My mobile needs to be fixed, but his is working
My mobile needs to be fixed, but his is working
0. The instructions say, “The mobile phone’s battery needs to be fully charged before use.”
è ...The instructions say (that) the mobile phone’s battery needs to be fully charged before use.
(Explanation: The tense does not change because the introductory verb is in the present simple.)
1. “Koalas live in Australia,” the teacher said.
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2. If you had worn your jacket, you wouldn’t have got cold,” she said.
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3. Mum says, “Dinner is ready.”
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Explanation: .........................................................................................................
4. “If you mix red and blue, you get purple,” the Art teacher said.
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5. “I’ll meet you at the bus stop at three o’clock,” he said.
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Explanation:
III. Underline word or phrase that needs correcting and provide correction
1. My teacher finds teach hard but he loves working with children.
2. He enjoy fishing because it is interesting.
3. When I have free time, I will go swimming.
4. If you have a lot of coins, stamps, toys, bottles or dolls, your hobby is painting.
5. There are many reasons why it is importance to have a hobby.
6. He is advised to watering the garden every day.
7. I learn what to cook from my mum and my grandma.
8. My teacher loves riding his bike for work.
9. Do you go camping with me at this weekend?
10. Watching television is the more popular hobby.
Ex3: Rewrite the sentences with the same meaning
1) I’m not going to buy that mobile phone because it’s too expensive.
=> If that mobile phone…
2) If he weren’t very ill, he would be at work.
=> Unless he…
3) He is fat but he doesn’t play sport.
=> If he…
4) He is ill. He can’t go skiing.
=> If he…
5) I can’t see you this Friday because I have to work.
=> If I didn’t…
V. Turn the sentences into reported speech. In which of the following sentences do the tenses
remain the same? Why?
0. The instructions say, “The mobile phone’s battery needs to be fully charged before use.”
> ...The instructions say (that) the mobile phone’s battery needs to be fully charged
before use.
(Explanation: The tense does not change because the introductory verb is in the
present simple.)
31. “Koalas live in Australia,” the teacher said.
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Explanation:
32. If you had worn your jacket, you wouldn’t have got cold,” she said.
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Explanation:
33. Mum says, “Dinner is ready.”
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Explanation:
34. “If you mix red and blue, you get purple,” the Art teacher said.
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Explanation:
35. “I’ll meet you at the bus stop at three o’clock,” he said.
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Explanation:
Turn the sentences into reported speech. In which of the following sentences do the tenses remain the same? Why?
0. The instructions say, “The mobile phone’s battery needs to be fully charged before use.”
=> ...The instructions say (that) the mobile phone’s battery needs to be fully charged before use.
(Explanation: The tense does not change because the introductory verb is in the present simple.)
1. “Koalas live in Australia,” the teacher said.
=> .........................................................................................................
Explanation: ......................................................................................................... .........................................................................................................
2. If you had worn your jacket, you wouldn’t have got cold,” she said.
=> ........................................................................................................
Explanation: ......................................................................................................... .........................................................................................................
3. Mum says, “Dinner is ready.”
=> ........................................................................................................
Explanation: .........................................................................................................
4. “If you mix red and blue, you get purple,” the Art teacher said.
=> .........................................................................................................
Explanation: .........................................................................................................
5. “I’ll meet you at the bus stop at three o’clock,” he said.
=> .........................................................................................................
Explanation:
điền các từ sau vào chỗ trống : writing, clever , are going , homework ,makes , has
Im Vy . my close friend is Lan . she i very pretty . she has short black hair and big brown eyes . she is .................and hard-working but she is very funny. she ....................jokes and we all laugh . she loves reading and...........................short poems . i like being wih her . we often do our ....................together and she helps me a lot . this saturday we re going to the Tay Ninh museum . then we ............... to the park . it going to be fun.
5. Lan’s school is Hai Ba Trung School. Hue goes to Nguyen Hue School. =>
. 6. My hobby is collecting stamps. My brother’s hobby is playing the piano. =>
. 7. My answer for this equation is “4” but Tom thinks it should be “5”. =>
. 8. My sister’s hair is long and wavy. My hair is short and straight. =>
**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
III: Tìm lỗi trong mỗi câu sau
1. My mother used to worked at a restaurant 3 years ago but now she doesn’t.
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2. He didn’t used to be the president of Student Union.
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3. There used be many tree-lined streets in my hometown but now there is none of them.
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4. My husband didn’t use do housework but now he does.
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5. Children didn’t used to play with high-tech devices at an early age but now they do.
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