REVISION

Exercise 1: Pick out the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from
that of the others.

1. A. so B. show C. who D. though

2. A. boat B. road C. broad D. coast
3. A. think B. that C. three D. thanks
4. A. ghost B. hostage C. lost D. frosty
5. A. match B. chair C. watch D. chemistry
6. A. needed B. worked C. stopped D. booked
7. A. wool B. wood C. food D. foot
8. A. husband B. useless C. must D. industry
9. A. cut B. bus C. full D. shut
10. A. supply B. simply C. deny D. reply
11. A. school B. characters C. reaches D. Christmas
12. A. thick B. thorough C. healthy D. weather
13. A. teacher B. clear C. reason D. mean
14. A. check B. cheese C. chemistry D. cherry
15. A. smells B. cuts C. opens D. plays
16. A. chair B. cheap C. chorus D. child
17. A. took B. book C. shoe D. would
18. A. filled B. landed C. suited D. wicked
19. A. of B. cafe C. knife D. leaf
20. A. leisure B. pressure C. treasure D. pleasure
21. A. laugh B. plough C. enough D. cough
22. A. after B. advice C. agree D. alone
23. A. house B. hour C. hundred D. head
24. A. sugar B. sister C. sign D. singer
25. A. cough B. tough C. rough D. enough
26. A. earning B. learning C. searching D. clearing
27. A. call B. curtain C. cell D. contain
28. A. measure B. decision C. pleasure D. permission
29. A. page B. game C. go D. gift
30. A. how B. town C. power D. slow

Exercise 2: Choose the best answers

1. If a driver _________ suddenly on a wet road, he will skid.

A. braked B. braking C. brakes D. will brake
2. It is such an important matter _______ I can't decide anything about it myself.
A. so B. because C. that D. if
3. Huong didn't participate in the contest _______ her lack of confidence.
A. because B. because of C. since D. despite
4. After making a tour of Singapore, my father arrived _______ Tan Son Nhat airport last night.
A. at B. in C. into D. for
5. Prices are going _______ in a worrying way.
A. up B. over C. away D. off
6. I've no idea _______ he behaved strangely at the meeting.
A. when B. where C. which D. why
7. As students, you _______ show your disrespect to your teachers.
A. must B. should C. mustn't D. needn't
8. He _______ work very hard; he is a millionaire.
A. hasn't to B. mustn't C. doesn't have to D. not has to
9. Are you ready _______ the exam?
A. with B. about C. for D. on
10. He found a watch when he ________ in the street.
A. had walked B. was walking C. walked D. had been walking
11. I cut myself _______ I was shaving.
A. while B. until C. during D. by the time
12. The company lost a lot of money last year. ________, we are not getting a wage increase this
year.
A. As a result B. Although C. Therefore D. However
13. All the senior managershere are members of the same family. ________, I'm likely to have to
move if I want to get promoted.
A. As a result B. Although C. Therefore D. However
14. He isn't the type of person to want to stay in the job for a long time _________. I'm sure he's
happy at present.
A. However B. As a result C. Therefore D. Although
15. __________ I'm not sure what the future holds for us, I'm sure it will be good.
A. Although B. As a result C. Therefore D. however
16. Do you mind _____ up?
A. wash B. washing C. washed D. to wash.
17. He _____ to give up smoking since last week.
A. was trying B. have tried C. has tried D. tried.
18. He enjoys _____ in the rain.
A. walk B. walks C. to walk D. walking.
19. Would you like _____ to my party?
A. come B. to come C. coming D. came.
20. My sister likes _____ and _____.
A. dance/sing B. to dance/sings C. dancing/singing D. dancing/to sing
21. This school _____ ten years ago.
A. be built B. is built C. was built D. built
22. He _____ since the day we left school.
A. hasn't seen B. hasn't been being seen C. wasn't seen D. hasn't been seen
23. We spent half a year _____ this hotel.
A. to build B. built C. building D. with building
24. My friend is fond of _____ TV in the evening.
A. watching B. to watch C. watch D. watched
25. I can't reach the phone because I _____ a bath.
A. am having B. have C. was having D. be having
26. Don't turn off the light. I _____ a report now.
A. read B. is reading C. am reading D. be reading
27. He _____ his house at seven a.m each day.
A. left B. leaves C. leave D. is leaving
28. When she _____, I was reading upstairs.
A. was coming B. is coming C. came D. comes
30. My mother is cooking now. She always _____ dinner for my family.
A. cooks B. cooked C. cooking D. is cooking
31. I _____ in England for a few weeks now.
A. has been staying B. am staying
C. have been staying D. stay
32. It _____ hard all day last Sunday.
 A. rained B. was raining C. has rained D. has been raining
33. If he knew the facts, he _____ us what to do.
A. told B. will tell C. would tell D. tells
34. Let's hurry up! We must finish _____ the wall before ten o'clock this morning.
A. to paint B. painting C. paint D. painted
35. If you _____ work hard, you'll fail the exam.
A. not work B. don't work C. won't work D. work
36. Every year thousands of people _____ in their homes.
A. kill B. is killed C. will be killed D. are killed
37. Coming into the room, he saw Mary where he _____ her.
A. leaves B. left C. was leaving D. had left
38. I have searched everywhere for the pen I _____ yesterday.
A. loosed B. lost C. lose D. losed
39. While I was walking to school, I _____ an accident.
A. was seeing B. see C. seen D. saw
40. David _______ the TV set at the moment.
A. was repairing B has repaired C. is repairing D. has been repairing
41. He _____ his homework for 2 hours.
A. have did B. has do C. has done D. did
42. He _____ for London two years ago and I _____ him since.
A. leaved/ haven't seen B. left/ didn't see C. leave/ haven't seen D. left/ haven't seen
43. When the teacher came in, we stopped _____.
A. to talk B. at talking C. talking D. talk
44. How long ago _____?
A. has this house built B. was this house built
C. this house built D. this house was built
45. I want you _____ me alone.
A. leave B. leaving C. left D. to leave
46. You can use my telephone _____ you pay for the calls you make.
A. as long as B. although C. however D. whereas
47. I liked the book very much _____ I didn't have enough money to buy it.
A. because B. while C. but D. unless
48. Life in the city is much more _____ than that in the country.
A. expense B. expenses C. expensive D. expand
49. We were planning to have a picnic but _____, it was raining heavily.
A. fortune B. fortunately C. fortunate D. unfortunately
50. My father decided to ______ smoking after he had been smoking for ten years.
A. give up B. put away C. get over D. take up

Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks in the following passage using the words given (A, B, C
or D). Use ONE word in each space

• Earnest Hemingway was born in Oak park, a small town (1) the state of Illinois. As a boy
he was often taken on frequently hunting and fishing trips (2) his father to Michigan, the
locale of many his stories, and (3) he soon got acquainted with the life of the Indians and
such virtues as courage and endurance, (4) were later revealed in his fiction. After school
Hemingway (5) as a newspaper reporter and then joined a volunteer ambulance unit (6) in
World War I. After the war he came home (7) a hero. He lived for several years in Paris
after that. He joined a group of expatriated American writers who considered (8) a lost
generation. In Paris he published "Three Stories and Ten Poems" (1923) and "In Our
Time" (1924) (9) his own experiences of life are revealed, and which brought him (10)
immediately.
1. A. at B. in C. on D. behind
2. A. with B. for C. by D. to
3. A. where B. which C. that D. when
4. A. that B. which C. who D. it
5. A. works B. was working C. has worked D. worked
6. A. taking part B. take part C. to take part D. took part
7. A. an B. like C. as D. the
8. A .they B. them C. their D. themselves
9. A. in which B. in that C. where D. at which
10. A. famous B. fame C. famed D. famously

• William Shakespeare was the (41) writer in the English language. He was born in 1564 in
Stratford- upon- Avon. (42) the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway, (43) was
eight years (44) than himself. A few years later he moved to London, (45) he worked as
a actor and a playwright. Shakespeare (46) thirty seven plays and 154 sonnets (a kind of
poem). His most famous plays are the four great tragedies - Othelo, Macbeth, Hamlet,
and King Lear. Shakespeare died in Stratford (47) 23 April 1616, but his plays are still
very popular today. They have been translated into different languages, and many of
them have been (48) into films, both in English and other languages. Shakespeare's plays
are about the great issues of life - love, hatred, jealousy, power, ambition, (49) and so on.
So, his plays are just relevant today as they were in the sixteenth (50).
1. A. great B. greater C. greatest D. greatly
2. A. at B. in C. on D. by
3. A. whom B. who C. whose D. which
4. A. old B. elder C. eldest D. older
5. A. which B. where C. when D. place
6. A. write B. writes C. written D. wrote
7. A. in B. on C. at D. by
8. A. did B. done C. made D. make
9. A. death B. died C. die D. to died
10. A. days B. months C. years D. century

• I have always wanted to go fishing. Last summer, I went on a trip to Taiwan. (1) the last
day of my vacation, I went fishing on a beautiful lake. Unfortunately, I didn't catch (2)
fish, and I got bored. I decided to go (3). When I stood up, my wallet (4) my pocket and
into the water. It had all my money, my passport, my plane tickets- everything. I (5) into
the lake to look (6) it, but I didn't find anything. The next morning, I wasn't able to leave
the hotel. I had (7) money to pay the bill and no plane ticket or passport to go home. So
what did I do? I called my boss and asked (8) some money. I have (9) had (10) a terrible
experience.
1. A. at B. on C. in D. during
2. A. any B. a C. an D. some
3. A. swim B. swam C. swimming D. to swim
4. A. out of B. out C. of D. into
5. A. jump B. jumping C. to jump D. jumped
6. A. for B. after C. into D. out
7. A. any B. much C. some D. no
8. A. X B. for C. after D. to
9. A. ever B. still C. never D. just
10. A. so B. too C. also D. such

• Alice is 18 years old and she comes (1) England. She is now in Hanoi and (2)
Vietnamese. She came to Hanoi (3) July so she (4) there for six months. Alice (5) she
likes Hanoi very much. She likes (6) shopping and cycling around the town. (7) month
she will go to Ho Chi Minh city (8) a friend of (9). Alice hopes she (10) many letters
from England.
1. A. from B. in C. to D. back
2. A. studies B. studying C. will be studying D. is studying
3. A. on B. at C. in D. for
4. A. is B. has been C. will D. was
5. A. says B. tells C. speaks D. shouts
6. A. to go B. going C. go D. went
7. A. next B. last C. this D. that
8. A. meet B. meeting C. to meet D. will meet
9. A. she B. hers C. her D. me
10. A. receive B. would receive C. is received D. will receive

• Michael Faraday, the great English physicist was born (1) 1791 in London. His family (2)
very poor and he didn’t learn (3) When he was 14, he worked in a bookshop (4) he had a
good chance to read books. He (5) to some talks about science. One day Michael went to
a (6) by Humphry Davy, England’s (7) scientist of the time. He liked his talks very much,
and (8) months later he became Davy’s laboratory assistant. Like Davy, he became (39)
in electricity. He spent a lot of time (10) it and at last he saw that electricity could be
made by a machine. He died in 1867.
1. A. on B. at C. in D. since
2. A. is B. was C. been D. be
3. A. much B. many C. more D. most
4. A. that B. where C. when D. and
5. A. go B. use to go C. used to go D. used to going
6. A. speak B. tell C. talk D. discussion
7. A. great B. greater C. greatly D. greatest
8. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
9. A. interest B. interested C. interesting D. interest
10. A. to study B. studying C. study D. studied

• I had a terrible time last Saturday. It (1) rather cold, but quite sunny, (2) after lunch I
walked into town. I wanted (3) a pullover. I was looking in the window of a clothes shop
when (4) stole my wallet. While I (5) home, it started to rain and I arrived home cold and
miserable. I decided to have a hot bath. I was getting ready to have my bath (6) the
doorbell rang. It was a salesman and it (7) me several minutes to make (8) go away.
Unfortunately, all the time he was talking to me the water (9). You can imagine the state
of the (10)!

1. A. is B. was C. were D. been

2. A. so B. and C. because D. unless
3. A. bought B. buying C. buy D. to buy
4. A. anyone B. someone C. one D. everyone
5. A. walked B. walking C. being walk D. was walking
6. A. when B. so C. and D. if
7. A. got B. made C. took D. had
8. A. he B. his C. him D. himself
9. A. has run B. ran C. running D. was running
10. A. kitchen B. bathroom C. bedroom D. living room

• I (1) from Switzerland. I came to London six months ago (2) English. I haven’t met many
English people (3), only my teachers. I started (4) English at school in Switzerland when
I was eleven, so I have learnt it for nearly ten years. At first (5) London, I couldn’t (6)
anything, but now my English is improved. I have just taken an exam. (7) I pass, I will
move into the next class. I’m (8) today because my parents will come tomorrow to stay
 (9) me for a few days and I haven’t seen them for a long time. They have never been to
England and they (10) English.
1. A. come B. am coming C. came D. have come
2. A. learn B. learning C. am learning D. to learn
3. A. just B. already C. yet D. since
4. A. learn B. learned C. to learn D. learning
5. A. in B. at C. on D. from
6. A. understand B. know C. listen D. hear
7. A. Because B. When C. Unless D. If
8. A. excite B. exciting C. excited D. excitement
9. A. by B. with C. near D. of
10. not speak B. do speak C. don’t speak D. speak not

Exercise 4: Put the words in order so as to make up correct sentences.

1. as / you / tell /I / do.
2. it/ do/ him/ let/ alone.
3. there/ yesterday/ us/ tell / you / what / saw.
4. on/ at / clock / the /wall/ the /look.
5. tie / don’t / my / on / sit.
6. off/ stop / next / the / get / at.
7. some / lending / you / would / me / mind / money.
8. him / knows / ask / the / if / professor/ he.
9. any / come / but / Sunday / day.
10. could / slowly / please / you / more / speak / a little.
11. a rule/ o' clock / eight / as / he / at / up / gets.
12. he / ten / ready / minutes / breakfast / in / for / is.
13. at / lecture / first / begins / the / o'clock / eight.
14. will / in / he / Hai Phong/ go / summer / to.
15. the/ stands / on / Thames/ London/ two/ equal / it / into / divides/ which / parts.
16. Parliament/ is / by / governed / England .
17. nine / over / is / population/ million/ its/ people
18. on / September / begins / 1st / year/ the / school / new / usually
19. remembered/ Vietnam/ he/ to / trip/ his.
20. he/ mother / his / a /sent / present/.
21. compass/ for/ we/ the trip/ when/ started/ they/ to/ children/ the.
22. has / me/ about / of Ha Noi/ a/ interesting/ the reconstruction/ your/ very/ brother
given/book.
23. phone/ there/ our/ be/ must / wrong/ something / with
24. sad/ wants/ why/ so/ he/ were/ you/to/ looking/ know.
25. Peter/ university/ when/ she/ to/ is going/ is /back/asking.
26. you / blackboard/ want/ clean/ I / to /the.
27. letter/ has/ the/ given / a / come/ and/ me/ postman/ just.
28. get/ the/ comes/ train/ the / to/ we/ station/ will / before.
29. Tom/ when/ waiting/ Jane/ be/ comes/ him / for/ through/ the/ will/ park.
30. students/ will/ when/ I / the/ lessons/ prepare/ wonder/ their/ for.

Exercise 5: Complete these sentences using the given words

1. turn off / lights / before / leave home
2. use / short shower heads / or / “slow-flow” showers / use less baths
3. turn off / conditioners / whenever / you / not / in rooms
4. keep / refrigerator door / closed
5. prepare food / carefully / before / turn on / stoves
6. I / not / know / you / arrive / back / England
7. You / have good time / New York?
8. you visit / White House / see / Statue of Liberty?
9. Thank you / invite me / dinner / next weekend
10. I / be afraid / not able / come
11. Last weekend / our class / decide / visit London.
12. I / wear / sunglasses / yesterday/ because / sun / very strong.
13. She / earn/ her living / by / sell / fruit.
14. The children / not see/ that TV show/ last week.
15. How long /take / her / get / school / every day?