Exercise 1. Put "an", "a", "the" or Ø (nothing):

1.    My birthday is            Sunday afternoon.

2.    It doesn't often snow here at           Christmas. We haven't had            White Christmas for many years.

3.    We came here in          _ summer of            1969.

4.               Thanks giving is in             November. The Church of England dates from            year 1534. I like driving at          night. The roads are quite. Oh, I don't like driving in          park. I'd rather travel during       day.

5.      Are you doing anything at            weekend? + I don't think so.  Well, come over on            Sunday.

6.         meals we had weren't very good. We had _ breakfast in the hotel and that wasn't too bad. We usually went out for            lunch because             lunch they served in the hotel was always the same            dinner we had in our first evening was pretty a few, so we tried a few restaurants. On our last evening we had           marvelous dinner in a Chinese restaurant, but that was an exception.

7.    Rita plays            violin and her sister plays             guitar.

8.    On our trip to            Spain, we crossed            Atlantic Ocean.

9.    David attended           Princeton University.

10.                Florida State University is smaller than             University of Florida

11.                chair that you are sitting in is broken.

12.                Civil War was fought in            United States between 1861 and 1865.

            big books on _             table are for my history class

Fill in each black in the letter with a suitable word

Dear Mom and Dad,

This is just a quick letter to let you know that I'm fine. We are all working quite hard because the exama are only a few weeks aways, but our teacher (1) ................ he thinks we'll do well.

Anyway, we (2) ................... a wonderful time at half term. We went off Paris for a (3) .............. days with my friends and we went on a guided tour. We saw most of the famous sights (4) ................. the louver, here they have an amazing collections of painings, and the Eiffel Tower. Then we went down to the south of France (5) ............. train. It was so (6) ............... thw whole journey was only about fours hours. We (7) ........... a little time in Nice and in Cannes as well, and we all (8) ............... enjoyed it. On our last day we went to a small island (9) ................... the Ilea des Pelerins and we saw the castle where they (10) .................. to keep the '' Man in the Iron Mask''. All in all we had a great time and the weather was really good as well.

Anyway, I must go now as I've got to do a lot of homework for tomorrow. Will you write soon?

Love,

Jane

Read the following passage and fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word .

Dear Mom and Dad,

This is just a quick letter to let you know that. I’m fine. We are all working quite hard because the exams are only few-weeks away, but our teacher (1) _____he thinks we’ll do well.

Anyway, we (2) _______a wonderful time at half term. We went off to the Paris for a (3) ______days with my friends and we went on a guided tour. We saw most of the famous sights (4) _____the louver; here they have an amazing collection of paintings, and the Eiffel Tower. Then we went down to the South of France (5)______train which was so (6)_____ that the whole journey was only about four hours . We (7)_____a little time in Nice and in Cannes as well , and we all (8)_____enjoyed it . On our last day we went to a small island (9)_______ the llea des Pelerins , and we saw the castle where they (10)______to keep the ‘ Man in the Iron Mask’ . All in all, we had a great time and the weather was really good as well.

Anyway, I must go now as I’ve got to do a lot of homework for tomorrow. Will you write soon?

Love,

Jane

Read the following passage and fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.

Dear Mom and Dad,

This is just a quick letter to let you know that I’m fine. We are all working quite hard because the exams are only few weeks away, but our teacher (1)______he thinks we’ll do well.

Anyway, we (2)______a wonderful time at half term. We went off to Paris for a (3)______days with my friends and we went on a guided tour. We saw most of the famous sights (4)______ the Louver; here they have an amazing collection of paintings, and the Eiffel Tower. Then we went down to the South of France (5)_____train. It was so (6)________the whole journey was only about four hours. We (7)_____ a little time in Nice and in Cannes as well, and we all (8)______enjoyed it. On our last day we went to a small island (9)______the Llea des Pelerins, and saw the castle where they (10)________ to keep the “Man in the Iron mask”. All in all, we had a great time and the weather was really good as well.

Anyway, I must go now as I’ve got to do a lot of homework for tomorrow. Will you write soon?

Love,

Jane

A. choose

a. a b.an c.the d.no word

1. oh i didn't tell you. we've got __ new english teacher

2. here's __dvd you asked to borrow

3 we're out of__ coffee so could you get some from the supermarket

4. the prize is __ unique opportunity to travel the world

5. it looks like __ glass in your bedroom window is cracked

6. it's__honour to be here this evening to speak to you

7. there's ___ good chance we'll be late for the meeting

8. reports are coming in of a major oil spill in __ Mediterranean

9. i went to see the doctor because i'm finding it difficult to sleep at __ night

10. do you think that they'll ever send a manned mission to ___ Venus

B. circle the extra word in each line

1. The many people who appear in the news for the first time

2 find that a sudden fame has a negative effect on their lives.

3 The national press can be an unforgiving and the loss of

4 the provacy that comes with fame is an extra problem at a

5 difficult time. This is especially tha case when a someone is

6 in the news because of a tragedy or the serious crime .Just

7. at the moment when you are under a most stress, you find

8 microphones and the cameras in your face. The media have

9 a responsibility to inform the public, but an innocent people

10 are often hurt by the demand for th scandal.

C.

Use the correct form of the words in the boxes to complete the sentences in each group A-G below. You may use some of the words more than once. In some cases, more than one word maybe correct.

A. rise, raise, arise, lift

1. Should the need __________, we’ll order more food for the extra guests.

2. The charity organisation __________ enough money to build a shelter for the refugees.

3. The sun __________ in the East and sets in the West.

4. We __________ at seven every weekday to get ready for school.

5. Can you __________ the table so that I can slide the rug underneath?

B. educate, learn, teach, study, read, instruct

1. I always __________ a book just before I go to sleep.

2. John was __________ in France, so his French is very good.

3. Michelle works in the gym __________ people how to use the equipment properly.

4. In my final year I had to __________ at least four hours every day to __________ everything that was required fir the exams.

5. I __________ Physics and Maths at the local high school.

6. The examiner __________ us to pick up our pens once we had __________ the questions carefully.

C. behaviour, attitude, temper, mood, manner, manners

1. My parents had to see ghe headmaster because of my bad __________ in class.

2. After the argument, Jake was in a bad __________ and wouldn’t speak to anyone.

3. If Betty wants to keep her job, she must change her __________ towards her boss.

4. Where did you learn such excellent table __________?

5. The children like him because of his gentle __________.

6. Cliff is so calm that I have never seen him lose his __________.

7. What you’re saying should be done in a professional __________.

D. familiar, accustomed, aware

1. I hope you’re __________ of dangers involved in rock climbing.

2. Is anyone in this classroom __________ with the word “incubator”?

3. That woman look __________ to me. I’m sure I’ve seen her before.

4. Paul is feeling tired because he’s not __________ to working for so long without a break.

E. custom, habit, fashion, trend, routine

1. Going to work has become a daily __________ for most people.

2. The general __________ for men in the 1970s was to have long hair and sideburns.

3. In many countries it is the __________ to roast turkey for Christmas.

4. Sandra has the bad __________ of biting her nails.

5. Slightly flared trousers are in __________ this year so many people are wearing them.

6. If you go shopping, definitely go to Blare’s. They’ve got all the latest __________.

F. common, ordinary, usual, normal, regular

1. It is __________ to feel weak when you are ill, even if you’re just got a __________ cold.

2. __________ exercise means working out fir one hour at least twice a week.

3. It was a(n) __________ weekend. We went to the cinema on Saturday evening and for a drive Sunday morning, as __________

4. I get on very well with my friends because we have many many things in __________.

G. eager, keen, enthusiastic, interested, willing

1. I am __________ to help you with your homework if you make an effort.

2. He’s really __________ on heavy music. That’s all he listens to.

3. Please sit down as I’m __________ to start the meeting.

4. Billy is a(n) __________ tennis player, so he plays tennis every afternoon.

5. Sheila is __________ in taking up gardening this spring.

6. We were __________ about going to Ireland for Christmas.

Adv or adj.Choose the best answer

Well, here I am in England. Thank you for your (1) kind/kindly letter.

You ask me what it's like here. I must say, it's pretty (2) good/well. The language school is very (3) efficient/efficiently organized. On the first morning we had to do a test, which I found rather (4) hard/hardly. However I got a (5) surprising/surprisingly good mark, so I'm in the second class. I didn't talk much at first, because I couldn't think of the worlds (6) quick/quickly enough, but (7) late/lately I've become much more (8) fluent/fluently. I'm staying with a family who live (9) near/nearly the school. They are quite (10) pleasant/pleasantly, although I don't see much of them because I'm always so (11) busy/busily with my friends from school. I was surprised how (12) easy/easily I made new friends here. They come from (13) different/differently parts of the world and we have some (14) absolute/absolutely fascinating discussions. I do hope you will be able to join me here next term. I'm sure we'd have (15) good/well fun together.

Cho dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc:

1. The service at the hotel was so bad that I wrote to the manager expressing my ________. (satisfy)

2. The lovers stood, hand in hand, gazing at the ________ sky. (star)

3. The homemade ice-cream ________ after it had been in the freezer for an hour. (hard)

4. She's having a rest because she had been ________. (work)

5. The speaker showed his nervousness by constantly ________ his tie. (straight)

6. We had the phone ________ because we are moving tomorrow. (connect)

7. I need a new secretary. I want someone who is charming, efficient and absolutely ________. (trust)

8. There was ice on pavement which made it very difficult to walk as it was so ________. (slip)

Choose A,B,C or D to complete the following passage.

When our class teacher suggested an excursion (1) _______ the last June holidays, we chose the Botanic Garden, the place we all wanted (2) ______. All the boys and girls of the class assemnled in our school one day and started our bus journey at 9:00 AM. As soon as we arrived to the garden, our teacher took us to an open grass patch and told us about the program for the day. The Botanic Garden has a variety of flowers and trees, each and everyone is (3) _______ the air was very cool and clean, so we (4) _______ very refeshed. It was so pleasing to see the well cut grass, hedges and flowering plants all around.

Our teacher (5) ______ us about the history of the Botanic Garden. We spent sometime (6) _______ jokes and telling stories. After that we had lunch. The some of us played games while others went out to collect seeds of flowers. Our teacher (7) _______ a few photographs of us in the garden (8) ______ about 4:00 PM, we returned home

1. A. on B. at C. during D. to

2. A. visit B. to visit C. visiting D. visited

3. A. label B. labeling C. labeled D. to label

4. A. feel B. fall C. fell D. fetl

5. A. told B. said C. asked D. advised

6. A. crack B. cracking C. to crack D. cracked

7. A. carries B. laid C. had D. took

8. A. At B. On C. In D. Among