Hướng dẫn sử dụng Ngữ pháp Tiếng Anh Lớp 9

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Exercises 
1. Complete the sentences using adjectives or adverbs: 
1. I asked my best friend why she was ...................... (sad), but she didn't tell me. 
2. His son plays tennis .......................... (good), so he is chosen to the national tennis 
team. 
3. He could swim across the river .......................... (easy) when he was fourteen. 
4. What a .......................... (beautiful) house! 
5. My Linh speaks French and Rusian .......................... (perfect). 
6. Take an umbrella, son! It's raining ....................... (heavy). 
7. He is telling a ....................... (fun) story to his son. 
8. She wants to be a model but she is too ....................... (short). 
9. He has been working too ....................... (hard) today, so he is very tired now. 
10. I don't like her pictures. She paints ....................... (terrible). 
2. Put suitable prepositons to complete the sentences: 
1. He lives and works ...................... Nha Trang with his uncle and aunt. 
2. I'm going to stay ...................... home to sleep this weekend. 
3. Why don't we go ...................... the movies tonight? 
4. He was born ...................... 20
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 July, 1992. 
5. He’s been working in this office .. three weeks. 
6. ...................... our stay in Paris, we visited some museums. 
7. I think I need to study Germany ...................... a few months before I go there. 
8. Let’s meet .. front  the cinema .. 7 p.m. 
9. We arrived ...................... Tokyo at 3.30 in the morning. 
10. I didn't see you ...................... the party on Saturday. 
11. Lena works ...................... the hospital. 
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12. I visited Hue Citadel ...................... 2013. 
13. We stayed ...................... Huong Sen Hotel when I was Hanoi last month. 
14. He's doing his homework ...................... the moment. 
15. We met ...................... Christmas day. 
16. They celebrated ...................... 15th September. 
17. What are you going to buy ...................... her birthday? 
18. We get up early ...................... the morning. 
19. She has English and Physics ...................... Thursday. 
20. What do you like doing ...................... weekends? 
21. The teacher asked the class to do the exercise ...................... page 21. 
22. I was always very good ...................... Geography when I was at school. 
3. Put while/ during/ for/ since to complete the following sentences:. 
1. Mrs. Khanh has been in New York  1st September. 
2. I fell and hurt myself  I was playing football yesterday. 
3. It was raining heavily  the match. 
4. She has read the book  two hours. 
5.  the summer I stayed on my uncle’s farm in Sapa. 
6. I have worked in this book company  ten years. 
7. I haven’t met him  we left Washington. 
8. We went on holiday to Florida  three weeks. 
9.  my father is watching TV, my mother is cooking. 
10. I haven’t been to the dentist  six months. 
4. Add "a", "an" or "the" if necessary: 
1. My brother has two dogs and ........... cat. 
2. Who is ................. fastest runner of ............ race? 
3. It is ....... pity that ................ friends have not come. 
4. Would you like .......... cup of .............. tea and ......... cake? 
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5. I and my best friend had dinner together at ............... good restaurant yesterday. 
6. ........... Thames is famous rivers in England. 
7. She often tells ........... her small child ........... stories before bedtime. 
8. I dislike towns but I like ............. countryside. 
9. ............. Alps are ............ highest mountain in ................ Europe. 
10. Where is ......... hat that I bought yesterday? 
11. I had ............. lunch with ............. old friend on ............... Saturday. 
12. It hasn't stopped raining all ........... day. 
13. .............. cat caught .......... mouse yesterday but .............. lucky mouse escaped. 
14. He came to see me .............. last week. 
5. Put the verbs in brackets in the present tenses. 
1. Listen! I ..................... (hear) some birds ...................... (sing) on those trees. 
2. Up to now, we ...................... (learn) almost every basic tense in this English book. 
3. ............................. (You/ ever/ see) a giraffe? – Yes. It’s very nice. 
4. My sister ...................... (look) up new words with my new dictionary now. 
5. Thuy and her sister ...................... (like) to go to the museum. 
6. Mrs. Hoa ................ (teach) at this school for 7 years. She ................ (be) a nice teacher. 
7. You look very tired. ........................... (You/ study) very hard all day? 
8. The guests ...................... (watch) the TV shows now. 
9. What time .................................... (Linda/ usually/go) to work every morning? 
10.Mr Brown ......................... (travel) by ships several times to Singapore so far this year. 
11. Look! Peter ...................... (play) football in the schoolyard. 
12. He ...................... (want) to become a teacher. 
13. His dog ...................... (just/ run) out of the garden. 
14. We usually .................... (eat) dinner before 6:30 p.m, but today we .................. (eat) 
at 8:00 p.m. 
15. ........................... (you/ do/ yet) your Math exercises? – No, I ..................... (not have). 
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6. Combine each pair of sentences, using present participle (V-ing) or past 
participle (V-ed). 
1. The girl is Linda. She is reading the book near the bookshelf. 
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2. The picture of me is on the wall. It’s drawn by my mother. 
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3. The birthday cake is made for you. It is on the table. 
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4. The road is very narrow. It joins the two villages. 
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5. Do you know the boy? The boy is talking to your sister. 
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6. The window has been repaired. It was broken last night. 
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7. A bridge has been collapsed. It was built ten years ago. 
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8. The flowers in this garden are beautiful. They are grown by my grandmother. 
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7. Put the verbs in brackets in the past tenses. 
1. Yesterday while my mother ...................... (watch) a film on TV, my father ................... 
(read) the newspaper in the living room, my sister ...................... (do) her homework and 
I ...................... (play) games with my friend. 
2. My friend and I .................... (go) to the seaside last weekend. It ..................... (be) fun. 
3. My friend ................. (have) breakfast when I .............. (stop) at his house this morning. 
4. When we came to the stadium, the football match ...................... (already/ start). 
5. At this time last month we ...................... (learn) English at 24h English Center. 
6. Trung ...................... (meet) his grandparents in London two week ago. 
7. John ...................... (do not) come to my birthday party last Sunday. 
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8. By the time the fireman arrived, the house ...................... (be) burned down. 
9. The Smiths ...................... (be) in New York for 3 months. 
10.They ...................... (visit) Hanoi museum at ten o’clock yesterday. 
 11.Last night we ...................... (watch) TV when the power ...................... (cut off). 
12. They ...................... (build) that hospital twenty years ago. 
13. He ...................... (eat) three hamburgers while you ...................... (talk) to him. 
14. The little girl ...................... (clean) the house when her mother ...................... (come) 
home yesterday.. 
15. She ...................... (lose) her mobile phone on the bus No.1 yesterday morning. 
8. Make sentences from the available words. Use present perfect or past 
simple. 
1. it/ not/ snow/ this week. 
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2. Mr. Prett/ be/ free/ recently. 
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3. she/ visit/ my family/ last week. 
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4. I/ not/ watch/ that TV show/ yesterday. 
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5. Ann/ spend/ a lot of money/ this month. 
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6. she/ not/ do/ anything/ last year. 
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7. you/ ever/ be/ to/ Hanoi? 
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8. I/ already/ read/ this novel/ three/ time. 
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9. Put the verbs in brackets in the future or present tenses. 
1. We ...................... (wait) for you when you (get) back tomorrow. 
2. He ...................... (work) on the report at this time tomorrow. 
3. Don't leave until you ...................... (see) her. 
4. The brown ...................... (do) their housework when you ...................... (come) next 
Sunday. 
5. The film ...................... (end) by the time we ...................... (get) there. 
6. I ...................... (hope) it ...................... (stop) raining by 5 o'clock this afternoon. 
7. I ...................... (send) you some postcards as soon as I ...................... (arrive) in 
London. 
8. I ...................... (come) and ...................... (see) you before I leave for England. 
9. She ...................... (not come) until you ...................... (be) ready. 
10. It ...................... (snow) in the mountains tomorrow evening. 
11. They ...................... (fly) to Seattle next summer holiday. 
12. I ...................... (invite) 20 people to the birthday party, and I hope 
everyone .................... (come). 
13. That exercise looks difficult. I ...................... (help) you. 
14. ......................... (he/ go) to the football match? 
15. Are you sure they ...................... (win) the match? 
10. Change these sentences into passive sentences: 
1. He gave me a bunch of rose on my last birthday. 
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2. He has eaten many delicious dishes around the world. 
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3. Somebody has robbed the bank near our house. 
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4. My aunt asked me to be the airport at 10 a.m. 
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5. The players may elect Phong their leader. 
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6. Did someone decorate my bedroom? 
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7. Where did he put my keys? 
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8. His son doesn’t play video games on the weekend. 
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11. Put the verbs into the correct form: active or passive. 
1. We  (teach) English grammar by Ms. Linda at this time. 
2. Everyone  (blame) him, so he was depressed. 
3. The town  (destroy) by a tidal wave last year. 
4. The building  (just/ damage) by the fire. 
5. Who  (teach) you to ride a bike? 
6. The manager  (give) a ticket to Ho Chi Minh City tomorrow. 
7. The trees  (blow) down by the wind last night. 
8. The thieves  (arrest) by the police yesterday. 
9. Alice  (post) only a letter to me last year. 
10. The injured  (take) to the hospital by the firemen. 
11. The president  (welcome) by the people everywhere. 
12. This house  (build) by my grandfather in 1991. 
12. Change these sentences into reported sentences: 
1. "We are waiting for our teacher", said the children. 
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2. "I think the singer will come soon", john tells me. 
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3. "I haven’t met my parents for two weeks", he says. 
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4. "They left this town three months ago", he said. 
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5. He told her: "Give up smoking!" 
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6. He asked her: "Are you going to the cinema with me this weekend?" 
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7. They asked me: "What´s the time now?" 
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8. They adviced: "Don´t drink and drive!" 
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9. She asked me: "Did you see the president last night?" 
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10. Nike told us: "I am going to watch a football match tomorrow." 
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11. My grandfather said: "When I was a boy, I was a very good swimmer." 
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12. She asked them: "How long have you been living in Paris?" 
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13. Mary said: "I cannot go shopping with you, Linda". 
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14. "Mr. and Mrs. Johny have just read these newspapers", Ngan said. 
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15. "I was writing a letter at this time yesterday.", Hung told me. 
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13. Put the correct form of the verbs to complete the conditional sentences: 
1. If we go to London, we  (see) Big Ben Tower. 
2. Ngoc Anh will help you if she  (have) free time. 
3. If Mr. Trung  (visit) me, I would have taken him to my farm. 
4. If you  (get) up early, you would catch the bus to school. 
5. He would go to Paris if he  (win) the lottery. 
6. If he had offered me the job, I  (take) it. 
7. If it  (stop) raining, we will go fishing. 
8. I would have passed the exam if I  (learn) harder. 
14. Rewrite these sentences into conditional sentences: 
1. I can’t send this postcard to Linh because I don’t have her address. 
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2. Mr. John caused accidents because he drove carelessly. 
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3. Tom didn’t hurry, so he missed the train. 
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4. We don’t go on holiday this summer because we don’t have enough money. 
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5. Susan may be sick because she eats four cream cakes. 
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6. They got lost in the forest because they didn’t have a map. 
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7. Peter is fat because he eats so much fast food. 
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8. He won’t get a good job because he is so lazy. 
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15. Complete the sentences with comparative or superlative form of the 
adjectives/ adverbs in brackets: 
1. Mr. John is living in a .......................... (beautiful) hotel. 
2. She is the .......................... (good) volleyball player of her team. 
3. Dad's car is much .......................... (fast) than mine. 
4. Susan is a .......................... (nice) girl. 
5. This suitcase is .......................... (heavy) than the others. 
6. Her new shoes are .......................... (expensive) than her old shoes. 
7. He thinks this test is ...................... (difficult) than the last one. 
8. Bob is ...................... (tall) than Jim, but Tim is the ...................... (tall) of the three. 
9. This balloon is ...................... (big) and ...................... (big) 
10. I think windsurfing is ...................... (fascinating) than climbing. 
11. Ann eats ...................... (many) cakes than Halen, but Frank eats the ...................... 
(many). 
12. English is difficult, but Japanese is ...................... (difficult). 
13. They live in a ...................... (big) house, but Fred lives in a ...................... (big) one. 
14. My sister is three years ...................... (young) than me. 
15. It was the ...................... (bad) film I have ever seen. 
16. Put the verbs into the gerund or the infinitive with “to” or without “to”: 
1. He enjoys  (lie) on the beach in the morning. 
2. I would like  (travel) to Tokyo with you. 
3. The waiter helped me  (carry) my suitcases. 
4. Do you mind  (take) me a pizza to my room? 
5. She asked  (go) shopping with her. 
6. We tried  (open) the window  (get) some fresh air, but it was 
so hot outside. 
7. You should stop  (smoke), it's not good for your health. 
8. Please remember  (bring) your laptop to the conference. 
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9. He is really afraid of  (swim) in the sea. 
10. She is good at  (make) cute handmade things. 
17. Make questions for underlined words: 
1. He sent his wife a necklace on the 20
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2. They have built an amazing garage in their house. 
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3. I often drink two cups of coffee a day, which keeps me awake. 
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4. That lake is three metres deep. 
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5. My brother are going to Kontum to work next month. 
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6. Laura is tall, slim and beautiful. 
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7. No. He doesn’t live with her sister in Hanoi. 
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8. No, I don’t mind. I will open the window. 
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9. It is rainy and cold today. 
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10. My sister is wearing a new hat and coat. 
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18. Make the correct sentences from the word given. 
1. Would/ you/ mind/ make/ cup/ coffee? 
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2. Tom/ Jane/ go/ Paris/ last summer. 
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3. It/ be/ dark/ here. Could/ you/ switch/ lights/ please? 
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4. house/ be/ dirty/ we/ not/ clean/ it/ ages. 
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5. When/ I/ enter/ room/ everyone/ dance. 
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6. May/ I/ come/ home/ later? 
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7. When/ I/ arrive/ there/ I/ phone/ you. 
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8. He/ not be/ old enough/ drive/ this car. 
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19. Rewrite the sentences so that the meaning doesn’t change: 
1. To meet my idol again is a pleasure. 
 It ....................................................................................................... . 
2. Riding a bike around the city in autumn is interesting. 
 I find it ............................................................................................. . 
3. The guests left and then we tidied the room. 
 After .................................................................................................. . 
4. While Lan was having a dinner, Peter came to visit her. 
 Lan .................................................................................................... . 
5. John went to bed after he had finished the report. 
 John had ............................................................................................ . 
6. I was made to go to bed early yesterday 
 My mother made .............................................................................. . 
7. I didn’t have an umbrella with me and so I got wet. 
 If ........................................................................................................ . 
8. Before going out, we had turned off all the lights. 
 Before we ........................................................................................... . 
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20. Choose the best answer: 
 1. Do you think her parents will let her...................for a picnic with us? 
 A. go B. to go C. going D. gone 
 2. By the time I got into the town, the shop ........................ . 
 A. had closed B. was closing C. closes D. closed 
3. Many young people are fond of ......................... football and other kinds of sports. 
 A. play B. to play C. playing D. played 
4. An understanding of other people's feelings is ........................ . 
 A. loyalty B. suspicion C. sympathy D. enthusiasm 
5. Do you agree or .................... with her? 
 A. disagree B. agreement C. misagree D. ungree 
6. He ................. on the phone when we arrived. 
 A. was phoning B. had phoned C. phoned D. is phoning 
7. They allowed him...............at his home 
 A. stay B. stayed C. to stay D. staying 
8. I heard him ....................... the house early this morning. 
 A. left B. leave C. to leave D. leaving 
9. I didn't watch the film because I ......................... it before. 
 A. had seen B. saw C. see D. has seen 
10. My father wanted me ......................... a pilot. 
 A. become B. to become C. becoming D. became 
11. Please wait a minute. My boss is busy ......................... something. 
 A. write B. writing C. to write D. to writing 
12. The train ......................... when we got to the station. 
 A. just left B. just leaves C. has just left D. had just left 
13. The baby ......................... . Don’t make so much noise. 
 A. sleep B. sleeps C. is sleeping D. Slept 
14. I will tell Anna all the news when ...................... her. 
 A. I’ll see B. I’m going to see C. I see D. I’m seeing 
15. How long ......................... able to drive? - Since 1990. 
A. could you B. have you been C. were you D. are you