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PRACTICE 1
I, Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. activity B. sick C. think D. city
2. A. crafts B. films C. streets D. stamps
3. A. lived B. loaded C. harvested D. populated
Circle the word (A, B. C or D) whose main stress is different from the
others.
4. A. general B. property C. disaster D. fabulous
5. A. logical B. practical C. financial D. personal
*Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
II, Choose the best option (A, B, c or D) to complete these sentences.
1. I was not at home ……………… he came to see me yesterday.
A. when B. until C. as soon as D. after
2. During ……………….., shopping centres attract a lot of customers.
A. open hours B. sales C. office hours D. floods
3. I……………. buy things online, just once or twice a year. I prefer to shop at
the shopping mall.
A. always B. often C. never D. rarely
4. The train ………………. at 4.30, so we still have a lot of time.
A. leaves B. will leave C. is leaving D. left
5. When we …………….. TV, we felt the earthquake.
A. watched B. were watching C. watches D.are
watching
6. At 10 o’clock tomorrow, the new bookshop in the corner ……….. Let’s go
and visit it.
A. opens B. opened C. is open D. has opened
7. She’s a …………….. She spends too much time and money shopping.
A. shopper B. customer C. shopaholic D. saler
8. We shouldn’t throw away ……………….. products but recycle them.
A. reduce B. polluted C. used D. single-
use
9. Oh, the house is shaking! I think we’re having a(n) …………….
A. earthquake B. storm C. flood D. tornado
10. We saw many beautiful birds while we ………….. in the lake.
A. fished B. would fish C. are fishing D. were fishing
* Your Answer:
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III, Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form.
1. The sale on all video equipment ………………….. ( start) on Monday
evening.
2. Nick is reading a novel while Jack ……………. (read) a cartoon.
3. While they ……………….( camp) near the river, the flood came suddenly.
4. They didn’t mind ……………….. (work) late to complete the task.
5. The boy ……………….. ( pick) up a stone and threw it into the river.
* Your Answer:
1. …………………….. 2. ………………………… 3. ……………………
4. ……………………… 5……………………………
IV. Find out one error/mistake (from A, B, C or D) in each sentence below.
1. When I was going to school, I was seeing an old friend.
A B C D
2. As soon as it rains, I will go to school by bus.
A B C D
3. The bus schedule says that there was a bus to Aeon at 10.05 .
A B C D
4. Rescue works are trying hard to save people in the flooded area.
A B C D
5. Would you like going to Ha Long Bay with me next summer?
A B C D
*Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
V. Read and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F)

Some speciality shops are now in danger of disappearing. Here are some examples.
The butcher shop
Butcher shops sell all kinds of meat. They usually employ people who are trained
in the meat industry. They know how to cut the meat the right way, and they often
advise customers on the different types of meat. However, it is hard nowadays to
find a traditional butcher shop. More people are buying meat from large
supermarkets because it is more convenient, and the price is lower.
The bookshop
Bookshops are becoming quite rare these days. Years ago, it was easy to find
bookshops in any town or city. Then, larger bookshop chains gradually took over
and the smaller shops died out. Two examples of large bookshop chains are
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But now, even the large bookshop chains are facing difficulty because more people
are buying books from Amazon as well as digital books.
1. People working in a butcher shop are quite professional.
2. Meat at a butcher shop is usually cheaper than in a supermarket
3. In the past, there were bookshops in most towns and cities.
4. Nowadays, paper books have to compete with digital books.
5. The passage is about changes in some speciality shops.
*Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
VI. Choose a suitable word from the box to fill in each gap to complete the
passage.
includes many inside dump example
Visual pollution can happen outside or (1) ___________ your house.
When you are in the street, do you look around and see
too (2) ___________ telephone poles, overhead power lines, or advertising
billboards?
This is known as a ‘negative visual environment’, and it causes visual
pollution. For many communities, visual pollution also (3) ___________ uncut
weeds, graffiti, litter, and even badly cared-for buildings. This kind of pollution
can be present in your house, too. If you (4) ___________ clothes or school things
on the floor, it causes visual pollution. A room with too much furniture placed in
an untidy way is another (5) ___________ of visual pollution in the house.
You may not know that when you go out without wearing appropriate
clothing, you can also cause this type of pollution.
Your answer:
1 2 3 4 5

VII. Rearrange the order of the given words to make complete sentences.
1. read / bed. / After / I / my favourite book, / I / went to/
-> …………………………………………………………………………………
2. flood / last night. / They / victims / at / the / 10 o’clock / were helping
-> …………………………………………………………………………………
3. Luckily, / suffers from / such as / rarely / my hometown / floods or storms. /
natural disasters/
-> …………………………………………………………………………………
4. an earthquake/ in 1923/A hundred thousand/ were killed / people /in Tokyo/
because of /.
-> …………………………………………………………………………………

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5. colourful costumes / the market / were wearing / at / really / The people / .

-> …………………………………………………………………………………
VIII, Rewrite the following sentences based on the given words.
1. I arrive at the station. I will call you right after. ( as soon as )
->
…………………………………………………………………………………
2. The bell rang. Everyone raced out of the classroom. ( when )
->
………………………………………………………………………………….
3. He uses all his free time to look after his garden. ( spends )
->
………………………………………………………………………………….
4. He's more intelligent than any members in my group.
-> He is
……………………………………………………………………………
5. Having a video conference at work is very useful for people.
-> It’s
……………………………………………………………………………..

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