1.    Not more than a thousand people live in the village, most

A thousand people ……………………………………………………… live in the village.

2.    In the film, the car explodes and we don’t know if Murray is alive or not. up

In the film, the car ……………………………………………………… and we don’t know if Murray is alive or not.

3.    There are lots of strange fish on the sea bed. bottom

There are lots of strange fish ……………………………………………………… the sea.

4.    The fire stopped burning in the middle of the night. out

The fire ……………………………………………………… in the middle of the night.

5.    Could you help me hang this ‘DO NOT LITTER’ sign? up

Could you help me ……………………………………………………… this ‘DO NOT LITTER’ sign?

6.    We need to increase people’s awareness about the environment. build

We need to …………………………………………………… people’s awareness about the environment

7.    One small sign isn’t going to stop people from entering the wood! keep

One small sign isn’t going to ……………………………………………………… of the wood!

8.    Please extinguish that cigarette right now! out

Please ……………………………………………………… that cigarette right now!

9.    Are you okay carrying that box or do you want to stop carrying it for a while? down

Are you okay carrying that box or do you want to ……………………………………………..for a while?

10.  Let’s tidy these clothes before Mum gets home. clear

Let’s ……………………………………………………… before Mum gets home.

II. Choose A, B, C or D for each gap in the following sentences.

1.     We ­­­­­­­­­_________ in a house in the countryside.

A live             B. living               C. lives                 D. are live

2.     It’s hot today. I don’t want to stay at home. I want _________ swimming.

A.   go              B. to go                C. going                D. goes

3.     Listen! _________ he singing in the bathroom?

A.   Does                   B. Is                     C. Do                   D. Are

4.     My mother likes _________ our summer holiday at the seaside.

A.   spend        B. spends             C. spending          D. is spending

5.     Where are you, Hoa?

-         I’m downstairs. I _________ to music.

A.   to listen     B. listen                C. am listening     D. listens

6.     What do you usually_________ for breakfast?

A.   to have      B. have                 C. having              D. has

7.     My close friend is ready _________ things with her classmates.

A.   to share     B. share                C. sharing             D. shares

8.     Last year, I _________ with my family in a big house in Tuyen Quang.

A.   to live        B. live                   C. living               D. lived

9.     My friend, Nga is very hard-working. She _________ most of her time studying last year.

A.   to spend    B. spends             C. spending          D. spent 

10.       This Saturday we _________ to the Art Museum.

A.   go              B. is going            C. are going                   D. went

2. The President’s speech was broadcast _______ on TV yesterday.

A. live                         B. alive                                    C. lively                                   D. immediately

3. Do you _______ the Internet useful?

A. think                       B. guess                                   C. find                                     D. wish

4. What do you feel like _______ when you have free time?
A. to do                       B. do                                       C. doing                                  D. A & C

5. Nobody understands what he says, _______?

A. does it                    B. doesn’t it                            C. do they                               D. don’t they

6. TV, radio, newspapers are _______.

A. big medium            B. big media                            C. mass medium                      D. mass media

7. You need a password to get _______ to the computer system.

A. access                     B. information                         C. programs                             D. connection

8. She spends hours every day just _______ the Net.

A. making                   B. breaking                              C. surfing                                D. looking

9. What benefits does TV bring about to people’s life?

A. events                     B. advantages                         C. programs                             D. news

10. Some people think using the Internet is very _______ because it takes a lot of time.    

A. convenient              B. informative                         C. time-consuming                  D. interesting 

11. Excuse me. Do you allow _______ in this area?
A. to smoking             B. smoke                                 C. smoking                              D. to smoke

12. Have you read this article _______ the website?

A. in                            B. at                                        C. on                                       D. for

13. I don’t like watching action films. I think they are so _______.

A. violent                    B. romantic                             C. peaceful                              D. funny

14. Remote controls are used to _______ with TV.

A. invent                       B. develop                             C. interact                               D. respond

15. What is your response _______ this forum?

A. about                      B. for                                       C. with                                                D. to

16. Everyone is present here, _______?

A. isn’t he                   B. isn’t she                              C. aren’t they                          D. are they

17. Nobody can deny the benefits of internet in our life. _______, internet also has limitations.

A. Therefore                B. So                                       C. However                             D. Besides

18. Before newspapers were invented, _______ would go through the city streets ringing the bell.

A. designers                B. writers                                C. town criers                          D. poets

19. “Do you like watching the news, Jimmy?” - “_______. It’s very informative.”

A. Yes, I do                B. Not really                           C. No, I don’t                                     D. Quite the opposite

20. “Do you find it very interesting to travel alone?” - “_______”

A. Never mind.           B. Yes, you’re welcome.        C. What a pity!                        D. No, not at all.

Choose the best answer A, B , C, or D  to complete each sentence

14. I don’t like that house. I would hate__________ there.

A. live                            B. living                         C.  lived                D. to have lived

15. I caught her---------- my diary.

A. reading                      B. read                  C. to read              D. have read

16. They spent two months------------- their house.

A. renew                        B. renewed           C. renewing          D. to renew

17. It takes three hours----------- to Paris.

A. getting                       B. get                    C. got                   D. to get

18. I enjoy__________ to the park on summer evenings.

A. to go                          B. going                         C. being gone        D. go

19. I don’t enjoy ----------- at by other people.

A. to laugh                     B. to be laughed      

C. being laughed             D. laughing

20. Did you come here ………….car or on foot?

A. on           B. by           C. in                     D. into

21. Sometimes I’d like__________ to play the piano.

A. to learn                      B. learn                          C. learning            D. to have learned

22. The country air is fresh. .................., it is not polluted.

A. However                    B. Moreover          C. Whenever                  D. Beside
23. ................ she spoke slowly, I couldn't understand her.

A. Since                         B. Although          C. If                      D. As
24. He never goes to bed .................... he finishes his homework.

 A. unless                       B. when                C. while                D. if

Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.

1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.

A. has lived     B. is living       C. was living   D. has been living

2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.

A. don’t see    B. haven’t seen                       C. didn’t see   D. hadn’t seen

3. The train ______ half an hour ago.

A. has been leaving                 B. left              C. has left                    D. had left

4. Jack ______ the door.

A. has just painted                  B. paint           C. will have painted    D. painting

5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.

A. is looking    B. was looking                        C. has been looking D. looked

6. I ______ Texas State University now.

A. am attending                      B. attend        

C. was attending                     D. attended

7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.

A. ten years ago                      B. since ten years        C. for ten years ago     D. for ten years

8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.

A. discovered     B. has discovered    C. had discovered       D. had been discovering

9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.

A. run              B. runs             C. was running            D. had run

10. We _______ there when our father died.

A. still lived    B. lived still     C. was still lived         D. was still living

11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.

A. will play     B. will be playing                    C. play             D. would play

13. I _______ in the room right now.

A. am being     B. was being   C. have been being      D. am

14. I ______ to New York three times this year.

A. have been   B. was             C. were                        D. had been

15. I’ll come and see you before I _______ for the States.

      A. leave           B. will leave    C. have left                 D. shall leave

16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.

      A. has happened                     B. happened   

      C. had happened                     D. would have been happened

17. John ______ a book when I saw him.

      A. is reading    B. read            C. was reading                 D. reading

18. He said he _______ return later.

      A. will             B. would         C. can              D. would be

19. Jack ________ the door.

      A. has just opened                  B. open           

      C. have opened                       D. opening

20. I have been waiting for you ______ .

A. since early morning            B. since 9 a.m    

C. for two hours                      D. All are correct

21. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.

A. leave           B. left              C. leaves          D. had left

23. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week.

A. was reading                        B. wrote          C. was written D. had written

25. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.

A. try               B. tried            C. have tried   D. am trying

26. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.

A. he had left B. he left         C. he has left   D. he was left

27. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag.

A. had             B. had had      C. have has      D. have had

29. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.

A. walking      B. walked        C. walks          D. walk

30. Henry _______ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.

A. was going   B. went           C. has gone     D. did go

31. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.

A. finish          B. finishes       C. will finish   D. finishing

Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.

1. When I last saw him, he in London.

A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living

2. We Dorothy since last Saturday.

A. don’t see B. haven’t seen C. didn’t see D. hadn’t seen

3. The train half an hour ago.

A. has been leaving B. left C. has left D. had left

4. Jack the door.

A. has just painted B. paint C. will have painted D. painting

5. My sister for you since yesterday.

A. is looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. looked

6. I Texas State University now.

A. am attending B. attend

C. was attending D. attended

7. He has been selling motorbikes .

A. ten years ago B. since ten years C. for ten years ago D. for ten years

8. Christopher Columbus American more than 500 years ago.

A. discovered B. has discovered C. had discovered D. had been discovering

9. He fell down when he towards the church.

A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run

10. We there when our father died.

A. still lived B. lived still C. was still lived D. was still living

11. They table tennis when their father comes back home.

A. will play B. will be playing C. play D. would play

12. By Christmas, I for Mr. Smith for six years.

A. will have been working B. will work C. have been working D. will be working

13. I in the room right now.

A. am being B. was being C. have been being D. am

14. I to New York three times this year.

A. have been B. was C. were D. had been

15. I’ll come and see you before I for the States.

A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave

16. The little girl asked what to her friend.

A. has happened B. happened

C. had happened D. would have been happened

17. John a book when I saw him.

A. is reading B. read C. was reading D. reading

18. He said he _ return later.

A. will B. would C. can D. would be

19. Jack the door.

A. has just opened B. open

C. have opened D. opening

20. I have been waiting for you .

A. since early morning B. since 9 a.m

C. for two hours D. All are correct

21. Almost everyone for home by the time we arrived.

A. leave B. left C. leaves D. had left

22. By the age of 25, he two famous novels.

A. wrote B. writes C. has written D. had written

23. When her husband was in the army, Mary to him twice a week.

A. was reading B. wrote C. was written D. had written

24. I couldn’t cut the grass because the lawn mower a few days previously.

A. broke down B. has been broken

C. had broken down D. breaks down

25. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I to play.

A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying

26. Since , I have heard nothing from him.

A. he had left B. he left C. he has left D. he was left

27. After I lunch, I looked for my bag.

A. had B. had had C. have has D. have had

28. By the end of next year, George English for two years.

A. will have learned B. will learn

C. has learned D. would learn

29. The man got out of the car, round to the back and opened the book.

A. walking B. walked C. walks D. walk

30. Henry into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.

A. was going B. went C. has gone D. did go

31. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he dinner.

A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. finishing

32. I will be glad if he with us.

A. had gone B. did go C. went D. goes

33 Ask her to come and see me when she her work.

A. finish B. has finished C. finished D. finishing

34. Turn off the gas. Don’t you see that the kettle ?

A. boil B. boils C. is boiling D. boiled

35. Tom and Mary for Vietnam tomorrow.

A. leave B. are leaving C. leaving D. are left

36. He always for a walk in the evening.

A. go B. is going C. goes D. going

37. Her brother in Canada at present.

A. working B. works C. is working D. work

38. I to the same barber since last year.

A. am going B. have been going C. go D. had gone

39. Her father when she was a small girl.

A. dies B. died C. has died D. had died

40. Last week, my professor promised that he today.

A. would come B. will come C. comes D. coming

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions

We don’t care whether Nick leaves or stays

A. We don’t want Nick to leave or stay 

B. Whether Nick leaves or stays is important to us

C. We don’t know whether Nick wants to leave or stay

D. It makes no difference to us whether Nick leaves or stays

31. we can eat at home or …….you prefer, we can go to the restaurant. a. when ​b. whether ​c. if ​d. which 32. If it is raining this evening, I …… a. will go out ​b. don’t go out ​c. go out ​d. won’t go out 33. Minh’s English is excellent. He speaks ……..... a. perfectly English b. English perfectly ​c. perfect English ​d. English perfect 34. I’m disappointed……people have spoiled this area. a. that ​b. when ​c. if ​d. how 35. He …..... to find a job but he had no luck. a. hardly tried ​b. tried hardly ​c. hard tried ​d. tried hard 36. We couldn’t go on a picnic as planed …...........it was raining hard a. however ​b. but ​c. because ​d. as 37. Kien Thuc Ngay Nay is one of the most popular magazines. a. liked ​b. disliked ​ ​c. daily ​d. known 38. You should clear ……….all the trash on ground before living. a. over ​b. out ​c. off ​d. up 39. Most of the villagers rely on farming for …..........… a. production ​b. income ​c. payment ​d. spending 40. What about using public buses ….......... motorbikes? a. replacing for ​b. in spite of ​c. instead of ​d. instead for 41. The sale of alcohol to young people is …...........by law. a. forced​b. discussed ​c. prohibited ​d. fined 42. Because plastic bags are very hard to……....they will cause pollution. A. dissolve ​b. wrap ​c. tear ​d. collect 43. Crops are sprayed with …… to kill insects a. fertilizer ​b. manure ​ ​c. dung ​d. pesticide 44. I think people should use tree leaves for ………..food. a. wrapping ​b. rolling ​c. making ​d. recycling 45. We have to make our spoiled food to the ……… a. butcher’s ​b. garbage dump ​c. beach ​d. picnic 46. Industry, vehicles and garbage disposal account for …………. a. water pollution b. pollution of oil ​ c. air pollution ​d. pollution of river 47. If you …………. Joanna, ask her to come and see me a. meet ​b. will meet ​c. met ​d. can meet 48. He asked me ……….. I believed the ghosts. a. when ​b. if ​c. whether ​d. both a and b 49. I’m late, ………..? a. I am ​b. are I ​c. am I not ​d. aren’t I 50. Sue likes ………the kitchen as often as possible. a. to cleaning ​b. cleaning ​c. that I clean ​d. clean