Correct the mistakes in sentences or write "Correct"

1/ Is it necessary fill in a form now ?
2/ You ought to go home.
3/ The photograph makes me to look about 30.
4/ I'd like know where my sister buys the clothes.
5/ His mother seems be ill.
6/ I want to get a new bicycle.
7/ Her parents didn't let her to go out alone at night
8/ It's important to learn to relax.
9/ Did you hear him to leave the room?
10/ I promise to send her photos of the baby.

WRITE A SENTENCE WITH IF FOR EACH SITUATION
1. he is poor, so he can't make an abroad tour
-> were
2. we came home from ourr holiday early because we ran out of money
-> had
3. i can't enter the room now because i left the key at home
-> if
4/ the men is wearing protective clothing, so they are safe
-> the men would
5. be patient or you will destroy everything
-> if you
6. they used to drink beer for breakfast in england years ago
-> beer

REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES
1. i think you shouldn't take part in this dancing club
-> if i
2. i advise you to listen to the teacher during the lesson
-> if i
3. leave me alone or i will call the police
-> if
4. finish your paper or you can't go home
-> if
5. they made the little boy climb the chimneys to clean them
-> the little boy
6. they say exercise is good for health
-> exercise
7. you need to have your hair cut
-> your hair
8. andrew wanted to ask Frank Sinatra for his autograph, but he wasn't brave enough
-> had
9. i don't know anything about plumbing so i can't fix the leak in the sink myself
-> were
10. you need to have your housse rebuilt
-> your house
11. my parents have just given one of my most favorite toy to me
-> one of my most favorite toys
12. it is said that on of the workers quits the job
-> one of the workers
13. the students need to do homework every day
-> the homework
14. my father made me get to school by bike
-> i
15. the kind boss has allowed the unemployed to work in his company
-> the unemployed
16. he doesn't like people laughing at him
-> he doesn't like
17. mrs. lan has taken care of the old in my neighborhood recently
-> the old in my neighborhood
18. no one in my family has eaten a snail before
-> a snail
19. nobody in the party has tasted my dishes
-> my dishes
20. bring the raincoat with you or you will get wet on the way back
-> should
21. there is a grammar error in this English essay, that's why it can't get a full mark
-> if
22. because i don't have a typewriter, i can't type it myself
-> i could
23. he was tired so he made a mistake
-> if
24. he has just brought some cups of tea to the visitors in the next room
-> some cups of tea
25. she can't be employed because she doesn't have college degree
-> if she
26. there are industrial factories inside the city, that's why pollution can't be reduced
-> pollution could
27. it rained heavily so they didn't go camping last sunday
-> had
28. although the weather was bad, i still got to schoold
-> in spite of
29. he still went to work although he felt too tired
-> despite
30. because it rained , we decided to stay home and watch tv
-> because of

WRITE A SENTENCE WITH IF FOR EACH SITUATION
1. he is poor, so he can't make an abroad tour
-> were
2. we came home from ourr holiday early because we ran out of money
-> had
3. i can't enter the room now because i left the key at home
-> if
4/ the men is wearing protective clothing, so they are safe
-> the men would
5. be patient or you will destroy everything
-> if you
6. they used to drink beer for breakfast in england years ago
-> beer

REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES
1. i think you shouldn't take part in this dancing club
-> if i
2. i advise you to listen to the teacher during the lesson
-> if i
3. leave me alone or i will call the police
-> if
4. finish your paper or you can't go home
-> if
5. they made the little boy climb the chimneys to clean them
-> the little boy
6. they say exercise is good for health
-> exercise
7. you need to have your hair cut
-> your hair
8. andrew wanted to ask Frank Sinatra for his autograph, but he wasn't brave enough
-> had
9. i don't know anything about plumbing so i can't fix the leak in the sink myself
-> were
10. you need to have your housse rebuilt
-> your house
11. my parents have just given one of my most favorite toy to me
-> one of my most favorite toys
12. it is said that on of the workers quits the job
-> one of the workers
13. the students need to do homework every day
-> the homework
14. my father made me get to school by bike
-> i
15. the kind boss has allowed the unemployed to work in his company
-> the unemployed
16. he doesn't like people laughing at him
-> he doesn't like
17. mrs. lan has taken care of the old in my neighborhood recently
-> the old in my neighborhood
18. no one in my family has eaten a snail before
-> a snail
19. nobody in the party has tasted my dishes
-> my dishes
20. bring the raincoat with you or you will get wet on the way back
-> should
21. there is a grammar error in this English essay, that's why it can't get a full mark
-> if
22. because i don't have a typewriter, i can't type it myself
-> i could
23. he was tired so he made a mistake
-> if
24. he has just brought some cups of tea to the visitors in the next room
-> some cups of tea
25. she can't be employed because she doesn't have college degree
-> if she
26. there are industrial factories inside the city, that's why pollution can't be reduced
-> pollution could
27. it rained heavily so they didn't go camping last sunday
-> had
28. although the weather was bad, i still got to schoold
-> in spite of
29. he still went to work although he felt too tired
-> despite
30. because it rained , we decided to stay home and watch tv
-> because of

Find mistakes and fix it.

1.I am not mind if you turn on the air-conditioner.

2.Quiet, my baby sleeps. Don't wake her up.

3.Bach is funny right now. He keep telling me jokes.

4.How much is she earn a month? About 100 dollars.

5.We will hold a party tomorrow. Let's decorate the room.

6.The workshop is so interesting that we aren't wanting to leave now.

7.I'm going to take part in the night prom next week. It will be the annual event of my school.

8.Is your friend come to pick you up? No, he isn't.

9. Some people enjoy watching blockbuster films but some people aren't.

10.What's the matter with you? Why are you cry?

Reading the following passage and then fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. Do not use the same word more than once:

class course education homework lessons

passed primary private teacher uniforms

Chantal's parents didn't have much money, so they sent her to a state (1)........................shool when she was five. She enjoyed her reading and wwritting (2)..............................., but there were so many pupils in the (3)..................................that the teacher found it difficult to control them. When Chantal was eleven, her father got a better job, and decided to spend some money on her (4)...............................He sent her to an expensive (5).................................... school, where the girls wore dark green (6)..................................and ***** two hours' (7)..............................every evening. Chantal liked her new school, and did well. Because she studied hard , she (8)..........................all her exams , and went to university at eighteen. She chose a history (9).................and was an excellent student. In the end she decided to become a (10).....................and returned to her old primary school to teach.

FILL IN THE BLANK WITH AN-ING OR TO INFINITIVE FORM OF THE VERB IN THE BRACKETS

1. Because my brothers were hungry, my mother suggested (have) __________ dinner early

2. Would you mind (write) __________ your address on the back of the cheque ?

3. Please let me (know) __________ your decision

4. I don't feel like (work) _________ at the weekends

5. It's no good (ask) __________ him for money

6. Ask him (come) _________ in. Don't keep him (stand) _________ at the door

7. Don't forget (lock) __________ the door before (go) __________ to bed.

__________________________

8. Could you please stop (make) .................... so much noise ?

9. It was a nice day, so we decided (go) .................. for a walk

10. I don't mind (help) ....................... you to do the washing-up

1. ecotourism helps provide funds _________ the consevation ___________ natural resources.

2. at the moment, people are buying ________ stocks of food in case the storm hits their area.

3. I've got a better job since Mr. Lam took my company ____________.

4. I don't understand why you always agree ___________ what Nam says. You should have your own point ____________ view.

5. the program was so funny! we laugh ________ is every time we think og it.

6. oh, ____________ the way, there's a message here ___________ you from your father.

7. my parents always provide food and clothes ___________ my sister.

8. do you find much satisfaction ___________ finding that new job?

9. it is not always easy to make ____________ what a writer means to convey.

10. besides doing simple and ordinary computations _____________ perfect accuracy and lightening-fast speed, the computers help us resolve the extremely complicated problems ____________ industry and bank services.

11. without mathematics, there would be no scientific advance. mathematics is the most efficient means that helps other branches ___________ science record great achievements. The most important achievement ________ mathematics is the building ____________ computers.

12. television plays an important role ___________ our daily life. It is not only a means ___________ entertainment but it also helps us to know ____________ the diffirent cultures of the people all over the world.

1. the alarm goes __________ at 5.30. I get ________ and go down to the kitchen to boil some water ___________ my morning tea.

2. they were more concerned __________ how thw other women had dressed than what the speaker was saying.

3. there is a big diffrence ____________ English and Greek food.

4. Mary always dreams ___________ having a big house and a modern car.

5. when we hear the song " Tien Quan Ca", we feel proud _________ our country.

6. the port is capsble _________ handing 10 million tons of coal a year.

7. don't worry ________ me. I'll be fine.

8. music plays an important part in our lives. It is difficult to imagine what our lives would be like ___________ music.

V. Complete the sentences with a verb from the box in the correct form.

1. Why didn’t you your bed this morning?

2. I can’t come out now. I’m the cleaning.

3. Could you the dishwasher and put the things away, please?

4. It’s not fair. I breakfast yesterday. Nam should it today.

5. Look at this bin! Please the rubbish out now.

6. Mum, I’ve my room. Can I go out now?

7. Phong, the table. It’s nearly dinnertime.

8. A: Where’s Dad?

B: He’s the car. He always the car on Sunday morning.

V. Fill the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Ms Lan is not in the office today. She (work) at home today.

2. “Where (you/come) from?” “I’m Italian - from Rome.’

3. “(you/ speak) French” “Just a little.”

4. Don’t forget your umbrella. It (rain) again.

5. “Can you help me with the dinner?” “Not now. I (watch) TV.”

6. In Viet Nam, children (look) after their old parents.

7. “Hi! What (you/do) here” “I (wait) for a friend.”

8. Can I look at the newspaper now? (you/read) it?

9. Can I phone you back? We (have) dinner.

10. Mr Long (work) in an office every day, but now he (help) his wife to prepare dinner.

C. READING

I. Read the passage, and decide whether the following statements are true (T), false (F), or not given (NG).

Career of the Year

Fourteen-year-old Ed Bond from London is this year's winner of the Young Career of the Year Award.

When he’s not at school. Ed looks after his mother, who is disabled and in a wheelchair. He also looks after his ten-year-old sister. He helps to do the washing and the cooking. ‘Ed’s great,’ says his father. ‘I have to go to work at six in the morning, so Ed has to help his mother a lot. He doesn’t have to do the housework but he does it anyway. We worry because he doesn’t have much free time, but he doesn’t complain.’ ‘I want to help.’ says Ed, ‘and anyway I don’t have to do so much at weekends because my dad’s at home.’

T F NG

1. Ed helps to look after his mother.   

2. Ed’s mother can’t walk.   

3. Ed’s father is also ill.   

4. Ed is an only child.   

5. Ed does all the shopping for the family.   

II. Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.

Family types vary in different countries and among different cultures. In Western, industrialized societies, the nuclear family ranks as the most common family type. It consists of a father, a mother and their children. But nuclear families exist together with many other types of family units. In the single-parent family, for example, a mother or a father heads the family alone. A blended family is formed when a divorced or widowed parent remarries. As divorce rates have risen, the number of single-parent and blended families has increased.

In many parts of the world, parents and children live together with other family members under the same roof. These complex families usually contain several generations of family members, including grandparents, parents and children. They may also include brothers or sisters and their families, uncles, aunts and cousins. Even when relatives do not live together, they still consider themselves members of the same extended family includes grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins.

1. The nuclear family ranks as the most common family type .

A. an many industrialized countries B. in countries with nuclear weapons

C. that consists of more than two generations D. that leads to the divorce of parents

2. In the single-parent family, .

A. there are often no children

B. only one parent lives with his or her child or children

C. the number of blended children has increased

D. children live with their grandparents

3. Grandparents, parents and children are mentioned as .

A. the three typical generations of an extended family

B. three branches of a family tree

C. the closest and happiest relatives in family units

D. a complex combination

4. The second paragraph is about .

A. American culture B. relatives and family members

C. the relationship between family members D. the extended family

5. The word “blended” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to .

A. complex B. married C. mixed D. formed

III. Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.

The American family unit is in the process of change. In the first half of the 20th century, there were mainly two types of families: the extended and the nuclear. An extended family includes mother, father, children and some other relatives, living in the same house. A nuclear family is composed of just parents and children livingunder the same roof.

As the American economy had progressed from agricultural to industrial one, people were forced to move to different parts of the country to get good jobs. These jobs were mainly in the large cities. Now, in fact, three-quarters of Americans live in urban areas which occupy 2.5% of the national total land mass. Of the 118 million in the labour force, only 3 million still work on the farm.

Since moving for better jobs has often divided the extended family, the nuclear family became more popular. At present, 55% of the families in the US are nuclear families. But besides the two types of traditional family groupings, the family is now being expanded to include a variety of other living arrangements because of divorce. There is an increase in single-parent families, in which a father or mother lives with one or more children. Divorce has also led to blended families, which occur when previously married men and women marry again and combine the children from former marriage into a new family. There are also some couples who do not want to have children to form two-person childless families.

1. A nuclear family is one that .

A. consists of father, mother, and children living in the same house

B. relatives live with

C. there are only grandparents, parents and their children living in

D. is bigger than extended family

2. The expression “under the same roof” means

A. a house with one roof B. a house with the roof the same as the wall

C. in the same building D. under the house

3. The nuclear family becomes more popular because of .

A. more divorces B. the division of the extended family

C. fewer jobs in big cities D. an increase in single-parent families

4. How many types of families have there been in the US since the first half of the 20th century?

A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five

5. A blended family is a newly-formed family .

A. with the combination of children of the two previously married father and mother

B. that has only father or mother living with children

C. in which there are no children

D. that there is only one couple living in with their newborn children

IV. Read the passage carefully, and do the tasks that follow.

The Role of the Japanese Mother

The focus of the mother is her home and family, with particular attention to the rearing of children. While most Japanese believe that a woman's place is in the home, women make up almost 40 percent of the labor force. More than half of these women are married. Many mothers with small children work only part-time so they can be home when their children are not in school. The extra income earned by the mother is often used to meet the cost of their children's education.

Japanese mothers take the responsibility of their child's education and upbringing very seriously. They seldom confront their preschool children because they want to foster an intimate, dependent relationship. The purpose of this approach is to get the child to obey willingly with the mother’s wishes and to shape the child's behavior over a long period of time. The close nature of the mother-child relationship and the strong parentalcommitment help to provide a strong foundation for the child's entry into elementary school.

Mothers are involved directly in with the child's school. Each day a notebook is sent back and forth between mother and teacher remarking on the child's mood, behavior, health, and activities both in school and at home. Mothers attend PTA meetings usually twice a month and are involved with school committee's working on special projects such as gardening and hot lunch preparation. School is a very stressful and competitive process so the Japanese mother concentrates all her efforts on getting her children through so they can get accepted into the appropriate universities.

Task 1: Match a word in column A with its definition in column B, writing the answer in each blank.

Task 2: Read the passage, and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

T F

6. Most Japanese women are housewives.  

7. Taking care of children and bringing them up are of great importance to  

Japanese mothers.

8. Japanese mothers tend to be very strict to their children at home.  

9. Japanese mothers and teachers work together for the children's study  

progress and comfort at school.

10. The Japanese mother concentrates all her efforts on getting her children  

through, so the atmosphere at home is very stressful.

D. SPEAKING

Rearrange the sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation, writing the letter (A-H) in each blank.

1. ___ A. Nam: It’s not only for our mother's benefits but it also makes us more independent when we have grown up.

2. ___ B. Nam: Besides cleaning and cooking, my mother also does a lot of other things around the house although she goes to work.

3. ___ C. Nam: I agree with that saying. All of us take it for granted that our mother is responsible for doing all the housework.

4. ___ D. Nam: Besides the relationship, we enjoy a friendlier atmosphere in our home all the time when we attend to each other.

5. ___ E. Mai: So does my mother. My father, my brother and I try to share the burden so that my mother can follow her own interests.

6. ___ F. Mai: I’ve just read a saying about household chores, Nam. It’s “Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it.”

7. ___ G. Mai: It’s very useful for our future life. And I think we will have better relationship when we share household chores with one another.

8. ___ H. Mai: Yeah, when we come home from school, our house is clean and tidy and lunch or dinner is ready for us to eat.

Exercise 1: Change into Reported Speech

1. “Do what you're told" my father said

2. “Do you understand what I mean?", said she

3. "Why were you late yesterday morning?", said the teacher to me.

4. “If I were you, I'd stop smpking", I said to my husband.

5. '' Don't go near the water, children" ,said she.

6. " Is anyone here?", said Peter.

7. “What time did you go home yesterday?",they asked her.

8. " Do whatever you like and go wherever you want",I said to them.

9. " How do you know it is true?" he asked me.

10. “ Have you seen that film ?" he said to me.

11. "Stay at home until I come-back'', my mother said.

12. "Would you like to go somewhere for a drink after class, Minh?", said Nam.

13. " Shall we go out for a walk after dinner?", Lan said.

14. "Put the knife down or I'll call the police", the woman said to the man. ( threatened)

15. "Don't talk too much in class, boys", the teacher asked.

16. The teacher said "How many students are there in your ?''

17. “Can you lend me some money, Lan?", said Huong.

18. “ How do you go to school?'', I wanted to know.

19. “ How far is it from here to your school", the teacher said to me.

20. “ Are you hungry?, he said, Let's go to the restaurant"