Exercise 1: Choose the best verb to fit these following sentences

1. Because they don't have enough money to buy a bigger house, they must make up their
_______ here.
A. minds to staying B. minds to stay C. mind staying D. mind to stay
2. The police _______him for burglary.
A. arrested B. charged C. convinced D. accused
3. Many people______ about the bad behavior of soccer fans in the town centre after the match.
A. criticized B. disapproved C. complained D. objected
4. I never wear red. It’s color that doesn’t _________me.
A. go with B. suit C. match D. take to
5. See if you can ________Joe to do this share of the housework.
A. get B. have C. make D. try
6. The train was_____ from leaving because of a signal failure.
A. prevented B. forbidden C. detained D. cancelled
7. After a lot of difficulties he finally _________to start the car.
A. succeeded B. coped C. managed D. worked out
8. The manager asked her to _______with the complaint.
A. take care B. attend C. deal D. follow
9. Where are you going to ___________ your summer holiday?
A. send B. spend C. stay D. live
10. I ________ him of the meeting to the other day. I wonder why he didn’t turn up.
A. mentioned B. warned C. reminded D. pointed
11. I ________ him to work hard this semester.
A. made B. forced C. suggest D. told
12. He didn’t ________his children to play in the back yard.
A. allow B. help C. force D. let
13. Combining our two incomes will _________ us to get a bigger loan from the bank.
A. guarantee B. ensure C. enable D. confirm
14. Is she just _____ to be crazy, or she really mad?
A. imagining B. faking C. asserting D. pretending
15. Am I happy? It all ___________ on what you mean by “happy”!
A. includes B. relates C. concerned D. depended
16. I _________ you enjoy the play, Mr. Lincoln.
A. wish B. hope C. want D. expect
17. Don't __________your bicycle too fast!
A. go B. drive C. ride D. walk
18. How happy we were to __________ our holidays on the farm!
A. send B. pass C. spend D. have
19. They are going to_________ their golden wedding anniversary next week.
A. hold B. celebrate C. have D. open
20. Don't ___________me as if I were an idiot!
A. talk B. show C. turn D. treat
Exercise 2: Choose the best verb to fit these following sentences
1. Hurry up! Our uncle is coming. His plane will ___________in less than an hour.
A. fly B. go C. park D. land
2. Charles Dickens is ___________ as one of the greatest names in English literature.
A. told B. known C. spoken D. considered
3. At the age of sixty, the man ___________and went to the country to live.
A. retired B. died C. drew D. gave up
4. She __________ herself as an old beggar to enter Tibet.
A. wore B. disguised C. made D. appeared
5. Mrs. Green ___________all her life to teaching orphans.
A. devoted B. gave C. compared D. spent
6. "To __________someone" means "to put someone into prison".
A. keep B. catch C. arrest D. imprison
7. How long does it take you to __________ in the morning?
A. get dressed B. dress up C. dress yourself D. dressed
8. Where did they _________ their summer holiday?
A. go B. send C. try D. spend
9. Just a minute! I must have a shower and __________before we go out.
A. change B. exchange C. changing D. exchanging
10. You'd better _________your coat before you go out into the cold.
A. take off B. dress in C. have on D. put on
11. A terrible explosion ___________them up.
A. got B. raised C. lifted D. woke
12. Up to now, I _________a lot of information about her.
A. would learn B. have learnt C. have learn D. will learn
13. They will rebuild the bridge which was ___________ in the war.
A. defeated B. retreated C. used D. destroyed
14. After an explosion, a flame ___________ high into the sky.
A. raised B. rose C. flew D. jumped
15. We __________ them a visit last week.
A. gave B. paid C. asked D. did
16. Faraday attended a lecture__________ y a famous scientist.
A. giving B. gave C. given D. to give
17. Nam was so tired that he __________ asleep in the class.
A. got B. felt C. went D. fell
18. The players__________ to be at the stadium at 3 o'clock.
A. told B. were told C. have told D. tell
19. The old students __________ one another in the school yard.
A. clutched B. gathered C. greeted D. looked
20. - Must I lock the door before I leave? - No, you ___________Someone can do it for you."
A. mustn't B. needn't C. don't D. haven't
Exercise 3: Choose the best verb to fit these following sentences
1. Everybody ............. healthy and good looking.
A. looked at B. looked C. looked of D. looked after
2. After he __________ his homework, he went to bed.
A. had finished B. has been finishing C. has finished D. would finish
3. Peter is __________the radio.
A. looking B. watching C. listening to D. seeing
4. Mary often ___________. the morning newspaper after breakfast.
A. sees B. reads C. watches D. writes
5. Our summer holidays __________ quickly.
A. past B. passed C. was past D. passing
6. __________a strange man in her house, the girl was afraid.
A. Had seen B. Seeing C. See D. When seen
7. I've never __________ to Da Lat before.
A. went B. go C. been D. gone
8. The crowd ___________excitedly when he scored the third goal.
A. spoke B. said C. shouted D. told
9. I tried hard but I couldn't ___________him.
A. take B. gain C. win D. beat
10. If you ___________ flu, you'll have to stay in bed.
A. had caught B. caught C. does not catch D. catch
11. My relative is busy. Can you ___________ home?
A. make me a ride B. give me a lift C. ride me D. pick me up
12. We ___________ a table for four, at nine o'clock.
A. set B. bought C. reserved D. put
13. The computers ___________ used in class now.
A. have B. are being C. being D. was
14. Daisy is going to have someone __________ her skirt.
A. is making B. is made C. to make D. make
15. - "Do I have to take that English course?" - No, you ___________
A. haven't B. don't have C. mustn't D. needn't
16. Before __________ to bed, remember to turn off the lights.
A. to go B. went C. goes D. going
17. In spite of the hot weather, the little boy refused __________off his coat.
A. take B. have take C. to take D. having take
18. She was amazed ___________ about that.
A. to know B. knowing C. to be known D. know
19. The students are happy __________that good news.
A. to hear B. heard C. hears D. hearing
20. Children __________ play football in the street.
A. must B. need C. mustn't D. needn't
Exercise 4: Choose the best verb to fit these following sentences
1. Would you mind __________ this problem for me?
A. solve B. will solve C. to solve D. solving
2. My sister often __________Shakespeare's lines in the essay.
A. writes B. reads C. quotes D. uses
3. They__________ to Hanoi three times this year.
A. were B. have been C. went D. have gone
4. What time did you ___________London?
A. leave from B. live C. live from D. leave
5. I was locked out and I had to ___________ through the window.
A. enter B. get in C. get into D. enter in
6. He looks tired. He __________a rest.
A. need B. needs C. needn't D. need to
7. Money you are paid for your work is money you ___________
A. earn B. win C. profit D. benefit
8. We must __________well when we eat.
A. hold B. keep C. chew D. brush
9. Two of his teeth need __________
A. filling B. be filled C. filled D. to fill
10. How much did you ___________ the plumber before he left?
A. pay B. pay for C. pay of D. paid
11. How much did you __________ that dress?
A. pay B. pay for C. pay of D. paid
12. Three prisoners ___________ from the prison in May.
A. collapsed B. attacked C. escaped D. appeared
13. Someone's selling a car and you want to know how much he is ___________
A. asking B. demanding C. charging D. thinking
14. You pass an empty house and see a notice outside it which reads: "___________"
A. To sell B. On sale C. For sale D. In sale
15. I don't know how she __________ her birthday party.
A. greets B. celebrates C. hopes D. wishes
16. On Sunday, our family members usually __________ and enjoy a good meal.
A. meet B. gather C. talk D. see
17. Children _________play football in the street. They _________ play it in the stadium.
A. mustn't / need B. mustn't / must C. needn't / need D. needn't / must
18. - _________ we go to the tailor's?- Yes, let's.
A. Shall B. Will C. Do D. Would
19. The clowns in the circus made us _________ a lot.
A. to laugh B. laughed C. laugh D. laughing
20. We don't take the umbrella. We wish we _________
A. take B. can take C. took D. could
Exercise 5: Choose the best verb to fit these following sentences
1. Mr. Dick likes watching football but his wife_________
A. doesn't B. doesn't like C. does like D. don't
2. The Pyramids _________by the ancient Egyptians.
A. was built B. were being built C. had built D. were built
3. Have orange juice, _________?
A. will you B. do you C. do we D. would you
4. I think he will help you doing your homework_________?
A. doesn't he B. won't he C. don’t I D. do I
5. She is afraid of _________.
A. watching horror films. B. to ride in busy streets.
C. climbing up trees. D. a and c are correct
6. Let's go to the beach for summer holiday, _________?
A. shall we B. don’t we C. will we D. do we
7. The young man _________a phone call.
A. made B. did C. bought D. held
8. Fish don't _________noise as other pets do.
A. sound B. go not C. make D. give
9. I have to _________weight. I'm too fat.
A. drop B. gain C. loose D. lose
10. He says his father will go to a (an) _________meeting in London tomorrow.
A. famous B. important C. clever D. fine
11. The clerk had to _________ the conversation in order to wait on a customer.
A. interrupt B. continue C. begin D. hurry
12. There are _________tourists in London this year than last year.
A. littler B. smaller C. lesser D. fewer
13. If traffic moves at low speed, the number of accidents is _________
A. pulled back B. cut down D. turned off D. put away
14. He's _________, so he can't hear your voice.
A. blind B. blond C. deaf D. died
15. You're _________your time trying to persuade him. He'll never help you.
A. spending B. closing C. missing D. wasting
16. How will you _________a living in Australia?
A. gain B. earn C. perform D. look for
17. The driver _________ at the boys who are playing football in the street.
A. shouted B. called C. rang D. B and C are correct
18. I won't go to bed _________I finish my homework.
A. until B. when C. while D. since
19. He is _________his driving test today.
A. examining B. taking C. answering D. holding
20. She needs a pair of _________shoes.
A. skin B. feather C. leather D. complexion
Exercise 6: Choose the best verb to fit these following sentences
1. I _________this shirt from my brother.
A. gave B. sold C. lent D. borrowed
2. He is collecting coins and he has a valuable _________of rare coins.
A. number B. collection C. packet D. pile
3. After one month of hard fighting, the northern alliance army won the_________
A. attack B. force C. war D. battle
4. He got some money by selling one of _________old pictures which his father left.
A. useful B. helpful C. usual D. valuable
5. I telephoned the airport to make _________of the time of the plane.
A. sure B. true C. real D. right
6. _________of the visitors were strangers to me.
A. Mostly B. Almost C. Most D. The most
7. There was nearly a terrible accident in the javelin_________.
A. examination B. problem C. result D. event
8. The picture he gave you is more valuable_______ the one he gave me.
A. over B. above C. to D. than
9. How long does it_______ him to walk to his school?
A. want B. need C. take D. require
10. She is better today _______better than yesterday.
A. very . so C. too D. much
11."To put off" means "to _______"
A. destroy B. postpone C. cancel D. turn on
12. We will wait here _______he comes back.
A. while B. until C. before D. after
13. His father has not seen his mother_______five years.
A. for B. since C. during D. until
14. Her teacher _______her to come and see him.
A. spoke B. said C. told D. says
15. My watch is slow and_______ is hers.
A. either B. too C. so D. neither
16. She _______Alice that it was awful.
A. tells B. said C. speaks D. told
17. Mary told her dog to _______down
A. lie B. laid C. lay D. lain
18. The teacher has _______ come into the principal's room.
A. still B. already C. yet D. so far
19. His motorbike doesn’t cost so much _______yours does.
A. like B. as C. same D. such
20. He is_______a busy man that he really needs a helper.
A. so B. such C. very D. quite
1. Don’t use plastic bags. They are very hard_______.
A. to disappear B. to go away C. to dissolve D. to reduce
2. The air in the city is very_______.
A. pollute B. polluted C. pollution D. pollutant
3. We are talking about the preservation of _______resources.
A. nature B. natural C. naturally D. naturalize
4. It is necessary _______forests.
A. to protect B. protecting C. protected D. protect
5. The local authority should _______the fish catching by electricity.
A. allow B. permit C. prohibit D. give up
6. These bags are made of _______. You can use them to carry heavy things.
A. paper B. silk C. plastic D. glass
7. A large number of inhabitants have made _______on how to protect the environment.
A. suggest B. to suggest C. suggested D. suggestio
8. The _______of cars, motorbikes and factories has also increased air pollution in most cities.
A. gas B. exhaust fume C. dirt D. dust
9. In Western countries, electricity, gas, and water are not luxuries but _______.
A. goods B. foods C. products D. necessities
10. Scientists are working for an _______ way to reduce energy consumption.
A. effect B. effective C. effection D. effectively
11. If you want to save money, you should _______ the amount of water your family uses.
A. increase B. reduce C. adapt D. repair
12. _______ put all the guests on the first floor ?
A. Why don’t we B. I think we should C. How about D. Let’s
13. You should _______the amount of water your family uses by_______shower.
A. increase – using B. reduce – use C. reduce – using D. increase – use
14. Passover is celebrated in Israel and by all _______people.
A. English B. Vietnamese C. Japanese D. Jewish
15. We think that Mother’s Day should be celebrated _______.
A. nation wide B. nation C. nationality D. nationhood
16. Tet is a _______festival of the Vietnamese people.
A. joy B. joyful C. joyfully D. joyfulness
17. On National Day, there is usually a _______in Ba Dinh square in Hanoi.
festival
party
holiday
parade
18. The full-moon festival is celebrated in _______.
mid – autumn
mid – spring
mid – summer
mid – winter
Auld Lang Syne is an old song which is sung on _______.
Christmas Day
Father’s Day
New Year’s Eve
Halloween
Catherine enjoys the festivals in Vietnam although she doesn’t understand Vietnamese
_______very much.
culture
cultural
traditional
traditionOn Passover’s night, Jewish families eat a special _______called the Seder.
meal
lunch
breakfast
dinner
On this _______, mother usually receives cards, flowers and gifts from her husband and children.
chance
occasion
opportunity
date
What activities do you often _______at school?
come in
take part in
hold in
get in
Coal, oil, gas are ________resources.
A. nature B. natural C. naturally D. unnaturally
She has ________ provided a picnic lunch for us.
A. kind B. kindness C. kindly D. unkind
We’ll make this beach clean and___________ again.
A. beautiful B. beauty C. beautifully D. beautify
In many countries, people crowd the streets to watch __________parades.
A. color B. colorfully C. colorful D. colorless
The children laughed____________ when they played with their toys.
A. happy B. unhappy C. happily D. happiness
I can speak English__________.
A. good B. well C. bad D. quick
This test must be done __________.
A. care B. careful C. carefully D. careless
Lan’s voice is soft . She speaks very__________.
A. loud B .loudly C. soft D. softly
What will they achieve If they work ___________today.
A. hardly B. hard C.harden D.hardness
The soccer players have played_____________.
A.beauty B.beautiful C.beautify D.beautifully
Your program is very interesting and ________________.
A. use B. useful C. useless D.uselessly
Her parents were_________happy that she won the prize.
A.extreme B.extremeness C.extremely D.extremism
The restaurant is near here so people can get there_________.
A.easy B.easily C.difficult D.difficultly
The tour around the country was ____________cheap.
A.surprise B.surprised C.surprising D. surprisingly
Don’t be ________. We’ve only been waiting for a few minutes .
A.impatient B.patient C.patiently Dpantience
They tried to win, but their efforts were____________.
A. success B. successful C.succeeded D.unsuccessful
Tom looks very __________.Do you know what happened to him?
A.sad B.sadly C.sadness D.sadless
He said “ Good afternoon” to me in a most____________way.
A. friend B.friendness C.unfriendly D.friendship
My uncle’s old car was___________, but his new one is very ________.
A. slow / fast B.slowly / fast C.slow / fastly D.slowly / fastly
He drove _____________and had an accident .
A.careful B.careless C.carefully D.carelessly