E 10 – Improving exercises Unit 10
I. Choose the best answer
1. The new law to conserve wildlife in the are will come into force next month.( protect, pollute, destroy, eliminate )
2. Water pollution is more and more serious due to the tests of nuclear weapons in the seas and oceans. ( circulation,
environment, elimination, contamination)
3. At times, my father plants some trees in the garden and he often say planting trees is a necessary thing to do. ( Never,
Always, Sometimes, Rarely )
4. Without plants, most water would run off as soon as it falls, taking away valuable soil. ( supplying, recovering,
removing, holding )
5. There is no sign of plant life in this area. It must have drought for a long time. ( marine, vegetation, prison, pollution )
6. This channel allows rainwater to run off( keep inside, move around, flow into, flow out of )
7. We are doing damage ……our environment deliberately or incidentally. ( for, with, to, on )
8. We should do something immediately to save the Earth ………..…..being destroyed. ( from, for, in, at )
9. A noisy smoke-filled room is not a good ……..to work in. ( environment, conservation, dam, nature )
10. If all trees in the area are chopped down, the soil will be …………..( grown, planted, cultivated, eroded )
11. The natural ………..of water is influenced by trees, grasses, and other plant life.( round, round, circulation,
surround, road )
12. We are now facing the possible …………….of several rare species. ( ( danger, variety, existence, disappearance )
13.The new laws will be …….to restrict wildlife destruction. ( pasted, passed, supplied, taken away )
14. Plants play an important ………….in the natural circulation of water.( role, section, act, area )
15. All the plants and animals needs a constant ………of water to live. ( offer, borrow, supply, provide ).
16. A large hydroelectric …………….was built on the river Danube. ( power, dam, bank, wall )
II. . Grammar :
A. Word forms
1. …………..…….air makes people unpleasant to breathe. ( pollution )
2. Environmental pollution has bad effects on the balance of …….(natural)
3. She is a famous ………She is interested in protecting wild animals from extinction. ( conserve )
4. Up to now, we have hardly estimated the ……..that our country suffered during the war. ( destroy )
5. If people go on cutting down trees, it will lead to forest ………..( reduce )
B. Structure :
1. Do they teach English here ?

- If ……………………………………………………………………………..
6. I can play football this afternoon because I feel tired.
- If ……………………………………………………………………………..
7. Plants will not grow if they don’t get enough water.
- Unless ……………………………………………………………………….
8. You will not speak English fluently if you don’t practice it everyday.
- Unless ……………………………………………………………………..
9. The baby will die if nobody sends for a doctor.
- Unless ……………………………………………………………………..
10. If she does not hurry, she will be late for school.
- Unless …………………………………………………………………….
II. Verb tenses
1. The earth ( depend ) ………….……on the sun for its heat and light.
2. Robert is going to be famous for some day. He ( appear)……………..in three movies.
3. Our teacher told us that light ( travel )………….………faster than sound.
4. Father promised he ( buy ) ……………..…..me a bike.
5. How long ……...they ( know)……… each other before they ( get married ) ?
6. The students ( write ) …………….busily when Miss Brown went to get a book she ( leave )…………………. in the
office.
7. I don’t feel good. I ( stay ) ………………..…home from work tomorrow.
8. He was told that after he ( graduate ) …..………., he ( employ ) ………………..by a famous firm.
III. Prepositions
1. She prefers walking to school ………..……riding her motorbike.
2. I would like to work …………....someone who has something …………....common with me.
3. She has been working ………………Honda company.
4. The students get …………….the bus at 8 am and get …………at 8.30 am.
5. There’s no need to rebuild the house. It is still ……….very good condition.
6 ……………..the age of 20, he had visited 20 countries .
7. She stared at the girls who were pumping water …………….their buckets.
8. At the police station, he was asked to fill …………………a form.

7. His stolen car ( find ) …………………..yet ?


8. Two letters ( write ) ………………….before he left his house.
9. How much money ( steal ) …………………in the bank robbery yesterday ?
10. He ( arrest ) ……………….when he got off the plane in London ?
12. The building ( build ) …………………since last year.

E 10 – Improving exercises Unit 10
I. Rewrite sentences, not change the meaning.
1. The traffic is heavy during rush hours, they are not sometimes late for school
- If ……………………………………………………………………………….
2. Peter can not go out for lunch because his car is broken.
- If ……………………………………………………………………………..
3. The rain prevents us from going out.
- If ………………………………………………………………………………
4. Don’t throw aerosol into a fire or it will be exploded
- If ……………………………………………………………………………..
5. The flats are not clearly numbered, so it is very difficult to find anyone.
- If ……………………………………………………………………………..
6. I can play football this afternoon because I feel tired.
- If ……………………………………………………………………………..
7. Plants will not grow if they don’t get enough water.
- Unless ……………………………………………………………………….
8. You will not speak English fluently if you don’t practice it everyday.
- Unless ……………………………………………………………………..
9. The baby will die if nobody sends for a doctor.
- Unless ……………………………………………………………………..
10. If she does not hurry, she will be late for school.
- Unless …………………………………………………………………….

7. How did they carry it home ?
8. The teacher returned out written work to us.
9. They will hold the meeting before May Day
10. Mary is cutting the cake with a sharp knife.
11. The boys broke the window and took away some pictures.
12. Ann gave the boy a ticket and let him to the theatre.
13. People spend a lot of money on advertising every day.
14. No one believes his story.
15. Will you invite her to your wedding party ?

V. Use the verbs in brackets in the proper tenses in the passive voice.
1. English ( speak ) ………………..in many places in the world.
2. He never ( beat ) ……………….at tennis.
3. His new book ( publish ) ……………………..next month.
4. My fountain pen ( lose ) ………………………………..
5. She ( tell ) ………………………..about it yet ?
6. He ( teach ) ………………..well when he was at school ?
7. His stolen car ( find ) …………………..yet ?
8. Two letters ( write ) ………………….before he left his house.
9. How much money ( steal ) …………………in the bank robbery yesterday ?


10. He ( arrest ) ……………….when he got off the plane in London ?
12. The building ( build ) …………………since last year.

English 12- Improving Exercise
I. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form :
Barbara and John are neighbours. They ( know) …………..each other for several years. Barbara ( move ) ………….into
her house in 1985, and John ( live ) ………..next door since he ( come ) ……..to the area in 1986.
Barbara is a writer. She ( write ) ………….seven novels and ( win ) ………….several awards for her books. A few

3. He hasn’t prepared his lesson yet.
4. Does John return the book he borrowed yesterday ?
……………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………….
5. Have you met him before ?
6. Why didn’t she sing that song ?
……………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………….
7. Don’t they send this letter ?
8. Who wrote this letter ?
……………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………….
9. How did they carry home ?
10 We heard him come in.
……………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………….
11. He let her go.
12. Noone believes his story.
……………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………….
13. What have people done about this ?
14. Which book did you send him last week ?
……………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………….
15. John hates people looking at him.
16. Ann gave the boy a ticket and led him to the theatre.


……………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………….

E 10 – Improving exercises Unit 11
I. Put the verb into the correct form
1. He (eat) ………….dinner when I (go) …………….to see him.
2. While I (walk) ………………..around park, I (see)……………… Mr. John.
3. We (study) ………………..a very hard lesson the day before yesterday.
. John (work) ………………..thirty eight hours a week.
5. I (try)……………………. to learn English for years, but (not succeed) ……………..yet.
6. It (rain) ……………….very much in the summer. It (rain)…………… now.
7. John (wait)…………… for you since noon.
8. When it (rain), she (carry)………… an umbrella.
9. I (come)………. and (see)……………… you before I (leave) ……………….for Hai Phong.
10. She (not come) …………………….until you (be)……………. ready.
11. Hurry up: the train (come) ………………….in.
12. How many films you (see) ……………..this month?
13. Where are you? I’m upstairs. I (have) ………………….a bath.
4. Look! That little girl (run)………………… to catch to the bus.
15. My brother used (smoke) ………………………a pack of cigarettes a day last year.
16.Money is used for (buy)…………………. and (sell)………………..goods.
17. When I (come) …………….back home yesterday, my mother (prepare) t……………he meal.
18. Tom often (learn) ……………..the lesson at night.
19. If Peter ( check ) ……………his car the drive this morning, he ( not have ) t………….he problem of out of petrol
now.
20. If Peter ( leave ) …………for work last early Monday morning , he (catch ) …………….the bus .
21. It ( not be ) …………a good meeting if Rosa ( not be )………….. there.
22. If I ( not step ) ……………on the brakes, I ( hit )…………… the child on the bicycle.
23. I didn’t know you were in hospital. If I ( know ) …………….., I ( go )…………..to visit you.
24. Ken got to the station in time to catch his train. If he ( miss )………… it, he ( be ) ………..late for his interview.


25. How was your holiday ? Did you have a nice time ? We ( enjoy ) …………it more if the weather

15. The child was crying because his mother wasn’t here.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
I. Verb tenses
1. A school ( build)………….. in our village last month.
2. When I ( walk ) ………..to class yesterday morning, I ( see )………… Dick .We ( say ) ……..hello and I ( walk )
……… the rest of the way l.
3. When I (hear ) ……..a knock at the door last night, I ( walk)…….. to the door and ( open)………… it. When I
(open ) …….the door I (see) ………….my brother I(say)……… hello to him and (ask) ……….him to come in.
4. Mrs White ( turn ) on the radio in her car while she( drive ) home yesterday. She( listen ) to some music when she
suddenly( hear) a siren. She (look) in the mirrorand (see) an ambulance behind her.she immediately( pull) her car to the
side of the road and (wait) for the ambulance to pass.
5. She ( have) a headache for several hours.
6. My name is David. I ( be ) a journalist. I ( be) born in England but I (live) in Australia when I ( be) a child. I ( finish)
secondary school there. then I ( come ) back to England and ( work ) for a newspaper. I ( be ) a journalist for several
years.


7. I ( have) a letter from my brother yesterday. He ( live) in France.In his letter he( say ) that he would come to England
next year. If he ( come), he ( get ) a surprise. We now ( live ) in a beautiful new house in the country. The house ( build)
a year ago.In my letter, I ( tell ) that he could stay with us .The house ( have ) many large rooms and there is a large
garden.
8. Jane ( not be ) in such a trouble if she ( be ) careful when she typed the contract .
9. If Peter ( check ) his car the drive this morning, he ( not have ) the problem of out of petrol now.
10. If Peter ( leave ) for work last early Monday morning , he (catch ) the bus .
11. It ( not be ) a good meeting if Rosa ( not be ) there.
12. If I ( not step ) on the brakes, I ( hit ) the child on the bicycle.
13. I didn’t know you were in hospital. If I ( know ) , I ( go ) to visit you.
14. Ken got to the station in time to catch his train. If he ( miss ) it, he ( be ) late for his interview.
15. How was your holiday ? Did you have a nice time ? We ( enjoy ) it more if the weather ( be ) better.
E 12 – Improving exercises Unit 11 – 27/1/2009 – Week 22

1. I might win $ 10 and then I’d travel to New York to live the rest of my life.


2. ( - I’d travel .......................
2. We pollute the environment and we have so many diseases.
( If we .................................................................
3. I think you should get in touch with your relatives as soon as possible.
(- If I ..................................................
4. I don’t speak English well enough to work in that foreign-invested company.
( If ...........................................
5. The shark weighs 8 tons.
The shark is ..............................................................................................................
2. I advise you not to buy that house.
If ...............................................................................................................
3. Learning how the dolphins communicate with each other is interesting.
It’s .................................................
8. Yesterday, I really wanted to swim but it was too cold so I couldn’t. ( If ........................................................
9. I wasted a lot of money. Therefore I couldn’t buy a new car.
If .....................................................................
3. I don’t phone her to tell about her studying result, so she is worried now.
If ...............................................
4. Mary was tired and exhausted because she had to tidy and rearrange the whole house.
If ...........................
12. She is not in your position, so she isn’t able to advise you. If........................................................................
III. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the following verbs
locate, establish, orphan, abandon, contaminate, explore, release, defeat, contain, endanger, pollute
1. There is a danger of serious ........................from radioactive waste.
2. The giant panda is in danger of becoming extinct. It is an .....................species.
3. Cuc Phuong National Park is ..................160 km South West of Hanoi.
4. He wants ...............how the human brain will function under these circumstances.

...............................................................................................................................................................
6. We set off soon, and we will arrive soon.
...............................................................................................................................................................
7. As I get old, I want to travel less.
...............................................................................................................................................................
8. When the exam come near, the pupils work very hard.
...............................................................................................................................................................
9. We ran fast to reach the house because the sky grew dark.
...............................................................................................................................................................
10. He thought about his family so he became homesick.
...............................................................................................................................................................
11. You are old so you understand more.
...............................................................................................................................................................
12. Erica drove me to the airport. She drove fast so I became nervous.
...............................................................................................................................................................
PRACTICE
I. Phonetics
1. conserve; constant; destroy; forest
2. imprisoned; used; contaminated; suffered
3. future; protect; weight; temperate
4. blue; valuable; lamb; motorbike

5. conserve; constant; destroy; forest
6. imprison; gestation; contaminate; suffer
7. future; protect; weight; temperate

II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses or forms:
1. I (watch) TV three times yesterday, but I (not/ watch) TV so far today.
2. They (unemploy) since they (leave) London.
3. Could you imagine I (make) ten phone calls abroad today?

B
C
D
IV. Rewrite the sentences
1. It is difficult to grow a crop in this land because the flood took away valuable soil. If .....................................
2. She is afraid that the she will be taken away by strong wind if she opens her parachute so early. She is afraid of
3. This is the first time we’ve chatted with each other. We haven’t
4. We enjoyed swimming in this river after school when we were young. We used to be
5. Nobody can open the door because someone has locked it inside. The door……………………………….
6. Nobody can open the door because someone has locked it inside. If ............................................................
7. The TV needs servicing. My father bought it five years ago. The TV which
8. My teacher wants us to help protect the environment. My teacher advises that
2. Collecting stamps is one of Jane’s interests. – Jane is interested …………………………………………
2. Put verbs in the correct tenses or forms
1. “I (not/see) much of you lately” “Oh yes. It is 2 months since we (meet).
2. Most students (work) hard for the last few weeks.
3. We are looking forward to (talk) to you in real life.
4. My grand-father (die) two years ago after he (be) ill for 3 years.
5. I was talking about him when he suddenly (come) in.
6. Peter (see) this movie three times. He is not really interested in (see) it. He just wants (look) at the leading actress.
7. Oh! These shoes (make) him look very funny.
8. I can’t go out because I (not finish) my work.
V. Stress
1.
2.
3.
4.

A. daily
A. miracle

8. I have a right to come in the club because I am a member of this club. – As ………
VIII. Give the correct forms of words:
1. To my ……………., the 9 month-old baby crawled towards me and said “Hello “(amaze)
2. The class should be swept ……… (day)
3. Marketing Dickens was ………….because he couldn’t pay his debt. (prison)
4. She always sings these songs ………………. (beauty)
5. Books help me to get more ……… (know)
6. Chinese people are making a lot of …………. for the Olympic 2010. (preparation)
7. May Day is celebrated regularly in …………..countries. (society)
8. Arsenal players have been trying to score another goal, but their efforts are ……… (success)
IX. Combine the following sentences, using the words provided :
1. He left our house. He didn’t say goodbye to us. (without)
2. I got out. I wanted to have a look at the front tyre. (to)
3. Did you see the man? He has a scar on his left cheek. (who)
4. She gives Jim easy exercises. He can do them in ten minutes. (such ………that)
5. He didn’t eat anything. He was very hungry (although)
6. He knew the man. My sister bought his car. (whose)
7. It was extremely cold. We delayed the trip. (because)
8. We read this book carefully. We understand them well. (double comparative )
X. Reading :Decide the statement TRUE or FALSE:
The majority of London’s inhabitants live in its suburb. Many of them travel to the city to work every day by train, bus,
tube or car. These people are called “commuters”. Commuters may spend as much as two hours every morning getting
to work and another two hours getting home again. The cost of living in London is higher than that in most other parts
of Britain. Millions of visitors come to London every year from all over the world to see the famous sights here.London


is famous for Buckingham Palace, its theaters, red buses and black taxis. Some people find it a noisy and dirty place but
it has many large, pleasant parks. Here, everyone can enjoy some peaceful islands and quiet moments. London has
many attractions both for people from other parts of Britain and people from overseas.
Câu 1 : The majority of LonDon’s inhabitantd live in the countryside.

III. Combine two sentences into one, using relative pronouns.
1. I saw several houses. Most of them were not quite good.
2. May Day is a day. The working people show their friendship and solidarity on that day.
3. Who is the professor? We met him here last year.
4. The office is on the 21st floor. My wife works in that office.
5. The boys like playing football. I saw them at the park.
6. The party was boring. I went to it last night.
7. She’s got a friend. His father is a computer engineer.
8. They’re the people. Their daughters are famous singers.
IV. Choose the best answer
1. He ……………… received the bill said that you were out for lunch. (whose, who, whom, which )
2. Do you know the teacher…………….? ( who they want to meet, who they want to meet him, which they want to
meet, that they want to meet him)
3. The Pikes are decorating the house………….
(which they bought in June, who they bought in June, which they buy in June, which sold in June )


4. The man ………… to help us didn’t know our address.
(who sent, whom was sent, which he sent, who was sent)
5. She can’t remember the name of the shop ………… she bought this dress. (which, where, when, Ø )
6. The box ………… I put my ring is red.( which, in which, when, in that )
7. My students want to visit the house ……… when he was young.(which Nguyen Trai used to live in, where Nguyen
Trai used to live in, in where Nguyen Trai used to live, Nguyen Trai used to live in)
8. Do you know the man …………… has won the contest? (who, whom, which, whose)
V. Give the correct form of verbs in brackets.
1. My grand-father died after he (be) ill for 3 years.
2. I (talk) about him when he suddenly (come) in.
3. The man died before he (bring) to hospital

6. Peter (see) this movie three times.

- Andrew suggested…………………

VII. Give the correct form of the words in brackets
1. Mary only had two days to visit all the tourist ……….. (attract)
2. Nothing could………..Jack (satisfy)
3. The police are interested in the…………..of the valuable diamond. (appear)
4. My parents looked………….after listening to the news. (amusement)
5. It was an…………..football match. All the fans felt…………..when they saw the goals. (excite)
6. These exercises are…………..He can……………do them. (easy)
7. Some people think it’s still ……..for men not to stand up when a lady comes into the room. (polite)
8. The new policy will……………many women to return to work.
VIII.
IMPROVING EXERCISES 5
1. Read the following passage

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
Sign language for the (1)...... was first systematized in France during the(2) ...... century by Abbot Charles-Michel
L’EpÐe. French Sign Language (FSL) (3)...... to the United States in 1816 by Thomas Gallaudet, the founder of the
American school for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. He developed American Sign Language (ASL), a language of
gestures and hand symbol that (4)...... words and concepts.
(5)...... many respects, sign language is just like any (6)...... language, with rich vocabulary and highly organized, rulegoverned grammar. But in sign language, information is (7)...... through the eyes rather than the ears. Thus, facial
expression and body movement play an important part in (8)...... information.


In spoken language, the relationship (9)...... most words and the objects and concepts they represent is arbitrary – there is
nothing about the word ‘tree’ (10)...... actually suggests a tree, either in the way it is spelled or (11)....... In the same
way, in sign language, most signs do not suggest, or imitate, the thing or idea they represent, and must be learned. Sign
language may be acquired naturally as a child’s first language, or it may be (12)...... through study and practice.
Sign language shares other (13)...... with spoken languages. Like any living language, ASL grows and changes over time
(14)...... native users’ needs. ASL also has regional (15)......, equivalent to spoken accents, with different signs being

B. accommodating
B. variety

C. deaf
C. eighty
C. was bringing
C. express
C. For
C. read
C. processed
C. conveying
C. between
C. who
C. spoken
C. taken
C. similarities
C. accommodated
C. various

D. lisp
D. eightieth
D. had brought
D. show
D. In
D. coded
D. understood
D. transporting
D. of
D. both A and B
D. pronounced

neighborhood, and (48. sell) them at a low price to poor people. Gradually, their business (49. develop) into a big


recycling company. They also (50. own) a high quality glass company. They (51. invest) their money in foreign trade
and (52. travel) to many countries (53. establish) their joint-venture enterprises. Their mother and disabled sister (54.
die) before they (55.become) rich. Henry often (56. say) that he never (57. forget) his poor and unhappy childhood. He
often (58. give) money to charity and (59. award) a lot of scholarships. He (60. build) many schools for poor children
in the country before he (61. die) in 1997.
IMPROVING EXERCISES 3
1. Complete the dialogue using Verbs in the box (some Verbs can be used more than once)
lose

get up

go

do

come

play

fall

work

watch

look at


him, she .................. her arms and ....................... something he couldn’t hear because the people around him ....................... so much
noise.

4. Mary ..................... outside ........................ the flowers when it suddenly ........................... to rain. So of course she ....................... off the
hose and let nature take care of her garden.

5. Two days ago, Peter ........................... all of his money out of the bank and .................................. a new car. Yesterday, while
he .................................. to work, he lost control of his steering and ........................ against another car. He ................................ not hurt,
but the accident completely ................................... his new car.

1. Circle ONE mistake and correct it
1. Yesterday, David crossed the street when a truck turned the corner very fast and almost hit him.
A
B
C
D
2. A: My classmate, Jack, really makes me angry.
B: Why?
A: Well. He always interrupts me . I can barely get a sentence out of my mouth.
A
B: Is that all?
A: No, he is always asking me to write his reports for him. I have enough reports of my own without doing
B
C
D


his reports.
3. When the door-to-door salesperson came this morning, Claudia wasn’t hear the doorbell because she was
A

1. Read the passage and answer the following questions
If you’d had enough of helping out with the housework, then a robot could be the answer.
Wakamaru, made by Mitsubishi, has been designed to make people’s lives easier by doing jobs for them and helping
them remember things they have to do. Mitsubishi think the robot will be ideal for elderly people who need help
around the house and it will also act as an hi-tech burglar alarm. If it is on its own, a robot hears a loud noise or sees
anything unusual, it is programmed to e-mail its owner to let them know there is a problem. It is so clever that when its
batteries run out, normally after two hours, Wakamaru knows that it needs to recharge itself, so it does.
Mind you, all that does not come cheap, so if you have got your eyes on one, you will have to have a spare £5,000 to pay
for it.
1. What is Wakamaru?
2. What can a robot do?
3. Who does Mitsubishi refer to?
4. How does a robot inform you of problems?
5. What does “so it does” mean?
1. Correct ONE mistake in these sentences
1. It is not difficult to use a personal computer perfect.
A
B
C
D
2. People who are interesting in international topics might buy a paper printed in New York or London.
A
B
C
D
3. The stories that I’ve just told you is all true
A
B
C bD
4. If the software is not compatible with the operating system, the computer may fail to function and turn on

D
10.
By the time we got there, the rain had been stopped.
A
B
C
D
2. Fill in the blank with a, an, the if necessary
1. My students have becoming dependent on ...... Internet for ...... information.
2. She often collects ..... stamps of many ...... other countries. She has ..... rather large collection of ..... stamps
3. In ...... developed world, virtually every ...... profession makes ...... use of ...... computers.
4. ...... injured have been taken into ...... hospital immediately on ...... taxis.
5. ...... telephone is considered one of ...... most useful scientific achievement.
6. ...... discovery of ...... fire was ...... turning point in ....... technological development.
7. Although ...... police kept ...... tomb under their guard, it was sometimes robbed of its ...... treasures.
8. Peter dreams of becoming ...... famous singer. Music is ...... passion with him.
IMPROVING EXERCISES 11
1. Rewrite the sentences
1. “Why don’t we go to Australia on vacation?”, John suggests.
John suggests
2. She has no intention of buying a car.
She is
3. Mary had the habit of going on excursions with her classmates at the end of every month.
Mary used
4. It is a two-hour flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh city.
It takes
5. Martin and Helen have decorated the new house for three days.
The new house
6. The Amory Show, held in New York in 1913, was an important exhibition.
The Amory Show, which

C
D
The first term is going to come to an end. We have to work harder for our examination.
A
B
C
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2. Read the passage and put verbs in the correct tenses or forms
Twenty years ago, people (1. realize)................... that computer were about to (2. become)..................... part of our daily
lives. This short period of time (3. see)....................... enormous changes in business, education, and administration.
Jobs which (4. take).......................... weeks to complete in the past now (5. carry out) .............................in minutes.
Clerks who (5. spend)........................ all day (7. copy)........................... and (8. check)........................... calculation are
now freed from these tedious tasks. In offices, the short hum and clicking of word processors (9.
replace).............................. the clatter of typewriters. Schoolchildren (10. become)........................ as familiar with
hardware and software as their parents (11. be)................... with pencils and exercise books. Computerization of
public records (12. enable)............................... government departments (13. analyse)........................... the needs of
citizens in detail. Some of us may wonder, however, whether life really (14. improve)................................ as a result of
these changes. Many jobs (15. disappear) ......................., for example, when intelligent machines (16.
take).......................... over the work. Employers complain that clerical staff (17. become)...............................
dependent on calculators and cannot do simple arithmetic. There are fears that the government (18. not/
do)............................... enough (19. ensure) ....................... that personal information held on computer is really kept
secret. Certainly, many people may now be wondering whether the spread of computers (20. bring).......................... us
as many problems as it (solve).............................
3. Complete the following letter
Dear Carol,
1. Thank/ much/ invitation/ spend 3 weeks/ August/ you and your family/ Scotland.
2. I/ love/ come/ unfortunately/ I/ unable/ accept.
3. My cousins/ live/ Canada/ stay/ us/ August 3rd/ August 18th.
4. As/ it/ their first visit/ country/ I/ plan/ show around.
5. It/ possible/ visit/ you/ September/ instead?