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EXERCISES
I. Put a/ an, the or  in each space to complete the following sentences .
1. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to do that. It was __a___ mistake.
2. There were no chairs, so we had to sit on __the___ floor.
3. Lucy has just gotten __a___ job in __a___ bank in Chicago.
4. There’s __a___ bookstore on __the___ corner near my house.
5. It’s very cold in here. Can you close __the___ window, please?
6. If you go past __the___ post office, can you get me some stamps?
7. It was _a____ very hot day. It was __the___ hottest day of _the____ year.
8. What’s __the___ name of __the___ woman who sat beside you at the dinner?
9. How often do you go to __the___ movies?
10. “Can you tell me where _____ Room 306 is, please?” “It’s on __the___ third floor.”
11. He lay down __the___ ground and looked up at __the___ sky.
12. You’ll find _____ information you need at ___the__ top of _____ page 24.
13. __the___ moon goes around __the___ earth every 27 days.
14. He doesn’t usually have _____ lunch, but he always eats ___a__ good breakfast.
15. If you live in __a___ foreign country, you should try and learn __the___ language.
16. __the___ next train to Brighton leaves from _____ Platform 5.
17. Last year we visited _____ Canada and __the___ United States.
18. __The___ highest mountain in _____ Africa is _____ Kilimanjaro.
19. _The____ Mediterranean Sea is the sea between _____ Africa and _____ Europe.
20. __The___ Mississippi is __the___ longest river in _____ North America.
II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
1. We went out for _____ meal last night. _____ restaurant we went to was excellent.
A. a/ The B. the/ A C. a/  D. the/ 
2. As I was walking along the street, I saw _____ $10 note on _____ pavement.
A. a/ a B. the/ the C. a/ the D. the/ a
3. _____ actress’s life is in many ways unlike that of other women.
A. An B. A C. As D. That the
4. Kate plays _____ violin in an orchestra.
A. the B. a C. an D. 
5. _____ computer has changed _____ way we live.
A. A/ the B. The/ the C. A/ a D. The/ a
6. Excuse me, where is _____ bus station, please?
A. a B. the C.  D. an
7. What did you have for _____ breakfast this morning?
A. a B. an C. the D. 
8. Peter used to work in _____ Middle East.
A.  B. the C. an D. a
9. My plane was delayed. I had to wait at _____ airport for three hours.
A. the B. a C. an D. 
10. I have _____ problem. Can you help me?
A.  B. a C. an D. the
11. Barack Obama is _____ President of _____ United States.
A. the/ the B. a/  C. the/  D. the/ an
12. He never listens to _____ radio. He prefers watching _____ television.
A. a/ a B. a/ the C. the/  D. / the
13. _____ university will be built in _____ center of the town.
A. A/ the B. An/ the C. The/ a D. An/ a
14. _____ River Nile is _____ longest river of all.

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A. /  B. A/ the C. The/ the D. / a
15. _____ Women’s Day is on _____ eighth of March.
A. The/  B. / the C. The/ an D. / an
16. By _____ time we had just left the office, _____ alarm went off.
A. / the B. a/ an C. a/ the D. the/ an
17. He grew up in _____ orphanage in _____ United Kingdom.
A. the/  B. an/ an C. the/ an D. an/ the
18. Laura is friendly. She can make _____ friends easily.
A. a B. an C. the D. 
19. That car can run at _____ speed of 180 miles _____ hour.
A. the/ an B. a/ the C. a/ a D. the/ a
20. _____ experience is _____ best teacher.
A. An/ the B. / the C. the/ the D. an/ an
III. Put suitable articles into blanks.
1. John is __a___ teacher. He's teaching in __a___ school in London.
Every morning, he gets up at 7 o'clock, has _____ breakfast and ___a__ cup of _____
coffee. Then he goes to work by bus. He has _____ lunch at __the___ restaurant (near
_____ school). In the afternoon he works until 5 or 5.30 and then goes _____ home. He
doesn't work on _____ Saturday or Sunday. He goes to ___the__ cinema or theatre. John has
__a___ sister in Oxford and __a___ brother in _____ London.
2. There are millions of stars in _the____ space.
3. I'm going away at __the___ end of this month.
4. The sun is ___a__ star.
5. What did you have for _____ breakfast?
6. Have you got __a___ car?
7. How much are those potatoes? 1.20 __a___ kilo.
8. Can you think __the___ rich should pay more taxes to help __the___ poor?
IV. Put suitable articles into blanks.
1. He is _a____ honest person.
2. My father went out to __the___ sea when he was 14.
3. When do you hope to go to __the___ university?
4. There's a strike at __the___ hospital.
5. He is__a___ one-eyed man.
6. There's __an___ onion left in the fridge.
7. This is__a___ useful method of learning English.
8. I've got __an___ uncle.
9. Your shoes are under__the___ bed.
10. There's a splendid view of_____ Lake Geneva from his hotel.
1. After _______ lunch, we went for _______ walk by ___the____ sea.
2. Don't sit on ___the____ ground. It's wet.
3. On _______ Sunday my father stay in __the_____ bed till ten o'clock reading _______
Sunday paper.
4. He's got __a_____ job in _______ South and spent ________ next two years doing ________
work he really enjoyed.
5. My mother goes to ___the____ church in ___the____ morning and in ___the____ afternoon goes to
visit ________ friends.
6. ________ post man's little boy says that he'd rather be ___a____ dentist than _____a__ doctor
because ____the___ dentists don't get called out at ___the____ night.
7. This morning I bought ___a____ newspaper and ____a___ magazine ___the____ newspaper is
in my bag, but I don't know where ___the____ magazine is.
8. My parents have ___a____ cat and _____a__ dog. ____the___ dog never bites ____the___ cat, but
___the____ cat often scratched ___the____ dog.
9. We live in __a_____ old house in ____the___ middle of town. There is ____a___ garden behind

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________ house. ____The___ roof of ________ house is in bad condition.
VI Choose the best answer
.1 When I looked around, the baby…………………..quietly
A. is sleeping B. slept C. was sleeping D. were sleeping
2. The director avoided………John’s phone call. He had his secretary……….to John
A. to answer / talked B. answering / talk C. answering/talking D. answering/ to talked
3. Lan’s eyes were red. She………………………all night
A. criedB. had cried C. was crying D. had been crying
4. I’d prefer…………….at home tonight rather …………..go to the cinema
A. to stay / than B. staying / than C. to stay / to D. staying / to
5. You risk……………… your money if you invest in that company
A. lose B. to lose C. losing D. to be lost
6. I had a lot of shopping……………….last weekend
A. doing B. to do C. be done D. to be done
7. As we walked past, we saw Jane………………her car
A. was washing B. to washed C. washed D. washing
8. ………………..to rain before you woke up this morning
A. did it begin B. has it begun C. had it begun D. would it begun
9. When Tim………….Laura for the first time, he…….that he……….her somewhere before
A. was meeting / knew / met B. had met / had known / met
C. met / knew / had met D. met / was knowing / was meeting
1. A. unit B. usual C. unique D. upon
2. A. change B. children C. machine D. church
3. A. great B. available C. raise D. said
4. A. washes B. watches C. misses D. likes
5. ____ is the state of not knowing how to read and write.
A. literacy B. illiteracy C. campaign D. struggle
6. Teenagers often have their ________ who they admire very much.
A. ideals B. admirers C. images. D. idols
7. Some days before New Year, they ____ greeting cards one another.
A. exchange B. show C. receive D. express
8. When I ____ to the party, Sally and Doug ____.
A. was coming/ had danced B. had come/ danced
C. came/ were dancing D. have come/ are dancing
9. The little boy hopes ____ to Disneyland Park on his birthday.
A. to take B. to be taking C. to be taken D. taking
10. ____ from the horseback, he was taken to hospital and had an operation.
A. When falling B. As he was falling
C. After having fallen D. To fall
11. He kept on ……………after the teacher had come in.
A. talk B. talking C. to talk D. talked
12. He begged me ………… him a favour.
A. to do B. do C. doing D. did
13. Four world records ……………..in that competition.
A. broke B. were made C. set up D. was born
14. Mary looks very …………………..
A. success B. successfully C. successful D. sadly
15. More than 11,000 ……………….took part in these Olympic Games.
A. fans B. pigeons C. athletes D. donkeys
16. They will ………………the 10th Anniversary of the company on Saturday.
A. perform B. celebrate C. recognize D. realize
17. The spy admitted ………….some highly secret information to enemy agents.
A. having given B. having been given
C. to have given D. to have been given
18. Alice didn’t expect ……………….. to Bill’s party.

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 A. asking B. being asked C. to ask D. to be asked
19. …………..tired, I went to bed early.
A. Feel B. Felt C. Feeling D. Have felt
20. The mouse family avoided ……………..by the two cats.
A. catching B. to have been caught
39. You can congratulate yourself about having done an excellent job.
40. He said that if the weather is nice the following day, he would go swimming.
1. A. national B. fat C. fatal D. happiness
2. A. mask B. business C. mathematics D. muscles
3. A. sugar B. rush C. lunar D. rumour
4. A. generous B. longevity C. engineer D. guide
5. A. walked B. afforded C. advanced D. stopped
6……….. wants to stay at home on such a lovely day.
A. Someone B. No one C. Everyone D. Anyone
7. My teacher ………..me that if I studied hard, I would pass the exams easily.
A. said B. said to C. told D. B & C are correct
8. The mother ………….her son of not having done what she said.
A. apologised B. insisted C. thanked D.accused
9. They asked the boys …………in and offered them cigarettes.
A. to come B. come C. coming D. came
10. ……………..noone at home, he left the house in a bad temper.
A. Find B. To find C. Finding D. Found
11………….is on the fourteenth February . On the day, people express their love to each other by giving
chocolates, flowers or gifts to the people they love.
A. Thanksgiving B. New year’s Days C. Mid-Autumn Festival D. Valentine’s Day
12. People both in the North and in the South of Vietnam often decorate their houses with…….. at Tet.
A. kumquat trees B. apricot blossom C. peach blossom D. pine trees
13. When they visited me yesterday, I ………..my car.
A. washed B. wash C. was washing D. am washing
14. John ……..early everyday but last night he ……….to bed very late.
A. sleep/goes B. slept/went C. sleeps/goes D. sleeps/went
15. Everyone …………for the head teacher for two hours.
A. has waited B. have waited C. is waiting D. waited
16. The teacher ……….her students to answer ten questions.
A. asked B. suggested C. agreed D. denied
17. If I were a composer, I ……………..a song for my best friend.
A. will compose B. would have composed C. would compose D. can compose
18. At the moment my sister’s children ………………cards upstairs.
A. are playing B. is playing C. have played D. play
19. She said to the boys that she …………….. them the book three weeks before.
A. gave B. has given C. give D. had given
20. Would you mind ……………out to buy us some newspapers?
A. go B. to go C. going D. having gone
26. She told him that if he was busy that day, she won’t ask him for help.
27. If my mother was here now, she would cook something special for us.
28. When I arrived at the station, I didn’t see someone there.
29. Jacob will agree taking part in the competition if he feels that the rules are fair.
30. He insisted of the ducuments which he had given to the secretary the day beore.
31. She knew no one at the party where I met her last night.
A. She didn’t knew anyone at the party where I met her last night
B. She not knew anyone at the party where I met her last night.
C. She didn’t know anyone at the party where I met her last night
D. She didn’t know noone at the party where I met her last night
VII. Sentence transformation:
1. Please do not smoke in public places.

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à I’d rather you smoked in public places
2. It took Nam an hour to drive from his home village to Hanoi last week.
à Nam spent an hour driving from his village to hanoi last week
3. Tom hasn’t seen Jerry since 2013.
à The last time Tom has seen Jerry in 2013
4. The colorful T-shirt is too expensive for me to buy.
à It’s such a expensive T- shirt that I can’t buy it
5. Nobody in my class is more talented than Bill.
à Bill is the most talented in my class
6. Because TV programs can satisfy every taste, they attract so many viewers.
à Because of being satisfy very taste, they attract so many viewers
7. Vietnamese women continue to wear the fashionable Ao dai.
à The fashionable Ao dai is continued to wear by Vietnamese women
8. Lan was given a new e-bike. I’m sure she was excited.
à Lan was given a new e-bike. She must be excited
9. People said that he left the town.
à It was said that he left the town.
10. “I wish my children would eat a lot of vegetables” She said.
à She said
VIII. Sentence building:
Dear Na,
1. I/ already/ arrive home/ New York  I have already arrive home at New York
2. It/ happy/ see/ whole family again.  It is happy to see my whole family again
3. Thank/ for/ lovely time/ you/ house  Thank you very much for the lovely time with you in your house
4. It/ kind/ you/ show me so much/ hometown  It was very kind of you to show me so much of your
hometown
5. I/ really impressed/ friendliness/ your people  It was really impressed by the friendliness of your people
6. mountainous sights/ make/ deep impression/ me  The moutains sights made a deep impression on me
7. I still remember/ invited/ eat/ sour meat/ and / it/ delicious  I still remember being invited to eat sour meat
and it was very delicious
8. your homeland/ beautiful/ so/ I wish/ have a chance/ visit/ again  Your homeland is beautiful , so I wish I
would have a chance to visit it again,
9. If/ you/ time/ write/ me  If you have time, please to write to me
10. I / look / hear / you/. Give/ regards/ parents  I look to hearing from you. Give my regards to your
parents.
Love, Daisy
IX Read the following passage, then choose the letter (A, B, C, D) that best fits each of the blanks.
In general, people in Britain and the US dress fairly (1) __________. Many wear casual clothes most of
(2) _________ time, not just when they are at home or on holiday. Men and women wear jeans (3)__________ a
shirt or T-shirt and a sweater to go (4)_________, meet friends, go to a pub or bar, or take their children out.
Leggings, which are women’s trousers that stretch to fit tightly, or jogging pants are also (5)_________. Older
people are more (6)____________ to dress more smartly, with women wearing a dress or skirt and blouse, and
men a shirt, jacket and trousers, when they go out. In summer younger people may wear shorts, but some people
think they are only (7)_________ on the beach. When the weather is hot, some men take off their shirts,
(8)___________some people do not like this. Most people in Britain dress up, which means putting on smart
clothes, to go to party or restaurant. Some restaurants will not (9)________people who are wearing jeans or men
(10)__________a tie.
1. A. formal B. informally C. in form D. informal
2. A. their B. the C. day D. free
3. A. together B. under C. with D. along
4. A. shop B. shops C. shopping D. to shop
5. A. many B. much C. popular D. well-known
6. A. possible B. likely C. like D. certainly
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8. A. therefore B. since C. hence D. though
9. A. let in B. allow C. permit D. agree
10. A. wear B. wearing C. not to have D. without
X.Read the passage and choose the best answer
Man discovered fire many thousands years ago. The first time he saw fire was probably when a tree was
struck by lightning. He soon learned how to make fire for himself. However, man probably made his fire by
rubbing two sticks together.
Fire was very important to man. He needed fire to keep himself warm at night. He used fire to cook his
food. He used fire to frighten away enemies and wild animals. In some parts of the world he used fire to signal
messages. Red Indians, for example, used fire to make smoke signals. In some other countries people lit fires to
warn their friends of danger.
Fire was very also used to give light. Before the invention of oil lamp, men used burning sticks as torches.
And before man discovered gas and electricity, he hung small fires in wire baskets from posts to light the streets.
One man even used fire to tell the time. He invented a candle clock. He made a candle that took exactly
twelve hours to burn. Then he marked this candle in twelve equal parts. He lit the candle and could tell the time
by counting the number of parts left of the burning candle. But the candle clock did not always work well. If
there was a wind blowing on the candle, the flame burned too quickly.
1. Man probably first made fire ........
A. from a tree struck by lightning B. by rubbing two sticks together.
C. from wire baskets hung on poster. D. from a candle.
2. Man probably first used fire .........
A. to tell the time. B. to send signal.
C. to light the streets. D. to keep warm at night.
3. Fire was used by Red Indians ........
A. to make gas and electricity. B. to burn down trees
C. to send messages D. to frighten away enemies.
4. The first street lights were ........
A. large bonfires. B. small fires in hanging baskets.
C. burning trees. D. candles.
5. The candle clock burned for ....
A. twelve hours. B. one hour.
C. a day. D. twelve days.

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