Nowadays, football becomes one of the world’s most popular games. Millions of people play and watch it all around the world. A football match often has two parts. Each part is forty-five minutes. The first part is the first half and the second part is the second half. There is a fifteen – minute break between the two halves.
There are two teams in a football match. Each football team has eleven players, including a goal-keeper. The players on the ground try to kick the ball into the other’s goal. The team which scores more goals wins the match.
*** How do you know the winner ?
Exercise 5. Reply to what people say. Use the subject in brackets.
1. A: The bus fares have been increased, (they)
B: What? You mean ______________________________________ again!
2. A: Bicycles should be used for short journeys, (people)
B: Yes, I agree.
3. A: A new source of energy has been discovered, (someone)
B: What? Did you say that
4. A: This building is going to be knocked down, (they)
B: Well, no one told me that
5. A: Eggs shouldn’t be kept in a freezer, (you)
B: Really? I didn’t know
6. A: Why isn’t litter put in the bin? (people)
B: Exactly. Why don’t
7. A: A lot of money was stolen in the robbery, (the robbers)
B: Really? The papers this morning don’t say that
8. A: The road in front of my house is being resurfaced at the moment, (they)
B: What? Did you say that
9. A: A decision will not be made until the next meeting, (the board)
B: Well, I’ve heard that
10. A: How is this word pronounced? (people)
B: Sorry, I don’t know
Exercise 6. Use the words in brackets to complete the sentence. Use the structure have some¬thing done.
1. We _____ (the house/ paint) at the moment.
2. I lost my key. I’ll have to _____ (another key/ make).
3. When was the last time you _____ (your hair/ cut)?
4. You look different. ; _____ (you/ your hair/ cut)?
5. _____ (you/ a newspaper/ deliver) to your house or do you go to the shop to buy one?
6. A: Can I see the photos you took when you were on holiday?
B: I’m afraid I _____ (not/ the film/ develop) yet.
7. A: What are those workmen doing in your garden?
B: Oh, we _____ (a swimming pool/ build).
8. This coat is dirty. I must _____ (it/ clean).
9. If you want to wear earrings, why don’t you _____ (your ears/ pierce)?
10. A: My car has been serviced recently.
B: How often _____ (.you/ your car/ service)?
Exercise 7. Choose the correct answer.
1. We can’t go along here because the road _____.
a. is repairing b. is repaired c. is being repaired d. repaires
2. The story I’ve just read _____ Agatha Christie.
a. was written b. was written by c. was written from d. wrote by
3. Why don’t you have your brother _____ the roof?
a repairs b. repair c. repaired d. to repair
4. The man died because medical help was not summoned. A doctor should _____.
a. be have called b. been called c. be called d. have been called
5. Something funny _____ in class yesterday.
a. happened b. was happened c. happens d. is happened
6. Many US automobiles _____ in Detroit, Michigan.
a. manufacture b. have manufactured
c. are manufactured d. are manufacturing
7. A lot of pesticide residue can _____ on unwashed produce.
a. find b. found c. be finding d. be found
8. We _____ by a loud noise during the night.
a. woke up b. are woken up c. were woken up d. were waking up
9. How did that window _____? ~ I don’t know.
a. get broken b. broke c. got broken d. broken
10. Some film stars _____ difficult to work with.
a. are said be b. are said to be c. say to be d. said to be
11. Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It _____ everything in its path.
a. destroyed b. was destroyed
c. was being destroyed d. has been destroyed
12. Vitamin C _____ by the human body. It gets into blood stream quickly.
a. absorbs easily b. is easily absorbing
c. is easily absorbed d. absorbed easily
13. Why did Tom keep making jokes about me? I don’t enjoy _____ at.
a. be laughed b. to be laughed c. laughing d. being laughed
14. John _____ last week.
a. had his house painted b. had painted his house
c. had his father to paint d. had his house paint
15. Today, many serious childhood diseases _____ by early immunization.
a. are preventing b. can prevent c. prevent d. can be prevented
16. ‘_____ about the eight o’clock flight to Chicago?’ ‘Not yet.’
a. Has been an announcement made b. Has an announcement made
c. Has an announcement been made d. Has been made an announcement
17. ‘Has the commitee made its decision yet?’
‘Not yet. They are still _____ the proposal.’
a. considering b. been considered c. being considered d. considered
18. I might watch this programme. It _____ very funny.
a. supposes to be b. is supposed being
c. is supposed to be d. was supposed be
19. Do you get your heating _____ every year?
a. checking b. check c. be checked d. checked
20. Claude Jennings is said _____ his memory.
a to have been lost b. to be lost
c. to have lost d. to lose
95. He drives as ………….his father does.
a. careful as b. more carefully c. the most careful d. carefully as
96. What’s the ………….film you’ve ever seen?
a. good b. best c. better d. the best
97. Jane is ……………age as Marry/.
a. as same b. the most same c. the same d. more same
98. I’ll be there ………….. I can.
a. sooner as b . no sooner as c. as soon as d. soonest as
99. The shirt and that one……………
a. alike b. are alike c. as alike as d. the same
100. I want to buy some shoes………….the ones you have on.
a. like b. are like c. are alike d. likely
101. Mary and her mother do not…………….
a. alike b. look like c. look alike d.like
102. Sharon………….from other women I know.
a. different b. as different c. differs d. more different
103. This one is prettier, but it costs………….. as the other one.
a. as much as b. twice as much c. as many d. twice as many
104. You can take…………..books as you want.
a. as many b. as much c. so much d. too many
105. Of the two sisters, Linda ………
a. is beautiful b. the most beautiful c. is more beautiful d. is so beautiful as .
106. The …………..accident in the history of the city occurred last night on the Freeway.
a. badest b. most bad c. worse d. worst.
107. He finished the test …………..of all.
a. rapidly b. the most rapidly c. most rapidly d. more rapidly
108. Many chemicals react ……………..in acid solutions.
a. more quick b. more quickly c. quicklier d. as quickly more
109. The younger you are, ……………it is to learn.
a. easier b. you are easier c. the easier d. the easy
110. It’s becoming ……………..to find a job.
a. more difficult and more b. more and more difficult
c. most and more difficult d. more difficult than.
112. ……………electricity you use, ………….your bill will be.
a. The more……..the higher b. The most……..the higher
c. The more……the high d. More………..higher
113. The more I got to know Tom, ……….I liked him.
a. least b. the less c. the least d. the fewer
114. The rooms in the front …………….noisier than those in the back.
a. are more .b . are little c. are very d. are much.
115. …………..you are, …………you concentrate.
a. Tired…..the least hard b. The more tired……..the harder
c.The tireder……the harder d. The tired……..the harder
116. Of all the candidates, Peter is probably…………
a. the less qualified b. the qualified less c. the most little qualified d. the least qualified.
117. The CDs here are more expensive ……………over there.
a. those b. than those c. than that d. than this.
118. These two girls ………….. that I can’t tell them apart.
a. are so like b. are so alike c. are too alike d. alike enough
119. I don’t think our daughter is ……….to understand this matter.
a. too young b. is such young c. not enough old d. not age enough
120. Mrs Harrison is ………….he owns many palaces.
a. so a rich man that b. such an rich man that
c. such a rich man that d. that os rich a man.
121. The ceiling is ………………
a. too high for me to reach b. too high for me to each it.
c. so high for me reaching d. enough high of me reaching
122. The woman was so beautiful………………
a. that I couldn’t help looking at b. that I couldn’t help looking at her
c. for me looking at her d. that for me to look at.
123.It is …………that I would like to go to the beach.
a. such a nice weather b. too nice weather
c. such nice weather d. such weather nice.
124. These are ………….tht I can’t finish them.
a. a such long assignments b. such long assignments
c. such a long assignments d. too long assignments.
125. It is ……….that I have read it twice.
a. such an interesting book b. so interesting a book.
c. too interesting a book d. A and B.
126. She dances ……………..everybody adores her.
a. such beautifully that b. so beautiful that
c. so beautiful that d. too beautifully that
127.It is ………………to go swimming.
a. too cold b.so cold c. such a cold d. enough cold that
128. Jane is ……….. to do this exercise.
a. no intelligence enough b. not intelligent enough
c. not enough intelligent d. so intelligent enough
129. I am ……………a car.
a. not rich enough to buy b. too rich enough to buy
c. too poor to buy d. a and c.
130. It’s …………..home from here.
a. too far walking b. too far for walking c. far to walk too d. too far to walk
131. The bed is not clean enough……………
a. to lie in it b. to lie in c. for lying in d. in which to lie
132. The piano was too heavy ……………..
a. for nobody to move b. for nobody moving
c. for anyone to move d. for anyone to moving
133. ……………………to go to the cinema.
a. It was late so that b. That it was late
c. It was too late d. such too late.
134. We don’t ……………….to go there now.
a. have time enough b. enough time c. have too time d. have enough time
III. Fill in the blank with the proper form of the word given.
1. Susan is very ____________ of the work she had done. (pride)
2. Jane is____________in seeing sights. (interest)
3. Mai is sad about her ____________ (poor)
4. I can say for____________that you have made much progress in learning English. (sure)
5. I don’t think I’m accustomed to____________on the left. (drive)
6. Prices continue to show an upward ______________ (tend )
7. I’m ______________ to succeed. (determine)
8. They discussed the matter calmly and ______________. (reason)
9. She can look back on her career with great ______________ ( satisfy)
10. Most school-leavers have the ______________ to go to work because they want to live independently. (keen)
I. Chose the correct altermative
1.I don't like coffe/the coffe, but i like tea/the tea
2 . look at cats/the cats! they are chasing a brid
3 you cut the cake/cake and i'll pour coffe/the coffe
4 Life/the life will be very different in the future
5.Life/the life of a mayfly is extremely short
6. I enjoy swimming/the swimming in the sea
7Children/the children usually like playing games
8.Children/the children have gone to park
9. ALL people/the people in this room are my relatives
10.ALL people/the people should have freedom of speech
11.Villages/The villages in this part of the country are very beautiful
12. Brekfast/the brekfast is the most important meal of day/the day
13. Paul was only/the only person who remembered me
14 in stone age/the stone age . people lived in caves
15. I would you like to travel to spain/the spain
16. We Traveled to london by train/the train
17. He is learning to play flutre/ the flutre
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Choose the best answer to fill in the gaps.
1. Today is a ................ day. The sun shines all the time.
a. windy b. sunny c. cloudy d. rainy
2. Ba is a hard- working student and he works ...................... on all the subjects .
a. hard b. slowly c. carelessly d. carefully
3. In the South of Viet Nam, there are only two ............. a year.
a. times b. days c. seasons d. periods
4. It is very .............. because the wind blows quite hard.
a. sunny b. rainy c. snowy d. windy
5. In class you must listen .................. to the teacher.
a. hardly b. boringly c. carelessly d. carefully
6. The children are playing ................. . They should be quite.
a. quietly b. eagerly c. happily d. noisily
7. In the sunny season, the .............. shine(s) almost all the days.
a. snow b. clouds c. floods d. sun
8. The ................ today is higher than yesterday. It must be over 37 C .
a. degree b. level c. humidity d. temperature
9. Viet Nam has a tropical...................
a. climate b. weather c. temperature d. season
10. My mother can dance very .............. She is a professional dancer.
a. sweetly b . softly c. loudly d. beautifully
11. In Viet Nam , it is normally................ in the South than in the North.
a. hot b. hotter c. hottest d. hoter
12. The food is ............... than the last time I ate it.
a. badder b. bad c. worse d. worst
13. Ho Chi Minh city is .............. than Hanoi.
a. big b. bigger c. biggest d. biger
14. Children often learn very .................... things around them.
a. quickly b. quicker c. quickest d. quick
15. She can not sing ............... but she can play the piano beautifully.
a. good b. best c. goodly d. well
16. Helen always ............. with John in every school dancing competition.
a. dances b. dance c. dancing d, danced
17. It ............... dangerous to swim in deep rivers.
a. are b. is c. being d. be
18. The boy ................. at home yesterday evening.
a. stay b. staying c. stayed d. stays
19. Last time, he .................. very slowly.
a. driving b. drove c. driven d. drived
20. I now .............. speak English perfectly.
a. can b. was c. could d. did
21. Jack is now ................. than he used to be.
a. happy b. happier c. happiest d. happyer
22. The tourist company was .............. down the street than I had thought.
a. farther b. far c. farer d. farest
23. There is nothing ............ than going swimming in hot weather.
a. gooder b. good c. better d. best
24. He tried very ........... but still failled the exame.
a. hardly b. hard c. harder d. hardest
25. She came to school ........... and had to stand outside for 15 minutes.
a. late b. lately c. latest d. latter
26. He was ................ successful with the business.
a. complete b. completion c. completeness d. completely
27. I ........... everything will be all right soon.
a. hope b. hopes c. hoping d. hoped
28. I often ................. up early in the morning.
a. gets b. getting c. got d. get
29. Lan ................ you some minutes ago.
a. phones b. phoning c. phoned d. phone
30. Don’t ........... the door open when you go out.
a. leave b. leaves c. leaving d. left
31. David’s school ........... is very bad this term.
a. report b. period c. day d. semester
32. The ............. this year are longer and more difficult than those last year.
a. schools b. notebooks c. time d. lessons
33. Our friends are more .................. than us .
a. difficult b. intelligent c. easy d. tall
34. Lan, how are you doing this ............?
a. school b. day c. class d. term
35. He can do better than the ........... in his group.
a. everyone b. another c. all d. others
36. Tuan writes more .............. with fewer mistakes than the previous term.
a. careless b. careful c. carefully d. carelessly
37. My father is happy because I get ............... results at school.
a. bad b. good c. intelligent d. well
38. Peter does better at school because he works ......................
a. harder b. more carelessly c. more lazily d. worse
39. He can do sums more ................... and read faster./
a. badly b. quickly c. difficultly d. fastly
40. I can dance more ...................... than my friends.
a. fluently b. attentively c. interestingly d. gracefully
41. Mary is in ................ 8 in St Mary secondary school.
a. age b. level c. grade d, step
42. She is very ............. pupil. She spends most of her time studying.
a. hard- working b. difficult c. hard d. easy
43. They always complete all their .................. before going to bed.
a. things b. homework c. book d. activities
44. He is very good at ................ He can do sums more quickly than the other pupils in his class.
a. literature b. maths c. geography d. English
45. Mary rarely makes ................ when she writes.
a. mistakes b. fault c. things d. sums
46. I often go to the school .................. to borrow books in my free time.
a. library b. yard c. room d. class
47. He always helps his friends with .............. exercises.
a. easy b. bad c. difficult d. short
48. Her parents are .............. because she often gets bad marks in the exams.
a, happy b. disapponinted c. tired d. boring
49. I am interested in natural science subjects like mathematics, physics and .................
a. England b. literature c. chemistry d. language
50. In her free time, Jane often plays the ..............
a. piano b. football c. game d. basket ball
51. My English this term is ............. than that of last year.
a. good b. gooder c. better d. best
52. Her math result is .............. than her English result.
a. bad b. badly c. worse d. well
53. Detective books are..................... than science fiction ones.
a. more interesting b. interestingly c. interstinger d. interesting
54. Lan is ................... than her sister.
a. lazy b. lazily c. lazier d. lazilier
55. He feels ........... than last year because his study results are .....................
a. happy/ good b. happier/ gooder c. more happy/more good d. happier/better
56. He is ............. at maths than at any other subjects.
a. better b. more good c. goodlier d. gooder
57. Phuong can speak English ........... than Minh.
a. more fluent b. fluently c. fluent d. more fluently
58. Her voice is ................. than her sister’s/.
a. beautiful b. more beautiful c. beautifully d. more beautifully
59. Her literature result is much ................... than it was last year.
a. good b. well c. more well d. better
60. Cinderrella danced ............... than any other girls at the ball.
a. more graceful b. gracefuler c. gracefully d. more gracefully
61. Chemistry is ................. than physics.
a. easy b. easily c. easier d. more easily
62. Rabbits run.................. than tortoises.
a. fast b . fastly c. fastlier d. faster
63.Nam is bad at art but Minh is even ..........................
a. badder b. bad c. worse d. worser
63. Lan is her.................... sister.
a. old b. elderly c. elder d. oldly
64. She can pronounce English words ............. than she could last term.
a. correctlier b . more correct c. more correctly d. correcter
65. The country is .............. than the city.
a. quieter b . more quiet c. more quietly d. quietlier
66. In this class , the students are talking ............... than the teacher.
a. loudly b. more loud c. loudlier d. louder.
67. We shouldn’t be..................... on any subjects.
a. lazy b. lazier c. lazily d. lazilier
68. I can learn a subject ............... if I like it and ............ if I don’t like it.
a. good/ bad b. better/ worse c. better/ badlier d. gooder/worse
69 . I will take these shoes. What’s the .................?
a. price b. fare b. cost d. fee
70.My Dinh is the national ................. of Viet Nam .
a. city b. theatre c . stadium d. cinema
71. She is the most ................. girl in our class.
a. intelligent b. intelligentest c. tall d. tallest
72. That T-shirt is the ............... we have in stock.
a. big b.bigger c. small d. smallest
73. I think Smatcafe is ............... than other kinds of coffee.
a. best b. better c. badder d. worst
74. This hat is the .................. of all.
a. expensivest b. more expensive c. cheapest d. cheaper
75. Of all the stories I have, this is the most .............. one.
a. better b. best c.interesting d. interestingest
76. That is the most ................ bed in the shop.
a. wide b. widest c. comfortable d. comfortables
77. Food becomes .............. during the time of the flood.
a. more scarcer b. most scarce c. scarcest d. scarce
78. Have you got any ................... shirt?
a. cheapest b. cheaper c. expensiver d. expensivest
79. The shop faces its most ............. time of the year when sales have fallen by half.
a. difficult b. difficultest c. easy d. easiest
80.Lan is the most ................ student in my class.
a. hard-work b. hard-working c. good d. best
81. The blue shirt is as ............... as the red one.
a. long b. longer c. more long d. longest
82. Mai dances as ................. as Lan.
a. gracefully b. gracefuly c. graceful d. graceless
83. This book is the ..................... of all
a. bored b.boring c. more boring d. most boring
84. Mary speaks English very ......................
a. fluent b. fluently c. more fluently d. most fluently
85. Tom runs faster than John and David runs the ............ in the group.
a. fast b. most fast c. fastest c. most fastly
86. She has ........... books than I do.
a. least b. fewer c. more few d. fewest
87. I work as ................. as you do.
a. hard b .hardly c. harder d. more hard
88. She looks ........... than me.
a. thinner b. thin c. thinnest d. thinly
89. He is one of the .............. men in the world.
a. rich b. richer c. richest d. more rich.
90. A train is not so .............. as a bus.
a. quick b. quicker c. quickest d. more quick
91.The economic conditions today are .............. they were in the past.
a. much more good b. much better than
c. much better d. the best than
92. Peter is the ............. student in my class.
a. taller than b. so tall as c. the tallest d. tallest
93. The deep oceans contain some of the .................. of all living creatures.
a. strangest b. strange c. as strange as d. stranger
94. Jane is not ……………..her brother.
a. more intelligent as b. intelligent as
c. so intelligent as d. so intelligent that.
10. Most school-leavers have the ______________ to go to work because they want to live independently. (keen)
IV. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentences :
1. The store was opened in 1932 by John.
® John _______________________________________
2. We can avoid waiting by booking the tickets in advance.
® If __________________________________________
3. The teacher asked me whether I had any books.
® “Do ________________________________________
4. “I like films, books and music” Mike replied.
® Mike said that ________________________________
5. It took Jane three hours to sort out her stamps.
® Jane spent ___________________________________
6. That scientific discovery was so important that it has affected every man’s way of life.
® That was such ________________________________
7. He was given a chance to stay on at this garage.
® They _______________________________________
8. They said that he had left Paris secretly in his private car.
® He _________________________________________
9. He made a great discovery. He was very proud of it.
® He was very proud of __________________________
10. We’ve never talked to an interesting person like you before.
® Never before _________________________________
11. They cancelled the flight because it was foggy.
® Because of __________________________________
12. Because the traffic is heavy, I sometimes come to my office late.
® Because of __________________________________
13. I’m sorry I missed your birthday party.
® I wish ______________________________________
14. You’d better put your money in the bank.
® I advise _____________________________________
15. He prefers golf to tennis.
® He’d rather __________________________________
16. It is necessary to master English.
® Mastering ___________________________________
17. He spent two hours writing the essay.
® It took ______________________________________
18. He is too young to ride a motorbike.
® He isn’t _____________________________________
19. The bag was so heavy that she couldn’t carry it upstairs.
The bag was too ______________________________
20. He expects to hear from her as soon as possible.
® He is looking forward___________________________
I.Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets :
1. She is used to his (arrive) __________ home late at night.
Exercise 8: Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the phrasal verb
in brackets. You may have to change the form.
1. Peter is just like his father! (take after)
-> Peter …………………………………………………….
2. Quite by chance, Brenda met Philip at the station. (run into)
-> Brenda ……………………………
3. Tina‟s car stopped working on the way to Scotland. (break down)
-> Tina‟s car …………………
4. Ruth‟s party has been postponed until next month. (put off)
-> 4 Ruth‟s party ……………………
5. It would be a good idea to stop drinking coffee. (give up)
-> it would be a good idea ……………
6. See if their number is in the phone directory. (look up)
7. We offered them £250,000 for the house but they refused our offer. (turn
down)
We offered them £250.000 for the house …………………………………………….
8. It took me a long time to recover from my illness. (get over)
-> It took me…………………………