A. GRAMMAR

I. Rewrite the sentences. Use the words in brackets.

~ You can start training a few weeks before the marathon providing you’ve been running regularly for at least a year before that. (on condition that)

...You can start training a few weeks before the marathon on condition that you’ve been running regularly for at least a year before that…

7.      Don’t consider running a marathon if you aren’t in good physical condition. (unless) 

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8.      Don’t leave training until just before the marathon because you might injure yourself. (in case)

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9.      Take time off from running every week or else your body will not have a chance to rest. (otherwise) 

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10.   Provided that you train carefully, you can avoid injury. (as long as)

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11.   If you are sensible, you should run a marathon safely and successfully. (assuming) 

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II.    Underline the correct answer.

It’s a long journey, so I’m going to take some sandwiches (12) in case / as long as we get hungry. I think we’ll enjoy it (13) unless / as long as we have some good magazines to read. We should get there at about seven, (14) in case / providing that the traffic is all right. I won’t phone you (15) as long as / unless there’s a problem.

Don’t meet us at the bus station (16) provided that / unless you really want to. We can easily walk to your house from there. I’ll bring the map (17) in case / as long as I can’t remember the way. I’m really looking forward to seeing you! It will be great to walk round Edinburgh again (18) provided that / in case it doesn’t rain!

III.  Underline the correct answer.

19.   If she didn’t die / hadn’t died so young, she would be / would have been a famous musician now.

20.   You should relax. If you didn’t work / hadn’t worked so hard all the time, you wouldn’t be / wouldn’t have been ill last year.

21.   If he didn’t waste / hadn’t wasted so much money in his youth, he could be / could have been a wealthy man now.

22.   If I have been / were a more sensitive person, I wouldn’t upset / wouldn’t have upset her in the way that I did.

23.   If they really want / wanted to emigrate, they would move / would have moved to another country by now.

24.   If he worked / had worked harder last month, he wouldn’t be / wouldn’t have been so busy now.

25.   I wouldn’t be doing / wouldn’t have been doing this job today if I knew / had known how boring it would be.

26.   If the train wasn’t delayed / hadn’t been delayed, we will be / would be there now.

27.   If the passenger didn’t forget / hadn’t forgotten her passport, she would be boarding / would have been boarding the plane now.

28.   If you followed / had followed the diet your doctor gave you, you might not be / might not have been ill now.

III. Rewrite the following as mixed conditional sentences as in the example

0. He is not an honest person so he didn’t tell the truth.

           …If he were an honest person, he would have told the truth…                                               

29.   They were awake all night so they are tired now.

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30.   You didn’t tell me earlier so we are not going to the cinema tonight.

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31.   She didn’t cancel the milk so the milkman keeps delivering it.

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32.   The ship left Plymouth yesterday so it will be in Spain now.

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33.   They were painting the house all day so they are covered in paint now.

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34.   She didn’t do her homework so she’s in trouble with her teacher.

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35.   She is so disorganized that she missed the deadline.

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36.   The children were playing in the garden all day so they are very dirty now.

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37.   He doesn’t take his job seriously so he wasn’t promoted.

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B. VOCABULARY

I. Fill the gaps using the past tense of verbs from the box.

38.   My car was five years old, so I ………………………… it and ………………………… a new one.

39.   I was very sad when I ………………………… my watch in the street. It was a present from my wife and it ………………………… her a lot of money. Fortunately, somebody ………………………… it the next day and took it to a Police Station.

40.   I ………………………… over £2,000 for my computer, but it isn’t worth very much now.

41.   My father ………………………… me £50 last week but I ………………………… most of it on a ticket for a concert on Friday.

42.   Last week somebody ………………………… £1,000 in a game on television. It was incredibly exciting.

43.   I’m afraid I ………………………… my money on those CDs because I never play them. 

C. READING

Look at the sentences below about an unusual school. Read the text on the next page to decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, choose A. If it is not correct, choose B.

70.       Ashton-on-Mersey School is very close to Manchester United’s football ground.

71.       Young players join Manchester United from many different countries.

72.       Some young players start playing for the main team when they are 16 years old.

73.       Most young players go on to become professional footballers.

74.       Some football clubs allow their young players to stop studying.

75.       At Manchester United, young players have some experience of normal teenage life.

76.       Manchester United’s young players have classes at school every day.

77.       The Manchester United students don’t have to follow all the school rules.

78.       The main advantage for the school is that it receives money from the football club.

                                           FOOTBALL STARS AT SCHOOL

Can you imagine being a famous football star but still attending school every Monday morning as usual? That’s what some students at Ashton-on-Mersey School in England do!

The school is about 7 km from Old Trafford, the famous sports stadium that is home to Manchester United Football Club. The club takes talented teenagers from all over the world. These young players come to the club to train. Even though teenage players are following their dreams of being sports stars, football clubs recognise that education should still be an important part of their lives. After all, only a small number of young players will go on to have successful professional careers in the sport, because only the best ones go on to join the main team. And although footballers can play professionally from the age of 16, most don’t join professional teams until they are older.

All football clubs have to make sure players under 18 are getting an education, but many choose to do this by organising classes at the club. At Manchester United, however, young players go to a normal school where they can enjoy at least some parts of typical teenage life. That’s why at Ashton-on-Mersey School you can see people who played against Arsenal or Liverpool on Saturday sitting down to classes with all the other students on Monday morning. 

The Manchester United students have classes two days a week and study a range of different subjects. The rest of the week, they are busy training and preparing for games. But they still follow the rules like all the other students in the school. They are encouraged to feel part of the school, and they are also expected to set a good example to younger students.

There are many benefits to the school from their arrangement with Manchester United. The football club has given money to the school, which has helped it to provide a better education for all its students. Perhaps more importantly, seeing successful young players in the school can encourage younger students to try hard to do well and achieve their own dreams. There are also unexpected benefits sometimes, too. Successful players often return to visit the school to give talks to students. When one French-speaking player came back to visit, he was invited to join a French class for the day, and students were all keen to ask him questions! Chatting to an international football star really helped the students improve their language skills!

III. Read the following  passage and do the tasks below : 

Tet holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh chung, which is the traditional cake, and kinds of jam. On the New Year's Eve, the whole family gets together for the reunion dinner. On New Year morning, all the members of the family pay their respects to the elders by beautiful words. In return, they receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes. Then people go to visit the neighbors, friends and relatives.

     A. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:

1. __________________days before the festival, people make Banh chung.

A. One                  B. Two                 C. Three               D. One or two

2. People go to visit the__________________ .

A. neighbors and friends                             B. neighbors, a friend and relatives

C. neighbors, friends and relatives      D. neighbor, friends and relatives

B.  Answer the questions:

1. When is Tet holiday celebrated in Viet Nam?

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2. What do they do on the New Year's Eve?

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3. Who give lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes?

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PART D - WRITING

I. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the sentence before:

1. Hung drives more carefully than his brother.

→ Hung’s brother drives less  .................................................................................

2. It takes Long two hours to do his homework every day.

→ Long spends ...........................................................................................................

3. My sister started learning English 5 years ago.

→ My sister has .......................................................................................................

4. Finding an apartment in a big city is not easy.

→ It is not .....................................................................................................................

5. You are not allowed to leave the room without permission.

→ You mustn’t…………………………………………..............................………

1/ She can’t be employed because she doesn’t have a college degree.

®  If _____________________________________________

2/ I don’t have enough money. I can’t go on a long holiday this year.

® If ______________________________________________

3/ He is very slow, so we won’t give his such an important task.

® ______________________________________________

4/ I’ll have to work this Sunday, so I shan’t join your picnic.

® If ______________________________________________

5/ He works overtime to get more money because he has to pay father’s debt.

® If ______________________________________________

6/ Be careful or you will make accidents.

IF…………………………………………………………..

II. Rearrange the sentences using the following words:

1. Thanks to/ technology/,/can now/ for/ preserve/ our/ culture/ we/ future generations/./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. At Huong pagoda/ ,/ we/ Buddha/ to worship/ a tray/ of/ fruit/ offer/ him/./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. beautiful/ Sa Pa’s/ the world/ terraced fields/ in/ the most/ are among/./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. Life in/ changed/ countryside/ the/ has/ over/ the past ten years/ a lot/./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. I/ in/ Nha Trang/ the/ My family/ went/ and/ to/ 2011/ Sea Festival/./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

III. Make sentences using the words and phrases given:

1. She/will/ need/ brush/ if/ want/paint/her room./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. A buffalo/ plough/ well/ than / a horse./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. Would/they/like/ live/ the city?/

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. What/ you/ do/ this time/ yesterday?/

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. Chu Dong Tu and Giong/ be/ both/ legend/ saints/however/ they/be/ worship/ different/ things./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

III. Read the following  passage and do the tasks below : 

Tet holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh chung, which is the traditional cake, and kinds of jam. On the New Year's Eve, the whole family gets together for the reunion dinner. On New Year morning, all the members of the family pay their respects to the elders by beautiful words. In return, they receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes. Then people go to visit the neighbors, friends and relatives.

     A. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:

1. __________________days before the festival, people make Banh chung.

A. One                  B. Two                 C. Three               D. One or two

2. People go to visit the__________________ .

A. neighbors and friends                             B. neighbors, a friend and relatives

C. neighbors, friends and relatives      D. neighbor, friends and relatives

B.  Answer the questions:

1. When is Tet holiday celebrated in Viet Nam?

.......................................................................................

2. What do they do on the New Year's Eve?

..................................................................................................

3. Who give lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes?

...........................................................................................................

PART D - WRITING

I. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the sentence before:

1. Hung drives more carefully than his brother.

→ Hung’s brother drives less  .................................................................................

2. It takes Long two hours to do his homework every day.

→ Long spends ...........................................................................................................

3. My sister started learning English 5 years ago.

→ My sister has .......................................................................................................

4. Finding an apartment in a big city is not easy.

→ It is not .....................................................................................................................

5. You are not allowed to leave the room without permission.

→ You mustn’t…………………………………………..............................………

1/ She can’t be employed because she doesn’t have a college degree.

®  If _____________________________________________

2/ I don’t have enough money. I can’t go on a long holiday this year.

® If ______________________________________________

3/ He is very slow, so we won’t give his such an important task.

® ______________________________________________

4/ I’ll have to work this Sunday, so I shan’t join your picnic.

® If ______________________________________________

5/ He works overtime to get more money because he has to pay father’s debt.

® If ______________________________________________

6/ Be careful or you will make accidents.

IF…………………………………………………………..

II. Rearrange the sentences using the following words:

1. Thanks to/ technology/,/can now/ for/ preserve/ our/ culture/ we/ future generations/./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. At Huong pagoda/ ,/ we/ Buddha/ to worship/ a tray/ of/ fruit/ offer/ him/./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. beautiful/ Sa Pa’s/ the world/ terraced fields/ in/ the most/ are among/./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. Life in/ changed/ countryside/ the/ has/ over/ the past ten years/ a lot/./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. I/ in/ Nha Trang/ the/ My family/ went/ and/ to/ 2011/ Sea Festival/./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

III. Make sentences using the words and phrases given:

1. She/will/ need/ brush/ if/ want/paint/her room./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. A buffalo/ plough/ well/ than / a horse./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. Would/they/like/ live/ the city?/

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. What/ you/ do/ this time/ yesterday?/

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. Chu Dong Tu and Giong/ be/ both/ legend/ saints/however/ they/be/ worship/ different/ things./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

III. Read the following  passage and do the tasks below : 

Tet holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh chung, which is the traditional cake, and kinds of jam. On the New Year's Eve, the whole family gets together for the reunion dinner. On New Year morning, all the members of the family pay their respects to the elders by beautiful words. In return, they receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes. Then people go to visit the neighbors, friends and relatives.

     A. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:

1. __________________days before the festival, people make Banh chung.

A. One                  B. Two                 C. Three               D. One or two

2. People go to visit the__________________ .

A. neighbors and friends                             B. neighbors, a friend and relatives

C. neighbors, friends and relatives      D. neighbor, friends and relatives

B.  Answer the questions:

1. When is Tet holiday celebrated in Viet Nam?

.......................................................................................

2. What do they do on the New Year's Eve?

..................................................................................................

3. Who give lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes?

...........................................................................................................

PART D - WRITING

I. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the sentence before:

1. Hung drives more carefully than his brother.

→ Hung’s brother drives less  .................................................................................

2. It takes Long two hours to do his homework every day.

→ Long spends ...........................................................................................................

3. My sister started learning English 5 years ago.

→ My sister has .......................................................................................................

4. Finding an apartment in a big city is not easy.

→ It is not .....................................................................................................................

5. You are not allowed to leave the room without permission.

→ You mustn’t…………………………………………..............................………

1/ She can’t be employed because she doesn’t have a college degree.

®  If _____________________________________________

2/ I don’t have enough money. I can’t go on a long holiday this year.

® If ______________________________________________

3/ He is very slow, so we won’t give his such an important task.

® ______________________________________________

4/ I’ll have to work this Sunday, so I shan’t join your picnic.

® If ______________________________________________

5/ He works overtime to get more money because he has to pay father’s debt.

® If ______________________________________________

6/ Be careful or you will make accidents.

IF…………………………………………………………..

II. Rearrange the sentences using the following words:

1. Thanks to/ technology/,/can now/ for/ preserve/ our/ culture/ we/ future generations/./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. At Huong pagoda/ ,/ we/ Buddha/ to worship/ a tray/ of/ fruit/ offer/ him/./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. beautiful/ Sa Pa’s/ the world/ terraced fields/ in/ the most/ are among/./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. Life in/ changed/ countryside/ the/ has/ over/ the past ten years/ a lot/./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. I/ in/ Nha Trang/ the/ My family/ went/ and/ to/ 2011/ Sea Festival/./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

III. Make sentences using the words and phrases given:

1. She/will/ need/ brush/ if/ want/paint/her room./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. A buffalo/ plough/ well/ than / a horse./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. Would/they/like/ live/ the city?/

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. What/ you/ do/ this time/ yesterday?/

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. Chu Dong Tu and Giong/ be/ both/ legend/ saints/however/ they/be/ worship/ different/ things./

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

Giúp e với ạ

I. Complete the sentences with the suitable particles.

1. Doctor carter will stand..................doctor Smith in the maternity ward, who is on a study tour abroad.

2. These student are picked....................horn no less than 50 applicants for the scholarship.

3. Ordering other people in the family...................seems to run in his blood as he was a commander in the army for ten years.

4. The heavy blow on the head left the Vietnamese fighter in a coma for two weeks. Happily, thanks to the best medical care he pulled.....................

5. Try rubbing some detergent into the cloth to take......................the stain.

Read the text and choose the best answers.

In Vietnam, Mid-Autumn Festival is a great celebration for children. It ( 17 )__________ on the 15th of the eighth lunar month, ( 18 ) __________ preparation starts a few weeks before that: teenagers ( 19 )__________ to make beautiful lanterns. On the day, adults prepare fruits and cakes ( 20 )__________ children. The ( 21 )__________ part of the celebration is in the evening. Children walk around their neighborhood with their lanterns before enjoying the food together.

21.

 A.

least

 B.

most

 C.

all

 D.

best

Read the text and choose the best answers.

In Vietnam, Mid-Autumn Festival is a great celebration for children. It ( 17 )__________ on the 15th of the eighth lunar month, ( 18 ) __________ preparation starts a few weeks before that: teenagers ( 19 )__________ to make beautiful lanterns. On the day, adults prepare fruits and cakes ( 20 )__________ children. The ( 21 )__________ part of the celebration is in the evening. Children walk around their neighborhood with their lanterns before enjoying the food together.

20.

 A.

of

 B.

with

 C.

for

 D.

in

Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the correct affirmative, negative or interrogative form of the present perfect continuous.

1 My eyes are sore. I ________ computer games for too long!

2 We ________for weeks so that we can pay for our next holiday.

3 I'm so happy you phoned. I ________ about you all day

4 I love the new sitcom on BBC1. ________ you ________it?

5 She recently bought a new bike, but she ________it much.

6 Maybe her phone is broken. She ________ my calls.

7 My hands are cold because we ________ a snowman.

8 I hope they enjoy the food. I ________  for hours!

• Read the texts about five people working with animals and the questions below. For each question choose the correct person. The people may be chosen more than once.

A. Veterinary surgeon – Seb Prior

Seb sees a huge variety of creatures in his role as a veterinary surgeon. He says, “Anything can come through the door; you just wouldn’t believe it. We do general pet care and, because the clinic’s so close to a road, I spend lots of time dealing with animals who’ve been hit by cars. I spend half my day in the clinic and a half doing operations, which is a nice mix. I like being able to get out and reach people – being able to talk to them and answer their questions is a huge part of the job. You can be the best surgeon in the world but if you can’t talk to the clients, that’s a huge problem. You need patience and understanding for the people and the animals.”

B. Wildlife assistant – Wendy Burrows

Wendy sees all sorts of animals, from garden birds to tiny hedgehogs and fully-grown swans and every day is different, but Wendy’s wildlife center is particularly busy during the summer months. She looks after up to 500 hedgehogs and their young, who have to reach a certain weight before they can be let go into the wild. Wendy says, “It’s always a lovely moment when this happens, one of the most satisfying parts of the job”, but if this isn’t achieved by September, the hedgehogs have to be kept at the center over the winter period.”

C. Animal care assistant – Anna Lindley

Anna Lindley cares for a wide range of animals, from dogs and cats to birds and mice and it is these smaller animals that give her the greatest satisfaction. “Ever since I was a child, I’ve loved animals and I hate it that we often don’t pay attention to the small ones.” Caring for such a range of animals provides an interesting challenge and plenty of work! “With so much to do, I find myself rushing from job to job and never quite keeping up. I love the fact that you never know what you’re going to get, although unfortunately, that does mean I sometimes have to deal with a snake, which I find a bit scary!”

D. Inspector – Justin Stubbs 

“Becoming an animal inspector was something I’d always wanted – along with being a policeman. At first, I had no idea what it involved but actually, the job is better than I ever imagined. There’s never a day when I don’t want to go to work. The job is a lot harder than people realize and it can get me down at times. Over the years I’ve had to learn to put it to the back of my mind when I leave at the end of the day, but that’s easier said than done and it’s true to say that a bit of the job always comes home with me. It’s the nature of the job.”

E. Vet nurse – Naomi Killingsworth 

Naomi works with people as much as animals but not everyone who comes through the hospital doors is as grateful as you might think, as Naomi explains: “Sometimes I wish more people appreciated what we do. We work hard here, but not everyone realizes that. Of course, there are also many people who couldn’t be more grateful for what we’ve done to help their animals – they make it all worthwhile.”

^{+ QUESTIONS:}

1, Which person is pleased with their schedule at work? ___________

2, Which person says their job was a childhood ambition? ___________

3, Which person does a job in which the amount of work varies?  ___________

4, Which person always looks forward to going to work? ___________

5, Which person says communication is an essential skill for their work? ___________

6, Which person is disappointed by some people’s opinion of their work? ___________

7, Which person prefers working with a certain kind of animal? ____________