VIII. Rewrite.

1. Ba began collecting stamps three years ago.

Ba has collected_____________________________________________________________.

2. We started living here twenty years ago.

We have___________________________________________________________________.

3. It’s five years since I last saw Nam.

I haven’t seen_______________________________________________________________.

4. The last time she visited us was four months ago.

She hasn’t__________________________________________________________________.

5. I know Susan. I first met her in 2006.

I have_____________________________________________________________________.

6. Minh has a digital camera. He bought it in 2001.

Minh has had_______________________________________________________________.

7. Mai plays the piano. She started when she was ten years old.

Mai has____________________________________________________________________.

8. Barbara is in Ha Noi now. She arrived there five months ago.

Barbara has_________________________________________________________________.

9. They started living here last month.

They have__________________________________________________________________.

10. My shoes are different from your.

My shoes and yours are not_____________________________________________________.

VII. Choice the best answer.​

Michael Gordon, my neighbor, doesn’t like the loud noise of traffic. He has just bought a new house in the city, but ever since he moved in, he has had trouble with motorist. When returns home from work, he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate. Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once. Michael has put up an ugly stone head over the gate. It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen. Since hen he hasn’t been worried about that problem.

1. Michael Gordon has just _____ a house in the city.

A. Sold​​​B. bought​​C. rent​​​​D. borrowed

2. Who has Michael had trouble with?

A. Policemen​​​B. neighbor​​C. burglars​​​D. motorists

3. When returning home, Michael always finds _____ outside his gate.

A. A car​​​B. a motorbike​​C. a motorist​​​D. a driver

4. What has Michael put up over his gate?

A. A”Parking” sign​​B. A “No Parking” sign​C. a stone head​D. A beautiful face

5. The thing that Michael has put up over his gate is to ____.

A. Threaten motorists

B. Speak to motorists

C. Get stone from motorists

D. Understand motorists

VI. Choice the best answer.

Peter’s uncle lived in the country. Once peter (1) ____ to stay with him for a few weeks. Wherever they went for a walk or for a drive in the car and they passed someone, his uncle waved. Peter was very (2) ____, and said, “Uncle Sam, you know everyone here. Where did you meet them all?”

“I don’t know all these people,” said his uncle.

“Then why do you wave (3) _____ them?” asked Peter.

“Well, Peter,” answered his uncle, “When I wave to someone and he knows me, and he is pleased. He counties his journey with a happier heart. But when I wave to someone and he doesn’t know me, he is surprised and says to (4) _____, “Who is that man? Why did he wave to me?” So he has something to think about during the rest of the journey, and that makes his journey seem shorter. So I (5) _____ everyone happy”

1. A. Go​​​B. goes​​C. went​​​D. gone

2. A. Boring​​​B. bored​​C. surprising​​​D. surprised

3. A. For​​​B. to​​​C. at​​​​D. from

4. A. Himself​​​B. him​​​C. he​​​​D. his

5. A. Do​​​B. give​​​C. make​​​D. bring

III. Word form.

1. Who is the _________________ of that new car? (own)

2. There are not enough doctors in this _______________. (neighbor)

3. She says shopping can be very _________________. (tire)

4. In that restaurant, the food was good but the _______________ was very slow. (serve)

5. The _________________ in the area area against the building of the new highway. (reside)

6. I want to become a press _______________ when I group up. (photograph)

7. The supermarket offers a wide ______________ of summer clothes for you to choose from. (select)

8. Mai brought a dictionary in her _________________ for yesterday;s English lessons. (pack)

9. They are getting along with their ___________________. (NEIGHBORHOOD)

10. My mother cooked a ______________ dish last night. (TASTE)

11. My neighborhood is ____________ for good and cheap restaurants. (FAME)

12. How often do you ______________ yourself? (WEIGHT)

13. The _____________ of a neighborhood is very important to its dwellers. (SAFE)

14. Everyone in the neighborhood is __________ with what we have done. (PLEASE)

15. The ________________ of the house is very kind to us. (OWN)

16. Mary likes attending the _______________ English contests.(SPEAK)

17. He is one of the best (photograph) ……………….in the world.

18. Their first public (perform) ………………….was not very successful.

19. The shoes were nice, but they were (comfort) …………….. .

20. Hoa and Nien used to be next door (neighborhood) ………………….. .

21. Surface mail is much (cheap) …………….than airmail.

22. I can’t see him now; it’s not (convenience) ………………………

23. They are very busy with (celebrate) ………………….. the Teacher’s Day.

24. Nam thinks the food in this restaurant is (taste) …………………

1. You can have a winder _____ of products when going to the large shopping mall.

A. Select​​​B. selected​​C. selection​​D. selecting

2. The residents in my _____ are not happy about the changes.

A. Neighbor​​​B. neighborhood​C. neighboring​​D. neighborly

3. This type of machine is very _____ from the old one.

A. Similar​​​B. same​​C. different​​D. difficult

4. Do you want to send this letter airmail or ______?

A. Usual mail​​​B. ordinary mail​C. surface mai​​D. normal mail

5. The garden is not as large _____ the park.

A. Than​​​B. from​​C. as​​​D. to

6. Food is not _____ it was ten years ago.

A. As cheap as​​​B. very cheap as​C. the same cheap as​D. much cheap than

7. Treat me _____ a friend.

A. As​​​​B. like​​​C. sam​​​D. alike

8. He’s very _____ his father.

A. As​​​​B. like​​​C. same​​D. alike

9. The ____ thing happened to me last week.

A. Alike​​​B. like​​​C. as​​​D. same

10. My sister and I do not look _____.

A. Like​​​B. same​​C. similar​​D. alike

11. The disease attacks the immune system in a ____ way to AIDS.

A. Same​​​B. alike​​C. like​​​D. similar

12. It is _____ now than it was ten years ago.

A. Similar​​​B. same​​C. different​​D. likely

13. She has been worried ever _____ the letter arrived.

A. Before​​​B. since​​C. as​​​D. when

14. The man _____ in the factory since he left school.

A. Works​​​B. worked​​C. has worked​​D. is working

15. _____ Jim since he sent us this letter?

A. Have you seen​​B. did you see​​C. do you see​​D. are you seeing

16. When ____ the house? - Two years ago.

A. He bought​​​B. did he buy​​C. has he bought​D. he has bought

17. What have you done ____ we last met?

A. Since​​​B. for​​​C. when​​D. before

18. My father hasn’t met his younger brother _____ ten years.

A. Since​​​B. for​​​C. in​​​D. during

19. Mr. Trung _____ newspapers for ten years.

A. Is selling​​​B. sells​​​C. sold​​​D. has sold

20. It was a great ____ to have a market and a school near our house.

A. Convenient​​​B. convenience​C. comfortable​​D. success