Exercise 4: Choose the word which best fits each gap

Many people (1) _______ crafting with paper. The materials are readily available and don’t cost much; and no super special talents is needed. Anyone (2) _______ be a paper crafter.

There are many different paper craft techniques. Origami is one of ancient techniques developed in Japan where squares of paper are (3) _______ and formed into various objects such as flowers, animals, and boxes. Card (4) _______ is also a favourite paper craft technique. Birthday cards are the most popular greeting cards, followed by Christmas cards. Receiving a (5) _______ card is a special gift, because of the time and effort someone spent making it. It lets the recipient know just how much you care (8) _______ them

Exercise 3: Choose the correct answer

1. I love my sister’s paintings because she is very ________ in using colours.

A. careless             B. care                  C. creative            D. imagine

2. You can share your stamps _____ other collectors ______ a stamp club.

A. with – at           B. to – at               C. with – in          D. to - in

3. Nowadays people _______ hours sitting in front of computers.

A. take                  B. last                             C. set                    D. spend

4. My family enjoys _____ because we can sell vegetables and flowers _____money.

A. garden – to       B. gardening – for          C. gardening – with D. garden - of

5. My sister’s hobby is sewing, and she can get the sewing patterns from the ______ magazines.

A. fashion             B. cooking            C. sports               D. science

6. My sister is very keen on swimming, and she goes swimming three _______a week.

A. time                 B. a time               C. times                D. timings

7. Collecting cars is a(n) ________ hobby. It costs a lot of money.

A. interesting        B. cheap      C. expensive                   D. unusual

8. More people are ________ birds today than ever before.

A. seeing               B. looking             C. hearing             D. watching

9. Do you enjoy ________ board games?

A. play                  B. to play              C. playing             D. played

10. Be careful not to drop it; it’s very ________.

A. unique             B. fragile               C. difficult            D. unusual

Exercise 2: Put the verb in brackets in the correct verb form

1. I (see)______ a film this Sunday evening. (you/ go) _____ with me?

2. They (give)_____a party next week.

3. The members of the stamp collectors’ club (meet)______ at the library next Friday.

4. (you/ be)________ free next Sunday?

5. We (live)______ near Nam’s house, but we (not see)_______him very often.

6. Don’t worry. I (go)______fishing with you next Saturday morning.

Exercise 1: Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined

XII. Rewrite the sentences using the given words

146. It isn’t necessary for you to finish the work today. (have)

→ You don’t ________________________________________________________________________________

147. Why were you absent from school yesterday? (go)

→ Why _____________________________________________________________________________________

148. Nam find driving on the left difficult. (used)

→ Nam _____________________________________________________________________________________

149. When did Peter start sending letters to his girlfriend?

àHow long__________________________________________________________________________________

150+151+152. I have never seen such an ugly dog before.

àThis______________________________________________________________________________________

à This_____________________________________________________________________________________

àI ________________________________________________________________________________________

153. I started cooking dinner at 5 p.m.

à I_________________________________________________________________________________________

154. Jane has been ill for a fortnight.

àJane_______________________________________________________________________________________

155. My grandparents have done the gardening for half an hour.

àMy grandparents_____________________________________________________________________________

156+157+158. This is the first time Tim has ever seen such a crowded room.

àThis is_____________________________________________________________________________________

à Tim______________________________________________________________________________________

àTim______________________________________________________________________________________

159. Dan began drinking wine on Christmas Eve.

àDan______________________________________________________________________________________

160. How long have you waited for me here?

à When____________________________________________________________________________________

161. I have known her since I was at primary school

àI ________________________________________________________________________________________

162. Lena has cried since midnight.

à Lena_____________________________________________________________________________________

163+164+165. The Johns have never taken part in such a funny contest before.

àThe Johns_________________________________________________________________________________

à This is___________________________________________________________________________________

àThis is____________________________________________________________________________________

VI. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition if necessary.

VII. Rewrite each sentence so that the meaning stays the same.

1. I last wore that shirt in May.

=> I haven't.............................................................................................................

2. Success depends on hard work.

=> The harder ………………….....................................................................

3. I’m quite happy to look after the baby for you.

=> I don’t...................................................................................................................

4. The man was not able to go on an expedition to the Middle East because of his age.

=> The man was  ...........................................................................................................

5. Driving on the left feels strange to me.

=> I don’t  .....................................................................................................................

6. I would prefer you not to phone me at work.

=> I’d rather ..................................................................................................................

7. I can’t repair the lamp, so I’ll ask Mr. Nam to repair it.

=> I’ll have.....................................................................................................................

8. We can't afford to buy this car.

=> The car is ..................................................................................................................

9. He often makes his children work hard.

=> His children ……………………………………………………………………….

10. She has never visited Paris before.

=> This is her ……………………………………….……………………..………….

11. The concert was not as good as we had expected.

 => The concert didn’t come............................................................................................

12.  She and I have never been there before.

=>Neither..... .....................................................................................................................

III. Provide the correct form of the words in brackets.

6. I can’t stand the…………..........…smell of bad fish.                          PLEASE

IV. There is one mistake in each sentence below. Find out, underline and correct it. The first one is done for you as an example.

Example: 0. I haven’t saw you for two months                                                       0 - >  seen

1. My teacher makes me to do all these exercise.                                       2._______________

2. He didn’t used to behave like that, but now he’s rude.                          3._______________

3. Wearing uniform helps students feel equally in many ways.                4._______________

4. Doing the same things every day give me no pleasure.                          6._______________

5. Thank you very much about your letter that you sent me last week.   10.______________

V. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. HaLong bay in VietNam ( be ) …………..…. a world heritage site. It ( visit)…..………. by millions of people every year.

2. Physics( be ) ……………..…….. my favorite subject.

3. Two  days ( not be) ………………….. long enough for me to finish the project.

4. The poor ( have ) ……………..….. little money and few posserrions.

5. While my sister and I ( watch ) …………………. a movie on TV lastnight, our uncle in the USA  (

I . Circle the word that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others

1. A. southern                       B. sunbathing                        C. breathe                  D. thunder

2. A. island                            B. rescue                                C. institute                 D. limestone

3. A.jungle                             B.gist                                      C.grind                       D.emigrate

4. A. stretcher                       B. chimney                            C. charity                   D. champagne

5. A. heritage                         B. shortage                            C. teenage                  D. luggage

II.  Circle the word or phrase which best completes each sentence

1.  The teacher gave her ............................

A. some advices                  B. some advice                     C. an advice              D. many advice

2.  Mr. White told me he would stay at home.................... two days.

A. other                                   B. the other                           C. others                    D. another

3. They hardly believe him and .....................

A. so do I                              B. neither do I                     C. I do, too                    D. I believe him

4. Normally he is rather ……………………… but sometimes he talks freely about himself

A. sociable                              B. reserved                            C. serious                 D. peaceful   

5. They kept  …………………  about the performing monkeys that they liked most of a

 A. to talk                                B.  talking                 C.  talk                     D. talked         

6. He was seen crying, and his face  ………………… red with shame.

A. caught                               B. broke                                 C. turned                    D. suffered   

7. The boy   …………………… the flowers in the garden is my brother.

A. watering                            B. watered                             C. is watered             D. is watering

8. Jane really enjoys  ……………………… to dinner parties.

A. inviting                             B. being inviting                   C. being invited        D. be invited

9. You can stay here ……….. … you don’t make a loud noise.          

A. as much as                        B. as long as                          C. as soon as             D. as far as

10. Which girl is Hoa? She is the one with ___________ .

A. long curly black hair                                                      B. curly long black hair     

C. long black curly hair                                                       D. curly long black hair