Put the verb into the correct form , past continuous or past simple.

2. I don't want to go to the zoo today because it is raining. The same thing happened yesterday. I( want,not)........... to go to the zoo because it ( rain).....

3. I ( call)...... Roger at nine last night , but he ( be ,not) ....... at home. He( study) ........... at the library.

4. I ( hear,not)....... the thunder during the storm last night because i ( sleep).........

5. It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The sun ( shine) .........A cool breeze( blow)........ The birds ( sing)........

6. My brother and sister ( argue)...... about something when i ( walk) .......... into the room.

7. I got a package in the mail. When i ( open) ........it, I ( find) .......a surprise.

8. Tommy went to his friends' house , but the boys ( be,not)......there. They ( play) ......soccer in the vacant lot down the street.

9. Stanley( climb).......the stairs when he ( trip).........and ( fall)........Luckily, he( hurt,not)......himself.

10. While Mrs. Emerson ( read)...... the little boy a story , he ( fall)........asleep , so she ( close)......the book and quietly ( tiptoe).....out of the room

11. I really enjoyed my vacation last January. While it( snow).......in Iowa, the sun ( shine).........in Florida. While you ( shovel)...... snow in Iowa , I ( lie) ......on the beach in Florida.

12. While Ted( shovel)......snow from his driveway yesterday , his wife ( bring)...... him a cup of hot chocolate.

Simple past- present perfect- past perfect
1. When I(arrive)................................ home last night, I discovered that Jane(prepare)........................... a beautiful candle- lit dinner
2. Since I began I(perform)............................................... in two days, a television commercial and a TV drama. However, I(speak, never even).......................................... publicly before I came to Hollywood in 1985
3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting(begin, already)....................................... without me. My boss(be)................................. furious with me and I(be).......................................... fired
4. When I(turn)........................................ the radio on yesterday. I(hear)....................................... a song that was popular when I was in high school I(hear, not)................................................... the song in year, and it(bring)...................................... back some great memories
5. Last week, I(run).................................... into an ex- girld friend of mine. We (see, not)............................................ each other in years, and both of us(change).................................. that I(ask)...................................... her out on a date. We are getting together tonight for dinner
6. Jane sent a letter to her university after she(receive)............................................ her scholarship
7. John(live).......................................... in Miama for one year when his parents came to visit

put the verb in past progressive or past simple:

1. He suddenly (realize) .............that he (travel)........in the wrong direction.

2. The burglar (open)..........the safe when he (hear)............foodsteps. He immediately (put).........out his torch and (crawl)........under the bed.

3. He (not allow).........us to go out in the boat yesterday as a strong wind (blow)...........

4. As I (cross)........... the road I (step)...........on a banana skinand (fall)........heavily

5. He (play) .............the guitar outside her house when someone opened the windown and (throw) .........out a bucket of water.

6. He always (wear).............a raincoat and (carry)...............an umbrellawhen he walked to the office

7. I still (lie)............on the road when I (see).............a lorry approaching

8. When I came in they (sit)...........round the fire. Mr.Pitt (do)......... a crossword puzzle, Mrs. Pitt (knit)............, the others (read).............. . Mrs (smile)........... at me and (say).........., "Come and sit down"

9. Yesterday I didn't want to go to the zoo because it (rain).............

10. I (hear, not)..................the thunder during the storm last night because I (sleep)...............

11. It was beautiful yesterday when we (go)...........for a walk in the park. The sun (shine)........... . A cool breeze (blow)............... . The birds (sing).............

12. My brother and sister (argue).............about something when I (walk)..............into the room

13. I got a package in the email. When I (open)...........it. I (find)............a surprise

14. While Mrs. Emerson (read).........the little boy a story, he (fall)............asleep, so she (close)..........the book and quietly (tiptoe)............out of the room

IV.Are the underlined Vs correct or not? Correct the wrong ones.

1.While I had a bath, someone knocked at the door.

2.Sally didn't go to a boxing match for a long time.

3.Dick tried to repair the car but he didn't know what he was doing.

4.What did you bring to Tom's party?

5.Were you eating spaghetti every day when you were in Italy?

6.I didn't know you had bought a new car.

7.They all wanted to believe her , but suspected she was lying.

8.As Mary walked home, she was a had accident.

9.When I got home, my parents had went to bed

10.Although it rained a lot, I was enjoying my hoiliday last summer.

II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the

1. While I walk past the park, I saw some childrenplay football.

2. After John eats dinner, he wrote several letters and went to bed.

3. What did you do at 9 o'clock last night? I phoned you but nobody answered.

4. By the time I arrivedat the station, the train has already left.

5. Ann and Susan have knowneach otherduring they were at school.

6. She has disappeared three days ago, and they are still looking for her now.

7. After Mrs. Wang had returnedto her housefrom work, she was cooking dinner

8. It’s the first time I sawthis film

9. After he graduatesfrom university, he joined the army.

10. Up to now, there had beenno woman being chosen the US president.

11. After Mrs. Wang had returnedto her housefrom work, she was cooking dinner.

12. Jimmy threw the ball high in the air, and Betty catching it when it came down.

13. Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once since she buys it.

14. Last week Mark told me that he got very bored with his present job and is looking for a new one.

15. Having fed the dog, he was sat down to his own meal.

16. When I turned on my computer, I was shockedto find some junk mail, and I justdelete it all.

17. The boss laughed when the secretary has told him that she reallyneeded a pay rise.

18. Debbie, whose father is an excellent tennis player, has been playing tennis since ten years.

19. I have seenlots of interesting places when I went on holiday last summer.

20. When my cat heard a noise in the bushes, she stopped moving and listenintently.

Tìm lỗi sao

1. It was raining so heavily while we arrived at the beach.

2. I was coming home this morning when i was seeing Kate waiting at the bus stop.

3. When he was calling me, I was doing the cooking for dinner.

4. He putted the letter on the table and then he go out to take a taxi.

5.While we talked, someone in the same room was recording our conversation

6. While Hung arrived at the airport, his family and close friends were waiting for him

7. Actually, during I came to see you this morning, I just wanted you to help me.

8. We played some games, teaching the disadvantaged children and gave clothes to them.

Làm giúp mình với.

1.I was sorry that I ( not reply)....him before .

2. Tim ( not go)....to the party last night because I (forget )....to tell him about it.

3. I (play)....a lot of piano recently.

4. When she (get)....home last night, everybody (have,just )....dinner.

5.She couldn't find the bag that I (lend)....her.

6. We ( not see).....you for ages.

7. All the items we (order)....were brought in.

8. How long (you learn)....French?

9. They (never discover )....where she (hide)....the jewellery when she was alive.

10. The film (already start)....when I (arrive )....last night.

11. It was a man that I (never meet )....before.

12. What (you do)....before you(go)....to University in 2006?

13. They arrived at work in the Morning and found that somebody (break)....into the Office during the night.So they (call)....the police.

14. Lisa (meet)....Brian a few weeks ago.He (just come)....bach from holiday. He ( look)....very well.

15. Yesterday Bob was very surprised when he (have)....a phone call from Ann.He (write )....to her many times ,but she (never reply )....to his letters.

16. He tried to phone Henry this afternoon, but there (be)....no answer. He (go)....out or he ( not want )....to answer the phone.

17. He....the effects of radiation when he suddenly died .

A.was studying. B.studied. C.had studied. D.have studied.

18. Her....joy was " easing human being".

A.really. B.real. C.true. D.right.

19.....means keep in the mìn.

A. Ease. B. Determine C. Harbour D.Dreams.

20.....means find out exectly by calculations.

A.Ease. B.Determine C.Harbour D.Dreams.

21. He is á ....at Danang University.

A.science. B.professor C.profession. D.engineer.

22.He....as a private tutor from 2000 to 2002.

A.works. B.worked. C.working. D.had worked.

23. Hè mother got angry with him because he.....her glasses.

A.break. B.had broken. C.have broken. D.breaking.

24. Thank you very much for....me to the party.

A.invite B.inviting. C.being invited D.to be invited.

25. I...him before your party last Monday .

A.met. B.have met. C.meet. D.had met.

26. People ....cards and gifts from Friends and relatives at both a birthday party and an anniversary party.

A.bring. B.buy. C.receive D.take.

27.Marie took ....the position which her husband had obtained at the Sorbonne.

A.up. B.in. C.for. D.off.

28. She was the first woman in France ....a University professor.

A.be. B.to be. C.being. D.was.

CHOOSE THE WORD OR THE PHRASE WHICH IS OPPOSITE IN MEANING TO THE UNDERLINED PART IN EACH OF THE QUESTION
44. my cousin tends to LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE in any circumstance
a. be optimistic b. be pessimistic b. be confident d. be smart
45.population growth rates vary among regions and even among countries within the same region
a. restrain b. stay unchanged c. remain unstable d. fluctuate
V/ IDENTIFY THE ONE UNDERLINED WORD OR PHRASE ABC or D THAT MUST BE CHANGED FOR THE SENTENCE TO BE CORRECT
46. the (authorities) are trying (hardly) (to promote) birth control methods to (rural) areas
47. (some of) my classmates spend (most of) their (spare) time (to surf )the Net
48. Tom sat (in) the armchair (comfortably) and watched tv after he (cleaned) the (dirty ) floor
49. (although) the difficulty, they managed (to climb) to (the top) (of) the mountain
50. there (was) a (gradually) increase in (the) number of car (accidents in) the Lowlands
51. his parents (made) him (to finish) all his homework (before) watching his (favorite show) on TV
52. my handbag, that (was stolen) while we (were playing) tennis (in) the (local) stadium has been found
53. ourr new neighbors (are quite) nice (to) us (despite) they are (sometimes) talkative

VI/
Excursions are part of education in my country. One day after the first semester, we had a nice surprise when our form teacher (54)______ us that we were going on excursion to the island of halong bay the next sunday. we were asked to be at the school gate (55)______ 6 a.m. we were very happy (56)____ for the day and prepared everything (57)___ the trip
On that day, everyone was present before6a.m. A bus took us to halong bay then we hired a boat to the islands. my close friend and i took seats in front so that we could get a better view and we (58)____ a lot of photos. we enjoyed scenes of many big boats (59) ___ out to the islands and coming to the harbour
54. a. said b. tells c. tell d. told
55. a. in b. at c. to d. for
56. a. waited b . to wait c. waiting d. wait
57. a. about b. with c. for d. form
58. a. held b. drew c. took d. caught
59. a. to go b. went c. going d. go
VIII
1. REWRITE
1. my father likes to play football with his friends in the stadium
- my father is interested in
2. it's good for you to drink two glasses of milk a day
- you had better
3. i expect to earn a lot of money with my present job
- i'm looking forward
4. although the weather was cold, she didn't put on her coat
- in spite of
5. she wasn't happy although she was extremely rich
- in spite of
6. i have sent all of the reports since yesterday because my boss is in need of them
- all of the reports
7. i will show you around this city tomorrow. peter said to me
- peter said
8. my father has bought a new car and i drive it to work every day. Nga said
- nga said
9. when tina was a teenager, she often watched tv until midnight
- tina used
10. my sister couldn't go for a picnic because her leg was broken
-because of
11. no one in my class has done these exercies
- these exercies
12. i hope my father will get well again tomorrow . Lan said
- Lan said that

2. give the correct form of the word in the parentheses in the blanks
1. I am (visit)_____ my grandma tomorrow
2. i don't mind (take ) ___ you to the the airport in my car
3. it was a really a (tragic) ____ when she had no choice but left the man she loved
4. thomas edison was a talented ( invent) ______. he was famous for a lot of ( invent)_____
5. she has ( eat) _____ a lot of fruits since she went on a diet
6. my father let me (riding) ___ my bike to school

FILL in the blank with one suitable word that makes the sentence meaningful
1. thousands of animals have ____ killer in the forest fire
2. a nurse is a person _____ looks after patients
3. in ____ of his illness, he managed to come to school
4. we arranged to meet at 7.30 yesterday morning but she didn't turn ____ on time
5. after the thieves ___ come into this big building, they went into the dining room and took some valuable things aways

Put the verbs in the past perfect or past simple

1. I(go).................to the box office at lunchtime, but they (aldready/sell).......................all the stickets.

2. I (feel)....................very tired when I (get)................home, so I (go)...............straight to bed.

3. I felt better by the summer, but the doctor (warn)..............me not to do too much. I (be)............very ill.

4. At last, the committee (be)................ready to announce their decision. They (make )...................up their mind.

5. Last night, I (go)..............to Jim's room and (knock)..................on the door but there (be)....................no answer. Either he (go)...................out or he (not want)................to see anyone.

6. Karen (not want)...................to come to the cinema with us because she (aldready/see)..................the film

7. When the students (do)..............the experiment, they (write) .......................a report on it

8. The house (be).................very quite when I(get)..............home. Everybody (go)..................out for dinner