By Ho Xuan Phuong - YenDinh - T.Hoa
Exercises for practice
Question 1:
a) Find the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the
other three in each question.
1. A. dressed B. earned C. arrived D. played
2. A. cup B. bus C. bush D. button
3. A. most B. cost C.coast D.host
4. A. bath B. healthier C.cloth D. clothes
5. A.weight B. receive C. eight D. veil.
Question 2: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1. I wish they (come) and (see) me some day.
2. We had the walls (whitewash) by my uncle.
3. I (hear) someone (knock) the door early this morning.
4. Although we (be) in this village for years so far, we (not know) many people
yet. But my next door neighbors (be) very helpful when we first (move) in.
5. When we arrived the film (show) for 20 minutes.
6. I wish you (let) me (know) you (not be) able to come to dinner. I certainly (not
go) to all this trouble if I (know).
Question 3: Fill each blank with the appropriate form of the word given in
brackets to complete the sentences.
1. Do you know how to make a................................. (speak)
2. His late arrival caused us much............................. (convenient)
3. George didn’t go into the army..............................(volunteer)
4. Peter is very talented, but he will never be a..........(profession)
musician because he doesn’t practice.
5. This a the .................. storm we have had for years. (bad)
6. After the storm, many people suffered from........... (home)
7. He is one of the fast ............................. in my class. (cycle)
8. He drove so ...........................so he had an accident. (care)
9. ............................ often leads to obesity. (Eat)

A. for B. because C. through D. On account
15. You’ll never regret ....... a kind action.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. done
Question 5:
a) Fill in each gap with one suitable word
My home is (1) ....... the air. I do an enormous amount of travelling. It is a
fast life and full (2) .... work, but I like it and that is the only way for me.
Everything is tiring - music, travelling, but what I can do ? I am not (3) ........ to
complaining. It is hard to imagine now that I will ever be very long in one place.
My home town is in the Caspian Sea. (4) ....... is sea, wind, sun and too many
tourists and hotels. I (5) ..... my own flat with four or five rooms, but I am seldom
there. If I am there for a day (6) ........ two, I prefer to (7) ....... with my mother and
grandmother. They live in a small house, (8)....... it is very comfortable and my
mother cooks for me. I like good, simple food.
2
I have no wife, no brothers or sisters, and my father died when I was ten. He was
an engineer and I don’t (9) .... him very well. He liked music very much and
wanted (10) ....... to become a musician.
b) Choose the most suitable word for each space.
The table tennis match was very enjoyable before(1)..........lit a cigarette and
ruined the evening. After (2).......smoking, they let the cigarette fall on the wooden
floor. Even the woman who was sitting next to the man with the cigarette did not
notice. Soon, however there was (3)..........smoke. Suddenly flames shot up in to
the air. Someone immediately ran out of the room to phone the fire brigade. Two
or three men got some buckets of water (4).........the fire, but it was useless.
Everyone in the large hall was very frightened. The next moment people rushed
towards the main door. Before the fire brigade arrived the whole building was on
fire. On (5)...........the burning building, one of the fireman succeeded in rescuing
an old woman.
1. A. someone B. anyone C. no one D. nobody

1. There’s the woman who she sold me the arranges.
2. This is my brother, who’s wife's French.
3. You’d better tell me the reason he didn’t turn up.
4. I don’t like being asking about personal questions.
5. Having write the letter, she put it in the envelope.
Question 7 : Make these sentences from the following words and phrases:
1. He / cleverest boy/ meet/ last ten years.
2. I come /invite you/ film/ you/ not in.
3. Neither / the twins like / swim / the sea.
4. They / going / have / luggage / take / station.
5. Children / busy / homework.
THE END
answer keys
Question 1: (5 points)
a. 1.A 2. C 3. B
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4. 1. D 5. B
Question 2: (15 points)
1. would come / see or came / saw
2. whitewashed
3. heard / knock
4. have been / haven't known / were / moved
5. have been shown
6. had let / know / weren't / would not certainly have gone / had known.
Question 3: (10 points)
1. speech 6. homelessness
2. inconvenience 7. cyclists
3. voluntarily 8. carelessly
4. professional 9. overeating
5. worst 10. beautify