Question 16: My father often (not play)................tennis in the morning.

Question 17: We (watch).................a good film on TV last night.

Question 18: Nam (not do)....................homework yesterday.

Question 19: She sometimes (buy)...............meat at this market.

Question 20: Would you mind (buy)................me a newspaper?   

Question 21: Hoa and Lan have stopped (talk)..............to each other.

Question 22: After I (take)..................a shower, I had dinner.

Question 23: Would you like (have)................dinner with me tonight?

A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other three:

1. A hard                        B. start              C. party              D. talk

2. A. chemistry              B. prepare              C. receive              D. degree

3. A. field             B. heat        C. meet         D. head

4. A. dinner             B. drink         C. dive         D. children

5. A. ready             B. meat         C. defeat         D. beat

B. Choose the word which is stressed differently from that of the other three:

6. A. children    B. student    C. professor    D. teacher

7. A. opinion    B. relax    C. semester    D. nervous

8. A. mature.         B. difficult    C. brilliant    D. physical

VI. Make questions for the underlined words or phrases:

 I met some of my friends at the party. 

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I have 2 sisters.

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She was absent this morning because she was ill.

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My mother is cooking dinner in the kitchen.

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It takes me 15 minutes to get to my school on foot.

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My train arrives in the evening.

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I live in London.

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I had a cup of tea and a slice of bread for my breakfast

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I. Put the verbs in brackets in the present and the past simple tense:

1. I (have) _______________________ coffee for breakfast every day. 

2. They (begin) _______________________ their school 7 years ago.

3.  It (rain) ________________________the summer.

4. Bad students never (work) _________________________ hard.

5. He (visit) ____________ his friend yesterday and (find) ________________ that he had been out.

1.  I (meet) _____________________ Mary last night. She’s become a very big girl.

2. We (watch) _____________________ a good programme on TV last night.

3. My friend (study) ______________________ English for an hour every night.

4. When he (start) _______________________ to learn French? - three months ago.

Exercise 2: Complete sentences, using gerund, infinitive with to and infinitive without to.

1. It’s obvious he’s only interested in (make) ________________ money.

2. Anne couldn’t find a taxi so I offered (drive) ________________ her to the station.

3. I managed (book) ________________ two seats on the morning flight.

4. I promise (send) ________________ you our new brochure as soon as it’s available.

5. Peter was delighted (meet) ________________ a former colleague at the conference.

6. I avoid (take) ________________ the car whenever possible, especially in big cities.

7. My father hates (wear) ________________ a tie to work.

8. We can’t afford (take) ________________ a vacation this summer.

9. The company was pleased (receive) ________________ your thank-you letter.

10. Would you mind (open) ________________ a window?

Supply the correct form of the verbs in simple past or past perfect

1. Yesterday John (go) ______________________to the store before he (go) home.

2. Our teacher (tell) _____________________us that he (visit) _____________________ London in 1970.

3. When John and I got to the theatre, the movie (start) ______________________ already.

4. After they had gone, I (sit) ______________________ down and (rest) ______________________.

5. It was the first time I (ever see) ______________________ such a beautiful girl.

6. Before she (watch) ______________________ TV, she (do) ______________________ her homework.

7. He (ask) ______________________ why we (come) so early.

8. They told me they (not, eat) ______________________ such kind of food before.

9. What (be) ______________________ he when he (be) ______________________ young.

10. They (go) ____________________ home after they (finish) ____________________ their homework.

V. Rewrite each sentences, beginning as shown:

Rewrite the sentences below, beginning with the words given.

1/ Would you close the door, please ?

- Would you mind___________________________________________ ?

2/ My teacher advised buying that book.

- My teacher advised us _________________________________________.

3/ He has studied English for six years.

- He began ________________________________________________

4/ He spent two hours writing the essay.

- It took ________________________________________________

5/ He is too young to ride a motorbike.

- He isn’t ______________________________________

6/ The bag was so heavy that she couldn’t carry it upstairs.

- The bag was too ______________________________________

7/ He expects to hear from her as soon as possible.

- He is looking forward __________________________.

8. Why don’t we wait for the bus?

 →  He suggested ……………………………………………

9. She doesn’t want to meet him.

 →  She avoids…………………………………………...................

10. She wrote a letter. Then she went to bed.

→   Before……………………………………………….......................

11. He checked the cassette carefully, then he bought it  

→  After………………………………..............................................