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ENGLISH PRACTICE 56 Date: 03/4/2022
I. Find the word which is pronounced differently in the part underlined.
1. a. trouble	b. flu	c. tooth	d. shoe
2. a. warm	b. thought	c. got	d. saw
3. a. break	b. weight	c. plane	d. said
4. a. lived	b. buy	c. wine	d. fine
5. a. sit	 b. feet	c. in 	d. if
6. A- thank	B- than	C- month	D- youth	
7. A- advantage	 	B- adventure	C- advertise	D- addtion
8. A- main	B- complain	C- curtain	D- entertain
9. A- good	B- noon	C- soon	D- food
10. A- sing	B- morning	C- long	D- angry
11.	A. worked	B. naked	C. looked	D. attacked 
12.	A. engineer	B. excited	C. experiment	D. exhibition
13. 	A. teammate	B. speaker	C. bean	D. overhead
14. 	A. furious	B. purpose	C. surf	D. turn
15. 	A. deny	B. deposit	C. benefit	D. respond
II. Choose a, b, c or d to complete the following sentences . 
1. My sisiter will have a ........... Course of English next month.
	a. two month, 	b. two – months	 c. two – month. 	d. second - month
2. To prepare his .............. works , he spent his while days in his library.
	a. science	b. scientific	c. scientist	d. sciences
3. The less we study , the ................. we are a. worse	b. bad	c. well	d. good
4. After the summer holiday, the children all looked................
	a. health	b. healthy	c. healthful	d. healthily.
5. The person................ he works with like him very much. a. who b. whom	c. whose	d. which.
6. Football........................... all over the world. a. plays	b. is playing	c. is played	d. played
7. I know .................... she has gone for holiday. a. when	b. where	c. why	d. which.
8. Come here and sit ..................... me	a. besides 	b. beside	c. between	d. among.
9.Andrew came to the party ..........he hadn't been invited. a. although b. despite	c. incase	d. even
10.It was Sunday ......... shop was open, all the others were closed. a. One	b. a	c. An	d. Some
11. To jog means to........................ A. work hard B. run fast	C. run slowly	 	D. work carefully
12. To quit means to................................A. give up	B. start	C. begin	 	D. sleep
13. To reduce means to....................A. increase	B decrease	C. destroy	 	D. rise
14. To assist means to............................A. hire	B. like	C. hate	 	D. help
15. I am looking forward toyou some day. A. seeing 	B. saw C. see 	D. sees
16. The opposite of failure is...................A. success	B. difficulty	C. pride	 	D. harm
17. The opposite of enemy is...................A. army	B. friend	C. dog	 	D. cat
18. The opposite of agree is................... A. fly	B. dream	C. refuse	 	D. grow
19. What is she doing? A. Nothing	B. Doing	C. Feeding	 	D. Sweeping
20. Ba is sociable but his brother is quite ..A. outgoing	B. shy	C. generous	 	D. kind
21. I wondered ............. the tickets were on sale yet.A. what	B. whether	C. when	D. where
22. Dinner will be ready soon. Can you please .......... the table? A. lay	B. put	C. make	D. take
23. Our neighbors are very ................... on camping holidays.A. interested	B. fond	C. eager D. keen
24. There are someone following us. I think we .........................................in this area.
 A. are following	B. are followed 	C. follow	D. are being followed
25. Walt Disney ....................... the character of Mickey Mouse
 A. was created	B. is created	 C. creates	D. created . 
26. Would you like to go to the cinema? –No, thanks. I’dstay at home.
A. better	B. like	C. rather	D. prefer
27. Did they ask you what examinations you’ve..?A. succeeded	B. passed C. overcome	D. obtained
28. The Caspian Sea, a salt lake, is any other lake in the world.
A. larger than	B. largest	C. the largest	D. the larger than
29. Most people prefer..money to.it.
 A. spend- earn	B. spending- earn	C. to spend – earning	D. spending- earning
30. Our teacher made us.harder.A. working	B. to work C. work	D. works
31. The plane will..in a few minutes. A . take off B. landC. group	D. both A&B
32.The teacher told the student 
	A. what to do that	B. how to do that	C. which to do that D. by how to do that
33. He is used to .in public. A. the speaking B. be speaking C. speak	D. speaking
34. Do you think I should practice..English every day?- Yes, if you want to improve it.
	A. on listening	 B. to listen	C. listened	D. listening
35. I am not old enough . the car. A. driving	B. drive C. drove	D. to drive
36. My friend .............. the answer to the question now. A. is known	B. know	C. is knowing D. knows
37. I think I’ll buy this pair of shoes. They................ me really well. 
A. fit 	B. are fitting	C. have fit	D. are fitted
38. I’ll tell my uncle all the news when I ........ him.A. will see	B. am going to see	C. see	D. shall see
39. I’ve got my key. I found it when I ................. for something else.
 A. looked	B. have looked	C. looking	D. was looking
40. “All these photographs ................... with a very cheap camera,” he said.
 A. have taken	B. take	C. were taken 	D. were taking
III. Fill each gap in the sentences with a suitable preposition .
1. The teacher divided the class ...INTO.... two groups. DIVIDE INTO
2. I apologized ....TO..... Mary for the misunderstanding. 
3. Look ......AT.......... these flowers . Aren’t they pretty?
4. I like the picture hanging .....ON..... the wall .....IN....the kitchen (HANG OUT = GO OUT)
5. Tom’s parents was disappointed ..WITH.. him because he failed the final test.
6. My present job isn’t wonderful, but I prefer it ...TO.... what I did before.
7. The plane flew ABOVE. the clouds to avoid the storm.
8.The people next door are furious WITH us FOR making so much noise last night .
IV. Give the correct form of the word in the bracket.
1 .Almost every country in the world is the a member of this........	(organize) ORGANIZATION
2.The 22nd SEA GAMES were great ................. 	(succeed). SUCCESS
3. How ...................this man is ! 	(danger ) DANGEROUS
4. You are very ................from your brother . 	(differ) DIFFERENT
5. We can see many .................on T.V everyday. 	(advertise )ADVERTISEMENTS
6.Is it possible to .........between a hobby and an interest?	 	(distinct) DISTINGUISH
 7.It was a long, slow film. I nearly died of..................	 	(bore) BOREDOM
8.On a ........day we receive about fifty letters. 	 	(type) TYPICAL
 9.Freedom of...........is one of the fundamental rights.	(speak) SPEECH
10.The duty of the police is the .....of law and order. 	(maintain) MAINTAINANCE
11. All between Paris and Hanoi have been cancelled due to fog FLY (FLIGHTS)
12. There is plenty offor young people in this city.	ENTERTAIN ENTERTAINMENT
13. It’s  to complain; you won’t get your money back.USE USELESS
14. During his.. the family used to live in the country side.CHILD CHILDHOOD
15. He is such (a/an ).person that no one likes him.HELP HELPFUL
V: Find out the mistake in four parts underlined of each sentence .
1. There's a new Oriental restaurant in town, isn't it? ISN'T THERE 
2. Nam seldom pays his bills on time, and his brother does too. DOESN'T EITHER 
3. Mai didn’t go to the zoo with her friends last Sunday because her sickness BECAUSE OF
4. The water and land around the chemical factory are serious polluted. SERIOUSLY
5. Our neighbor will look for the garden when we go on holiday. LOOK AFTER 
6. Peter, I’d would like you to meet some very special people I'D
7. It is greatly to be with you on such a lovely day GREAT
8. Would you mind to go to the local bookshop to get me some papers? GOING
9. I think I prefer country life more than city life TO
10. Thanks for invite me to the water - fetching contest of your school FOR INVITATION/ INVITING
VII. Fill in the blanks with suitable word 
celebration, custom, gather, gifts, midnight, particularly, symbolize, ring, bring, display
In Scotland, the biggest CELEBRATION.(56) of the year is “Hogmanay”. “Hogmanay” is the Scottish word for New Year’s Eve. On 31st December in Edinburgh, there is an enormous firework DISPLAY(57) at the castle and they play live music in the park. Thousands of people GATHER.(58) in the streets , coffees and bars. Then at 12 o’clock, church bells RING.(59) all over the city. After midnight people go “first footing” . This is a Scottish CUSTOM..(60) that dates back hundreds of years. “First footing” is visiting your neighbours after MIDNIGHT..(61) on New Year’s Eve. The visitors must step into the house with their right foot step first, to BRING..(62) good luck. Traditionally, the visitors bring three GIFTS.(63) : a piece of coal, a piece of “short bread” ( a Scottish biscuit) and a little whisky. The gifts SYMBOLIZE .(64) warmth, food and happiness. If the first person who visits your home after midnight is a man with dark hair, that is PARTICULARLY.(65) lucky.
II. Read the passage and choose the best answer in the blanket.
	For many people, traveling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, however, find the whole idea quite terrifying, (66). flying is no more dangerous (67) any other form of travel and some experts say it is considerably safer. It is known, however, that most accident occurs (68).. taking off and landing when (69) decisions are vitally important.
	The people (70) job it is to look (71).. the passengers, the stewards and stewardesses play an important part in helping passengers to (72).. safe and comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being (73) such care of is all part of the total experience. (74) other form of travel involves waiting for people in quite the same (75). with food, drink, newspapers, magazines, music, and even video films.
66.	A. although	B. too	C. and	D. because
67.	A. than	B. as	C. then	D. with
68.	A. while	B. during	C. for	D. through
69.	A. leader’s	B. chief’s	C. driver’s	D. pilot’s
70.	A. whose	B. which	C. their	D. that
71.	A. for	B. up	C. after	D. round
72.	A. feel	B. rest	C. experience	D. lie
73.	A. given	B. kept	C. shown	D. taken
74.	A. Any	B. No	C. All	D. Not
75.	A. sort	B. kind	C. way	D. part 
VI. Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentences.
Look! / sun / set / mountains LOOK! THE SUN IS SETTING FROM THE MOUNTAINS
I/ wait/ half an hour/ but she/ not come. I HAVE WAITED FOR HALF AN HOUR BUT SHE HASN'T COME
If I/ be/ him / I / choose/ English / learn IF I WERE HIM, I WOULD CHOOSE ENGLISH TO LEARN
In/ end/ I decide/ not buy / dictionary / because/ too expensive 
IN THE END I DECIDED NOT TO BUY A DICTIONARY BECAUSE IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE
This video film / so interesting / I / see /twice. THIS VIDEO FILM IS SO INTERESTING THAT I SEE IT TWICE.
VII. Give the correct tense of the verb in the parentheses .
1. We couldn’t risk ( leave)............... him alone. LEAVING
2. I’m sitting in class right now. I (sit) .............. in class at this time yesterday. WAS SITTING
3. I’m sure you will have forgotten me by the time I (be) ......... back in five years. AM
4. Up to now, our teacher ( give ) .............. our class five tests. HAS GIVEN
5. Trung is used to ( get ) ................ up early every morning. GETTING
6. If you ( smoke ) ..SMOKED less, you would have much more money . But I don’t 
 think you will.
7. What shouldn’t the children (drink) .BE DRUNK. ?
8. Tom’d rather ( be) .BE... early than late.
9. I knew him when I ( be ) .WAS.. a child.
10. I can’t go with you as I ( not finish ) .HAVEN'T FINISHED.. my work. 
Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1. He (work) hard all the week, but today he (have) a good time at home.=>HAS WORKED/ IS HAVING
2. There (be) a lot of changes since computers (invent)HAVE BEEN/WERE INVITED
3. The house where the dead man (find) is being guarded by the police to prevent it from (enter).WAS FOUND/BEING ENTERED
4. This is only one of his poems that (be) worth reading. IS 
5. When I came to school, everybody (be) there. WAS
6. When she (know) me for years, she invited me to tea. HAD KNOWN
7. I (tell) a lie if I said that I (like) you. WOULD TELL/ LIKE
8. I hope it (not rain) when the bride (leave) the church tomorrow. WILL NOT RAIN/ WILL NOT BE RAINING LEAVES
9. You are (take) over my business while I go away. TO TAKE
10. Nobody would listen to the stories (to tell) by him so many times. TOLD
Question 2: Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with the most suitable preposition.
1. The old man was standing there ON...... the street corner waiting FOR...... someone.
2. His story was OF no interest TO.... us.
3. You must not fail to thank him FOR... all he has done FOR.... us.
4. Today’s examinations have tired me OUT. . So, I think I’ll turn IN... early tonight.
5. I don’t get ON very wellWITH.. him.
Question 3: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each space.
In Britain there is a HOLIDAY..1.. now which people call Mother’s Day. In the old days, many girls from working-class FAMILIES.2. in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in the country worked in rich houses. They had to do all the HOUSEWORK.3.. and their working day was usually very long, they often worked on SUNDAYS..4.., too. Once a year, it was usually ONE5.. Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers. They went home on that day and BOUGHT6. presents for their mothers and for other members of their families. They could stay at home only one day, and THEN7 they went back to their work. People call that day Mothering Day or Mothering SUNDAY8 . Later, workers at the factories and girls who worked in the houses of rich families received one FREE..9 day a month, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day. It IS.10.. the last Sunday in March.
VIII , Fill in each blank with the most suitable word to complete the text.
The Browns live in the countryside. Last week when they came up to London, they SPENT1 their times in seeing as much as POSSIBLE . Mrs Brown was most interested in stores, especially in Oxford Street, and bought some of THE things which she could not find in the shops in the countryside. Their two children, George and Susan, WHO had never been to London before, were surprised AT/ BY the crowds everywhere. They enjoyed travelling on the underground and going down the moving stairs WHICH lead to the platforms.
 One day they went to Hyde Park and walked along on the grass to Kensington Garden IN the bright autunm sunshine. It was very quiet here. Only THE noise from the streets reminded them that they were still in a city. The LEAVES of the tall trees were turning red, brown and yellow, birds were FLYING about, sheep WERE eating the grass, there were LOTS of flowers, and ducks were swimming about on the Round Pond. George, WHOSE hobby was planes and boats, was very much interested in the model boats which boys were sailing ON the Pond.
	Before the end of the week they had seen a great DEAL . They hoped, however, to see more of London on their next visit.
Question 4: Read the text below then choose the right sentence a, b, c or d.
My house
My name is Mary and two years ago I bought a nice house to live in on my holidays. I work in the museum in London but I love to spend my holidays in the country, in the open air, near the sea.
I’m happy to have a house near the sea. It is rather far from London and I usually drive there for three hours. It’s an old house, about 100 years old, and it’s very small but very clean and comfortable. There are two bedrooms upstairs but no bathroom. The bathroom is downstairs next to the kitchen and there is a living-room where there is a lovely old fire place. In the living-room there are eight very old pictures - portraits of the people who lived in the house many years ago. Some of my friends are afraid of them. They think that these dead people visit the house at night. But I don’t think so. I’m never afraid in my house, but always happy.
There is a garden in front of the house. the garden goes down to the sea and in spring and summer there are flowers everywhere. Behind my house there are old apple trees and every autumn I have got a lot of nice red apples. I often give them to my friends as birthday presents. They are really great!
I live alone with my dog, Rex, but we have a lot of visitors. My city friends come to see me very often and we have a lot of fun together. They are always welcome! Every year we celebrate Halloween and Christmas there.
I love my house for many reasons: the garden, the flowers, the fire in the winter, but the best thing is the sea-view from my bedroom window. I enjoy the sea. 
When my holidays are over I must go back to London, so I leave my house for London. I’m never happy to the back in London. I think that someday I will leave my work and live in my country house for all my life.
a) Mary likes to go the country in summer when she is on holidays.
b) Mary bought a new house near the sea , it is only two years old.
c) Mary is a teacher and she works in a London primary school.
d) Mary hasn’t got a car and goes to her house near the sea by plane.
a) Mary bought a house near the sea and every week- end walks there for three hours.
b) Mary can’t drive a car. c) There is no bathroom upstairs in Mary’s house.
d) There are ten bedrooms in Mary’s house, they are down- stairs.
a) There is a fireplace in Mary’s house, it is in the kitchen and Mary cooks food on fire.
b) Some Mary’s friends are afraid of the old pictures in the living- room.
c) Everyone who visits Mary’s house like the old pictures in the the living-room.
d) Mary doesn’t know what the people who lived in her house many years ago looked like.
a) Mary always happy her new country house.
b) There are no flowers in Mary’s garden because her house is near the sea.
c) Mary always give red apples to her friends because she doesn’t like red apples.
d) Mary’s house is rather old -100 hundred years. but the apple trees are young- Mary plented them a year ago.
a) Mary has got a big family.
b) Mary is happy to see her fiends in the country house only Chrismas and Haloween.
c) There is a window in Mary’s bedroom. d) Mary has got a pet, it’s Rex , a nice and clever cat.
a) Mary hasn’t got any flowers in her garden, she has got only apple - trees.
b) Mary never gose to her new house in winter.
c) Mary is always happy when she leaves her new house for London.
d) Mary would like to live in her house for all her life.
 IX. Rewrite the following sentences with suggested words.
1. It’s such a pity your sister can’t come as well. - If only.your sister could come as well
2. The house seemed to have been occupied for several months.- It looked..AS IF/THOUGH THE HOUSE HAD BEEN OCCUPIED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS
* AS IF/ THOUGH + S + HAD +V-ed/c3
* IF ONLY + S+V-ed/c2 +O (Y TL)
* IF ONLY+ S + HAD + V-ed/C3 (Trai QK)
3. He was so tired that he fell asleep before the end of the film. - He was too.TIRED TO STAY AWEKE UNTIL THE END OF THE FILM
4. Everyone heard about the accident before I did. - I was the.LAST PERSON TO KNOW ABOUT THE ACCIDENT
5. Keeping the environment clean is very important.-	It’s VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT CLEAN
6. He didn’t attend the seminar simply because he was not informed. - If.HE HAD BEENINFORMED, HE WOULD HAVE ATTENDED THE SEMINAR.
7. Although I’m short of money, I’ll lend you some.- In spite of BEING SHORT OF MONEY, i'LL LEND YOU SOME.
8. “Don’t swim out too far, boys” I said.-	I warned BOYS NOT TO SWIM OUT TOO FAR.
9. She forgot to add salt, so the food was tasteless.-	If she hadn’t forgotten TO ADD SALT, THE FOOD WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TASTELESS.
10. What a shame you didn’t tell me earlier.-	If only.YOU HAD TOLD ME EARLIER...
Question 6: Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so the meaning stays the same.
1. He never has enough money. - He always SHORTS OF MONEY 
2. All the other witnesses were called before Mr Nam. - Mr Nam was THE LAST WITNESS TO BE CALLED
3. You can leave only when I tell you. - Until I TELL YOU, YOU MUST STAY OR MAY NOT LEAVE
4. Minh went home before I arrived. - When I ARRIVED, MINH HAD GONE HOME
5. I wish I could work in the evenings as I used to.- I miss WORKING IN THE EVENINGS
6. Please see that you post all the letters. - Please don’t FORGET TO POST ALL THE LETTERS.
7. He has decided to take driving lessons. - He has decided to learn HOW TO DRIVE 
8. I’m not going to pay, although I know that I should. - While I KNOW THAT I SHOULD PAY, I AM NOT GOING TO 
9. Ann felt ill, but insisted on going to work. - Despite FEELING ILL/ ANN INSISTED ON GOING TO WORK
10. John has done well in English, but not so well in Maths. -While JOHN HAS DONE WELL IN ENGLISH, HE HASN'T DONE SO WELL IN MATHS
VIII. Use the words given to make meaningful sentences.
76. Early this morning/ children/ decide/ go/ a run.- EARLY THIS MORNING CHILDREN DECIDED TO GO A RUN
77. Life/ country / definitely / changing / the better.- LIFE IN THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN DEFINITLY CHANGING THE BETTER.
78. The date / meeting/ will/ have to/ change/ tomorrow- THE DATE OF THE MEETING WILL HAVE TO BE CHANGED TOMORROW.
79. Tom / have / shower / telephone / rang. - TOM WAS HAVING A SHOWER WHEN THE TELEPHONE RANG.
80. Last year / we /spend / week / My Son / and / I not want / leave.
LAST YEAR WE SPENT A WEEK IN MY SON AND I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE.
81. Watching / television / consider / most / popular / kind / entertainment / nowadays.
WATCHING TV CONSIDERS THE MOST POPULAR KIND OF ENTERTAIMENT NOWADAYS.
82. After/many/experiments/finally / first / successful /flight/ make / by / Wright brothers.
AFTER MANY EXPERIMENTS, FINALLY THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT WAS MADE BY WRIGHT BROTHERS.
83. My grandfather / used / tell / stories / until / we / fall / asleep.
MY GRANDFATHER USED TO TELL STORIES UNTIL WE FELL ASLEEP.
84. I / used / collect / shells / when / be / kid.I USED TO COLLECTED SHELLS WHEN I WAS A KID.
85. My uncle / move / Ho Chi Minh City/ 1987/ and / live / there / then.
- MY UNCLE MOVED TO HCM CITY IN 1987 AND HE HAS LIVED THERE THEN.
IX. Rewrite the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first
86. Tom works hard as a student àTom IS A HARD STUDENT
87. It is good exercise to run a mile a day à Running A MILE A DAY IS GOOD EXERCISE..
88. It’s a great pleasure to be with you. à Being WITH YOU IS A GREAT PLEASURE.
89. We didn’t see her at all. à She WASN'T SEEN AT ALL..
90. Tom is not as tall as Peter à Peter IS TALLER THAN TOM..
91. Her father asked her if she would go to the cinema with her friend
à Her father asked her: “ WILL ”YOU GO TO THE CINEMA WITH YOUR FRIEND?"
92. The step- mother doesn’t treat the little girl in a normal way. à The little girl ISN'T TREATED IN NORMAL WAY BY THE STEPMOTHER.
93. Do you mind my smoking? à Do you mind IF I SMOKE?.
94. No one works harder than Barbara. à Barbara WORKS THE HARDEST.
95. He told his customer : “ Please bring it back if it doesn’t fit well”à He told HIS CUSTOMER TO BRING IT IF IT DIDN'T FIT WELL
96. The last time we saw him was in 1988.àWe haven’t SEEN HIM SINCE 1988
97. Peter spent 3 hours on repairing his computer.à It took PETER 3 HOURS TO REPAIR HIS COMPUTER.
98. You will not be accepted if you don’t finish your home work.à Unless YOU FINISH YOUR HOMEWORK, You will not be accepted.
99. “Don’t swim out too far, boys ’’ I saidà I warned BOYS NOT TO SWIM TOO FAR.
100. They arrived late because the traffic was terrible.à Because of THE TERRIBLE TRAFFIC, THEY ARRIVED LATE.