EXERCISE 1: Use The Correct Form of Verbs in Brackets

EXERCISE 1: Use the correct form of verbs in brackets.
1. In the world, there (be) __________ only 14 mountains that (reach) __________above
8.000 meters.
2. He sometimes (come) __________ to see his parents.
3. He (take) __________ a trip to California the following week.
4. I knew that this road (be) __________ too narrow.
5. Right now I (attend) __________ class. Yesterday at this time I (attend) __________class.
6. I will graduate in June. I (see) __________ you in July.
7. I (visit) __________ my uncle’s home regularly when I (be) __________ a child.
8. I (spend) __________ my holidays here last year.
9. When we were at school we all (study) __________Latin.
10. When I (meet) __________ him, he (work) __________as a waiter for a year.
EXERCISE 2: Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.

1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.
A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living
2. I ______ Texas State University now.
A. am attending B. attend
C. was attending D. attended
3. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.
A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run
4. I _______ in the room right now.
A. am being B. was being C. have been being D. am
5. John ______ a book when I saw him.
A. is reading B. read C. was reading D. reading
6. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week.
A. was reading B. wrote C. was written D. had written
7. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.
A. walking B. walked C. walks D. walk
8. Turn off the gas. Don’t you see that the kettle ________ ?
A. boil B. boils C. is boiling D. boiled
9. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.
A. leave B. are leaving C. leaving D. are left
10. He always ________ for a walk in the evening.
A. go B. is going C. goes D. going
11. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.
A. working B. works C. is working D. work
12. Her father ______ when she was a small girl.
A. dies B. died C. has died D. had died
13. Last week, my professor promised that he ________ today.
A. would come B. will come C. comes D. coming
14. Hurry up, Jane! We all ________ for you.
A. wait B. are waiting C. waiting D. are waited
15. I ______ my old school teacher last week.
visited B. visit C. am visiting D. have visited
EXERCISE 3: Choose the underlined part in each sentence (A, B, C, or D) that needs
correcting.
1. Jimmy threw the ball high in the air, and Betty catching it when it came down.
2. Last week Mark told me that he got very bored with his present job and is looking for a new one.
3. When I turned on my computer, I was shocked to find some junk mail, and I delete it all.
4. They are going to have to leave soon and so do we.
5. The telephone rang several times and then stop before I could answer it.
6. The police arrested the man while he is having dinner in a restaurant.
7. Some people are believing there is life on other planets.
9. Every morning, the sun shines in my bedroom window and waking me up.
9. What will you do when your friends won’t come?
10. Did he go to the pop concert next weekend for a change?
EXERCISE 4: Complete the sentence, using the following words.

Dear Mrs. Brown
1. I write / tell / how much I enjoy / few hours I spend / you and your family yesterday evening.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. I be / England since / beginning / October and this be / first invitation to dinner / English family.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. I find / conversation most interesting and I be glad / practice / English.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. I also like / congratulate you / excellent cooking.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. I be very grateful / all / helpful information you give me / courses / English.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. I hope / find / suitable school / next few days.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
7. You give / best wishes / husband and children?
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
8. Thank you again / extremely pleasant evening.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
9. I look forward / see you next month.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
Yours sincerely,
Maria
EXERCISE 5: Rearrange the following words to make a sentence.

1. house/ a/ Minh/ lake/ a/ lives/ in/ near.
………………………………………………………………………
2. yard/ front/ school/There/ big/ of/ is/ our/ in/ a.
………………………………………………………………………
3. many/ right/ the/ museum/ Are/ flowers/ the/ there/ to/ of/?
………………………………………………………………………
4. next/ photocopy/ What/ store/ there/ the/ is/ to /?
………………………………………………………………………
5. hospital/ father/ in/ the/ city/ My/ a/ works/ in.
………………………………………………………………………
6. there/ family/ many/ in/ are/ How/ Linh’s/ people/ ?
……………………………………………………………………....
7. his/ friend/ in/ family/ My/ Hanoi/ doesn’t/ with/ live.
………………………………………………………………………
8. brushes/ six/ gets/ her/ o’clock/ Hoa/ at/ up/ teeth/ and.
………………………………………………………………………
9. on/ floor/ classroom/ the/ is/ Our/ first.
………………………………………………………………………
10. Minh’s/ six/ There/ in/ rooms/ house/ are.
………………………………………………………………………
EXERCISE 6: Read the following passage and choose the answer A, B, C or D to indicate the
correct answer.
There have been many famous detectives in literature. But one of the first -and certainly the most
famous - is Sherlock Holmes. Holmes was created by the British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in
the late nineteenth century.
Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance in the work A Study in Scarlet, which was published in
1887. Holmes instantly became a popular literary figure with the general populace, who demanded
that Doyle write more stories involving him. Doyle complied and eventually wound up writing fifty-
six short stories and four novels that featured Holmes. While he took a break of several years from
creating stories about Holmes, Doyle continued to write Holmes stories until 1927. Among the most
famous of all the works featuring Holmes are The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Blue Carbuncle,
and A Scandal in Bohemia.
One of the reasons that Sherlock Holmes was so popular concerns the method he employs to solve
his cases: logic. Together with his partner, Dr. Watson, Holmes uses his powers of observation to
detect clues that can help him solve the cases he accepts. Holmes has an incredibly sharp mind that
enables him to determine who the guilty party is or what the problem is. Holmes also is a master of
disguise, which he proves many times, and he is skilled at boxing as well as sword fighting.
While Holmes often solves cases that are unrelated to one another, he has a nemesis with whom he
comes into both direct and indirect conflict in several stories. That person is Professor Moriarty, the
leader of a crime ring In London. In one of the stories, The Final Problem, Holmes and Moriarty
fight one another and fall to their deaths by plunging down a steep cliff near a waterfall. When he
wrote that story, Doyle had tired of Holmes and wanted to kill off the character. He then refrained
from writing about Holmes for many years, but public demand for more stories induced him to bring
Holmes back from the dead and to continue writing detective stories.
1. What is the best title for the passage?

A. A brief biography of Sherlock Holmes
B. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
C. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The creator of Sherlock Holmes
D. The most famous detectives in the world
2. According to the passage, which is true about Sherlock Holmes?
A. He was fluent in several foreign languages
B. He often resorted to fighting during his investigations
C. He relied upon logic to solve various mysteries
D. He encouraged Dr. Watson to become more observant
3. In paragraph 4, the phrase refrained from is closest in meaning to _______.

A. stopped
B. resumed
C. postponed
D. continued
4. What does the author imply about Professor Moriarty?

A. There is an unknown reason why he engaged in a life of crime.
B. He fails to encounter Holmes in some stories he is involved in.
C. Critics consider him to be the greatest literary villain in history.
D. Sherlock Holmes and he are related to one another.
5. Why did Doyle kill Sherlock Holmes in one of his stories?

A. It was too difficult for him to come up with new storylines
B. His fans demanded that Holmes be killed off
C. He had no desire to write about Holmes anymore
D. Killing Holmes would help Doyle increase his sales
EXERCISE 7: Translate this dialogue into English.

A: John, bạn đã xem thời sự ngày hôm nay chưa?
_____________________________________________________
B: Chưa, có chuyện gì xảy ra ư?
_____________________________________________________
A: Có một trận động đất lớn ở San Diego.
_____________________________________________________
B: Ôi! Chúa ơi!
_____________________________________________________
A: Tổng thống có nói về tin tức này trước đó.
_____________________________________________________
B: Có ai bị thương không?
_____________________________________________________
A: Họ nói có hai người bị giết.
_____________________________________________________
B: Ôi, thật là tồi tệ.
_____________________________________________________
A: Vâng, không tin nổi bạn chưa từng nghe về nó đấy. Tin tức được chiếu trên CNN cả ngày.
_____________________________________________________
B: Ồ, tôi không xem TV thường xuyên lắm.
_____________________________________________________
A: Vậy là bạn không xem thời sự?
_____________________________________________________
B: Không, tôi thường đọc tin tức trên mạng, nhưng tôi không có thời gian để bật máy tính của mình
ngày hôm nay.
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EXERCISE 1: Use the correct form of verbs in brackets.

EXERCISE 2: Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.

EXERCISE 4: Complete the sentence, using the following words.

EXERCISE 5: Rearrange the following words to make a sentence.

1. What is the best title for the passage?

3. In paragraph 4, the phrase refrained from is closest in meaning to _______.

4. What does the author imply about Professor Moriarty?

5. Why did Doyle kill Sherlock Holmes in one of his stories?

EXERCISE 7: Translate this dialogue into English.

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