III. Complete each sentence with the correct tense or form of one suitable verb from the box. One verb must be used in negative form
1. After Mary (speak)___in public on many occasions, she got the TV job offer
2. My wife and I (travel)___to Mexico at this time last summer

IV. READING
1 Read the passage and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word from the list
handicraft ;  design ; quality
costumes ; artisan ; history
There are many embroidery villages in VN, but Quat Dong village in HN is widely known for its products of high (1)___. Embroidery has been developing around here since the 17th century. In the past, local skilled artisans were chosen to make embroided (2)____for the Vietnamese King, Queen and other Royal family memebers
In order to create beautiful embroideries, a/an (3)____must be patient, careful and have an eye for (4)____ along with clever hands. Nowadays, Quat Dong products may range frlm clothes, bags, pillowcases, to paintings and decorations, which are exported to many countries

Cross out the one verb which cannot be used to complete each sentence grammatically. The sentences may have different meanings with each correct verb.

1 Today is not the best time to fail / set / make / complete the test.

2 Our class took part in / held / organised / opened a history competition.

3 I hate informing / receiving / delivering / passing on messages that are upsetting.

4 John got into / overheard / joined in / took up an interesting conversation about robots in the canteen.

5 I’m sure some of us might guess / speculate / offer / expect some kind of an answer.

6 The team gained / deserved / claimed / were awarded a prize for their entry.

7 We regularly log onto / update / set up / post promotional websites for marketing.

8 Do you think we’ll ever be able to crack / decipher / smash / unlock the secret codes?

Complete each sentence with a phrasal verb from the box. Change the form of the verb if necessary.

1. Please ______________________ your shoes when you come in the house

2. I was born in Hai Duong, but I _____________________ in Hanoi.

3. I’m really ______________________ my holiday to Nha Trang.

4. It is necessary for a foreign language center to _____________________ an English club

5. Tom is not very punctual. He usually _____________________ ten minutes late after the lesson has started.

Part 5. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the phrasal verbs in the box. Use each once only. There is one extra phrasal verb which you do not need to use. 

56. That woman certainly tried hard to ..... her abilities.

57. When I was looking through my papers, I .........this picture.

58. Did the workers ............the foreman’s instructions carefully?

59. Is the committee going to ...........his application for admission?

60. Should we ..........the lesson now or ...it .....until later tonight?

Part 6. Fill in each gap with a correct preposition. 

61. When you join a club, you have to abide ………… its rules.

62.  The student was punished for acting ………… in class.

63. It suddently came ………… her that she should become a teacher.

64. If we can’t afford a car, we’ll just have to do ………… one.

65. We all burst ………… laughing when the monitor hid his imitation of our English teacher.

Replace the underlined phrasal verb in each sentence with one-word verb:

1. You will soon pick up health when you get to the seaside. 

2. He has laid aside some money so that he will be comfortable in his old age.

3. He told me that he would bring out a new album the next month.

4. He looked over the house again before we decided we would rent it. 

5. The council has failed to deal with the problem homelessness in the city.

6. Andrew Carnegie helped to set up about 3000 thousands public library all over the United States, Canada, Britian, and others.

7. My old school has been pulled down to make room for a new and larger one.

8. Did you find out whether there are any seats left for the show?

9. I wonder who first came up with the idea of a supermarket.

10. As I kept my feet wet, I went down with a terrible cold last week.

Complete each sentence with the correct form of used to and a suitable verb from the box.
E.g.: Nicola doesn’t travel much now. She used to travel a lot, but she prefers to stay at home these days.
 
1. Sophie Answer a motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.  
2. We enjoy our lives in Spain now. We Answer in Paris years ago.  
3. I rarely eat ice cream now, but I Answer it when I was a child.
4. Jackie Answer my best friend, but we aren’t good friends anymore.
5. When you lived in New York, you Answer to the theatre very often?

VII. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the given verb(2ms):

I (0) was (to be) born in Taiwan, but my father was not Taiwanese. He comes from Italy. He (1) _______ (to work) in Taiwan as a businessman and (2) ______ (to meet) my mother there. In 1998, my family (3) ________ (to move) to Australia. When we (4) ______ (to arrive) Melbourn, I didn’t known anybody. I (5) ______ (to feel) very lonely. In Taiwan I (6)______ (to use to) have a lot of friends, but now I don’t anyone to talk to. So I (7) ____(to decide) to look for friends on the Internet. I wish my friends (8) _______ (to live) in the same neighborhood so that we could meet and talk every day.