Practice Exercises 7

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.

1. A. sun B. fun C. pull D. hunt

2. A. child B. sit C. bit D. hit
3. A. cave B. have C. slave D. behave
4. A. bull B. pull C. dull D. full
5. A. do B. go C. so D. no
II. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
6. My brother is studying hard __________ pass the exam.

A. for B. in order to C. so to D. so that

7. We have studied ________ seven o'clock.

A. for B. at C. since D. to
8. He was born in England. English is his _______________.

A. first language B. mother tongue C. foreign language D. A & B are correct

9. It's dangerous __________ in this river.

A. swim B. to swim C. swimming D. swam

10. It is the __________ as ours.

A. same B. most C. much D. more

11. How long have you ___________ her?

A. know B. knowed C. known D. knew

12. My father used ____________ me to school.

A. took B. taking C. to take D. take

13. Would you mind __________ the windows?

A. to open B. opening C. open D. opened

14. The man _________ next to me was very nervous.

A. sits B. is sitting C. sitting D. sit

15. This is the first time I ___________ this film.

A. am seeing B. saw C. see D. have seen

III. Complete the sentences, use the correct form or tense of the verbs in the brackets.
16. Would you mind if I (smoke) _________________?

17. I don't enjoy (laugh) __________________ at by other people.

18. He (live) _______________ in this city since 2000.

19. Most of the NOKIA mobile phones (sell) ____________________ in this shop are imported from

China.

20. The children (play) _______________ when It started to rain.

IV. Rewrite the following sentences without changing its original meaning.
21. The last time I saw her was in 2005.

 I haven’t __________________________________________________________________________.

22. Kaitlyn is writing a book on biology.

 A book on biology _________________________________________________________________.

23. A new bridge is going to be built next year.

 They are __________________________________________________________________________.

24. He said: "I can't find my umbrella"

 He said ___________________________________________________________________________.

25. I asked him if he liked coffee.

 I said _____________________________________________________________________________.

V. Fill in each blank with the correct forms of the words in bracket.
26. It’s __________________ to eat too much sugar and fat. (HEALTH)

27. After taking an aspirin, her headache _______________. (APPEAR)

28. My brother often does experiments about electricity for _____________________. (PLEASURE)

29. What is the ______________ of Thomas Edison? (NATION)

30. You must make a quick _____________ about who wins the contest. (DECIDE)

31. I live in a small village and its ______________ are very beautiful. (SURROUND)

32. You don’t have to do that work. In other words, it’s ___________________ for you.

(NECESSITY)

33. There are a lot of _________________ festivals in Viet Nam. (TRADITION)

34. My country is rich in ______________ resources. (NATURAL)

35. We had an interesting ______________ about football. (DISCUSS)

36. English is an _________________ and important subject. (INTEREST)

37. My country is rich in _________________________ resources. (nature)

38. My father can read _______________________ without glasses. (good)

39. We had an interesting ______________________ about football. (discuss)

40. During his _______________________ the family lived in Cornwall. (child)

41. It's _________________________ to cross the avenue. (danger)

42. Could you give me some __________________________? (inform)

43. Are you a ________________________ or are you living here? (tour)

44. The shoes were nice, but they were ________________________ (comfort)

45. Surface mail is much ________________________ than airmail. (cheap)

VI. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.

46. I don’t watch T.V as often as my brother does.

 My brother _______________________________________________________________________.

47. It was such an interesting film that we watched it several times.

 The film __________________________________________________________________________.

48. Students must be at least sixteen years old.

 Students __________________________________________________________________________.

49. Every tenth student goes free.

 There is no charge _________________________________________________________________.

50. Food and transport are included in the price.

 The price _________________________________________________________________________.

51. There is plenty to choose from the menu.

 There is plenty of __________________________________________________________________.

52. It’s dangerous to walk home late in the evening.

 Walking __________________________________________________________________________.

53. This is the best computer I have ever used.

 I have never ______________________________________________________________________.

54. The house is more expansive than the apartment.

 The apartment is __________________________________________________________________.

55. Marie isn’t as intelligent as her sister.

 Marie’s sister is ____________________________________________________________________.