C. Decide whether each of the sentences below is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, write “correct”; if it is incorrect, point out the mistake(s) and provide (a) correction(s).

11. The nearer you live to a major transportation facility, more costly your home will be. ______________

12. Although the building had been remodeled, the windows were the same style to the previous ones. ______________

13. Martha is the more talented designer that I have ever encountered. ______________

14. Buying commodities in bulk is more economically than making several trips to get the same item. ______________

15. The turnout for the grand opening was even greater when anticipated. ___________

16. Please bring as much samples as you can to the interview. _____________

17. The number of people interested in world affairs is much high than it was three years ago. _____________

C. Decide whether each of the sentences below is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, write “correct”; if it is incorrect, point out the mistake(s) and provide (a) correction(s). 11. The nearer you live to a major transportation facility, more costly your home will be. ______________ 12. Although the building had been remodeled, the windows were the same style to the previous ones. ______________ 13. Martha is the more talented designer that I have ever encountered. ______________ 14. Buying commodities in bulk is more economically than making several trips to get the same item. ______________ 15. The turnout for the grand opening was even greater when anticipated. ___________ 16. Please bring as much samples as you can to the interview. _____________ 17. The number of people interested in world affairs is much high than it was three years ago. _____________

XII. Some of these sentences are correct, and some are incorrect. If a sentence is correct, put a tick (ü). If it is incorrect, cross the wrong word and correct it.

1.      You're the luckiest person I know.                                                                                           

2.      The situation is getting difficulter.                                                                                                         

3.      Silver isn't as expensive as gold.                                                                                                             

4.      This is the quicker way to school.                                                                                                           

5.      Is Rachel elder than Vicky?                                                                                                                   

6.      Who is the cleverest student of the class?                                                                                              

7.      This month has been weter than last month.                                                                                          

8.      The weather is getting more and more hot.                                                                                            

9.      The telephone is one of the most useful inventions ever.                                                                       

10.  You and Luke are both better than I.                                                                                                     

11.  This game is more exciting as the last one.                                                                                             

12.  The piano is heavier than the sofa.                                                                                                         

13.  She is the rich woman in the world.                                                                                                       

14.  I don't have as much tapes as you.                                                                                                         

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himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.

If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can't find the way to get the right answer. Let's end all this nonsense of grades, exams, and marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must someday learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.

Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one's life is nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, "But suppose they fail to learn something essential, some­thing they will need to get on in the world?" Don't worry! If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learn it.

Question 50: The author fears that children will grow up into adults who are __________.

A. unable to think for themselves

B. too independent of others

C. unable to use basic skills

D. too critical of themselves

Exercise 1. Are the following sentences correct or not? If the sentence is correct,put a tick. If not, underline the mistake and correct it.

1. Not only he twisted his ankle but he also dropped his wallet.

2. Look, there go the children on their way to school.

3. Only recently have scientists discovered a cure for certain types of leukaemia.

4. "I'd rather have a walk in the morning." — "So I would."

5. Down in the valley did a fertile-looking vineyard lie.

6. Not until do you grow up, we will let you live independently.

7. Into the valley of death rode the six hundred.

8. Everybody didn't believe what she said, and neither didn't I.

9. Right through the underwater tunnel swam she.

10. Such the force of the earthquake it was that the whole village has been devastated.

Exercise 2. Complete each sentence by using the phrases from the box.

1. ____________ are passengers allowed to carry more than two pieces of hand luggage.

2.  ____________ had the alarm gone off when the police cars arrived.

3.  ____________I asked a passer-by did I realize where I was.

4. I thought,  ____________did my colleagues, that the recession would soon be over.

5.  ____________was the media interest in the wedding that there were over a dozen photographers.

6.  ____________during the party did anyone mention that Peter and Julie were getting married.

7.  ____________you to pay the full amount, there would be a ten percent discount.

8.  ____________had it stopped raining than the sun came out.

9.  ____________protecting its habitat can we hope to save the species.

10.  ____________did the passengers know that the driver was an undercover police officer.

Exercise 3. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown.

1. The substance is so toxic that protective clothing must be worn at all times. => SO

2. A boy sat on the fence looking lost and alone.

=> On

3. No matter what happens, Jane will never forgive Mark for what he did.

=>Under

4. If everybody in this country contributed one euro, the charity would reach its target. =>Were

5. I saw Owen last week and I realized then how much weight he had lost. =>Only when

6. It is the first time a book has moved me so much. =>Never before

7. The demands of an astronauts body are so great that above - average physical fitness is required. =>Such

8. We'd never have trusted him with our money if we'd known the truth. =>Had

9. Monica won first prize and she was offered a promotion too. =>Not only

10. The twins started screaming the minute the aeroplane took off. =>No sooner

III. Decide whether the following sentences are Correct or Incorrect in terms of grammar.

(Hãy xác định những câu dưới đây là Đúng hay Sai về mặt ngữ pháp.)

1.It is the earliest train to Hanoi this morning.       A. Correct B. Incorrect

2.My brother wants to become a doctor. He thinks it is the best job in the world.

                                                                                A. Correct B. Incorrect

3.He is the fastest runner than my class.                 A. Correct B. Incorrect

4.Linh is 8 and she is youngest child in my family. A. Correct B. Incorrect

5.Who is the most happy in your family?        A. Correct B. Incorrect

IV. Write meaningful sentences using superlatives of short adjectives.

(Viết câu có nghĩa sử dụng dạng so sánh nhất của tính từ ngắn.)

1.Today/ happy/ day/ my life.

__________________________________________________________________

2.He/ slow/ runner/ in/ the race.

__________________________________________________________________

3.She/ bad/ tennis player/ I/ ever/ seen.

__________________________________________________________________

4.This town/ noisy/ we've/ ever/ be/ to.

__________________________________________________________________

5.That hotel/ big/ but/ far/ in/ this city.

__________________________________________________________________

V. Rewrite the following sentences with no change in the meaning.

(Viết lại các câu sau sao cho nghĩa không thay đổi.)

1. Nobody is younger than my brother in my family.

    => My brother is ___________________________________________________

 .2.The Sahara is the hottest desert in the world.

    => No desert in the world ______________________________________________

 .3.No one is busier than my mother in my family.

    => My mother is _____________________________________________________

 .4.I have never taken such a hard test.

    => This test is _______________________________________________________

 .5.It's the worst film I've ever seen.

    => I have never seen __________________________________________________

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 38.

Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time. If corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learn all the other things they learn to do without being taught – to talk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle – compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we

never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.

If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let’s end all this nonsense of grades, exams, and marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must someday learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.

Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one’s life is nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, “But suppose they fail to learn something essential, something they will need to get on in the world?” Don’t worry! If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learn it.

The word “essential” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ___________.

A. wonderful

B. important

C. complicated

D. difficult

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 38.

Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time. If corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learn all the other things they learn to do without being taught – to talk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle – compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we

never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.

If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let’s end all this nonsense of grades, exams, and marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must someday learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.

Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one’s life is nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, “But suppose they fail to learn something essential, something they will need to get on in the world?” Don’t worry! If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learn it.

The word “those” in paragraph 1 refers to ___________.

A. skills

B. people

C. changes

D. things