VIII. Read the passages the fill in each blank with a suitable word. (10 pts)
How Nam has improved his English.
In the first year of lower secondary (1)________, I had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation (2)_______ really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not (3)_______ how to improve them. I didn’t want my father (4)_______ mother to know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher (5)_______ English told me to wait 6)_______ her outside the classroom. She took (7)_______ to the school library and showed me tapes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English- English dictionary to (8)_______ my English grammar. “Now I think you know what you should do” she said. I made much progress and only one year later, I won the first (9)_______ in the English Speaking Contest (10)_______ for secondary school students in my hometown.
IX. Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition. (10 pts)
1. The post office is not far____ my house.
2. Mrs. Lien said you could reach her____ 8 603 312.
3. Snow is falling all____ the country.
4. Will you pick me____ after the party?
5. We all agreed____ their request for a full investigation.
VIII. Read the passages the fill in each blank with a suitable word. (10 pts)
How Nam has improved his English.
In the first year of lower secondary (1)___school_____, I had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation (2)___was____ really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not (3)____know___ how to improve them. I didn’t want my father (4)____and___ mother to know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher (5)___of____ English told me to wait 6)___for____ her outside the classroom. She took (7)___me____ to the school library and showed me tapes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English- English dictionary to (8)___improve____ my English grammar. “Now I think you know what you should do” she said. I made much progress and only one year later, I won the first (9)___prize____ in the English Speaking Contest (10)___held____ for secondary school students in my hometown.
IX. Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition. (10 pts)
1. The post office is not far__from__ my house.
2. Mrs. Lien said you could reach her___at_ 8 603 312.
3. Snow is falling all___over_ the country.
4. Will you pick me__up__ after the party?
5. We all agreed___with_ their request for a full investigation.
IX. Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition. (10 pts)
1. The post office is not far_FROM___ my house.
2. Mrs. Lien said you could reach her_AT___ 8 603 312.
3. Snow is falling all_OVER___ the country.
4. Will you pick me__UP__ after the party?
5. We all agreed_WITH___ their request for a full investigation.