IMPROVING EXERCISE _ E10 _ UNIT 10 (Week 1)

A. LANGUAGE FOCUS: Passive Voice, Vocabulary; Phonetics

B. EXERCISES
I. Phonetics
1. A. destroy B. defence C. eliminate D. hydroelectric
2. A. eliminate B. cancer C. natural D. damage
3. A. season B. reading C. heart D. disease
4. A. cancer B. environment C. animal D. worrying
5. A. animal B. cancer C. disease D. nature
6. A. provide B. pollute C. defence D. worry
7. A. circulation B. variety C. eliminate D. appearance
8. A. scientist B. frequent C. valuable D. erosion
II. Circle the best answer
1. Their sister goes shopping with her friends each two weeks.
2. He said he would never sell the ..................... collections of stamps that his mother gave to
him. (A. value; B. valueless; C. valuable; D. valuation)
3. People can’t clean up the polluted environment, but they can stop …………… the problem.
(A. worsening; B. worsen; C, to worsen; D. worsened)
4. Man and animals need a constant supply of water to live. (A. rare; B. short; C. valuable; D.
regular)
5. We should do something immediately to save the Earth ................... being destroyed. (A.
from; B. in; C. on; D. without)
6. Farmers use herbicides to eliminate weeds. (A. get on; B. get rid of; C. run off; D. take care
of)
7. …….. the tractor …… last year? (A. Was ... bought; B. Did... buy; C. Has ... been bought; D.
Does ... buy)
8. Would you like going to the cave with us this Sunday?
9. The farm is famous ..................... its production of wine. (A. in; B. about; C. with; D. for)
10. The ....................... is a place which is very large and thickly covered with plants, trees and
bushes and is also the habitat of wild animals. (A. marine; B. forest; C. mountain; D. species)
11. Students ............................ to wear jeans at school. (A. don’t allow; B. aren’t allowed; C.
aren’t allowing; D. wasn’t allowed)
12. ................... the fire before? Yes, when I was on business in the North. (A. Were you seen; B.
Do you see; C. Did you saw; D. Have you seen)
13. Trees, plants and grasses hold .................. water necessary for life. (A. back; B. on; C. away;
D. off)
14. I don’t have my car now. It ................. in the garage. (A. is repaired; B. is being repaired; C.
was repaired; D. has repaired)
15. The boy can’t speak English without make mistakes.
III. Put words in the correct form
1. We can’t stop the ............... of plants and animals. (appear)
2. It is ............... to ride a motorbike in Vietnam without a helmet. (possibility)
3. My son’s study is ................ He often gets bad marks at school. (worry)
4. Man is ............... doing harm to the environment. (constancy)
5. A lot of money has been spent on ............... of the animals’ natural environment. (reconstruct)
6. Some people think that zoos are places where animals are ............... against their will.
(prison)
7. The new law to ............... wildlife in Vietnam is going to be passed. (conservation)
8. Water ............ has become more and more serious due to the nuclear tests in the seas and
oceans. (pollute)
I. Turn into Passive Voice
1. They must do a lot of things to clean up this river.
2. Professor River hasn’t taught that course this semester.
3. They aren’t painting my house because it is raining.
4. Millions of people read this paper everyday.
5. Have they changed the date of the meeting?
6. My father took me to school everyday when I was small.
7. They usually change money at that bank.
8. Someone stole my money from my purse this morning
9. Nobody referred to that problem at the last meeting.
10. Maria has never done this kind of work before.