1. Although Tom was a poor student, he studied very well.

→ In spite of __________________________________________________________

2. Mary could not go to school because she was sick.

→ Because of _________________________________________________________

3. Although the weather was bad, she went to school on time.

→Despite ____________________________________________________________

4. My mother told me to go to school although I was sick.

→ In spite of __________________________________________________________

5. Because there was a big storm, I stayed at home. 

→Because of _________________________________________________________

6. Tom was admitted to the university although his grades were bad.

→ Despite ____________________________________________________________

7. Although she has a physical handicap, she has become a successful woman.

→Despite ____________________________________________________________

8. In spite of his good salary, Tom gave up his job.

→ Although ___________________________________________________________

9. Though he had not finished the paper, he went to sleep.

→ In spite of __________________________________________________________

10. In spite of the high prices, my daughter insists on going to the movies.

→ Even though _______________________________________________________

II. Fill in the blank with a suitable word.

       “A Kid in King Arthurs Court” is directed by Michael Gottlieb. The main (1)________ in the film is a teenager called Calvin Fuller. Calvin is (2)_______ Thomas Ian Nicholas. This film is a modern retelling of Mark Twain’s (3)_______ book Connecticut Yankee.

    Calvin lives in California, USA. He is a very shy boy and he is not very good at sports. At the beginning of the film, Calvin is playing baseball when there is a (4)__________ earthquake. A hole opens in the ground and Calvin falls through it. He lands in the past, in the (5)______ of King Arthur. I didn’t speak the language I had never seen her before It was quite cold I’d met her twice before he has a very important job we don’t like them very much the heating was on we’ve known each other a long time explain should their consisted been way any now when plenty

 Calvin meets King Arthur and Merlin, the wizard. King Arthur is played by joss Ackland and Merlin is played by Ron Moody. They think that Calvin is (6) ________because he plays them modern music on his CD player and he show them (7) ____________to make rollerblades and a mountain bike. Calvin is trained to be a knight and he becomes more (8)___________ . Calvin helps King Arthur to beat his enemy, Lord Belasco, and then Merlin sends Calvin back to the future. Calvin finds himself back in the baseball game, (9)_________ this time he wins the game. The special effects in A Kid in King Arthur’s Court are very good. Michael Gottlieb is a great director and the actors’ performances are good. The film is funny and (10)________. It’s a comedy, a drama, and an action film all in one.

1. A. author             B. name            C. character                       D. actress

2. A. played               B. did                  C. made                          D. created

3. A. classify                      B. class                  C. classic                    D. classical

4. A. terrify                   B. terrible                 C. terrifying                  D. terribled

5. A. period                        B. decade                 C. moment                   D. time

6. A. amazed                 B. amazing                   C. amaze                      D. amazes

7. A. what                    B. whatever                       C. how                        D. which

8. A. confident                          B. confidence               C. confide                D. confided

9. A. although                       B. but                   C. despite               D. even

10. A. excite                         B. excited                     C. excites                  D. exciting

IV. Choose the correct word.

1. I was disappointing / disappointed with the film. I had expected it to be better.

2. Are you interesting / interested in football?

3. The football match was very exciting / excited. I enjoyed it.

4. It’s sometimes embarrassing / embarrassed when you have to ask people for money.

5. Do you easily get embarrassing / embarrassed?

6. I had never expected to get the job. I was really amazing / amazed when I was offered it.

7. She has really learnt very fast. She has made astonishing / astonished progress.

8. I didn’t find the situation funny. I was not amusing / amused.

9. Why do you always look so boring/bored? Is your life really so boring / bored ?

10. He’s one of the most boring / bored people I’ve ever met. He never stops talking and he never says anything interesting / interested.

III. Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentence.

1. This film made a strong on me.             IMPRESS

2. Have you ever seen this comedy? It’s really .          FUN

3. The film was though they spent millions of dollars making it.             SUCCEED 

4. I love action films. The/re very .              EXCITE

5. Big Ben Down is about a group of who take control of Big Ben.               TERROR 

6. We were with the service at the cinema. Everything was terrible.               SATISFY 

7. There are always cowboys in a .         WEST

8. The film is a big . It is boring from beginning to end.           DISAPPOINT

9. A drama is a play in a theatre or on television or radio, or plays and generally.        ACT

10. The film is about two hijackers who to blow up the plane.                          THREAT

II. Choose the correct word.

1. We were all (horrifying / horrified) when we heard about the disaster.

2. It’s sometimes (embarrassing / embarrassed) when you have to ask people for money.

3. Are you (interesting / interested) in football?

4. I enjoyed the football match. It was quite (exciting / excited).

5. It was a really (terrifying / terrified) experience. Afterwards everybody was very (shocking /shocked ).

6. I had never expected to be offered the job. I was really ( amazing / amazed) when I was offered it.

7. The kitchen hadn’t been cleaned for ages. It was really (disgusting / disgusted).

8. Do you easily get (embarrassing / embarrassed)?

I. Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence.

1. The movie on TV last night made me .

A. bore                  B. boring                C. bored                 D. boredom

2. I was to learn that the director of that gripping film has won the first prize.

A. interest                     B. interests                      C. interested                      D. interesting

3. We were with the latest film of that director.

A. Satisfy                        B. satisfying                    C. satisfactory                     D. satisfied

4. They were very disappointed her acting.

A. of                   B. with                  C. in                  D. on

5. Lets go to the Victor Cinema. I’m sure you'll find the film .

A. excites                    B. excite                    C. excited                 D. exciting

6. Mr. Beans Holiday is a film - I was laughing from beginning to end.

A. hilarious                B. violent                   C. scary                   D. moving

7. We are really about going to the cinema tonight.

A. excited                 B. interested                 C. amused               D. pleased

8. The film was so . However, my father saw it from beginning to end.

A. interesting                     B. exciting               C. boring               D. fascinating

9. We found the plot of the film .

A. bored                    B. boring                     C. interested                 D. acting

10. The cinema changed completely at end of 1920s.

A. an – the                    B. the - a                     C. a - the                  D. the - the

11. I enjoyed the film on TV yesterday evening nobody in my family liked it.

A. although                 B. yet                   C. in spite of                         D. so

12. Last night, I didn’t go to bed early being very tired.

A. despite of                  B. in spite of                      C. although                   D. because

13. I thrillers to action films.

A. like                       B. prefer                        C. would rather                  D. enjoy  

14. We like the film very much. The are unforgettable and the plot is gripping.

A. characters                   B. acting                     C. style                       D. action

15. A is a film that tries to make audiences laugh.

A. Horror                    B. sci-fi                     C. comedy                       D. documentary

II. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.

1. A. loved                   B. liked                                  C. wished                                D. gripped

2. A. safely                  B. pavement                          C. animation                           D. female

3. A. bored                  B. amazed                              C. excited                               D. enjoyed

4. A. filled                    B. opened                              C. played                                D. wanted

5. A. ended                  B . shocked                            C. laughed                              D. missed

III. Find which word does not belong to each group.

1. A. tired                   B. exciting                       C. bored                   D. exhausted

2. A. film                        B. cartoon                       C. cinema                                   D. comedy

3. A. director                B. editor                           C. actor                                        D. comedy

4. A. science fiction                  B. animation                    C. documentary                D. romantic

5. A. shocking                  B. acting                           C. entertaining                          D. exciting 

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8. It was such cold weather that we couldn’t go out.

- The weather was too _____________________________

- The weather was so ________________________ ______________

- The weather wasn’t ______________________________________________

 9. It is such an interesting film that many people see it.

 - The film is so _______________________________________

10. My father couldn’t afford the car because it was too expensive.

- The car was too __________________________________________

11. My suitcase is too full for the zip fastener to close properly.

- My suitcase is so __________________________________

12. It was too hazy a day for us to take any pictures.

- The day was _____________________________________________

13. Peter is too young to take part in the club.

- Peter is so ____________________________________

 - Peter isn’t ___________________________________

 14. We watched beautiful banners. We didn’t want to go home.

- We watched such ______________________________

- The banners were so ___________________________________

15. It was such a dirty river that we couldn’t swim in it.

- The river was too _______________________________________________

16. The shirt is so small that I can’t wear it.

- It is such _____________________________________

- The shirt is too___________________________________

- The shirt is not__________________________________

17. This flat is too small for my parents to live in.

-This flat is so_____________________________________

- It is such____________________________________  

- This flat isn’t ____________________________

18. The road is so wet that I can’t control the car easily. 

- The road isa too_____________________________

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19. The bird is so weak that it can’t fly.

- The bird is too __________________________________________________

- The bird isn’t___________________________________________________

20. My sister is so busy that she can’t come to the cinema with us.

- My sister is too ________________________________________.

21. The watch is so expensive that he couldn’t buy it.

- It is such____________________________________________

- The watch is too ____________________________________________________

 - The watch isn’t _____________________________________________

22. These sandals are so small that they don’t fit me.

- These sandals are too ______________________________________

- These sandals aren’t __________________________

- They are such __________________________________________

23. The film is so boring that he can’t watch it.

- The film is too_____________________________________________

- The film isn’t___________________________________________

- It is such _________________________________________________________

24. The boys are too young to watch that film.

- The boys are so ____________________________________________________

- The boys aren’t ______________________________________________________________________________ 25. Sinan is too short to be a basketball player.

-Siman is so __________________________________________________________

- Siman isn't ________________________________________________

26. It was such a dirty beach that I decided not to stay

- The beach was so_____________________________________

- The beach wasn’t __________________________________

- The beach was so_____________________________________

27. The water was so cold that the children could not swim in it.

 - The water was too________________________________

- The water wasn’t __________________________________

28. The cake was so hard that I couldn’t eat it

- It was ___________________________________________________________

- The cake was too _____________________________________

29. The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was very rough.

- The sea was so __________________________________

- The sea was too____________________________________

30. Tom is not old enough to drive the car

- Tom is too___________________________________________

-Tom is so ________________________________________

MỆNH ĐỀ CHỈ KẾT QUẢ

19. The bird is so weak that it can’t fly.

- The bird is too __________________________________________________

- The bird isn’t___________________________________________________

20. My sister is so busy that she can’t come to the cinema with us.

- My sister is too ________________________________________.

21. The watch is so expensive that he couldn’t buy it.

- It is such____________________________________________

- The watch is too ____________________________________________________

 - The watch isn’t _____________________________________________

22. These sandals are so small that they don’t fit me.

- These sandals are too ______________________________________

- These sandals aren’t __________________________

- They are such __________________________________________

23. The film is so boring that he can’t watch it.

- The film is too_____________________________________________

- The film isn’t___________________________________________

- It is such _________________________________________________________

24. The boys are too young to watch that film.

- The boys are so ____________________________________________________

- The boys aren’t ______________________________________________________________________________ 25. Sinan is too short to be a basketball player.

-Siman is so __________________________________________________________

- Siman isn't ________________________________________________

26. It was such a dirty beach that I decided not to stay

- The beach was so_____________________________________

- The beach wasn’t __________________________________

- The beach was so_____________________________________

27. The water was so cold that the children could not swim in it.

 - The water was too________________________________

- The water wasn’t __________________________________

28. The cake was so hard that I couldn’t eat it

- It was ___________________________________________________________

- The cake was too _____________________________________

29. The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was very rough.

- The sea was so __________________________________

- The sea was too____________________________________

30. Tom is not old enough to drive the car

- Tom is too___________________________________________

-Tom is so ________________________________________