Choose the word or phrase that needs correcting.
Many important guests invited to his birthday party last month.
Exercise 2: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentences.
1. Listen! The telephone ____________.
A. ring | B. rings | C. is ringing | D. ringing |
2. Don’t move! I want to __________ your photo.
A. draw | B. paint | C. buy | D. take |
3. Their son ____________ any sports.
A. don’t play | B. doesn’t playing | C. doesn’t play | D. doesn’t plays |
4. Let’s __________ for a coffee after the class.
A. wait | B. do | C. meet | D. run |
5. ____________ any buses, but there were some taxis at that time.
A. Were there | B. There were | C. There wasn’t | D. There weren’t |
6. - ____________ do you see your parents? - Once a month.
A. How | B. How long | C. How often | D. How many months |
7. Can you __________ a noise downstairs?
A. listen | B. take | C. make | D. hear |
8. 6 I usually __________ my children a story before they go to sleep.
A. tell | B. play | C. remember | D. talk |
9. Can I try ____________ these jeans please?
A. on | B. in | C. off | D. up |
10.____________ solve this problem?
A. How to | B. How I can | C. How do you | D. How you can |
11. How ____________ can you finish that work? - I’ll be ready in a few minutes.
A. often | B. much | C. soon | D. long |
12. It was a nice house, but we ____________ because there wasn’t a garden.
A. did buy | B. didn’t buy | C. bought | D. don’t buy |
13. He’s a violinist. He plays in a/an _____________
A. city centre | B. football team | C. economics class | D. orchestra |
14. ____________ patient, and you will succeed.
A. To be | B. Are | C. Being | D. Be |
15. It often ____________ a lot here in winter.
A. snowing | B. is snowing | C. snows | D. snow |
CHOOSE THE UNDERLINED PART THAT NEEDS CORRECTING IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
1. Ngoc "is always" very "busy". She "is practise" violin "regulary"
2. My sister "is having" "a lot of" honework "to do" at the moment.
CHOOSE THE WORD THAT DIFFERS FROM THE OTHER THREE IN THE POSITION OF PRIMARY STRESS IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
3. A. Butler B. Messy C. Laundry D. Avoid
4. A. Furniture B. Recycling C. Ironing D. Dishwasher
CHOOSE THE WORD(S) "CLOSEST" IN MEANING TO THE UNDERLINED WORD(S) IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
5. It is advisable that everyone in my family shares the household "chores".
A. Duties B. Ideas C. Jobs D. Views
6. She often helps her mother to "look after" her younger brother.
A. Care for B. Take care for C. Look forward to D. Look at
IV. CHOOSE THE WORD OR PHRASE THAT IS "CLOSETS" IN MEANING TO THE UNDERLINED PART IN THE QUESTIONS.
1. There's a way to spend your weekend "enjoying yourself".
A. Having a good time
B. Having a bad time
C. Being un happy
D. Being un firendly
2. My granmother usually "looks after" us when my mother has a business trip.
A. Looks at
B. Takes care of
C. Helps
D. Stays with
V. CHOOSE THE WORD OR PHRASE THAT IS "OPPOSITE" IN MEANING TO THE UNDERLINED PART IN THE QUESTIONS.
3. Family plays an "integral" part in our lives. It's hard to live without family's love and support.
A. Important
B. Huge
C. Amazing
D. Unnecessary
4. I think I am kind and "helpful" because I always help other people.
A. Helpless
B. Un helpful
C. Unreliable
D. Selfless
VIII./ Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1. holiday / going / how / on / about / ?
2. suggestion / I / a / can / make /?
3. tour / don’t / go / why / on / a / you / ?
4. is / the / is / that / cold / disadvantage / it / very /.
5. a / really / that / good / ‘s / idea /.
STRUCTURE
A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c, or d - that best completes the sentence.
1 . You shouldn't spend all your time .....................
a. study b. to study c. studying d. studied
2. Would you like ...................... somewhere for a rest?
a. going b. to go c. go d. to be gone
3. I didn't like it in the city at first. But now ..................... here.
a. I got used to living. b. I'm used to living
c. I'm used to live d. I used to live
4. Which team ................. the game?
a. did it win b. did they win c. won d. won it
5. Do you want .................... with you or do you want to go alone?
a. me coming b. me to come c. that I come d. that I will come
6. I'm sure you'll have no .................... the exam.
a. difficulty to pass b. difficulties to pass c. difficulties passing d. difficulty passing
7. ................ a hotel, we looked for somewhere to have dinner.
a. Finding b. After finding c. Having found d. We found
8. I .................... English for four years now.
a. have learned b. am learning c. learned d. have been learning
9. I'll ...................... another time, Kevin.
a. keep pace with you b. keep you pace with
c. be kept up with you d. keep pace you with
10. Just keep on .................... what you like.
a. do b. did c. doing d. done
11. The guide encouraged the tourists .................. the Prado Museum in Madrid.
a. visit b. to visit c. visiting d. visited
12. Shhh! I hear someone ...................... in the distance. Do you hear it too?
a. shout b. shouted c. to shout d. shouting
13. Are you looking forward ................... on your cassation?
a. you go b. going c. to going d. to go
14. Why are you mad? - I dislike ……………. by my first name .
a. you call me b. calling me c. you call d. being called
15. Don't forget ............... home as soon as you arrive at your destination.
d. to be called
B. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
1. The house painted more than three years ago. but I'm not going to have it done again for a while.
A B C D
2. The stories what I've told you are all true.
A B C D
3. According to the theory of relativity, nothing can travel faster as light.
A B C D
4. Could you tell me what the air conditioner use for?
A B C D
5. Then the computer will ask you restart it.
A B C D
6. Before you leave, please duplicate that file by make a copy on the CD-ROM.
A B C D
7. The last payment shouldn't make until all the work has been completed and carefully checked.
A B C D
8. You'll see a copy before they're printed by the printer.
A B C D
9. We've been here only one day, but we've been taken three rolls of film.
A B C D
10. If the software is not compatible with the operating system, the computer may fail to function and
A B
shut down without warning.
C D
IV. Choose the word or phrase that needs correcting
1. We stopped buying a newspaper on the way home.
2. If the weather were good, we will go for a jog with our neighbors.
3. She used to get up early prepare breakfast for her family.
4. Unless we work harder, we will finish our plan on time.
5. My father went fishing after he has finished his work.
6. Tom was made solve this problem alone at the last meeting.
7. According to my professor, Africans (A) need to do intensive farming (B) to produce (C) food enough to (D) feed the people.
8. Modern agriculture (A) depends heavy on engineering (B) and technology and on (C) the biological and (D)physical sciences.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following question
He made one last futile effort to convince her and left home.
A. favorable
B. difficult
C. ineffectual
D. firm
