II. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences. 1.It is five meters ………….my house to the market A. on B. for C. from D. in 2. I used ……………..football on the street. A. playing B. played C. play D. to play 3. This game is……………. .. I like it A. interest B. interested C. interesting D. interests 4………………she was tired, she went to work. A. Although B. In spite of C. Despite D. But 5. The play was so boring. ………………, Hoa saw it from beginning to end A. Therefore B. Despite C. However D. Although 6. Lan was at home ............ she had a bad cold. A. so B. because C. of D. from 7. I don't like pork and ............. does she. A. so B. too C. either D. neither 8. Last summer Mom ........................... me a new bike. A. buy B. buys C. buyed D. bought 9. ……is it from your house to school? A. How far B. How often C. How long D. How 10. Lan enjoys ……………part in Mid – Fall festival. A. take B. taking C. took D. taken
V. WRITING
Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) that is closest in meaning to the root sentence or best combines the two given sentences.
46. Lan doesn’t play piano anymore.
A. Lan used to play piano.
B. Lan is playing piano.
C. Lan didn’t use to play piano.
D. Lan wasn’t playing piano.
47. I don’t have time to collect stamps as when I was in primary school.
A. I don’t use to collect stamps when I was in primary school.
B. I didn’t use to collect stamps when I was in primary school.
C. I sued to collect stamps when I was in primary school.
D. I use to collect stamps when I was in primary school.
48. He is not a poor man anymore because he has becomes a rich businessman.
A. He used to be a rich man.
B. He used to be a businessman.
C. He used to be a poor man.
D. He used to be a poor businessman.
49. My hair now is much longer than that in the past.
A. My hair is longer now than it in the past.
B. My hair was longer in the past.
C. My hair used to be shorter in the past.
D. My hair used to be longer in the past.
50. They didn’t use to go to the cinema every Sunday last year.
A. They didn’t often go to the cinema every Sunday last year.
B. They used to go to the cinema every Sunday last year.
C. They often went to the cinema every Sunday last year.
D. They didn’t go to the cinema every Sunday last year.
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1. My mum …………..the bus to work every morning.
A. takes B. goes
C. does D. runs
2. Before the new system of traffic control, there……….be more accidents.
A. use to B. used to
C. is used to D. was used to
3. Traffic accidents can be prevented if people……….the rules.
A. remember B. obey
C. go after D. take care of
4. In spite of having a happy……….., the film begins with a terrible disaster.
A. ending B. acting
C. opening D. setting
5. I had to stand in the balcony to catch the whole…………of the parade.
A. view B. picture
C. sight D. vision
6. The end of the film was so……
A. moved B. moving
C. movev D. movable
7. Everybody attends the festival just……………fun.
A. with B. for
C. in D. of
8. On each Thanksgiving, families and friends…………….to have a feast.
A. met B. arrive
C. appear D. gather
Exercise: Fill in the blank
1. How far is it (from/to) the bus station to your village?
2. There (used to be/used to have) a bus station in the city center, but it has been moved to the suburbs.
3. I (played/used to play) marbles when I was young but now I don’t.
4. (How far/How long) is it from your house to your school?
5. His family (use to lived/used to live) in a small village in the past, but they live in a big city now.
6. There did not (use to be/used to be) many traffic accidents, but now there are many.
7. It (is/are) 56 metres from my house to the river.
8. It is not very (far/near) from here to the railway station. It’s about 5 metres.
9. Did you use (ride/to ride) a tricycle?
10. I did not use (play/to play) football in the street.
1. She ( not go)........to work last weekend
2. Last monday , they (not/play)...................sports
3.The match ( just/star)...........our team is playing very well
4. My uncle used to ( go)................fishing when he was a child
5.(You/buy).....................a new laptop yet?
6. What time............you (leave)..............home for school yesterday?
7. ....................(you/ever/drive)on the wrong side of the road?
8. My family ..................(fly) back from our Hong Kong holiday two days ago
9. Right now, the students..............(learn) road signs in the schoolyard
10. If have enough money,i............(buy) a racing car
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.
Changed into negative and interrogative form.
1. They used to play tennis twice a week.
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2. I used to go to the gym three times a week.
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3. Tennis used to be a sport for rich people only.
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4. My father used to take me to see soccer games on Saturday.
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5. He used to buy a new tennis racket.
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**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
1.He usually ( go) …………………………... to school by bike.
2.My father used to (go) …………………………. Fishing when he was a child.
3.I ( not/ used to) ………………………….. play games when I was a child.
4.She used to (be) …………………………………. a teacher.
5.Ba used to (play) ………………………. Football in the afternoon.
6. Linh is my close friend. We (know) each other for five years.