Exercise 5: Circle the word and phrase that needs correcting.

1. (A) Do you (B) stay at home (C) or go (D) to the zoo yesterday morning?

2. Last (A) weekend, (B) my uncle (C) took me (D) at the zoo.

3. What are (A) his favourite (B) animal at the zoo? – They (C) are elephants (D) and kangaroos.

4. (A) Did Hoa (B) saw a baby monkey and (C) some other (D) animals?

5. There (A) is a lot (B) of animals (C) like elephants, tigers, horses and (D) monkeys at the zoo.

IV. Choose the underlined word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D) in each sentence that needs correcting.(Tìm 1 lỗi sai trong A,B,C,D rồi sửa)

1. My father often takes my sister and me to the cinema at special occasions.

                                     A                         B         C              D

2. My younger brother had temperature and felt tired yesterday, so I was worried about him so much.                              A                       B                                  C

        D

3. They provide some food and drink with the poor people in their community more often.        A                                             B                  C                                     D

4. I think he will go to the book fair next Sunday because he loves to read books so much.               A                            B                                            C           D

5. Be less careful when you eat some kinds of food, my dear! You may have allergies if

                A                                              B                                                                     C

       you don't take my advice.

                     D

6. She likes eating fish, so she also likes drinking mineral water.

                         A                  B                            C                     D                

7. It has been two weeks since he has worked for this non-profit organisation

           A                         B                C                             D

8. Eat more junk food! You will get overweight if you keep doing that.

              A                      B                                   C                      D

9. You shouldn't stay at home all day because it's bad for your health. Go out less!

A                                                      B              C                                          D

10. You have a sore throat, but you shouldn't talk more.

Identify the underlined word/ phrase (A or B,C,D) that needs correcting to become an exact one. 

21.  (At the moment) I am (spending) my weekend (go to) (camping) with my friends. 

                  A                         B                               C         D

22.  My father (asked) me (to pay) (much attention) to English (next year).

                            A             B             C                                    D

23.  (When) she (came to) my house I  (lied in) bed (listening to) music.

          A               B                              C                 D

24.  (I think) I prefer (country life) (more than) (city life).

         A                           B                 C            D

25.  (Can) you (tell me) what you (have done) at 8 (o’clock) last night ?

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.

36.  It’s 3 years since I last saw Nam.                                            

-      I haven’t_______________________________________________________________________.

37.  “Don’t make so much noise, Peter.” said Carol                     

-      Carol told Peter__________________________________________________________________.

38.  Keeping the environment clean is very important.               

-      It’s____________________________________________________________________________.

39.  “You should turn off the lights before going out”. Mrs. Hoa said.

-      Mrs. Hoa suggested_______________________________________________________________.

40.  Why don’t you plant some trees around your house to get more fresh air?

-      How about______________________________________________________________________?

Identify the underlined word/ phrase (A or B,C,D) that needs correcting to become an exact one. 

21.  At the moment I am spending my weekend go to camping with my friends. 

                  A                         B                               C         D

22.  My father asked me to pay much attention to English next year.

                            A             B             C                                    D

23.  When she came to my house I  lied in bed listening to music.

          A               B                              C                 D

24.  I think I prefer country life more than city life.

         A                           B                 C            D

25.  Can you tell me what you have done at 8 o’clock last night?

         A               B                           C                   D

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.

36.  It’s 3 years since I last saw Nam.                                            

-      I haven’t_______________________________________________________________________.

37.  “Don’t make so much noise, Peter.” said Carol                     

-      Carol told Peter__________________________________________________________________.

38.  Keeping the environment clean is very important.               

-      It’s____________________________________________________________________________.

39.  “You should turn off the lights before going out”. Mrs. Hoa said.

-      Mrs. Hoa suggested_______________________________________________________________.

40.  Why don’t you plant some trees around your house to get more fresh air?

-      How about______________________________________________________________________?

III. Identify the underlined word/ phrase (A or B,C,D) that needs correcting and  then correct it

1.  At the moment I am spending my weekend  to go  camping with my friends. 

                 A                         B                               C         D

2.  My father asked me to pay much attention to English last year.

                           A             B             C                                    D

3.  When she came to my house I  lied in bed listening to music.

         A               B                              C                 D

4.  I think I prefer country life more than city life.

        A                           B                 C            D

5.  Can you tell me what you have done at 8 o’clock last night?

        A               B                           C                   D

II. Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting. Write  A, B, C or D  on your answer sheet.

1. His teacher advised him taking part in the competition.

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

3. My family used to be having dinner at 7.30 in the evening.

4. I’d like to go out for dinner, but I don’t feel like to eat out tonight.

6. Sandra has not rarely missed a play or concert since she was seventeen years old.

7. There was a very interesting news on the radio this morning about the earthquake in Italy.

8. George is not enough intelligent to pass this economics class without help.

9.  John lived in New York since 1970 to 1985, but he’s now living in California.

10. There were so much people trying to leave the burning building that the police had a great deal of  trouble controlling them.

12. It is difficult to get used to sleep in a tent after having a soft, comfortable bed to lie on.

13. Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are planning to attend the festivities

14. Working provides people for personal satisfaction as well as money.

15. They are going to get their house to decorate for the Christmas.

16. My mother doesn’t care how much does the car cost because she is going to buy it anyway.

XI. Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting.
 
86. I can stay in bed tomorrow morning because I haven’t to go to work.
                         A                                        B              C                    D
87. The students ought to learn their lessons careful before the exams.
                                      A                 B             C                    D
88. Don’t worry so much. The children can look after themself.
      A                   B                                      C              D
89. You must not let children to play in the kitchen because it is a dangerous place.
              A                                  B                               C                   D
90. Let’s putting the armchair opposite the couch in the living room.
      A        B                                 C                          D

II. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting (1.0 pt).

26. Your friends went to your native village last weekend, weren’t they?

A                     B                           C                                D

27. The Dan Tri is anonline newspaper which is wide read by both teenagers and adults.

A                                    B                  C                              D

28. If people don’t cut the trees in the forest, there is less pollution.               

      A                                                 B                     C              D

29. Although it was raining hard, but some farmers went on working in the field.

                     A                   B                                           C                 D

30. Ngoan was sick because she didn’t go to school.

                    A               B              C                   D