I. Choose the best answer a,b,c, or d to complete the sentences.
1. He has been living 15 km away from Nha Trang ;................. , he has never been to the Nha Trang
Carnival.
A. if | B. moreover | C. however | D. while |
2. We do not have many carnivals in Viet nam;.......................... , we have many traditional festivals.
A. nevertheless | B. while | C. although | D. because |
3. I tried my............................... not to laugh.
A. good | B. well | C. better | D. best |
4. Among the...................... , the Tay people have the largest population.
A. groups | B. majorities | C.ethnic minorities | D. ethnic cultures |
5. She arrived early.............................. a good seat.
A. so that to get | B. in order get | C. in order to get | D. so that getting |
6. You must improve your spelling.
A.make something better | B. become better | C.make something worse | D. become worse |
7. I love............................ with my best friend Susan during the weekend. We go window-shopping
or to the cinemA.
A. chatting | B. studying | C. visiting | D. hanging out |
8. My brother........................................... be lazy.
A. did use to | B. uses to being | C. used to | D. used not being |
9. He decided............................................. what would happen.
A. to stay and see | B. staying and seeing | C. to stay and seeing | D. staying and seeing |
10. Ann................... downstairs and hurt her back.
A. fall | B. fell | C. fallen | D. felt. |
11. I used to............................ my father’s advice.
A. listen | B. listen to | C. listens | D. listening |
12. Nam helped his parents................... the rice onto the ox-drawn cart.
A. load | B. collect | C. dry | D. ride |
13. Tim’s mother is always............................. of him.
A. proud | B. pride | C. ground | D. sound |
14. Please try to learn new words.............................. heart.
A. by | B. of | C. in | D. on |
15. This language is different........................... other languages.
A. from | B.to | C. at | D. with |
16. Could you........................ me a favour ?
A. do | B. make | C. give | D. have |
17. We can raise......................... for the poor people .
A. fun | B. fund | C. funds | D. funded |
18. He asked me............................... him yesterday.
A. to help | B. help | C. helped | D. helps |
19. I said he................................ go to the doctor.
A. should | B. ought to | C. have to | D. A & B are correct |
20. He seems to be..................... than we thought.
A. more quick | B. more quickly | C. quicklier | D. quicker |
21. They ought to......................... their parents with cleaning the windows.
A. help | B. to help | C. helping | D. helped |
22. Is living in the city...................... than living in the countr?
A.more convenient | B. as convenient | C. most convenient | D. so convenient |
23. Take care of yourself………………………………take the next exam !
A. to as | B. in order | C. so as | D. in order to |
Exercise 2: Chọn phương án đúng
1. George wouldn't have met Mary to his brother's graduation party.
A. if he has not gone B. had not he gone
C. had he not gone D. if he shouldn't have gone
2. ten minutes earlier, you would have got a better seat.
A. Were you arrived B. If you arrived C. If you hadn't arrived D. Had you arrived
3. If she a car, she would go out in the evening.
A. have B„ has C. has had D. had
4. Without your help, I the technical problem with my computer the other day.
A. can't solve B. couldn't have solved C. Couldn't solve D. Weren't solved
5. The joke would not be funny if it into French.
A. has been translated B. be translated C. was be translated D. were translated
6. We on the beach now if we hadn't missed the plane
A. might have lain B. would lie C. could be lying D. would have lain
7. I think you should stop smoking.
A. If I am you, I will stop smoking. B. If I had been you, I would stop smoking,
C. If I were you, I would stop smoking. D. If I were you, I will stop smoking.
8. If he had been more careful, he
A. won't fall B. wouldn't fall C. wouldn't have fallen D. would haven't fallen
9. His health would be improved
A. if he continued to smoke heavily B. unless he stopped smoking heavily
C. if he gave up smoking D. if only he doesn't smoke any more.
10. He was driving very fast because he didn't know the road was icy.
A. If he knew the road was icy, he wouldn't drive so fast.
B. He hadn't been driving very fast if he would have known the road was icy.
C. If he had known the road was icy, he wouldn't have been driving so fast.
D. He wasn't driving very fast if he would know the road was icy.
11. I didn’t know that you were at home. I didn't visit you.
A. If I knew that you were at home, I would visit you.
B. If I had known that you were at home, I would have visited you.
C. If I knew that you had been at home, I would have visited you.
D. If I would know that you were at home, I visited you.
12. If Nam had passed the GCSE examination, he to take the entrance examination to the
university.
A. would have been allowed B. would have allowed
C. will have allowed D. would allow
13. If it had not rained last night, the roads in the city so slippery now.
A. would not be B. must not be
C. could not have been D. would not have been
14. She helped us a lot with our project. We couldn't continue without her.
A. Unless we had her contribution, we could continue with the project.
B. But for her contribution, we could have continued with the project.
C. If she hadn't contributed positively, we couldn't have continued with the project.
D. Provided her contribution wouldn't come, we couldn't continue with the project.
15. What noisy neighbors you've got! If my neighbors as bad as yours, I crazy.
A. are; will go B. were; would go
C. had been; would have gone D. are; would go
16. If he the lesson yesterday, he could do the test better today.
A. has reviewed B. had reviewed C. will review D. reviewed
17. If I hadn't had so much work to do, I would have gone to the movies.
A. I never go to the movies if 1 had work to do.
B. Because I had to do so much work, I couldn't go to the movies.
C. I would go to the movies when I had done so much work.
D. A lot of work couldn't prevent me from going to the movies.
18. Unless you well-trained, you to the company.
A. aren't; will never be admitted B. aren't; will never admit
C. are; will never be admitted D. are; will never admit
19. If the prisoners attempt to escape from prison, immediately.
A. they will have caught B. they will catch
C. they will be caught D. they would be caught
20. If it warm yesterday, we would have gone to the beach.
A. was B. were C. had been D. could be.
37. Mr.Pike________for this company for more than thirty years, and he intends to stay here until he________.
A. worked/retires B. works/is retiring
C. has been working/retires D. is working/will retire
TENSES & PASSIVE
She to Ho Chi Minh city last year.
A. goes B. has gone C. go D. went
Since we came here, we a lot of acquaintances.
A. have had B. had C. have D. are having
he playing football now?
A. Will B. Does C. Was D. Is
Every morning, I often sit in my garden and to my nightingale sing.
A. listening B. listen C. listened D. listens
She school when she was six.
A. start B. started C. has started D. are starting
6 . When I came, an experiment _________in the lab.
A. was being holding B. has been held C. was being held D. has held
7. I will contact you as soon as I the information.
A. will get B. get C. got D. had got
If he's late again, I very angry.
A. am going to be B. will be C. would be D. am
A: “The phone is ringing” B. “ I it”.
A. answer B. will answer C. have answered D. will be answering
Yesterday, I for work late because I to set my alarm.
A. had left / forgot B. was leaving / was forgetting
C. left / had forgotten D. had been leaving / would forget
By the time we _ to the train station, Susan for us for more than two hours.
A. will get / has been waiting B. got / was waiting
C. got / had been waiting D. get / will wait
While her brother was in the army, Sarah to him twice a week.
A. was writing B. wrote C. has written D. had written
The Titanic the Atlantic when it an iceberg.
A. was crossing / struck B. had crossed / was striking
C. crossed / had struck D. is crossing / strikes
In the 19th century, it two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon.
A. took B. had taken C. had taken D. was taking
Last night at this time, they the same thing. She and he the Newspaper.
A. are not doing / is cooking / is reading B. were not doing / was cooking / was reading
C. was not doing / has cooked / is reading D. had not done / was cooking /read
16. After he his English course, he went to England to continue his study.
A. finish B. finishes C. finished D. had finished
17. This exercise may__________ with a pencil.
A. be written B. be to write C. be writing D. write
18. This picture___________by Johnny when I came.
A. painted B. was painted C. was being painted D. had been painted
RELATIVE CLAUSE
1. I couldn't remember the time there was no internet.
A. what B. who C. which D. when
2. The restaurant we had our dinner was the most expensive in this city.
A. where B. which C. when D. that
3. The top model about I was telling you is on TV now.
A. who B. which C. that D. whom
4. Are you the student mother called me yesterday?
A. whose B. who C. that D. when
5. Mary, has only been in Japan for 3 months, speaks Japanese perfectly.
A. that B. whom C. which D. Who
6. Who is your daughter? She is the child has long, straight hair.
A. whose B. who C. which D. when
7. I don't think my ex-girl friend will remember the day we saw each other for the first time.
A. which B. on which C. at which D. why
8. August is the month I always give my birthday parties.
A. which B. in which C. what D. why
9. The purse she had lost last week was found yesterday.
A. which B. what C. whose D. whom
10. The old lady _ we were travelling told us her life story.
A. of whom B. with whom C. whose D. whom
11. She says the exam, she took yesterday, was full of hard questions.
A. which B. of which C. whom D. of whose
12. I called my cousin, is a mechanic, to fix my car, was broken.
A. who/ which B. that/ all of which C. who/ all of which D. who/ what
13. My only blue tie, Richard wants to wear, is really an expensive one.
A. that B. whose C. which D. whom
14. This is the village my family and I lived for six years.
A. in which B. that C. on which D. in where
15. She is a famous actress everybody admires.
A. to whom B. whom C. to which D. of whom
16. The food I like best of all is pie alamode.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. that
17. Justine, parents live in Christchurch, has gone to Southampton.
A. whom B. which C. to whom D. whose
18. The old building was behind the local church fell down.
A. of which B. which C. whose D. whom
V+ to-V/V-ing
It takes me ten minutes to school every day.
A. walking B. to walk C. walk D. walked
We expect him tomorrow.
A. arrive B. arriving C. to arrive D. will arrive
Would you mind not the radio on until I’ve finished with this phone call?
A. turning B. to turn C. being turned D. to be turned
Would you like to my birthday party?
A. coming B. come C. came D. to come
I tried the bus, but I missed it.
A. catch B. catching C. to catch D. caught
Everyday I spend two hours speaking English.
A. practise B. to practise C. practising D. practised
Tommy admitted the rock through the window.
A. throwing B. being throwing C. to throw D. to be thrown
He suggested a double railway tunnel.
A. to build B. built C. building D. that building
The children stopped games when their mother came home.
A. playing B. play C. to play D. played
I can’t go on here any more. I want a different job.
A. working B. to work C. work D. worked
My uncle has given up for 3 years.
A. to smoke B. smoking C. smoke D. smoked
Remember Lan a present because today is her birthday.
A. send B. sending C. to send D. sent
It’s not good to avoid the teacher’s questions in class.
A. answer B. answering C. answered D. to answer
Does Dr Johnson mind at home if his patients need his help?
A. to call B. to be called C. calling D. being called
We hope that the students themselves will enjoy part in the projects.
A. to take B. taking C. to be taken D. being taken
Your house needs .
A. redecorate B. redecorating C. redecorated D. to redecorate
Please wait a minute. My boss is busy something.
A. to write B. write C. wrote D. writing
It is no good sorry for yourself.
A. to feel B. feeling C. feel D. Felt
COMPARISONS
Mr. Brown receives a prize than anyone else in the company.
A. big B. more bigger C. bigger D. the bigger
My young brother grew very quickly and soon he was my mother.
A. more big than B. so big than C. as big as D. too big than
He is not tall as his father.
A. the B. as C. than D. more
John’s grades are than his sister’s.
A. higher B. more high C. high D. the highest
Deana is the of the three sisters.
A. most short B. shorter C. shortest D. more short
She speaks English as as her friend does.
A. good B. well C. better D. the best
Of the three shirts, this one is the ………………… .
A. prettier B. most prettiest C. prettiest D. most pretty
The baby’s illness is than we thought at first.
A. bad B. worst C. worse D. badly
Today is the day of the month.
A. hot B. hotter C. hottest D. hottest than 10 He works more than I.
A. slow B. slowly C. slowest D. most slowly
My book is as as yours.
A. good B. well C. better D. the best
I love you than I can say.
A. much B. many C. more D. the most
It’s to go by bus than by car.
A. cheaper B. cheapest C. more cheap D. more cheaper
That house is one on the street.
A. oldest B. the oldest 15. I can't cook as well as my mother does. | C. old | D. older | ||
A. My mother can cook better than I can. | B. My mother can't cook better than I can. | |||
C. My mother can cook well than I can. 16. My interview lasted longer than yours. | D. I can cook better than my mother can. | |||
A. Your interview wasn’t as short as mine. | ||||
B. Your interview was shorter than mine. Your interview was as long as mine. | ||||
D. Your interview was longer than mine. |
TỔNG ÔN SỐ 2
Exercise 1: Find and correct one mistake in each sentence
When I walk past the park, I saw some children play football.
A B C D
After John eaten dinner, he wrote several letters and went to bed.
A B C D
What did you do at 9 o'clock last night? I phoned you but nobody answered.
A B C D
When I arrived at the station, the train has already left. A B C D
Ann and Susan have known each other during they were at school.
A B C D
She has disappeared three days ago, and they are still looking for her now. A B C D
After Mrs. Wang had returned to her house from work, she was cooking dinner
A B C D
It’s the first time
Choose the best answer
1. He has not finished the report ...
A. ever B. just C. never D. yet
2. My sister was cooking ... I was doing my homework
A. while B. in case C. if D. because
3. This book ... yesterday by me
A. to buy B. was bought C. is bought D. buying
4. Nam is talking on the phone. He ... on the phone
A. always talk B. always is talking C. always talks D. is always taking
5. Do you find anything ... there ?
A. interested B. useful C. easily D. bored
6. Vietnam is a ... country
A. rice - exported B. rice - export C. rice - exporting D. export - rice
7. They haven't seen their uncle for ten years
A. The last time they saw their uncle was ten years ago
B. Ten years ago, they first saw their uncle
C. Ten years is a long time for them to see their uncle
D. It's ten years when their uncle first saw them
8. "Can I borrow your ruler, Lan", asked Viet
A. Lan asked Viet if Viet could lend her his ruler
B. Viet asked whether he could borrow Lan's ruler
C. Viet wanted to lend Lan his ruler
D. Lan wanted to borrow Viet's ruler
9. festival/enjoyed/very much/Mr Robinson/the/that/he/said
A. He enjoyed the festival very much Mr Robinson said that
B. Mr Robinson enjoyed the festival that he said very much
C. Mr Robinson said he enjoyed that festival very much
D. Mr Robinson said that he enjoyed the festivel very much
10. You must be ... when you enter this program
A. careless B. carelessly C. careful D. carefully
11. Nobody will solve this hard problem
A. This hard problem will be solved B. This hard problem won't be solved
C. This hard problem isn't solved D. All are correct
12. Which sentence is correct ?
A. All the flights was cancelled because of thick fog yesterday
B. All the flight were cancelled because thick fog yesterday
C. All the flights were cancelled because thick fog yesterday
D. All the flights were cancelled because thick of fog yesterday
Question 4. The roof of the building ………….. in a storm a few days ago.
A. damaged B. was damaged C. has damaged D. has been damaged
Question 5. He decides ………… his car.
A. to paint B. paint C. painting D. painted
Question 6. Mary and John have just married. .....................
A. That’s terrible! B. How wonderful! C. Oh no! D. That’s awful!
Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.
1. He was writing to his friend when he __________a noise.
A. was hearing B. heard C. had heard D. hears
2. I __________many people since I came here in June.
A. met B. has met C. was meeting D. have met
3. We __________ maths at this time last week.
A. were learning B. are learning C. was learning D. learnt
4. She was playing games while he __________a football match.
A. watched B. watches C. was watching D. watching
5. She __________to Ho Chi Minh city last year.
A. goes B. has gone C. go D. went
6. Since we came here, we ______ a lot of acquaintances.
A. have had B. had C. have D. are having
7. __________he playing football now?
A. Will B. Does C. Was D. Is
8. Every morning, I often sit in my garden and____ to my nightingale sing.
A. listening B. listen C. listened D. listens
9. She __________school when she was six.
A. start B. started C. has started D. are starting
10. I. __________TV when the telephone rang.
A. watched B. was watching C. are watching D. have watched
11. She__________ lunch by the time we arrived.
A. had finished B. finished C. have finished D. finishing
12. This record-shop__________ be a book-shop a few years ago.
A. used to B. use C. used D. used
13. I couldn't come to the party because I __________go to work.
A. have B. had to C. have got D. had
14. Yesterday, I _______ for work late because I _______ to set my alarm.
A. had left / forgot B. was leaving / was forgetting
C. left / had forgot D. had been leaving / would forget
15. By the time we ____ to the train station, Susan _____ for us for more than two hours.
A. will get / has been waiting B. got / was waiting
C. got / had been waiting D. get / will wait
16. While her brother was in the army, Sarah ___________ to him twice a week.
A. was writing B. wrote C. has written D. had written
17. The Titanic _______ the Atlantic when it _______ an iceberg.
A. was crossing / struck B. had crossed / was striking
C. crossed / had struck D. is crossing / strikes
18. In the 19th century, it _______ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon.
A. took B. had taken C. had taken D. was taking
19. Last night at this time, they _______ the same thing. She ______ and he _________ the Newspaper.
A. are not doing / is cooking / is reading B. were not doing / was cooking / was reading
C. was not doing / has cooked / is reading D. had not done / was cooking /read
20. When I _____ home last night, I ____that Jane ______ a beautiful candlelight dinner.
A. had arrived / discovered / prepared
B. was arriving / had discovered / was preparing
C. have arrived / was discovering / had prepared
D. arrived / discovered / was preparing
21. After he ____________ his English course, he went to England to continue his study.
A. finish B. finishes C. finished D. had finished
22. Angelina Jolie is a famous actress. She ________ in several films.
A. appears B. is appearing C. appeared D. has appeared
23. Mai____ in HCM for five years.
A. lives B. has lived C. is living D. was living
24. My little sister________ "sleeping beauty" several times.
A. watches B. is watching C. has watched D. watched
25. I ______ to New York three times this year.
A. have been B. was C. were D. had been
26. I ______ her since I _____ a student.
A. know/ am B. knew/ was C. have known/ am D. have known/ was
27. The train _____ when we got to the station.
A. just left B. just leaves C. had just left D. will leave
28. Her father ______ when she was a small girl.
A. dies B. died C. has died D. had died
29. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.
A. leave B. left C. leaves D. had left
EXERCISE 5: Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.
1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.
A. has lived
B. is living
C. was living
D. has been living
2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.
A. don’t see
B. haven’t seen
C. didn’t see
D. hadn’t seen
3. The train ______ half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving
B. left
C. has left
D. had left
4. Jack ______ the door.
A. has just painted
B. paint
C. will have painted
D. painting
5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.
A. is looking
B. was looking
C. has been looking
D. looked
6. I ______ Texas State University now.
A. am attending
B. attend
C. was attending
D. attended
7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.
A. ten years ago
B. since ten years
C. for ten years ago
D. for ten years
8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.
A. discovered
B. has discovered
C. had discovered
D. had been discovering
9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.
A. run
B. runs
C. was running
D. had run
10. We _______ there when our father died.
A. still lived
B. lived still
C. was still lived
D. was still living
11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.
A. will play
B. will be playing
C. play
D. would play
12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. will have been working
B. will work
C. have been working
D. will be working
13. I _______ in the room right now
A. am being
B. was being
C. have been being
D. am
14. I ______ to New York three times this year.
A. have been
B. was
C. were
D. had been
15. I’ll come and see you before I _______ for the States.
A. leave
B. will leave
C. have left
D. shall leave
16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.
A. has happened
B. happened
C. had happened
D. would have been happened
17. John ______ a book when I saw him.
A. is reading
B. read
C. was reading
D. reading
18. He said he _______ return later.
A. will
B. would
C. can
D. would be
19. Jack ________ the door.
A. has just opened
B. open
C. have opened
D. opening
20. I have been waiting for you ______ .
A. since early morning
B. since 9 a.m
C. for two hours
D. All are correct
21. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.
A. leave
B. left
C. leaves
D. had left
22. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.
A. wrote
B. writes
C. has written
D. had written
23. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week
A. was reading
B. wrote
C. was written
D. had written
24. I couldn’t cut the grass because the lawn mower ______ a few days previously.
A. broke down
B. has been broken
C. had broken down
D. breaks down
25. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.
A. try
B. tried
C. have tried
D. am trying
26. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left
B. he left
C. he has left
D. he was left
27. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had
B. had had
C. have has
D. have had
28. By the end of next year, George _______ English for two years.
A. will have learned
B. will learn
C. has learned
D. would learn
29. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.
A. walking
B. walked
C. walks
D. walk
30. Henry _______ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
A. was going
B. went
C. has gone
D. did go
31. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.
A. finish
B. finishes
C. will finish
D. finishing
32. I will be glad if he _______ with us.
A. had gone
B. did go
C. went
D. goes
33 Ask her to come and see me when she _______ her work.
A. finish
B. has finished
C. finished
D. finishing
34. Turn off the gas. Don’t you see that the kettle ________ ?
A. boil
B. boils
C. is boiling
D. boiled
35. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.
A. leave
B. are leaving
C. leaving
D. are left
36. He always ________ for a walk in the evening.
A. go
B. is going
C. goes
D. going
37. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.
A. working
B. works
C. is working
D. work
11. He works in Apple. *
A. What company does he work for?
B. How long has he become famous?
C. How long has he worked here?
D. Where does he live now?
12. Hung has learnt to play the guitar for four years. *
A. When did Hung learn guitar?
B. Where did Hung learn to play the guitar?
C. How long did Hung learn to play the guitar?
D. How long has Hung learnt to play the guitar?
1. He has to write these reports today
→ These reports ...
2. Tom failed the exam because he was lazy
→ Because of ...
3. In spite of her sickness, she tried to go to work
→ Even though ...
4. The girl has just gone out. Do you know her ?
→ Do you know ... ?