EX1: Sửa lỗi sai.

1. The boys should not had made so much noise; I wasn't able to concentrate on my work.

2. When he lived in Paris he went to the parties every weekend.

3. Since Ted graduates, he has been working with his father.

4. I asked Peter to stop by the travel agent to get a plane's ticket for me.

5. If Betty would have driven more carefully, she would not have had that accident.

6. The students left there books on the floor during the exam.

7. The audience applauded respectively at the end of her speech.

1. The architecture of New York___its importance as a center of world trade.

a. realizes

b. inscribes

c. remembers

d. reflects

2. He bought an air conditioner and installed___himself.

a. them

b. it

c. him

d. your

3. If you want until the twelfth, the president____for two days by then.

a. has been waiting

b. has waited

c. will have been waiting

d.was waiting

4. The water department has warned that the water may not be potable___the residents shouldn't even use it to brush their teeth.

a. but

b. so

c. because

d. nor

5. Hello, Pat. I___to ask if you___anything this Saturday.

a. am phoning-are doing

b. am phoning-would do

c. phone-are doing

d. have phoned-are going to do

6. He was a good runner so he ___escape from the police.

a. succeeded to

b. might

c. was able to

d. could

7. By the time Big Jim___a heavyweight boxing champion in 1982 he ___over thirty fights.

a. had become-had won

b. became-had won

c. became-won

d. had become- won

8. There was___rain last week that several roads were flooded.

a. too many

b. so many

c. too much

d. so much

9. Wish me luck! If I___the job I___you know.

a. get-will let

b. have got-would let

c. get-let

d. had got-would have let

10. It was ___nice of you to carry my suitcase. Thank you very much.

a. so

b. such

c. how

d. too

1. In the hot weather, we lived___fruit and cheese.

a.with

b. by

c. from

d. on

2. ____that we were late, we began to run.

a. To know

b. Knowing

c. We know

d. As knowing

3. The rest of the family live a long way___.

a. away

b. far

c. distant

d. off

4. The class failed to respond ___the teacher's new methods.

a. to

b. in

c. for

d. with

5. Someone___my bicycle!

a. took

b. has taken

c. takes

d. is taking

6. He___very quickly after his illness.

a .uncovered

b. discovered

c.recovered

d.covered

7. How long have you been working___this exercise?

a. in

b.for

c. on

d.over

8. The ___of Japan is yen.

a.coin

b. cash

c. currency

d.money

9. Libraries are very helpful in___their habits of reading.

a. achieving

b. developing

c. obtaining

d. realizing

10. I keep putting___the decision because I can't make up my mind.

a. up

b. down

c. off

d.on

11. When he heard the terrible noise he asked me what was___on.

a.happening

b.being

c. getting

d. going

a.

Bài 1: Sửa lỗi sai.

1. Do not go to the mountains without no sturdy hiking boots.

2. Please try to entirely revise your work before you leave for school.

3. Mary prepared dinner when I arrived, so we were able to eat immediately.

4. She said she would buy a new table's lamp for her living-room.

5. He spoke so good Chinese that he surprised everyone.

6. If I saw him. I would have reminded him about his appointment.

7. They might go to the store a few minutes ago.

8. If Bob had received his check on time, he had certainly bought a new suit.

9. Although she was rich, she wore few jewelry.

10. When my baby brother got very ill, I must have called the doctor immediately.

11. Since he has bought a new car, he has been driving to work every day.

12. The building was as large that we had difficulty finding his office.

13. To my surprise, Bill has the least stamps of anyone in his class.

14. If she had told me that she did not have enough money, I would pay for her trip last summer.

15. Like other people in our area, we did not eat many fruit in the winter.

1. I'm sorry, but I didn't do it on___.

a. intention

b. design

c. aim

d.purpose

2. He was always poor because people took advantage of his___.

a.gratitude

b.generosity

c.affection

d.honour

3. Can I have a piece of cake?-''You can have___''

a. all it

b. all of it

c. all

d. the all of it

4. What ___you to leave your job and make this trip?

a.made

b.caused

c.brought

d.A and B are correct

5. He's just arrived only to find his little sister___.

a.in tears

b.crying

c. to be crying

d. A and B are correct

6. ___are people who leave their country to live in another one.

a.Emigrants

b. Travelers

c. Deserters

d.Explorers

7. We welcome you to our city.You___to our city.

a.welcome

b.are welcome

c. have welcomed

d. are welcoming

8. It was so urgent that she___at once.

a.had left

b. would leave

c.was leaving

d. left

9. The phone rang but I didn't hear it. I___asleep.

a.were

b.must be

c.must have been

d.all are correct

10. For a long time, the earth___to be flat.

a.was believed

b. were believed

c.believed

d.was being believed

1. Travel agents advise___early, in order to avoid disappointment.

a. buying

b. postponing

c. booking

d. canceling

2. The Argentineans are protecting their forests because the lumber is very valuable to___

a. them

b. ourselves

c. they

d. we

3. Because of Lucille's managerial skills, the family now has an___business.

a. expanse

b. expend

c.expanding

d.expended

4. The meeting is___over.

a.much or little

b. here or there

c. more or less

d. to or from

5. Because the equipment is very delicate, it must be handled with ___.

a.caring

b.careful

c.carefully

d.care

6. ___about what he had heard, John telephoned his brother.

a. he worried

b. to worry

c. worried

d. having worry

7. I had to ask the boys (stop) (play).

a. to stop to play

b. stopping to play

c. to stop playing

d. stopping playing

8. She looked___when she heard the___noise.

a.frightening-terrified

b. frightened-terrified

c. frightening-terrifying

d. frightened-terrifying

9. Imagine you ___in New York. How would you feel?

a. were living

b.lived

c.would live

d.had lived

10. He___to read his speech without a single mistake.

a.managed

b. achieved

c. succeeded

d. arrived

Bài 1: Sửa lỗi sai.

1. There were a little people waiting to buy tickets.

2. You hardly have enough time to do the first exercise.

3. Although Bill has owned many kind of cameras, he has never considered buying this kind before.

4. There is no one outside the theater; the performance could have been cancelled.

5. She spoke French well enough for being a translator.

6. They could not longer put up with the noise from the factory.

7. He had so many homework that he could not go to the movies.

8. The pen rolled off of the table and onto the floor.

9. If I will finish studying, I will go to the movies with you.

10. The explanation he had given was so confusing as I could not understand it.

11. We would have went to Florida, but it was having an unusual cold spell.

12. If my father knew the truth, he would have been very angry.

Bài 1: Sửa lỗi sai.

1. In his latest book he predicted that little people would die of radiation poisoning.

2. Before he died, he had sold his house, wrote a will, and set up a trust fund.

3. It was so warm weather that we went to the swimming pool.

4. We wanted to go on vacation, but we had few money.

5. You'd better read those kind of books because they are fascinating and helpful.

6. The house on the corner has burned down last night.

7. Gerald explained that the reason he was late was because he had had car trouble.

8. Mary found a dress in the corner shop that fitted her perfect.

9. It looked like a terrible accident, but everyone in the car was alright.

10. Nowadays much women are becoming lawyers.

11. A ''knock-out'' is where a person is rendered unconscious by a blow.

12. Good and bad people can be found anywheres in the world.

13. Do you find the United States much different than your country?

14. None of the shoes on sale in that store fit me.

15. The sofa was big enough as to seat four people comfortably.

16. The stars are so farther from the earth that we cannot see most of them.

17. Jogging is more vigorous exercise than to play golf.