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Ex1. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
1. Either my shoes or your coat (is / are) always on the floor. 2. George and Tamara (doesn't / don't) want to see that movie. 3. Maths (is / are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is / are) Andrea's. 4. The committee (leads / lead) very different lives in private. 5. Eight dollars (is / are) the price of a movie these days. 6. The student council (is / are) meeting today. 7. A number of students (was / were) late for class yesterday. 8. The man with all the birds (live / lives) on my street. 9. 40% of the students (is / are) very unhappy with the university life. 10. The Olympic Games (are / is) held every four years.
Ex2. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
1. The basketball team (has / have) a new coach. 2. The police (has / have) arrested three suspects. 3. A pound of cookies (cost / costs) about a dollar. 4. Four times eight (are / is) thirty-two. 5. Some of this book (is / are) not very entertaining. 6. The large number of fans (is / are) a big problem for the police. 7. Along the street leading to the stadium (is / are) many tall trees. 8. The value of cars and motorcycles (has / have) increased. 9. Parts of the latest news (is / are) incorrect. 10. 90% of the people in our town always (vote / votes) in local elections.
Ex3. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
1. Six gallons of milk (are / is) still in the refrigerator. 2. The sound of passing cars (echo / echoes) through the streets. 3. Two pieces of pie (was / were) eaten before dinner. 4. The anthology of short stories (include / includes) at least one story from Poe. 5. A lady with 10 cats (live / lives) in that big house. 6. Of the ten teams, ours (is / are) the best. 7. Neither the basket nor the oranges (was /were) cheap. 8. There (is / are) a dog, a cat, and a bird in the garage. 9. Half of the class (is / are) from another country. 10. 40% of the country (doesn’t / don’t) support the new law.
Ex4. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
1. The PM, together with his wife, (greets / greet) the press cordially. 2. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is / are) in this case. 3. The movie, including all the previews, (take / takes) about 2 hours to watch. 4. The players, as well as the captain, (want / wants) to win. 5. The man, as well as his two children, (stay / stays) in a motel. 6. My boss, who is extremely kind to his employees, (gives / give) us very helpful advice. 7. My sister, not my brothers, (live / lives) in Canada. 8. On Sundays, I and Jack, along with our aunt, often (go / goes) to church. 9. The decision made by the leaders (was / were) definitely the right one. 10. Mumps, an infectious disease, (cause / causes) painful swellings in the neck.
Ex5. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
1. Our swimming club (is / are) going to compete on Saturday. 2. Rain or sleet (is / are) predicted for tomorrow. 3. Your hands and feet (contain / contains) nearly half the bones in your body. 4. The leader as well as his brothers (belong / belongs) to the same tribe. 5. The students accompanied by their teacher (have / has) gone on a picnic. 6. The poor (are / is) always at a disadvantage. 7. My family (have / has) decided to move to Nottingham. 8. Many a student (have / has) made the same mistake. 9. Neither his father nor his mother (play / plays) mahjong. 10. The visiting times (is / are) between 8 pm and 10:30 pm.
EXERCISES
Exercise 1 – Put the verbs in brackets in the correct verb tense form.
1. Please don’t make so much noise. I (study) ...am studying...
2. My father usually (have) ..has.... tea for breakfast.
3. What ....was.. you (do) ..doing.... at this time yesterday ?
4. I (watch) ..watched.... that film with my sister last week.
5. We (study) ..have studied.... almost every lesson in this book so far.
6. He (win) ..won.... the gold medal in 2009.
7. We (not see) ...haven't seen.. your father for ages.
8. He (type) ...had typed... ten letters by lunchtime yesterday.
9. All of you (take) .are going to take..... the graduation examination in two months’ time.
10. By the end of this year, I (work) ..have been working.... here for 18 years.
11. He (see) ....saw.. her while he (walk) ...walked... down the street.
12. I thought they (wait) ...... for us for half an hour.
13. After he (do) ..had done.... his homework, he went to the cinema.
14. We (not see) ..haven't seen.... her since she (leave) ..left.... school.
15. When I (be) .was..... a boy, I often (go) ...went... fishing with my teacher.
16. When I (leave) .left..... my office last night, it (still..
Exercise 2 – Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has a similar meaning to the original one.
1. I have never read this kind of book before.
- It is the first time ...I have read this kind of book...
2. I have never read such an interesting novel.
- This is the most .interesting novel I have ever read.....
3. She began to work as a secretary in 2005.
- She has ..worked as a secretary since 2005....
4. He hasn’t seen his sister since she left for Japan.
⇒ He last saw his sister when she left for Japan.
RELATIVE
1. Peter, who hated eating on his own, wanted to have dinner with us
2. We saw several houses, most of which were modern.
3. My brother, whose dream is to live in a farm house, has just sold his town house.
4. We pay a visit to the house where we lived 10 years ago.
5. They’ll never forget the day on which their wedding took place.
6. What was the name of the year in which your son was born?
7. Hai phong, whose streets are green, is a nice city.
8. I like the dog whose fur is white.
9. Felipe bought a camera which has three lenses.
10. Frank is the man whom we are going to nominate for the office of treasurer.
11. Janet wants a typewriter which can self-correct.
Đáp án nè:
Bài 1:
1. Peter, who hated eating on his own, wanted to have dinner with us
2. We saw several houses, most of which were modern.
3. My brother, whose dream is to live in a farm house, has just sold his town house.
4. We pay a visit to the house where we lived ten years ago
5. They’ll never forget the day on which their wedding took place
6. What was the name of the year in which your son was born?
7. Hai phong, whose streets are green, is a nice city
8. I like the dog whose fur is white.
9. Felipe bought a camera which has three lenses
10. Frank is the man whom we are going to nominate for the office of treasurer
11. Janet wants a typewriter which can self-correct
1. expectation
2. swimming
3. writing
4. odorous
5. service
6.attentively
7. troublesome
8. noticeable
9. fixings
10. unforgiveable
11. argument
12. appearance
15. inconvenience
4. odorous là sai rồi nhé. Nước làm gì có mùi. Phải là odourless (không có mùi)
9. fixings không hợp lý. Là fixtures. từ này là cụm luôn. Fixtures and fittings
10. unforgivable
11. Agreement mà tại sao lại chuyển qua argument. Phải là disagreement chứ
12. Nghĩa không phù hợp. disappearance
13. misinformation. nếu để infomation nguyên thì nghĩa không đúng
14. injustice (không công bằng)
I.Find and correct the mistake in each sentence:
1. I asked Lan whether was she->she was free the following afternoon.
2. Trung wishes that he can->could have a chance to go to Sigapore to meet his pen pal.
3.The children laughed happy->happily when they played with the toys.
4. He said he was working for a foreign company in the city center now->then.
5.We are having a meeting about air pollution in our city in->on Friday morning.
6. Did Ba use to drive more careful->carefully than he does now?
7. Lan's sister play->plays badminton more better than she does.
8. My sister has done my homework in her room for->since a quarter past eight.
9. How many->much sugar do I need to make a cake?
10.This house is->was repainted last month.
1. Read through the text. Then use the words in capital letters below it to form a word that fits each space.
Like all (0) inventors, Elias Howe had sudden '' flashes of (1) inspiration''. His strange dream is just one example of (2) psychological processes that are still beyond our (3) understanding . This is why there is so much (4) disagreements about dreams and what that really are. Dreams have no (5) meaning at the time we have then. Our (6) interpretation of dreams happens after they are over. Some (7) scientists think that our dreams are partly the (8) products of our unconscious minds. Our memory of the dream my be (9) completely different from the dream we (10) actually had.
0. invent 1. inspire 2. psychology 3. understand 4. disagree 5. mean 6. interpret 7. science 8. produce 9. complete 10. actual
2. Rewrite the second sentence in each pair. Use no more thann five words including the word in bold. Do not change this word.
1.'' I'm very busy'', Tom said to Joe. ( told)
Tom told Joe that he was very busy.
2. ''Would you mind coming to my office?'' Tom said to his partner. (asked).
Tom asked if his partner could come to his office.
3. '' Yes, I have a little money in Switzerland.'' , he said. ( admitted)
Tom admitted having a little money in Switzerland.
3. Complete the sentence below with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Last night I (have) had a very strange dream. In this dream, I was in a restaurant. I ( sit) sat alone and (read) read a book. Suddenly I (look) looked up and (see) saw a man (stare) staring at me. I (look) looked around and (see) saw a lot of other people (sit) sitting at tables near him. They (laugh) laughed and (smile) smiled about something. The waiter (come) came over to me. He (begin) began to smile. I (ask) asked him why he (smile) smiled . The other people (begin) began to laugh even louder. The waiter (point) pointed to my legs. Then I (understand) understood why everybody (laugh) laughed . I (not wear) didn't wear any trousers.
6 made
7 made
8 doing
9 makes
10 do