Luyện tập HS giỏi AV 9 - 031

UNIT 1: PRESENT CONTINUOUS (I am doing)
1.1 Put the verb into the correct form.
Please be quiet, I ......................... (try) to concentrate.
Look! It’s ......................... (snow).
Why ......................... (you/look) at me like that? Have i said something wrong?
You ......................... (make) a lot of noise. Can you be a bit quieter?
Excuse me, I ......................... (look) for a phone book.Is there one near here?
(in the cinema) It’s a good film, isn’t it? ......................... (you/enjoy) it?
Listen! Can you hear those people next door? They ......................... (shout) at each other again.
Why ......................... (you/wear) your coat today? It’s very warm.
I ......................... (not/work) this week. I’m on holiday.
I want to lose weight. I ......................... (not/eat) anything today.
1.2 Complete these sentences using one of these verbs.
get become change rise improve fall increase
you don’t have to use all the verbs and you can use some of them more than once.
The number of people without jobs ......................... at the moment.
He is still ill but he ......................... better slowly.
These days food ......................... more and more expensive.
The world ......................... Things never stay the same.
The cost of living ......................... Every year things are dearer.
George has gone to work in Spain. When you arrived, his Spainish wasn’t very good but now it ..........................
The economic situation is already very bad and it ......................... worse.
1.3 Put each verb into the correct form.
Brian and Steve meet in a restaurant:
Brian: Hello, Steve. I haven’t seen you for ages. What (1) are you doing (you/do) these day.
Steve: I (2) ......................... (train) to be a shop manager.
Brian: Really? (3) ......................... (you/enjoy) it?
Steve: Yes. It’s quite interesting. How about you?
Brian: Well, I (4) ......................... (not/work) at the moment, but i’m very busy, I (5) ......................... (build) a house.
Steve: Really? (6) ......................... (you/do) it alone?
Brian: No, some friends of mine (7) ......................... (help) me.

UNIT 2: SIMPLE PRESENT (I do)
2.1 Put the verb into the correct form.
The swimming bath ................ (open) at 9.00 and ................ (close) at 18.30 every day.
What time ................ (the banks/close) in Britain?
I have a car but i ................ (not/use) very often.
How many cigarettes ................ (you/smoke) a day?
“What ................ (you/do)?” “I’m an electrical engineer”.
“Where ................ (your father/come) from?” “He ................ (come) from Scotland”.
If you need money, why ................ (you/not/get) a job?
I ................ (play) the piano, but i ................ (not/play) very well.
I don’t understand the word “deceive”. What ................ (“deceive”/mean)?
2.2 Read some sentences and correct them. The English is correct but the information is wrong. Write two correct sentences each time.
The sun rises in the west
Mice catch cats
Carpenters make things from metal
The River Amazon flows into the Pacific Ocean
2.3 Use these sentences to make questions. Begin your question with the word(s) in the brackets.
Ann watches television. (How often?)
I write to my parents. (How often?)
I have dinner in the evening. (What time/usually?)
Tom works. (Where?)
I go to the cinema. (How often?)
People do stupid things. (Why?)
The car breaks down. (How often?)

UNIT 3: PRESENT CONTINUOUS (I am doing) OR SIMPLE PRESENT (I do)
3.1 Decide whether the verb in these sentences are right or wrong. Correct those which are wrong. The verb is underlined.
Look! Somebody is climbing up that tree over there. ..............................
Can you hear those people? What do they talk about? ..............................
Are you believing in God? ..............................
Look! That man tries to open the door of your car. ..............................
The moon goes round the earth. ..............................
I’m thinking it would be a good idea to leave early. ..............................
The government is worried because the number of people
without jobs is increasing