1. Despite the cold weather, we all went for a walk. (ALTHOUGH)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ .

2. Difficult as the homework was, we tried our best to complete it. (THOUGH) (IN SPITE OF)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ .  ___________________________________________________________________________________ .

3. I tried to persuade her. I didn’t succeed, however. (ALTHOUGH)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ .

4. Even though we were tired, we got up early and started the trip.

Tired______________________________________________________________________________ .

 Although___________________________________________________________________________ .

No matter how______________________________________________________________________ .

5. It was raining, but I went swimming anyway. (DESPITE)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ .

6. Though cold and exhausted, Andrew managed to walk home.

However___________________________________________________________________________ .

7. I like fish, but I don’t like catching them myself. (MUCH AS)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ .

8. Although the dog appeared harmless, it was, in fact, quite dangerous.  Harmless___________________________________________________________________________ .

9. Ann felt ill, but insisted on going to work. (REGARDLESS OF)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ .

10. We could not solve the problem of rubbish in spite of working hard.  

Hard______________________________________________________________________________ .

Work______________________________________________________________________________ .

 No matter how______________________________________________________________________ .

11. I rang the doorbell. Nobody answered, though. (ALTHOUGH)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ .

12. Promptly as the doctors acted, they were unable to save the patient.  However___________________________________________________________________________ .

13. We expected Larry to accept the job, but he didn’t. (EVEN THOUGH)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ .

14. No matter how hard Fred tried to start the car, he didn’t succeed. 

Hard______________________________________________________________________________ .

15. Even though she hurried, she stopped to help the blind woman. (DESPITE)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ .

16. Though I tried hard, I could not persuade him to change his mind. 

Try________________________________________________________________________________ .

Hard______________________________________________________________________________ .

However___________________________________________________________________________ .

17. Hard-working as he is, he will never be top of his class.

 Although___________________________________________________________________________ .

 Though____________________________________________________________________________ .

18. Although he is young, he has been to more than 30 countries in the world and gained a lot of experience.

 Though____________________________________________________________________________ .

19. Impressed as we were by the new cinema, we found it rather expensive. (NO MATTER HOW)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ .

20. Although she swam strongly, she didn’t win the first prize in the race.

 In spite of_________________________________________________________________________ .

Swim______________________________________________________________________________ .

Strongly____________________________________________________________________________ .

 Difficult as the homework was, we tried our best to complete it. (THOUGH) (IN SPITE OF)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ .  ___________________________________________________________________________________ .

 Even though we were tired, we got up early and started the trip.

Tired______________________________________________________________________________ .  

Although___________________________________________________________________________ .  

No matter how______________________________________________________________________ .

Though cold and exhausted, Andrew managed to walk home.

 However___________________________________________________________________________ .

 I like fish, but I don’t like catching them myself. (MUCH AS) 

___________________________________________________________________________________ .

8. Although the dog appeared harmless, it was, in fact, quite dangerous.  Harmless___________________________________________________________________________ .

9. Ann felt ill, but insisted on going to work. (REGARDLESS OF)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ .

10. We could not solve the problem of rubbish in spite of working hard.

 Hard______________________________________________________________________________ .

 Work______________________________________________________________________________ . 

No matter how______________________________________________________________________ .

18. You’d better stop spending money, _______ you will end up in debt
A. unless B. otherwise C. if D. in case
19. The people in my class, _____ are very friendly.
A. most of international students B. the most international students
C. almost international students D. mostly international students
20. He is determined to finish the job _____________ long it takes
A. whenever B. whatever C. no matter D. however
21. She _____ for lost time by studying at weekends.
A. got up B. set about C. made up D. put in
22. What is your opinion about Bob’s condition? - I recommend ___________ as much as possible.
A. him rest B. that he rests C. that he rest D. him to rest
23. Alan and Sue ___________ an argument. They are not speaking to each other.
A. must have B. must have had C. might have D. might had
24. ______________________, we tried our best to complete it.
A. As though the homework was difficult B. Thanks to the difficult homework
C. Difficult as the homework was D. Despite the homework was difficult

Câu 40: By next June my elder brother will have been working as a programmer for two years.
A. My elder brother used to work as a programmer for two years.
B. My elder brother has been working as a programmer for two years.
C. My elder brother is working as a programmer at the moment.
D. My elder brother will be working as a programmer for another two years.
Câu 41: Although he was very tired, he agreed to help me with my homework.
A. Tired though he was, but he agreed to help me with my homework.
B. Tired as he was, he agreed to help me with my homework.
C. As tired as was he, he agreed to help me with my homework.
D. Despite being very tired, but he agreed to help me with my homework.
Câu 42: No one in our club can speak English as fluently as Mai.
A. Mai speaks English as fluently as other people in our club.
B. Mai is the worst English speaker in our club.
C. Mai speaks English the most fluently in our club.
D. Mai speaks English more fluently than no one in our club.

I. Complete the following sentences with the words given ( 1 pt )

1/ This homework / not / difficult / as / that homework. 

 …………………………………………………………………………………………….

2/ I / study English / since / I /be /  ten / year / old.

 …………………………………………………………………………………………….

3/ Children/ enjoy / watch / cartoon / because / it / be / funny.

………………………………………………………………………………………………..

4/ My house /be/ different / yours.                       .

…………………………………………………………………………………………………

II.Rewite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning with the first one.(1pt)

1.     No one in my class is better than Nam.

    Nam is ………………………………………………………………………………..

2.     She started playing the piano 5 years ago.

   She has ………………………………………………………………………………

3.     You should study harder for your exam.

    You’d ………………………………………………………………………………….

4.     I like reading comic books.

My hobby ………………………………………………………………………………..

1. I last saw him in 2017

-> I haven’t 

2. The last time we saw our best friends was in 2009.

->We haven’t 

3. They can’t go fishing tomorrow because they have to finish their reports.

-> If they 

4. After finishing my homework, I went to bed.

-> As soon as....................................... .......................................

5. During our dinner, she called us.

-> When. ....................................... .......................................

6. He cleans the doors every week.

->The doors....................................... .......................................

7. Mr Ba often went fishing when he was young.

->Mr Ba used ....................................... .......................................

8. When did you start learning French?

->How long....................................... .......................................