UNIT 1 MY HOBBIES

E. VERB FORMS
I. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Sally and her family love (go) to the park in the summer.
2. Her mum likes (lie) on the blanket and loves (read) her
favourite magazines.
3. Anna’s family (like) the park because they love (be) outdoors.
4. I enjoy (collect) dolls and it becomes my pleasure.
5. We love (watch) new films, and we (go) to watch a
new Hollywood film next weekend.
6. My brother hates (do) the same things day after day.
7. Our uncle (play) badminton once a week.
8. I (collect) a lot of stamps from foreign countries so far.
9. In 2100, people (travel) in flying cars.
10. I’m so hungry, Mum.
- I (make) you some sandwiches.

II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form.

1. You (think) __________ collecting stamps costs much money?
2. My father thinks mountain climbing (be) __________ more dangerous than
skating.
3. Every year, my mother (give) __________ me a nice doll on my birthday.
4. My brother (not like) __________ collecting stamps, he likes collecting glass
bottles.
5. My sister likes (cook) __________ very much. She can cook many good foods.
6. Does your brother like (listen) __________ to music in his free time?
7. I think in the future, more people (enjoy) __________ going out by bicycles.
8. My father says when he's retired, he (go) __________ back to his village to do the
gardening.
9. We are planting trees around our school now. Our school (be) __________
surrounded by a lot of green trees.
Page | 1
 10. Lan says she loves collecting pens but she (not/continue) __________ this hobby
from next year.

III. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in the list.

like (2) live be travel make

sing read go write
§
This is my favourite singer. He (1) a famous rock star. He (2) in
America. He (3) all around the world and (4) in rock concerts.
He (5) his songs and(6) his own video dips. In his free
time, he (7) staying at home listening to his CDs. At weekends, he usually
(8) to expensive restaurants with his friends. He also (9) a lot
of books about strange things. I can’t wait to see him perform live. I (10) him
so much.

===================================================
UNIT 2: HEALTH
E. VERB FORMS
I. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form.
1. Nam looks brown. He was on holiday last week. He (get)……………sunburn.
2. Getting plenty of rest is very good. It (help)……………….you to avoid depression.
3. The Japanese (eat)………………………..a lot of fish so they are very intelligent.
4. If you wash your hands more, you (have)……………….less chance of catching flu.
5. Eating carrots regularly (help)……………………….you see better.
6. It is very hot outside. Please (wear)…………………a sun hat when you go out.
7. Do more exercise and you (feel)………………………..healthier.
8. I don’t want (be)……………………………..tired tomorrow so I go to bed early.
9. Nowadays, I don’t feel well. I often (feel)……………………….sick and weak.
10. People who ( smile)……………………….more are happier and they live longer.
Page | 2
II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form.
1. It is important (eat) well.
2. It (be) very cold today. You should wear your warm clothes when you (go)
out to prevent cold.
3. Do morning exercise every day and you’ll (feel) better.
4. I have a lot of homework to do this evening, so I (not have) ________ time to watch
the football match.
5. (Eat) junk food and inactivity (be) the main causes of obesity.
6. I (have) a headache and I need to rest more.
7. I (have) a toothache so I (have to/ see) the dentist.
8. I have to take medicines because I (be) sick.
9. Japanese (eat) more fish instead of meat, so they (stay) more
healthy.
10. When you (have) a fever, you (should/ drink) more
water and rest more.
11. A healthy diet (help) us feel healthier.
12. Watching TV much (hurt) your eyes.

III. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

It’s wonderful to have a hobby to do for pleasure in your free time. My favorite
hobby is gardening. I love watching flowers and eating vegetables, so I (1.
grow) ........................ a lot of plants in my garden. I usually (2. water) .........................
them in the early mornings. Sometimes my mother also (3. help) .......................... me
care them and my father (4. take).......................... me to the market to buy seeds. I
often (5.read) .......................... books tounderstand more about gardening. This
weekend I (6.harvest) .......................... carrots and cabbages. Do you know how eager
I am? I (7.give).......................... some of them to my grandparents. Also, I
(8.take).......................... photos of them and post on facebook. Let’s wait and see!

=================================================

Page | 3
 UNIT 3:COMMUNITY SERVICE
E. VERB FORMS
I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct verb form.
1. I (have) dinner when his friend called.
2. Joan (travel) around the world.
3. We (not begin) to study for the test yet.
4. Don’t get on a bus while it (run) .
5. I (invite) them to my birthday party yesterday, however, they
(not come) .
6. Look! Somebody (clean) the room.
7. My brother (begin) looking for a job in January.
8. Timson (make) 13 films and I think her latest is the best.
9. She (cook) at the moment. That’s why she can’t answer the phone.
10. She doesn’t mind (go) out in the evening.
11. I (not see) him since we (leave) school.
12. Football (be) my favourite sport. I like (play) it in
my free time.
13. Jane (leave) just a few minutes ago.
14. She (be) extremely quiet since her husband died.
II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form.
1. You ever (do) ________ volunteer work?
2. Yes, I (do) __________ volunteer work last month.
3. I ( collect) ________ hundreds of old books and clothes for street children so far.
4. My sister wants to raise funds for street children so she (make) _________
hundreds of postcards to sell them.
5. My hobby is carving eggshells and now I ( carve) __________ nearly 100.
6. Going home from school yesterday, I (help) _____ an old man to go cross the
street.
7. Last Tuesday, I (go) _____ home late because there was a traffic jam near my
school.

Page | 4
 8. At Tet, my mother and her close friends often go to the hospitals to donate cakes,
sweets andfor the sick children there. She (do) ________ it for many years.
9. Lan never (eat) _________ Banh tet. She will try some this year.
10.Linh is my close friend. We (know) ________ each other for 5 years.

III. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Film maker George Richards (1. be)........................... interested in the cinema
since he (2. be)........................... a small child. He (3. make)............................ his first
film when he (4. be)......................... just twelve years old. He is now almost forty and
he (5. make) ......................... thirty films. George loves travelling. His work
(6.take)......................... him all over the world. He (7. be)......................... to Africa,
India, Australia, China, the USA and South America. Last year, he
(8.visit)......................... Russia for the first time. George is married to the singer Kathy
Burke. They (9. be)......................... married for ten years. They live withtheir two
children on the Greek island of Kos. They (10. buy)......................... a house on the
island in 1987 and they are still living there.

=================================================
UNIT 4:MUSIC AND ARTS
E. VERB FORMS
I. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form.
1. His life (be) so boring. He just (watch) TV every night.
2. I (be) late for school yesterday
3. My father (be/ not) at the office the day before yesterday.
4. Mr. and Mrs. James (come) back home and have lunch
late last night?
5. How you (get) there?
6. John (study) hard in class, but I (not think) he'll pass.
7. It (be) cloudy yesterday.
Page | 5
 8. Where your children (be) ?
9. The telephone (ring) several times and then (stop) before I
could answer it.
10. The bank (close) at four o'clock.
11. The little boy (spend) hours in his room making his toys.
12. Jamie passed the exam because he (study) very hard.
13. My mother (fry) eggs for breakfast every morning.
14. Mozart (have) more than 600 pieces of music.
15. My father (not watch) TV last night but I (do).
16. anyone (phone) yet?
17. Three people (visit) him in hospital last Friday.
18.How many games your team (win) so far this season?
19.She (go) to Japan but now she (not/ come) back.
20. They (visit) a farm two weeks ago.
II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct verb form.
Kevin O’Donnell works in Hollywood. He records sound for films. He (1. work)
on his first film in 1980: Star Wars. He’s now 51 and he (2. help)
to make more than 100 films. In 1983, he (3. do) the sound on the
film called Terms of Endearment. The film (4. win) five Oscars, but
O’Donnell (5. not win) one.He (6. be) at the Oscars in 1983
when he was only 26.
Now, he (7. be) to the Oscars 20 times. He has worked on Top
Gun,Terminator 3, Spider-Man, Transformers and other great films, but he (8. not win)
an Oscar yet. He (9. write) 20 speeches so far, but(10. never given)
one. The speeches are in a drawer in his house. Kevin doesn’t mind. He
knows the sound in his films is amazing. He’s going to win - one day!

===================================================

Page | 6
 UNIT 5:VIETNAMESE FOOD AND DRINK
E. VERB FORMS
I. Supply the correct verb forms:
1. I (not be)_______ hungry .I(not want)____________ any rice.
2.Wait ! Miss Mai ( have) __________________breakfast.
3. _________.(be) there any oranges ?- Yes there (be)___________ one.
4. ______________your sister (like )________________ lemonade ?
5.My mother (cook)______________ in the kitchen at the moment. She like
(cook)______________very much .
6. They are tired and they'd like (have)_______________ a rest .
7. __________you (write) _______________the essay yet?
-Yes, I ( write)____________it yesterday.
8. Minh 's sister ( fly) ________________to Da Nang tomorrow.
II. Use the past simple tense to complete the sentences.
1. I (visit) _________my grandparents yesterday.
2. She (buy)_____________ a lot of souvenirs last summer vacation.
3. My mother (give)__________ me a yellow cap.
4. They (arrive)____________ at the airport at eight o'clock this morning.
5. I (speak) ____________to her about my vacation.
6. Mr. Quang (teach) _____________mathematics for many years.
7. I (see) __________you at the party last night.
8. The children (be) ________very happy on their trip to Nha Trang.
9. Minh (put)________ the cake on the table.
10. They (live)________ here two years ago.
III.Supply the correct verb form.
1. How many subjects you (learn) last year?
2. Wait for me a minute. I (have) breakfast.
3. (be)there any butter in the refrigerator?
4. This is the most delicious dish I (ever/ eat) .
5. Noodle (be) very popular in all regions of Vietnam.
6. How much money you (save) last year?
Page | 7
 7. Last week, my dad (buy) a lot of candy for my birthday party.
8. This morning my dad (not/drink) tea as usual.
9. How many bottles of oil your family (need) in a month?
10. I (never/ enjoy) Bun Bo Hue before.
===================================================
UNIT 6: THE FIRST UNIVERSITY IN VIET NAM
E. VERB FORMS
I. Supply the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.
1. This computer (use) for two years.
2. America (discover) by Christopher Columbus.
3. I think this institution (widen) twice since 1999.
4. Sydney Opera House in Australia (finish) in 1973.
5. My sister is studying law at Viet Nam National University, Ho Chi Minh city
now. This university (situate) in Thu Due District.
6. The Great Wall in China (build) many centuries ago.
7. David and his father (visit) the Temple of Literature last week.
8. The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco (complete) in 1937.
9. The University of Cambridge (form) in 1209. It is always
considered to be one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
10.BurjKhalifa in Dubai, the highest building in the world, (open)in
2010.
II. Supply the correct verb forms.
1. After class, one of the students always (erase) the chalk board.
2. People (spend) a lot of money on advertising everyday.
3. The phonograph (invent) by Thomas Edison in 1877.
4. For the past years, my mother (do) all my washing by hand.
5. No one (believe) his story.
6. The women in most countries in the world (give) the right to vote.
7. People (think) that Jack London's life and writing's (represent)
____the American love of adventure.
8. How many marks (give) to you by the teacher?
Page | 8
 9. The detective (see) the woman (put) the jewelry in her bag.
10. Drivers (advise) to use an alternative route by police.
III. Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage
go study state find choose
take start stay private leave
Secondary education in the USA
In the USA students (1) ___________ their secondary education at the age of 11.
First they (2) ___________ to Middle School for three years. Then they go for High
School for four years, from the age 14 to 18. Some students (3) ___________ school
when they are 16 and (4) ___________ job. But most students (5) ___________ at High
School still they are 18. Then they (6) ___________ exams and they get "High School
Diploma". There aren't any national exams.
All students at secondary school in the USA (7) ___________ English, maths,
science, and P.E., but students (8) ___________ other subjects, so they don't all study
the same subjects.
About 90% of students in the USA go to (9) ___________ schools. About 10%
go to (10) ___________ schools. Most of the private schools are religious schools.

Page | 9
 ANSWER KEYS
UNIT 1 MY HOBBIES
E. VERB FORMS
I. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. going / to go 6. doing
2. lying - reading 7. plays
3. likes - being 8. have collected
4. collecting 9. will travel
5. watching (/ to watch) - will go 10. will make
II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form.
1. Do you think... 6. listening
2. is 7. will enjoy
3. give 8. will go
4. doesn’t like 9. will be
5. cooking 10. won’t continue
III. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in the list.
l.is 2. lives 3. travels 4. sings 5. writes
6. makes 7. likes 8. goes 9. reads 10. like

UNIT 2: HEALTH
E. VERB FORMS
I. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form.
1. has got 6. wear
2. helps 7. will feel
3. eat 8. to be
4. will have 9. feel
5. helps 10. smile
II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form.
1. to eat 5. Eating/ are 9. eat/ stay
2. is 6. have 10. have/ should drink

Page | 10
 3. will feel 7. have/Have to see 11. will help
4. do not have 8. am 12. will hurt
III. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1.grow 2. water 3. helps 4. takes
5. read 6. will harvest 7. will give 8. will take

UNIT 3: COMMUNITY SERVICE

I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct verb form.
1. was having 6. is cleaning 11. haven’t seen- left
2. has travelled 7. began l2. is playing
3. haven’t begun 8. has made 13. left
4. is running 9. is cooking 14. has been
5. invited- didn’t come 10. going
II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form.
1. Have you ever done... 6. helped
2. did 7. went
3. have collected 8. has done
4. has made 9.has never eaten
5. have carved 10.have known
III. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1.has been 2. was 3. made 4. was 5.has made

6. has taken 7. has been 8. visited 9.have been 10. bought

UNIT 4: MUSIC AND ARTS

E. VERB FORMS
I. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form.
1. is- watches 11.has spent
2. was 12.studied
3. was not 13. fries
4. Did…come back 14. has
Page | 11
 5. did you get 15. didn’t watch-did
6. is studying- don’t think 16. Has.. phoned
7. was 17. visited
8. are 18. have.. won
9. rang- stopped 19. has gone- hasn’t come
10. closed 20.visited
II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct verb form.
1. worked 6. was
2. has helped 7. has been
3. did 8. hasn’t won
4. won 9. has written
5. didn’t win 10.have never been given

UNIT 5: VIETNAMESE FOOD AND DRINK

E. VERB FORMS
I. Supply the correct verb forms:
1. am not/ don’t want 5. is cooking/ cooking
2. is having 6. to have
3.Are/ is 7. Have ... written/wrote
4. Does... like 8. will fly
II. Use the past simple tense to complete the sentences.
1. visited 6. has taught
2. bought 7. saw
3. gave 8. were
4. arrived 9. put
5. spoke 10. lived
III. Supply the correct verb form.
1. did … learn 6. did … save
2. am having 7. bought
3. Is 8. didn’t drink
4. have ever eaten. 9. does… need
Page | 12
 5. is 10. I have never enjoyed

UNIT 6: THE FIRST UNIVERSITY IN VIET NAM

E. VERB FORMS
I. Supply the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.
1. has been used 6. was built
2. was discovered 7. visited
3. has been widened 8. was completed
4. was finished 9. was formed
5. is situated 10. was opened
II. Supply the correct verb forms.
1. erases 6. have been given
2. spend 7. think-represent
3. was invented 8. are given
4. has done 9. saw
5. believes 10. are advised
III. Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage
1. start 2. go 3. leave 4. find 5. stay

6. take 7. study 8. choose 9. state 10. private

Page | 13
Page | 14