progressive.

1 They (cook) at the moment.

2 She (take) her final exam next week.

3 The sun (shine) and the birds (sing) now.

4 you (study) for your history test?

5 I (write) a letter to her tonight.

6 Hurry up! They (wait) for us.

7 What you (do) this weekend?

8 The kettle (boil) now Shall I make the tea?

II Build sentences, using the present progressive

1 They/ have/ party/ now.

Susan(7)(make) _ a cup of coffee The baby (8)(cry) _ I want to go home

All the best

George

IV Put a tick (v) next to the correct sentence, and a cross (x) next to the wrong sentence then correct it.

0 She liking pop music (x)

00 He’s learning French (v)

1 They’re enjoying the film

V Circle the correct form of the verbs.

1 Emilio is playing / always plays soccer on Mondays and Fridays.

2 Jon and Clare usually play / are playing soccer in the park on Sundays.

3 What do you watch / are you watching on TV right now?

4 Adam is running / runs in a marathon now.

5 Maria doesn’t wear / isn’t wearing her new jeans right now.

6 Do they usually work / Are they usually working in an office?

VI Fill in the blanks Use the simple present or present progressive.

1 We (listen) to music right now

2 British people (love) football!

3 Mom (talk) on the phone right now

4 Jackie (not eat) meat She’s a vegetarian

5 My brother (play) soccer in the park right now

6 Brazilians (speak) Portuguese

7 I (not watch) TV right now I’m at work!

8 My dad (wear) a suit to work

VII Match the verbs 1–8 with the nouns a–h.

VIII Read the following story

Who are they? Where are they? What are they doing?

Right now, it is Monday morning Mike and Tina are at home They are sitting at a table They are eating breakfast.

At this moment, Tina is drinking coffee She is eating a pastry She is sitting across the table from Mike She is talking to Mike

Mike is Tina's husband He is sitting at the table with Tina He is also drinking coffee Mike is listening to Tina

After breakfast, Mike and Tina are leaving for work They work in the city They are ridingthe bus to work

Now write another story about what is happening around you.

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Mr Jones is a famous doctor.

b Objects:

I meet Peter everyday

She will send the letter tomorrow

2 Kinds of nouns

- Count and Non-count Nouns

- Singular and Plural Nouns

REGULAR NOUN PLURALS

NOUNS

PLURAL ADDITIONS

PLURAL FORMS

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Generals:

Vowel Voiceless consonants Voiced consonants Vowel + y

Vowel + o

bee, bananacat, lipcard, pinboy, dayvideo, radio

+ s+ s+ s+ s+ s

bees, bananascats, lipscards, pinsboys, daysvideos, radios

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o, x, s, ss, sh, ch, z

Exceptions

dish, watchtomato

+ es

+s

dishes, watchestomatoesphotos, pianos, solos,altos, sopranos, autos, avocados

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f or fe

Exceptions

leaf, knife f +ves leaves, knives

beliefs, chiefs, roofs, cliffs, chefs, sheriffs

5 IRREGULAR NOUN PLURALS

woman

foot

goose

womenfeetgeese

I like Vietnamese women Vowel change

sheep

fish

sheepfish

He usually has fish for dinner No change

child

person

childrenpeople

Many people travel to Da Lat every year

Different word form

pajamas, pantsscissors

Those pants are clean No singular form

I Circle the correct form of the underlined noun or pronoun

1 We often take a couple of ……… with us for lunch

a sandwich b sandwichs c sandwiches d sandwichies

2 Some restaurants use napkins that are made of ………

a paper b papers c clothes d clothing

3 The picture is about a famous happy ………

a couples b couple c children d people

4 When I was a kid, I always had to wash the ……… after dinner

5 A few basketball players are 7 ……… tall

6 All of the ……… in the stadium are full now

7 Pour the juice into a ………

a glass b glasses c class d the glass

8 ……… goes by very quickly

9 I really like those ……… in your painting

10 All cultures have their own ………

a belief b believes c beliefs d beliefes

11 What do you think about the………… in my painting? Do they have good

combination?

a color b colors c colorful d colorless

12 There are many kinds of …… and they are very interesting natural living source for arts

a fishs b fishes c fishing d fishies

II Underline the nouns and state their functions

1 The house looks new

2 My father bought a car last year

3 I am interested in science.

4 Students study English at school

5 Children liked the elephants very much

III Make the following singular nouns plural

1 table 2 wolf 3 father _

4 mouse 5 family 6 key

7 box 8 wife 9 wish

IV – Fill in each blank with only one suitable word.

Danny is twelve (1) old He lives in (2) _ village near Montargis in France He has got a small family but many (3) _ He has got a big house and a big garden so that there is enough place for all the (4) On top of that, everyone

in the family (5) to collect things His father, David, has got a collection of toy cars He loves his toy cars (7) of them are ancient His mother, Jennifer, has got a collection of kitchen utensils She has got old microwaves, old (8) _and (9)

_other small things that people usually throw away His brother, Jonah, has got

a collection of Claude Monet’s (10) _ He loves Claude Monet and he collects every Claude Monet’s picture that he can find Danny, himself collects things too He has got a collection of pens He has got fountain pens, roller-ball pens, ballpoint pens and many others He has also got ancient dip pens which are very expensive So (11) in the family collects (12) different, but the whole of the family collects animals! They (13) _got many animals: dogs, cats, ducks, chickens, geese, rabbits,

(14) and even a donkey and a horse! Their house is big enough to have all

(15) _animals and they love (16) They have got a house like a zoo, it is magnificent!

V - Finish each of the following sentences so that it has the same meaning as the first

1 My class has a lot of students

There

2 There are no apples in the fridge

VI - Finish the following sentences using suggested words.

1 I / not/ have / much / money / buy/ guache paint

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UNIT 6 – ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS

She is a talented actor.

The landscape is life-like.

She is famous for her presenting skill.

Your dog looks very lovely.

He seems very satisfied with his work.

- An adjective can come before a noun to modify that noun

- An adjective can come after the

verb BE and the sense-perception verbs: look, seem, sound, smell,

taste, feel, become, appear, grow, get…

Do you use computer well?

He studies hard and always goes to bed late.

He writes very fast

- An adverb of manner tells how or

in what way a person does something Most adverbs of

manners are form by putting –ly

at the end of an adjective

- The adverb of good is well.

- Some adverbs of manner do not end in –ly The adjective and adverb are the same

The adverb of hard is hard

fast is fast

Language Notes:

1 An adverb of manner usually follows the verb phrase

She ate her lunch quickly.

You speak English well.

Or before normal verbs:

He often politely asks me for help.

She skillfully uses various colors to make the painting life-like

2 Hard and hardly are both adverbs, but they have completely different

meanings He works hard = He puts a lot of effort into his work

He hardly works = He does very little work

She is always a distinguished artist.

You are often late for class.

They always complain about English.

He sometimes cut class.

Adverbs of frequency including

always, often, usually, sometimes, rarely, never, are used after BE or before normal Verbs

Those students are very smart.

My solution is extremely perfect.

She is quite lazy with her study.

They study pretty well.

My class work fairly hard.

Our teacher teaches very enthusiastically.

Adverbs of degree including very,

extremely, pretty, quite, rather, fairly, are used before Adjectives

e My students are standing over there.

It is very hot here.

Are you still living there?

It was very dizzy yesterday.

We are at dancing club tonight

What are you doing today?

I’m very happy to see you here today.

Adverb of place (here, there) and adverb of time (today, now,

yesterday, tonight ) are put at the

beginning or at the end of the sentence

If the sentences have both adverb

of place and adverb of time, adverb

of place always comes before adverb of time

Exercise 2 Match the words in part I with the following images

(write the correct number in the box):

Exercise 3 Choose suitable words to fill in the blank.

1 She answers questions (intelligent / intelligently)

2 It’s a very picture (colorful / colorfully)

3 What a _ story! We don’t like it at all (boring / bored)

4 This young actress acts _ (attractive / attractively)

5 It is very to study languages (interesting / interested)

6 You work very _ (professional/ professionally)

7 The decors of that play are very stylish and _ (color / modern)

8 The famous paintings in the museum are very _ (fascinated / fascinating)

9 We have admiration for his work (great/ greatness)

10 Talk about your school _ (proud / proudly)

11 The driver of the car was _ injured (serious / seriously)

12 The driver of the car had _ injuries (serious / seriously)

13 I think you behaved very _ (selfish/selfishly)

14 Rose is _ upset about losing her job (terrible / terribly)

15 There was a _ change in the weather (sudden / suddenly)

16 Everybody at the party was _ dressed (colorful / colorfully)

17 Linda likes wearing _ clothes (colorful / colorfully)

18 She fell and hurt herself quite _.(bad / badly)

19 Don't go up that ladder It doesn't look _ (safe / safely)

20 He looked at me _ when I interrupted him (angry / angrily)

Exercise 4 Complete each sentence using a word from the list Sometimes you need the

adjective (careful etc.) and sometimes the adverb (carefully etc.)

careful complete continuous financial fluenthappy nervous perfect quick Special

1 Our holiday was too short The time passed very ………

2 Tom doesn't take risks when he's driving He's always ………

3 Sally works……… She never seems to stop

4 Alice and Stan are very ……… married

5 Monica's English is very ……… although she makes a lot of mistakes

6 I cooked this meal……… for you, so I hope you like it

7 Everything was very quiet There was ……… silence

8 I tried on the shoes and they fitted me ………

9 Do you usually feel ……… before examinations?

10 I'd like to buy a car but it's ……… impossible for me at the moment

Exercise 5 Finish each of the following sentences so that it has the same meaning as the first

1 They are good students

They study

2 Our school has big classrooms

Exercise 6 Finish the following sentences using suggested words.

1 Tom / careful / driver

a friend b friendly c friendlily d friendship

2 I am having fun! I am taking a trip to Giang Dien Water Fall

a wonder b wonderfully c wonderful d wonderfarm

3 She speaks Chinese _

a fluency b influence c fluent d fluently

4 We usually practice taking a lot of photographs with _scenes

a beauty b beautiful c beautifully d beautify

5 He usually asks me to wait with him

a politenessb polite c politely d impolite

6 She invites me to go there with her for _ meals

a delicious b deliciously c deliciousness d well

7 Is that ring ?

a value b valuable c valuably d valuelessly

8 The teacher seems with me about my assignment

a anger b angry c angrily d hungry

9 Your presentation looks

a profession b professor c professional d professionally

10 I am getting , so I can’t finish my assignment

a sickness b sick c sickly d well

11 I’m sorry my work is not good because I am

a care b careful c careless d carelessly

12 They study very _so they always get good marks

a hardness b hard c hardly d lazily

Exercise 8 Fill in each blank with only one suitable word

I wake up, and there is a (1) wet wind breezing on my face through my window.The skies have been uniformly grey Even the green (2) _have started to look a bitdifferent They (3) haven’t changed color yet, but they are preparing to give upthe green I walk (4) _ to the grocery store in the wet weather, the streets seemwider and people are (5) going to their workplaces

I hate the summer I hate the heat because it makes me feel (6) _ Autumn is my time,

my (7) _season I was born in July so whenever the fall starts I always receive a lot

of (8) birthday presents It is also the day when the school finishes We oftenhave a (9) _long holiday I suppose I could work to change that pattern, and try toembrace the fall – but (10) , life is too short

Exercise 9 Finish each of the following sentences so that it has the same meaning as the first

1 They are good actors

Exercise 10 Decide what you need to say End your sentence with an adverb ending in

ly

► Tell the police that you can't remember the accident It isn't very clear in your mind

I can’t remember the accident very clearly

1 Tell your friend that United won the game It was an easy win

Exercise 11 Vicky is telling Rachel about a dream she had Choose the correct forms

I had a (►)strange/strangely dream last night I was in a garden It was getting (1)dark/darkly, and it was (2) terrible/terribly cold My head was aching (3) bad/badly I waswalking out of the garden when (4) sudden/suddenly I saw a man He was sitting (5)quiet/quietly on a seat He seemed very (6) unhappy/unhappily He looked up and smiled (7)sad/sadly at me I don't know why, but I felt (8) curious/curiously about him I wanted totalk to him, but I couldn't think what to say I just stood there (9) foolish/foolishly

Exercise 12 Finish the following sentences using suggested words.

1 Tom / careful / painter

Exercise 13 Adjective or adverb?

1 How _ (old) is Mr Smith?

2 He's 90 He is _ (weak) and he walks _ (slow)

3 I know you are a _ (nice) person

4 You can help him _ (easy)

5 Be _ (careful) when you help him

6 His arms ache (terrible)

7 Don't touch them too (strong)

8 Talk (slow) to him and touch him _ (careful)

9 I didn't pronounce it (correct) in class this morning

10 Nobody can sit (comfortable) on this sofa

11 I am tired (terrible)

12 The man drove too (fast)

13 She sings (good)

14 Mr Jones wrote the letter _ (quick)

15 The film was over at 10 o'clock (boring)

16 We ran to school _ yesterday (quick)

17 I have learned very _ to pass the exam (hard)

18 Five cars were damaged (heavy)

19 Please read the instructions _ (careful)

20 The bus driver was _ (angry)

21 His answer came (surprising)

22 Tom looked at my dinner (hungry)

23 Nobody is _ (perfect)

24 We played some _ games (exciting)

25 They talked to him _ (friendly)

26 Sally bought an (extreme) (expensive) suit

27 They crossed the street _ (terrible) (slow).

28 Mr Verb drives very _ (slow)

29 He put on his coat so (quick) because all the others were already

waiting

30 Please, write your name (clear) and _ (legible)

31 He opened the bottle (careful) because he didn't want to spill any wine

32 This song sounds really _ (nice)

33 Jim has got a rather _ (loud) voice

34 This chocolate is _ (good) It tastes _ (excellent)

35 If Toby was a (careful) driver, I would get into his car, but unfortunately,

he drives (careless)

36 This exercise isn’t _ (difficult) at all It is _ (easy)

37 You can get lost in a maze (easy)

38 Those are really flowers.(nice) Where did you get such

_ flowers from? (pretty)

39 I can't hear you because you are talking so .(quiet)

40 Do you know why Anna left the party so ? (sudden)

41 I'm not going running today because it is raining _ (heavy)

42 The teacher looked at me , so I stopped talking (angry)

43 The girls walked through the room (noisy)

44 You look _ (tired) I think you should go to bed

45 Can you hear those children over there They sound really (happy)

46 The boys play tennis (good)

47 They are tennis players (good)

48 Frank sings _ (good)

49 Sandra speaks French (perfect)

50 This pullover was (expensive)

51 She looked for the purse _ (careful)

52 Paul walked home (sad)

53 Father spoke (angry)

54 She doesn't like sports So she _ does any sports (hard)

55 He is never _ (late)

56 She phoned me once a week But she didn't (late)

57 They did their homework (bad)

58 I must work (hard)

59 I don't like her pictures She paints (terrible)

60 She likes the dress It looks _ (modern)

Exercise 14 Describe a day of yours using exercise 8 as inspiration.

1 At: used to talk about position at a point.

- I live at 20 Phan Chu Trinh Street

- Turn right at the next traffic-light

2 On: used to talk about position on surface.

- There are some books on the table

- I like the picture on the wall

3 In: used for position in a three dimensional space (when something is surrounded on all

sides)

- I don’t think he’s in his office

- The dog is lying in the kitchen

4 On top of: is used when something in touching something else, but is higher than it.

a The cat is sleeping on top of the wardrobe

5 Beside: next to

a The post office is beside supermarket

b She is in the class beside ours

6 Between: used when sb/st is in the space in the middle of two things, people, places…

a She was between Alice and Mary

b The library is between the teacher’s room and the lab

7 In front of: used when sb/st comes, lies before something else.

a There is a big tree in front of the building

b I parked my car in front of the office

8 Behind: used when sb/st is in/ at/ to the back of somebody/ something.

a Look behind you before you drive off

9 Above: used when sb/st is in a higher place.

a The coffee is in the cupboard above the sink

b The people in the flat above make a lot of noise

10 Below: used when sb/st is at a lower position that sb/st.

a Do not write below this line

b I don’t live on the top floor I live on the floor below.

Exercises

Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions: at, on, in, on top of, behind, in front of,

beside, between, below, above.

1 He is sitting the door

2 When we are the mountain, we can see the village

3 There are a lot of strange trees his garden

4 I once saw his picture a newspaper

5 My brother is studying mathematics London University

6 I usually do my shopping the city centre

7 The man sitting me is so tall that I couldn’t see anything

8 I was hiding myself the wardrobe so my younger brother couldn’t findme

9 There is a filling station the bookstore and the supermarket

10 I also felt very cold although I was sitting the fire

11 They live 20 Tran Hung Dao street

12 Mr Brown parked his car the bank and went into it

13 A lot of students are reading the library now

14 The stars are the sky

15 Some students review there lessons while they’re sitting the bus

16 She always sits at the front desk so she practices her English with the people sitting

or her

17 The baby can’t touch the clock but she can touch the picture it

18 The clock is too high for the baby to touch It is the picture

19 Can you find her in the picture?- She was sitting me so you can’t see herwell

20 My father planted a lot of strange trees our garden

- Streets are very crowded at Christmas.

- Children play and eat a lot at New Year

- Are you going away at Easter?

b ON: on + a specific day of the week.

a specific date.

- I have class on Monday and Wednesday

- He are leaving for Hanoi on October 30

Parts of a particular day:

- We play tennis on Sunday morning

c IN: specific month/ year / season.

in the morning/ afternoon/ evening.

- I have summer holiday in June

- We have class in the morning

- Tom goes jogging in the morning

Parts of the day:

- I work best in the morning

- We usually go out in the evening