press Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English: 1... Since this is the first time you own a computer, do you mind if I give you some advice?[r]
Trang 1*Rewrite the following sentences as directed in parentheses:
1 The weather was bad I had to stay at home ( so that)
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2 New York was a very big city Jane was lost in it (such that)
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3 The policeman ran fast He could catch the thief (enough to)
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4 The dress is so dirty She can’t wear it ( too to )
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5 The house is large My family can live in it ( enough to)
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6 My grandmother is very weak She can’t lift the box (too to )
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7 My neighbours are very bad persons They make noise all day (such that)
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8 He spoke very fast I didn’t understand him (so that)
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Put the verbs in the correct forms ( tenses):
1 Mr Alan ( work ) for that company since 1990
2 She ( not take ) _ music lessons last Sunday
3 The thief ( go ) away before the police came
4 I ( receive ) _ your letter about two weeks ago
5 My mother always ( get ) _ up early
6 When we came, they ( build ) a new library
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8 It’s raining heavily I wish it ( stop) _ raining
9 If you go to the party, I ( come) _ with you
10 Most children enjoy ( read ) _ picture- books
Turn these sentences into Passive Voice:
1 She can speak English
2 Taxis and buses are taking tourists around the city
3 Did he translate this novel into Vietnamese last year ?
4 He hasn’t finished his homework yet
5 Mr Brown doesn’t take his children to the circus today
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6 When did Columbus discover America ?
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7 Someone has just carried the Olympic torch to the stadium
8 The interviewer will ask you a lot of questions
9 They were cutting grass when the car stopped near the gate
10 I meet John at the bus-stop every morning
Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition:
1 English people are fond _ football
2 Are you interested _ picture- books?
3 She often stays home Sundays
Trang 34 Don’t tell your sister _ that news.
5 The pupils often go _ school _ bicycles
6 The first May Day meeting was held _ 1890
7 Are you afraid _ swimming in the sea?
8 My brother is good English
9 My uncle lives _ Ho Chi Minh City
10. The boy was born a very rich family
Give the correct form of the adjectives or adverbs in brackets:
1 He is ( young ) than I am
2 She is ( old ) _ as my sister
3 Mary is the ( beautiful ) _ girl in her class
4 Which is ( big ) _, France or Thailand ?
5 Maths is ( difficult ) than History
6 A Ford isn’t ( comfortable ) _ as a Mercedes
7 This is the ( powerful) _ machine in the whole factory
8 Your watch is ( good ) than mine
9 She walks ( slowly ) as Betty
10 Nobody is ( happy ) than Jane
Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one :
1 Mary hasn’t returned my book yet.
My book ………
2 Her house is bigger than mine.
My house ………
3 To find a job at my age is difficult.
It’s ………
4 Mai is younger than Lan.
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5 My parents sent me to school when I was six years old.
I ………
6 To get acquainted with the regulation in a new school is easy.
It’s ………
7 A bicycle isn’t so expensive as a motorbike.
A motorbike ………
8 The principle doesn’t write this letter.
This letter ………
9 Smoking a lot is harmful.
It’s ………
10 Mary is making a birthday cake in the kitchen.
A birthday cake ………
Put the verbs in the correct forms ( tenses):
1 The weather ( be )……… very bad yesterday
2 My mother always ( get ) ……… up early
3 Tom ( see ) ………his classmates at the party tomorrow
4 He ( give ) ………me the letter a few minutes ago
5 They ( make ) ……… a lot of furniture next month
6 Peter and Alice ( learn ) ……… French for two years
7 You ( finish ) your ……… homework yet?
8 Please don’t say anything while I ( learn ) ……… my lesson
9 Tomorrow I ( put ) ……… our presents on that table
10 My friend ( never see ) ……… that sight
11 My uncle ( live ) ………in HCM city since last year
12 He always ( stay ) ……… in bed late on Sunday morning
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14 My sister always ( wash ) ……… her hands before meals
15 Look! The dog ( run ) ………after him
16 Smith and Bobby ( read ) ……… books at this moment
17 Tom ( repair ) ……… his bicycle last Friday
18 Mary and I ( not watch ) ……… TV last night
19 I ( just buy ) ………a new shirt
20 My brother came in while Tom and I ( play ) ……… chess
21 Mr Pike ( work ) ………in this factory for ten years
22 Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia ( be ) ……… tropical countries
23 HCM city ( be ) ………the largest city in Vietnam
24 Where you ( go ) ……… last night ?
- I ( go ) ……… to the cinema
25 What you ( do ) ……… every morning ?
26 You ever (be ) ………to Russia ?
27 We ( not meet ) ……… him two days ago
28 Uncle Ho ( die ) ……… in 1969
29 Mr Johnson ( stay ) ……… in London now
30 How she ( go ) ………to school every day ?
She ( go ) ……… to school by bicycle
Put the words in the correct forms:
1 We like wearing ……….clothes (tradition)
2 Can you speak English………? (good)
3 He told me a ……… story (fun)
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5 Peter speaks English very ……… (fluent)
6 We are ……….to see you again (happily)
7 Last year, we had an ……… summer holiday (enjoy)
8 Fishing is an ……….my father enjoys best (act)
9 He should say a few words of ……… (explain)
10 The World Health ……… is an international one (organize)
11 Phương Linh arranged flowers the most……… in the contest (attract)
12 It is a contest in which……… have to read two poems in English (participate)
13 ……… are concerned about the use of dynamite to catch fish (environment)
14 Year later, she passed me in the street without even a small sign of………… (recognize)
15 Nam put ……… on that towel to stop the bleeding (press)
Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English:
1 Since this is the first time you own a computer, do you mind if I give you some advice?
A B C D
2 Da Lat is known like a city of pines, waterfalls and flowers
A B C D
3 There are notices showing arrivals and departs of trains
A B C D
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A B C D
5 It was so exciting to see those magnificently caves
A B C D