I. Choose the underlined word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D) in each sentence that needs correcting.

1. The children (are) playing (boarding) games, (and)  their mother is (arranging)  flowers.

      A                      B                      C                                    D

2. (One)  of his father's favourite (hobbies)  is (playing)  horse-riding, and he just (practises)  it

     A                                             B               C

(twice a month).

              D

3. He (started)  learning (how to)  play (the)  guitar (on)  his elder brother.

A                                     B              C              D

4.Your favourite football match (will begin) at 3 p.m., (so)  you should (arrive)  there

                                                     A                          B                      C

soon (to get)  a good seat.

D

5. She (will attend)  the judo class next month (because)  she intends (to have)  a long

A                                                        B                           C

(vacation)  in Ho Chi Minh City.

   D

6. He loves (to listen)  to classical music, (but)  he (spends)  a little time (doing)  it.

     A                                        B           C                        D

7. She (didn't enjoy ) the party very much (because)  she didn't like (music)  and

A                                                   B                                    C

(to dance)  there.

           D

8.  She’s 18 and she’s (France). She (lives)  in a village near Toulouse. She (studies)  

                                          A               B                                                             C                   

     (engineering)  at university.

              D

9.  She has (a)  short black hair and (very dark)  eyes. She is (intelligent)  and funny, but

                   A                                        B                                     C                   

 sometimes she’s a bit sad (too.

                                              D

10.     She (loves)  music and she likes (writing)  songs. She can (plays)  the guitar very well and

               A                                        B                                  C                   

she has a (beautiful) voice.

                     D

Fill '' to be '' in each blank

1. We are school children. We ... thirteen years old.

2. - '' How ... you, John ? '' - '' I ... fine, thanks. ''

3. Those new desks ... in their classroom.

4. My mother ... cooking the meal in the kitchen now.

5. The students ... camping yesterday so today they ... tired.

6. How old you ( be ) ? - ....

7. You ( be ) fine ? - ....

8. This ( be ) Phong ? - ...

9. He ( not be ) a doctor. - ...

10. They ( not be ) teachers. - ...

I. Choose the underlined word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D) in each sentence that needs correcting.

1. The children (are) playing (boarding) games, (and)  their mother is (arranging)  flowers.

      A                      B                      C                                    D

2. (One)  of his father's favourite (hobbies)  is (playing)  horse-riding, and he just (practises)  it

     A                                             B               C

(twice a month).

              D

3. He (started)  learning (how to)  play (the)  guitar (on)  his elder brother.

A                                     B              C              D

4.Your favourite football match (will begin) at 3 p.m., (so)  you should (arrive)  there

                                                     A                          B                      C

soon (to get)  a good seat.

D

5. She (will attend)  the judo class next month (because)  she intends (to have)  a long

A                                                        B                           C

(vacation)  in Ho Chi Minh City.

   D

6. He loves (to listen)  to classical music, (but)  he (spends)  a little time (doing)  it.

     A                                        B           C                        D

7. She (didn't enjoy ) the party very much (because)  she didn't like (music)  and

A                                                   B                                    C

(to dance)  there.

           D

8.  She’s 18 and she’s (France). She (lives)  in a village near Toulouse. She (studies)  

                                          A               B                                                             C                   

     (engineering)  at university.

              D

9.  She has (a)  short black hair and (very dark)  eyes. She is (intelligent)  and funny, but

                   A                                        B                                     C                   

 sometimes she’s a bit sad (too.

                                              D

10.     She (loves)  music and she likes (writing)  songs. She can (plays)  the guitar very well and

               A                                        B                                  C                   

she has a (beautiful) voice.

                     D

II. Choose the underlined part in each sentence (A, B,C, or D ) that needs correcting

1. After Mrs. Wang had returned (A) to her house (B) from work (C), she was cooking (D) dinner.

2. Jimmy threw (A) the ball high (B) in the air, and Betty catching (C) it when (D) it came down.

3. Some (A) people are believing (B) there is life on (C) other (D) planets.

4. Every morning, the sun shines (A) in my bedroom window (B) and waking (C) me up (D).

5. The man died as (A) a result of falling (B) asleep (C) while he drives (D).

Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with one suitable word:

Have you ever followed the instructions for knitting something or have you read a (1)_____ of music? If you have, you have behaved in a similar way(2)____ a computer. A computer obeys a program to (3)_____ a particular task. Just(4)_____ a knitting pattern is expressed in numbers and a piece of music in lines and dots,(5)_____ a computer program is expressed in the form of programming language.(6)_____ the English language (or any other language), there are rules of grammar, and a program must be correct in every way.

There are hundreds of programming languages, which only a few are well known and widely used. The most popular language(7) _____ is used in offices and factories is called Cobol. This language is used for printing payrolls and keeping records of goods. Engineers and scientists use Fortran in order to carry out calculation. (8)_____ , neither of these two programs is very popular with people working in home computers. Basic is(9)_____ popular language for home computers,(10)______ because it is easy to learn and use.