HOÀNG THỊ HỒNG NHUNG
Tp. Hồ Chí Minh – 9/2008
ĐỀ 01
I. Choose the best answers:
1. On (average/ holiday/ summer/ weekend), workers work eight hours a day.
2. The poor and the homeless children live in the (orphanage/ workhouse/ prison/ town).
3. They are (bored/ excited/ interesting/ willing) to watch their favorite programs on TV.
4. It’s necessary to (keep/ recycle/ preserve/ make) our waste for late use.
5. We’re happy to study with a teacher (who/whom/whose/which) teaching is excellent.
6. They always go to London in the summer (and/ because/ so/ although) they have some relatives
there.
7. There are many places of interest (in/ on/ for/ with) the city of London.
8. I think you should go (on/ with/ by/ to) train/
9. We were on a trip along the river (on/ in/ at/ about) the evening.
10. They have been interested in saving the environment (since/ for/ in/ during) a long time.
II. Word form:
1. You must be (care) _______________ when you open the door.
2. We should pay attention to (preserve) _______________ our environment.
3. The sun was shining (bright) _______________.
4. What role does the (cooperate) _______________ play?
5. His (collect) _______________ of stamps made us surprised.
6. They’re never been (bore) _______________ with their study.
III. Word form or correct tense:
1. They advised us (not go) _______________ out alone at night.
2. The children were excited about (open) _______________ their presents.
3. I wish you (be) _______________ here with us now.
4. She had her picture (take) _______________.
5. My brother (walk) _______________ down the street when it began to rain.
6. She (buy) _______________ some presents for the homeless children.
IV. Fill in each blank with a suitable word form the box:
Television has been very ____________ since it appeared a few decades ago. Millions of

10. Have you been satisfied with what you have (for/ since/ of/ with) you came here?
II. Word form:
1. It is (economy) _______________ to turn off the lights when it is bright enough.
2. He admired her for her (amaze) _______________ performance last night.
3. I got a (satisfy) _______________ result of the final examination.
4. The (preserve) _______________ of the environment is important.
5. Many (complete) _______________ were at the Games.
6. That boy did the test very (quick) _______________.
III. Word form or correct tense:
1. I (not finish) _______________ my work yesterday.
2. When the boy came, they (have) _______________ dinner.
3. They (live) _______________ in this house for at least 10 years.
4. She always (read) _______________ books in the evening.
5. We should have our teeth (check) _______________ every 6 moths.
6. She enjoys (walk) _______________ in the rain.
IV. Fill in each blank with a suitable word form the box:
It is Susan’s first ____________ to London. She arrived at Heathrow airport on a fine warm
day. She ____________ a taxi to the hotel in the downtown area. Susan was ____________
excited that she started her sightseeing tour right after ____________ in. What amazed her most
London was that people kept their cars to ____________ left in the streets. She visited a few
places of ____________ that afternoon.
The next day was a quiet day in London ____________ it was Sunday. Most shops were
closed and people got out of the city. Susan went ____________, too, and she really enjoyed the
beautiful sights in the countryside.
V. Complete the second sentence with the same meaning the first sentence:
1. I will ask someone to paint the house white.
 I will have the house __________________________________________________________
2. The car was too expensive for her to buy.
 The car was so ______________________________________________________________
3. If you do a lot of exercise, you will get healthy.

cancer.
Although psychiatrists try to stop people from drinking, they haven’t _______________ very
successful. _______________ have doctors. How then can our health be improved?
IV. Complete the second sentence with the same meaning the first sentence:
1. I don’t intend to apologize to either of them.
 I have _____________________________________________________________________
2. My English friend finds using chopsticks difficult.
 My English friend is __________________________________________________________
3. Surgeons have used the laser as accurate scalpels to treat cancers.
 The laser ___________________________________________________________________
4. The gate is closed to stop the children running into the road.
 The gate is closed so that ______________________________________________________
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ĐỀ 04
I. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets:
When Mr. Black (come) _______________ home from work yesterday, his wife (be) ______
busy in the kitchen. She was getting the dinner ready. He asked her what the children (do)_____.
She said they were both in the sitting room. They (watch) ____________ television. Mr. Black
was tired after his day’s work. He sat down, and while his wife (lay) __________ the table, he told
her what he (do) ___________ in the office.
II. Choose the best answers:
1. The day seems perfect (at/ in/ for/ of) a picnic.
2. He was sad (on/ about/ at/ of) his friend’s failure.
3. Please pay attention (to/ in/ on/ of) what I’m going to say.
4. Please go (on/from/ out/ over) your exercise before you hand it in.
5. The English drive on the (left/ right/ top/ bottom) hand side of the road.
6. Have you made a decision on the day (when/ which/ why/ where) you set off?
7. She locked the door (so not as to/ so as not to/ in order that/ not order to) be disturbed.
8. Do you mind (live/ to live/ living/ lived) on your own?
III. Word form:

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ĐỀ 05
I. Put each verb in brackets in the correct tense:
a) It was a beautiful morning. The sun (shine) ____________. About 1,000 people (stand) _____
in front of the Palace. At 10:00, the guards (open) __________ the gates and the President’s car
(drive) ____________ out.
b) Last year (not be) ____________ a good year for Pete and Sonia. Pete (have) _____________ a
car accident and (spend) ____________ a month in hospital. The children (not pass) ________
________ their exam.
II. Choose the best answers:
1. There’s the house (which/ where/ that) Shakespeare was born.
2. What do you do often do (in/ on/ at) the inventing?
3. It is the English pronunciation (that/ who/ what) causes us a lot of difficulties.
4. The car was (too/ so/ such) expensive that I didn’t buy it.
5. Nam is (interest/ interesting/ interested) in being a Mathematics teacher.
6. I haven’t seen my brother (since/ for/ during) 5 months.
7. He was born (in/ on/ at) June 30
th
, 1994.
8. The scientist (which/ what/ who) discovered a new planet has won the Nobel.
III. Word form:
1. Gases from factories are extremely (harm) _______________.
2. We’ve decided to interview only six (apply) _______________ for the job.
3. The water is (pollute) _______________. You can’t drink it.
4. John drives very (care) _______________. He’s never had any accidents.
5. We all enjoy (learn) _______________ English.
6. In Britain the people who are out of work get (employ) _______________ benefit.
IV. Choose the best answers:
My first visit to the cinema (is/ was/ been/ will be) a very unhappy one. I (take/ takes/ taken/
was taken) there by (some/ any/ many/ much) friends when I was only seven years old. At first

United States next week.
II. Choose the best answers:
1. Isaac Newton died in 1727 (with/ in/ at/ on) the age of eighty – five.
2. I haven’t had any news of John (in/ before/ on/ since) 2003.
3. Her daughter is (fond/ amused/ interested/ bored) of collecting coins.
4. The house is (very/ too/ such/ so) small for us to live in.
5. Do you mind (live/ to live/ living/ lived) on your own?
6. It’s the English phrasal verbs (which/ that/ it/ they) puzzle me most.
7. This is the factory (where/ what/ when/ which) my father used to work.
8. You must leave now (unless/ if/ because/ or) you will be late for schools.
9. Boys and girls may behave (differ/ difference/ different/ differently) in this situation.
10. All of us were (surprise/ surprised/ surprising/ surprisingly) at her success.
11. He was the greatest (scientific/ scientifically/ science/ scientist) of the time.
12. Radium was (discover/ discovered/ discoverer/ discovery) by Marie Curie.
13. We should stop (polluting/ polluted/ pollution/ pollutant) our environment.
14. I don’t think that film is (bore/ bored/ boring/ boringly).
IV. Choose the best answers:
Isaac Newton is one (in/ of/ at/ on) the greatest men in the history of science. He (born/ bored/
was bore/ was boring) in a small village of Wool Thorpe in England (since/ for/ on/ in) 1642. His
father was a poor farmer. When the boy was fourteen, his father died. Newton left school and