ENGLISH PRACTICE 1-2

I/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other
three in the following questions
1. A. looked B. watched C. carried D. stopped
2. A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar
3. A. unite B. underline C. university D. uniform
4. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage
5. A. character B. children C. teacher D. change
II/ Chooose the word whose stress patteren is different from the other three in the
following questions
6. A. realize B. improve C. possible D. comfortable
7. A. important B. especially C. prefer D. influence
8. A. general B. opinion C. abroad D. surprise
9. A. comfort B. nation C. apply D. moment
10. A. medical B. advise C. vegetables D. physical
III/ Choose the best answer to fill in the blank
11. Are you interested...........playing badminton after class?
A. in B. with C. on D. for
12. " What.........going to Hanoi tomorrow? "
A. to B. in C. about D. for
13. Hoa works very..........so she always gets good marks.
A. badly B. good C. hardly D. hard
14. The building was built .........1962 and 1969.
A. between B. from C. since D. for
15. This school..........in 1997
A. built B. is built C. was built D. has built
16. Of all my friends, Hoa is.............
A. the tallest B. the most tallest C. taller D. more taller
17. Would you mind if I……………a photo ?
A. take B. took C. would take D. am going
to take
18. Last week I ……………my children to the biggest zoo in town.
A. got B. brought C. fetch D. took
19. Are you proud…………….your country and its tradition ?
A. about B. on C. of D. for
20. Do you collect stamps or other things ? - Yes, I am a stamp………….
A. collecting B. collector C. collect D. collection
21. It is very dangerous ………….. in the polluted environment.
A. to live B. lives C. living D. live
22. Our ………….. resources are limited so we should recycle all used things.
A. nature B. natural C. naturing D. naturally
23. His car is the same color …………. my uncle’s.
A. alike B. as C. like D. to
24. This ruler …………….. of plastic.
A. make B. made C. is making D. is made
25. I take part ………….. most youth activities of my school.
A. in B. of C. on D. at
IV/ Write the correct form of verb to fill in the brackets
Nowadays, a lot of important inventions (1- carry out) by scientists (2- work) for large
industrial firms. However, there (3 – be) still opportunities for other people (4 – invent)
various things. In Britain, there is a weekly TV program which (5 – attempt) to show all
the devices which people (6 – invent ) recently. The people (7 – organize) the program
receive information about 700 inventions per year. New ideas can (8 – develop) by private
inventors. However, it is important (9 – consider) these questions : Will it work? Will it
(10 – want)? Is it new?
1. __________________ 6. ___________________
2.__________________ 7. ___________________
3. __________________ 8. ___________________
4. __________________ 9. ___________________
5. __________________ 10. __________________
V/ Write the correct preposition to fill in the blank.
1. Could I help you ______________ your bag?
2. Na got up late this morning because her alarm clock didn’t go ___________ .
3. I’m looking forward ____________ seeing you in June.
4. In the competition, everyone fell ______________ the deep and dangerous water.
5. Ha Long Bay is recognized _____________ UNESCO as a World Heritage Site
6. They have a meeting ___________ 6.30 and 9.30.
7. My mother often picks me ___________ from the school.
8. I’m going to invite my friends to come over ___________ dinner tonight.
9. Next summer, my family will have a vacation __________ Thailand and stay there ________
one week.
VI/ Write the correct form of word to fill in the blank
1. We have two postal ___________________ a day. (DELIVER)
2. He left the room without ___________________ . (EXPLAIN)
3. Playing tennis is one of his favorite ______________ . (ACT)
4. We started our trip on a beautiful ______________ morning. (SUN)
5. They left the house in a __________________ mess. (FRIGHT)
6. He said “ Good morning” in a most ______________ way. (FRIEND)
7. There is no easy ______________ to this problem. (SOLVE)
8. He always drives more ________________ at night. (CARE)
9. Does this _______________ suit you? (ARRANGE)
10. He is a very _________________ carpenter. (SKILL)
VII/Underline the incorrect word and correct it as example
Example: 0. I haven’t saw you for two month 0/ seen

Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested 1/ ___________

summer
holiday. He traveled, with him classmates, to a mountainous 2/ ___________
area
in Hoa Binh province. They gone there to help make a road 3/ ___________
through a forest among two villages. “ It was very difficult 4/ ___________
because there had no water to drink and no shops where we 5/ ___________
could bought food,”said Nam. “ It was very cold and wet 6/ ___________
in the mountains. It is one of the wetter places in the country.” 7/ ___________
Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard 8/ ___________
work,
But he says it was the best thing he has ever did. He is hoping 9/ ___________
to return next year to do any more work there 10/ __________
VIII/ Write the suitable word to fill in the blank
Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) __________________ how to fly or play the
piano. There (2) _________________ important differences, but there is a very important
similarity. It is this: learning how to do such things needs lots (3) ___________ practice. It is
never simply to “know” something. You must be able to “do” things with what (4)
___________ know. For example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (5) ______________ to
fly an aeroplane. A (6) ___________ can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if
only read a book and then try to (7) _____________ without a great deal of practice first, you
will crash and kill (8) ____________ . The same is true of (9) ______________ the piano. So you
think it is enough simply to read about it? Can you play the piano without having lots of
(10) _________________ first?
IX/ Rewrite the sentence, using the word given
1. Minh does morning exercises regularly. He wants to be healthy ( so as to )
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. I’m learning English. I want to read book in English. (in order to)
………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. She said nothing . She didn’t want to make him angry (so as to)
…………………………………………………………………………………………
4.The man was taken to the local hospital. He was injured in the accident. (past participle)
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. The musician is internationally famous. He appeared in the concert last night. (present
participle)
………………………………………………………………………………………….
X/ Rewrite the sentence without changing the meaning
1. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
- It’s ……………………………………………………………………………..
2. They will show the time machine to the public when they finish it.
- The time machine ……………………………………………………………………..
3. He was delighted to receive his aunt’s letter.
- He was delighted that ………………………………………………………………..
4. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
- People ………………………………………………………………………………..
5. I’m very sad that I wasn’t accepted in that group.
- I’m very sad not …………………………………………………………………….
6. It’s three years since I last spoke to her.
- I haven’t ………………………………………………………………………………
7. Tam doesn’t type as fast as she used to.
- Tam used ……………………………………………………………………………..
8. “ Please turn down the radio for me”, said my father.
- My father asked ………………………………………………………………………
9. Lan will be fifteen next week.
- It is Lan’s ……………………………………………………………………………..
10. How long is it since you used the pen?
- When ………………………………………………………………………….?
XI/ Rearrange the word to make the meaningful sentence
1. stamps / a child / Minh / since / collected / was / has / he.
- …………………………………………………………………………………….
2. tomorrow / can / not / we / somewhere / I / so / working / go / am.
- ……………………………………………………………………………………..
3. back / in / months / England / going / two / are / to / they.
- ………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. information / entertainment / also / is / TV / only / but / not / bringing .
- ………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. struggle / on / always / nature / home / life / at / is / the farm / with / a.
- ………………………………………………………………………………………

KEYS – PRACTICE 1-2

I, II, III
1- C 2- D 3- B - 4- A 5-A 6–B 7- D 8-A
9- C 10- B 11- A 12 – C 13 - D 14 - A 15 – C 16 – A
17 – B 18 – D 19 – C 20 – B 21 – A 22 – B 23 – B 24 – D 25 – A
IV/ 10 điểm – Mỗi động từ đúng 1 điểm
1. are caried out 2. Working 3. Are 4. to invent 5. 6. have invented
attempts
7. organizing 8. be developed 9. to consider 10. be wanted
V/ 10 điểm – Mỗi giới từ đúng 1 điểm
1. with 2. off 3. to 4. into 5.by 6. 7. up 8. for 9. in / for
between
VI/ 10 điểm – Mỗi từ đúng 1 điểm
1. deliveries 3. activities 5. frightening 7. solution 9. arrangement
2. explanation 4. sunny 6. friendly 8. carefully 10. skillful
 VII/ 10 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm
1. interested -> 2. him -> his 3. gone -> 4. among -> between
interesting went
5. had -> was 6. bought - 7. wetter -> wettest 8. since -> 9. did -> done 10. any ->
> buy for some
VIII/ 10 điểm – Mỗi từ đúng 1 điểm
1. learning 2. 3. of 4. You 5. 6. book 7. Fly 8. 9. playing 10. practice
are how yourself
IX/ 10 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm
1. Minh does morning exercises regularly so as to be healthy.
2. I’m learning English in order to read book in English.
3. She said nothing so as not to make him angry.
4. The man injured in the accident was taken to the local hospital.
5. The musician appearing in the concert last night is internationally famous.
X/ 10 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm
1. It’s very inportant to keep the environment clean.
2. The time machine will be shown to the public when it is finished.
3. He was delighted that his aunt sent him a letter.
4. People recycle old car tires to make shoes and sandals.
5. I’m very sad not to be accepted in that group.
6. I haven’t spoken to her for three years.
7. Tam used to type faster than she can/ does now.
8. My father asked me to turn down the radio for him.
9. It’s Lan’s fifteenth birthday next week.
10. When did you use the pen?
XI/ 10 điểm – Mỗi câu đúng 2 điểm
1. Minh has collected stamps since he was a child.
2. I am not working tomorrow so we can go somewhere.
3. They are going back to England in two months.
4. TV bringing not only information but also entertaiment.
5. At home on the farm life is always a struggle with nature.