III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE                             

A. Choose the one word or phrase - b, c, or d - that best completes the sentence.

1. _________ he was not a musician himself, Lawrence Hammond developed an electronic keyboar instrument called the Hammond organ.

    a. Although                          b. That                                   c. Despite                             d. For

2. __________ the storm,  I would have been home before eight.

    a. Instead of                         b. But for                              c. During                              d. Because of

3. The government is doing nothing to help ___________.

    a. the poor people                b. the poor ones                     c. the poor                            d. the pours

4. It rained all the time, ________ was a great pity.

    a. that                                   b. what                                  c. which                                d. who

5. ________ you really need is a long holiday.

    a. That                                  b. What                                  c. Which                               d. Who

6. I ________ like going to pop concerts when I was a teenager.

    a. would                               b. used to                               c. must                                  d. could

7. Rick left the party early because he _________ a headache.

    a. had                                   b. has                                     c. used to have                      d. was having

8. Claude didn't _________ in Canada.

    a. lived                                 b. use to live                          c. used to live                       d. used to living

9. I remember you. You _________ to school here.

    a. were used to going           b. have already gone             c. went                                  d. used to go

10. The old _________ a lot of experience of life and can deal with most situation.

    a. has                                    b. have                                   c. is having                           d. had

11. Can you show me _________ the film in this camera?

    a. how to change                  b. how change                       c. how changing                   d. how you changed

12. I didn't like the noise in the city at first. But now _________ here..

    a. I got used to living           b. I'm used to living              c. used to live                       d. I used to living

13. Galileo __________ his first telescope in 1609.

    a. builds                               b. built                                   c. has built                            d. had built

14. Last summer, we had _________ holiday in Spain.

    a. a two week's                     b. a two-weeks                       c. two-week                          d. a two-week

15. _________ at the party, we saw Ruth standing alone.                                  

    a. Arrived                             b. We arrived                         c. Arriving                            d. We were arriving

III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.

1. The man looked familiar. I .................... him somewhere before.

     a. saw                                  b. have seen                        c. had seen                            d. see

2. Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It ....................... everything in its path.

     a. destroyed                        b. was destroyed                c. had destroyed                              d. has destroyed

3. In spite of …..................., we decided to go out.

     a. we felt very tired            b. feeling tired                    c. all of us felt tired             d. tired      

4.  When we ........................ the bill. we left the restaurant.          

     a. had paid                          b. were paying                    c. paid                                  d. had been paying

5.  When the firework ...................... off, the dog ....................... away.

     a. had gone/ ran                  b. went/ had run                  c. went^/ ran                          d. went/was running

6. In 1903, Marie became the first woman ….................... a Doctor of Science degree.

     a. receiving                          b. receive                             c. receives                            d. to receive

7. The police officer stopped us and asked us where ....................... .

     a. were we going                 b. are we going                   c. we are going                     d. we were going

8. Annie found the souvenirs ........................ she wanted at the gift shop.

     a. that                                  b. which                              c. θ                                       d. all are correct

9. The manager made his employees ........................ the computer evening class.

     a. attending                         b. attend                              c. to attend                          d. attendance

10. Marie Curie ...................... a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.

     a. awarded                          b. was awarded                   c. had awarded               d. had been awarded

11. Could you please come over? I need you ……................. the refrigerator.

     a. help me moving                                                           b. helping me to move

     c. to help me to move                                                     d. help me to move

12. Martina Hing is …................. her first tennis racket at the  age of two

    a. picked up                        b. has picked up                  c. had picked up                              d. was picked up

13. John F. Kennedy was the first president of the United States ....................... .

     a. born in the twentieth century                                      b. was born in twentieth century

     c. born on the twentieth century                                     d. to be born in the twentieth century

14. By the time she was twelve,  she ……….…… on a career.

    a. had already decided                                      b.  already has decided       c. had already decided             d. already decided

15. ……………… in Slovakia. Martina has lived in Switzerland for many  years.

     a. To be born                        b. Born                                c. Being  born                     d. Be  born

III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c, or d - that best completes the sentence.

1. The street is very noisy, __________ makes sleeping difficult.

     a. that                                   b. what                             c. which                                 d. it

2. A number of political prisoners ___________ since Independence Day.

     a. released                            b. have released                c. was released                    d. have been released

3. Fax machine ___________ send or receive letter quickly.

     a. is used for                        b. used to                          c. is used to                           d. used for

4. Internet cafes allow you ____________ your web-based e-mail account.

     a. to access                          b. accessing                        c. access                               d. be accessed

5. The program must be new. I ___________ it before.

     a. have never been seen      b. have ever seen               c. have never seen                 d. have seen

6. The children saw the actual spacecraft __________ landed on the moon.

     a. who                                 b. that                                 c. it                                       d. Ø           

7. Marie, __________ I met at the party, called me last night.

     a. that                                  b. who                                c. which                                d. whose

8. When I arrived the theater, the play ___________ . I missed the first part.

     a. had started                      b. started                            c. was starting                      d. has started

9. I ___________ able to play tennis since I ___________ my arm.

     a. wasn't/ broke                                                              b. haven't been/ had broken

     c. wasn't/ had broken                                                     d. haven't been/ broke

10. I have to get my picture ___________ for my Website.

     a. take                                 b. taken                               c. taking                               d. took

11. ____________ your house painted last year?

     a. Had                                 b. Did                                 c. Was                                  d. Have

12. The police ____________ for two men who _____________ getting into a black car »ear the bank at about 1 o'clock last night.

     a. are looking/ saw                                                         b. are looking/ were seen

     c. have looked/ saw                                                        d. had looked/ were seen

13. Professor Kidd _____________ three books since 1999, and she's working on fourth.

     a. has been writing              b. wrote                              c. has written                        d. writes

14. How often _____________ your car serviced since you bought it?

     a. do you get                        b. did you get                    c. had you gotten                 d. have you gotten

15. She's the woman _____________ sister baby-sits for us.

     a. who                                  b. which                             c. that's                                 d. whose

III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE

A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.

1.  I'll see him when he ..................... here tomorrow..

     a. comes                           b. will come                      c. has come                        d. had come

2. We've given up ..................... to persuade them …………… .          

     a. trying/ changing           b. trying/ to change          c. to try/ changing             d. try/ to change

3. Maria is going to stop .................... dinner, so she may be late.

     a. eating                            b. to eat                            c. for eating                       d. eat

4. As soon as the light turned red, she ................... the car.

     a. stopped                         b. has stopped                  c. was stopping                          d. stops

5. The baby is so big! How much .................... now?

     a. is she weighing            b. she weighs                    c. does she weigh              d. did she weigh

6. Harry works all the time. He ..................... .

     a. never relaxes                 b. relaxes never                c. often relaxes                  d. relaxes sometimes

7. These glasses are so dirty. You need ................... them.

     a. wash                             b. washing                        c. to washed                      d. washed

8. The last time I ................... swimming was when we were in Spain. 

     a. had gone                       b. went                             c. has gone                         d. was going

9. Johnny ................... the paper when I …............. him.

     a. read/ interrupted                                                    b. read/ was interrupting

     c. has read/ interrupted                                             d. was reading/ interrupted

10. We were told ................. and fasten our seat belts.

     a. to sit down                    b. sitting down                c. sit down                        d. that sit down

11. I .................... at six o'clock, but ................... to be up by five.

     a. normally get up/ I have sometimes                        b. normally get up/ sometimes I have

     c. get normally up/ sometimes I have                        d. get normally up/  I sometimes have

12. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody ................... to bed.

     a. have gone                      b. went                            c. had gone                        d. goes

13. It was the most ................. experience of my life.

     a. frighten                          b. frightening                  c. frightened                      d. frightful

14. ............... I sympathize with your point of view. I cannot accept it.

     a. Although                       b. In spite of                    c. Because                         d. As

15. ................ a long time for the bus.

     a. We have to always wait                                        b. We always have to wait

     c. We have always to wait                                        d. We have to wait always

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III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE

A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.

1. The scheme allows students from many countries ________________  with each other.

       a. communicate                 b. to communicate           c. communicating           d. communicates

2. ______________ the storm warnings, wee did not go out last night.

       a. Since                             b. In spite of                    c. Because of                   d. The result

3. This is the fifth time you ________________ me the same question.

       a. ask                                 b. asked                            c. are asking                     d. have asked

4. When I arrived at the party, Lucy _______________ home.

       a. has already gone            b. had already gone         c. already went                  d. already was going

5. English people spent 18 hours per week _______________ TV.

       a. watching                        b. to watch                       c. watch                           d. for watching

6. I've lived in a small house near the coast _______________ .

       a. from 1990                     b. since 1990                    c. in three years               d. for last year

7. She left home in 1993 and _______________ since.

       a. hasn't seen                     b. didn't see                     c. hasn't been seen          d. wasn't seen

8. It's time we ________________ this old car and bought a new one.

       a. will sell                          b. have sold                     c. had sold                       d. sold

9. Since Mr Hassan ________________ president, both taxes and unemployment _________________.

       a. has become/ increased                                           b. became/ increased

       c. became/ have increased                                         d. has become/ have increased

10. ______________ all my warnings, he tried to fix the computer himself.

       a. Although                      b. In spite of                     c. Because                      d. Instead of

11. Some television programs _________________.

       a. may make children to be violent.                         b. make children be violent.

       c. may make children violent.                                  d. make children being violent.

12. I _______________ away most of my old books when I moved house.

       a. threw                           b. have thrown                  c. had thrown                 d. was throwing

13. You _______________ whisper. Nobody can hear us.

       a. needn't to                    b. don't have to                 c. mustn't                        d. need to

14. The children ________________ to the Botanical Garden.

       a. were enjoyed taken                                              b. were enjoyed taking

       c. enjoyed taking                                                      d. enjoyed bein^g taken

15. So far this week there _________________ three burglaries in our street.

       a. are                              b. were                               c. have been                   d. had been

III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
A. Choose the one word or phrase – a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.

1. My parents _______________ tomorrow to stay with me for a few days.

    a. come                                b. will have come               c. are coming                        d. came

2. I'll return Bob's pen to him the next time I ______________ him.

    a. see                                    b. will see                            c. I'm going to see                d. have seen

3. The firework display, part of the city's centenary celebration, _____________ place on the 21st August in Cannon Park.

    a. will take                           b. is taking                          c. is going to take               d. takes

4. This is the first time we _______________ to Scotland so it's all new to us.

    a. are going                          b. were                                c. have been                        d. will go

5. Look at those cars! They _________________ !

    a. will crash                          b. are crashing                     c. will be crashed                d. are going to crash

6.  We hope the excursion will help us ________________ a lot after working hard.

    a. relax                                 b. relaxing                           c. relaxed                            d. be relaxed

7. Goodnight. I ______________ you in the morning.

    a. see                                    b. am seeing                        c. am going to see               d. will see

8.  What's in the letter? Why __________________?

    a. don't you let me to read it                                           b. don't you let me reading it

    c. won't you let me read it                                              d. won't you let me to read it

9. Only in this house _________________ safe and secure.

     a. I feel                              b. do I feel                            c. I do feel                           d. feel I

10. Hurry. The next bus _______________ at 7:15.

     a. leave                              b. leaves                                c. is leaving                          d. will leave

11. Nobody can persuade her ______________ her mind.

     a. change                            b. to change                          c. changing                           d. changed

12. 'We're having a party at the weekend' 'Great! Who _________________ ?

     a. will being invited                                                        b. is going to invite

     c. is going to be invited                                                  d. will invite

13. I'll give you a map ___________________

a. in order for you find the way all right.                       b. so that you will find the way all right.

c. in order that you can find the way all right.               d. b and c are all correct.

14. He was busy ___________ his homework.

     a. doing                             b. to do                                 c. that he was doing            d. he was doing

15. 'Are Alice and Tom still living in New York? "No, they _______________ to Dallas,'

     a. are moving                                                                  b. had already moved

     c. have just moved                                                          d. will moved

III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE

A. Choose the one word or phrase - b, c, or d - that best completes the sentence.

1. _________ he was not a musician himself, Lawrence Hammond developed an electronic keyboar instrument called the Hammond organ.

    a. Although                          b. That                                   c. Despite                             d. For

2. __________ the storm,  I would have been home before eight.

    a. Instead of                         b. But for                              c. During                              d. Because of

3. The government is doing nothing to help ___________.

    a. the poor people                b. the poor ones                     c. the poor                            d. the pours

4. It rained all the time, ________ was a great pity.

    a. that                                   b. what                                  c. which                                d. who

5. ________ you really need is a long holiday.

    a. That                                  b. What                                  c. Which                               d. Who

6. I ________ like going to pop concerts when I was a teenager.

    a. would                               b. used to                               c. must                                  d. could

7. Rick left the party early because he _________ a headache.

    a. had                                   b. has                                     c. used to have                      d. was having

8. Claude didn't _________ in Canada.

    a. lived                                 b. use to live                          c. used to live                       d. used to living

9. I remember you. You _________ to school here.

    a. were used to going           b. have already gone             c. went                                  d. used to go

10. The old _________ a lot of experience of life and can deal with most situation.

    a. has                                    b. have                                   c. is having                           d. had

11. Can you show me _________ the film in this camera?

    a. how to change                  b. how change                       c. how changing                   d. how you changed

12. I didn't like the noise in the city at first. But now _________ here..

    a. I got used to living           b. I'm used to living              c. used to live                       d. I used to living

13. Galileo __________ his first telescope in 1609.

    a. builds                               b. built                                   c. has built                            d. had built

14. Last summer, we had _________ holiday in Spain.

    a. a two week's                     b. a two-weeks                       c. two-week                          d. a two-week

15. _________ at the party, we saw Ruth standing alone.

    a. Arrived                             b. We arrived                         c. Arriving                            d. We were arriving

III. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.

16. He came in and didn't say anything, ____________ worried all of us.

     a. that                                    b. who                                      c. whom                               d. which

17. Nobody ventured outdoors ____________ the hurricane warnings.

     a. despite                               b. although                               c. because of                        d. because

18.  “Why did you buy all this sugar and chocolates?” _ “ I _______________ a delicious dessert for dinner
      tonight.”

     a. make                                  b. will make                             c. am going to make           d. will have made

19. Who _____________ was coining to see me this morning?

     a. you said                             b. did you say                          c. did you say that               d. you did say

20. 'I took the TOEFL. It was really hard.' _____________ a lot before you took it?

     a. Have you studied               b. Did you study                      c. Had you studied                        d. Do you study

21. Michael Caine  _____________ to London two times this year.

     a. is                                        b. was                                     c. has been                            d. had been

22. 'We're still looking for Mark.' . ' Hasn't he _____________ yet?'

     a. been found                        b. been finding                        c. being found                      d. found

23. We _____________ Switzerland four times during the 1970s.

     a. will visit                             b. visited                                  c. would visit                       d. used to visit

24. Nowhere in the world ______________ such fine emeralds as in Colombia.

     a. tourists can purchase                                                        b. can tourists purchase

     c. where tourists can purchase                                              d. that tourist can purchase

25. The assembly line, ______________ by Henry Ford, has brought about many sig­nificant changes in automobile production.

     a. that was invented                                                              b. what was invented

     c. was invented                                                                     d. which was invented

II. VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION

     Choose the one word or phrase - h, c or d that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

1. A night campfire ___________ a two-day trip will be a great event in our schooldays!

    a. in                                     b. of                                     c. on                                    d. for

2. Will you pick me ___________ after the party?

    a. out                                    b. on                                     c. over                                d. up

3. It’s nice to have a weekend away ____________ the city.

    a. from                                 b. to                                      c. of                                    d. in

4. There was a celebration on the _____________ of the school’s anniversary.

    a. opportunity                      b. occasion                           c. chance                            d. incident

5. We spent an _____________ afternoon visiting all the caves near Huong Pagoda.

    a. enjoyed                            b. enjoyable                         c. enjoyably                        d. enjoyment  

6. I work from Tuesday to Saturday, and Sunday and Monday are my _____________.

    a. working days                   b. days out                          c. breaks                             d. days off

7. The cottage is surrounded by the most glorious countryside.

    a. ordinary                            b. honorable                        c. beautiful                         d. gloomy

8. We've recently studied the ______________ of stones in the kidneys.

    a. building                            b. formation                        c. structure                          d. block

9. Your tour includes a one-day _____________ to the Grand Canyon by air.

    a. camping                            b. travel                               c. excursion                        d. visit

10. The cheese is soft and white and absolutely ______________.         

    a. tasteful                             b. glorious                           c. delicious                         d. interesting

11. You could use fluorescent lamps instead of ordinary light bulbs.

    a. in replacement                 b. in order for                      c. on payment for               d. in place of

12. He did finally come with us, although it took a long time to _____________  him.

    a. believe                              b. permit                              c. persuade                         d. take

13. You are not allowed to camp here without ______________.

    a. permission                        b. persuasion                       c. protection                       d. decision

14. The town is a popular _______________ for art lovers.

    a. destination                       b. arrival                              c. department                          d. visitation

15. Don't throw away the _____________. We can have them for supper.

    a. sun deck                           b. photos                             c. food                                d. leftovers