PHẦN II: NHỮNG CÂU NGỮ PHÁP TIẾNG ANH HAY SAI

LESSON 6
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 1: ________on barren slopes can help prevent erosion.
A. Trees to be planted B. Planting tree
C. Trees being planted D. That trees are planted
Question 2: Mary has been expelled from school. She maintains________.
A. to have been treated unfairly B. to be treating unfairly
C. she was treated unfairly D. to treat unfairly
Question 3: Here________from Rangoon.
A. is an interesting news B. is an interesting item of news
C. are interesting news D. are some interesting news item
Question 4: Ancient civilizations were not aware that the earth________a sphere.
A. is B. was C. had been D. has been
Question 5: Had the electrician not come in time, we would________last night's party by
candlelight.
A. have to have B. have to be having
C. have had to have had D. have had to have been having
Question 6: I was told yesterday that the car had been fixed but it’s broken
down________again!
A. even B. still C. yet D. right
Question 7: However good Schoenberg________have been, I still find his modern music
very difficult to appreciate.
A. could B. may C. should D. would
Question 8: "How should we do this?" "It should be done________we did it yesterday."
A. the same way as B. as the same way as
C. as the same way than D. as the same way
Question 9: Mr Smith was talking to his friends and_______.
A. on a perch beside him sat a blue parrot
B. on a perch beside him did a blue parrot sit
C. did a blue parrot sit on a perch beside him
D. a blue parrot did on a perch beside him sit
Question 10: In his anxiety to make himself________, he spoke too loudly and too slowly.
A. understand B. understanding C. understood D. to understand
Question 11: The palace________we visited last summer was intact although built in the
18th century.
A. which B. where C. that D. what
Question 12: It's difficult to emerge from such a scandal________.
A. with your reputation still intact B. with your reputation still being intact
C. when your reputation still intact D. without keeping your reputation intact
Question 13: ________for the fact that he was working abroad, he would willingly have
helped with the project.
A. If it hadn’t been B. If it had been
C. Had it been D. Hadn’t it been
Question 14: I________with the performances but I got flu the day before.
A. was to have helped B. helped
C. was to help D. had helped
Question 15: ________chair the meeting.
A. John was decided to B. It was decided that John should
C. There was decided that John should D. John had been decided to
Question 16: Various societies define________in many rather complex ways.
A. that is successful B. what success is
C. that success is D. what is success
Question 17: The new school complex cost________the city council had budgeted for.
A. just twice as much as B. twice more by far than
C. twice much more than D. almost twice as much as
Question 18: It's high time we got going, ________?
A. isn’t it B. didn’t it C. should we D. aren’t we
Question 19: The film is________released at the end of next year.
A. on the verge of being B. due to be
C. about to be D. on the point of being
Question 20: - "Why did Laura go to town?"
-"________for was to attend an interview.”
A. What she went B. That she went
C. Why she went D. She went
Question 21: I’m very happy because my daughter, who is studying abroad, ________me
next weekend. She has just phoned me.
A. will visit B. is visiting
C. is going to visit D. visits
Question 22: ________that I could hardly hear her.
A. She spoke so quiet B. So quietly did she speak
C. So quite did she seak D. So quietly spoke she
Question 23: ________improperly, the device doesn’t work.
A. Being installed B. Having installed
C. Installed D. Installing
Question 24: ______want to get a job have to have qualifications and experience.
A. That those B. Those C. Those who D. The people
Question 25: Scientists believe the first inhabitants of the Americans arrived by crossing
the land bridge that connected Siberia and______more than 10,000 years ago.
A. this is Alaska now B. what is now Alaska
C. Alaska is now D. is now Alaska
Question 26: In front of us______with a beard and blue eyes.
A. is a big man standing B. stand a big man
C. is standing a big man D. a big man is standing
Question 27: Jane is the______of the two sisters.
A. more beautiful B. most beautiful
C. beautiful D. as beautiful as
Question 28: St. Lucia is an island in the Caribbean Sea, forming part of the
Windward Island group, ______about twenty miles south of Martinique.
A. situating B. which situates
C. situated D. which was situated
Question 29: The contractor’s recommendation is that the old building______.
A. is needed repairing B. needs to be repaired
C. need repairing D. need to repair
Question 30: Of the four new teachers, one is experienced and______.
A. the others are not B. another is inexperienced
C. the other is not D. other lacks experience
 LESSON 7
Question 1: The noise of the airplanes______from the airport over our house was
unbearable at times.
A. which is taking off B. taking off
C. which were taking off D. taken off
Question 2: It's too expensive, and probably out-of-date at______.
A. least B. most C. that D. once
Question 3: She______aside her book and went to answer the phone.
A. lied B. lay C. laid D, lain
Question 4: The accident______was the mistake of the driver.
A. causing many people to die B. caused great human loss
C. to cause many people die D. which causes many people to die
Question 5: The boy who failed the exam has to take another one, ______?
A. did he B. hasn't he C. didn’t he D. doesn't he
Question 6: Clothing made of plastic fibers has certain advantages over______ made of
natural fibers.
A. that B. which C. the one D. what
Question 7: On the battle field______.
A. lay the tanks B. did the tanks lie C. lied the tanks D. the tanks lay
Question 8: I'm trying this alternative cold remedy. It's______different plant roots and
herbs, and tastes very strange.
A. consisting of B. containing C. composed of D. included
Question 9: ______in our town this year.
A. Many a new house has been built B. Many a new house was built
C. Many a new houses have been built D. Many a new houses were built
Question 10: To love and to be loved______the greatest happiness on Earth.
A. are B. is C. were D. are being
Question 11: The______horse began to run as fast as he could.
A. frightening B. frightened C. frighten D. frightful
Question 12: If coastal erosion continues to take place at the present rate, in another fifty
years this beach______any more.
A. doesn't exist B. isn’t existing
C. isn't going to exist D. won’t be existed
Question 13: Jane: "Shall we turn back?" - Tom: "Well, I'm______turning back. It’s too
dangerous to go mountain climbing______this weather."
A. about / in B. by/ in C. for/ in D. against/ on
Question 14: My new glasses cost me______the last pair 1 bought last month.
A. more than three times B. three times as much as
C. more three times than D. as much three times as
Question 15: The type of plant and animal life living in and around a pond depends on the
soil of the pond, ______, and the pond’s location.
A. what the quality of the water is B. how is the water quality
C. the quality of water D. what is the water quality
Question 16: ______for their strong fiber include flax and hemp.
A. Plants are grown B. Plants grown
C. Plants that grow D. To grow plants
Question 17: ______appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is
merely an optical illusion.
A. What the Moon B. The Moon which
C. When the Moon D. That the Moon
Question 18: The color of your shirt does not______that of your trousers.
A. suit B. fit C. harmonize D. match
Question 19: She said that she would be punctual for the opening speech, ______she were
late?
A. but what if B. how about C. and what about D. so if
Question 20: The topic______at yesterday’s meeting was of great importance.
A. to be discussed B. to have been discussed
C. discussed D. having been discussed
Question 21: Evidence came up______specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as
young as 6 months old.
A. what B. when C. which D. that
Question 22: All the sales people I met always try to______buying their products.
A. persuade me for B. force me to C. talk me into D. help me with
Question 23: He confessed______being somewhat nervous about having to speak in front
of a large crowd.
A. about B. to C. for D. with
Question 24: In a money-oriented society, the average individual cares little about
solving______problem.
A. any other B. any other's C. anyone else’s D. anyone’s else
Question 25: Would you please leave us details of your address____________ forwarding
any of your mail to come?
A. for the purpose of B. as a consequence of
C. for the sake of D. by means of
Question 26: Not having written about the required topic, ______a low mark.
A. my presentation was given B. the teacher gave
C. the teacher gave me D. I was given
Question 27: I was just about______the office when the telephone rang.
A. to have left B. leave C. to leave D. leaving
Question 28: ______as taste is really a composite sense made up of both taste and smell.
A. That we refer to B. What we refer to
C. To which we refer D. What do we refer to
Question 29: He wondered______his sister looked like, because they hadn’t seen each
other for a long time.
A. why B. which C. how D. what
Question 30: In her time, Isadora Duncan was______today a liberated woman.
A. what calling we would B. who would be calling
C. what we would call D. she would call her
LESSON 8
Question 1: A plane with an engine on fire approached the runway______ was frightening.
There could have been a terrible accident.
A. watch it land B. watching it land
C. to watch it land D. watching to it land
Question 2: The nut hat______six inches long.
A. grows seldom more than B. seldom grows more than
C. more than seldom grows D. grows more than seldom
Question 3: "When will Chau and Binh arrive?”
"They left home an hour ago. I think they will______."
A. be here shortly B. here be shortly
C. shortly be here D. here shortly be
Question 4:" ______you hand me that pair of scissors, please?"- "Certainly!”
A. May B. Shall C. Will D. Should
Question 5: There ______ lots of furniture ______ in the furniture department
A. is/ on display B. is/ displaying
C. are/ displaying D. are/ to display
Question 6: She wanted to serve some coffee to her guests; however______.
A. she hadn't many sugar B. there was not a great amount of the sugar
C. she did not have much sugar D. she was lacking in amount of the sugar
Question 7: The upper levels of the Sun’s atmosphere are of very low______heats the gases
there to be very high temperatures.
A. dense and solar B. density, solar activity
C. density, but solar activity D. density and activity of the Sun is
Question 8: In spite of the fact that there is much written about Charlemagne,
____________.
A. his character and personality are hard to visualize
B. is difficult to discover his character and personality
C. picturing his personality and character are hard things
D. you can’t figure out his personality and character
Question 9: It's all the same______me whether we go to Nha Trang or Vung Tau.
A. for B. on C. to D. as
Question 10: Columbus gazed at the land that he______so far to seek.
A. had come B. had been coming
C. has come D. has been coming
Question 11: Pick me up at 4 p.m. I______my bath by then.
A. will have B. will be having C. will have had D. must have had
Question 12: Not only was there no tea, ______there was no food either.
A. and B. nor C. but D. so
Question 13: She said that she would be punctual for the opening speech, ______she were
late?
A. but what if B. how about C. and what about D. so if
Question 14: Global warming has progressed______glaciers everywhere are shrinking.
A. too much that B. enough to cause
C. to such an extent that D. so great an extent that
Question 15: Nathalie seems very tough at work. She's a different person at home, ______.
A. though B. although C. as though D. even though
Question 16: I kept out of the conversation because it______me.
A. wasn’t concerned B. wasn’t concerning
C. didn’t concern D. didn't concern to
Question 17: ______recent times, the discipline of biology has expanded rapidly into a
variety of subdisciplines.
A. It is since B. When C. Since it is D. In
Question 18: I expected all of the customers______of the change of our address.
A. to be informed B. to inform C. being informed D. informing
Question 19: ______, the balcony chairs will be ruined in this weather.
A. Leaving uncovered B. Having left uncovered
C. Left uncovered D. Been left uncovered
Question 20: I know you didn’t want to upset me but I’d sooner you______
me the whole truth yesterday.
A. could have told B. told C. have told D. had told
Question 21: The dawn redwood appears______some 100 million years ago in northern
forests around the world.
A. to be flourished B. having to flourish
C. to have flourished D. to flourish
Question 22: She’s alive! She______but that a handsome young man dived and saved her
just in time.
A. is drowning B. had been drowning
C. being drowning D. was drowning
Question 23: ______charge for______excess luggage is £10______kilo.
A. The; an; a B. The; Ø; a C. Ø; Ø; a D. Ø; an; the
Question 24: Fifteen______by five is three.
A. divided B. dividing
C. been divided D. is divided
Question 25: The problems______insurmountable.
A. which Tony has seems B. that Tony has seemed
C. Tony has seem D. whose Tony had seem
Question 26: Minh and Cuong were badly injured in the last match, ______can play in this
match.
A. so neither of them B. so neither of whom
C. neither of them D. neither of whom
Question 27: _____________are a form of carbon has been known since the late eighteenth
century.
A. Diamonds B. Because diamonds
C. That diamonds D. Diamonds, which
Question 28: Many a leader______fallen due to pride.
A. is B. are C. has D.have
Question 29: The instructor blew his whistle and______.
A. off the runners were running B. off ran the runners
C. off were running the runners D. the runners runs off
Question 30: A huge amount of solar energy______the earth's outer atmosphere.
A. reach B. reaches C. that reaches D. is reached
LESSON 9

Question 1: ______to the South in the winter is a popular fact.

A. Where birds migrate B. Birds migrating
C. When birds migrate D. That birds migrate
Question 2: Some crimes seem to be______in this country than in others.
A. less common enough B. much less common
C. the least common D. very less common
Question 3: We spent nearly 3 hours waiting outside the station, then out
A. the star came B. did the star come
C. came the star D. under
Question 4: Have you seen the girl______?
A. that I told B. I told you of
C. I told you about D. I told you of her
Question 5: Not only____________in the project, but he also wanted to become the leader.
A. did Jack involve B. had Jack been involved
C. was Jack involved D. Jack was involved
Question 6: I don’t think he’s ever been there, ______?
A. do I B. has he C. have I D. hasn’t he
Question 7: I____________you know how important this is.
A. need hardly tell B. need hardly to tell
C. need to hardly tell D. need to tell hardly
Question 8: The dress is a little big for you. You’d better go to tailor’s and
____________at the waist.
A. make it less wide B. have it made wider
C. make it wider D. have it made less wide
Question 9: ____________that he burst into tears.
A. His anger was such B. So angry he was
C. He was so anger D. Such his anger was
Question 10: Therapists are currently using mental imagery in the hope that
____________in the treatment of cancer.
A. it could use helpfully B. its proof to help
C. it might prove helpful D. its help to aid
Question 11: Geometry is the branch of mathematics______the properties and relation of
lines, angles, shapes, surfaces and solids.
A. is concerned with B. dealing with
C. the deal about D. to be concerned about
Question 12: We need to import____________from abroad.
A. a great deal of sports equipment B. a great deal of sport equipment
C. a large number of sports equipment D. a great deal of sports equipments
Question 13: ____________more help, I can call my neighbors and my friends.
A. Should I need B. Had I needed
C. Were I to need D. If you needed
Question 14: ______of transportation has given someone the idea for a new type of toy.
A. Mostly forms B. Most every form
C. Almost forms D. Almost every form
Question 15: A car suddenly appeared from nowhere and made me
fall off my pony.
A. most B. almost C. mostly D. most of
Question 16: ______, sheep were then used for wool.
A. Having first domesticated for milk production
B. Having been first domesticated for milk production
C. Because they had been first domesticated for milk production
D. Although they had first domesticated for milk production
Question 17: We should participate in the movements the natural environment.
A. organizing to conserve B. organized conserving
C. organized to conserve D. which organize to conserve
Question 18: The new campus parking rule______many students.
A. affects B. effect
C. has an influence D. effective
Question 19: ______I see Tom and Jerry, I always feel interested because the cartoon is so
exciting.
A. Whatever frequency B. No matter what times
C. However many D. No matter how many times
Question 20: According to Mehrabian in 1971, only 7 % of the information we
communicate to others depends upon the words______; 93 % of that depends on nonverbal
communication.
A. saying B. said C. say D. we say
Question 21: The city libraries present a gloomy picture of the______who used to flock the
libraries every evening.
A. gradual reduction of readers B. gradual readers reduction
C. gradual readers of reduction D. reduction gradual readers
Question 22: In fact, the criminals______into because the front door was wide open and so
they just walked in.
A. needn't have broken B. didn't need break
C. didn't need to break D. needn't to have broken
Question 23: It was____________that he was kept in hospital for nearby a month.
A. so a serious accident B. so serious an accident
C. such serious an accident D. a such serious accident
Question 24: The replacement of shops such as the groceries and chemists’ by the
cafe______the housewives with insufficient facilities for shopping.
A. leave B. have left C. has left D. to have left
Question 25: There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened
____________a sudden loud noise.
A. being there B. should there be
C. there was D. there have been
Question 26: Prices continued to rise while wages remained low______the Government
became increasingly unpopular.
A. on condition that B. with the result that
C. provided that D. in order that
Question 27: It is possible____________may assist some trees in saving water in the
winter.
A. to lose leaves B. that the loss of leaves
C. the leaves are lost D. when leaves have lost
Question 28: Chosen as the nation's capital at the end of the American Civil War,
______the city of over a million people.
A. Washington, DC is now B. for Washington, DC,
C. Washington, DC, D. now in Washington, DC,
Question 29: On attaining maximum size, ______by drawing itself out and dividing into
two daughter amoebas, each receiving identical nuclear materials.
A. the reproduction of the amoeba B. the amoeba, which reproduces
C. reproducing the amoeba D. the amoeba reproduces
Question 30: Books and magazines______around made his room very untidy.
A. that lie B. laying C. which lied D. lying
LESSON 10
Question 1: She built a high wall round her garden______.
A. in order that her fruit not be stolen B. to enable people not taking her fruit
C. so that her fruit would be stolen D. to prevent her fruit from being stolen
Question 2: Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, weather is the one ______the
most.
A. that influences farmers B. farmers that is influences
C. why farmers influence it D. it influences farmers
Question 3: ______90 percent of Asia's people live in the eastern and southern parts of the
continent, which contain some of the most______regions in the world.
A. Most/thick-populated B. Most/thickly-populated
C. Almost/thick-populated D. Almost/thickly-populated
Question 4: The African killer bees could not be handled safely, nor______.
A. their honey could be harvested B. harvested could their honey be
C. could not their honey be harvested D. could their honey be harvested
Question 5: In order to grow vegetable properly, gardeners must know______.
A. what the requirements for each vegetable are
B. that the requirements for each vegetable
C. what are each vegetable's requirements
D. that is required by each vegetable
Question 6: There are______words in English having more than one meaning.
Pay close attention to this fact.
A. a large many B. quite many C. a great many D. quite a lot
Question 7: Round and round____________.
A. the wheels of the engine went B. did the wheels of the engine go
C. went the wheels of the engine D. going the wheels of the engine
Question 8: What's the point______here if you don't have anything to tell them?
A. getting them all come B. in getting them all come
C. to get them all come D. in getting them all to come
Question 9: ____________the table, Mr.Robert called the family for support.
A. Being laid B. Having laid C. Have laid D. Having lying
Question 10: To bake fish, ______butter and place it in a generously greased rectangular
pan.
A. it brushes with B. with its brushes C. brushing it with D. brush it with
Question 11: ______warfare duties primarily to males’ was imperative when combat was
hand-to-hand.
A. Assigning B. Assigned
C. They who assigned D. That they were assigning
Question 12: Most psychologists believe that the basic structure of an individual’s
personality is______.
A. well established extremely by the age of five
B. by the age of five it is extremely well established
C. by the age of five and well established extremely
D. extremely well established by the age of five
Question 13: ______as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideals of the period
in which it was created.
A. Ranking B. To be ranked C. Being ranked D. In order to be ranking
Question 14: Up____________and the people cheered.
A. went the balloon B. did the balloon go
C. had the balloon go D. has the balloon gone
Question 15: A little farther down the street____________.
A. is the inn I used to stay at
B. there is an inn where I used to stay in
C. the inn is the place where I used to stay
D. is there an inn in which I used to stay
Question 16: The incidence of anorexia nervosa, ____________, is growing in industrially
advanced societies.
A. is an eating disorder B. an eating disorder which
C. an eating disorder D. for which an eating disorder
Question 17: ____________, a brick fell on his head.
A. Turning the corner B. Having turned the corner
C. When he turned the corner D. Being turned the corner
Question 18: Einstein gradually became______in the discussion.
A. absorb B. absorbed C. to absorb D. absorbing
Question 19: Overexposure to the sun can produce______some toxic chemicals.
A. more than damage to the skin B. more damage than to the skin
C. damage more than to the skin D. more damage to the skin than
Question 20: Whole - grain food products_________in most large supermarkets across the
United States and CanadA.
A. now can purchase B. can now be purchased
C. now to purchase D. the purchase of which
Question 21: That country was brought____________to disaster.
A. closer B. more closely C. the most closely D. closelier
Question 22: He______in drug across the border when the police caught him last Sunday.
A. was trafficked B. was trafficking
C. had been trafficking D. trafficked
Question 23: I bought some new shoes. They felt a bit strange______because I wasn’t used
to them.
A. first B. at first C. firstly D. first of all
Question 24: I quickly packed my new belongings and spent______money I had on a one-
way ticket home.
A. little B. a little C. the little D. a little of
Question 25: I wrote to them a fortnight ago but______I haven't had a reply.
A. as yet B. these days C. so long D. just now
Question 26: Malaria, which can be fatal if lest untreated, is transmitted by the female,
______by the male mosquito.
A. not B. however C. despite D. instead
Question 27: The soldiers received commands from______one-eyed general.
A. a B. an C. very D. the
Question 28: ______, I had to ask someone the way.
A. I was lost B. That I was lost C. Being lost D. I was lost because
Question 29: ____________, it was hard to find a garage open.
A. It was Sunday B. When it was Sunday
C. It being Sunday D. It is Sunday so
Question 30: ____________, I couldn’t hear what was going on.
A. There is so much noise B. There being so much noise
C. It was so much noise D. It being so much noise