Read the descriptions and try to guess the inventions

1.To record your voice, you have to speak into the device

2. This device can be used so that words spoken into a microphone or sound from a radio can be heard

3. You can send a document to a distant place using this small machine

4. This electric device can be used to toast slices of bread

5. This machine has needle that is driven by an electric motor or by movements of your hand and foot. Clothes can be made with the help of this machine

6. This device can be used to clean the floor, carpet by sucking up dirt and dust

7. It is a machine used to dry one's hair

8. It is a continuous moving belt used for transporting products in a factory

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Exercise 3:

1. It is believed that 13 is an…/ 13 is believed to be an unlucky number

2. It is known that English is an…./ English is known to be an international language

3. / she have heard this song to sing several times

4. . / he was seen to steal your car

5. ./ it is said that……/ john is said to be the brightest.

6. . / let your book be opened

7. . / I was advised to sell/ she advised me that house should be sold

8. / it is dangerous for the short cut to be taken

9. / it is said that he has…./ he is though to have died a natural

10. / you won’t be let to do that….

11. / we are order to clean../ he orders us that the floor should be cleaned.

12. / is must be seen to be believed.

13. / it is believed that the earth…/ the earth is believed to have stood still.

14. . / the children are not made to work hard.

15. / don’t let that silly thing to be done again.

16. . / we were begged he should be helped

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence which is closest in meaning to the given one

3. The coffee was too hot for me to drink.

A. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it

B. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink.

C. The coffee was so hot that I couldn’t drink it.

D. The coffee was so hot that I could drink it.

4. If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf.

A. I am not tall enough to reach the top shelf.

B. I am too tall to reach the top shelf.

C. I cannot reach the top shelf because I am very tall.

D. In spite of being tall, I cannot reach the top shelf.

5. It was such a boring speech that we began to yawn.

A. The speech was very boring that we began to yawn.

B. It was so a boring speech that we began to yawn.

C. The speech was too boring that we began to yawn.

D. The speech was so boring that we began to yawn.

6. It was so late that nothing could be done.

A. It was too late for nothing to be done.

B. It was too late for anything to be done.

C. It was such late that nothing could be done.

D. It was so late that nothing to be done.

7. This is the first time I have lived in such a friendly neighborhood.

A. I have lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.

B. I haven’t lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.

C. I had lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.

D. I hadn’t lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.

8 .The test was so difficult that we couldn’t finish it in two hours.

A. It was such a difficult test that we couldn’t finish it in two hours.

B. The test was too difficult for us to finish it in two hours.

C. The test was not difficult enough for us to finish in two hours.

D. The test was too difficult for us to finish it in two hour.

9. The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down.

A. It was so a good book that I couldn’t put it down.

B. It was such a good book that I couldn’t put it down.

C. The book was so good for me to put it down.

D. The book was so good that I couldn’t put down.

10. Sue is too slow to understand what you might say.

A. Sue is not enough quick to understand what you might say.

B. What you might say, Sue can understand slowly.

C. Sue is so slow to understand what you might say.

D. So slow is Sue that she can’t understand what you might say.

I. Give the correct form of the word in the brackets:

Most people would be in agreement with idea, often put forward by doctors, that we should avoid taking medicines unnecessarily. Even people with only (limit)................medical knowledge say that it is not (advise)................ to take aspirin, for example, whenever you have (head)........... or some other minor ailment. It is certainly true that people have tended to become very (depend)............ on pills when any kinds of discomfort, rather than simply waiting for the symptoms to pass. Many people would do well to take a different attitude to preventing illness. The best way to keep well is to avoid (health)....................foods and habits. It is also (help)............... to take plenty of exercise, and we should give (encourage) ............... particularly than young one.

If we can educate an early age to keep fit and to look after themselves (care)...............then the (probable).............. of their having problems in later life will be considerably reduced. However, no matter how well we look after ourselves and how much exercise we do, illness, (fortunate)...........is not always preventable.

II. Give the correct tenses or form of the verbs in brackets:

1. It's really difficult. Each of them (understand)..................the question in a different way.

2. We must emphasize the need for greater care when acids (use).........................

3. At last you are here. I (wait)..............for you for more than half an hour.

4. These book (write).....................(read).............by everyone. They should not be kept here.

5. He could remember (drive)..........along the road just before the accident (happen) ...........but he couldn't remember the accident itself.

III. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it:

1. Our house is going to be rebuilt by a local firm

=> We are ...........................................................

2. Leave now or you will miss the train.

=> Unless...............................................................

3. Everyone was surprised to see Geoff leave the party early.

=> To .......................................................................

4. It was so late that nothing could be done.

=> It was too ................................................................

5. I sent my friend a letter in London last week.

=> A letter.......................................................................

6. I last saw him when I was a student.

=> I haven't .................................................................

7. She may live anywhere, the police will find her.

=> No matter ...................................................................

EX 1 : Put the words in brackets into the right forms to complete the sentences .

1. I"m so __________about your trip . It"s going to be amazing ( excite )

2. Ao dai is our ____________ dress . We wear it every Monday at school . ( tradition )

3. In Viet Nam , we usually wait fot the ___________ person to sit down before you sit down . ( old )

4. After ______________ food from the plate , you should put it into your bowl before eating . ( take )

I. give advice with should or shouldn't

ex : my brother has a bad cold

=> he shouldn't go to school

1. the children are four years old ( send them to school )

2.the room is too old ( paint it )

3. we are exhausted ( take as short rest )

4. It is so late ( go home now )

5. It is a difficult exercise ( do it carefully )

6. the road is very slippery ( drive slowly )

7. It is dark ( read the book now )

8. we are going to buy a house ( spend too much on shopping )

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Key EXERCISE 1

1. I was told that you were the architect in this city.

2. It was reported that the flowers were killed by frost. / The flowers were reported to be killed by frost.

3. I am informed that the director is going to take a business trip to England.

4. It was announced that the meeting was delayed until next week.

5. It was discovered that this cotton was grown in Egypt.

6. It is promised that the performance will start on time.

7. It is recommended that we should stay at the city center.

8. It was believed that Alice would pass the driving test./ Alice was believed to pass the driving test.

9. All the workers are notified that they will have to work extra hard this month.

10. I have been persuaded that they will go with me to the stadium.

11. It has been decided that the company will go to the beach together at the weekend.

12. It is thought that Maradona is the best football player in the 20th century./ Maradona is thought to be the best football player in the 20th century.

13. It is found that the job is not suitable for a girl like her./ The job is found to be not suitable for a girl like her.

14. It was explained that this powerful engine pulled the train.

15. I was told that his football team had played well last season.

Much has been said written about the declining numbers of and disappointing lack of diversity among American college students majoring in engineering. Among the factors cited to explain this phenomenon are the lack of exposure of high school students to the very idea of engineering and the fact that many have insufficient mathematics and science background to gain entrance to engineering school, even if they do identify the profession as a possible career. This is unfortunate, for the ideas of engineering should be integrated into the curricula not only of high schools but also of middle and primary schools. Our children are being done a disservice by not being exposed properly throughout their education to engineering activities identified as such.

After all, even pre-school children have the prerequisites in their play for appreciating exactly what engineering is: design, Indeed, design is everywhere around them throughout their school day, even in their before-school and after-school activities. It need only be pointed out to them that they designing something, and therefore being engineering of sorts, in virtually everything that they do

Much has been said written about the declining numbers of and disappointing lack of diversity among American college students majoring in engineering. Among the factors cited to explain this phenomenon are the lack of exposure of high school students to the very idea of engineering and the fact that many have insufficient mathematics and science background to gain entrance to engineering school, even if they do identify the profession as a possible career. This is unfortunate, for the ideas of engineering should be integrated into the curricula not only of high schools but also of middle and primary schools. Our children are being done a disservice by not being exposed properly throughout their education to engineering activities identified as such.

After all, even pre-school children have the prerequisites in their play for appreciating exactly what engineering is: design, Indeed, design is everywhere around them throughout their school day, even in their before-school and after-school activities. It need only be pointed out to them that they designing something, and therefore being engineering of sorts, in virtually everything that they do.

1. the writer of the passage feels strongly that....
A. children should be involved in engineering activities at an early age
B. The mathematics and science courses in schools need to be modernized
C. University engineering courses ought to be upgraded
D. The education of pre-school children is being given too much important

2. The writer points out that children can, at a very early age

A. be encouraged to take part in after-school activities

B. develop an interested in scientific matters

C. make up their minds to study engineering at university

D. be influenced by their school environment

3. The writer recognizes the fact that engineering

A. is becoming less and less popular as a field of study among university students B. is only suitable for highly intelligent students

C. is a complicated subject only suitable for really mature students

D. has become one of the most popular fields of study at American universities

3. The writer recognizes the fact that engineering

A. is becoming less and less popular as a field of study among university students

B. is only suitable for highly intelligent students

C. is a complicated subject only suitable for really mature students

D. has become one of the most popular fields of study at American universities

4. Among the reasons given in the passage for the decline in the numbers of engineering students is that

A. the American schools still follow out - dated curricula curricula

B. university entrance requirements are far too demanding

C. many of them fail to acquire an adequate knowledge of mathematics and science at high schools.

D. it is generally recognized as one of the most difficult of all the courses

5. According to the passage, all school programmes.....

A. should be designed to make students aware of the engineering practices and principles

B. ought to give priority to sciences

C. must encourage children to make creative designs

D. Seem to put the emphasis on the need to diversify learning

Rewrtite the following sentences don't the meaning begin the words given.

1. I last spoke to her three years ago.

=> I haven't .....................................................................

2. The water was so cold that children could not swim in it.

=> The water was ...........................................................

3. Lan will be sixteen next week.

=> It is Lan's ...................................................................

4. How long is it since you used the pen?

=> When .....................................?

5. Does Egypt export cotton to many countries?

=> Is ......................................................... ?

6. Have you gone to school late before?

=> Is this ......................................................?