BÀI TẬP NGỮ PHÁP Tiếng Anh 9 Unit 4: Life in the past

I. Put the verb into the correct form to complete the sentences
1. I wish _____________ here. She’d be able to help us. (Ann/ be)
2. Aren’t they ready yet? I wish _____________ . (they/ hurry up)
3. It would be nice to stay here. I wish _____________ go now. (we/ not have
to)
4. It’s freezing today. 1 wish _____________ so cold. I hate cold weather. (it/
not be)
5. What’s her name again? I wish _____________ remember her name. (I/ can)
6. You’re driving too fast. I wish _____________ a bit. (you/ slow down)
II. Complete the sentences with “used to” and the words in the box
look eat earn own
work be play live
1. My whole family ___________ on my father’s salary but now both of my
parents work to support our family.
2. My brother ___________ after me when my parents were at work.
3. In the past, women ___________ expected to stay home, do household
chores and farming instead of getting higher education.
4. Those farmers ___________ hard but ___________ little money before they
were instructed to apply technologies in their farming.
5. We (not) ___________ out when but now we often do because we are
sometime too busy to prepare a meal.
6. Women (not) ___________ an important role in the political field in the past
50 years.
7. My uncle ___________ a sheep farm before he sold it to move to the city.
III. Rewrite these following sentences without changing their meanings
1. Jim’s friend lives very far from him.
-> Jim wishes _____________________________
2. I don’t have my own house at the present.
-> I wish ________________________________
3. My father is depressed that his favorite football team loses the ticket to the
final.
-> My father wishes _______________________
4. This was only a small company with several years of low profit but now it
has changed a lot.
-> This used to __________________________
5. Men were the breadwinner of the family and women depended greatly on
men.
-> Men ________________________________
6. Who took care of you when you were a toddler?
-> Who _______________________________
7. Jim wasn’t interested in reading books when he was small but now he’s
really into it.
-> Jim ________________________________
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ĐÁP ÁN BÀI TẬP NGỮ PHÁP TIẾNG ANH 9 UNIT 4

I.
1. I wish _____Ann were________ here. She’d be able to help us. (Ann/
be)
2. Aren’t they ready yet? I wish ____they hurried up_________ . (they/
hurry up)
3. It would be nice to stay here. I wish _____we didn’t have to________
go now. (we/ not have to)
4. It’s freezing today. I wish _____it weren’t________ so cold. I hate
cold weather. (it/ not be)
5. What’s her name again? I wish _____I could________ remember her
name. (I/ can)
6. You’re driving too fast. I wish _____you slowed down________ a bit.
(you/ slow down)
II.
1. My whole family used to live on my father’s salary but now both of
my parents work to support our family.
2. My brother used to look after me when my parents were at work.
3. In the past, women used to be expected to stay home, do household
chores and farming instead of getting higher education.
4. Those farmers used to work hard but (used to) earn little money
before they were instructed to apply technologies in their farming.
5. We (not) didn’t used to eat out when but now we often do because
we are sometime too busy to prepare a meal.
6. Women (not) didn’t used to play an important role in the political
field in the past 50 years.
7. My uncle used to own a sheep farm before he sold it to move to the
city.
III
1. Jim wishes his friend didn’t live very far from him
2. I wish I had my own house at the present
3. My father wishes his favorite football team couldn’t lost the ticket
to the final.
4. This used to be only a small company with several years of low
profit.
5. Men used to be the breadwinner of the family and women used to
depended greatly on men
6. Who used to take care of you when you were a toddler?
7. Jim didn’t used to be interested in reading books when he was
small.