ÔN BÀI TẬP
Exercise 1. Complete the sentence with the words in the box.
contamina Untreated
dead
pollutant radioactive
ted
Effects
Dumped
aquatic
sewage
poison
1. ________ or wastewater should be treated before it is discharged into the river or ocean.
2. More and more waste and________ are poured into the water, the soil and the air.
3. The________ material is stored in a special radiation-proof Container.
4. Oil spills can cause the death of________ animals such as fish.
5. ________sewage can spread disease and contaminate drinking water sources.
6. Cholera is transmitted through________ water
7. The health________ of air pollution include heart disease, lung cancer, and asthma.
8. Carbon dioxide is a dangerous air________.
9. Over 150,000 tonnes of waste are________ annually along the coastline.
10. Up to 100.000 fish were found________ along the river last week.
Exercise 2. Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
1. She ________ lunch by the time we arrived.
A. finished

B. has finished

C. had finished

D. finishing

2. Bob will come soon. When Bob _______, we will see him.
A. come

B. will come

C. will be coming

D. comes

3. I will get home at 5:30. After I get home, I ________ dinner.
A. will have

B. will be having

C. had

D. have

4. As soon as the taxi _________, we will be able to leave for the airport.
A. arrives

B. arrive

C. will arrive

D. arrived

5. I will go to bed after I _________my work.
A. finish

B. finished

C. will finish

D. finishes

6. I ________ here when you arrive tomorrow.
A. am

B. had been

C. could be

D. will be

7. I am going to wait right here until Jessica ________.
A. comes

B. will have come

C. is coming

D. came

8. As soon as the war ________over, there will be great joy throughout the land.
A. are

B. will be

C. is

D. would be

9. Right now the tide is low, but when the tide comes in, the ship ______ the harbor.
A. left

B. will leave

C. will have left

D. leave

10. I am going to start making dinner before my wife ______ home from work today.
A. get

B. gets

C. will get

D. got

Exercise 3: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.

1. I will call you before I ________ over.
A. come

B. will come

C. will be coming

D. came

2. After she graduates, she ________ a job.
A. got

B. will get

C. had got

D. get

3. When I _________ him tomorrow, I will ask him.
A. saw

B. have seen

C. will see

D. see

4. As soon as it _________ raining, we will leave.
A. stops

B. stop

C. had stopped

D. stopped

5. By the time he comes, we will have already __________.
A. leave

B. leaving

C. left

D. leaves

C. will have seen

D. saw

6. Whenever I ________ her, I say hello.
A. see

B. will see

7. The next time I go to New York, I am going ________ a ballet.
A. seeing

B. see

C. saw

D. to see

8. I will never speak to him again so long as I _______.
A. lives

B. will live

C. am living

D. live

9. By the time Bill ____ to bed tomorrow, he will have had a full day and will be ready for sleep.
A. had gone

B. will go

C. goes

D. went

10. As soon as I finish my report, I will call you and we ________ out for dinner.
A. went

B. will go

C. will have gone

D. go

11. By the time I return to my country, I _________ away from home for more than three years.
A. would be

B. will have been

C. will be

D. am

12. After he _______ breakfast tomorrow, he will get ready to go to work.
A. will have had

B. has

C. will be having

D. have

13. As soon as he finishes dinner, he _______ the children for a work to a nearby playground.
A. will take

B. takes

C. will be taking

D. took

14. When Bill gets home, his children ___________ in the yard.
A. played

B. will play

C. will be playing

D. play

15. He will work at his desk until he ______ to another meeting in the middle of the afternoon.
A. went

B. go

C. will go

D. goes

Exercise 4. Can you find a 'general' word to describe each group of items below?
nove food drin furnit fruit clothi jewel flow
toy
l
k
ure
ng
ry
er
1. ………………….. e.g. peaches, pineapples, blueberries.
2. ………………….. e.g. dog, cat, hamster mouse.

pet

3. ………………….. e.g. table, chair, desk.
4. ………………….. e.g. dress, shirt, shoes.
5. ………………….. e.g. pizza, spaghetti, soup.
6. ………………….. e.g. tea, wine, milk.
7. ………………….. e.g. rings, earrings, bracelets.
8. ………………….. e.g. teddy bear, doll, lego.
9. ………………….. e.g. roses, lavenders, tulips.
10. ………………… e.g. The Count of Monte Cristo, Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes.
Exercise 5. Choose the correct answer.
1. Andrea lives next door so we _______ see her.
a. never
b. often
2. Nancy and I (30%) _______ go out for coffee together.
a. never
b. frequently
3. We meet _______ at the Annual General Meeting.
a. never
b. every day
4. My doctor_______
a. yearly checks my health b. checks yearly my health
5. It (0%) _______ rains here in the summer.
a. never
b. sometimes
6. _______ we take the dog off his leash at the beach.
a. sometimes
b. never
7. My sister _______ two days of school in a row.
a. often has missed
b. has missed often
8. My boyfriend and I take vacations together quite _______.
a. never
b. hardly
9. Andy (10%) _______ gets to visit his cousins.
a. very often
b. very rare
10. I don't earn much because I
a. never went to college
b. went never to college

c. rare
c. occasionally
c. yearly
c. check my health yearly
c. rare
c. rare
c. has often missed
c. frequently
c. rarely
c. went to college never

Exercise 6. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form in the present simple.
1. Linh (work) ________ in a hospital.
2. Cat (like) ________ fish.
3. Myanmar (live)________ in California.
4. It (rain)________ almost every afternoon in French.
5. My son (fry)________ eggs for breakfast everyday.
6. The museum (close)________ at 8 pm.
7. He (try)________ hard in class, but I (not think) ________ he'll pass.
8. My sister is so smart that she (pass)________ every exam without even trying.
9. Your life (be)_____ so boring. You just (watch)________ TV everyday.
10. His girlfriend (write)________ to him two times a week.
11. You (speak) ________ English?
12. She (not live) ________ in Ho Chi Minh city.
Exercise 7. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.
1. She is good ________meteorology.

A. on
B. in
C. at
D. for
2. Last night volcano Maui ________and the large areas of land were affected.
A. erupts
B. erupted
C. erupting
D. erupt
3. When a volcanic eruption occurs, the hot ________pours downhill.
A. ash
B. smoke
C. dirt
D. lava
4. Since there are two villages located at the foot of the volcano, the local population was ________.
A. evacuated
B. killed
C. died
D. injured
5. The earthquake ________have been sent humanitarian aid by many countries.
A. victim's
B. elders
C. rescuers
D. soldiers
6. When there is a plane crash, a lot of ________is left.
A. dust
B. debris
C. waste
D. piece
7. A powerful ________off the coast of Indonesia sparked a three-metre-high and killed at least 113
people.
A. earthquake
B. tornado
C. tsunami
D. landslide
8. A ________often occurs in the mountainous areas because many trees have been cut down.
A. forest fire
B. flood
C. tornado
D. landslide
9. ________often happen in rainy season especially in the center of Vietnam.
A. droughts
B. storms
C. floods
D. sandstorms
10. Deforestation leads to ________which can be defined as the changes in the average temperature.
A. flood
B. climate change C. sandstorm
D. erosion
Exercise 8. Give the correct form of the verbs in the past continuous tense.
1. At this time last year, they __________ (build) this stadium.
2. I __________ (drive) my motorbike very fast when James called me.
3. I __________ (chat) with Hannah while Mr. Henry __________ (teach) the lesson yesterday.
4. My brother __________ (watch) TV when I got home.
5. At this time last night, I __________ (prepare) for my husband's birthday party.
6. What you __________ (do) at 7 pm last Monday?
7. Where you __________ (go) when I saw you last weekend?
8. They __________ (not go) to church when I met them yesterday.
9. My mother __________ (not do) the housework when our grandparents came home.
10. Ms. Stacey __________ (read) books while her children __________ (play) football yesterday
afternoon.
Exercise 9: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets: past simple or past continuous.
1. When I __________ to school, I __________ John. (walk/see)
2. When I __________ in the kitchen, Mary __________ . (help/come)
3. While she __________ the soup, the children __________ . (cook/play)
4. While they __________ cards, the baby __________ . (play/sleep)
5. When I __________ in the garden, my uncle __________ . (work/call)
6. Carol __________ TV while Bob and Peter __________ football. (watch/play)
7. When she __________ her hair, the baby __________ to cry. (wash/begin)
8. A strong wind __________ when the plane. (blow/land)
9. When she __________ tennis, it __________ to rain. (play/began)
10. When I __________ TV, the lights __________ out. (watch/go)
11. While he __________ the piano, she __________ to him. (play/listen)
12. While she __________ up her room, he __________ his car. (tidy/wash)
13. The boys __________ in the garden while she __________ the flowers. (help/water)

14. He __________ Mary when he __________ through the park. (meet/walk)
15. We __________ computer games while she __________ a book. (play/read)
Exercise 10. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete these sentences below.
1. The children are playing __________.
A. out
B. outside
C. at
D. in
2. May comes__________ April.
A. before
B. after
C. from
D. against
3. There is a clock__________ the wall in class.
A. near
B. across
C. on
D. at
4. Where is Susan? She is sitting__________ Jim.
A. on
B. under
C. between
D. next to
5. We're studying__________ Sai Gon University.
A. at
B. in
C. of
D. from
6. There are 40 students__________ the class.
A. inside
B. in
C. at
D. over
7. My pen is__________ the books and the computer.
A. among
B. down
C. up
D. between
8. I saw a mouse__________ the chair.
A. among
B. between
C. in
D. behind
9. My house is__________ to the hospital.
A. close
B. near
C. opposite
D. across
10. We come__________ Viet Nam.
A. in
B. above
C. from
D. below
Exercise 11. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions. (Write X if we don't need a preposition.)
1. The train leaves _______ tomorrow morning _______ 8:00 am.
2. I love going skiing _______ January.
3. We met at the restaurant _______ 8pm.
4. The class is _______ 9am _______ Monday mornings.
5. I like to drink coffee _______ the morning and tea _______ the afternoon.
6. We went out for dinner _______ last Wednesday.
7. She left London _______ the 4th of March.
8. I had a party _______ my birthday.
9. Lucy went to New York _______ New Year.
10. We're meeting _______ lunchtime _______ next Tuesday.
Exercise 12. Choose one suitable word from brackets to complete the sentences.
1. Is this cup ________ (your / yours)?
2. The coffee is ________ (my / mine).
3. That coat is ________ (my / mine).
4. He lives in ________ (her / hers) house.
5. You might want ________ (your / yours) phone.
6. The new car is ________ (their / theirs).
7. She cooked ________ (our / ours) food.
8. Don't stand on ________ (my / mine) foot!
9. She gave him ________ (her / hers) suitcase.
10. I met ________ (their / theirs) mother.

11. Is this ________ (their / theirs) coffee?
12. Is the flat ________ (her / hers)?
13. The gray scarf is ________ (my / mine).
14. That red bike is ________ (our / ours).
15. We should take ________ (our / ours) coats.
16. That is ________ (my / mine) car.
17. He dropped ________ (my / mine) bag.
18. Are these phones ________ (their / theirs)?
19. These cakes are ________ (our / ours)!
20. Are those children ________ (your / yours)?
Exercise 13. Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
1. Generally speaking, most technology has had a ___________ effect on our lives.
A. benefit
B. benefice
C. beneficial
D. beneficent
2. It remains to be seen what the ________ impact of this technology will be.
A. long
B. long-term
C. boring
D. relax
3. Few __________ have had a greater influence on mankind than the computer.
A. invent
B. inventors
C. inventions
D. inventing
4. It is undeniable that ________ have revolutionized our lives.
A. computers
B. computer
C. computerizing D. computed
5. The 21st century has already seen considerable _________ in computer technology.
A. progress
B. progressing
C. progresses
D. process
6. It is not easy to predict how this _________ is going to develop.
A. technique
B. technology
C. technologies
D. technologizing
7. One major ________ is in the use of computers in transport regulation.
A. advance
B. advances
C. advanced
D. advantage
8. The cloud is one of the latest________ in computer technology.
A. innovate
B. innovation
C. innovations
D. innovating
Exercise 14. Choose the best answer.
1. Charlie said, "I'm thinking of going to live in Canada".
a. Charlie said that I was thinking of going to live in Canada.
b. Charlie said that I am thinking of going to live in Canada.
c. Charlie said that he was thinking of going to live in Canada.
d. Charlie said that he is thinking of going to live in Canada.
2. Charlie said, "My father is in hospital".
a. Charlie said that my father is in hospital.
b. Charlie said that his father was in hospital.
c. Charlie said that his father is in hospital.
d. Charlie said that my father was in hospital.
3. Charlie said, "Nora and Jim are getting married tomorrow
a. He said that Nora and Jim are getting married tomorrow
b. He said that Nora and Jim were getting married the next day.
c. He said that Nora and Jim were getting married tomorrow.
d. He said that Nora and Jim are getting married the next day.
4. Charlie said, "I haven't seen Bill for a while".
a. He said that he hadn't seen Bill for a while.
b. He said that I haven't seen Bill for a while.
c. He said that he hasn't seen Bill for a while.

d. He said that I hadn't seen Bill for a while.
5. Charlie said, "I've been playing tennis a lot recently"
a. Charlie said that I've been playing tennis recently.
b. Charlie said that he had been playing tennis recently.
c. Charlie said that he had bee playing tennis recently.
d. Charlie said that I had been playing tennis recently
6. Charlie said, "Margaret has had a baby".
a. Charlie said Margaret has had a baby.
b. Charlie said Margaret had had a baby.
c. Charlie said Margaret had a baby.
d. Charlie said Margaret has a baby.
7. Charlie said, "I don't know what Fred is doing".
a. He said that he doesn't know what Fred is doing.
b. He said that he didn't know what Fred is doing.
c. He said that he doesn't know what Fred was doing.
d. He said that he didn't know what Fred was doing.
8. Charlie said, "I hardly ever go out these days".
a. He said that he hardly ever went out these days.
b. He said that I hardly ever go out these days.
c. He said that I hardly ever went out these days.
d. He said that he hardly ever goes out these days.
9. Charlie said, '"I work 14 hours a day".
a. He said that he works 14 hours a day.
b. He said that he worked 14 hours a day.
c. He said that I work 14 hours a day.
d. He said that I worked 14 hours a day.
10. Charlie said, "I'll tell Jim I saw you"
a. He said he'll tell Jim he saw me.
b. He said I would tell Jim I had seen you.
c. He said he would tell Jim he had seen me.
d. He said I would tell Jim he had seen me.
11. Charlie said, "You can come and stay with me if you are ever in London".
a. He said you could come and stay with him if you were ever in London.
b. He said I could come and stay with him if I were ever in London.
c. He said you can come and stay with him if you are ever in London.
d. He said I can come and stay with him if I am ever in London.
12. Charlie said, "Tom had an accident last week but he wasn't injured".
a. He said Tom had an accident last week but he wasn't injured.
b. He said Tom had had an accident last week but he wasn't injured.
c. He said Tom had had an accident the previous week but he hadn't been injured.
d. He said Tom had an accident last week but he hadn't been injured.
13. Charlie said, "I saw Jack at a party a few months ago and he seemed fine".
a. He said he had seen Jack at a party a few months ago and he had seemed fine
b. He said I saw Jack at a party a few months ago and he seemed fin
c. He said he had seen Jack at a party a few months ago and he seemed fine
d. He said he saw Jack at a party a few months ago and he had seemed fine
14. Tom said, "New York is bigger than London".
a. He said that New York was bigger than London.

b. He says that New York is bigger than London.
c. He says that New York was bigger than London.
d. He said that New York is bigger than London.
15. "Stay in bed for a few days", the doctor said to me.
a. The doctor told me stay in bed for a few a days.
b. The doctor told to me to stay in bed for a few days.
c. The doctor said me to stay in bed for a few days.
d. The doctor told me to stay in bed for a few days.
Exercise 15: Turn into the reported speech.
1. “ I will never see you again,” the boy said to the girl.
______________________________________________________________
2. He said to her, “You are my best friend.”
______________________________________________________________
3. Johnny said to his mother, “I don't know how to do this exercise.”
______________________________________________________________
4. “We are waiting for the school bus”, said the chidren.
______________________________________________________________
5. Marry said, “My father died a year ago”.
______________________________________________________________
6. John said, “I have finished studying my lesson”.
______________________________________________________________
7. Mary said, “I can not go to the movies with you, John”.
______________________________________________________________
8. “I shall expect to see you next Wednesday.” Mary said to her friend.
______________________________________________________________
9. He said, “I don't know what happened.”
______________________________________________________________
10. She said, “I went to the doctor yesterday.”
______________________________________________________________
11. He said, “I have a toothache.”
______________________________________________________________
12. She said, “I'll write him a prescription.”
______________________________________________________________
13. They said, “We're going to the drugstore.”
______________________________________________________________
14. He said, “The doctor gave me some pills.”
______________________________________________________________
15. She said, “I go to the supermarket every day.”
______________________________________________________________
Exercise 16. Turn these sentences into reported speech.
1. "Where is my umbrella?" she asked.
She asked ....................................................................................................................
2. "How do you learn English?" Martin asked us.
Martin asked us ...........................................................................................................
3. He asked, "Do I have to do it?"
He asked .....................................................................................................................

4. "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.
The mother asked her daughter ...................................................................................
5. "Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend.
She asked her boyfriend ..............................................................................................
6. "What are they doing?" she asked.
She wanted to know ....................................................................................................
7. "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.
He wanted to know .....................................................................................................
8. The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?"
The teacher wanted to know .......................................................................................
9. "How do you know that?" she asked me
She asked me ..............................................................................................................
10. "Where did you meet her?" my friend asked me.
My friend asked me ...................................................................................................
Exercise 17. Turn these sentences into reported speech.
1. "Do you speak English?" He asked me
 He asked me ........................................................................................................
2. "Are you British or American?" She asked me
 She asked me .......................................................................................................
3. "Have you got a computer?" She asked
 She asked .............................................................................................................
4. "Can you type?" He wanted to know
 He wanted to know ..............................................................................................
5. "Did you come by train?" She wanted to know
 She wanted to know ............................................................................................
6. "Have you been to Bristol before?" He asked
 He asked...............................................................................................................
7. "Will you be at the party?" he asked her.
 He asked her .............................................................................................................. .
8. "Can you meet me at the station?" she asked me.
 She asked me .............................................................................................................
9. "Did you see that car?" he asked me.
 He asked me ...............................................................................................................
10. "Have you tidied up your room?" the mother asked the twins.
 The mother asked the twins ........................................................................................
Exercise 18. Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
1. She asked me where I___________ from.
A. come
B. coming
C. to come
D. came
2. She_________ me whether I liked classical music or not.
A. ask
B. asks
C. asked
D. asking
3. He asked me who____________ the editor of that book.
A. was
B. were
C. is
D. has been
4. He wants to know whether I ___________ back tomorrow.
A. come
B. came
C. will come
D. would come
5. I wonder why he___________ love his family.
A. doesn't
B. don't
C. didn't
D. hasn't

6. They asked me how many children___________.
A. if I had
B. had I
C. I have
D. have I
7. Thu said she had been___________ the day before.
A. here
B. there
C. in this place
D. where
8. The student said that the English test_______ the most difficult.
A. is
B. was
C. will be
D. have been
9. He wanted to know _______ shopping during the previous morning.
A. if we had been going
B. that if we had been going
C. we were going
D. that we were going
10. He asked me _______ Robert and I said I did not know _______.
A. that did I know / who were he
B. that I knew / who he had been
C. if I knew/ who he was
D. whether I knew / who had he been
11. They said that they had been driving through the desert__________.
A. the previous day
B. yesterday
C. the last day
D. Sunday previously
12. He asked the children _________too much noise.
A. not to make B. not making
C. don't make
D. if they don't make
13. The man said that money ___________ the passport to everything.
A. will be
B is
C. was
D. can be
14. The teacher said Columbus _________America in 1942.
A. discovered
B. had discovered C. was discovering D. would discover
15. John said he _________ her since they ________ school.
A. hasn't met – left
B. hadn't met - had left
C. hadn't met left
D. didn't meet – has left
16. The woman asked __________get lunch at school.
A. can the children
B. whether the children could
C. if the children can
D. could the children
17. Laura said that when she_________ to school, she saw an accident.
A. was walking
B. has walked
C. had been walking
D. has been walking
18. He asked, “Why didn't she take the final exam?” - He asked why __________ the final exam.
A. she took
B. did she take
C. she hadn't taken
D. she had taken
19. Ba said he__________ some good marks the semester before.
A. gets
B. got
C. had gotten
D. have got
20. They told their parents that they___________ their best to do the test.
A. try
B. will try
C. are trying
D. would try