Look carefully at each line. Some lines are correct, but some have a word which should not be there. Tick each correct line. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the space.

THIS IS MY HOBBY

0. If I had to say it what my hobby is, I suppose the answer would -> it

00. have to be reading. It all started in early childhood when my -> v

1. father used to enjoy much making up stories for my brother and ->

2. myself. This was a hugely popular every night at bedtime. As we ->

3. grew older, we turned to books and by the time I was ten, I had ->

4. a large collection of these children's literature. Ever since I can ->

5. remember, I have read about a book a week and I am get through ->

6. lots and lots of such magazines too. I especially enjoy reading in bed ->

7. and if I am really enjoying a book, I will stay up all night to finish it. But ->

8. I also tend to fill my spare up time with reading. You will often see ->

9. me reading on the bus, for example, or if I am waiting from in a queue. ->

10. I never go anywhere without have something to read. I actually ->

11. collect magazines and I have a room at home filled with them. I even ->

12. buy magazines written in languages that I don't know them, just for ->

13. the pleasure given of looking at the pictures and seeing the way ->

14. how they are designed. It will come as no great surprise, therefore, ->

15. if I will tell you that my main ambition in life is to become an editor. ->

1) She was tired. She.................. for a long time

A. Has been learning B. had been learning C. learned D. was learning

2) Before the prime Minister leaves New Your he............ several talks.

A. will have had B. would have C. will be having D. has

3) We had just got out of car when it................ to set fire.

A. has begun B. had begun C. was beginning D. began

We walked for ten kilometers and then we stopped A to have B. have Question 14: It is raining hard. We had better C. having at home tonight. D. has A staying B. to stay Question 15: 1 play with dolls when I was small. D. to be stay A. enjoyed B. hated C. started D. used to Question 16: If we don't do anything the ice on the poles from melting, the ea flooded one day. A. for stop B. to stopping C. to stop D. stop Question 17: The pollution rate in this area seems slowly. A increase B. increasing C. to increase D. to be in Question 18: Your hair is too long now. It needs A. to cut D. to be cutt B. cutting me a job. C. being cut Question 19: I expected them A. offer Question 20: Tom said that he could me with this assignment. B. offering C. to be offered D. to offer A. helped B. helping Question 21: John made me a lot with his hilarious jokes. C. to help D. help A. laughing B. to laugh C. laugh D. laughed Question 22: I'd like all of you to enjoy my party on this Friday. A. to invite B. inviting C. invite D. not invite Question 23: We expect Linh to the airport late as the plane will take off in 15 min D. coming A. to come B. not to come Question 24: I'm happy that you've passed your driving test. Congratulations! A. not hearing C. not coming B. hear C. hearing D. to hear Question 25: My mother said that she would rather to Hoi An than Nha Trang. C. not to travel. D. travel A. to travel B. travelling Question 26: I allow my little daughter with her friends in the flower garden. A. not to play B. to play C. playing D. play Question 27: You'd better out with your friends as it is very dangerous in the evenin A. went D. to go B. go C. going Question 28: My parents let my sister camping with her friends in the mountain. A. not go B. going C. go Question 29: We intend him the truth for fear that he'll fly into a fit of madness.

Choose the correct answer:

1. Astronauts___ in their spaceship, but they frrequently work outside now.

A. were used to stay

B. used to stay

C. were staying

D. had used to stay

2. People___ that the earth is round before

A. were not used to believe

B. used to believing

C. would not use to believe

D. did not use to believe

3. Tuberculosis___ incurable before

A. use to the thought

B. used to be thought

C. use to think

4. Newton___ scientific books when he was a boy

A. used to read

B. has read

C. had read

D. had been reading

5. It is taking me a long time to___ speaking Norwegian

A. get used to

B. be used to

C. used to

D. use to

Help me!!! ≧◠◡◠≦✌

1) choose the best answer :

1. the teacher asked tom ..................

a. if had he any hobbies b. that he had any hobbies c. had he got any hobbies d. if he had any hobbies

2. they said that the problem .........................soon

a. will be solved b. had solved c. is being solved d. would be solved

3. the teacher asked her why she ..............the test

a. didn't do b. hasn't done c. doesn't do d. won't do

4. our teacher said that we .........an english test the following week

a. will have b. would have c. have had d. had

5. " when will the final exam be taken ? " - bill wanted to know........................

a. when will the final exam be taken b. when the final exam will be taken

c. when would the final exam be taken d. when the fianl exam would be taken

6. " are you planning to enter law school ? " - i asked Martha......................

a. whether she is planning to enter law school b. if she was planning to enter law school

c. is she planning to enter law school d. was she planning to enter law school

7. if you learn this lesson carefully , you .............the exam

a. can pass b. passing c. passed d. would pass

8. he told me.......................

a. to think well before i answer b. to think well before i will answer

c. think well before i answered d. to think well before i answered

PASSIVE VOICE

I. Choose the best option to complete each sentence.

1. "Are we about to have dinner?". "Yes, it _____ in the dinning room".

A. is serving B. serves C. is being served D. served

2. "The maintenance people didn't remove the chairs from the ballroom".

"Don't worry. They _____ them before the dance begins".

A. will have been moved B. will have moved C. were moved D. moved

3. Gold_____ in California in the nineteenth century.

A. was discovered B. has been discovered C. was discover D. they discovered

4. _____ that military spending is extremely high.

A. We are felt B. It feels C. It is felt D. We feel that it is

5. All planes_____ before departure.

A. will checked B. will has checked C. will be checked D. will been checked

6. I wanted_____ by the head of the company, but it was impossible.

A. to see B. to be seen C. seeing D. being to see

7. The whole building _____ after the earthquake.

A. the fire is said to completely destroyed. B. is said to have been completely destroyed.

C. was said to have completely destroyed. C. said to have completely destroyed.

8. This house _____ before 1970 by my grandfather.

A. built B. was built C. had built D. had been built

9. The robbers _____by the police.

A. Have arrested B. Have been arrested C. Was arrested D. Had arrested

10. Robert always hates _____by other children.

A. teasing B. being teased C. to be teased D. to tease

11. The student _____ for lying by the teacher this morning.

A. Has been punished B. Punished C. Is punished D. Was punished

12. The inmates of the juvenile home_____well by their caretakers.

A. Were not being treated B. Were not treating C. Have not being treated D. Was not being treated

13. Her homework _____ before her mother asked her to do so.

A. hasdone B. has been done C. had been done D. had done

14. The injured _____ to the hospital in an ambulance.

A. Were taking B. Was taking C. Have taken D. Were taken

15. We can’t go along here because the road _____.

A. is repairing B. is repaired C. is being repaired D. repaires

16. Our rooms _____ by Sam now.

A. was repaired B. are being repaired C. were being repaired D. Have been repaired

17. Why don’t you have the roof _____ your brother?

A repaired B. repair C. repairs D. to repair

18. The man died because medical help was not summoned. A doctor should _____.

A. be have called B. been called C. be called D. have been called

19. My baby _____ a bath when you called.

A. was taking B. was being taken C. had taken D. Had been taken

20. Many US automobiles _____ in Detroit, Michigan.

A. manufacture B. have manufactured C. are manufactured D. are manufacturing

IX.  Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first sentence.

1.   I’ve never had to wait this long for a bus before.

→  This is _____________________________________________________________________

2.   Remember to take note of what the tour guide said.

→  Remember to put_____________________________________________________________

3.   It took us more than 3 hours to discover the inner Hanoi.

→  We spent ___________________________________________________________________

4.   No other book is more popular than Dickens’ “David Copperfield”.

→  Dickens’ “David Copperfield” is ________________________________________________

5.   Why don’t you consider our suggestion before making official decision?

→  Why don’t you think _________________________________________________________

6.   Watching TV is not as important as doing homework.

→  Doing homework ____________________________________________________________

7.   My friend plays piano brilliantly.

→  My friend is ________________________________________________________________

8.   I find most of the young men of my own age so boring.

→  I feel______________________________________________________________________            

1. If I were rich, I would be very happy.

----> Were ....

2. He was so sick that he had to be taken to hospital.

----> So ....

3. The unknown soldiers lie here. 

-----> Here ...

4. She has never been in such an embarrassing situation before. 

----> Never before ....

5. Many beautiful rose bushes grew in the garden of the palace.

----> In the garden ...

6. If the workers had worked harder, they would have received the bonus.

-----> Had ....

7. She had hardly begun to speak before people started interrupting her.

-----> Hardly ....