Mr.

Luu Hoang Tri – Grade-Twelve English Course – Nguyen Thuong Hien High School

Họ và tên: Phạm Huy Khang

Lớp :12CL-09

BÀI TẬP
– Sách giáo khoa: Language Focus: Units 12, 13
– Sách Bài Tập Tiếng Anh 12 (NXB Giáo dục): phần Language Focus – Units 12, 13
– Bài tập bổ sung:

SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (handouts – câu 201-300): học sinh đã có tài liệu này từ đầu Học kì 1

Unit 12: WATER SPORTS

GRAMMAR: Transitive & Intransitive verbs
Do you know…..?
 Transitive verbs take an object while intransitive ones do not.
Examples: They do not sell telephone directories. (T)
Textbooks sell very well at the beginning of the school year. (I)
 Transitive verbs can have the passive form while intransitive verbs do not.
 A number of verbs, like sell, are both transitive and intransitive.
 Some verbs, transitive or intransitive, require an adverbial to complete the meaning.
 Some transitive verbs do not have the passive form.
Example: Telephone directories are not sold.
The lady then put the guidebook down.
The apartment sleeps six people. (transitive – no passive)

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 I)-Read the precautions for safety, and decide whether the underlined verbs are transitive or intransitive
ones. Which ones can be put in the passive voice?
Water-Skiing
 Don’t water-ski when in bad weather – stop any activities when you hear or see a storm.
 Stay well clear of other boats, docks, or obstacles.
 Be sure there is an observer who can keep an eye on you and send messages to the driver.
 Equip the boat with a rear view mirror so that the driver can see you.
Scuba Diving
 Get a medical examination and a swim test before learning scuba diving.
 Check the equipment carefully.
 Never dive alone and know local weather conditions.
 Don’t rise too quickly to the surface. A sudden rise can be deadly.

Transitive: hear, see, stop, keep, send, equip, see, get, check, know
Intransitive water-ski, stay, dive, rise
II)-Write the correct form of the verbs from the box into the following sentences. Put T (transitive) or I
(intransitive) after each verb.
carry pass threaten save travel write
1. Beijing is threatened by sandstorms every year.
2. Food and supplies are often carried through the deserts by camels.
3. As the days pass , parents were glad to see their children grow up healthy and happy.
4. Jack London traveled far and wide and got a lot of experience for his writing.
5. Measures are taken by governments save endangered species.
6. The Old Man and the Sea was writen by Ernest Hemingway.

Unit 13: THE 22ND SEA GAMES

GRAMMAR: DOUBLE COMPARATIVE

Repeated comparatives
I)-Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets, using repeated comparatives.
1. My father’s cooking is getting (good) better and better as the years go by.
2. A lot of people are migrating to the city to look for work. The cost of living there is becoming
(high) higher and higher
3. It’s getting (difficult) more and more dificult to find a job these days.
4. The race car was running (fast) faster and faster when it crashed into a tree.
5. With the development of the Internet, (few) fewer and fewer people send greeting cards on special
occasions.
6. The practice of using (many) more and more chemicals to improve crop yields is harmful to people’s
health.
Do you know…..?
 Repeated comparatives are used to describe things that are increasing or decreasing.
 Formation: short adjective/ adverb + -er and short adjective/ adverb + -er
more and more + long adjective/ adverb
more/fewer and more/fewer + noun
Example: It got darker and darker as we went deeper into the cave.
The athletes are running faster and faster as they are approaching the finishing line.
Things are getting more and more expensive these days.
In Australia, more and more students choose to study Vietnamese at school.
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II)-Use the words provided to write the second sentence so that it follows on from the first one, using repeated
comparatives.
1. As she travelled to more places, she started to appreciate her hometown’s beauty. In other words,
Her hometown seemed more and more beautiful in her mind. (hometown/ seemed/ more/ beautiful/
mind)
Online communication is becoming more and more common. The problem is that fewer and fewer people
interact face to face.(few/ people/ interact/ face to face)
The Vietnamese ao dai has been modernised. In fact, it become more and more popular not only in Viet
Nam but also in other parts of world.(it/ become/ popular/ not only/ Viet Nam/ but/ other parts/ world)
Globalisation is endangering people’s unique identities. In this trend, the differences in cultural values
become more and more imortant.. (differences/ cultural values/ become/ important)
Most people are highly devoted to the values of the community they come from. However, they also
become more and more sympathetic about other culture’s beliefs.(they/ also/ become/ sympathetic/
other/ cultures/ beliefs)
Double comparatives
III)-Complete the sentences with the words from the box. One word can be used more than once.
faster more better greater warmer higher longer

1. The longer time you spend on preparing for the test, the higher scores you may get.
2. The more you practise speaking in your class, the better you are at public speaking.
3. The faster pollution becomes, the faster animals lose their natural habitats.
4. The more I study about endangered species, the more I worry about their protection.
5. The warmer the weather gets around the world, the more the polar ice caps will melt.
6. The better effort you make, the greater the achievements you may get.
7. The higher renewable energy sources we use, the better our living conditions will become.
Do you know…..?
 Double comparatives describe a cause-and-effect process. The first half expresses a cause, and the second half
expresses an effect.
 Formation: creating a parallel structure with two parts having a similar form
1. The + comparative adj/adv + subject + verb, the + comparative adj/adv + subject + verb
Example: The better your education is, the greater your opportunities are.
2. The more/less + (noun) + subject + verb, the more/less + (noun) + subject + verb
Example: The more you give, the more you will receive.
The more money he makes, the less free time he has.

IV)-Complete the sentences with the words from the box. One word can be used more than once.
more less faster better harder higher stricter

1. The more you water this plant, the faster it will grow.
2. The less fast food you eat, the better healthy you might become.
3. The stricter our laws against poaching are, the higher chances there are for endangered
animals to survive.
4. The higher the demand for ivory products is, the more the number of elephants falls.
5. The harder you study for the exam, the higher your scores will be.
V)-Rewrite the sentences, using double comparatives.
1. As we witness more damage to wildlife, we want to put more effort into protecting wild plants and
animals.
ð The more damage we witness to wildlife, the more effort we want to put into protecting wild plants and
animals.

2. As people need more land to build houses, they cut down more trees.
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ð The more land people need to build houses, the more trees they cut down.

3. The unemployment rate is getting higher, so the crime rate is becoming higher as well.
ð The higher unemployment rate is getting, the higher crime rate is becoming as well.

4. If you get a better education, there will be more opportunities for you to get a job.
ð The better education you get, the more opportunities for you to get a job.

5. As it is raining more heavily, the flooding will become worse.

ð The more heavily it is rainy, the worse flooding will become.

6. There are more and more cars in our city, so we will have to suffer more from polluted air.
ð The more cars in our city, the more polluted air we will have to suffer from

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 VI)-Correct each sentence with one mistake below.
1. I’ll wait for you here until you will have finished your work.→ finish
2. The faster you drive, it becomes more dangerous.→ the more dangerous become
3. By the time we will have got to the conference, the opening speech will have started.→ will
4. More people move to the city, the higher the cost of living there gets.→ the more
5. The more noise and smoke you make, the safer the environment becomes.→ the less safety

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Thời gian hoàn thành bài học và bài tập: 28/02/2020

Lưu ý:
 Học sinh ghi vào vở bài học phần Reading Units 11, 12, 13 (từ vựng, trả lời các Tasks), phần
Writing Units 11, 12, 13 (bài viết).
 Học sinh làm bài tập và ghi lại câu trả lời hoặc đáp án theo hướng dẫn của giáo viên từ đầu năm học.
 Học sinh nào chưa làm Mock Test 6 (handouts phát từ đầu năm học) thì hoàn thành Test này.

SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
201. Everybody was astonished by Alice’s strange ideas.
202. You shouldn’t have left the window open last night.
203. Unless you keep your feet dry, you will catch a cold.
204. I think that it is going to rain.
205. I have never tasted such a more delicious cake before.
206. No one was there noticed anything unusual.

207. It is 2 years since she left university.

208. The gate is closed so that the children cannot run into the road.

209. Henry wished she hadn’t bought the second-hand car.

210. Amanda finally succeeded in getting a good job.

211. That old house at the end of the road has been sold.

212. Mrs. Rogers told her son not to bite his nails.

213. Charles doesn’t live far from his aunt’s house.

214. I certainly won’t go to that restaurant again.

215. The beach was so dirty that we decided not to stay.

216. You don’t have to finish the work today.

217. I’d rather not have lunch yet.

218. Sebastian has been a TV presenter for 5 years.

219. What an excellent meal!

220. George told Mary that he had seen the film three times.

221. I’d rather not visit the museum.

222. If his car hadn’t broken down, John wouldn’t have missed the ferry.

223. Robert can’t cook as well as Jane does.

224. Customers are requested not to smoke in that area of the restaurant.

225. Martin apologized for having damaged Angle’s car.

226. In spite of taking a taxi, Bill still arrived late for the concert.

227. Carol has no difficulty in making friends.

228. Mark is not old enough to see the horror film.

229. Who do these documents belong to?

230. The landlady asked me if I had had enough for lunch.

231. If we don’t leave the party we won’t catch the last train.

232. Alice’s responsible for looking after new staff.

233. When were you born?

234. John was unable to find the right house.

235. My insurance form should have been signed by the doctor.

236. The joke that I told him made him laugh.

237. Jenny used to play tennis better than now.

238. The door was too heavy for the child to push it.

239. You'd better apologise Sally if you don't want her to be angry with you.

240. Be careful or you might fall.

241. That car belongs to Mrs. Edwards/ is Mrs. Edwards’s.

242. According to the station clock it was half past ten.

243. The wallet with no name in it was found by Henry.

244. Ronald said that he had not stolen Mrs Clark’s handbag.

245. Susan doesn’t.like staying in hotels as much as camping.

246. The fridge was too heavy for us to move it.

247. Mary asked John not to tell anyone her new address.

248. It was the prettiest flower display that/ which the judges had ever seen.

249. His father is not taller than his mother.

250. Neither Tom nor Ann came to the party.

251. She is liked by everyone.

252. Inspite of the heavy traffic, i arrived on time.

253. Having a car enables you to travel around more easily.

254. The sudden noise made me jump.

255. She shouldn't let me read the letter.

256. My father allowed me to use his car.

257. Tom has been ill for 3 days.

258. I wish I could give up smoking.

259. Before going to bed , he had a hot drink.

260. They often write to each other.

261. Unless you hurry, you’ll be late.

262. Because of the bad weather, they postpone the match.

263. Mary is not old enough to get marry.

264. I’d rather not to go to the museum.

265. I’d rather you cooked the dinner now.

266. She worked so hard that she made herself ill.

267. This problem can be solved.

268. The man who was injured in the accident was taken to hospital.
269. What a beautyful girl!

270. Tom is too young to drive a car.

271. He is said to be 108 years old.

272. It was very stupid of her to go out without a coat.

273. More and more pollution is being produced by that factory.

274. She drives faster and more carelessly than me.

275. I must have my shoes cleaned before the interview.

276. It took us five hours to get to London.

277. You needn’t shout.

278. On arriving in Canberra, I wrote a letter home.

279. Never have I seen such a mess in my life.

280. It’s no use trying to escape.

281. Thousands of tons of rubbish are thrown into the forest.
282. More rain falls in Athens than in Tokyo in January.
283. The destruction of most of the old city of London was made by a fire in the 1600s.
284. Would you mind doing it for me?
285. What about going for a ride ?
286. No other city of the united state is as busy as New York.
287. Are they going to be demolished the old house?
288. This switch must not be touched.
289. Her place will have to be taken .
290. If I had known you were coming, I wouldn’t have waited for you.
291. I have warned you off going near that dog.
292. A donkey less tall than a horse.
293. The pen is mightier than a sword.
294. He started collecting stamps five years ago.
295. It’s isn’t necessary to finish the work today.
296. Tony behaved kindly toward to me.
297. He ‘d rather play golf than play tennis.
298. I advise you to put your money in the bank.
299. The doctor warned me not to take it easy .
300. I don’t really want to go fishing this afternoon.