I. Use the adjective in brackets in their correct forms of comparison to complete the sentences.
1. Tea is_____________coffe.(cheap)
2. The new harvest machine is___________than the old one.(effective)
3. The countryside is__________the towm.(beautiful)
4. A tractor is____________a buffalo.(powerful)
5. My sister is__________me.(tall)
6. Blue whales are_____________elephants.(heavy)
7. The Mekong River is___________the Red River.(long)
8. Do you think English is__________French in grammar?(easy)
9. My new bed is___________my old bed.(comfortable)
10. The film about my village towm is___________than the book.(interesting)
II. Read the text and choose the suitable words with the correct blank spaces. (Visitors, stories, mountain, any, riding, to, with, life)
I live in a (1).....................village. My parents often tell me (2).................about their life in the past. It's not much like the village I can see nowadays.
Some villagers now live in brick houses instead of earthen ones. Our houses are better equipped (3)............electric fans and TVs. Thanks to the TV, we now know more about (4)..........outside our village. We don't use oil lamps (5)...............more. We have electric lights which are much brighter. More villagers are using motorcycles for transport instead of (6)..................a horse or walking. We - village children - no longer have to walk a long way and cross a stream to get (7)................school, which is dangerous in the rainy season. Now there's a new school nearby. We also have more (8)..................from the city. They come to experience our way of life.
III. Read the text and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).
Tokyo is a famous city. There are a few good buildings and impressive temples; there are a few parks worth visiting. Everything has to be small in Tokyo: houses, rooms, shops. Long-side streets consist of tony houses only, and this often creates a toy-like, with small women tip-toeing along in their kimonos.
Tokyo at nights is a very different place from Tokyo in daytime. Millions of neon lights are switched on and nowhere in the world is more attractive.
A towm is not its buildings alone; it is an atmosphere, its pleasure, its sadness, its madness, and above all its people. Tokyo may lack architectural beauty but is has character and excitement; it is alive. I found it a mysterious and lovable city.
1. ________There are many beautiful buildings in Tokyo.
2. _______There is nothing to see in the parks in Tokyo.
3.________Many small houses found along long road.
4.________At night, Tokyo is not as attractive as many other cities.
5. ________ Tokyo has beautiful architecture.
6.________ The author likes Tokyo.
1.Last week/i/not/go/on a trip/countryside 2.Tet/our house/beautifully/decorated/than/dủing/ year 3.Nơadays/more/villagers/use/motorcycles/for/transport/instead/riding/horse/walking 4.Thanks/TV/Internet/people/my/village/have/more/fun/know/more/life/outside/village
I. Find one mistake in each sentences
31. You have to making sure the children don’t put anything into the sockets.
A B C D
32. We broke to tradition by buying Chung cakes at Tet instead of cooking ones.
A B C D
33. We have ever studied about a population of Thai.
A B C D
1. She turned left to the market __________going straight to her house
A. instead of
B.. in spite of
C.because of
D.afraid of
III. Correct a mistake
1. Instead of going into town to make my shopping, I use the local store.
2. Everyone in our neighborhood is very pleasing about the new market.
3. Since then I didn’t have a chance to visit the city again.
4. Now they are studying continuously for more than two hours.
5. It is too far that I can’t walk to the bus stop.
6. Travel in Hanoi is now much easier with many means of public transport.
7. Our new neighbors had lived in Arizona since ten years before moving here.
8. The book does not say much about prices, but is very information about everything else.
9. Until children reach to the age of 11, they have more or less the same sort of education at school.
10. The public feel very concerning about the pollution of water sources by all kinds of chemicals.
1. Cloth bags ought_____used instead of plastic bags. a. be b. to be c. been d. to been
2. It's_____to walk in the road. a. danger b. dangers c. dangerous d. dangerously
3. I threw______all the broken toys. a. aside b. away c. down d. in
4. The rabbit______by mistake. a. may shot b. may be shot c. may shoot d. may be shoot
5. The pizzas_________to your house. a. will bring b. will brought c. will be broght d. will been brought
6. What did she mean by so early? a. leave b. left c. leaving d. to leave
7. Break the chocolate_____into squares. a. up b. in c. on d. off
8. All children's shoes are now______to $20 a pair. a. reduced b. reused c. refilled d. recycled
9. ______is a mixture of decaying plants and vegetables that is added to soil to improve its quality.
a. Compost b. Dung c. Trash d. Fertilizer
10.The sea and rivers are too_____to sưim in. a. dirt b. dirty c. dirtily d. dirtiness
11.It is necessary ________ for that book. A. to look B. Looking C. look
12.It is very simple to ________ this machine. A. to use B. Used C. use
13.She was excited ________ a letter from her mother last week. A. to receive B. Receive C. receiving
14.We are very surprised to ________ Peter at the party. A. seeing B. See C. seen
15.Your handwriting is _________. A. hard to read B. hard for reading C. hardly to read
16.She has the ________ well with work pressure. A. able to cope B. ability for coping C. ability to cope
1. Susan made a great effort ________ all homework before the deadline but it was in vain.
A. for accomplishment B. to accomplish C. accomplish
Put each verb in brackets into a suitable past verb form.
When Professor Mallory the famous archaeologist invited me to take part in his expedition to find the Lost City of the Himalayas I (1)...................... (not hesitate) to accept his invitation. Mallory (2).......................... (discover) an ancient map showing the position of the city although no European (3).................. (ever go) to the area before. In fact most of Mallory s colleagues either (4) ..........................(believe) that the city (5)....................... (never exist) or (6) .....................(feel) that it (7)...................... (vanish) long ago and (8)....................... (become) simply a legend. According to the Professor the builders of the city (9) .........................(hide) it among the mountains in order to protect its immense riches. He (10) ......................(believe) that the descendants of these ancient people (11) .......................(still keep) themselves apart from the rest of mankind for the very same reasons. So when we (12).................... (set off) on a cool May morning towards the distant mountains each of us (13) ................(look forward) to exciting discoveries. For a week or more we (14) ......................(climb) higher and higher following the map which Mallory (15)...................... (study) from time to time. Then one afternoon while we (16)..................... (rest) at the top of a valley we (17)...................... (notice) that a rider on a horse (18) ....................(wave) at us from the other side of the valley. A rider whose clothes (19)....................... (shine) like gold!
1. Ms. Diem (not wash)... 2. I can't help (wait).. 3. He suggests (walk).. 4. She hopes she (travel).. ..his clothes in the afternoon. bike to school. .her mother recently? ...to school instead of (ride)............a .....to Ha Noi after passing an exam. ..that car yesterday. .....dangerous sports. ..that villa for his mother. ......breakfast with his little brother. 11. We (not have)...the meeting because it rained yesterday. ..........in front of a lot of people. your father (read)...........magazines at the moment? Hung (go)..........to the park yesterday evening? very hard. past four ...strangely in front of a lot of people. for her in this town. (go)..........by bike to Nam's house. 6...... ......your mother (meet). 7. My father (not drive)........ 8. She was afraid of (play).. 9. James (already/build).. 10. It was early. Minh decided (eat) 12. Ms. Hang had better (take)..... 13. I (not play)...... ........this special pen from Nam, her best student. ...with my friends now. 14. Mr. Hoang would like (present).. 15......... 16. 17. Listen!!! The dog (bark). 18. Don't go out. It (rain)....... 5. I don't mind 19. The motor center (develop)................a lot during the past years. 20. Before (90) in bed she often Chugh
