Exercise 1: Identify the mistakes in these sentences: (If there is no mistake, write OK)

⦁ I've lost my key. I can't find it anywhere.         

⦁ Have you eaten a lot of sweets when you were a child?   

⦁ I've bought a new car. You must come and see it.        

⦁ I've bought a new car last week.                        

⦁ When have you been yesterday evening?                   

⦁ Lucky has left school in 1999.                          

⦁ I'm looking for Mike. Have you seen him?                

⦁ Have you been to Paris? "Yes, many times"               

⦁ I'm very hungry. I haven't eaten much today.        

⦁ When has this book been published.     

Exercise 7: Identify the mistake in following sentences and correct it. If the sentence has no mistakes, write 'Correct'. 10. Sarah is in Hanoi right now. She (stay) 1. Water is boiling at 100 Celsius degrees. 2 Stop talking! I am preparing for my test 3. The boys are playing football and do karate now. 4. Do you understand what the lecturer talks about? 5. I am not British, but I am understanding what they are talking about. 6. Not again! You are always late! 7. This computer is having the most reasonable price. 8. Every Monday morning, I am having a revision test. 9. I want to buy a new dress for my sister's wedding. 10. What is the name of the woman standing

H. There are mistakes in five of these sentences. Find the mistakes
and write the five sentences correctly.


1. “Are you wanting an ice-cream?” “No, thanks”.


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2. Right now I do my homework.


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3. Tom and Peter are hating maths.


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4. I doesn’t believe in ghosts.


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5. I’m sometimes play the guitar in my bedroom.


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IV. Identify the mistake in each sentence(2,0 pts)

1. I don’t know how explain all these things to you now.

              A            B                C                      D

2. There is fewer work in the evening than there is in the morning.

              A    B                          C      D

3. My Dad always  has  a  three-weeks vacation.

                      A       B    C        D

4. Mr. Ba soon got used to travel  to work  by bicycle.

                     A                      B          C        D

5. The doctor says you should spend a little time to play video game.

            A              B                   C                 D

6. The public library in the city has thousand of good books.

  A               B       C                        D

7. What does the new student like?         - Oh, she is tall and beautiful.

      A      B            C                 D

8. Ba is in class 6A and he enjoys the school very much.

         A                     B                    C                   D

9. My father always has a lot of houseworks to do.

                        A       B                      C             D

10. The doctor measured her temperature and said that it was normal

      A                           B                C      D

Write your answers here:

II. The following sentences has one mistake. Identify  and corect the mistakes.

1. My brother hasn’tplayed football for last year.

      A                    B       C                 D

2. This is the second time I took part in the rice - cooking contest.

             A                              B          C                D

3. My brother said me to sit down at the table and do my homework .

                    A                B       C              D

4. I was made workhard by my teacher.

          A            B     C   D

5. I wish I can go with you to the seasidenext weekend.

         A         B                       C                      D

6. The film was so bored that all audience had gone home before it ended .

                      A        B                      C                          D

7. Jane asked me how did I go to schooleveryday.

                 A                        B            C       D

8. The boysare playing soccer over thereare from class 9 A.

               A         B                                C    D

9.The water and land around the chemical factory are serious polluted.     

      A               B                 C                 D

10.Our neighbor will look for the garden when we go on holiday.             

                    A                B                          C       D

Underline the ONLY mistake in each sentences the correct it. If the sentences are right, write T (true).

1 There were such many people on the bus that we decide to talk.

2 There are many few mistakes in this test.

3 Must I carry these books home?-No, you mustn't

4 Houses in our city are getting moderner.

5 There may be the goods bringing to Viet Nam from China.

6 The verb "see" is an unregular verb.

7 Have you seen this film, haven't you?

8 I wish I were on the holiday at the beach now.

9 Many Vietnamese woman prefer to wear modern clothing at work.

10 She hates laughing at by others.

Exercise 1. Adjective ending in ed/ing

Some of these sentences written by PET candidates have mistakes. Correct the errors.

1. My best friend sent me an email with an interested story à interesting

2. My room is very big and there is a TV, so I won’t feel boring at night.

3. He was so tired he fell asleep as soon as he arrived home.

4. It’s an amazing story and in my opinion, it is a great book.

5. The film is extremely excited.

6. I was really surprised when I read the email.

7. The music is so nice and it makes you feel relaxing.

8. I would like to see that thriller because I like frightened films.

9. I was very unhappy and embarrassed at that moment.

10. The airline lost my suitcase, so I felt very annoying.

II. There is one mistake in each sentence. Identify the mistake and write your answer in the space provided. (1.,0 point)

1. Louise is the more capable of the three girls who have tried out for the part

                        A                        B                           C                                        

 in the play.

      D

2. We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some

                                A                                  B                                                                   

questions on it on our test tomorrow.

                   C         D

3. The little boy’s mother bought him a five-speeds racing bicycle for his birthday.

     A                                                B              C                                 D

4. My brother doesn’t care how much does the car cost because he is going to buy 

          A                                                             B                  C                  D

it any way.

5. They happily looked at their  children  to play in the yard.

                       A                              B            C              D

VI. There is one mistake in each sentence. Identify the mistake and write your answer in the space provided. (1.0 point)

1. Pele, from Brazil, is considered one of the greatest football player of all time.

                A                          B                               C                      D

2. Is it important that the secretary finishes the typing today?

     A                     B                             C                D

3. It was such a rotten meat that it had to be thrown away

                     A                B        C                      D

4. Conservationists are alarmed by the rate at which tropical rainforest are destroyed

                           A                       B                   C                                                  D

5. When a tiger gets hungry, its manner changes and it becomes threatened

       A                                 B                     C                            D