ENGLISH PRACTICE 22

I. Select A, B, C or D only to indicate the word whose bold and underlined part is pronounced
differently from the rest. (5 points)
1. A. study B. success C. surprise D. suger
2. A. bath B. father C. theater D. health
3. A. unite B. underline C. university D. unifrom
4. A. whole B. when C. where D. while
5. A. socket B. notice C. enroll D. mobile
II. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following questions(10 points)
6. She went to market without ____________ anything.
A. buy B. to buy C. bought D. Buying
7. ____________ she plays the piano!
A. How well B. How good C. What well D. What good
8. The new shopping mall is quite ____________ the present shopping area.
A. different from B. the same C. like to D. similar
9. There were _________________ flowers that I couldn’t dicide what to buy.
A. so many B. so few C. so little D. so much
10. Of my parents, my father is _________________
A. the stricter B. the strictest C. strict D. stricter
11. Would you _________________ cleaning the floor for me?
A. like B. please C. mind D. rather
12. I’ve never seen such an interesting _______________
A. performing B. performer C. performance D. performed
13. I’m sorry. I’m not ___________ to help you lift the table.
A. enough strong B. too strong C. strong enough D. enough strength.
14. I usually go to work by bus, but ________ and then I use my motorbike
A. again B. Once C. now D. ever
15. There are not _____________ jobs for all of us.
A. so B. such C. too D. Enough
III. Complete the following questions with the correct preposition. (10 points)
16. She isn’t here ________________ the moment.
17. Warm clothes protect us ________________ bad weather.
18. What do you often do ________________ weekends.
19. We haven’t seen him _____________ last month.
20. He had an accident and was taken __________ hospital.
21. We regarded him ____________ a famous doctor.
22. You’re better ask __________ the information desk.
23. He borrowed $ 100 ______________ his father
24. “ Hamlet” is written ____________ Shakespeare.
25. Jane fell _________ her bike and hit head on the road
IV. Fill the blanks with the right form of the CAPITAL words provided in the right column. . (10
points)
26. Sugar is not an _________ food because we need it to live. HEALTH
27. The nurse wanted to know Nga’s ________ and weight. HIGH
28. Mr. Hung has a very ________ tooth. PAIN
29. Last year Mr. Hoang drove very ________. CARE
30. This room is very _________. COMFORT
31. What is the correct ___________ of this word? PRONOUNCE
32. More and more young people want a university ________. EDUCATE
33. When I go to the library, I sit and read about ________ things. WONDER
34. The most popular ________ at recess is talking. ACT
35. A fairy appeared and ________ changed her old clothes. MAGIC
V. Give the correct form of the verb in brackets. . (10 points)
36. Will you wait a minute while I (look) ____________ through the text ?
37. “ I hear you’ve bought a new house.” - “Yes, I ( move ) __________ in next week”
38. Look at those black clouds. It ( rain) __________
39. The film ( begin) ___________ at 7.30 or 8.00 this evening ?
40. Mai (telephone)____________ you when she comes back.
41. The pens ( produce ) ______ by Thien Long Company are usually cheap and good.
42. “Do you mind if I sit here ?” – “ I ‘d rather you ( sit ) __________ over there”
43. The price ( become ) __________ more and more expensive these days.
44, + 45. Mr Binh ( know) ____ how to drive a car although he ( not learn) ____ it yet.
VI. Complete the following passage by choosing the best option, A, B, C or D. (10 points)
For many people, traveling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, however, find the whole idea quite
terrifying, (46) _____ flying is no more dangerous (47) __________ any other form of travel and some experts say it is
considerably safer. It is known, however, that most accident occurs (48) ______________ taking off and landing when a
(49) _________ decisions are vitally important.
The people, (50) _______ job is to look (51) ______________ the passengers, the stewards and stewardesses play
an important part in helping passengers to (52) ___________ safe and comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being
(53) ___________ such care of is all part of the total experience. (54) ____________ other form of travel involves waiting
for people in quite the same (55) __________, with food, drink, newspapers, magazines, music, and even video films.
46- A. although B. too C. and D. because
47- A. than B. as C. then D. with
48- A. while B. during C. for D. through
49- A. leader’s B. chief ’s C. driver’s D. pilot’s
50- A. whose B. which C. their D. that
 51- A. for B. up C. after D. round
52- A. feel B. rest C. experience D. lie
53- A. given B. kept C. shown D. taken
54- A. Any B. No C. All D. Not
55- A. way B. kind C. sort D. part
VII. Read the following passage and complete the numbered blanks with one suitable word only.
(10 points)
When I (56) ________ a child I used (57)________ go to see my grandmother. I thought her house was (58)
________ beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park. (59) _______ I grew (60) __________
the house and (61) __________ seemed smaller but I still loved visiting the old lady. There were so many
beautiful things in the house. Sometimes, I played (62) _________ the doll’s house which was older than
grandmother herself. At (63) ____________ times, I looked (64)___________ books which were (65)_________
interesting than my children’s book at home.
VIII. There is one mistake in each of the following sentence. Find it and correct it. (5 points)
66. Have you ever seen a painting of Picasso yet ?
67. “ Do you think anyone saw us ?” she told nervously.
68. The plays writing by Shakespeare are very popular in the world.
69. The employer said that he would give them a two – day trip to Phu Tho next week.
70.My sister is studying very hard in order to pass the exam and getting scholarship at university.
IX. Rewrite the sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first given. . (10 points)
71. Peter spent three hours repainting his house.
-> It __________________________________________________________
72. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
-> People ______________________________________________________
73. We arrived too late to see the film.
->. We didn’t ___________________________________________________
74. “Do you know to speak English?” He asked me.
->. He asked me _________________________________________________
75. The last time we met each other was ten years ago.
-> We haven’t __________________________________________________
76. It was such a boring film that she fell asleep.
-> The film was so ______________________________________________
77. The furniture was so expensive that I didn’t buy it .
-> The furniture was too __________________________________________
78. He can touch the light because he is very tall.
-> He is ________________________________________________________
79. It is such good weather that they are going for a picnic.
 The weather__________________________________________________
80.Somebody repaired his car yesterday.
 He had______________________________________________________
X. Use the suggestions to make the meaningful sentences. (10 points)
81.Last year / I / spend / week / My Son / and / I / not want / leave.
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82. He / said / be / most / intelligent / student / the class.
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83. It / interesting / have / vacation / abroad.
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84. The waste paper / will / recycle / local factory?
________________________________________________________________
85. Hoa / burnt / hand / when / she / cooking / dinner.
________________________________________________________________
86. you / mind / I / turned on / television?
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87. Old car tires / recycled / make / shoes / sandals / nowadays.
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88. I / look / forward / see / you / soon.
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89. My daughter / dislike / travel / coach / so / we / will go / plane.
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90. We / not see / her / since / we / be / holiday / Ha Long Bay.
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KEYS – PRACTICE 22

Question key mark

1. D 1
2. B 1
I 3. B 1
4. A 1
5. A 1
II 6. D 1
7. A 1
8. A 1
9. A 1
10. D 1
11. C 1
12. C 1
13. C 1
14. C 1
15. D 1
III 16. at 1
17. from 1
18. at/on 1
19. since 1
20. to 1
21. as 1
22. at 1
23. from 1
24. by 1
25. off 1
IV 26. healthy 1
27. height 1
28. painful 1
29. carefully 1
30. comfortable 1
31. pronunciation 1
32. education 1
33. wonderful 1
34. activity 1
35. magically 1
36. am looking 1
37. am going to move 1
38. ís going to rain 1
V 39. does..............begin 1
40. will telephone 1
41. produced 1
 42. sat 1
43. is becoming 1
44. knows 1
45. hasn’t learrned / learned 1
VI 46. A 1
47. A 1
48. B 1
49. D 1
50. A 1
51. C 1
52. A 1
53. D 1
54. B 1
55. A 1
VII 56. was 1
57. to 1
58. very 1
59. when 1
60. up 1
61. garden 1
62. with 1
63. that 1
64. in 1
65. more 1
VIII 66. of -> by 1
67. told -> tells 1
68. writing -> written 1
69. next week -> the following week 1
70. getting -> get 1
71. It took Peter 3 hours to repair his house 1
72. People recycle old car tires to make shoes and sandals 1
73. we didn’t arrive early enough to see the film 1
IX 74. He asked me if I knew to speak EL 1
75. We haven’t met each other for 10 years 1
76. The film was so boring that she fell asleep 1
77. The furniture was too expensive for me to buy 1
78. He is tall enough to touch the light 1
79. The weather is so good that they are going for a 1
picnic.
80. He had his car repaired yesterday 1
81. Last year I spent a week in My Son and I didn’t want to 1
leave.
X 82. He is said to be the most intelligent student in the 1
class.
83. It is interesting to have a vacation abroad. 1
84. The waste paper will be recycled in the local factory. 1
85. Hoa burnt her hand when she was cooking dinner. 1
86. Would you mind if I turned on the television? 1
87. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals 1
nowadays.
88. I am looking forward to seeing you soon. 1
89. My daughter dislikes traveling by coach, so we will go 1
by plane.
90. We haven’t seen her since we were on holiday in Ha 1
Long Bay.