Practice grammar

i. Sentence rewriting
1. Maria’s father is poor, so he doesn’t have enough money to pay for her
study.
 If …weren’t poor , he would have enough money to pay..
2. Stay away from this place or I’ll report the area’s security.
 If you don’t stay away from this place, I will …/ if you stay away …, I won’t…
3. I don’t know him, so I can’t tell you anything.
 If I knew him, I could tell you anything.

4. Don’t tell lies to your boss or you’ll be fired at once.

 Unless you tell lies to your boss, you won’t be fired …
5. Nick can’t find the way because he hasn’t got the map.
 If Nick had the map, he could find the way.

6. Go right now or you’ll be late for the train.

 If you go right now, you won’t ..

7. David has so many accidents because he is so clumsy.

 If David weren’t so clumsy, he wouldn’t have so many accidents.

8. Run fast and you can catch him.

 If you run fast, you can catch him.

9. He never goes to school on time, so the teacher always tells him off.
 If he went to school on time, the teacher wouldn’t tell him off.

10. Follow the instructions and you will make it successfully.

 If you follow the instruction, you ..

11.Stop talking and you will understand the lesson.

 If you stop talking, you will understand the lesson.
 If you don’t stop talking,
12.I don’t write to my friends because I’m so busy.
 If I weren’t busy, I would write to …

13.Keep silent or you will wake the baby up.

 If you keep silent, you …

14.I don’t live in Japan, so I don’t have sushi every day.

 If I lived in Japan, I would have sushi. ..

15.She isn’t happy with her job, so she’s looking for a new one now.
 If she was happy with… , she wouldn’t look for …

16.Hurry up or you will be late for school.

 If you hurry…

17.She buys a lot of clothes, so she has no money.

 If she didn’t buy …, she would have money.

18.I’m often tired in the morning because I go to bed late.

 If I didn’t go to bed late, I wouldnt be tired in..

19.Don’t be impatient or you will make mistakes.

 If I am impatient, I will make mistake.

20.People who do a lot of exercise stay fit and healthy.

 If people do a lot of exercise, they will stay fit and healthy
 ii. complete the passage with the words given in the box
Our planet (1)______ is revolving around the sun, which is fairly small and (2)
______ star. There are about 250 billion stars in our galaxy, and billions of galaxies
in the (3) ______. In recent years, scientists have wondered about the possibility
of (4) ______ life forms on the other planets.
Some scientists (5) ______ that they may be large numbers of stars with their
own planets. It is almost impossible to reach the stars (6) ______ the Milky Way
galaxy. It would take the fastest earth (7) ______ about 40.000 years to reach the
(8) ______ star.
in nearest earth spaceship believe

intelligent lowest ordinary universe on

iii. supply the correct forms of the words in bold. Do NOT use the exact
given words.
Word form:
Step 1: blank : noun/werb/ adj/ adv
1. It’s many years since this volcano last _______ (erupt) since S V (past)
2. Unfortunately, Michael had a/an _______ childhood. (catastrophe)
3. The film was so ___predictable____ that I found it uninteresting. (predict)
4. Police have begun a(n) _extensive______ search for the missing girl.
(extend) a/an/the + adj + n
5. The ____tidal___ wave wiped out the entire town in just 2 hours. (tide)
6. Charles ignores his father’s advice, and everything went ___disastrously
____ wrong. (disaster) verb + adv
7. Our ___scientists____ have not warned our fishermen about the
Changchun typhoon carefully. (science)
8. These hills were formed by _volcanic______ eruption. (volcano)
9. In America, hurricanes are _tropical______ storms that reach 120
kilometers per hour. (tropic)
10.There is a(n) __warning_____ every packet of cigarette though no body
reads it.(warn)
11.This man ___unluckily____ escaped from a volcanic eruption last week.
(lucky)
12.Many people become _______ because of natural disasters. (home)

iv. Sentence rewriting with although and because

1. Her mother was very sick; therefore, she couldn’t come to class.
 Because
 Because of her mother’s sickness, …..
2. It is stormy, but we will take the trip.
 Although It is stormy, …
 Despite the storm, …
3. The forecast said it would rain, but it turned out to be a beautiful
day.
 Although the forecast…,
 Despite the forecast’s speech,
4. She was tired, but she stayed up late to watch TV.
 Although she was tired…
 In spite of being tired , …
5. She was successful; however, she felt dissatisfied.
 Although
 In spite of
 v. Read the following passage. Decide if the statements are true or false,
and choose the correct answers a, b, c or d
How can scientists predict earthquakes? Earthquakes are not scattered
anywhere but happen in certain areas. They happen in places of the continents
meet. This pattern causes them to shake the same places many times. For
example, earthquakes often occur on the west-coast of North and South
America, around the Mediterranean Sea, and along the Pacific coast of Asia.
Another way to predict earthquakes is to look for changes in the earth’s
surface like a sudden drop of water level in the ground. Some people say
animals can predict earthquakes. Before earthquakes people have seen
chickens sitting in trees, fish jumping out of water, snakes leaving their holes
and other animals acting strangely.
After an earthquake happens, people can die from lack of food, water, and
medical supplies. The amount of destruction caused by an earthquake
depends on where it happens, and how strong it is. It also depends on types of
buildings, soil conditions and population. Of the 6000 earthquakes in the earth
each year, only about fifteen cause great damage and many deaths.
1. Earthquakes happen in certain areas where continental plates meet.
2. Earthquakes often take place along east-coast of North America.
3. There is going to be an earthquake when water level in the ground drops
suddenly.
4. The amount of destruction from all earthquakes will be the same.
5. What is the passage mainly about?
a. The damage caused by earthquakes
b. How strong earthquakes are
c. Strange animal behavior
d. How to predict earthquakes
6. Which can result in deaths after an earthquake?
a. Lack of food
b. Lack of friendship
c. Lack of information
d. Lack of knowledge
Result in + hau qua result from + Nguyen nhan damage