XI. Rewrite the sentences:

1. Nam is more intelligent than anyone else in the class.

-à Nam ………………………………………………………………

à No one in the class ………………………………………………………………

2. He plays football more professionally than any member in my team.

à He ………………………………………………………………

à None of the other members in my team ………………………………………………

3. This dress is more expensive than any other dress in this store.

à This dress ………………………………………………………………

à No dress in this store ………………………………………………………………

4. He did the test better than anyone else in my class.

à He ………………………………………………………………

à No one in my class ………………………………………………………………

5. Jim’s house is larger than that of anyone else in this city

à Jim’s house ………………………………………………………………

à No one’s house in this city ………………………………………………………………

6. This song is better than any other song of Taylor Swift.

à This song ………………………………………………………………

à None of the other songs of Taylor Swift ……………………………………………………

7. Nile River is longer than any other river in the world.

à Nile River …………………………………………………

à None of the other rivers in the world …………………………………………………

8. The Sahara is larger than any other desert in the world.

à The Sahara …………………………………………………

à No desert in the world …………………………………………………

4. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following conversations.

2. - “I will pick you up at eight o’clock on my way to the airport”. - “___________”.

A. For pleasure           B. Great. I’ll see you then.      C. I have a phone.       D. Would be.

3. - “Thanks for your help”.                - “___________”.

A. My pleasure            B. With all my heart               C. Never remind         D. Wish you

4. - Nga: “I can’t join the trip to Bat Trang with you all.”       - Trang: “_______”

A. That’s awesome!   B. What a pity!                      C. How was that?        D. How do you go there?

5. - Sue: “_________”            - Jack: “I’d love to, but I have an evening class tonight.”

A. Do you want to go out for a walk with me?         B. Should you go out  for dinner with me tonight?

C. Would you like to come to my party tonight?      D. Do you think we must go out for dinner?

exercise 12:answer the questions.

1.What did the father leave his two sons?

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2.What is the elder brother like?What is the younger brother like?

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3.what did the elder brother give his younger brother?

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4.What did the eagle repay the younger brother?

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5.Why did the eagle get tired?

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exercise 10:put the verbs in brackets in past perfect or past simple.

1.When she(finish).............................her work,she(go).........................to the cinema.

2.he(not eat).............................until his parents(come).......................home.

3.she(tell)........................me she never(meet).....................him.

4.he(do)......................her homework before he(go).......................out.

5.The lights(go).....................out the moment he(get).........................into the cinema.

6.Hardly the holiday(begin)......................when they(leave).........................the town.

7.they(be)..........................out for an hour when it(start).................................to rain.

8.they(leave)...............................the shop as soon as they(buy)........................everything they(need)........................

9.the house(burn)...................to the ground buy the time the firemen(arrive)...................

10.as he(do).....................a lot of work that day he(be)........................very tired.

11.I already(hear)..........................about the accident when he(tell)..................me about it.

12.he(live).......................in the country for ten years when he first(come)................to London.

13.I(not talk)..................to him because when I(arrive).................he already(leave)..................

14.when we(go).......................out again,the wind(stop)..................

15. he(think)...................he(win)................in the lottery but he(not have)..............of course.

1. The weather today is so beautiful. ____ go to the beach.
a.Why don't   b.How about    c.What about    d.Let’s

 2. It’s getting dark. I suggest ____ a taxi

a.taking        b.take          c.to take           d.to taking

3. I’m bored. _____ play soccer this afternoon?
a.Let’s         b.How about     c.What about     d.Why don’t we

4. There will be a new interesting film. _____ going to the cinema on Friday?
a.Let’s       b.Why don’t we       c.How about          d.Shall we

5. You look so tired. _____ you go to the hospital to have a check?
a.Let's       b.Why don't           c.How about           d.What about

exercise 9 put the verbs in brackets in past simple or past continuous.

1.While Tom (read)............................,mai ly (watch)............................a documentary on TV.

2.Mark (come)..........................home, (switch)...............................on the computer and (check)............................his emails.

3.The thief (sneak).....................into the house,(steal)..........................the jewels and (leave)..................................without a trace.

4.Nobody(listen)......................while the teacher(explain)....................the tenses.

5.while we(do).....................a sight-seeing tour,our friends(lie)....................on the beach.

6.He(wake)........................up and(look)............................at his watch.

7.The receptionist(welcome).........................the guests and(ask)....................them to fill in the form.

8.The car(break).........................down and we(have)......................to walk home.

9.The boys(swim)...........................while the girls(sunbathe).............................

10.My father(come)...........................in,(look).........................around and(tell).....................me to tidy up my room.

11.what(Joey and lyly/do)...........................while their parents were working on the farm?

12.While the parents(have)...................breakfast,their children(run)...................away.

13.Matha(turn).......................off the lights and (go)...................to bed.

14.When I(do)...............................the washing-up,I(break).........................a plate.

15.while Tom(play)........................the piano,his mother(do)......................the washing-up.

exercise 8: put the verbs in brackets in past simple or past continuous.

In my last holiday.I went to Hawaii.When I (1) (go)............................to the beachfor the first time,something wonderful happened.I (2) (swim)....................in the sea while my mother was sleeping in the sun.My brother was buildinga castle and my father (3) (drink)..................some water suddenly I (4) (see).....................a boy on the beach.His eyes were blue like the water in the sea and his hair (5) (be)....................beautiful black.He was very tall and thin and his hair was brown.My heart (6) (beat)........................fast.I (7) (ask).....................him for his name with a shy voice.He (8) (tell)........................me that his name was John.He (9) (stay).............................with me the wholeafternoon.In the evening,we met again.We ate pizza in a food stall.The following days we (10) (have)........................a lot of fun together.At the end of my holidays when I left HawaiiI said good-bye to John.We had tears in our eyes.He wrote to me a letter very soon and I answered him.

exercise 7: Underline the mistake in each sentence and correct it.

1.I was play football when she called me.

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2.was you study math at 5 p.m . Yesterday?

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3.what was she do while her mother was making lunch?

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4.where did you went last sunday?

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5.They weren't sleep during the meeting last monday.

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6.he got up early and have breakfast with his family yesterday morning.

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7.she didn't broke the flower vase.Tom did.

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8.last week my friend and I go to the beach on the bus.

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9.while I am listening to music,I heard the doorbell.

10.peter turn on the TV,but nothing happened.

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