I. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Don't make noise now. My parents (take)......................... their usual afternoon nap .
2. While I (have)...................... a bath, the telephone (ring)..................... .
3. He prefers (play)................................ computer games to (read).......................... books.
4. If we (not save) .............................energy, there will be a shortage in the next century.
II. Read the passage and answer the following questions.
Alexander Fleming was bom in 1881 in Scotland. He to a small school in a village, and when he left school he didn't go to university. He worked for five years in an office. But his brother, Tom, was a doctor and helped Fleming to go to university and study medicine. So he went to London University and in 1906 he became a doctor. In 1915, Fleming mamied Sarah McElroy, an Irish woman. They had one son. During the First World War, many soldiers died in hospital because they didn't have the right medicines. So after the war, Fleming tried to find a drug that could help them. He worked for many years and in 192s he discovered a new drug and he called it "penicillin". He later worked with an Australian and a German scientist to develop a drug that doctors could use. In 1945, they won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their work on penicillin.
1. Where was Alexander Fleming bom?
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2. Did he work in an office before he went to university?
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3. What did he study at university?
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4. When did he win the Nobel Prize in medicine? Rewrite the sentences
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III. Rewrite the sentences.
1. Mary always went swimming after school last year.
->Mary used to.............................................................
2. My daughter has studied English for two years.
-> My daughter started .....................................................
3. She wants to buy that villa but it's too far expensive for her.
->She wishes..............................................................................
4. It took Nam two days to have a trip to the countryside last week.
->Nam spent......................................................................................
5. They have changed the date of the meeting.
-> The date .....................................................................................
Bill started university (1) ... three years ago and finished his course (2) ... June last summer. He worked (3) .... July and Agust, then (4) .... the end of Octorber, he set off o a trip round the world. He said he might come home (5).... Christmas but he didn't make it.
However, (6) .... a few days ago, (7).... Tuesday last week, if I remember correctly, I received a postcard saying that he would definitely be home (8)...... next month
1. a. in b.at c.on d. rỗng
2. a. in b.at c.on d.Rỗng
3. a. in b.at c.on d.Rỗng
4. a. in b. at c.on d.Rỗng
5. a. in b. at c.on d.Rỗng
6. a. in b. at c.on d. rỗng
7. a. in b.at c. on d.Rỗng
8. a. in b.at c.on d. rỗng
Bill started university (1) ... three years ago and finished his course (2) ... June last summer. He worked (3) .... July and Agust, then (4) .... the end of Octorber, he set off o a trip round the world. He said he might come home (5).... Christmas but he didn't make it.
However, (6) .... a few days ago, (7).... Tuesday last week, if I remember correctly, I received a postcard saying that he would definitely be home (8)...... next month
1. a. in b.at c.on d.Rỗng
2. a. in b.at c.on d.Rỗng
3. a. in b.at c.on d.Rỗng
4. a. in b.at c.on d.Rỗng
5. a. in b.at c.on d.Rỗng
6. a. in b.at c.on d.Rỗng
7. a. in b.at c.on d.Rỗng
8. a. in b.at c.on d.Rỗng