III. Combines these pairs of sentences. Use connectives because, as, since.

1. There was an accident that caused a traffic jam. My father went to his office late.

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2. The weather was so bad. We had to cancel our trip.

3. You can not drink water from that well. It is impure.

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4. Some rare animals were killed. Somebody burned the forest.

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5. The Dong Nai River is polluted. Many factories let their waste chemicals run directly into the river.

6. People need to purify the water in the river. It is so dirty and polluted.

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7. They came to the bus stop late. They missed the school bus.

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8. Some parts of the Sai Gon River were polluted by oil. There was a ship accident last week.

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9. The students felt quite sorry. They missed the lecture on protecting our environment.

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10. The local authorities encourage the citizens to plant more trees in the city. Trees can give shadows and purify the polluted air.

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Tìm lỗi sai: I was stuck at that traffic jam for hours!

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1. I was stuck at that traffic jam for hours!               ........................

2. There were no clouds on the sky                       ..........................

3. Matthew was in work when I called                        .........................

4. Megan will be on the office from nine to four.            ............................

5. Rachel is to her desk                                         ..............................

6. There will be many new people on the party              ..........................

7. The food is in the table                                         ...............................

8The keys were not to his pocket.                          ...................................

9. She looked in herself  and smiled happily            ............................

10. The books were at the shelf                          ...............................

1. How long/ it/ take/ get through/ worst/ traffic jam?
A. How long it take for get through worst traffic jam?
B. How long do it take to get through worst traffic jam?
C. How long does it take to get through the worse traffic jam?
D. How long does it take to get through the worst traffic jam?
2. It/ take/ me/ 15 minutes/ walk home/ from/ train station.
A. It take me 15 minutes walk home from the train station.
B. It takes me 15 minutes to walk home from the train station.
C. It take me 15 minutes walks home from train station.
D. It take me 15 minutes to walks home from the train station.
3. Max/ frighten/ by the film/ that he couldn’t sleep/ night.
A. Max were so frightened by the film that he couldn’t sleep in night.
B. Max was so frightening by the film that he couldn’t sleep in night.
C. Max was so frightened by the film that he couldn’t sleep at night.
D. Max frighten the film that he couldn’t sleep at night.
4. The festival/ take/ place/ every year/ the end/ August.
A. The festival takes place every year at the end of August.
B. The festival take place every year at the end of August.
C. The festival taked place every year at the end of August.
D. The festival take place every year at the end August.
5. Christmas / be / one / most famous / religious festivals / the world.
A. Christmas is one of the most famous religious festivals in the world.
B. Christmas is one of the most famous religious festivals on the world.
C. Christmas are one of the most famous religious festivals in the world.
D. Christmas is one of most famous religious festivals in the world.
6. My family and I / go / Thailand / last April / take part / the Songkran Festival.
A. My family and I go to Thailand last April to take part in the Songkran Festival.
B. My family and I went to Thailand last April to take part the Songkran Festival.
C. My family and I went to Thailand last April to take part in the Songkran Festival.
D. My family and I went Thailand last April to take part in the Songkran Festival.
7. It/ important/ us/ learn/ use/ roads properly/ safely.
A. It is important for us to learn to use the roads properly and safely.
B. It is important to us to learn use the roads properly and safely.
C. It is important for us to learn use the roads properly safely.
D. It is important to us to learn to use the roads properly and safely.
8. Mai/ used/ go/ school/ foot/ when/ she/ primary school.
A. Mai used to go to school on foot when she was in primary school.
B. Mai used to go to school by foot when she was in primary school.
C. Mai used to go to school on foot when she is in primary school.
D. Mai used to go school on foot when she was in primary school.
9. Despite/ good/ English,/ he /was/ not/ chosen.
A. Although his English good, he wasn’t chosen.
B. Although his English was good, he wasn’t chosen.
C. Although his English was good, he was chosen.
D. Although his good English, he wasn’t chosen.
10. We/ look carefully/ right/ left/ crossing/ roads.
A. We must look carefully right or left after crossing the roads.
B. We must look carefully right or left before crossing the roads.
C. We must look carefully right and left after crossing the roads.
D. We must look carefully right and left before crossing the roads.

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

17. We were stuck in a traffic jam on the freeway for two hours.

A. traffic congestion   B. traffic rules             C. situation                  D. highway

18. "Mr. Bean’s Holiday" is a hilarious film. I was laughing from beginning to end.

A. violent                    B. very funny              C. moving                   D. frightening