Bài tập ngữ pháp lớp 10 CB Lê Ngọc Thạch
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UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF……..
EXERCISES
Exercise 1: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
other words.
1. A. field B. heat C. meet D. head
2. A. dinner B. drink C. dive D. children
3. A. ready B. meat C. defeat D. beat
4. A. kitchen B. history C. time D. finish
5. A. arrive B. fit C. thrive D. drive
Exercise 2: Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.
6. A. usually B. afternoon C. family D. buffalo
7. A. tobacco B. breakfast C. children D. several
8. A. continue B. alarm C. contented D. sometimes
9. A. airport B. passenger C. technology D. chemistry
10. A. routine B. tobacco C. neighbour D. experience
Exercise 3: Chia hình thức của ñộng từ trong ngoặc ở thì Hiện tại ñơn
11. I ………………………….(eat) my breakfast in the kitchen every day.
12. These boys often ……………….………(play) football at weekends.
13. It ……………………...(rain) in the winter.
14. She ……………………………….(go) to school three days a week.
15. My little boy often ……………..…………(watch) cartoon film.
16. She …………………………..(study) English very well.
17. My father often ……………………………(play) tennis in the morning.
18. Ann ……………………………… (speak) German very well.
Exercise 4: Hãy thêm “DO or DOES” vào các câu sau ñây ñể tạo thành câu hỏi và trả lời tho ý
của mình.
19………. the students study hard every day?
→ …………………………………………………………….…………
20………..Mr. Brown go to his office every day?

32. He …………………………….…(live) in London last year.
33. He ………………………..(live) in London from 1980 to 1985.
34. They …………………………..(sell) their house several days ago.
35. When…………….…you ………….…..(see) her ?
36. …………………..he come to see you last night ? Yes he came.
37. She ………………….……..(met) me in the street last Sunday.
38. I ……………………..….(wait) for the telephone call all this morning.
39. I………………………..……..(study) music when I was at school.
40. They ………………………………..(sell) their house last year.
41. They ………………………….…(walk) to the corner two days ago.
42. Professor T. ………………………….…(teach) another class last year.
43. We ………………………….….(spend) two weeks in Japan in 2000.
44. He ………………………………..…..(meet) his friends some days ago.
45. We ……………………….…….(speak) to our friends last week.
Exercise 7: Hãy ñổi các câu sau sang hình thức nghi vấn và phủ ñịnh.
46. Jack went to the shop.
→ ……………………………………………… ?
→ ………………………………………………
47. He bought some eggs.
→ ……………………………………………. ?
→ ……………………………………………
48. He took off his hat.
→ ……………………………………………. ?
→ ……………………………………………
49. Joe fell and hurt his arm.
→ ……………………………………………….?
→ ……………………………………………
Exercise 8: Hãy ñiền (DID , WAS or WERE ) vào chỗ trống.
50. Where ……………..you born? Where ……….……..your mother born?
51. When ………………….………..you start school?

other words.
1. A. son B. above C. convenience D. wonderful
2. A. marvel B. package C. father D. lastly
3. A. study B. student C. studio D. stupid
4. A. address B. important C. master D. embarrass
5. A. holiday B. health C. hobby D. honor
Exercise 2: Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.
6. A. condition B. profession C. interaction D. translation
7. A. service B. lobby C. weather D. receive
8. A. entertainment B. communicate C. geography D. appropriate
9. A. polite B. problem C. arrive D. guitar
10. A. decide B. semester C. acceptable D. customary
Exercise 3: Write question with: WHO, WHAT, HOW, WHY.
11. Miss Phuong went home early.
→ Why ……………………….................…….…………?
12. I met Phong’s father .
→ Who …………………………….................…………..?
13 . they wanted something .
→ What ………………………………….............………?
14. The machine cost a lot of money.
→ How much money ………………………….…………?
15. We had dinner .
→ What ………………………..............…… for dinner?
16. The meeting finished .
→ What time ……………………..........……………… ?
17. Lucy arrived.
→ What time ……………………......................………?
Exercise 4: Underlined the correct answer.
18. I’m looking forward to ……………….you at Christmas. ( see/ seen/ seeing )
19. Litter boys like ………………. trees. ( climb/ climbing/ have climbed )

2 A. extreme B. telephone C. depend D. went
3 A. happen B. many C. example D. family
4 A. elephant B. enable C. better D. pretty
5. A. eleven B. said C. anyone D. camera
Exercise 2: Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.
6. A. November B. diploma C. interrupt D. romantic
7. A. educate B. chemistry C. mature D. obtain
8. A. mathematics B. university C. difficult D. calculate
9. A. private B. atomic C. receive D. professor
10. A. intelligent B. secondary C. appearance D. development
Exercise 3: Hãy chọn thì Quá Khứ ðơn hoặc thì Quá Khứ Hoàn Thành cho các ñộng từ trong
ngoặc.
11. When we arrived , the dinner …………….…….(already begin).
12. She …………..……..(cry) after he …………..……….(go).
13. They ……….…..(tell) us we were too late. The train ……….…..(leave).
14. When I …………..….(get) to the theatre , the play …….…..….(already start).
15. John was not at home . He ……….………..…(go) away.
16. The house was very quiet. Everybody ……………….….(go) to bed.
17. They ……………………...(not go) home until they finished their work.
18. We ……….……….(just turn off) the lights when we heard someone at the door.
19. Everyone ………...(eat) dinner by the time we ………(get) to the dining-room.
20. We …………....(ask) the poster where he …………..…(put) our luggage.
21. He ………………………(do) nothing before he saw me.
22. He thanked me for what I ……………………..(do).
23. I ………………(be) sorry that I had hurt him.
24. After they had gone, I …………………(sit) down and …………….(rest).
25. He ……………………..(die) after he ………………..(be) ill a long time.
26. As soon as you ……………..(go), I …………….(want) to see you again.
27. Before you ………….(go) very far, we found that we …………(lose) our way.
28. My friend ……………(not see) me for many years when I met him.

42. After the … death of her husband, Marie Curie took up his position at
the Sorbonne.
A. tragic B. tragedy C. tragical D. tragically
43. Marie Curie was …......…..the Nobel Prize in chemistry for determining the atomic weight of
radium.
A. won B. awarded C. dedicated D. devoted
44. He was ……….injured in the accident last night.
A. bad B. serious C. seriously D. worse
45. The hall was ……………….students.
A. crowded with B. packed with C. full of D. All are correct
46. ………….her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely hard.
A. In spite of B. Despite of C. Although D. However
47. Marie Curie was the first woman ……….. a PhD from the Sorbonne
A. receive B. to receive C. received D. was received
48. Jim, ………… since you got home from football practice.
A. are you eating B. had you eaten C. did you eat D. have you eaten
49. It rained yesterday after it …………..dry for months.
A. was B. have been C. had been D. was being
50. When you phone me, it …………my lunchtime.
A. was B. is C. being D. were
Exercise 5: Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
51. She was sad after she reads her boyfriend’s letter.
A B C D
52. He hardly never makes any mistakes in his reports.
A B C D
53. After she had had lunch, she had taken a nap.
A B C D
54. Although our poor living conditions, we all feel happy.
A B C D
55. Because of he was ill, he had to stay at home.

2. A. all B. walk C. what D. water
3. A. effort B. world C. sport D. before
4. A. fall B. watch C. bottle D. wrong
5. A. awful B. quality C. corner D. fourteen
Exercise 2: Choose the word in each line that has different stress pattern.
6. A. enjoy B. prevent C. special D. attend
7. A. different B. disabled C. consuming D. activity
8. A. educate B. secondary C. biology D. suspicious
9. A. explain B. gradually C. development D. profession
10. A. opposite B. employed C. condition D. important
Exercise 3: Use The + Adjective from the list to complete each sentence.
disabled, rich, deaf, unemployed, dumb, poor, blind, injured
11. ……………………………..have to help …………………………. .
12. …………….….in the accident yesterday morning was taken to hospital immediately.
13. The little boy is helping ………………………cross the street.
14. …….....…..and…………. use a system of sign language to communicate with each other.
15. The government should take an urgent step to help …………………….. .
16. Don’t make fun of ………………………………….. .
Exercise 4: Choose the correct word between brackets.
17. The rich (is / are ) ………….. not always happy.
18. The poor (is / are )……………not always unhappy.
19. The dead never …………….( return / returns ).
20. The lazy can never …………….( succeeds / succeed ).
21. The young ( have / has ) ……………the future in their hand.
Exercise 5: Use “WHICH” to combine each pair of sentences.
22. John is always late for class. This annoys the teacher.
……………………………………………………………………………..
23. People today put advertisements on TV or in newspapers. This makes it possible to produce
more things to sell.
………………………………………………………………………………

40. When I was your age, I …………………. for the cinema.
(used to pay 5p / used paid 5p / used to pay 5p )
Exercise 7: Choose the best answer.
42. He rushed into the burning building, ………..was very brave.
A. it B. who C. that D. which
43. My father didn’t …………………coffee for breakfast.
A. used to have B. use to have C. use to having D. use be having
44. Without the Braille Alphabet it would be very difficult for ………..
A. disabled B. the deaf C. the mute D. the blind
45. Thuy’s class is different ………other classes because the children are disabled.
A. on B. from C. in D. at
46. The little boy is helping……………..cross the street.
A. the poor B. the rich C. the blind D. the young
47. Many people lost their home in the Earthquake. The government is trying
to establish more shelters to care for ………………
A. the childless B. the homeless C. the blind D. the deaf
48. The government should have special policies to help the ……………. .
A. disable B. disabled C. disability D. disablement
49. I ………….up late at night.
A. use to stay B. am used to stay C. used to staying D. am used to staying
50. The blind child …………… a great effort to learn “Braille ”.
A. did B. got C. made D. created
51. There was a lot of …………….from the local residents.
A. oppose B. opposite C. opponent D. opposition
52. I’d like to introduce you to Mrs. Thuy, ……… is the teacher of this special class.
A. that B. which C. who D. whom
53. The children will learn how …………….sums.
A. to do B. doing C. do D. will do
54. We ……….for the delay in answering your letter.
A. sorry B. regret C. apologize D. excuse

67. Check cards are used for replace money.
A B C D
* Exercise 9: Choose one sentence A, B, C or D that best rewrites the sentence given in italic .
68. People who are out of work are increasing in our country.
A. There is a decrease in the number of unemployed people in our country.
B. There is an increase in the number of workers in our country.
C. The unemployed in our country are increasing.
D. The unemployed who have work are increasing in our country.
69. Mrs. Quyen taught the mute but she doesn’t do it any more.
A. Mrs.Quyen used to teach the mute.
B. Mrs.Quyen has used to teaching the mute.
C. Mrs.Quyen gets used to teach the mute.
D. Mrs.Quyen is used to teaching the mute.
70. Mai didn’t come to class yesterday. This surprised all of us.
A. Mai didn’t come to class yesterday that surprised all of us.
B. This Mai didn’t come to class yesterday surprised all of us.
C. Which surprised all of us that Mai didn’t come to class yesterday.
D. Mai didn’t come to class yesterday, which surprised all of us.
71. They didn’t have proper schooling because they were poor.
A. Poverty prevented them from having proper schooling.
B. They were poor but they still had proper schooling.
C. They had proper schooling because they were poor.
D. Property didn’t discouraged them from having proper schooling.