Unit 9

Write in full sentences using the past continuous tense.

1. They/ play/ tennis/10.30 yesterday morning.

2. Ann/ do/ homework/ 5 o’clock this afternoon.

3. My father/ wash/ car/ from five to six.

5. The students/ offer/ flowers/ the visitors.

6. I/ cook/ dinner/ half an hour ago.

7. She/ work/ the studio/ that time.

8. What/ you/ do/ from 3 to 6 yesterday afternoon?

Write in full sentences using the past continuous tense or the past simple tense.

1. I/ shop/ when/ Linda/ call/ me/.

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2. My brother/ do/ homework/ 9 o’clock/.

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3. He/ eat/ lunch/ when/ we/ arrive/.

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4. she/ live/ Hue/ that time/?

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5. She/ play/ guitar/ 6 p.m.

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6. she/ type/ a letter/ when/ her boss/ go/ into/ meeting room/?

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7. While/ she/ watch/ TV, / she/ hear/ the doorbell/.

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8. she/ study/ English/ 8 p.m./ yesterday/?

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9. She/ see/ accident/ while/ she/ watch/ television/.

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10. What/ your little/ brother/ do/ this time/ yesterday/?

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11. The doorbell/ ring/ while/ she/ eat/ lunch/.

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12. your friends/ drink/ juice/ when/ you/ arrive/?

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13. What/Asley/ do/ while/ her sister/ go/ Ha Noi/?

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14. 9 o’clock/ last Sunday, /I/ do/ homework/.

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1. A table with four chairs is ________________ of the dining room.

A. in                        B. the middle                C. in the middle         D. about

2. You ________________ brush your teeth twice a day.

A. should                B. can                        C. will                        D. have

3. Tim is a good student. He did very well in the first semester. His mother is ________________ him.

A. sorry for                B. sad                        C. proud of                D. displeased

4. The new hotel ________________ next year.

A. is opened                B. will be opened        C. is opening                D. opens

5. Would you mind ________________ on the light?

A. turn                        B. to turn                C. turned                D. turning

6. Where is the fridge? - It’s ________________ the comer of the kitchen.

A. in                         B. at                         C. to                         D. above

7. Did the children enjoy ________________ when they were on holiday?

A. themselves                B. themselves                 C. himself                D. itself 

8. Carmen didn’t use to eat fish, but now she ________________.

A. used to                B. do                        C. does                 D. doesn’t

9. I have never been to Australia. I ________________ to Australia yet.

A. went                B. have been                 C. will go                D. haven’t been

10. I’m ________________. Let’s do something. How about going to a movie?

A. boring                 B. bore                        C. bored                D. being bored

10. I’m ________________. Let’s do something. How about going to a movie?

A. boring                 B. bore                        C. bored                D. being bored

11. I’m hungry. ________________ is for dinner this evening?

A. Why                        B. When                C. How                        D. What

12. The old lady sat in a comer talking to ________________.

A. himself                B. itself                C. herself                D. Themselves

13. I ________________ swimming very much.

A. wait                        B. try                        C. enjoy                D. finish

14. The teacher said, “Come at 8 o’clock”.

The teacher told the students ________________ at 8 o’clock.

A. not to come        B. to come                C. coming                D. Came

15. Mary is watching a film. She really likes it. Mary is really ________________.

A. to interest                B. interest                C. interested                D. interesting

16. ________________ to do homework today?

A. Have you                B. Do you have        C. Must you                D. You must

17. She knows that he worked really ________________ this semester.

A. good                B. hardly                C. better                D. hard

18. Stop, boys! It’s ________________ near the streets.

A. dangerous for playing                        B. dangerously to play

C. dangerous to playing                        D. dangerous to play

19. It’s possible to supplement one’s ________________ by taking a part-time job.

A. income                B. earning                C. gaining                D. attainment

20. Do you mind if I switch on the radio? - ________________.

A. No, thanks                B. Yes, go ahead        C. No, not at all        D. Yes, you can

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1. A. damage               B. shake                      C. tornado                   D. safe

2. A. tsunami              B. disaster                   C. landslide                 D. large

3. A. erupt                   B. predict                    C. destroy                   D. tremble

4. A. volcanic             B. emergency              C. rescue                     D. victim

5. A. tsunami              B. disaster                   C. storm                      D. missing

III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

11. A ____________ is sudden flooding that occurs when water rises quickly within several hours of a heavy rain.

A. quick flood                         B. rapid flood              C. flash flood             D. hot flood

12. Monsoon rains across Thailand ____________ millions of people in 16 of its provinces.

A. has affected            B. have affected          C. have effect             D. have influenced

13. Typhoon Haiyan made the damage, and ____________ of life became great in the Philippines.

A. lose                                     B. loses                       C. losing                     D. loss

14. Thanks to the extensive ____________ measures taken, the loss of life in Typhoon Xangsane in Da Nang and other provinces seemed to be relatively low.

A. prevent                   B. preventive              C. prevention              D. preventing

15. A number of other provinces will declare drought ____________ in the coming weeks.

A. accident                  B. emergency              C. event                      D. situation

16. In some areas, human ____________ can be a contributing factor in causing landslides.

A. acts                         B. actions                    C. acting                     D. activities

17. The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area of frequent ____________ and volcanic ____________, encircling the basin of the Pacific Ocean.

A. floods - eruptions                                       B. earthquake – flood

C. flood - eruption                                          D. earthquakes - eruptions

18. Magma is the liquid rock inside a volcano, but lava is magma that ____________ a volcano.

A. flows                      B. flows into               C. flows out                D. flows out of

19. A soft, loose soil may ____________ more intensely than hard rock at the same distance from the same earthquake.

A. erupt                       B. rage                        C. shake                      D. collapse

20. During the next 24 hours, the storm will be moving north, around 10 km per hour and is expected to ____________ the southeastern part of China’s Guangdong Province.

A. strike                      B. scatter                     C. bury                                    D. struck

II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

6. A. rescue                 B. supply                     C. erupt                       D. damage

7. A. landslide             B. earthquake              C. typhoon                  D. warning

8. A. hurricane            B. tornado                   C. volcano                  D. eruption

9. A. disaster               B. injury                      C. tsunami                  D. provision

10. A. tropical                         B. natural                    C. terrible                   D. destructive

41. I (do) ______________ my homework.

42. my parents (shop) ______________.

43. my sister (chat) ______________ to her friends online.

44. my grandparents (drive) ______________ to our house.

At two o’clock in the afternoon, ...

45. I (make) ______________ tea for everyone.

46. my sister and my mum (cook) ______________ dinner.

47. my grandmother (sleep) ______________ in front of the TV.

At five o’clock in the afternoon, ...

48. we (have) ______________ a snack.

At six o’clock in the evening, ...

49. my parents and my grandmother (drink) ______________ tea.

50. my grandfather (try) ______________ to send an e-mail on my computer.