TEST 2

I. Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct form.

1. We watched the children (jump) _____ from a window and (fall) _____into a blanket held by
people below. JUMP/ FALL
2. I want (see) _____ the film again. TO SEE
3. His parents never allowed him (smoke) ______. TO SMOKE
4. The boy had better (take) _________a short rest. TAKE
5. My boss made me (do) _____my report again because he wasn’t satisfied with it. DO
6. I was delighted (see) __________my old friends again. TO SEE

HAD BETTER VO
WOULD RATHER VO
MAKE LET HELP O VO

ALLOW O TO VO/ ALLOW VING/ BE ALLOWED TO VO

PREFER VING TO VING = WOULD RATHER VO THAN VO

SEE/ HEAR/ WATCH/ FEEL/ NOTICE (TRI GIAC) O VO/ VING

HOPE/ WANT/ DECIDE/ TO VO

II. Rewrite the following sentences, using the given words:

1. The animal moved towards me, I felt it.
 I felt THE ANIMAL MOVE TOWARDS ME.
2. She wants to go for a picnic.
 Do you think her parents will let HER GO FOR A PICNIC?
3. They got out of the car.
 The police watched THEM GET OUT OF THE CAR.
4. Tom asked me to pick him up at 6:00
 Tom made ME PICK HIM UP AT 6.00
5. They sang in the next room.
 I heard THEM SING IN THE NEXT ROOM.
6. The teacher allowed me to stay at home to finish the assignment.
 The teacher let ME STAY AT HOME TO FINISH THE ASSIGNMENT.
7. The man left the shop with a bag in his hand.
 He saw THE MAN LEAVE THE SHOP WITH A BAG IN HIS HAND.

III. Choose the best answer that best completes each sentence.
1. The children seem to be totally__ of working quietly by themselves.
A. not able B. incapable C. unable D. impossible
2. John refused to__ his children go to the concert.
A. allow B. enable C. permit D. let
3. The dentist told him__ his mouth wide.
A. open B. to open C. to opening D. opening
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A. a smoking B. to smoke C. smoking D. some smoke
5. He __ me to buy my air ticket immediately or it would be too late.
A. suggested B. advised C. allowed D. insisted
6. I __ my friend to lend me his caravan for my trip to the country.
A. suggested B. offered C. persuaded D. proposed
7. They would__ go by plane than spend a week travelling by train.
A. better B. prefer C. rather D. always
8. I can't see the ___ of sitting on the beach all day.
A. attractive B. attract C. attractively D. attraction
9. He is always loyal __ his principles whatever happens.
A. on B. to C. with D. about
10. You should inform the police if you see anything___.
A. afraid B. unbelievable C. uncertain D. suspicious
11. Tom always pays for everyone when we go out.He's so___.
A. careful B. mean C. greedy D. generous
12. It's lovely___ you again.
A. to see B. for seeing C. seeing D. of seeing
13. It was so relaxing to be ________ old friends.
a. in b. between c. among d. around
14. She made friends ________ a little girl who lives next door.
a. to b. of c. by d. with
15. The children seem to be totally capable ________ working by themselves.
a. on b. of c. in d. for
16. Your friendship should be based on ________ trust.
a. basic b. fragile c. mutual d. blind
17. The company expects ________ from its employees.
a. constancy b. quality c. interest d. loyalty
18. I've got lots of ________, but only a few are really good friends
a. close friends b. acquaintances c. neighbors d. partners
19. Friendship is a two-sided ________, it lives by give-and-take.
a. affair b. event c. aspect d. feature
20. Unselfishness is the very essence of friendship.
a. romantic part b. important part c. difficult part d. interesting part
21. They ________ a close friendship at university.
a. created b. became c. promoted d. formed
22. We stayed friends even after we ________ and left home.
a. brought up b. turned up c. grew up d. took up
23. He finds it ________ lasting friendships.
a. difficult to make b. difficulty in making
c. is difficult to make d. difficult making
24. You ________ any friends if you ________ talking like that.
a. will win/ carry on b. won't win/ carry on
c. wouldn't win/ carried on d. would have won/ had carried on
25. The aim of the culture festival is ________ friendship between the two countries
a. promote b. promoting c. to promote d. being promoted
26. People he ________ turned out to be only fair-weather friends.
a. trusted b. has trusted c. was trusting d. had trusted
27. How can you let such a silly incident ________ your friendship?
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28. It has become necessary ______ water in the metropolitan area because of the severe drought.
a. rationing b. ration c. to ration d. to have rationed
29. All the passengers were made ________ their seat belts during the turbulence.
a. buckle b. to buckle c. buckling d. for buckling.
30. ________ good ice cream, you need to use a lot of cream.
a. Make b. Making c. To make d. For make
31. I got my friend ________ her car for the weekend.
a. to let me to borrow b. to let me borrow
c. let me borrow d. let me to borrow
32. They ________ good friends, but they've fallen out recently.
a. used to be b. would be c. were d. are
33. Instead of buying a new pair of shoes, I had my old ones _________
a. repair b. to repair c. repairing d. repaired
34. It's possible _________ a train across Canada.
a. take b. to take c. taking d. to be taken
35. Now that we've finished painting the house, there is nothing left _______.
a. to do b. for doing c. to be done d. for being done
36. Before we leave, let's have Shelley __ a map for us so we won't get lost.
a. draw b. to draw c. drawing d. drawn
37. I can hear a cat _________ at the window.
a. scratches b. to scratch c. scratching d. was scratching
38. I think your mother should let you _________ your own mind.
a. make up b. to make up c. making up d. made up
39. The police never found the money _________ in the robbery.
a. stealing b. be stolen c. steal d. stolen
40. Do you know what made so many people _________ their home?
a. evacuate b. to evacuate c. evacuated d. be evacuated
41. _________ bread, you usually need flour, salt, and yeast.
a. Make b. To make c. Making d. For make
42. We saw our favorite ballet _________ at the theater last night.
a. perform b. performing c. performed d. in performing
43. He was never heard _________ 'thank you' in his life.
a. say b. to say c. saying d. said
44. I was delighted _________ my old friends again.
a. to see b. seeing c. seen d. to be seen
45. _________ to friends is nice but _________ alone is also enjoyable.
a. Talk/ to be b. To talk/ be c. Talk/ be d. Talking/ being
46. I'd rather _________ to Elvis than the Beatles.
a. listen b. to listen c. listening d. listened
47. I can make myself _________ pretty well in English.
a. understand b. to understand c. understanding d. understood

IV. Choose the underlined part among a, B, C or D that needs correcting.

1. Many of the stories are based at rumor.
A B C D
2. My boss doesn't allow me using the telephone for private calls.
A B C D
3. I'm sure he is capable in running a mile in for minutes.
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4. Good friendship should be basing on mutual understanding.
A B C D
5. I'm delighted to hearing that you have made much progress in your study recently.
A B C D
6. She said the letter was personal and wouldn't let me to reach it.
A B C D
7. It's impossible for me being there before 8.00 p.m.
A B C D
8. Whatever happened, I didn't want to lose friendship of Vera.
A B C D
9. The basic aims of science and magic are very similar - to understand
A B C
and to control nature.
D
10. It was a period of her life when she made some lifelong friendship.
A B C D
11. Simon finds it hard for making friends with other children.
A B C D
12. Not longer are contributions to the advancement of industry made
A B C D
primarily by individuals.
13. I decided changing jobs, because my boss makes me work overtime.
A B C D

V. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the others
1.A. believe B. ready C. easy D. feeling
2.A. sympathy B. interest C. capable D. acquaintance
3.A. sincerely B. mutual C. discussion D. impossible
4.A. honest B. eager C. admire D. patient

VI. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
1.A. cheese B. children C. chemical D. teacher
2. A. life B. decide C. lived D. provide
3. A. house B. hour C. horse D. how
4. A. money B. around C. down D. found
5. A. played B. burned C. watched D. learned
6. a. machine b. change c. teacher d. choose
7. a. condition b. option c. suggestion d. relation
8. a. believe b. readily c. friend d. pleasure
9. a. good b. gossip c. game d. geometry
10. a. trust b. mutual c. number d. uncertain
GẺNEROUS

VII. GIỚI TỪ
1. A selfish person is incapable ______ true friendship. OF
2. He was accused ______ being disloyal ______ the government. OF/TO
3. How much time do you spend ______ homework? ON

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4. Good friendship should be based ______ mutual understanding. ON
5. Do you keep in touch ______ any school friends? WITH
6. Some adults have a total lack ______ sympathy ______ young people. OF/FOR
7. He's more concerned ______ what people think about him than anything else. ABOUT
8. She had been briefly acquainted ______ him more than 20 years earlier. WITH
9. She thought ______ him very often. OF
10. Some people take ______ interest with enthusiasm, but they are soon tired ______ it. UP/ OF

VIII. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1. I didn't have enough time ______ (finish) my work yesterday. TO FINISH
2. As she drove past his house, she noticed him ______ (run) away from home. RUNNING
3. I was relieved ______ (find out) that I had passed the exam. TO FIND OUT
4. She made her son ______ (wash) the windows before he could go outside ______ (play) with his
friends. WASH/ TO PLAY
5. She lets her children ______ (stay) up very late. STAY
6. We had nothing ______ (do) except look at the cinema posters. TO DO
7. We both heard him ______ (say) that he was leaving. SAY
8. It made him angry ______ (wait) for people who were late. TO WAIT
9. I couldn't understand what the passage said, so I had my friend ______ (translate) it for me.
TRANSLATE
10. It's important ______ (start) the meeting on time. TO START
11. There are too many people here for me ______ (talk) to all of them. TO TALK
12. It took ages ______ (download) the pictures from the Internet. TO DOWNLOAD
13. Whenever I have free time, I like ______ (watch) the basketball team ______ (practice).
TO WATCH/ PRACTICING
14. She sent me an e-mail ______ ( inform) me that the meeting had been canceled.
TO INFORM
15. It was a thrill ______ ( see) my brother ______ ( win) the chess tournament last year.
TO SEE/ WIN
IX. Rewrite the sentence or join the pairs of sentences beginning with the word(s) given.
1. He worked out the answer. It was clever of him.
It was CLEVER OF HIM TO WORK OUT THE ANSWER.
IT BE ADJ OF O TO VO
2. Marie always pays her bills regularly. She's careful that way.
Marie is always CAREFUL OF PAYING HER BILLS REGUARLY.
ADJ OF VING
3. He was crossing the road. I caught sight of him.
I noticed HIM CROSSING THE ROAD.
4. When we finally heard that David had arrived, we were very relieved.
We were relieved TO HEAR THAT DAVID HAD ARRIVED..
ADJ TO VO
5. Why have you thrown up your job? You're mad.
You are MAD TO THROW UP YOUR JOB.
ADJ TO VO
6. Jimmy got into his car and drove away. I saw this.
I saw JIMMY GET INTO HIS CAR AND DRIVE AWAY.
7. It is disappointing that we haven't heard from Molly.
We are DISAPPOINTED NOT TO HEAR FROM MOLLY.
ADJ (NOT) TO VO
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SNGUOI VED
8. Contacting her at work is usually quite easy.
She is USUALLY QUITE EASY TO CONTACT AT WORK.
ADJ TO VO
9. The house shook violently and all of us felt that.
All of us felt THE HOUSE SHAKE VIOLENTLY.
TRI GIAC
10. Can you sign the papers please? They are ready now.
The papers are READY FOR YOU TO SIGN NOW.
ADJ TO VO
11. Don't lend Tom any money. That would be most unwise.
You WOULD BE MOST UNWISE TO LEND TOM ANY MONEY.
ADJ TO VO
12. Mr. Pinchley doesn’t allow his teenage children to go out in the evenings.
Mr. Pinchley makes HIS TEENAGE CHILDREN STAY HOME IN THE EVENINGS.
MAKE O VO
13. What I want to do is start my own business. I’m keen.
I am KEEN ON STARTING MY OWN BUSINESS.

BE KEEN ON VING
BE INTERESTED IN VING
BE FONF OF VING

14. Harry couldn’t get his parents’ permission to buy a motorbike.

Harry’s parents didn’t let HIM BUY A MOTORBIKE.
MAKE/ LET/ HELP O VO
15. We can’t possibly work in this noise.
It’s IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO WORK IN THIS NOISE.
IT BE ADJ FOR O TO VO