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ENGLISH PRACTICE 12
I. Choose one of word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. christmas B. character C. school D. church
2. A. traveled B. surprised C. worked D. climbed
3. A. tour B. pour C. your D. course
4. A. towel B. down C. window D. flower
5. A. cook B. food C. too D. pool
II. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
1. His handwriting is terrible. It’s not easy at all ….........what he writes.
A. to see B. to read C. reading D. seeing
S + tobe + not easy + to do something
2. The city is ……………….on the shore of Lake Michigan.
A. visited B. lied C. laying D.located
Be located + giới từ (in,on,at): nằm ở/ tọa lạc ở
3. Kim Tan town is……………….. busier.
A. becoming B. doing C. making D. having
4. The Smiths never go out in the evening, ……………….?
A. do they B. don’t they C. doesn’t he D. does he
5. Ba is strong enough…………….. his father with the work on the farm.
A. helping B. help C. helps D. to help
 S + tobe + adj + enough + to do something
6. Last week my child …………… to the biggest zoo in town by my wife.
A. took B. were taken C. went D. has gone
Câu bị động: be + V3
7. I tried my. ……………not to laugh, but I couldn’t.
A. good B. well C. best D. better
8. Are you proud…………….your country and its tradition ?
A. about B. on C. of D. for
Be proud of: tự hào về
9. I want to ask my parents ................... some money.
A. from B. for C. with D. about
Ask somebody for something: yêu cầu ai đó làm gì
10. You are very different ........................ your brother.
A. to B. for C. with D. from
Be different from: khác với
11. I am better ........................ English than Nam.
A.than B. with C. at D. for
So sánh hơn: S + V + tính từ-er + than + somebody
Good (adj) => better (so sánh hơn)
12. He seldom goes fishing, ...................?
A. doesn't he B. is he C. does he D. isn't he
13. Heavy rains …….the plane for several hours
A. stopped B. prevented C. delayed D. kept
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14. You must go to school ……the ages of 5 and 16. it is compulsory.
A. from B. over C. during D. between
15. Sorry to keep you…………
A. wait B. waiting C. to wait D. waited
S + keep somebody + V-ing: khiến ai đó làm gì
III. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets .
1. I‘ve decided (stop) ……………...smoking. to stop decide to + V0: quyết định làm gì
2. I (visit) .........................singapore two years ago. Visited
3. Look at those black clouds. It (rain). “Look” -> đang xảy ra is going to rain
4.We are tired of (work)…………… for low salary. Working be tired of + V-ing: chán nản/ mệt mỏi với
5. This is the second time you (break)……a cup. Have broken This is the first/second/third time + S +
V(HTHT)
6. (you/do) …………… the homework yet? Have you done
7. Mai is in her room. She (play) the guitar. Is playing
8. The teacher said that we should ( not make ) …………… noise in class. Not make should + V0
9. Water …………( cover) most of the Earth’s surface. Covers
10. The gate ……………...( lock) at 6.30 p.m everyday. Is locked câu bị động
IV. Read the passage and answer the questions.
It was the first lesson after the summer holidays at a small school in England. The lesson was about the
seasons of the year. “There are four seasons in the year,” said the teacher,
“They are spring, summer, autumn, and winter. In spring, it is warm and every thing begins to grow. In
summer ,It is hot and there are many flowers in the fields and gardens. In autumn, there are many vegetables
and much fruit. Everybody likes to eat fruit. In winter, It is cold and it often rains. Sometimes there is snow on
the ground.”
Here the teacher stopped and looked at one of the pupils(=students) “stop talking, Tom,”he said. “Now
listen to me. Can you tell us when is the best time of apples?”
“Yes, sir,” answered Tom. “It is when the farmer is not at home and there is no dog in the garden.”
1. Where did the lesson take place?
- The lesson took place in a small school in England
2. What was the lesson about?
- The lesson was about the seasons of the year
3. What did the teacher ask Tom to do?
- The teacher asked Tom to stop talking.
4. What did the teacher asked the class to do?
- The teacher asked the class to listen to him.
5. Did the teacher say “Stop talking, Tom,”?
- Yes, he did.
V. Write the correct form of the words given in capital letters to complete the following sentences.
1. Their children have quite different characters. DIFFERENCE
2. My brother bought a new fishing rod yesterday. FISH
3. Mr. Jane runs his business very successfully SUCCESS
4. I like the city life because there are many kinds of entertainment ENTERTAIN
5. The scouts do the voluntary work. VOLUNTEER
6. Is there anything interesting on TV tonight? INTEREST
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7. What is the correct pronunciation of this word? PRONOUNCE
8. My uncle often spends his free time doing volunteer work at a local orphanage ORPHAN
9. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more comfortable COMFORT
10. In electronics, we learn to repair household appliances. HOUSE
VI. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find out and correct it.
1. He has waited there for a quarter past six. (1) since
2. Surface mail is many cheaper than air mail. (2) much
3. They do their best to keeping the family happy. (3) keep
4. The armchair is in the living room, among the television and sofa. (4) between
5. Tourists usually have a bus to the countryside. (5) take
VII. Fill in the blank with one suitable word.
Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. (1) father was a comedian and his mother worked
(2) as a dancer and a singer. Neither of them (3) was successful so the family (4) had very little money. The first
time he himself earned (5) money by dancing and singing, he was only five years old. He did many kinds of
jobs, but what he loved best was working (6) in the theatre.
When he (7) from about fifteen, he joined a traveling theatre company and went on trips to America. On
one such tour, (8) he was offered (lời đề nghị, lời mời chào) a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, where he
eventually became both a famous actor (9) and film director.
He died in Switzerland in 1977, at the (10) age of 88. There is now a statue of him in Leicester Square,
London, the city of his birth and early up-bringing (sự dạy dỗ)
VIII. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition.
1. It’s 2.5 km from my school to the movie theatre.
2. I live on Xuan Dieu street with my grandparents
3. She is talking to her students in the school yard.
4. My new house is different from my old house.
5. My father is a farmer. He works on a farm.
6. Does your aunt work in the central hospital? – Yes, she is a nurse there.
7. I’m always busy. I must work from early morning until night.
8. Mr. Minh is a journalist. He writes for Tuoi Tre newspaper.
9. This apartment is suitable for my family.
10. I often help my parents with the housework after school. Help someone + to + V0
IX. Rewrite the following sentences so that the meanings stay the same.
1. She eats more chocolate than I.
I don’t eat at much chocolate as she does
2. Vinh keeps forgetting his homework.
Vinh is always forgetting his homework
3. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
It’s very important to keep the environment clean
4. No one helped Lan to do the homework.
Lan did the homework herself
5. It’s three years since I last spoke to her.
I haven’t spoken to her for three years
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6. Tam doesn’t type as fast as she used to.
Tam used to type fast
7. How long is it since you used the car?
When did you use the car
8. We started living here 15 years ago.
We have lived here for 15 years
9. Let’s meet inside the centre ,at the cafe corner?
How about meeting inside the center, at the cafe corner
10. Nam is very strong, he can do heavy work.
Nam is strong enough to do heavy work