KIỂM TRA ANH VĂN 1 TIẾT – ĐỀ A
I. Verb form:
1. Helena (receive) HAD RECEIVED…hospital treatment for a year before the doctors finally (tell)
…TOLD….her their diagnosis
2. Julia (try) …HAD TRIED… several computer dating agencies by the time she ( meet) MET… and (fall)
……FELL…….in love with George
3. Sharon eventually (find ) …FOUND.the job she (want) WANTED last year, although she (graduate) …HAD
GRADUATED………….the year before
4. When the doctor (arrive) ARRIVED… at the scene of the accident, he (realize) REALIZED…the victim. ( still
breathe)…WAS STILL BREATHING…
5. In twenty-four hours’ time I ( relax) …WILL BE RELAXING….on my yard
6. By the time you get back, we( leave)…WILL HAVE LEFT……
7. What (you/give) ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE… your niece for her birthday? Have you decided yet?
8. I (read)…HAVE READ……. the book three times. It’s a really interesting story
9. My brother just (get)…HAS JUST GOT… a new TV. He (buy) BOUGHT…… it last Sunday. Yesterday,
when I (come)…CAME……he (watch)…WAS WATCHING…… a film on it. That TV (give) GAVE.…good
pictures.
10. This bicycle(be)…HAS BEEN … in our family for fourteen years. My father (use) …USED…it for the first
five years, my brother (ride)…RODE…it for the next five years, and I (have)…HAVE HAD…… it for the last
four years.
II. Vocabulary
Exercise1. Fill each gap in the sentences with one word from the box.
1. We promise you that your letter of application will receive our early ___attention _______.
2. His many different hobbies include, for __instance ____, skating and stamp collecting.
3. The book was written in style ___ appropriate ______ to the age of the children.
4. A bell is often used as a __ signal _____ that a train is approaching a crossing.
5. It is a disagreeable ____ situation _____ to be alone and without money in a strange city.
6. He sent us a ____ brief _____ announcement of only a few lines.

 They said that they had a lift but very often it didn’t work.
7. “I’m 25 years old,” she said.
 She said that she was 25 years old.
8. “I‘ll come with you as soon as I am ready,” she replied.
 She replied that she would come with me as soon as she was ready.
9. “I haven’t finished my homework yet,” the boy said.
 The boy said that he hadn’t finished his homework yet.
10. “I cannot swim well,” I told her.
 I told her that I couldn’t swim well.
11. “I don’t want to go swimming,” Andrew said.
 Andrew said that he didn’t want to go swimming.
12. “I don’t like my job very much,” Sarah said to Peter.
 Sarah told Peter that she didn’t like her job very much.
13. “We’ll meet you here tomorrow,” the boy said to us.
 The boy told us that they would meet us there the next day [the following day].
14. “I went to New York last summer,” he said to me.
 He told me that he had gone to New York the previous summer
15. “I’m looking for a better job,” he said.
 He said that he was looking for a better job.
Exercise 2
1. “How old are you?” she said to me.
a. She asked me how old I was.
2. “Where do you live?” she said to him.
a. She asked him where he lived.
3. She asked me, “How old is the pyramid?”
a. She asked me how old the pyramid was.
4. “Do you like my dress?” she asked me.
a. She asked me if [whether] I liked her dress.
5. She asked me, “Why did you leave the party so early?”
a. She asked me why I had left the party so early.

a. Mrs. Brown told her daughter to cook it in butter.
4. “Have a cup of tea,” he said to the waitress.
a. He told the waitress to have a cup of tea.
5. “Tell me what you have seen,” the policeman said to me.
a. The policeman ordered me to tell him what I had seen.
6. “Pay attention to what I’m saying,” Mr. Black said to me.
a. Mr. Black told me to pay attention to what he was saying.
7. “Bring me another glass of beer,” that guy said to me.
a. That guy told me to bring him another cup of beer.
8. “Don’t leave your coat on the chair,” his wife said to him.
a. His wife told him not to leave his coat on the chair.
9. The teacher said to us, “Don’t come to class late.”
a. The teacher told us not to come to class late.
10. “Don’t be a baby,” I said to her.
a. I told her not to be a baby.
11. I said to Ann, “Don’t lend Harry any money.”
a. I told Ann not to lend Harry any more money.
12. “Don’t believe what he says,” my mother told me.
a. My mother told me not to believe what he said.
13. The teacher said to me, “Don’t be lazy at school.”
a. The teacher told me not to be lazy at school.
14. “Don’t make noise during the lessons,” the principle says to us.
a. The principle tells us not to make noise during the lessons.
15. The driver said, “Don’t get off the bus while it’s moving!”
a. The driver asked the passengers not to get off the bus while it was moving.
Exercise 4. Put the following into indirect speech using ask, advise, invite, offer, remind, tell, warn.
1. “Would you like a cigarette? said one of the guests.
One of the guests offered me a cigarette.
2. “ Would you mind not smoking between course?” said the hostess
The hostess asked them not to smoke … / asked if they would mind not smoking…

- . It’s about time that the education systems should be changed by their governments in order to produce
better young generations .
6. In old days , the education system educated kids to know how to differentiate the right from wrong .
- In old days kids were educated to know how to differentiate the right from wrong by the education system
7. Parents have to teach their children a lot of things , and generally , even if teenagers hate to admit it , They
do follow the footsteps of their parents .
- children have to be taught a lot of things by their parents, and generally , even if teenagers hate to admit it ,
They do follow the footsteps of their parents .
8. That’s why parents should set a good example for their children .
- That’s why a good example should be set by parents for their children .
II . SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION :
1. A thermometer is an instruments and we use it to measure the temperature . ( which )
A thermometer is an instruments which is used to measure the temperature
2. People say that he can speak four or five foreign languages .
- It is said that he can speak four or five foreign languages .
He is said to be able to speak four or five foreign languages .
3. The wind was bending the young tree to the ground .
- The young tree was being bent to the ground by the wind.
4. People say that this novel was written by a very young author .
- It is said that this novel was written by a very young author .
- This novel is said to have been written by a very young author .
5. They decided to build a new school immediately .
- They decided that a new school should be built immediately .
6. Martin has to wear glasses to read the newspaper . (without )
- Martin can’t read the newspaper without wearing glasses
7. Take my advice and don’t drink so much liquor .
- If I were you, I wouldn’t drink so much liquor .
8. On arrival at the airport , she phoned her mother .
- As soon as she arrived at the airport, she phoned her mother .
9. Many people think Jack London ‘s life and writings represent the American love of adventure .