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III. Put the words in parentheses into their correct tense or form. (1.2pts - 0.2pt / each)
20. Some designers have ____ the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it. (MODERN)
21. Swimming is _____ at my daughter’s school. (COMPEL)
22. We often go _____ on the weekends. (PICNIC)
23. Charles Dickens wrote such _____ stories as Oliver Twist and David Copperfield. (FORGET)
24. He said he _____ a new job. (JUST HAVE)
25. What an _____ you have! (IMAGINE)
IV. Choose the incorrect parts in the following sentences A, B, C or D. (1.0pt - 0.2pt / each)
26. My father asked us not to spending too much time playing computer games.
A B C D
27. Can you look up the baby when I am out?
A B C D
28. We can save nature resources by using solar energy.
A B C D
29. There is no water in the house. If there is, we could cook dinner.
A B C D
30. I think I prefer country life more than city life.
A B C D
V. Choose the word that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (0.6pt - 0.1pt / each)
easy skirt time students possible used on
Not so long (31) ________, in many countries, children went to school wearing a school
uniform. Boys wore a white shirt and a tie, a dark jacket, gray pants and black shoes. Girls
(32) _____ to wear a white blouse and a dark, knee-length (33) _____. Today, in many countries,
students have a very different kind of uniform. They wear tennis shoes, jeans, and a T-shirt.
(34) _____ a hot day, students might even come to class in a pair of shorts. Teachers in the past
could never have allowed these (35) _______ into their classes. Then, the men teachers used to
wear a suit and a tie, and most women teachers wore a dress or a skirt. But when you look inside a
classroom today, it is sometimes (36) _____ to tell who are the teachers and who are the students!
VI. Finish the second sentence in each pair in such a way that it is as similar in meaning as
possible to the first one. (2.4pts - 0.4 / each)
37. We suggest sweeping the class before learning.
* Let’s .........................................................................................................................
38. Her family is very poor, so they don’t have enough food to eat.
* Her family is so ........................................................................................................
39. She is very young. She can’t get married.
* She is ......................................................................................................... (enough)
40. I can’t understand him because he speaks so quickly.
* If he ...........................................................................................................................
41. The game took place although it rained heavily.
* Despite ......................................................................................................................
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III. Put the words in parentheses into their correct tense or form. (1.2pts - 0.2pt / each)
20. Some designers have __modernized__ the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it. (MODERN)
21. Swimming is __compulsory___ at my daughter’s school. (COMPEL)
22. We often go ___picnicking__ on the weekends. (PICNIC)
23. Charles Dickens wrote such ___unforgettable__ stories as Oliver Twist and David Copperfield. (FORGET)
24. He said he _had just had____ a new job. (JUST HAVE)
25. What an ___imagination__ you have! (IMAGINE)
IV. Choose the incorrect parts in the following sentences A, B, C or D. (1.0pt - 0.2pt / each)
26. My father asked us not to spending=>spend too much time playing computer games.
A B C D
27. Can you look up=>after the baby when I am out?
A B C D
28. We can save nature=>natural resources by using solar energy.
A B C D
29. There is no water in the house. If there is=>were, we could cook dinner.
A B C D
30. I think I prefer country life more than=>to city life.
A B C D
V. Choose the word that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (0.6pt - 0.1pt / each)
easy skirt time students possible used on
Not so long (31) ___as _____, in many countries, children went to school wearing a school
uniform. Boys wore a white shirt and a tie, a dark jacket, gray pants and black shoes. Girls
(32) ___used__ to wear a white blouse and a dark, knee-length (33) _dress____. Today, in many countries,
students have a very different kind of uniform. They wear tennis shoes, jeans, and a T-shirt.
(34) ___in__ a hot day, students might even come to class in a pair of shorts. Teachers in the past
could never have allowed these (35) ____students___ into their classes. Then, the men teachers uwear a suit and a tie, and most women teachers wore a dress or a skirt. But when you look inside a
classroom today, it is sometimes (36) __difficult___ to tell who are the teachers and who sed to
are the students!
VI. Finish the second sentence in each pair in such a way that it is as similar in meaning as
possible to the first one. (2.4pts - 0.4 / each)
37. We suggest sweeping the class before learning.
* Let’s sweep the class before learning..........................................................................................................................
38. Her family is very poor, so they don’t have enough food to eat.
* Her family is so poor that they don’t have enough food to eat.........................................................................................................
39. She is very young. She can’t get married.
* She is not old enough to get married.......................................................................................................... (enough)
40. I can’t understand him because he speaks so quickly.
* If he didn't speak so quickly,i could understand him............................................................................................................................
41. The game took place although it rained heavily.
* Despite raining heavily, The game took place......................................................................................................................
