Some : somebody, someone, something - đợc dùng trong câu khẳng định và đi với động từ số ít.. There is somebody at the door./ I’ve got something in my bag.[r]
Trang 1A Các phụ âm hữu thanh và vô thanh trong tiếng Anh:
* Hữu thanh /b, d, g, v, ð, z, ʒ, ʤ, m, n, , l, r, j, w/ + toàn bộ nguyên âm a, e, o, u, i.
* Vô thanh /p, t, k, f, θ, s, ∫, t∫, h/
1 Quy tắc cơ bản của việc phát âm các từ tận cùng với ‘s’:
‘s’ đợc phát âm là /z/ khi theo sau các âm hữu thanh trừ 3 âm (/z/, /ʒ,/ /ʤ/)
‘s’ đợc phát âm là /s/ khi theo sau các âm vô thanh trừ 3 âm (/s/,/∫/,/t∫/)
‘s’ đợc phát âm là / iz/ khi đi sau các âm (/z/, /ʒ/, /ʤ/, /s/, /∫/,/t∫/ )
2 Quy tắc cơ bản của việc phát âm các từ tận cùng với ‘ed’:
Động từ tận cùng bằng ‘ed’ đợc phát âm là /d/ khi theo sau các âm hữu thanh trừ âm (/d/)
Động từ tận cùng bằng ‘ed’ đợc phát âm là /t/ khi theo sau các âm vô thanh trừ âm (/t/)
Động từ tận cùng bằng ‘ed’ đợc phát âm là /id/ khi theo sau các âm (/t/, /d/)
B Stress
1 Từ có hai âm tiết (Two - syllable words)
- Đối với từ có hai âm tiết, trọng âm có thể rơi vào âm tiết đầu hoặc âm tiết thứ hai
Đối với động từ, tính từ, trạng từ, và giới từ có quy luật cơ bản sau: nếu âm tiết thứ hai có chứa nguyên
âm dài hoặc nguyên âm kép (trừ) thì trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ hai
Vd: arrive (v), attract (v), correct (a), perfect (a), alone (adv), inside (pre)
Nguợc lại nếu âm tiết thứ hai có chứa nguyên âm ngắn hoặc nguyên âm kép , hoặc đ ợc kết thúc bằngmột phụ âm thì trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết đầu
Vd: open (v), borrow (v), lovely (a), sorry (a), rather (adv)
Đối với danh từ, nếu âm tiết thứ hai có chứa nguyên âm ngắn thì trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết đầu
Vd: money, product
Ngợc lại, nếu âm tiết thứ hai có chứa nguyên âm dài hoặc nguyên âm kép thì trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ hai
Vd: balloon, design, estate
2 Từ có ba âm tiết (Three - syllable words)
Đối với động từ , nếu âm tiết cuối là âm tiết mạnh, nó sẽ có trọng âm
Đối với danh từ, nếu âm tiết cuối cùng yếu hoặc tận cùng bằng /əu/, và âm tiết thứ hai mạnh, trọng âm
sẽ rơi vào âm tiết thứ hai đó
Vd: statistics, potato, diaster ;
- Nếu âm tiết thứ hai và thứ ba cùng là âm tiết yếu,thì âm tiết đàu tiên sẽ mang trọng âm
Vd: quantity, cinema, emperor
3 prefix + stem + suffix
- No rule for prefix
a Trọng õm rơi vào ngay õm tiết đú:
- ain: entertain, contain
- ee: trainee ( but em’ployee)
- eer: engineer, career
- ese: vietnamese
- ette: cigarette, cassette
- esque: picturesque
- ique: technique
b Trọng õm rơi vào trước nú 1 õm tiết:
- tion: ‘nation, fiction,celabtation
- graphy: ge’ography
- ical: initial, potential
- ic: economic
- ion: internation
Trang 2- ious: delicious
- ity: ability
- ive: expensive
- itive/ ative: talkative, infinitive
c Trọng õm rơi vào õm tiết thứ 3 tớnh từ cuối của từ:
- acy : de’mocracy , di’plomacy ,
- ate : ’moderate , ‘candidate , ‘concentrate , ‘seperate
- ible : re’sponsible , ‘possible , ac’cessible , compre’hensible
- ity,-ety : va’riety , cap’tivity , com’munity , invisi’bility, a’bility
- ence : ‘residence , ‘providence , ‘difference ,de’pendence, ‘reference, ‘confidence
- ent : e’quivalent , ‘president , ‘different , ‘government
- entary : ele’mentary, comple’mentary
- ical : po’litical , his’torical , e’motional , o’riginal, pro’fessional, ‘logical
- inal : ’cardinal , ‘ordinal , ‘terminal
- ishment; ’punishment , es’tablishment
- ison : com’parison ,
- logy : tech’nology , soci’ology , a’pology
- omy : e’conomy , as’tronomy
- ous : ’numerous , ‘prosperous
- ude : ’attitude , ‘longitude
- try : ‘chemistry , ‘ministry
- ural : ‘natural , ‘cultural , agri’cultural
- ular : ‘popular , ‘singular , ‘regular , ‘ cellular , ‘muscular
d Cỏc phụ tố khụng làm ảnh hưởng đến trọng õm của từ:
- able: ‘comfort, ‘comfortable
- age: ‘anchor, ‘anchorage; ad’vance, ad’vantage
- al: re’fuse, re’fusal; in’form, in’formal
- en: wide, ‘widen
- ful: ‘wonder, ‘wondeful; ‘beauty, ‘beautiful
- ing: a’maze, a’mazing; ‘interest, ‘interesting
- ish: ‘devil, ‘devilish; (quy tắc này ỏp dụng đối với tớnh từ, đối với động từ cú nhiều hơn 2 õm tiết thỡ
trọng õm luụn rơi vào õm tiết ngay trước phụ tố ‘ish’: re’plenish, de’molish, es’tablish…)
- like: ‘birdlike, ‘childlike
- less: ‘power, ‘powerless;
- ly: ‘careful, ‘carefully; ‘beautiful, ‘beautifully
- ment: ‘punnish, ‘punnishment; en’joy, en’joyment
- ness: ‘yellow, ‘yellowness; a’ttractive, a’ttractiveness
- wise: ‘other, ‘otherwise
- y: ‘honest, ‘honesty; ‘penal, ‘penalty
Một số từ chức năng trong tiêng Anh (trợ động từ, giới từ, liên từ, ) có thể có hai cách phát âm- dạng mạnh
và dạng yếu Dạng phát âm yếu (weak form) là dạng phát âm thông thờng của nhóm từ này và chúng chỉ đợcphát âm dới dạng mạnh (strong form) trong các trờng hợp sau:
Khi từ đó xuất hiện ở cuối câu nói
Vd: Chips are what I’m fond of.
Trang 3 Khi từ đó đợc đem tơng phản với một từ khác
Vd: the letter’s from him not to him.
Khi từ đó đợc đánh trọng âm vì mục đích nhấn mạnh của ngời nói
Vd:You must give me more money.
Khi từ đó đợc trích đẫn
Vd: You shouldn’t put and at the end of the sentence.
5 Nhịp điệu (Rhythm):
Ngôn ngữ lời nói tiếng Anh đợc cho là có nhịp điệu và nhịp đó đợc phát hiện nhờ vào sự xuất hiện đều
đặn của các âm tiết có trọng âm Tiếng Anh có nhịp điệu theo trọng âm có nghĩa là các âm tiết có trọng âm có
xu hớng xuất hiện trong những khoảng thời gian tơng đối bằng nhau dù giữa chúng có số lợng âm tiết khôngmang trọng âm khác nhau
Vd: ‘Walk ‘down the ‘path to the ‘end of the ca’nal
1 2 3 4 5
6 Nuốt âm (Elision)
Nuốt âm là sự lợc bỏ 1 hoặc nhiều âm khi nói Dới đây là một số trờng hợp nuốt âm chủ yếu:
Sự biến mất của nguyên âm
Sự mất đi những nguyên âm yếu theo sau /p, t, k/
Sự biến mất của phụ âm
Câu trần thuật :
Câu trần thuật thông thờng xuống giọng ở cuối phát ngôn
Vd: I love you.
Câu liệt kê lên giọng vừa phải ở mỗi phần liệt kê và xuống giọng ở cuối phát ngôn
Vd: We had some soup, smashed potato, fish and chips and finally a glass of orange juice.
Câu hỏi có từ để hỏi :
- Quy luật cơ bản là xuống giọng ở cuối phát ngôn
Vd: What does WTO stand for?
- Đôi khi lên giọng dần từ khi bắt đầu cho đến khi kết thúc phát ngôn (thể hiện sự quan tâm nhiều hơn)
Vd: How’s your daughter?
C âu hỏi đảo : đều lên giọng ở cuối phát ngôn kể cả loại có dạng thức giống nh 1 câu trần thuật.
Vd: Do you love him? You love him?
Lời yêu cầu, đề nghị : Lên giọng ở cuối phát ngôn.
Vd: Can you open the door ,please?
Câu hỏi đuôi :
- Xuống giọng ở phần đuôi của câu hỏi khi hỏi chỉ đẻ xác nhận thông tin Câu hỏi nh thế này có tácdụng gần nh một câu cảm thán
Vd: It’s really hot, isn’t it?
- Khi hỏi để lấy thông tin thực sự và cần có sự khẳng định hoặc phủ định của ng ời nghe thì phần
đuôi của câu hỏi phải lên giọng Vd: You don’t love her, do you?
Câu hỏi lựa chọn : lên giọng ở mỗi sự lựa chọn trừ sự lựa chọn cuối cùng thì xuống giọng.
Vd: Would you like tea, coffee or milk
exercises
Find the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
Trang 45 A clothe B drive C write D event
14 A appointment B comment C payment D development
15 A development B restaurant C essential D conference
16 A architect B different C conference D problem
18 A election B elegant C element D elephant
19 A celebrate B cement C center D centimeter
21 A delicate B deliberate C delicious D delighted
27 A estimate B essential C estate D establish
30 A happen B ca lculate C a dd D ra dio
31 A missed B.worked C realized D watched
32 A program B ago C sand D dam
33 A airplanes B suitcases C things D calculators
34 A shops B notes C mouths D hotels
35 A passed B moved C wished D touched
36 A wanted B needed C picked D visited
37 A learned B confused C played D decided
38 A.prefer B hero C discover D brother
39 A iron B erase C era D rank
40 A climate B time C timber D climb
41 A hunting B honest C high D hill
42 A success B use C united D unit
43 A books B hats C lakes D roses
44 A dirty B guitar C listen D thirsty
45 A chain B choicer C school D chocolate
46 A feather B leatherr C measure D feature
47 A Valentine B imagine C.discipline D convince
48 A luxury B example C.exist D exam
49 A honourable B honesty C hiseric D hour
50 A proofs B regions C lifts D rocks
Trang 551 A helped B saved C lived D applied
52 A sometimes B gestures C languages D examples
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group.
1 a tradition b invitation c bananas d production
2 a understand b invitation c industry d computation
3 a beauty b advertise c suggest d decent
4 a climate b attract c advise d deny
5 a surgeon b protection c accurate d subject
6 a rotation b mineral c contaminate d American
7 a application b comprehension c resolution d apologize
8 a comfortable b industial c passenger d interested
9 a approximate b accomplished c invaluable d expectation
10 a prepare b pleasant c symbols d foreign
11 a accompany b participant c misunderstand d surprisingly
12 a artificial b reality c compulsory d expression
13 a performances b dictionary c contemporary d encouragement
14 a community b fascinated c illiterate d significant
15 a customer b difficult c requires d musical
16 a grateful b enthusiam c promotion d intensity
17 a activity b allergic c reassured d employee
18 a dangerous b assignment c completion d collaborate
19 a conspicuous b marvelous c accurate d beautiful
20 a honesty b valuable c conceal d engine
21 a personal b focus c anxious d destroy
22 a success b department c exchange d eager
23 a factories b situation c disappointment d introduced
24 a effort b effect C deafness d speaker
25 a imperfect b intelligent c colorful d deserve
26 a history b mathematics c literature d physics
27 a science b inform c advantage d discover
28 a escaping b eruption c delicate d explain
29 a entertain b magazine c industry d volunteer
30 a insincere b engineer c entertainer d wonderful
31 a noisy b action c problems d complain
32 a Transport b period c cartoon d problem
33 a appreciate b sacrifices c ability d incapable
34 a feelings b pervious c reliable d notion
35 a impression b direct c equipment d rubbish
36 a correction b increase c personality d essential
37 a describe b decided c remember d parties
USEFUL STRUCTURES (C¸c cÊu tróc c©u quan träng)
1 It’s/ was + S + that + Predicate : ChÝnh mµ
Trang 6eg Smoking causes lung cancer
- It’s smoking that causes lung cancer.
My sister gave me a computer on my birthday.
- It was my sister that gave gave me a computer on my birthday
2 It’s + Adj + for somebody + to infi = To infi + be + Adj.
= Ving + be + Adj.
eg It’s difficult for me to learn Russian = To learn Russian is difficult.
= Learning Russian is difficult.
It’s not easy to speak English perfectly = To speak English perfectly is not easy.
3 It’s/ was possible/ impossible for somebody to infi.
= S + be + possible/ impossible + to infi.
eg It’s impossible for us to finish the long test on time.
= We’re impossible to finish the long test on time.
4 It takes/ took/ will take + Sb + time + to infi.
= S + spend/ spent/ will spend + time + Ving.
eg It takes me 30 minutes to cook dinner = I spend 30 minutes cooking dinner.
5 S + be + said/ thought/ believed/ known + that + clause.
= S + be + said/ thought/ believed/ known to infi./ to have + Vpp.
eg It’s said that the earth is round = The earth is said to be round.
6 It’s likely that + clause (will): có thể
eg It’s likely that man will conque nature.
7 S + used to + V (ủaừ tửứng…) chổ moọt thoựi quen ụỷ quaự khửự
eg I used to cry when I was a child.
- S + use st + to V Sử dụng cái gỡ để làm gỡ
eg I use a dictionary to look up the meaning of words.
- S + be/ get used to + Ving (quen vụựi…) tửụng đương vụựi Be accustomed to
8 Had better + (not) + to V : nên, không nên làm gì
eg You had better get up early and do morning exercises.
He’d better not smoke cigarettes.
9 Would rather + do st than + do st Thích làm việc gì hơn việc gì
= Prefer doing st to doing st/ (prefer N to N)
eg I’d rather stay at home than go out = I prefer staying at home to going out.
I prefer films to books.
10 Phrases and clauses of purpose (Cụm từ và mệnh đề chỉ mục đích)
a Phrases of purpose:
- Nếu muốn diễn tả mục đích khẳng định ta dùng:
* to infinitive
* in order to/ so as to + V (để mà)
Trang 7eg They try to study to pass their next exam They try to study in order to pass their exam
- Nếu muốn diễn tả mục đích phủ định ta dùng: so as not to, in order not to
eg They study hard so as not to fail the exam I got up early in order not to miss the train.
b Clauses of purpose (Adverbial clauses of purpose)
S + V + so that/ in order that + S + will/ would + V
(MĐ chính) can/ could
may/ might ( MĐ trạng ngữ chỉ mục đích)
eg I try to study so that I can pass the exam I try to learn English in order that I can find a good job.
Note: Nếu chủ ngữ của MĐ chính và MĐ chỉ mục đích khác nhau ta không dùng Phrases of purpose.
c Adverb clause of reason
BECAUSE + Clause (bụỷi vỡ…) giụựi thieọu meọnh ủeà traùng tửứ chổ nguyeõn do
- I couldn’t come to class yesterday because I was ill.
- Because the weather was bad, the flight was put off.
BECAUSE OF + Phrase (bụỷi vỡ…) duứng cuùm tửứ hoaởc danh tửứ sau because of (preposition)
- I couldn’t come to class yesterday because of his illness.
- Because of the bad weather, the flight was put off.
11 Phrases and clauses of result.
a Phrases of result:
* TOO…TO : (quá không thể).
S + be/ get/ look/ seem/ become + too + Adj +(for O) + to infi
S + V (thờng) + too + Adv +(for O) + to infi
eg This coffee is too hot for me to drink.
He runs too slowly to catch the bus.
* ENOUGH…TO: (đủ để có thể).
S + be + Adj + enough (for O) + to infi
S + V (thờng) + Adv + enough (for O) + to infi
eg He’s intelligent enough to get good marks.
They speak slowly enough to understand.
b Clauses of result:
* SO THAT: (quá đến nỗi).
S + be/ look/ seem/ smell/ taste/ feel + so +Adj + that + S + V
( Main clause) (Adverbial clause of result)
S + V (thờng) + so + adv + that + S + V
eg It was so dark that I couldn’t see anything.
The soup tastes so good that everyone will ask for more.
Trang 8- Nếu trớc ‘SO’ có ‘ MANY, MUCH, FEW, LITTLE’ thì ta dùng cấu trúc:
S + V + so +many/ few + plural count N + that + S + V
eg There are so many people in the room that I feel tired.
S + V + so much/ little + uncount N + that + S + V
eg He spent so much money in his holiday that he runs out of money now.
* SUCH THAT: (quá đến nỗi).
S + V + such a/ an + Adj + N + that + S + V
eg It was such a hot day that we decided to stay at home.
He is such an intelligent boy that we all admire him.
12 It’s time/ It’s high time (đã tới lúc mà một việc nên đợc làm ngay).
a Followed by past tense with present meaning:
It’s time + S + Ved (be - were).- past subjunctive
It’s high time
eg It’s time we went home.
b Followed by infi - It’s time + (for + O) + to Infi
It’s high time + S + Ved
eg It’s time for her to go to bed =It’s high time she went to bed
13 Clauses after Would rather: (mong muốn rằng).
a Mong muốn ở tơng lai: S + would rather ( that) + S (not) + V bare infi
eg I’d rather (that) you not call me tomorrow.
I’d rather (that) she be here tomorrow.
b Mong muốn ở hiện tại( trái với thực tế, không có thật)
S + would rather (that) + S + V past subjunctive
eg I’d rather the weather were fine today.
Nam’d rather (that) his girlfriend worked in the same office as he does.
c Mong muốn ở quá khứ : ( trái với thực tế, không có thật)
S + would rather (that) + S + V past perfect subjunctive
eg John would rather (that) Marry had gone to school yesterday.
EXERCISES
Exercise 1:Rewrite the following sentences
1) I haven’t been to the dentist for two year
It is 2) This is the first time I have driven a car
I have 3) It started raining last Friday and has not stopped yet
It has _4) The last time I played tennis was in 1990
I haven’t 5) The children went to bed We watched TV
After the children _
Trang 96) How long is it since you started learning English?
When 7) Originally, tennis was an indoor game
Tennis used to _8) He found a job in a steel mill, and then he got married
After _9) It is ten years since I last met David
I haven’t 10)I haven’t seen that man here before
It is the first _11)He studies very hard He doesn’t want to fail in the final exam ( using “so that”)
12)She practices English everyday She wants to speak to foreigners (using “so that”)
13)She bought a new car She wants to make a trip to Canada
She bought a new car to 14)John gets up early He doesn’t want to be late
John gets up early so as not to _15)I couldn’t hear the speaker’s voice because it was very noisy
Because of 16)Russian is too hard for us to learn
Russian is so _17)He is rather rich He can buy a new house
He is rich enough _18)John was too ill to go to work
John was not _19)The weather was so bad that we couldn’t go sailing
The weather was too 20)It was such a boring film that we left before the end
The film was so 21)The car was expensive We couldn’t afford to buy it
The car was so _22)He is too weak to carry this bag
He is so _23)Bill is too foolish to understand what I say
Bill is not _24)Although William had a bad cold, he still went to school
Despite _25) His father is taller than his mother
His mother is not
26)Tom didn’t come to the party Ann didn’t come to the party, either
Trang 10My father allowed 29) If you don’t hurry, you’ll be late.
Unless
30) Jane is a better cook than Mary
Mary can’t 31) Jack is too young to get married
Jack is not _32) She made herself ill because she worked very hard
She worked so 33) The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down
It was such 34) The man injured in the accident was taken to the hospital
The man who 35) It is said that he is 108 years old
He is said _36) They don’t understand him because he doesn’t speak clearly
If 37) She didn’t buy the coat because she didn’t have enough money
If _38) I am always nervous when I travel by air
Travelling by air _39)That factory is producing more and more pollution
More and more pollution _40)We must leave now or we’ll miss the train
If 41)She is a faster and more careless driver than I am
She drives _42)We spent five hours getting to London
It took _43)I hope to see you at Christmas
I’m looking forward 44) Don’t try to escape It’s no use
It’s no use 45) Ann said to Bill : “Don’t forget to have your appoinment with Mr.Brown.”
Ann reminded
Exercise 2: Choose the best option
1 I like tea more than coffee
A I like coffee better than tea B I like coffee as you do
C I like tea very much D I prefer tea to coffee
2 Murder is the most serious of all crimes
A Murder is very serious B Everyone is afraid of murder
C No crimes is more serious than murder D Murder is the dangerous crimes
Trang 113 I find it important to learn English.
A I make it possible to learn English B I find that learning English important
C It’s important to learn English D It’s as important to learn English
4 The heavy rain stopped me from going out
A As the heavy rain, I couldn’t go out
B Thanks to the heavy rain, I couldn’t go out
C Because of the heavy rain, I couldn’t go out
D Except for the heavy rain, I couldn’t go out
5 Could you please close the door?
A Would you mind close the door? B Would you mind to close the door?
C Would you minded close the door? D Would you mind closing the door?
6 Bill drives more carelessly than he used to
A Bill doesn’t drive as carefully as he used to B Bill doesn’t drive carefully he used to
C Bill doesn’t drive as carefully he used to D Bill doesn’t drive as carefully as he used
7 The last time I saw Jane was three years ago
A I haven’t seen Jane for three years B I haven’t seen Jane three years ago
C I haven’t seen Jane since three years D I have seen Jane for three years
8 Ban cannot get married because he is under sixteen
A Ban is young enough to get married B Ban is too young to get married
C Ban is old enough to get married D Ban is too old to get married
9 No one in the class is taller than Lan
A Lan is the tallest student in the class B Lan is the tall student in the class
C Lan is the tallest student in class D Lan is tallest student in the class
10 Dave is very young He cannot understand it
A Dave is not young enough to understand it B Dave is very young to understand it
C Dave is not young to understand it D Dave is too young to understand it
11 He likes not only sports but also reading
A He only enjoys sports B He only enjoys reading
C He enjoys neither sports nor reading D He enjoys both sports and reading
12 She is married with two children
A She has a husband and two children B She is single
C She is a childless mother D She has two children
13 What’s the matter with you?
C What’s wrong with you? D What’s right with you?
14 She started school when she was 6 years old
A At the year of 6 she started school B At the age of 6 she started school
C At the old of 6 she started school D At the time of 6 she started school
15 He enjoys having noodle soup every meal
A He has to eat noodle soup every meal B He should eat noodle soup every meal
C He likes to eat noodle soup every meal D He must eat noodle soup every meal
16 They didn’t see each other six months ago
A They haven’t seen each other six months B They haven’t seen each other for six months
C They haven’t seen each other since six months D They haven’t seen each other six months ago
17 I don’t speak English as well as my sister
Trang 12A My sister speaks English better than I do B I speak English worse than my sister does.
C My sister speaks English more well than I do D A and B
18 Daisy doesn’t play cricket as well as she used to
A Daisy was used to play cricket better B Daisy used to playing cricket better
C Daisy used to play cricket better D Daisy got used to playing cricket better
19 “I think you should go by bus.” He told us
A He asked us to go by bus B He ordered us to go by bus
C He advised us go by bus D He advised us to go by bus
20 Our house is going to be painted by a local firm
A We are going to have our house painted B We are going to have our house be painted
C We are going to have our house to be painted D.We are going to have our house being painted
21 Whose English books are these?
A Who are these English books belong to? B Who do these English books belong to ?
C To whom do these English books belong to? D Whom do these English books belong to?
22 It was too careless of you to drive very fast
A You should not drive very fast B You should not drive very slowly
C You should not have driven very fast D You should not to drive very fast
23 What were you doing then? I didn’t know
A I didn’t know what you were doing then B I didn’t know what were you doing then
C I didn’t know what you had done then D I didn’t know what you would do then
24 The last time they were in Paris was in 2003
A They weren’t in Paris since 2003 B They haven’t been in Paris since 2003
C They hadn’t been in Paris since 2003 D They haven’t been in Paris from 2003
25 What’s her date of birth?
26 This is the most horrible film I have ever seen
A I already saw this horrible film before B I have never seen such a horrible film before
C This is the most horrible film I saw D I have ever seen this horrible film before
27 The police are looking for the missing boy
A The missing boy is looked for B The missing boy is looking for
C The missing boy is being looking for D The missing boy is being looked for
28 Susan regretted not buying that villa
A Susan wished she had bought that villa B Susan wished she bought that villa
C Susan wished she could buy that villa D Susan wished she hadn’t bought that villa
29 It’s a pity that you didn’t tell us about this
A I wish you told us about this B I wish you would tell us about this
C I wish you had told us about this D I wish you have told us about this
30 It started to rain at 2 o’clock and it is still raining
A It has been raining at 2 o’clock B It has been raining since 2 o’clock
C It has been raining for 2 o’clock D It has been raining in 2 o’clock
31 They made her hand over her passport
A She was made to hand over her passport B She was made hand over her passport
C She was handed over to make her passport D She was handed over for her passport to make
32 I tried to eat the cake, but it was too sweet
A It was such a sweet cake that I couldn’t eat it B It was so sweet cake that I couldn’t eat it