Question IV: Supply the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets. (10 pts)
1. My father used to be a worker. He (work) ……………….in a factory in the city.
2. Get up now or you (be) ……………………late for school, Tom!
3. My family (not used to)…………………go to the cinema on Saturday evening last year.
4. (Drive) …………………..fast on busy streets is very dangerous.
5. Are you used to (stay) ……………………..up late?
6. I (not be) …………………..free tomorrow afternoon. I (visit) ………………………..… grandmother.
7. Don’t worry. I (take) …………………….you to school now.
8. I’m trying (finish)……………….. my work. Please, stop (talk)…………………..
9. Our school (open) …………………………….. a new club next week.
10. I lit the fire at 7.00 and it (burn)____________brightly when Jack came in at 8.00.
11. The money (steal)____________in the robbery was never found.
12. At this time next month, they (work)____________in Ho Chi Minh City.
13. She locked the door so as (not disturb)____________.
14. My mother is too tired (cook) ………………………………………. tonight.
15. The boys like (play) ………………………………. games but hate doing the homework.
16. Look at the car. The driver (drive) ……………………………………………. too fast.
17. I think he (hit) ……………………………………………….. the cyclist.
18. I don't enjoy (laugh) ……………………………………………… at by other people.
19. The children (play) ………………………………… when it started to rain.
20. Lan’s hair was dirty. Now it is clean, she (clean)……………………… it.
21. Look! Somebody (break)…………………………….. that door.
22. They (not meet)……………………….. us since last week.
What (you/do) ………………………………….. at this time yesterday
I/ Rewrite the sentences using “used to” + V or
be/ get + used + to + Ving
accustomed
He doesn’t love me any more.
He used to love me any more………………………
2. They often went to school by bike when they were young.
They used to went to school by bike when they were young………………………….
3.I no longer eat meat.
I used to …longer eat meat………………………….
4. When Lan was small, she used to cry a lot.
Lan often ………………………………………
5. My father used to drive to work when he lived in Japan.
My father …………………………………………..
6. We had a nice garden once, but now we don’t any more.
We ……………………………………………….
7. David used to have long hair.
David no longer…………………………………..
8. Her mother usually got up early.
Her …………………………………………….
9. He often ate lots of ham.
He …………………………….
10. We lived in the country in 1980s but now we live in Ho Chi Minh City.
We……………………………………………………………………………….
11. I always get up early in the morning.
I ………………………………………………….
I…………………………………………………..
12. He always go swimming after finishing my work.
He…………………………………………………….
He………………………………………………………..
II/ Rewrite sentences using : It takes/ took + O + time + to V
<->S +spend(s)/ spent + time + V-ing
1. I walk to school in 20 minutes everyday.
It ……………………………………….
I ……………………………………….
2. last week , she spent 2 days tidying her room.
It ……………………………………………..
3. They used to go to school in half an hour .
It ……………………………………..
They …………………………………………
4. We often spend 30 minutes reviewing our lesson before class.
It …………………………………………………………………………..
5. It took him twelve hours to fly from Hanoi to London.
He ……………………………………………………………………………..
9. There ……. a stadium in the town but now there isn’t.
A. use to be B. was used to C. is used to D. used to be
10. She didn’t use to…… in the fatory.
A. work B. woking C. to work D. worked
11. Did you ……… to the cinema when you lived in London?
A. used to go B. were used to go C. use to go D. were used to going
12. I ……… stay up late watching TV last year but now I don’t.
A. be used to B. used to C. get used to D. be used for
II. Find mistake in sentence and correct it.
III. Use the correct tense of the verbs:
1/ The Sun (rise)……………….……........ in the east and (set)……………………… in the west.
2/ My grandma (use)…………………..…to tell me the folktales.
3/ She (not like)…………………………..… playing soccer.
4We are used to ( get)……………………..……. up early
5/ They (work)………………………………..….. in this company for ten years.
6/ The floor (clean)………………………………….. everyday.
7/ He (not write)……………………………..………to his friend since Monday.
8/ Students must (go)……………………..……….. to school on time.
9/ I (get)……………………………….. a letter from my old friend yesterday
10/ Where ………….he (use to )…………………………..live before he moved here?
11.My brother used to ( go )……………… to work by motorbike. Now he cycles.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Fashions have always changed with time. No (1)________ Roman girls worried about having the latest hairstyle and boys in Ancient Egypt wanted to have sandals that were cool and not the sensible ones their mothers preferred.
Look (2)________over recent times, there seem to be two main differences in the way fashions have changed compared to earlier time. Firstly, (3)________ more people have a choice of clothes available to them. There are few places in the world where the trainers, the caps or the T-shirts of teenagers do not change from one year to the next. Secondly, styles are (4) ________within a much shorter time than they used to be. For instance, in the 1960s, (5) ________ had the same low waists and narrow skirts as forty years before.
In the early years of the 21st century, the shops are full of long skirts and colored scarves like the ones in fashion only thirty years before. Soon, we will find that the really fashionable people look no different from the rest of us, because it is only ten years since their clothes were in fashion before!
Điền vào số 3
A. far
B. some
C. even
D. much
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Fashions have always changed with time. No (1)________ Roman girls worried about having the latest hairstyle and boys in Ancient Egypt wanted to have sandals that were cool and not the sensible ones their mothers preferred.
Look (2)________over recent times, there seem to be two main differences in the way fashions have changed compared to earlier time. Firstly, (3)________ more people have a choice of clothes available to them. There are few places in the world where the trainers, the caps or the T-shirts of teenagers do not change from one year to the next. Secondly, styles are (4) ________within a much shorter time than they used to be. For instance, in the 1960s, (5) ________ had the same low waists and narrow skirts as forty years before.
In the early years of the 21st century, the shops are full of long skirts and colored scarves like the ones in fashion only thirty years before. Soon, we will find that the really fashionable people look no different from the rest of us, because it is only ten years since their clothes were in fashion before!
Điền vào số 4
A. exchanged
B. returned
C. repeated
D. accepted
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Fashions have always changed with time. No (1)________ Roman girls worried about having the latest hairstyle and boys in Ancient Egypt wanted to have sandals that were cool and not the sensible ones their mothers preferred.
Look (2)________over recent times, there seem to be two main differences in the way fashions have changed compared to earlier time. Firstly, (3)________ more people have a choice of clothes available to them. There are few places in the world where the trainers, the caps or the T-shirts of teenagers do not change from one year to the next. Secondly, styles are (4) ________within a much shorter time than they used to be. For instance, in the 1960s, (5) ________ had the same low waists and narrow skirts as forty years before.
In the early years of the 21st century, the shops are full of long skirts and colored scarves like the ones in fashion only thirty years before. Soon, we will find that the really fashionable people look no different from the rest of us, because it is only ten years since their clothes were in fashion before!
Điền vào số 1
A. way
B. doubt
C. chance
D. matter
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Fashions have always changed with time. No (1)________ Roman girls worried about having the latest hairstyle and boys in Ancient Egypt wanted to have sandals that were cool and not the sensible ones their mothers preferred.
Look (2)________over recent times, there seem to be two main differences in the way fashions have changed compared to earlier time. Firstly, (3)________ more people have a choice of clothes available to them. There are few places in the world where the trainers, the caps or the T-shirts of teenagers do not change from one year to the next. Secondly, styles are (4) ________within a much shorter time than they used to be. For instance, in the 1960s, (5) ________ had the same low waists and narrow skirts as forty years before.
In the early years of the 21st century, the shops are full of long skirts and colored scarves like the ones in fashion only thirty years before. Soon, we will find that the really fashionable people look no different from the rest of us, because it is only ten years since their clothes were in fashion before!
Điền vào số 2
A. about
B. round
C. behind
D. back
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Fashions have always changed with time. No (1)________ Roman girls worried about having the latest hairstyle and boys in Ancient Egypt wanted to have sandals that were cool and not the sensible ones their mothers preferred.
Look (2)________over recent times, there seem to be two main differences in the way fashions have changed compared to earlier time. Firstly, (3)________ more people have a choice of clothes available to them. There are few places in the world where the trainers, the caps or the T-shirts of teenagers do not change from one year to the next. Secondly, styles are (4) ________within a much shorter time than they used to be. For instance, in the 1960s, (5) ________ had the same low waists and narrow skirts as forty years before.
In the early years of the 21st century, the shops are full of long skirts and colored scarves like the ones in fashion only thirty years before. Soon, we will find that the really fashionable people look no different from the rest of us, because it is only ten years since their clothes were in fashion before!
Điền vào số 5
A. jackets
B. blouses
C. trousers
D. dresses
**Exercise 7: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets: used to + V or
simple past. (1)
1. I (see) .................. Marcus at the library working hard. He told me to say hello to you.
2. She (be) ....................... a lot happier, but then she lost her job.
3. There (be) ....................... three restaurants in this town, but two closed down
leaving only one.
4. If you look over there, you can see the field where they (fight) ....................... the
Battle of Harris Hill in 1509.
5. Did you (take) ....................... a lot of photos when you were in Moscow last year?
6. How many hours a day did you (go) ....................... to school when you were ten?
7. Children never (talk) ....................... so aggressively to their parents. It’s terrible!
8. Soldiers (build) ....................... this bridge near the end of the Second World War.
9. Your mother (have) ............................... a Yorkshire Terrier when she was a young
girl, didn’t she?
10. When I was five, I (be) ....................... able to do incredible gymnastics. Now I can’t
even touch my toes.
Exercise 8: Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences.
1. Astronauts ................. in their spaceship, but they frequently work outside now.
A. were used to stay B. used to stay
C. were staying D. had used to stay
2. People ................. that the earth is round before.
A. were not used to believe B. used to believing
C. would not use to believe D. did not use to believe
3. Tuberculosis ................. incurable before.
A. use to be thought B. used to be thought
C. used to think D. use to think
4. Formerly babies ................. of whooping cough.
A. have died B. used to die
C. would die D. both B and C
5. These city girls are used ................. in the field.
A. to work B. used to lie
C. would like D. to working
6. Newton ................. scientific books when being a boy.
A. used to read B. has read
C. had read D. bad been reading
7. I am sorry I am not ................. fast.
A. used to drive B. used to driving
C. use to drive D. use to driving
8. Frank used to work in a small shop. He .................
A. doesn’t any more B. still does
C. is now D. had never done anything else
9. I ................. in Jakarta. I’ve lived here all my life.
A. am used to living B. used to living
C. use to live D. am used to live
10. Jane ................. for the telephone company, but now she has a job at the post office.
A. used to working B. used to work
C. is used to working D. am used to work
Exercise 9: Reorder the words to make correct sentences.
1. is/ to/ it/ from/ How far/ the hospital?/ the park
2. is/ from/ three/ It/ here./ kilometers
3. it/ the/ Is/ to/ the/ far/ library?/ from/ supermarket
4. is/ National Museum?/ the/ Where
5. is/ The National Park/ from/ kilometers/ the University./ five
6. is/ to/ 200/ It/ from/ Nghe An/ nearly/ Hanoi./ kilometers
7. offices/ near/ Is/ post/ any/ here?/ there
8. here/ It/ from/ is/ minute/ walk/ to/ five/ the/ parking lot./ just / a
9. is/ row/ from/ the first/ to/ second/ the/ centimeters/ row./ It/ 30
10. house/ My/ so/ is/ school,/ I/ walk./ my/ near