UNIT 2 : SCHOOL TALKS
< I >: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
1. A. ugly B. luggage C. utter D. huge
2. A. target B. march C. arrive D. arch
3. A. cousin B. blouse C. mountain D. mouse
4. A. money B. monument C. wonderful D. mother
5. A. guitar B. farther C. grammar D. far
6. A. history B. film C. file D. various
7. A. pulse B. popular C. shut D. runner
8. A. cooked B. stopped C. finished D. visited
9. A. lips B. months C. rockets D. fingers
10. A. missed B. divided C. watched D. looked
< II >: Match the words or phrases in column A with their meanings in column B:
A B
1. primary school A. paid by the parents
2. secondary school E B. a person, usually over 16, who is studying at college or
university
3. private school A C. usually for pupils up to 11 years old
4. state school G D. to be successful
5. subject F E. usually for pupils over 11 years old
6. results H F. what is being studied (e.g. Maths )
7. a class I G. paid by the state or government
8. a pupil J H. the marks you get in your exam
9. a student B I. a number of students who study together
10. pass ( an eaxm) D J. a person, usually under 16, studying at school
< III >: Put the verbs in brackets in their correct form:
1. I wish (see) ______ the manager.
2. I’d like him(start) _______ (take) _______ more English lessons.
3. I hate (get) _______ up early and (dress) _______ in the dark.
4. I have no intention of (go) _______ to the play.
5. She was the last student (leave) _______ the room.

2. A serious accident happened yesterday.
- ______________________________________________________________________
3. I spoke to her last night.
- ______________________________________________________________________
4. Miss Phuong teaches English at a high school.
- ______________________________________________________________________
5. He goes to school by bike.
- ______________________________________________________________________
6. Phong studies at Chu Van An High School.
- ______________________________________________________________________
7. We went to Lan’s birthday party last week.
- ______________________________________________________________________
8 Miss Phuong loves teaching because she loves working with children.
- ______________________________________________________________________
9. Mr Vy often get up at 4:30.
- ______________________________________________________________________
10. It takes forty-five minutes to get ready.
- ______________________________________________________________________
< V >: Make the correct choice :
1. I’d like to stay at home instead of ________ to the cinema.
A. go B. going C. went D. to go
2. I would rather ________ unemployed than ________ in that factory.
A. to be/to work B. be/work C. being/work D. being/working
3. Mary was so angry that she ________ to see the manager.
A. demanded B. hoped C. risked D. stopped
4. I don’t think that red dress ________ her.
A. suits B. matches C. cheers D. agrees
5. The weather is ______ awful that I don’t like going out this evening.
A. such B. so C. too D. very
6. Let your name be written ________ the sheet of paper.

21.I’m going to be an engineer in ten years’ time ? - ______ are you going to be?
A. Who B. What C. How D. When
22. It’s high time you began to study _______ .
A. serious B. more serious C. most serious D. seriously
23. My shoes need _______.
A. to mend B. to be mended C. mend D. mended
24. My father’s advice made me choose _______ as my career.
A. teacher B. the teaching C. a teaching D. teaching
25. I can’t bear _______ such tight shoes.
A. wear B. wearing C. to wear D. worn
26. It was difficult _______ a date which was convenient for everyone.
A. making B. to make C. make D. made
27. Do you _______ to tell the police about the missing money ?
A. admit B. confess C. deny D. intend
28. Examinations make me _______ I always get _______.
A. angry/being nervous B. anger/nervously C. angrily/nervous D. angry/nervous
29. ______ does Basil keep looking at his watch ?
A. What B. Who C. Why D. Which
30. The shops are always _______ of people at Christmas .
A. full B. stuffed C. busy D. crowded
< VI >: Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
1. Hong Son usually goes to school by the bicycle.
A B C D
2. Smoke cigarettes is so harmful that you should give it up.
A B C D
3. Mr. is very interested in working as a teacher because he enjoy teaching children.
A B C D
4. How many teachers and students there are in your school ?
A B C D
5. She avoided to talk to me because she though that I tried to tell a lie to her.

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9/ Your doctor / advised / go / bed / early / so I / really can’t / understand / your / want / stay up /
late.
-_____________________________________________________________________________
10/ Would you mind / keep/ quiet / a moment ?- I’m trying / fill in / a form.
-_____________________________________________________________________________
- It’s no use / ask / children / keep / quiet.
-_____________________________________________________________________________
< VIII >: Read the passage and make the correct choice:
(1) ______ Einstein was at Aarau, he wrote an essay (2) ______ he wrote of his plans for the
future : “If I (3) ______ to have the good fortune to (4) ______ my examinations, I would go to
Zurich. I would stay there (5) ______ four years (6) ______ study mathematics and (7) ______. I
imagine myself becoming a teacher in those branches of the natural sciences, (8) ______ the
theoretical part of them. Here (9) ______ the reasons (10) ______ lead me to this plan. Above all, it
is my preparation for abstract and mathematical thought, and my lack of imagination and practical
ability. Now, I have given up the ambition to get to a university.”
1.a. While b. On c. That d. Because
2. a. in that b. in which c. which d. whom
3. a. am b. could c. were d. had been
4. a. take in b. fail c. go by d. pass
5. a. since b. for c. in d. on
6. a. in order to b. for c. so d. so that
7. a. physics b. physical c. physician d. physicist
8. a. choose b. to choose c. choosing d. chose
9. a. can b. are c. have d. go
10. a. who b. whom c. why d. which
< IX > : Rewrite the sentences below, beginning with the words given:
1/ Would you close the door, please ?
- Would you mind _____________________________________________________________ ?
2/ My teacher advised buying that book.