UNIT 1

I-GRAMMAR







INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO


EXERCISE 1: Choose the best answer among A,B,C, and D.

1. It is possible ………… a train across Canada.

         A. take                            B. to take                        C. taking                              D. to be taken

2. I think your mother should let you …………….your own mind.

         A. make up                     B. to make up                 C. making up                       D. made up

3. I was delighted ………………my old friend again.

         A. to see                          B. seeing                         C. seen                                 D. to be seen

4. I’d rather ……………to Elvis than the Beatles.

         A. listen                          B. to listen                       C. listening                          D. listened

5. Do you know what made so many people ………….their home?

         A. evacuate                      B. to evacuate                C. evacuated                       D. be evacuated

6. The exam is coming so the teacher make their students ………………a lot.

         A. study                          B. to study                      C. studying                          D. studied

7. her parents want her ………………….a doctor.

         A. become                       B. to become                   C. becoming                        D. became

8. I consider it my affair ……………the newcomers in my class.

         A. to help                        B. help                            C. helped                             D. helping

9. These employees are made……………………overtime.

         A. to work                       B. work                           C. working                          D. worked

10. The teacher never let us ………………out when ……………..

         A. to go / explaining       B. go/ explaining             C. going / explain                D. gone / explained

11. The Manager had some letters to sign.

A. That he had to sign              C. so that he signed        B. for signing                       D. which are for signing

12. He advised me …………..the facts before I made a decision ……….the job.

A. considering / to accept        B. consider /  accepting     C. consider /  accept         D. to consider / to accept

13. It’s a nice surprise ………….you here.

         A. see                              B. to see                          C. seeing                              D. seen

14. It is impossible ………..such a difficult thing without any help.

         A. to do                           B. do                               C. doing                              D. done

15. Those tourists were …………….their journey.

         A. enough tired to continue                                    B. too tired to continue      

         C. very tired that they couldn’t continue               D. too tired for continuing

16. The police let him …………….after they had asked him some questions.

         A. to leave                       B. leave                           C. leaving                            D. left

17. The police didn’t permit them ............through the military zone. They forced them to go another way.

         A. going                          B. to go                           C. went                                D. go

18. The water was so polluted that the explorers could not drink it.

         A. The water was too polluted for the explorers to drink.

         B. The water was  polluted enough for the explorers to drink.

         C. The water was too polluted for the explorers drinking.

         D. The water was polluted enough for the explorers drinking.

19. His doctor advised him ……………smoking, but he find it impossible ………..his habit.

         A. stopped / quit             B. To stop/ quitting        C. stopping/ for quitting      D. to stop/ to quit

20. The company was made …………….100.000 USD in taxes.

         A. pay                             B. to pay                         C. paying                             D. paid


EXERCISE 2: Give the correct Verb form or Verb tense:

21. I hear you are preparing …………….for Australia.  (leave)   

22. The children were eager …………. their parents. (see)   

23. I would rather ………….at home. (stay)  

24. He refused …………….her ………….for herself. (allow/think)  

25. I keep getting this pain in my leg. I think I would better ……………a doctor. (see) see

26. When I ……………to the party, Sally and Doug …………., John ………..drinks. (come/dance/make)

27. When I ………….there, dinner ………..so I had a drink first. (get/prepare) 

28. We  ……….your son in the school play last night. He ………….a terrific acting job. (see/do)

29. He ……………..for London one year ago. (leave) 

30. They ………………good preparation before they ………………their final examination yesterday. (make/take)  

EXERCISE3: Choose the underlined part among a, B, C or D that needs correcting.

1. The Nelsons asked us look over their plants for them while they were away on vacation.

                            A                B                           C                                               D

2. I couldn’t make my car to start this morning.

             A                  B          C            D

3. My boss doesn’t allow me using the telephone for private calls.

                             A                  B     C                    D

4. I’m delighted hearing that you have made much progress in your study recently.

              A               B                         C                                  D

5. She has a lot exercises do this evening.

            A     B                   C   D

6. It is impossible for me being there before 8.00 p.m.

     A                        B        C                 D

7. I saw a man to jump through the widow five minutes ago, but I could not remember his face.

                             A             B                                                     C                  D

8. It was quite a surprise seeing him again.

       A                       B        C                D

9. That was a very old place for visit.

       A                 B                 C     D

10. I heard him to leave the house early this morning.

      A           B   C                             D

11. All students were allowed coming in the class.

                A          B               C             D

12. This room is too small being in.

              A       B  C              D

13. Approximately70 percent of all parents let their children to attend school.

                A                                B                        C                       D

14. You should make your parents be happy for the rest of their life.

                            A                              B                   C                   D

EXERCISE 4: Sentence transformation:

1- It takes him two hours a day to prepare for his lesons.

à He spend ______________________________________________________________________

2. It took the police more than a week to find the kidnapped boy.

à The police _____________________________________________________________________

3. It took our group two days to complete our composition.

à Our group _____________________________________________________________________

4. She spends an hour each day practising speaking English.

à It _____________________________________________________________________________

5. We spent nearly an hour learning these lessons by heart 

]It _____________________________________________________________________________

6. It takes me half an hour to drive to work every morning.

à I _____________________________________________________________________________

7. Don’t let me forget to call my sister.  (remind) 

]_____________________________________________________________________________ 

8. My lawyer said I shouldn’t say anything to the police. (advised) 

]______________________________________________________________________________

9. My mother said I could use her laptop (allowed) 

]______________________________________________________________________________  

10. They arrived home late.

] He saw them_________________________

 11. My teacher wouldn’t let me leave early.

à My teacher refused _________________________

12. It is your duty to tell him what to do.

à You are supposed _________________________

 13. Mr. Pinchley doesn’t allow his teenage children to go out in the evenings.

à Mr. Pinchley makes_________________________        

14. There’s no point in persuading him to do this.

à It is useless _________________________

15. Harry couldn’t get his parents’ permission to buy a motorbike.

      Harry’s parents didn’t let_________________________           

16. You had better take some medicine.

à You should _________________________

17. We can’t possibly work in this noise.

à It’s _________________________

18. He was crossing the road. I caught sight of him.

à I noticed _________________________

19. Jimmy got into his car and drove away. I saw this.

à I saw         _________________________

20. The house shook violently and all of us felt that.

à All of us felt_________________________        

                                                                                             


II- PRONUNCIATION


EXERCISE

1. a. gossip                                 b. give                                   c. guitar                                 d. general

2. a. carry                                  b. around                               c. Europe                                 d. burn

3.  a. child                                  b. French                               c. chip                                    d. chemist

4. a. stronger                              b. hungry                               c. single                                 d. change

5. a. machine                           b. change                                 c. teacher                                 d. choose

6. a. condition                         b. option                                  c. suggestion                           d. relation

7. a. good                                b. gossip                                  c. game                                    d. geometry

8. a. housework                     b. weekend                              c. breadwinner                        d. wrong

III- VOCABULARY

A. VOCABULARY:

1. acquaintance (n) [ə'kweintəns]       : người quen

2. admire         (v) [əd'maiə]                : ngưỡng mộ

3. aim              (n) [eim]                      : mục đích

4. appearance (n) [ə'piərəns]              : vẻ bề ngoài

5. attraction     (n) [ə'træk∫n]               : sự thu hút

6. be based on (exp) [beis]                  : dựa vào

7. benefit         (n) ['benefit]                : lợi ích

8. calm            (a) [kɑ:m]                    : điềm tĩnh

9. caring          (a) [keəriη]                  : chu đáo

10. change       (n,v) [t∫eindʒ]              : (sự) thay đổi

 + changeable (a) ['t∫eindʒəbl]            : có thể thay đổi

11. close          (a) [klous]                    : gần gũi, thân thiết

12. concerned (with) (a) [kən'sə:nd]:  quan tâm

 

13. condition   (n) [kən'di∫n]               : điều kiện

14. constancy (n) ['kɔnstənsi]             : sự kiên định

  + constant      (a) ['kɔnstənt]              : kiên định

15. crooked     (a) ['krukid]                 : cong

16. delighted   (a) [di'laitid]                : vui mừng

17. enthusiasm (n) [in'θju:ziæzm]       : lòng nhiệt tình

18. feature       (n) ['fi:t∫ə]                    : đặc điểm

19. forehead    (n) ['fɔ:rid, 'fɔ:hed]     : trán

20. generous    (a) ['dʒenərəs]             : rộng rãi, rộng lượng

21. get out of   (v) [get aut əv]            : ra khỏi (xe)

22. give-and-take (n) [giv ænd teik]   : sự nhường nhịn

23. good-looking (a) [gud 'lukiη]        : dễ nhìn

24. good-natured (a) ['gud'neit∫əd]     : tốt bụng

25. gossip        (v)['gɔsip]                    : ngồi lê đôi mách

26. height        (n) [hait]                      : chiều cao

27. helpful       (a) ['helpful]                : giúp đỡ, giúp ích

28. honest        (a) ['ɔnist]                    : trung thực

29. hospitable (a) ['hɔspitəbl]              : hiếu khách

30. humorous (a) ['hju:mərəs]             : hài hước

31. in common (exp) ['kɔmən]            :chung

32. incapable   (of) (a)[in'keipəbl]       : không thể

33. influence   (v) ['influəns]              : ảnh hưởng

34. insist on     (v)[in'sist]                    : khăng khăng

35. last             (v) [lɑ:st]                     : kéo dài

   + lasting       (a) ['lɑ:stiη]                  : bền vững

36. lifelong      (a) ['laiflɔη]                 : suốt đời

37. loyal          (a) ['lɔiəl]                     : trung thành



B- EXERCISE

1.      a. generous                        b. suspicious               c. constancy                d. sympathy

2.      a. sorrow                           b. mutual                     c. pursuit                     d. influence

3.      a. acquaintance                 b. unselfish                  c. attraction                 d. humorous

4.      a. intelligent                      b. interesting               c. hospitable                d. favourite

5.      a. loyalty                           b. success                    c. incapable                 d. sincere

6. a. summer                            b. thirteen                    c. money                      d. seven

7. a. patient                             b. eager                        c. capable                    d. sincere

8. a. number                            b. friendship                c. special                      d. affair

9. a. sympathy                         b. loyalty                     c. acquaintance            d. quality

10. a. rumour                           b. believe                     c. common                   c. mutual

IV. WORD FORM

No

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Adverb

1

Friend

Friendship

Friendliness

 

 

Friendly

unfriendly (adj):

 

2

capability

 

capable of

incapable

Capably

incapably

3

Selfishness

unselfishness

 

Selfish

unselfish

Selfishly

unselfishly

4

Constancy

 

Constant

Constantly

5

Enthusiasm

enthusiast

 

enthusiastic

enthusiastically

6

suspicion

 

suspicious

suspiciously

7

Sympathy

sympathetic

sympathize

Sympathetic

sympathetical

sympathetically

8

Enthusiasm

enthusiast

 

enthusiastic

enthusiastically

9

Loyalty

Loyal

Loyalist

 

loyal

loyally

10

acquaintance

acquaint

acquainted

 

11

Certain

Certainty

 

certain

Certainly

EXERCISE 1: Complete these sentences with the correct form of the word in the box.

 

constant                capable                 selfish                loyal           suspicion     acquaint              enthusiast           sympathize             hospitable           friend

  1.    His ………………for music has stayed strong, throughout his 23 years in radio.
  2.  He showed unswerving ……………..to his friends.
  3.  We all have great ………………..for the victims of the flood.
  4.     ……………is very important because uncertain people cannot have a lifelong friendship. 
  5.  It was very ………………..of him to offer us his room.
  6. We were delighted by the wonderful ……………..of the local people.
  7.  The wine had made him ………………of thinking clearly
  8.   Playing a game with the children is a good way of getting them……………… 
  9.   Inform the police immediately if you see anything……………. 
  10. ………………..need time to develop.


EXERCISE 2 

1.      His ________ for music has stayed strong, throughout his 23 years in radio. (enthusiast)

2.      He showed unswerving ___________ to his friends. (loyal)

3.      We all have great __________ for the victims of the flood. (sympathize)

4.      __________ is very important because uncertain people cannot have a lifelong friendship.  (constant)

5.      It was very ___________ of him to offer us his room. (selfish)

6.      We were delighted by the wonderful _________ of the local people.  (hospitable)

7.      The wine had made him ________ of thinking clearly. (capable)

8.      Playing a game with the children is a good way of getting them _________. (acquaint)

9.      Inform the police immediately if you see anything ___________. (suspicion)

10.  ________ need time to develop. (friend)

11. He loved Mona for her honesty, her modesty and her ........................... (selfish)

12. She tried her best to overcome her ............and started a conversation with the girl next door. (shy)

13. The soldiers swore their ....................................to the king. (loyal)

14. Don't be ......by whispers, rumors or gossips. Trust your friends. (influence)

15. He doesn’t know much about the subject, but he is ....................... . (enthusiast)

16. She found it difficult to get ________ with new friends. (acquaint)

17. If you want to get a good result in every work, you should have a............. (constant)

18. I've got lots of _________, but only a few are really good friends. (acquaint)

19. Business leaders gave an __________ welcome to the proposal. (enthusiast)

20. They were extremely ________ to my plight. (sympathy)

 


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