BÀI TẬP ÔN THI HKI
MÔN: ANH VĂN –1
Exercise 1.
I was walking along the deserted main street of a small seaside town in the north of England
looking for somewhere ( 1 – make )_________ a phone call. My car ( 2 – break )_________
down outside the town and I wanted to contact the AA. The street ( 3 – run )________ parallei to
the sea and ( 4 – join )__________ to it by a number of narrow side street. Low grey clouds ( 5 –
drift )__________ across the sky and there ( 6 – be )______ a cold damp wind blowing off the
sea which nearly threw me off my feet when I ( 7 – cross )_________ one of the side streets. It (
8 – rain )________ for a long time.
Exercise 2.
I woke up when I ( 1 – hear )________ a noise downstairs. I ( 2 – get )________ out of bed
quietly because my wife ( 3 – still sleep )________ and ( 4 – go )_______ to the top of the stairs.
It was dark, but I could see two men downstairs in the living room. They ( 5 – try )_______ to
open the safe. When I ( 6 – switch )______ on the light, the two men ( 7 – run )_______ into the
kitchen and ( 8 – escape )_______ out of the back door. Then, before I ( 9 – have )_______ a
chance to do anything I ( 10 – hear )_______ a police car pull up outside the house. A neighbour
of mine ( 11 – see )_______ the men ( 12 – break )________ into my house and ( 13 – phone )
the police.
Exercise 3.
John ( 1 – come )_________ from England. He ( 2 – come ) ________ to Paris six months
ago ( 3 – learn )______ French. He ( 4 – start )________ ( 5 – learn) ________ French at school
in England when he was eleven so he ( 6 – learn )_______ it for nearly 10 years. He ( 7 – just
take )_________ an exam . If he passes, he ( 8 – move )_______ into the next class. He ( 9 – be
)_________ excited today because his parents ( 10 – come )___________ tomorrow to stay with
him for a few days.
Exercise 4.
Shortly after the world, my brother and I ( 1 – invite )_______ ( 2 – spend )_________ a few
days’ holiday with an uncle who ( 3 – just return )________ from abroad. He ( 4 – rent
)_________ a cottage in the country, although he rarely ( 5 – spend )________ much time there.
We ( 6 – understand )_________ the reason for this after our arrival. The cottage ( 7 – have )

look )________ down and understood I ( 10 – put )_________ on one black shoe and one brown
shoe.
Exercise 9.
Dear Sir
I ( 1 – write )__________ to you three weeks ago, ( 2 – ask )_______ about conditions of
entry into your college. You ( 3 – reply ) _______ ( 4 – enclose )________ an enrolment form,
which I ( 5 – fill up )________ and ( 6 – return )________ without delay. Since then, however, I
( 7 – hear )________ nothing and I ( 8 – begin )_______ to wonder if my application ( 9 – go )
________astray.
You please ( 10 – check )________ that you ( 11 – receive )_______ it and if you haven’t,
please send me another enrolment form. If, on the other hand, you ( 12 – receive )_______ my
application but ( 13 – not decide )_______ whether to accept me as a student or not. I ( 14 – be
)________ very grateful if you ( 15 – tell )________ me when I may expect to hear your
decision.
Finally, if my application already ( 16 – be )________ refused, I ( 17 – like )________ to be
informed as soon as possible because if I do not get into your college, I ( 18 – have )_________
to apply to another and the sooner I ( 19 –do )_______ this, the better chance I ( 20 – have )
_________ of being accepted.
Exercise 10 .
Dear Mr Jones.
My family and I ( 1 – suffer )________ a good deal lately from the noise made by your guests
when they ( 2 – leave )________ your house on Saturday nights.
They ( 3 – stand )________ in the street, ( 4 – laugh )________ loudly and ( 5 – call )______
goodbye to each other. Then they ( 6 – get )________ into their cas, ( 7 – bang )________ the
doors loudly, and finally they ( 8 – reverse )_______ their cars on to the road. This ( 9 – sound
)_______ a fairly simple manoeuvre, but there is always at least one of your guests who ( 10 –
find )________ it almost beyond him – whether because he ( 11 – have )________ too much to
drink or still ( 12 – learn )_______ to drive, I ( 13 - not know )________- but I ( 14 – know
)_________ that it ( 15 – take )________ him ages to get out and all the time we hear his engine
( 16 – roar )________ and his friends ( 17 – shout )_________ advice.