I. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it.

1. She never lets me to know => know the truth.

2. Hoa has a lot of homework => homework s in Math to do this week.

3. This book is different to => from the one I bought yesterday.

4. Rita enjoyed to be => being able to meet some of her old friends during her vacation.

5. It sounds very easily => easy to play this game.

II. give the correct form of the word in bracket to complete the following sentence.

1 the tiger wanted to see the farmer's ......wisdom......... (wise)

2 he wwas ...heavily.. fined for dropping litter in public places.(heavy)

3 I have fail the english exam and feel very ....discouraged.... (courage)

4. there are many cultural .....differences..... between his country and mine (differ)

5. this book doen't say much about prices, but it is ver ....information..... about everything else. (inform)

6. the old hotel we used to stay at has been ..modernized... (modern)

7. she always listens .attentively.. to what she is told. (attention)

8 I don't think Tom's getting too much sleep lately. His eyes are terribly ..bloodshot.. (blood)

9 Tim and Shanon want to visit an ...oceanic... institure in Vietnam (ocean)

10 We are waiting for the ....arrival.... of this train ( arrive)

III. Write a complete letter using the suggested words and phrases.

1 We / have / wonderful time / Nha Trang / now.

=> We are having a wonderful time in Nha Trang now.

2 The weather / fine / so / we / go / beach / every day / sunbathe.

=> The weather is fine so we go to the beach every day to sunbathe.

3 yesterday / it / hot/ sunny / so we / get / very red

=> Yesterday it was hot and sunny so we got very red.

4 tomorrow / we / not / going / sit/ sun / because / we / going / buy / some / souvenirs

=> Tomorrow we are not going to sit under the sun because we are going to buy some souvenirs.

5 We / come back / Monday

=> We will come back in Monday.

IV. give the correct form of the verb.

1 his hai is short. he (have) __has had___ a haircut.

2 2 they (see) _have been seen__ to go out three times a day.

3 I can't go out because I ( not finish) ___haven't finished___ my homework

4 I am having my house (paint) __painted__ now

Each line has a mistake, find and correct it

1.Thank you for inviting me to the party. I wish I can -> could but l can't.

2. He is -> X used to drink -> drinking coffee for breakfast but now he drinks milk.

3. The kitchen is not very big but there's -> there're a lot of cupboards.

4. Lukas can play the piano when -> since he was two and now he practices it.

5. We were very poor when we were first in America, we can't -> couldn't buy anything.

6. They are going on a sightsee -> sightseeing tour of New York.

7. We have lived in Vietnam for a long time, so we used -> are used/ get used to the hot.

8. Liverpool is an industry -> industrial city in the North of England

9. Primary school children can learn three language -> languages at school in Malaysia.

10. The West and the -> X East Malaysia are separate by about 640 km of the sea.

ex1. complete each sentence with can / could / be able to { not }

1. ____Could___________ you swim when you were 10 ?

2. we ____Couldn't____ get to the meeting on the ttime yesterday because the train was delayed by one hour

3. he _____couldn't_____ arrive at the party on the time even after misting the train , so he was very pleased

4. he's amezing , he ____can_________ speak 5 langusges including chinese

5. I _________could____ drive a car until I was 34 , then I moved to the countryside so I had to learn

6. I looked everywhere for my glasses but I ____couldn't___________ find them anywhere

7. I searched for your house for ages , luckily I _couldn't___________ find it in the end

ex2. complete each sentence with can / could / be able to { not }

1. I _______________couldn't_____ understand the chapter we had to read for homework . It was so diffcult

2. I ________can't______ lift this box - it's too heavy . would you help me ?

3. lucy _______can______ make it to our meeting after all. she's stuck in traffic at the moment

4. john ____________can____ play tennis really well . he's champion of his club

5. unfortunately , I really __can_________sting at all . no - one in my family is musical either

6. when the car broke down I was really pleased because I ___can______ solve the problem

7. julian _________could____ play excellent goft when he was only ten

1 play => playing

2 interest => interesting

3 wait => are waiting

4 have => bỏ

5 Did => have

6 and => but

7 more => less

8 bored => boring

1. play -> to play/playing

2. interest -> interesting

3. wait -> are waiting

4. have donated -> donated

5. did -> have

6. and -> but

7. more -> less

8. bored -> boring

Complete the second the sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first.
1. He is not a poor man any more. -> He used to be a poor man
2. When I was child, I ate a lot of ice cream -> I used to eat a lot of ice cream when I was child
3. We found the book interesting -> We are interested in the book
4. Although the air is fresh, a lot of trees cannot grow. -> In spite of the fresh air, a lot of trees cannot grow
5. My mother cooks very well -> My mother is a good cook
6. The exam result surprised all of us -> All of us were surprised at the exam result
7. She doesn't like him although he is friendly -> Despite his friendliness, She doesn't like him
8. Children usually asked for ice cream when they were young -> Children used to ask for ice cream when they were young
9. Originally, tennis was an indoor game. -> Tennis used to be an indoor game
10. It is increasingly difficult for me to read without my glasses. -> I am finding it increasingly difficult for me to read without my glasses
11. Nobody has ever polluted this canal before -> This canal has never been polluted before

1 can => could

2 drink => drinking

3 there's => there are

4 can => could

5 can't => couldn't

6 sightsee => sightseeing

7 used => are used 

8 industry => industrial

9 language=> languages

10 seperate => seperated 

Exercise 1: Find and correct the mistakes.

1. He paints his pictures at the moment. → is painting

2. We plant the herbs in the garden at present. → are planing

3. They makes the artificial flowers of silk now. → are making

4. Your father are repairing youVr motorbike at the moment. → is

5. Look! The man takes the children to the cinema. → is taking

6. Listen! The teacher are explaining a new lesson to us. → is

7. Be careful! You brings ten glass bottles. → are bringing

8. Ba studies Math very hard now. → is styding

9. We is have dinner in a restaurant right now. → are

10. I watching TV with my parents in the living room now. → am watching

Exercise 2: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question.

Example: She (be) has been here for several days.

She has not been here for several days. Has she been here for several days?

1. Tom (see) ....has seen....this film before.

2. I (finish) ....have finished....my exercise already.

3. They (live) ....have lived....here since 1990.

4. My father (just wash)....has just washed....his car.

5. The students (discuss) ....have discussed....the question recently.

6. Mary (never be) ....have never been....to Ha Noi.

7. We (know) ....have known....each other for 5 years.

8. So far we (learn)....have learnt....five lessons.

9. We (be) ....have been....pen pals for a long time.

10. They (stay) ....have stayed....here since last week.

Exercise 3: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.

1. Bob (see) ....has seen....this movie before.

2. Sandra (lend) ....has lent....her brother $ 200 so far.

3. Rashid (just pass) ....has just passed....his driving test.

4. Karen (study) ....has studied....Italian for three years now and is still studying.

5. The teacher (already tell) ....has already told....to be quite.

6. Tim (not take) ....hasn't taken....many photos yet.

7. Jorge (read) ....has read....the newspaper already.

8. We (not begin) ....haven't began....to study for the test yet.

9. John and I (be) ....have been....pen pals for nearly 3 years.

10. He (wear) ....has worn....the same coat since he moved here.

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

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

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

4.Printer was invented by the Chinese.

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

6.The number of (bỏ từ the) books in the library has risen to over five million.

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

8.My aunt has begun to teach English for twenty years.

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

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

Each sentence has ONE mistake.Find and correct it.

1.I wish I can meet his mother now. => could

2.Mr.Long said that he is going to fly to England the next next day.

=> was (với lại có cụm the next day thôi chớ nhỉ ???)

3.They couldn't come there 3 days ago because they are too busy.

=> were

4.He doesn't know exactly the date which he was born. => day

5.If the weather were better now,we won't stay at home. => is