EX1: Tìm lỗi sai và sửa lại.

1. Were the students accustomed (B) to leave (C) early on Fridays?

2. Neither my sisters nor my brother are ready (C) to begin (D) college.

3. We should find out how hot is it in the summer before we decide to vacation there.

4. He distributed his wealth among his two children, Betty and John.

5. Whether we leave early or late depends about your schedule.

6. Although he was quick to criticize, he was slow (C) praising (D) his students.

7. David was surprised by the amount of time necessary to fix the car.

8. I must say that it was an (C) interesting (D) written report.

9. What did you think (B) of (C) them leaving (D) so abruptly?

10. She told me (B) to use (C) a scale (D) to accurately weigh the vegetables.

11. Would you please bring (B) for us (C) some coffee with our meal?

12. Can you be sure where (C) will he be (D) this Friday afternoon?

13. Do you remember the teacher that his daughter became a doctor?

14. Switzerland is (A) famous (B) of its (C) beautiful (D) mountains.

15. When a person is learning to play a musical instrument, they must practise several hours a day.

EX2:

1. Because the metal mercury___in direct proportion to temperature, it was once used as the indicator in common thermometers.

a. is expending

b. expands

c. is expanded

d. expanded

2. ____what is now El Salvador, Christopher Columbus believed that he had found Japan.

a. he reached

b. when did he reach

c. having reached

d. whether he reached

3. Platinum is harder than copper and is almost as pliable___.

a. gold

b. than gold

c. as gold

d. gold is

4. Many communities are dependent on groundwater___from wells for their water supply.

a. obtained

b. that obtained

c. is obtained

d. obtain it

Bài 1: Sửa lỗi sai.

1. I expect you will understand most of what I have written and that you are not effected too much by the mistakes.

2. I hope one day you will come and I hope that I haven't done too many mistakes in my sentences.

3. Tonight I'm going to stay at home with meself.

4. I think it is a (B ) spend (C) of money to buy cigarettes.

5. He has all ready spent all the money he (C) got (D) from home.

6. Can you get everybody (B) altogether (C) for the meeting in ten minutes?

7. I was surprised at the advise he gave me.

8. We would like inviting you to our home for dinner on your birthday.

9. He did not notice that the leg for the chair was broken before he sat down.

10. They like both living abroad as well as living at home.

11. They arrived (A) to Paris (B) sometime (C) early in (D) the summer.

12. Did you agree to your father (B) on (C) which motorcycle you should buy?

13. On their vacation they enjoyed swimming at the beach, walking through the quaint streets, and sit in the picturesque parks.

1. The coming football game will be played on___.

a. two September

b. the two of September

c. September second

d. the second of September

2. Have you got a match? I've left my___at home.

a. cigarettes lighter

b. cigarette lighter

c. cigarette's lighter

d. lighter for cigarettes

3. To be___I couldn't understand what he was getting at.

a. true

b. exact

c. honest

d. precise

4. The thief was___to six months' imprisonment.

a. given

b. allowed

c. sentenced

d. sent

5. You don't have to pay any airport taxes. They are___in the price.

a. included

b. inserted

c. contained

d. consisted

6. I pulled the handle___I could.

a. so hardly as

b. as hardly as

c. so hard as

d. as hard as

9. In___, compact disc technology has made record albums almost obsolete.

a. the decade from

b. the decade since

c. the past decade

d. decade ago the

10. Juana Inez de la Cruz___Mexico's greatest female poet.

a. is considered to be

b. considered to be

c. considered

d. is consideration

1. We've arranged___outside the school at 4.30.

a. to meet

b. meeting

c. to have met

d. having met

2. ''___children lie ice-cream''.''That's quite natural''.

a. most of

b. most

c. The most

d. the most of

3. Since his graduation, he has developed___a very fine teacher.

a. in

b. out of

c. to

d. into

4. I think you'll win the race; indeed we all think___

a.that

b. like that

c.such

d. so

5. ___flowers are made by hand and by machine.

a. Natural

B. tropical

c. Artificial

d. Imitation

6. ___an empty seat at the back of the bus.

a. She happened to find

b. She happened to meet

c. It happened her that she found

d. It happened her that she met

7. My father used___to solve the problem.

a. an intelligence

b. a computer

c. a computation

d. an instrument

8. She took me___my brother.

a. by

b. for

c. to

d. with

9. It's nice to be___friends.

a. beside

b. between

c. among

d. by

10. It looks___it were going to rain.

a. as if

b. unless

c. although

d. whereas

11. The porters have___the cartons on the sidewalk.

a. lied

b. layed

c. lain

d. laid

EX1: Sửa lỗi sai.

1. When we won the contest, he was the most surprised person than the other contestants.

2. I wonder if the Sahara is largest desert in the world?

3. The television's repairman picked up my television set this morning.

4. This material is the best available; it feels as silk.

5. A large amount of people showed up for the grand opening.

6. The doctor objected with the patient's leaving the hospital a day early.

7. He has all ready spent all the money he got from home.

8. Can you get everybody altogether for the meeting in ten minutes?

9. I was surprised at the advise he gave me.

10. We would like inviting you to our home for dinner on your birthday.

EX2:

1. he wants to talk to someone knowledgeable in computers before purchasing___

a. any

b. ones

c. many

d. other

2. When you___the audience, don't look at any one person.

a. focus

b.talk

c. address

d.communicate

3. Tickets for tonight's concert can be purchased___the box office.

a. between

b. at

c. around

d. by

4. There was no___to call an emergency meeting over such a trivial matter.

a. responsibility

b. dire

c. must

d. need

5. Bail is a favorite stop for tourists ___in the Far East.

a. vacationed

b. vacationing

c. vacation

d. vacations

9.

1. I___very well with my father now; we never have any arguments.

a. get on

b. carry on

c. go on

d. put on

2. You need more exercise; you should ____golf.

a. carry out

b. take in

c. carry on

d. take up

3. I wish our teacher___our problems a little better.

a. understand

b. understands

c. understood

d. will understand

4. Mrs. Carter ___her son for getting dirty.

a. brought up

b. told off

c. put down

d. took on

5. How___!

a. the room is dirty

b. is the room dirty

c. dirty the room is

d. the room dirty is

6. She took a handkerchief___her handbag.

a. up

b. in

c. from

d. out of

7. ___the light on. It's dark in here

a. Do

b. Put

c. make

d. push

8. I listened to the____on the radio.

a. news

b. information

c. event

d. comprehension

1. The present made her___.

a. to be happy

b. be happy

c. happy

d. that she became happy.

2. You're ___your time trying to persuade him, he'll never help you.

a. wasting

b.spending

c.losing

d.missing

3. I want you to___these instructions exactly.

a. take up

b. put out

c. turn up

d. carry out

4. ___I need is a drink.

a. the thing what

b. the which

c. what

d. that

5. ___Mrs. Johnson on my way to the shops.

a. it happened me that I found

b. it happened me that I met

c. I happened to find

d. I happened to meet.

6. The reporter___to get his story in before the deadline.

a. reached

b. managed

c. arrived

d. controlled

7. The schoolboy___down to tie his shoelace.

a. stooped

b. learned

c. turned

d. went

8. He has arrived late___.

a. as usual

b. as usually

c. like usual

d. like usually

9. While I___to the bus-stop, I realized I___the cooker on.

a. walked-had left

b. was walking- left

c. was walking-have left

d. was walking-had left

10. The workers said that they were opposed___the closure of the factory.

a. to

b. by

c. from

d. against

11. The government plan to___the price of petrol.

a.ascend

b. heighten

b.raise

c.rise

1. Since most of the business meetings were at night we were able to spend the day___.

a. to sightsee

b. to enjoy sightseeing

c. going to sightsee

d. sightseeing

2. Marine biologists want to reduce industrial___.

a.pollution

b. environment

c. pollutes

d. environmental

3. She wasn't able to identify the man she___that night.

a. sees

b. was see

c. will see

d. had seen

4. We found them ___down at the beach.

a. to go play

b. playing

c. play

d. to play

5. It is common practice to look___someone when they talk to you.

a. at

b. to

c. on

d. by

6. ___employees in the postal service has meant slower service in the last two years.

a.Less

b. Fewer

c. Few

d. Least

7. We have ___nothing left in the bank.

a.because of

b. by way of

c. next to

d.closest to

8. He wasn't able to___my point of view.

a.think

b. mind

c. see

d. reckon

9. The color illustrations included in the new edition of the book madecin___attractive.

a. much more

b. many more

c. that more

d. the more

10. I___for you for the past hour! What___all this time?

a. have waited-were you doing

b. have been waiting-have you done

c. have been waiting-have you been doing

d.have been waiting-are you doing

11. That was ___I wanted

a. which

b. the one

c. the one what

d. the which

Bài 1: Sửa lỗi sai.

1. He stepped onto the scales and saw that he was the same weight like his friend.

2. Jane was surprised that he spoke so childish.

3. The doctors have to go to school for many years to complete their education.

4. He put his keys in his coat pocket so that he would not loose them.

5. That new medicine will not be ready available until next year.

6. Roberts's new home is more expensive than any house in the neighborhood.

7. Read carefully the instructions on the page six before you attempt to do the exercise.

8. We didn't enjoy the party because it did not have many entertainment.

9. If she were the only person available, we would have had to hire her.

Bài 1: Sửa lỗi sai.

1. At first I thought your apartment was larger, but in fact it is the same size to mine.

2. He is studying English for the last five years, but he still can't speak it very well.

3. The young actress was able to create the allusion that she was middle-aged.

4. Did you notice that Bob walks as his father?

5. He turned on the flashlight and opened the door by key.

6. Some students can neither write or speak accurately.

7. I usually have few money at the end of the month.

8. He wanted to try on pair of jogging shoes at the shoe stores.