Minh used to walk to school when he was a student
Minh used to walk to school when he was a student
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
I used to going to school on foot when I was a primary student.
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1947 (1)……………… Edinburgh, but when he (2)……………… a young man of 23, he (3) ………………………with his parents to America. They lived in Boston, where Alexander taught in a school for the (4) ………………………. Soon, he started experimenting with ways of transmitting (5) ………………………. over a long distance. For years Bell and his (6) ………………………Thomas Watson, worked day and night and finally (7) ……………………… up with a device which they first introduced in 1876. They did not know that one day this talking machine would become the (8)………………………and would change people’s lives.
Isaac Newton is one of the greatest men in the history of scientists. He was born on December 25th, 1642 in a small village in Woolthorpe in England. His father was a poor farmer. When the boy was fourteen, his father died. Newton left school and helped his mother on the farm. But the boy didn’t like farming, he was fond of the poetry and mathematics. So Newton was sent to school. After he left high school, Newton studied at Cambridge University. In 1667 he became a professor on mathematics at Cambridge University after graduating. His greatest discovery is the law of gravitation. He died in 1727.
1. When was Newton born?
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2. How old was he when his father died?
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3. What was he interested in when on the farm?
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4. What did he discover?
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Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space.
When Linh was younger, she liked to go to school (1) __________ than anything. She used to study every day and even tried harder when preparing for exams. In class, she listened attentively (2) __________ lectures and (3) ___________ her teachers’ questions perfectly. That was why she often performed well in exams and appeared in the list of “Top 10 Students” of the school. She was much (4) ___________ at learning languages than any (5) __________ subjects. At the age of fifteen, she could (6) ___________ two foreign languages, English and French, quite fluently. Her dream (7) __________ to become a successful diplomat. Unfortunately, her father died in a car accident when she was a first-year student at university. She had to quit school to help her mother (8) __________ care of her family. Nevertheless, she continued studying by (9) __________ and tried her best to graduate (10) ___________ the Institute of International Relations at the age of 30. She is now the director in the Department of Foreign Affairs. She says “the more I try, the more I see the meaning of life”.
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Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847, but when he was a young man of twenty-three he moved with his parents to Canada. Before the year was over, young Graham had left his family and gone to Boston. Though Bell was a dreamer, he was also a practical thinker and a man of action. In Boston, where he worked by day as a teacher of the deaf, he worked far into the night experimenting with the electrical transmission of the sound. This led to the invention of the telephone.
TRUE/ FALSE
25. Alexander Graham Bell was a Scotsman. ____________
26. In Boston, he taught people who were not able to hear. ____________
27. He experimented with ways of transmitting sound by day. ____________
28. He moved with his parents to Canada in 1871. ____________
29. When did he emigrate to the United States?
A. 1874 B. 1867 C. 1870 D. 1871
30. Which of the followings is not used to describe Alexander Graham Bell?
A. dreamy B. practical C. active D. social
3. I really enjoyed the concert. The music was too loud. (although)
4. He got a cream pie smashed in his face. Everyone laughed. (when)
5. Paul was walking to the bus stop. He found somebody’s wallet on the ground. (while)
6. Jackie will take out the trash. She is done with her chores. (after)
7. You study for the test. You will do much better. (if)
8. Rex practiced his guitar. He could play the song perfectly. (until)
9. We could get back to shore. It started to rain hard. (before)
10. I saw him. He was always carrying a plastic shopping bag. (whenever)
1.There was a hotel opposite the bus station, but it closed a long time ago.
There used to
2.When Huy was in Ha Noi, he usually visited Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.
Huy used
3.My father doesn’t take me to school any more.
My father used
4. We stayed in a small house in the countryside.
We used
5. He no longer comes to class late.
He used
Read the passage and choose the correct answer.
Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, in 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.
Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light was the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new. He worked 16 out of every 24 hours.Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died in 1931, in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that
improved the quality of life all over the world.
1. Thomas Edison was ___. A. a discoverer B. a teacher C. an explorer D. an inventor
2. In 1854 Edison’s family ______.
A. moved to Port Huron, Michigan B. bought a new house in Milan, Ohio
C. decided to settle in Milan, Ohio D. sent him to a school in New Jersey
3. The word “self-educated” in the passage mostly means ______.
A. “having been well taught” B. “having had good schooling”
C. “having taught himself” D. “having had a high education”
4. Edison died at the age of ______. A. 76 B. 84 C. 47 D. 74
5. Which of following statements is NOT true about Edison?
A. He invented the motion picture camera. B. He didn’t go to school at all.
C. He made numerous inventions. D. He worked very hard.
Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?
Hi everyone. This is Tom. He is tall and strong. He is in grade eight. His favorite subjects at school are Math and Literature. He is skilled at making crafts as well. However, he needs to improve his English speaking skills. Tom has a good study habit. He always remembers to do his homework before class. He hardly watches television in the evening. Instead, he spends time doing revision and preparation for the next school day. Tom said my teacher had sent his mother his school report the day before. It had excellent results. His mother was really proud of him. She would like him to continue to study hard at school
He usually watches television in the evening
A. True
B. False