Bài ôn tập môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 - Unit 11

EXERCISES OF UNIT 15
Exercise 1. Join each pair of sentence, using a relative pronoun. Use commas if necessary.
1. He gave me the information. I wrote it down at once.-> .
2. Andrea went to see the dentist. He took out two of her teeth. ->.
3. Fritz lives in the house round the corner. It has a red front door. -> 
4. Show me the shoes. You bought them yesterday.->.
5. Have you seen the film? It’s on at the Odeon. ->..
6. My boyfriend refused to go to the concert with me. He hates country music.->
7. Edward has just moved to France. His mother died last year.->.
8. We didn’t want to swim in the sea. It looked very dirty.->.
9. Lydia is reading that book on Spanish history. You lent it to her last week.
Exercise 2. Combine the following sentences, using ALTHOUGH
1. She smiled. She was angry. ->.
2. He has a very important job. He isn’t particularly well-paid.->..
3. She wasn’t wearing a raincoat. It was raining heavily.->
4. I didn’t recognize her. I’d met her twice before.->..
5. We’re close friends. We’ve known each other for a short time.->..
6. The heating was on. The room wasn’t warm.->...
Exercise 3. Choose the best answer.
1. In a desert, there are places _________________ some water is available and a few plants grow.
 a. that	b. which	c. where	d. when
2. We decided to keep walking _________________ the rain.
 a. in case	b. in spite of	c. because of	d. due to
3. _________________ I heard my mobile phone ringing, I didn’t answer it.
 a. Even though	b. Despite	c. In spite of	d. Only if
4. Tokyo, _________________ was badly damaged in World War II, has recovered quickly.
 a. that	b. who	c. what	d. which
5. I appreciate these engineers _________________ is very important.
 a. whose contribution	b. that contributes	c. who contribute	 d. whom contribution
6. They don’t want to live in a big city, _________________ they know its advantages.
 a. but	b. and	c. although	d. as if	
7. Even though it is noisy, we enjoy living in the city.
 a. Despite it is noisy	b. As it is noisy	c. In spite of noise	d. As noisy
8. _________________ declared the martial law.
 a. Abraham Lincoln, who was President at the time,	 b. Abraham Lincoln, that was President at the time,
 c. Abraham Lincoln, whom was President at the time, d. Abraham Lincoln whom was President at the time,
9. England is one of the few countries _________________ people drive on the left.
 a. which	b. where	c. that	d. whom
10. The little boy _________________ parents were killed in the accident was sent to an orphanage.
 a. who	b. whom	c. that	d. whose
11. _________________ cutting my finger very deeply, I didn’t need any stitches.
 a. Although	b. In spite of the fact that	c. Despite	d. Even though
12. It’s the best book _________________ I’ve ever read.
 a. which	b. who	c. that	d. what
13. I told the policeman _________________ had happened.
 a. which	b. who	c. what	d. that 
14. That’s the businessman _________________ company is so successful.
 a. whose	b. of which	c. who’s 	d. of whom
15. Is that the town _________________ you were born?
 a. which	b. that	c. whose	d. where
16. My village is located _________________ the western part of the city
 a. at	b. in	c. of	d. on
17. Although your ideas are different _________________ mine, I appreciate them.
 a. with	b. from	c. on	d. among
18. It is one of _________________ largest harbors in the world.
 a. a	b. an	c. the	d. no article
19. New York City was founded by the Dutch in 1624.
 a. demolished	b. destroyed	c. established	d. pointed
20. Power plants are increasingly located outside metropolitan areas.
 a. belonging to a big or capital city	b. in an industrial city
 c. of a busy suburb	d. relating to a remote suburb
21. San Francisco is a _________________ and communications center and a center for trade in Asia.
 a. finance	b. finances	c. financial	d. financer
22. I cannot see the _________________ of visiting the museums in the city all day. 
 a. attract	b. attractive	c. attractively	d. attraction
23. A: _________________
 B: It is situated in Ba Dinh District in Hanoi.
a. Where is President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum situated? b. When is President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum situated?
 c. Where President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is situated? d. Where does President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum situate?
24. My brother Nam is a doctor. He lives in Hai Phong.
 a. My brother Nam is a doctor, who lives in Hai Phong. b. My brother Nam who is a doctor lives in Hai Phong.
 c. My brother Nam, who lives in Hai Phong, is a doctor. d. My brother Nam lives in Hai Phong, who is a doctor.
Exercise 4. Rewrite the following sentences beginning as shown. 
1. In spite of the rain, we enjoyed our holiday.
 Although 	
2. Although he smokes a lot, he’s quite fit.
 Despite 	
3. I didn’t get the job although I had all the necessary qualifications.
 In spite 	
4. Although the traffic was bad, we got home on time.
 Despite 	
5. Despite the fact that he was lazy, he passed al the exams.
 Although 	
6. Though he has a responsible job, he isn’t particularly well-paid.
 In spite 	
7. In spite of her injured foot, she managed to walk to the village.
 Although 	
8. Although he’s got an English name, he’s in fact French.
 Despite 	
9. I decided to accept the job although the salary was low.
 In 	
10. In spite of not having eaten for 24 hours, I am not hungry.
 Although 	
Exercise 5. Give the correct form of the verbs.
1. It (rain) _________________ yesterday after it (be) _________________ dry for many months.
2. I (try) _________________ to learn English for years, but I (not succeed) _________________ yet.
3. While I (go) _________________ to school yesterday, I (meet) _________________ him.
4. The boys (break) _________________ a window when they (play) _________________ football.
Exercise 6: Rewrite the following sentences so that their meaning stays the same. Use the words given in brackets.
5. The weather was good but we stayed indoors. ->..
6. Cars cause pollution but people still want them.->
7. Dan never talks to Mary but she still loves him. ->
Exercise 7. Combine the following sentences by changing the second sentence into a relative clause. Use commas for non-defining relative clauses.
8. The secretary can give you the information. She sits at the first desk on the right.
->..
9. The Southam Chess Club meets weekly on Friday evenings. It has more than 50 members.
-> 
10. A doctor has had to retire through ill health. We know him.
->.
Exercise 8: Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. a. thought	b. than	c. theatre	d. third
2. a. although	b. southern	c. northwest	d. clothes
Exercise 9: Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.
3. a. character	b. metropolitan	c. population	d. popularity
4. a. historic	b. neighborhood	c. cathedral	d. material
Exercise 10: ERROR IDENTIFICATION
14. Ho Chi Minh City, that used to be called Sai Gon, is the biggest city in southern Vietnam
 A B C D
15. Although the fact that the story was silly, they all enjoyed it
 A B C D