VII. Finish each of the following sentences so that its meaning stays the same. 1. You will be late for school if you don't hurry. Unless________________________________________________________________________ 2. I spend 30 minutes driving to work. It ________________________________________________________________________ 3. It took Carlos two hours to open the trunk. Carlos spent _______________________________________________________________ 4. It's five years since I last met him. I haven't __________________________________________________________________ 5. The garage is going to repair the car for me tomorrow. I am going _______________________________________________________________ 6. They will have to change the date of the party again. The date _________________________________________________________________ 7. We like to read detective stories. We enjoy _______________________________________________________________ 8. I haven't met her for three years. It's _____________________________________________________________________ 9. My sister and I both went to that university. I went to that university and _________________________________________________ 10. To do morning exercises is good. It is_____________________________________________________________________
hoose the word to indicate the word(s) opposite in meaning to the word in bracket in each of the following questions
Question : If you follow these simple rules, not only will you (save) money, but also the environment will be cleaner. *
earn
count
waste
replace
Question : If the air wasn't (dirty), I wouldn't sneeze so much. *
polluted
clean
nasty
dusty
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions.
Whenever they move to a new place, they have to put up their ger.
A.
build
B.
put off
C.
put down
D.
take down
Fill in the blank with one suitable preposition ( điền giới từ thích hợp )
1. Charles Dicken was very famous_____ his novel
2. What _______ having dinner at Mr.Tom house?
3. Miss Ha used to spend much money _______ shoes and clothes
4. I haven't written to my penpal in New York ______ last Christmas
5. We thanked them ________ all their help
6. He realized his alarm clock didn't go ________
7. If you don't know the meaning of a word, look it ________ in the dictionary.
Rewrite the sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original ones.
1. They will build a new hospital here.
A new hospital …………………………….……………..……………………..…….…………
2. “I will plant these trees tomorrow”
She told me…………………………………………………….…………………………………
3. Acid rain is dangerous. Trees’ leaves are damaged (because of)
Because of ...................................................................................................................................
4 They built this house yesterday
This house ...................................................................................................................................
5. I don’t have free time, so I can’t go somewhere.
If I ………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. Although she is rich, she isn’t happy.
Despite …………………………………………………………………
5 Order the words to complete the sentences.
1 Can you buy some more onions? We've (them /out/ of /run)
2 I can't find my phone. (you/it/if/across / come)
tell me.
3 If you don't know the meaning of a word, (up/it/should/ you/look).
4 Listen to this idea. (up/my/came/friend /it/with)
5 I can use these paper plates again, (don't/ away/so/ them/throw).
II. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting
11. They write the meaning of new words by their mother tongue.
A B C D
12. We should clean the floor as quick as possible.
A B C D
13. They didn’t try learning all new words they came across.
A B C D
14. Thank you for your invitation, which I am very pleasure to accept.
A B C D
Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOPSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.
19. Plastic rubbish will disappear naturally over time. A. vanish B. appear C. fade away D. evaporate
20. If the temperature increases by a few degrees during the next few years, we will run into serious problems. A. grows up B. rises C. decreases D. shoot up
A.Mark the letter A,B,C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(S) in each of the following questions.
1. The street doesn't look clean because it has a lot of rubbish
A. contaminant B. poison C. sewage D. tree
2. The aboriginal people of Australia are experts at survival in an environment with scanty resources.
A. ordinary B. limited C.abundant D. natural
B.Mark the letter A,B,C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(S) in each of the following questions.
1. Are all types of pollution harmful to the health of humans and animals?
A. benefit B. helpful C. effect D. influece
2. Scientists believe that it is possible for waves to reach the heights described when they come contact with strong ocean currents
A. touch B. enter C. meet D. avoid