Bài tập nâng cao E.9

TEST 4

I. Fill in the blanks (one word for one blank)
Many people ..... to live in big cities, but .... prefer to live in the ..... My aunt has a small .... near my home city. She bought it ... ten years ago. At the side of the farm house, there is a ... garden . In it apple-trees are ..... The ..... garden is at the back of the house. My aunt grows all .. of vegetables but she is especially fond ... potatoes and tomatoes.
II. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words given.
1. There are many ..... between them. (differ)
2. We collect paper, cans and .... glass to recycle. (break)
3. He fell of the bike, but his .... were not serious. (injure)
4. A traster is a kitchen ..... that cooks food. (apply)
5. After taking some aspirins, her headache ... (appear)
III. Under line the best answer.
1. All the furniture in the house (is / are / have / have been) old fashioned.
2. The news (were / was / had / has) bad last night.
3. You must try your (good / the best / all / best) to do this work.
4. Your teacher (said / told / told to / said to) you should learn harder.
5. He runs (faster / fastest / fastly / the most fastly) in his class.
6. Did the prince kill (him / his / herself / himself)?
7. I often draw pictures (by / in / with / into) a pencil.
8. He often makes his younger brother (laughs / laugh / laughing / laughed)
9. It isn’t (safely / safe / safety / saful) to leave medicine around the house.
10. I need a favor. What can I (help / do / make / made) for you?
IV. Underline the mistakes and correct them. (each sentence has two mistakes)
Camp is one of my favorite activity.
We are going to held a speaking English club.
I learn hard so not as to make my parents happy.
Many children in the USA mustn’t wear uniform when they went to school.
The woman sits next to me at dinner was very stranger.
V. Write the letter, using the words provided.
Dear Sir,
We / now / plan / holiday / next summer.
Holiday / begin / July 15th / we / return / July 29th .
My daughter / dislike / travel / couch / we / wish / go / air.
We / expect / stay / hotel / east / coast.
We / gradeful / you / send / information / details / charge.
Your sincerely.
John Smith.
Supply the correct tense of the verb in brackets
My most embarrassing experience happened when I had just left University. I just (start) teaching in a Liverpool seconary school. One morning, my alarm clock (not ring). I (forget) to wind it up. I woke up at half past eight and school (begin) at nine. I quickly washed , shaved , dressed, jumped into my car and (drive) to school. When I arrived, the students already (be) in class. So I (go) straight into the class. After a few minutes the students (begin) laughing and I couldn’t know why . Suddently I (look) down and understood I (put) on once black shoe and one brown shoe.
VII. Rewrite these sentences.
She is a good English speaker. -> She speaks..........
How long have you studied medicine ? -> When .........?
Nga is taller than Mai . -> Mai is not ......
He hasn’t written to me since 2005 . He last .....
My town isn’t the same as yours . -> My town is ................
John weighed 40kilos. Pike weighed 40 kilos, too. -> John weighed ...
“Can you help me with my pronuciation?” Nam said to Lan .-> Nam asked ..
Mr Minh told me to give you this box when he left. -> Mr Minh said to me...
He doesn’t run as fast as he used to . He used ...
You are 16 . Lan is 16 , too . -> You and Lan are the ..........
IIX. Which word is odd. Circle the letter a,b,c or d

1.
a. city
b.stadium
c.drugstore
d.market

2.
a.first-aid
b.fainting
c.shock
d.burns

3.
a.food
b.foot
c.feet
d.feed

4.
a.cushion
b. television
c.picture
d.shelf

5.
a.felt