I.Each sentence has a mistake find and correct it.

1.I wish I can go to the cinema with you tonight.

2.He asked me if I know that man over there.

3.We are used to live next door to each other at one time.

4.Printing was invented by the Chinese.

5.There was little traffic, so the journey didn’t take very long.

6.The number of the books in the library has risen to over five million.

7.If I had his phone number here, I will give it to you immediately.

8.My aunt has begun taught English for twenty years.

9.He became interest in reading while he was working in the city library.

10.My father has retired three years ago and he is now living on his pension.

I. There is a mistake in each of these sentences . Underline the mistake and then correct it

1. The weather was bad but we didn't go on a picnic

2. My father was used to travel a lot but he doesn't anymore

3. We live in the city so me don't like it

4. Mary has to stay in bed because of she is sick

5. They took a boat and it would reach the place for one hour

6. Ba hurt his foot during he was climbing down the boat

7. The great earthquake has destroyed San Francisco in 1906

8. The volunteer taught the local people what to read and write

9. He believed everything would be well after he left

10. The way to the beach was to long that it took them an hour to walk there

I. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Don't make noise now. My parents (take)......................... their usual afternoon nap .

2. While I (have)...................... a bath, the telephone (ring)..................... .

3. He prefers (play)................................ computer games to (read).......................... books.

4. If we (not save) .............................energy, there will be a shortage in the next century.

II. Read the passage and answer the following questions.

Alexander Fleming was bom in 1881 in Scotland. He to a small school in a village, and when he left school he didn't go to university. He worked for five years in an office. But his brother, Tom, was a doctor and helped Fleming to go to university and study medicine. So he went to London University and in 1906 he became a doctor. In 1915, Fleming mamied Sarah McElroy, an Irish woman. They had one son. During the First World War, many soldiers died in hospital because they didn't have the right medicines. So after the war, Fleming tried to find a drug that could help them. He worked for many years and in 192s he discovered a new drug and he called it "penicillin". He later worked with an Australian and a German scientist to develop a drug that doctors could use. In 1945, they won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their work on penicillin.

1. Where was Alexander Fleming bom?

...........................................................................................

2. Did he work in an office before he went to university?

...............................................................................................

3. What did he study at university?

..................................................................................................

4. When did he win the Nobel Prize in medicine? Rewrite the sentences

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III. Rewrite the sentences.

1. Mary always went swimming after school last year.

->Mary used to.............................................................

2. My daughter has studied English for two years.

-> My daughter started .....................................................

3. She wants to buy that villa but it's too far expensive for her.

->She wishes..............................................................................

4. It took Nam two days to have a trip to the countryside last week.

->Nam spent......................................................................................

5. They have changed the date of the meeting.

-> The date .....................................................................................

VIII. There is one mistake in each sentence. Find and correct it.

1. He doesn’t work harder than his brother.

2. My sister is used to get up very early in the  evening.

3. What does your elder brother work ?    Where

4. She doesn’t like beer and neither doesn’t her husband.

5. Would you like seeing a movie with me tonight?  to see

6. Susan’s birthday is in the ninth of March.    on

7. His birthday isn’t as the same as mine.

8. Would you like some orange juices ?         juice

9. He is very bad with learning Chinese.       at

10. He drove such fast that he won the race.

11. I wish I can go with you to the countryside next weekend.

12. When she came, I read her letter.

13. It’s dangerous to drive fastly in busy streets. fast

14. The bicycle is so expensive for me to buy.

15. Dave is a friend of mine. I knew him for a long time.

1) can you tell(A) me when(B) pencillin is(C) discovered?-In(D) 1928

2) when my brother went to(A) work in the city(B) libary, he became(C) interesting(D) in books

3) there was(A) so many(B) traffic that it took(C) me an hour to get(D) to the office

4) are(A) you accustomed(B) to live(C) in a big city yet(D) ?

5) my uncle wishes(A) he didn't waste(B) time when(C) he was(D) young

6) we had to(A) use(B) the stairs because(C) the elevator was out order(D)

7) he has worked(A) for(B) the same company since(C) he leaves(D) school

8) do you know(A) "Farad", a unit(B) in electricity is(C) named after(D) Faraday?

9) the girl was last(A) saw(B) wearing(C) a pink dress and brown shoes(D)

10) for the time being(A) he was writting(B) a new novel(C) which is(D) a science fiction

Sửa lỗi:

1. I wish I can go to the cinema with you tonight.

2. He asked me if I know that man over there.

3. We are used to live next door to each other at the time.

4. Printing was little traffic, so the journey didn't take very long.

5. There was invented by the Chinese.

6. The number of the books in the library has risen to over five million.

7. If I had his phone number here, I will give it to you immediately.

8. My aunt has begun taught English for twenty years.

9. He became interest in reading while he was working in the city library.

10. My father has retired three years ago and he is now living on his pension.

IV. Each sentence below has ONE mistake. Find and circle then correct it (2.0 point)

1. My teacher got used to drive a car on the left when he lived in London.

2. Both cattle or railroads helped build the city of Chicago. 

3. It was very hot in the room, but I turned on the air-conditioner. 

4. I wish I can go camping with my classmates tomorrow afternoon.

 5. Each of the luxury cars in the showroom was quickly sold to their new owner. 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.

Today there are libraries in almost every towns in the world. Even in areas (68)________there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take books from one village to (69)________. But in the days when books were copied by hand (70)________than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were far fewer copies of any given work around. The greatest library (71)________all, that in Alexandia had 54,000 books.

In the ancient world, this number (72)________considered huge. It was the first time that anyone had collected so many books from all around the world (73)________one roof. There are many theories about why these books were lost. (74)________is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to be burned. They were taken to various places and it took six months to burn them. (75)________happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library’s treasures were lost forever, some books were never recovered. We cannot even know exactly what the library contained.

Question 73

A. in

B. under

C. over

D.below

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.

Today there are libraries in almost every towns in the world. Even in areas (68)________there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take books from one village to (69)________. But in the days when books were copied by hand (70)________than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were far fewer copies of any given work around. The greatest library (71)________all, that in Alexandia had 54,000 books.

In the ancient world, this number (72)________considered huge. It was the first time that anyone had collected so many books from all around the world (73)________one roof. There are many theories about why these books were lost. (74)________is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to be burned. They were taken to various places and it took six months to burn them. (75)________happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library’s treasures were lost forever, some books were never recovered. We cannot even know exactly what the library contained.

Question 72

A. is

B. was

C. were place

D. has been