Write one word in each gap.
THE EXCUSES
The office was silent. «So, let me get this right», (1) ... Alison calmly. «Not one of you is willing to donate some money towards Mr. Bartlett‟s leaving present». There was silence again for a moment, then Deidre (2) ... up, saying that she (3)... love to give a donation, but unfortunately her house (4) ... being painted that week and she (5) ... not have any spare cash at all. Alec was next. He was very apologetic and said that he (6) ... meant to bring some money to work (7) ...
morning, but had forgotten. Perhaps tomorrow? Bette said she (8) … not give anything until she (9) ... her pay cheque at the end of the week. Alison stared at them all. She (10) ... them how disappointed she (11) … with all of them, and that she (12) ... remember their excuses when it was time for (13) ... to retire. She slammed the door behind her as she left the room.
Help me
1. The last time we saw her was on Christmas Day
-> We have
2. I haven't eaten this kind of food before
=> This ia
3. It started raining an hour ago
=> It has
4. We haven't visited may grandparents for two months
=> The last time
5. I have studied English for three years
=> I began
6. My brother hasn't seen his best friend for nearly five years
=> It's
7. When did you start learning English ?
=> How long
8. Jane ia as tall as her older sister
=> Jane ia
9. There houses are not as large as those houses
=> Those houses
10. Your backpack is not the same as mine
=> My backpack
11. Ba began collecting stamps three years ago
=> Ba has
12. We started living here twenty years ago
=> We have
13. It's five years since I last saw Nam
=> I haven't
14. The last time she visited us was four months ago
=> She hasn't
15. I know Susan, I first met her in 2006
=> I have
16. Minh has a digital camera. He bough it in 2001
=> Minh has had
17. Mai plays the piano. She started when she was ten years old
=> Mai has
18. Barbara is in Ha Noi now. She arrived there five months ago
=> Barbara has
19. They started living here last month
=> They have
20. My shoes are different from yours
=> My shoes
Câu hỏi với too/enough
1. She is so short that she can't reach the bookshelf
=>
2. I can't drive a car because I am only 16 years old
=>
3. That horse will never win the race because it doesn't run fast
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4. This grammar is very diffcult. A child can't understand it
=>
5. The moon is very bright. I can read a book by it
=>
6. The music is very soft. We can't hear it clearly
=>
7. This mountain is very high, we can't climb it
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8. She is 6 years old. She can start going to school
=>
9. The weather is quite bad. They are not able to have a picnic in the countryside
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10. The food is so hot. They can't eat it right now
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11. The test is very diffcult so it takes students 2 hours to do it
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12. Because the film is so terrible. He don't want to see it
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13. She has many friends. She feels very happy
=>
BT1:
1.Her (behave/behavior/behaved/behaving)towards me very strange
2.how much is the car(makes/making/to make/made)in Japan
3.I tried my(good/best)not to laugh
4.I left at 6 a.m(so as not to be/so as not being/so as to be)late
5.She went to the market without(buy/to buy/buying)anything
6.it(has/was/is/has been)the coldest day in HN for 40 years
7.living in the countyside isn't expensive,and it isn't complex(too/either/neither/so)
8.Tim's teacher asked him to spend more time(in/of/at/on)Spainish pronunciation
9.It took me a long time to get used(to wear/to wearing/wear/wore)glasses
10.Would you mind(close/closing)the door?
11.will you pick me(on/over/up/through)after the party?
12.I've never seen such an interesting(performing/performer/performance/performed)
13.It's at least a month since(i last seen/i have last seen/i last saw)Tom
14.the new shopping mal is quite(different from/the same/like to/similar)the present shopping area
15. I like my sister house.It's a( new beautiful house/beautiful house new/beautiful new house)
BT2:
the families in our street are slowly being driven mad by the refuse of the inhabitants of No.13 to have any form of(communicate)with them.The trouble started over what is known as noise (pollute).Every evening,the(think)neighbors used to turn up the volume on TV so loud that no one in the (neighbor)was able to hear anything else.Not knowing what(act)to take,local residents held a meeting to see if anyone had any(suggest)as to know how to deal worth the problem.A decision was(make)to send a number of people to talk to the family in No.13and ask them(polite)to turn their music down after six in the evening.Unfortunately,the visit did not turn out to be(success),as the inhabitants of No.13 refused to talk to them.So on the(advise) of local police,the matter now is in the hands of court.
BT3:
The country is...1.beautiful than a town and more plesant to live in.Many people think so,and go tho the county..2..the summer holiday though they can't live..3...all the year round.Some have cottage built in a village..4.....that they can go there whenever.5.........find the time.E villages are not alike,but....6.....some ways they are not very different from.....7....other.Almost every village.........8.......a church,the round or square tower of which can....9.....seen from many miles around.Surrounding the church is the church yard,...10 people are buried.
BT4:
1.Dave/I/have/best holiday/our lives!
2.We/be/Barba/one/most lovely island/Caribe
3.Althougt/it/much/smaller/Jama/there seem/be /much more/do/Jama
4.Moreover/people here/seem/be/friendlier/those/other island
5.We/stay/most modern hotel/I/ever/seen
6.It/large/cool/and/many people/think/it/best hotel/island
7.It/comfortable/than/other hotels
8.Nearest beach/less/hundred metters/away
9.So/we/spend/lt/time/swim/sea
BT6:chuyển sang câu bị động
1.Nobody has used this computer for a long time
2.the artist are painting a big picture in front of the Town Hall
3.IBerlin wrote the famous song"WhiC"
4.You should open the wine an hour before you use it
5.When i came,they were pulling down the old theater
b)))Chuyển sang gián tiếp
1."Is there a cafe nearby"D said to L
2."must you go now"they asked us
3."Don't go out alone at night"The household said to me
4."What does your sister want to study?"the man said to me
5.Pete said:"my uncle is working in a building near the SS"
c)))điền giới từ
1.They haven't seen Mai .....Christmas
2.They named their son......their favorite singer
3.PN cave in VN is known.......a WHS
4.In our place it is very cold......night,but it's warm.....the day
BT7: tìm lỗi sai và sửa
1.a chinese made paper to wood pulp in the yare 105
2.the house hasn't been repaired since it built
3.the fore man warned the children not touch that button
4.it spent a long time to travel to the skiing resort but in the end we got there
5.Do you know how long did the Chirstmas tree come to the USA?
BT8:viết lại câu sử dụng từ trong ngoặc
1.the table and the desk are the same size(big)
2.CL and her sister intend to spend summer holidays in BL(going)
3.could you tell me the way to the O street,please?(mind)
4.His hobby is to collect stamps(fond)
5.Anna said to Mi:Would you like to join me for dinner?(invited)
fill in the blank. sometimes both options are possible.
in my office you ____________(have to/ don't have to) wear a suit but lots of people do.
these pills________(must not/ don't have to) be taken if you are under twevel years old.
I _____(must/have to) leave now because I have a meeting.
I_______( didn't need to go/needn't have gone to) the station to pick her up because she decidedto get the bus so I finished my esay íntead
Nitice to all conference particpants : please note that you _________(must/ have got to) register before enterning
I complete the sentences use the correct from of the words in the brackets
1 would you mind if i (smoke).........?
2 surface mail is much (cheap) ...................than airmail
3 he (live)....................in this city since 2000
4 the man (sit)............next to me was very nervous
5 the children (play)...........when it started to rain
6 we (learn) ...............French grammar at the moment
7 could you give me some (inform).................?
8 Mr Hung told me(tell).............him the truth
9 my father can read (good)..............without glasses
II Underline and correct the mistake in the sentences
1 they didn't let me to go
...............................................
2 when John is four , he came to London with his parents
.......................................................
3 how long have you living here?
..........................................................
4 they are going to school by foot
........................................................
5 do you mind if i smoking in the room?
........................................................
6 his garden isn't as large than mine
..........................................................
7 we haven't talked to your sister since a long time
............................................................
8 there are much than eighty stores in the mall
..........................................................
9 the toys keeping in the box are worth 30 dollars
...............................................................
10 this school is different mine.
..................................................
III Fill in each blank with a suiable preposition
1 this restaurant is famous ........................Chinese food
2 the ambulance will be there ................... a bout 5 minutes
3 bobby started school..................the age of five
4 i am very keen ...................... music
5 Na got up late this morning because her alarm clock didn't go...................
6 i'm looking forward ..................seeing in june
7 could i help you...............your bag?
8 they are traveling to the airport..............a bus.
IV Learning a language is in some way , like(1)...................how to fly or play the piano. There(2).............important differences but there is a very important similarity. It is tis: learning how to do such things needs lots (3).........practice . It's never simply to "know" something. You must be able to "do" things with that (4)............know. For example it's not enough simple to read a book on(5).........to fly an aeroplane . A(6)..........can give you lots of nformation about how to fly, but if only read a book and then try to (7)..........without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill(8)............The same is true of (9)........the piano. So you thinks it is enough simply to read about it? Can you play the piano without having lots of (10)............first?
Put the verbs in brackets in the present perfect or the simple past tense .
8. he is very thirsty . he ( not drink ) since this morning
9. they ( study ) at this school for 7 years now
10. they ( begin ) to study at this school 7 years ago
11. how long ago he ( start ) to learn French ?
12. she ( lose ) her handbag on the train yesterday morning
13. his dog ( just run ) out of the garden
14. Mr.Brown ( travel ) by air several times in the past
15 . he ( travel ) to Mexico by air last summer
Key phần một số dạng đặc biệt của bị động
Exercise 3:
1. It is believed that 13 is an…/ 13 is believed to be an unlucky number
2. It is known that English is an…./ English is known to be an international language
3. / she have heard this song to sing several times
4. . / he was seen to steal your car
5. ./ it is said that……/ john is said to be the brightest.
6. . / let your book be opened
7. . / I was advised to sell/ she advised me that house should be sold
8. / it is dangerous for the short cut to be taken
9. / it is said that he has…./ he is though to have died a natural
10. / you won’t be let to do that….
11. / we are order to clean../ he orders us that the floor should be cleaned.
12. / is must be seen to be believed.
13. / it is believed that the earth…/ the earth is believed to have stood still.
14. . / the children are not made to work hard.
15. / don’t let that silly thing to be done again.
16. . / we were begged he should be helped
I
1.To jog in the morning is good=>It's
2.Do you mind smoking=>Do you
3.In making glass people use a long pipe,dip it into the liquid,the blow the liquid into intended shapes( chuyen thanh bi dong)
4.The little boy made a doll's house=> A doll house
5."Don't try to open it"she said to us=>she told us
6.The sister asked"you must finish your homework today,Tom"=>The sister asked Tom
7I went to the college.I want to see professor Taylor.(in order to)
8.They regulary paticipated in volunteer activities when they were young(used to)
9.E is spoken in the world by many people=>Many people
10.She started to learn E in 2003=>She has
II.
1.How fast you(drive)when the accident(happen)?
2Nam (not buy)a new computer since he(sell)the old one
3.When we(meet) B and H yesterday,we(walk)through the park
4.MC(award)the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903
5.I(just meet)her in the street
6.I(not tell)him yet
III.
1.If you can give a reasonable.............for your bad behavior last night,I'll forget you(explain)
2.My brother ofte does experiments about electricity for(please)
3.There are many cultural.........between his country and my(differ)
4.After taking an aspirin,her headache......(appear)
5.HL Bay is in ..............VN(north)
6The temple was built by the local...............over 100 years ago(inhabit)
