1.We wrote this letter for two hours.

àIt took we wirte this letter for two hours.

2.I spend.

àIt takes.

3.Dogs are difficult to train.

àIt’s..

4.They think that learning English are not easy.

à They think that it …………………............................................…………………………..

5.The weather is too cold for us to go out.

àThe weather is so ………….......................................................................…………………………..

6.The weather is too cold for us to go out.

àThe weather isn’t…………………..............................................................…………………………..

7.The film isn’t interesting for us to see.

àThe film is too…………………....................................................................…………………………..

8.Nhan is tired. He can’t fly his kites.

→ Nhan is so …………………......................................................................…………………………..

12. I wish to have enough money. I want to buy a new house

→ I wish to have enough money so that…….................................................…………………………..

13. I don’t think this book is expensive as it is.

→ This book is.....................................................................................................................................

14. Doing this test is very difficult.

→ It’s....................................................................................................................................................

15. He said something. I didn’t understand.

→ I didn’t understand...........................................................................................................................

16. He likes to read very much.

→ He enjoys.........................................................................................................................................

17. The bag is very heavy.  I can’t carry it.

→ This bag is too ................................................................................................................................

18. We’ll go out. The rain will stop

→ When..............................................................................................................................................

Exercise 1. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

 (1) _________ January 17^th, 1995, a powerful earthquake (2)  _________ hit the city of Kobe, Japan. Many buildings (3) _________ or collapsed.

Soon after the earthquake, people in Kobe (4) _________ working together to (5)  _________ their city. Neighbours pulled each other out (6) _________ collapsed buildings. Ordinary people (7) _________ out fires even before the fire trucks arrived. Volunteers in Kobe organized themselves into (8) _________. They worked out a system to send (9) _________ to where it was needed. Some people (10) _________ food, water, clothes to different part of the city. Some volunteers took (11) _________ of children who had lost their parents. Teams of volunteers from outside Japan helped, too.

Today, Kobe has been built. But people there still remember the outpouring of support they (12) _________ from all over the world back in 1995.   

1. A. in             B. at                             C. on                            D. from

2. A. broke        B. destroyed                  C. banged                     D. hit

3. A. is burning  B. burned                      C. burning                     D. burn

4. A. to begin     B. are beginning C. begin                        D. began

5. A. run            B. save                         C. operate                     D. build

6. A. into          B. of                             C. on                            D. with

7. A. to put        B. putting                      C. puts                          D. put

8. A. teams       B. pair                           C. group                        D. friends

9. A. helped       B. helping                      C. help                          D. to help

10. A. brought   B. bringing                     C. brings                       D. brought

11. A. part         B. care                          C. caring                       D. note

12. A. received   B.  is receiving               C. have received             D. receiving

Exercise 2:  Rewrite the sentences in a way that is has similar meaning to the original sentences:

1. I find collecting glass bottles interesting (HOBBY)

à                                                                                                            

2. Van's brother usually goes to work by motorbike (RIDE)

à

3. What hobby do you like best, Elina? (FAVOURITE)

à

4. Linh finds playing board games boring (LIKE)

à

5. My sister enjoys arranging flowers (FINDS)

à

       1.       You can avoid some diseases by ________ yourself clean.

A. keeping                  B. taking                         C. looking                       D. bringing

       2.       The Japanese eat a lot of fish instead of meat _______ they are more healthy.

A. but                           B. because                     C. although                     D. so

       3.       Rob eats a lot of fast food and he ________ on a lot of weight

A. takes                       B. puts                           C. spends                       D. brings

       4.       We need to spend less time ________ computer games.

A. play                         B. to play                        C. playing                       D. to playing

       5.       Do more exercise ________ eat more fruit and vegetables.

A. but                           B. or                               C. and                            D. so

       6.       After working in computers for long hours, you should _______ your eyes and relax.

A. sleep                       B. sleep in                      C. wake                          D. rest

       7.       Watching too much television is not good ________ you or your eyes.

A. with                         B. to                               C. at                               D. for

       8.       When you have flu, you may have a cough and a _______ nose.

A. runny                      B. running                       C. following                     D. noisy

       9.       When you have a temperature, you should drink more water and rest ________.

A. most                        B. more                          C. most                          D. less

   10.       I forgot to wear a sun hat today and I got a _______.

A. stomachache            B. earache                      C. backache                    D. headache

   11.       We should play sports or do exercise in order to stay in _______.

A. look                         B. shape                        C. fit                               D. health

   12.       Don’t eat that type of fish: you may have a/an ________.

A. sick                         B. sore                           C. energy                       D. allergy

   13.       Do you believe that eating ________ carrots helps you see at night?

A. much more               B. less                            C most                           D. the most

   14.       We should try to keep everything around us clean and then flu it ________ to spread.

A. difficult                     B. difficulty                      C. difficultly                     D. difficulties

   15.       Be careful with _______ you eat and drink.

A. what                        B. that                            C. who                            D. this

   16.       Eating a lot of junk food may lead to your ________.

A. obesity                    B. fitness                        C. pain                            D. stomachache

   17.       We should follow the advice from doctors and health ________ in order to keep fit

A. people                      B. workers                      C. managers                   D. experts

   18.       Have a healthy ________ and you can enjoy your life.

A. lives                         B. lifestyle                       C. lifeline                         D. lively

   19.       The health _______ from that diet expert is that you should eat less junk food and count your calories if you are becoming fat.

A. tip                            B. tips                            C. advices                      D. ideas

   20.       The seafood I ate this morning makes me feel ________ all over.

A. running                     B. well                            C. itchy                          D. weak

Exercise 3:  Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence.

1. They repaired the furniture in our village school and also _______the houses for elderly people.

A. fixed             B. removed        C. renewed                    D. regenerated

2. Care _________ the young and the old is a public responsibility.

A. with              B. for                C. to                             D. about

3. They had found ways to ________funds to support their activities.

A. rise               B. collect          C. gather                       D. raise

4. They ________  a  lot of  flowers in their garden and around their house.

A. place            B. plant             C. put                           D. pick down

5. She has only to ________ the meals, look after the children, and keep the house in order.

A. take              B. cook             C. do                            D. make

6. Girls may also be made to do chores when they could be learning, and not be allowed to take ______ sports.

A. part in           B. one in           C. into                           D. take for

7.  They want prosperity but  they also want a ______ environment, good health, social protection.

A. cleaning        B. cleaned         C. clean                        D. cleanness

8. He ______  thousands of pounds to charity.

A. put               B. donated        C. transmitted                D. took

9. At Tet, my mother and her close friends often go to the hospitals to donate cakes, sweets and toys for the sick children there. She  _________ it for many years.

A. is doing         B. have done     C. has done                   D. did

10. The volunteers have raised funds to _________ homeless people.

A. bring             B. help              C. rescue                      D. bear

11. The last aim is to _______ fresh drinking water at the lowest cost possible.

A. do                B. make            C. provide                      D. give

12. Mr. Brown and some ________ are on a very dirty beach now to ________ the beach a clean and beautiful place again.

A. volunteers - make                  B. volunteering - get       C. voluntary - do                         D. volunteer - change

13. It is very positive for children to study hard if they’re ________ to do so.

A. exciting         B. interesting     C. eager                        D. bored

14. Vietnamese people have had the __________of helping one another since the early days of the country.

A. custom         B. legend          C. tradition                    D. religion

15. A volunteer always helps other people willingly and ____ payment.

A. for               B. within             C. about                        D. without

16. They save  people money as well as having health ________.

A. benefits         B. forces           C. problems                   D. events

17. They volunteer by ______ children from poor families in their community.

A. talking          B. singing          C. encouraging              D. tutoring

18. All the members have to collect glass, waste paper and empty cans and send them for _____.

A. recycling       B. reusing         C. producing                  D. reselling

Exercise 4: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that needs correction.

1. Frank has done his homework and then  listened to music.

A. has done       B. homework     C. then              D. listened

2. The children have put away their toys but they didn’t make their beds yet.

A. have put        B. toys              C. but               D. didn’t make

3. Jim learned a lot since he started the language  course.

A. learned         B. a lot              C. started          D. course

4. My sister wants to rise funds for street children so she has made hundreds of postcards to sell them.

A. to rise           B. for                C. has made      D. hundreds      

5. They haven’t seen each other since September when they have met at Mary’s party.

A. haven’t seen  B. other             C. have met       D. at        

6. Peter has bought a new MP3 player yesterday but I haven’t seen it already.

A. has bought    B. player           C. haven’t          D. already

7. The hockey player hit his head on Friday and he was in hospital since then.

A. hit                B. was              C. in hospital     D. then 

8. He gave lectures to foreign tourists  about  traditional food and games recently.

A. gave             B. to                 C. about            D. traditional

D. READING

Exercise 1. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

 (1) _________ January 17^th, 1995, a powerful earthquake (2)  _________ hit the city of Kobe, Japan. Many buildings (3) _________ or collapsed.

Soon after the earthquake, people in Kobe (4) _________ working together to (5)  _________ their city. Neighbours pulled each other out (6) _________ collapsed buildings. Ordinary people (7) _________ out fires even before the fire trucks arrived. Volunteers in Kobe organized themselves into (8) _________. They worked out a system to send (9) _________ to where it was needed. Some people (10) _________ food, water, clothes to different part of the city. Some volunteers took (11) _________ of children who had lost their parents. Teams of volunteers from outside Japan helped, too.

Today, Kobe has been built. But people there still remember the outpouring of support they (12) _________ from all over the world back in 1995.   

1. A. in             B. at                             C. on                            D. from

2. A. broke        B. destroyed                  C. banged                     D. hit

3. A. is burning  B. burned                      C. burning                     D. burn

4. A. to begin     B. are beginning C. begin                        D. began

5. A. run            B. save                         C. operate                     D. build

6. A. into          B. of                             C. on                            D. with

7. A. to put        B. putting                      C. puts                          D. put

8. A. teams       B. pair                           C. group                        D. friends

9. A. helped       B. helping                      C. help                          D. to help

10. A. brought   B. bringing                     C. brings                       D. brought

11. A. part         B. care                          C. caring                       D. note

12. A. received   B.  is receiving               C. have received             D. receiving