Exercise 8: Choose the correct option (A,B,C) to complete each sentence.

1. She ______ in Florida with his parents.

    A. lived                             B. lives                                C. has lived

2. He ______ football with his friends in the backyard at the moment.

                A. is playing                          B. plays                                  C. has played

3. We ______ to New York next Sunday.

                A. went                                   B. go                                       C. will go

4. They ______ their teacher 10 minutes ago.

                A. will meet                           B. are meeting                      C. met

5. I ______ this man before. He’s a stranger to me.

                A. haven’t met                      B. hadn’t met                        C. didn’t meet

6. We ______ TV at 9:00 last night.

                A. watched                            B. were watching                 C. had watched

7. She ______ to Manchester 3 times.

                A. has been                          B. had been                          C. was

8. Alex ______ this movie before, so she doesn’t want to see it again.

                A. saw                                    B. has seen                           C. had seen

9. She found a good job after she ______ from college.

                A. has graduated                 B. had graduated                 C. graduated

10. Last night while I ______ dinner with my family when my friend phoned me.

                A. had                                    B. am having                        C. was having

11. I didn’t do the test well because it ______ difficult.

                A. was                                    B. had been                          C. has been

12. I’m sorry I can’t help you. I ______ the homework at the moment.

                A. am doing                          B. do                                       C. has done

13. I ______ you the answer of the problem when I ______ it.

                A. tell/will find                       B. told/found                         C. will tell/find

14. My father often ______ to work by bus.

                A. goes                                  B. went                                   C. has gone

15. She ______ me a ghost story last night.

                A. tells                                    B. told                                     C. will tell

16. She ______ in HCM City since she ______ born in 1990.

                A. had lived/was                  B. lived/was                          C. has lived/was

17. Yesterday afternoon while we ______ to school when it suddenly ______ to rain.

                A. are walking/started         B. were walking/started      C. walked/started

18. Tom ______ for IBM for 3 years before he ______ for Microsoft in 2000.

A. had worked/worked        B. worked/worked                                C. has worked/will work

19. Lan ______ school when she ______ 6 years old.

                A. started/was                       B. had started/was               C. has started/was

20. He ______ to help me when I ______ for his help, so I was so sad.

                A. refuses/ask                       B. refused/asked                  C. will refuse/ask

21. Tom ______ 30 books since last summer.

A.  read                                  B. has read                           C. was reading

22. The child was very happy when he ______ his parents.

                A. meets                                                B. has met                             C. met

23. He ______ in this for all his life.

                A. had lived                           B. lives                                   C. has lived

24. I can’t read the letter because it ______ dark.

                A. is                                        B. was                                    C. has been

25. The old man ______ after he ______ ill for a long time.

                A. died/had been                 B. died/has been                 C. died/was

26. Don’t worry! I ______ you meet the principal.

                A. will help                            B. help                                   C. have helped

27. The last storm ______ serious damage for my village.

                A. causes                              B. caused                              C. has caused

28. Yesterday I ______ the homework before I ______ to school.

                A. has done/went                 B. did/went                            C. had done/went

29. Peter ______ to New York 3 times since he ______ born.

                A. has gone/was                  B. had gone/was                  C. went/was

30. I ______ for you here until you ______ back.

                A. wait/come                         B. will wait/come                  C. wait/will come

31. Mr. Tuyen ______ a teacher of English. He ______ us how to use the present perfect tense at the moment.

                A. is/is teaching                    B. is/teaches                         C. is/taught

Exercise 6: Put the words with the same vowel sounds in the correct column.

said                        shop                       borrow                   score                      sand

wonderful              nothing                  landscape             anything                                short

father                      ready                      average                 second                   candy

husband                                head                       laugh                      sorry                       aunt

clock                       caught                    heart                       bottle                      corner

fat                            holiday                   leather                   morning                 club

star                         store                       cattle                      mother                   cost

Exercise 7: Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets.

1. She likes her ___________________ job very much. (teach)

2. The climate in my country is ____________________ from that in yours. (difference)

3. Most students in her class are ___________________ retarded. (mental)

4. If you want to be successful, you must overcome the ___________________ in your life. (difficult)

5. Marie Curie is a famous ___________________. (chemistry)

6. English is considered as an ___________________ language in the world. (nation)

7. Miss Lan Phuong loves ___________________ with children. (work)

8. This road is often ___________________ in the morning. (crowd)

9. At Mai’s party last night we sang and danced ___________________. (happy)

10. We are ___________________ with what we have. (satisfy)

11. She hasn’t been feeling well _______________. (recent)

12. It will be very _______________ to see that film. (interst)

13. The weather is _______________. We should go fishing. (beauty)

14. I agree with your _______________. (suggest)

15. She can sing very _______________. (good)

16. Can you go _______________ with me? (swim)

17. Marie Curie is a famous _______________ in the world. (chemistry)

18. You should drive _______________ on this road at night. (careful)

19. He has a good-looking _______________. (appear)

20. She is an ­_______________ student. (intelligence)

Exercise 5: Choose the best option (A,B,C,D) to fill each numbered blank in the following letter.

Dear Sir,

I am writing to complain (1) _____ the car that I (2) _____ from you one week ago. This morning when I (3) _____ to start it, the key couldn’t turn in the lock, the battery was (4) ______ and two of the plugs needed changing. Then when I finally got it going, the bonnet wouldn’t stay closed and the driver’s side door fell (5) ______. And when I tried to stop to (6) ______ up the door, the brakes didn’t (7) ______ , so I crashed into a tree and the car was badly (8) ______. One of the wheels came off.

                Do you think this car is (9) ______ $ 150? Well, if you don’t. What are you going (10) ______ about it?

                Yours sincerely,

                Eric Mark

1. A. about          B. of                       C. on                                      D. at

2. A. buy                 B. had bought       C. bought                              D. has bought

3. A. got                 B. tried              C. gave                                  D. took

4. A. full               B. empty             C. filled                       D. flat

5. of                     B. off                 C. away                                 D. on

6. A. get                                 B. give                       C.pick                                    D. come

7. A. go                                  B. come                    C.do                                      D. work

8. A. damaged                      B. destroyed                  C.broken                              D. polluted

9. A. valuable              B. worth                    C.cost                             D. sold

10. A. to do               B. do                       C. done                                  D. did

Exercise 4: Choose the underlined part marked A,B,C,D that is incorrect.

1. She taught me how use the computer.

               A      B       C         D

2. The disable children should be given a good education.

               A                                B      C   D

3. You should try your better to pass the next examination.

                        A             B         C      D

4. Many people could see how seriously the accident was.

                  A                B                C                             D

5. How much time do you spend to pratise listening English every day.

           A                                             B            C                           D

6. The rich finds it easy to earn money.

     A             B         C        D

7. I used to living in Manchester ten years ago.

           A        B    C                              D

8. I am looking forward to see you soon.

              A                      B   C           D

9. Tom got the driving-license, that was a big surprise.

              A                   B             C          D

10. We go to school by bikes every day   

            A   B             C     D