Exercise 1: Choose the best answer.

1. The trousers you bought for me (doesn’t /don’t) fit me.

2. Physics (was/were) my best subject at school.
3. Fortunately the news (wasn’t /weren’t) as bad as we had expected.
4. The police (wants/want) to interview Fred about a robbery.
5. Three days (isn’t /aren’t) long enough fpr a good holiday.
6. Where (does/do) your family live?
7. England (have/has) lost all their football matches this season.
8. (Does/Do) the police know about the stolen money?
9. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine (isn’t /aren’t) sharp enough.
10. I’m going to take a taxi. Six miles (is/are) too far for me to walk.
11. John, along with twenty friends, (is/are) planning a party.
12. The picture of soldiers (bring/ brings) back a lot of memories.
13. If the duties of the officers (isn’t/ aren’t) reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the
project.
14. Advertisements on television (is/are) becoming more competitive than ever before.
15. Living expenses in this country, as well as many others, (is/are) at an all-time high.
16. Mr. Jones, accompanied by several members of the committee, (have/has) proposed some
changes of the rules.
17. The levels of the intoxication (vary/ varies) from subject to subject.
18. Neither Bill nor Mary (is/are) going to play tonight.
19. Anything (is/are) better than going to another movie tonight.
20. Skating (is/are) becoming more popular every day.

Exercise 2: Choose the best answer.

1. A number of reporters (be) at the conference yesterday.
2. Anybody who (have) a fever must go home immediately.
3. Your glasses (be) on the bureau last night.
4. There (be) some people at the meeting last night.
5. The committee already (reach) a decision.
6. A pair of jeans (be) in the washing machine this morning.
7. Each student (answer) the first three questions.
8. Either John or his wife (make) breakfast every morning.
9. After she had perused the material, the secretary thought that everything (be) in order.
10. The crowd at the basketball game (be) wild with the excitement.
11. A pack of wild dogs (frighten) all the ducks away.
12. The jury (be) trying to reach a decision.
13. The army (have) eliminated this section of the training test.
14. There (have) been too many interruptions in this class.
15. The number of students who have withdrawn from class this quarter (be) appalling.
16. Every elementary school teacher (have) to take this examination.
17. Neither Jill nor her parents (see) this movie before.
18. There (be) no girls in this class.
 19. There (be) no key for this door.
20. 80% of the students (have) voted.

Exercise 3: Find the mistakes and correct them.

1. Geography are fascinating.
2. Where is my gloves?
3. Each ticket costed $5.
4. The boy with his dog are here.
5. John or Tom are bringing the car.
6. Are there anybody at home?
7. His hair are turning gray.
8. Neither praise nor blame seem to affect him.
9. Three fourths of his fortune were devoted to scientific research.
10. Two-thirds of these books is novels.
11. There are a car and two vans in front of my house.
12. Why is the police standing there?
13. So far everything is all right.
14. More men than women is left-handed.
15. Fifty minutes are the maximum length of time allotted for the exam.
16. None of my classmates speaks Arabic.
17. Every student are tested twice a year.
18. Each of the items in the bill is correct.
19. 10 years in prison were too long for him.
20. None of the children was awake.

Exercise 4: Fill the blanks with suitable verb.

1. No smoking or drinking ___ allowed during work time.
2. Indians ___ a lot of junk food.
3. More than one student ___ late for class this morning.
4. The United Nations _____ found in 1945.
5. A number of boys ___ swimming in the lake but I didn’t know the exact number of them \.
6. One and a half day ___ what I need.
7. There _____ still the possibility of heavy rain and high winds.
8. Politics ____ a constant source of interest to me.
9. The pilot as well as all the passengers _____ rescued from the crash.
10. Half of the cookies ____ been eaten.

BÀI TẬP TỔNG HỢP

Exercise 1: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose
underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Question 1: A. educate B. eliminate C. certificate D. dedicate

 Question 2: A. initiate B. substantial C. attention D. particular

Question 3: A. deleted B. started C. retarded D. stopped

Question 4: A. think B. thank C. that D. three

Question 5: A. approached B. sacrificed C. unwrapped D. obliged

Question 6: A. private B. marriage C. romantic D. attract

Question 7: A. towed B. towel C. vowel D. crowded

Question 8: A, ocean B. commercial C. necessary D. technician

Question 9: A. accurate B. account C. accept D. accuse

Question 10: A. talks B. takes C. decides D. completes

Exercise 2: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs
from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

Question 11: A. represented B. biography C. indirectly D. entertainment

Question 12: A. obligatory B. geographical C. international D. undergraduate

Question 13: A. advise B. parent C. apply D. attract

Question 14: A. academic B. necessity C. authority D. commercially

Question 15: A. invention B. obstacle C. discover D. bacteria

Question 16: A. continental B. alternative C. revolution D. explanation

Question 17: A. ornamental B. computer C. courageous D. industrial

Question 18: A. identity B. modernize C. impressive D. emotion

Question 19: A. decent B. reserve C. confide D. appeal

Question 20: A. stimulate B. sacrifice C. devastate D. determine

Exercise 3: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the following questions.

Question 21: My dog as well as my cats ___ twice a day

A. eat B. eats C. have eaten D. has eaten

Question 22: Snow and rain ____ of nature.

A. are phenomena b. is phenomena C. is phenomenon D.are phenomenon

Question 23: His clothes are in a mess because he _____ the house all morning.

A. will have painted B. will be painting C has been painting D. had been painting

Question 24: Their children _____ lots of new friends since they to that town.

A.made; have been moving B. made; are moving C. have made; moved D. were making have
moved

Question 25: By next Saturday, Tom _____ a whole month without smoking a cigarette.

A. will go B. will have gone C. has gone D. has been going

Question 26: When she came home from school yesterday, her mother ____ in the kitchen.

A. Cooked B. was cooking C.is cooking D. cooks

Question 27: This is the second time you _____ your door key.

A.are losing B. lose C. lost D. have lost

Question 28: Just as you arrived, I _____ ready to go out.

A. have got B. was getting C. would get D. have been getting

Question 29: Graham was disappointed because he _____ for the bus an hour.

A. was waiting B. waited C .has been waiting D. had been waiting

Question 30: All of the food ____ sold by the time we arrived at the restaurant.

A. has been B. had been C. was D. was being

Question 31: He came when I _____ the film "Man from the star.

A. has watched B. watched C. was watching D. into

Question 32: Peter _____ football when he was younger.

A．Used to playing B. is used to playing C. is used to play D. used to play

Question 33: I _____ this letter around for days without looking at it.

A. Carry B. must carry C. have been carrying D. am carrying

Question 34: Tuan, along with his friends, _____ on a picnic in Pu Mat National Park at the end of this
month.

A. Have to go B. will go C. are going D. is going

Question 35: After he _____ his work, he went straight home.

A. Would finish B. has finished C. had finished D. has been finishing

Question 36
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Question 34: Tuan, along with his friends,

end of this month.

Question 35: After he

Question 36: Everyone in both cars

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A have to go

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his work he went stralght home.

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