B. LANGUAGE FOCUS

Exercise 1.Circle A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

[Khoanh tròn A, B, C hoặc D để xác định từ có phần được gạch dưới  khác so với ba từ còn lại về phát âm]

1. A. wanted           B. stopped           

   C. decided           D. hated

2. A. walked           B. knocked

   C. jumped           D. arrested

3. A. helped            B. rained

   C. phoned            D. explained

4. A. started            B. arrived

   C. mended            D. decided

5. A. needed            B. afforded

   C. advanced          D. invented

6. A. astonished       B. toured

    C.rubbed              D. erased

7. A. disposed          B. satisfied

   C. missed             D. timed

8. A. asked              B. advised 

    C. worked            D. promised

9. A. washed            B. matched

   C. intended           D. walked

10. A. stopped         B. added

     C. produced         D. worked

Hướng dẫn giải

1.B       2. D        3.A        4. B        5. C

6. A      7. C        8. B        9. C       10. B

Exercise 2.Choose the correct answer.

[ Chọn câu trả lời đúng]

1. I          at the library when you came over. I            there twice since Monday.

A. am; have been              C. was; have been

B. have been; am              D. were; am being

2. I’m sure he             to bring it. He            here tonight, isn’t he?

A. will'not forget; is coming   

B. has not forgotten; comes

C. is not forgetting; is coming

D. will not forget; is going to come

3. He              some stamps at the post office. He says              he me some stamps too.

A, is buying; gets                              C. has bought; got

A. is going to buy; will get                 D. will buy; gets

4. The child would not have fallen if you                him.

A. haven’t pushed                           C. hadn’t pushed

B. didn’t push                                 D. weren’t pushing

5. She               as if she               for days.

A. looks; had not slept

B. looked; had not slept

C. is looking; isn’t sleeping

D. had looked; hadn’t slept

6. The library              now. No one               to enter it.

A. has cleaned; is allowed 

B. is being cleaned; is allowed

C. has been cleaned; are allowed

D. is cleaning; allows

7. She             out the towel after she             it in hot water for a while.

A. wrings; soaked                  C. was wringing; soaked

B. wrung; had soaked            D. wrung; has soaked

8. They               always           very troublesome neighbours. Just last night they                 a quarrel with us.

A. had ... been; were having 

C. have ... been; were having

C. have ... been; had

D. are ... being; had had

9. By three o’clock yesterday afternoon, we               decorating the hall.

A. were finished                            C. had finished

B. finished                                     D. are finishing

10. Everyone in the school             part in the sports meet next week. The classrooms               empty then.

A. are taking; is                   C. will be taking; have been

B. is taking; will be               D. takes; is

Answer

1. C           2. A           3. B           4. C           5. B

6. B           7. B           8. C           9. C           10. B

Exercise 3.Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate tense.

[ Đặt mỗi động từ trong ngoặc ở thì đúng]

Ask hundreds of people what they (1. do)           on a certain day in August next year, or the year after, and there (2. be)            only one reply. Provided of course that the people you (3. ask)            (4. belong)            to the Elvis Presley Fan Club. Although the King of Rock and Roll (5. die)            nearly two decades ago, his fans (6. meet)            every year since then outside his home in Memphis,Tennessee, to show respect for the singer they (7. love)            so much. Jean Thomas, who is from Catford in South London, (8. visit)            Graceland, the house where Elvis (9. suffer) from his fatal

heart attack, twice in the past five years. “It was the first time I (10. borrow)            the money from my mom, as I (11. not work)              then. But two years ago I (12. get)            married and since then I (13. work)            in my husband Chris’s garage. Chris and I (14. go)            together last year, and we (15. think)            of spending two or three months in the U.S.A. next year.           I (16. always want) to visit some of the places where Elvis (17. perform)            . Like Las Vegas for example.” Jean says that Elvis (18. be)            her obsession ever since she (19. be)           ten years old, and she (20. own) every single one            of his records, good and bad.

Answer

1.will be doing               2. will be                 3. ask           

4. belong                       5. died                     6. have met

7. love                           8. has visited            9. suffered

10. borrowed                 11. was not working

12. got                           13. have worked         14. went

15. are thinking              16. have always wanted

17. performed                18. has been

19. was                          20. owns

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