III . There is a mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it(10pts)
1. The house painted more than 3 years ago but I am not going to have it done again for a while.
2. Water-skiing can be expensive and one way of reducing this is joining a club.
3. We’ve been here only one day, but we’ve been taken three rolls of film.
4. There was a report on the Independent about this new law.
5. Please give me few coffee and some bread if you have any left.
6. Unless we work harder, we will finish on time.
7. The children are only allowed watching television on the weekend.
8. Perhaps mankind’s first important music influence was the songs of birds.
9. People can buy since a needle to an eagle in this shopping center.
10. This book , that I bought last week, is very interesting.
VI. Fill in each space with a suitable preposition.(10 pts)
1. Tell me what is wrong……doing this job.
2. She is bad……..gathering sources of information.
3. Why don’t you bring……a raincoat?
4. What aspect……learning English do you find difficult?
5. My friend works ……a national bank in Ho Chi Minh city.
6. I look forward…….hearing from my mother in Singapore.
7. His village lies near the foot of a mountain and……a river.
8. I met him in 1999…..those days I didn’t pay attention to him.
9. My shoes are dirty. I’d better take them…..before I come in.
10. The park was named…..a young hero, Le Van Tam.
VII. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it
1. He won’t do it unless you pay him advance.
He’ll do it only
2. Come back when you have delivered the message.
Don’t come back
3. I think somebody’s already told me that story.
I think I
4. She never seems to succeed even though she works hard.
However
5. When she heard the news, she broke down.
On
6. It might be a good idea to use honey instead of sugar.
Why
7. When you lie, some gestures can show you are lying.
Some gestures
8. He never suspected that the money had been stolen.
At no
9. I don’t really want to visit the museum.
I’d rather
10. My decision to get up and dance coincided with the band’s decision to stop playing.
The moment
VIII. Fill in each gap with a suitable word
We are all destroying the Earth. The sea..(1)…..rivers are too dirty to swim in. There is so much smoke in the air that it is unhealthy to live….(2)… many of the world’s cities. In one well-known city, for….(3)…., poisonous gases from cars pollute the air so much that policemen have to wear oxygen…..(4)….. We have to cut……(5) so many trees that there are now vast areas of …(6)all over the world. As a result, farmers in….(7) of African can not grow enough to eat . In certain countries in Asia there is so little rice. Moreover, we do not….(8) enough care of the countryside. Wild animals are quickly disappearing. For ……(9), tigers are rare in India now because we have killed too many for them survive. However, it isn’t so simple to talk……(10) the problem. We must act now before it is too late to do anything about it. Join us now! Save the Earth!.
IX. Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce, from the following sets of words and phrases, sentences which together make a complete letter.
Dear sir,
1. I / wish/ make/ complaint/ recent holiday/ Copenhagen.
2. According / brochure/ I / receive/ Sunthoms Holidays/ holiday/ be/ to/ include/ two-day/ boat/ Oslo/ Norway.
3. However/ what/ brochure/ fail/ mention/ fact/ that/ excursion/ be/ to/ pay/ separately!
4. Unfortunately/ travel/ representative/ forget/ mention/ fact/ until/ we/ well/ sea!
5. By/ time/ too/ late/ change/ mind.
6. And/ if/ realize/ how/ much/ cost/ I / certainly/ go/ on/ it-especially/ since/ sea/ so/ choppy/ my/ wife/ I/ spend/ most/ trip/ seasick.
7. I/ grateful/ if/ you/ make/ sure/ future/ that / all/ extra/ costs/ clearly/ show/ brochure.
8. Apart/ above/ rest/ holiday/ Copenhagen/ wonderful/ both/ wife/ I/ fall/ love/ the Tivoli Gardens.
9. What/ experience!/ What/ atmosphere!/ We/ think/ lot/ visitors/ come/ there.
10. Whatever/ happen/ we/ certainly/ try/ return/ Copenhagen/ some/ future/ date. ( I/ can’t/ say/ same/ Oslo!)
Yours faithfully,
Bernard Wilson
III . There is a mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it(10pts) 1. The house painted more than 3 years ago but I am not going
By Adalynn
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1. painted -> was painted
2. joining -> to join
3. been taken -> taken
4. on -> in
5. few -> some
6. Unless -> if
7. watching -> to watch
8. music -> musical
9. since -> from
10. that -> which
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1. with
2. at
3. along
4. of
5. for
6. to
7. by
8. in
9. off
10. after
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1. He’ll do it only if you pay him in advance.
2. Don’t come back until you have delivered the message.
3. I think I have already been told that story.
4. However hard she works, she never seems to succeed.
5. On hearing the news, she broke down.
6. Why don’t you try using honey instead of sugar?
7. Some gestures can give you away when you lie.
8. At no time did he suspect that the money had been stolen.
9. I’d raher not visit the museum.
10. The moment I get up to dance the band stopped playing.
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1. and
2. in
3. example
4. masks
5. down
6. wasteland
7. parts
8. take
9. instance
10. about
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1. I wish to make a complaint about a recent holiday to Copenhagen.
2. According to the brochure I received from Sunthoms Holidays, the holiday was to include a two-day boat trip to Oslo in Norway.
3. However, what your brochure failed to mention was the fact that the excursion was to be paid for separately!
4. Unfortunately, our travel representative forgot to mention this fact until we were well at seat.
5. By that time it was too late to change one’s mind.
6. And if I had realized how much it would cost, I would certainly not go on it especially since the sea was so choppy that my wife spent most of the trip seasick.
7. I would be grateful if you could make sure in the future that all extra costs are clearly shown in your brochure.
8. Apart from the above, the rest of our holiday in Copenhagen was wonderful, and both my wife and I fell in love with the Tivoli Gardens.
9. What an experience! What an atmosphere! We think a lot of visitors have come there.
10. Whatever happens, we shall certainly try to return to Copenhagen at some future date. ( I can’t say the same about Oslo!)