1. She is too lazy to pass the exam.

 She isn’t hard-working enough to pass the exam.

 She doesn’t work hard enough to pass the exam.

2. I’m afraid I don’t have enough time to talk to you about something now.

 I’m afraid I’m too busy to talk to you about something now.

3. It’s too late for you to go the cinema.

 It’s not early enough for you to go to the cinema.

4. I feel tired. I don’t want to play tennis today.

 I’m not well enough to play tennis today.

 I don’t have enough energy to play tennis today. (energy)

5. That sentence is too long for me to memorize.

 That sentence isn’t short enough for me to memorize.

6. They got up so late that they don’t have time to eat breakfast.

 They got up too late to have time to eat breakfast.

7. The man is so old that he can’t work.

 The man is too old to work.

8. Your handwriting is so bad that I can’t read it.

 Your handwriting is not good enough for me to read.

9. A taxi was best. But we didn’t have much money.

 We didn’t have enough money for a taxi.

10. Lan doesn’t wear this coat in the winter. It isn’t warm.

 This coat isn’t warm enough for Lan to wear in the winter.

11. Three people can’t sit on this sofa. It’s isn’t wide.
  This sofa isn’t wide enough for three people to sit on.

12. He didn’t get the job. He wasn’t experienced.

 He wasn’t experienced enough to get the job.

13. Her hair is long, curly and brown.

 She has long curly brown hair.

14. The skirt is pretty, short and pink.

 It’s a pretty short pink skirt.

15. The baby’s eyes are nice, big and blue.

 The baby has nice big blue eyes.

16. My dress is long, new and yellow.

 I have a long new yellow dress.

17. Our vacation was long and interesting.

 We spent a long and interesting vacation.

18. This computer is for business. It’s Japanese.

 This is a Japanese business computer.

19. That is a chocolate bar. It’s new. And it’s big.

 That is a big new chocolate bar.

20. Those shoes are modern. They’re for sports. And they’re wonderful.

Those are wonderful modern sports shoe

II. Pronunciation

1. a. message b. invent c. cousin d. furniture

2. a. countless b. service c. transmit d. answer

3. a. invention b. agreement c. arrangement d. demonstrate

4. a. exhibition b. introduction c. emigration d. stationery

5. a. orphanage b. delivery c. experiment d. directory

6. a. machine b. mobile c. movie d. theater

7. a. direction b. telephone c. invention d. experiment

8. a. message b. demonstrate c. transmit d. racket

9. a. delivery b. emigrate c. distance d. customer

10. a. furniture b. university c. patient d. hospital

III.Choose the word/ phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence

1. He was born in England, but his family ________ to the USAwhen he was only ten years old.

A. delivered B. lifted C. affected D. emigrated

2. Does he hear anything?---- No, he doesn’t. He’s ________.

A. dumb B. deaf C. mute D. blind

3. You can find her address in the ________ on the table over there.

A. mobile B. textbook C. directory D. dictionary

4. She _______ many of her old friends to her birthday party on Saturday.

A. invited B. left C. conducted D. made

5. Many people don’t like to _________ experiments on animals.

A. arrange B. conduct C. transmit D. assist

6. The sports event was ________ live by sattellite over the country.

A. conducted B. assisted C. transmitted D. arranged

7. A man named Peter left a ________ for you at the hotel.

A. message B. quiz C. leave D. phone call

8. He _______ the early bus to work this morning.

A. spent B. collected C. missed D. brought

9. Can he play badminton?--- Yes, he can. He brought two new_________ yesterday.

A. speeches B. tents C. messages D. rackets

10. What is the ___________ between Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City?

A. length B. distance C. width D. depth

11. He started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech ______ a long distance.

A. over B. in C. on D. above

12. What’s _______ at the City Theater tonight?

A. off B. above C. on D. in

13. A (n) ________ is very useful. You can make a phone call whenever and wherever you want.

A. public telephone B. mobile phone C. fax machine D. addess book

14. I will make _______ for you to meet our manager at the office at 9 a.m.

A. arrangements B. invention C. experiment D. telephone

15. What do you think that led to the ________ of the telephone ?

A. call B. dream C. invention D. delivery

16. The headmaster will give a ________ at the meeting tomorrow.

A. speak B. work C. passage D. speech

17. I’m sorry my sister is out. Would you like _________ her a message?

A. to keep B. to get C. to leave D. to send

18. Hello, Lisa. Can you tell your sister I’ll come over to ________ her _______ at 6?

A. get / up B. give / up C. pick / up D. make / up

19. He fell ________ and broke his leg.

A. upstair B. upstairs C downstair D. downstairs

20. We _______ a big party for Debbie’s birthday.

A. annoyed B. arranged C. arrived D. appeared

IV.Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting

1. Ms Nguyen calledto her furnituredelivery.

AB C D

2. Tom said you could reach him in 8 645 082 after dinner.

A B C D

3. Peter isn’tenough oldto seethat film.

A B C D

4. She didn’t go to the cinema because she was very busily.

A B C D

5. Are you interesting in learningEnglish?

A B C D

6. Would you like seeinga movie with me?

A B C D

7. He made a lotof inventorsin the field ofelectricity.

A B C D

8. There was an interested newson the radio this afternoon.

A B C D

9. Last year, Nam comesto Hanoi for the first time.

A B C D
10. By 1877 the first telephone was in commerceuse.

A B C D

11. A customer telephonedso she wanted to know about her furniture order.

A B C D

12. The telephone is a very useful invent.

A B C D

13. They emigrated from Poland for Australia to find work.

A B C D

14. Alexander Bell successfuldemonstated his inventionat a lot of exhibitions.

A B C D

15. Hello. Could I say Mr Ha, the manager, please?

A B C D

16. Bell worked with people who could neither speakor hear.

A B C D

17. Did sheleave a message after she went?

A B C D

18. Smoking can leadfor heart disease.

A B C D

19. One of their first commercially products was an electricity typewriter.

A B C D

20. Traveledall over American, Bell demonstrated his invention to the public.

A B C D
V. READING

Part A: Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage

Dear Jan and Robin,

How are you (1)_____ ? Well, I hope. We’re OK, working (2) _____, as usual. Can I ask you a
favor? I’m (3)_______London for two (4) _____ next week, Thursday and Friday. Can you (5)
______ me a bed? I would be really grateful. Give me a ring (6)_______ there’s a problem.
Book that Greek restaurant again! It’s my turn to pay!

Love to the kids. See you soon.

Peter
book (v) : đặt chỗ

1. a. all b. both c. each d. every

2. a. hard b. hardly c. careful d. lately
3. a. in b.at c. on d. when
4. a. hours b. nights c. weeks d. months
5. a. give b. to give c. giving d. to giving

6. a. when b. if c. so d. although
Exercise 2 IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I would like (1) _____ a single room at your hotel for the nights of 12, 13 and 14 April. Could I
possibly have a (2) _____ room with a bath? I understand you have a restaurant. Could you (3)
_____ me what time the (4) ____closes?
Please let (5) _____ know if you (6) ____ a deposit or a credit card number.
Thank you very much. I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Peter West
book (v) :đặt chỗ deposit (n) : tiền đặt cọc
credit card number (n) : số thẻ tín dụng
1. a. book b. booking c. to book d. to booking
2. a. quiet b. quite c. big d. a & c
3. a. talk b. say c. speak d. tell
4. a. hotel b. restaurant c. shop d. room
5. a. I b. me c. my d. mine
6. a. needs b. need to c. are needing d. need
Exercise 3 Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Secretary: Hello. Grant and Lee.
Ms. Curtis: May I speak (1)_______ Ms. Grace Schmidt, please?
Secretary: I’m sorry. She’s (2)______. Can I (3)_______ a message?
Ms. Curtis: Yes, please. This is Ms. Curtis. Would you (4)_______ her
that I’m staying at the Plaza Hotel? The (5) ______ is 735-9001, Room
605. Could you tell her to call me?
Secretary: OK, Ms. Curtis. I’ll give her the (6) ______ .
Ms. Curtis: Thank you very much. Goodbye.
1. a. with b. to c. about d. 0
2. a. in b. out c. upstairs d. downstairs
3. a. take b. leave c. give d. hear
4. a. ask b. tell c. talk d. speak
5. a. number b. numbers c. address d. place
6. a. telephoneb. note c. news d. message
Exercise 4. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces. Dear sir,
I (1) ______ Alexandria with my brother from October 21st to 23rd. Have you got a double
room with a shower for these dates? How (2) _____ is the room?
We would like a (3) _____ facing the sea, if it is possible. (4)______ there a restaurant in the
hotel? We don’t eat meat .(5) _____ ,we like all other kinds of food.
We are arriving in Alexandria at about six o’clock on Friday morning We plan to leave the hote
on Sunday morning.
I look forward to (6)_________from you soon.
Yours faithfully,
James Brown

1. a. visit b. visits c. am visiting d. visited

2. a. much b. many c. lot d. more
3. a. room b. hotel c. house d. flat
4. a. Are b. Is c. have d. Do
5. a. because b. but c. however d. a & b are correct
6. a. hear b. to hear c.to hearing d.hearing
Exercise 10: Choose the best answer

You may use the (1) ......... every day but how much do you know about it?

the telephone was (2)..................by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. Bell was born in Scotland
in 1847. Later he went (3)................ in the USA. Alexander Graham Bell was always interested
(4)............... sound. He wanted to be able send (5)............. through a wire . he had a workshop in
his house and did many (6).................... there.

1.a. telephone b. television c. radio d. lights

2.a. invent b. invented c. inventing d. to invent

3.a. to live b. living c. lived d. lives

4.a. into b. by c. to d. in

5.a. sound b. objects c. things d. something

6.a. examples b. samples c. work d. experiments

Part B: Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False.

Jim,

Meg Shaw called. She and her family want to go to Bar Harbor, Maine, from July 19 to 26.
Their two children are three and five, so they need baby-sitting. They want a hotel with a
restaurant, but they’d also really like a refrigerator in the room.

The Shaws are very interested in exercise. They like to play tennis and swim, and they really
want a health club. They’d like to spend under $1,000 for the week. Please call Meg with some
recommendations. Her number is 721-8297. Nellie

baby-sitting (n) : việc giữ trẻ hộ refrigerator (n) :tủ lạnh

recommendation (n) : lời khuyên; lời gợi ý

1. This is a telephone message _____ .T
2. They want to go to Bar Harbor, Maine, from July 9 to 16______________.F
3. They want a hotel with a restaurant. _____________T
4.The Shaws would like to spend under $100 for the week._______________F

Exercise 6 WRITE TRUE OR FASLE

Nowadays, you don’t need to be at home or at the office to use the phone. You can carry a
mobile phone in your pocket or keep one in your car. With a mobile phone, anyone who can talk
and walk can also phone and walk. You don’t have to look for a pay phone to make a call
anymore.
Now you can take your calls with you everywhere.
pay phone = public telephone
1. If you have a mobile phone, you can phone and walk. _________T
2. Nowadays, you don’t have to look for a public telephone to make a call anymore_____T_.
3. Today, you can’t make a call anywhere. ____F_____
4. You must keep a mobile phone in your pocket. ______________F
Exercise 7 WRITE TRUE OR FASLE
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an expert in
phonetics, the study of the sounds of languages. As a boy, Bell became interested in sounds and
speech.
In 1870 the Bells decided to emigrate to America. They lived in Boston, where Alexander
taught in a school for the deaf. There he began experimenting with a machine to help the deaf
hear. While experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea. Why not use electricity to send
the human voice from one place to another? Bell began work on a new invention.
expert (n): chuyên gia
1. Bell’s mother was an expert in phonetics.___________ F
2. Bell became interested in sounds and speech since he was a boy.________T
3. Bell learned in a school for the deaf. _____________F
4. He experimented a machine to help the deaf hear. ____________T

Exercise 8 WRITE TRUE OR FASLE

You may use the telephone every day but how much do you know about
it? The telephone was invented by Alexander Bell in 1876. Bell was born
in Scotland in 1847. But later he went to live in the USA.
Bell was always interested in sound. He wanted to be able to send sound through a wire. He
had a workshop in his house in America and did many experiences there.
One day, he was doing an experiment in his workshop. He was careless and spilt some burning
liquid onto his clothes. Talking into his telephone, Bell said, ‘Mr. Watson, I want you to come
over here immediately please.’ His assistant was in another room far away from the workshop.
However, he heard Bell clearly on his own telephone. Quickly, he ran to Bell’s workshop. ‘Mr.
Bell, I heard every word you said!’ Watson shouted excitedly.
Bell succeeded. He invented the first telephone. Later, other inventors made better ones.
liquid (n) : chất lỏng
1. Alexander G. Bell invented the telephone in 1786. __________F
2. Bell had a workshop in his house in America. ___________T
3. Bell didn’t conduct many experiments.____________________ F
4. Bell was always interested in sound._________T

Exercise 8 WRITE TRUE OR FASLE

Bill Gates is a very important person in the computer world. He is the richest man in the
USA . how did he do? While Bill was going to school, his father went to college and became a
successful lawyer. From this, Bill learned that you have to work hard if you wan something. His
mother was a busy teacher, but she also enjoyed going to the parties. From this, he learned about
that you have to make a logical schedule if you want to work hard and enjoyed your life.

Nobody in the USA is as rich as Bill. 1..........T..................

His father didn’t succeed as a lawyer. 2............F................
His mother wasn’t a busy teacher. 3..............F..............
His mother was interested in going to the parties. 4................T............

VI. Use the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence.

1. Her mother (not watch) ______doesn’t watches__________ TV very often.

2. My father (teach) ______taught_________ English in that school 10 years ago.

3. Can you help me (move) ____________move____________this table?

4. Martha (phone)_________phoned________________ me yesterday. She’s on holiday in

France.

5. Where is your father? – He (help) ______is helping______ my sister with her homework.

6. My doctor advised me (not smoke)_______not to smoke_________ cigarettes.

7. Mai usually (catch) _______________catches_______________ the 6:00 bus to school.

8. I hope you (come)____________will come______________ to my birthday party on time.

9. Look at those black clouds. It (rain)__________is going to rain_____________.

10. This boy is very good at (do)__________doing__________wooden things.

11. What (she/do)_____________does she do________________ in the evenings?

– She usually (watch)_______watches_________TV and (read)_____reads__________ books.

12. You’ve bought a lot of paint and brushes. (you/paint) _____Are you going to
paint________ the fence?

13. Ask him (stop)______to stop_______ playing tennis because of bad weather.

14. Alexander Graham Bell (be) ________was________ born in Edinburgh.

15. Please be quiet. I (listen)__________am listening______________ the news.

16. I (not know) __________didn’t know__________anything about him two days ago.

17. Would you like (join)________to join___________ my class next Sunday?

– We (visit)_________will visit_________ the local museum.

18. Mai (call)_____________will call_________________you when you come back.

19. You should (practice)____________practice_____________ your English more often.

20. This film is exciting enough for the children (see) ___________to see_____________ again.

VII. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence.
1. Marconi was the ____inventor______________ of radio. (invent)

2. The ________invention______________of radio was made by Marconi. (invent)

3. The play was a _______commercial________________ success. (commerce)

4. He likes _________action_______________ movies very much. (atc)

5. Alexander Graham Bell ______successfully_________ demonstrated his invention. (success)

6. Lan felt sad because she was ________unsuccessful______________ in her job. (success)

7. Thomas Watson was Bell’s __________assistant______________ . (assist)

8. Can I leave the _________arrangement_____________ of the tables for you. ( arrange)

9. Alexander Graham Bell experimented with ways of transmitting _______speech__________

over a long distance. (speak)

10. Lam’s_________arrangement_______________ of books is attractive. (arrange)

11. The life in the countryside makes us relaxed because it’s very _______peaceful__________.
(peace)

12. She called him about her furniture _________delivery_______________. (deliver)

13. Each of my friends has a ______different_______ character. (differ)

14. You should do your test ______carefully________ if you want to get good marks. (care)

15. There was still no ________agreement__________on what to do next. (agree)

16. Bell and Thomas Watson started experimenting the way of _______transmitting______
speech over a long distance. (transmit)

17. This river is very __________dangerous_______________ for swimmers. (danger)

18. There was an _________exhibition__________ of paintings at the Art Gallery. (exhibit)

19. My mother told me a very ________interesting____________ story yesterday. (interest)

20. This old man is __________deaf_________ in one ear. (deafen)

VIII. Rewrite eachof the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same
as the sentence printed before it.

1. I am going to visit Ha Long Bay this summer.

→ I intend to visit Ha Long Bay this summer.

2. My sister is too young to stay home alone.

→ My sister is not old enough to stay home alone.

3. Why don’t you tell her about your problem?

→ I think you ought to tell her about your problem

4. Her hair is long, curly and brown.

→ She has is long curly brown hair.

5.Do you want to drink a cup of coffee?

→ would you like . to drink a cup of coffee......?.

6.He is too young to drive a car.

→ he isn’t old enough to drive a car

7.She intends to be a doctor.

→ she is going to be a doctor

8.They want to repair the house.

→ They would like to repair the house

9.How about going to the movie tonight?

→ Let’s go to the movie tonight

10.Peter is too young to see the honor film.

→ peter is not old enough to see the horor film

11.Do they intend to learn Japanese next summer?

→ Are theygoing to learn Japanese next summer ?

12.Why don’t you tell her about your problem?

→ I think you should tell her about your problem

13.His hair is short, white and curly.

14.→ He has short curly white hair.

15.I intend to come over to pick you up.

16.→ I am going to come over to pick you up.

17.Tam wants to help her mom to cook dinner.

→Tam would like to help her mom to cook dinner

18.The box is too heavy for me to lift.

→ The box is not light enough for me to lift.

19.I am interested in telling the jokes.

→ He enjoys telling the jokes

20.he plans to buy another motorbike.

→ She is going to buy another motobike.