Bài tập ôn thi vào Lớp 10 môn Tiếng Anh

 TENSES:
1. When I got home I found that water...............................down the kitchen walls
	 A. ran	B. was running	C. has run	D. had been running
2. After he.......................his English course, he went to England to continue his study
	A. has finish	B. had finished	C. was finished	D. would finish
3. How.........................since we .....................college?
	A. are you- left	 B. were you- left	C. have you been- have left	D. have you been- left
4. I..................much of you lately. We..........................three months ago
A. haven’t seen- last meet	B. didn’t see- met
C. haven’t seen- have meet	D. didn’t see- have met
5. The Chinese.......................spaghetti dishes for a long time before Marco Polo.................back to Italy
A. made- brought	B. have made- brought
C. made- had brought	D. had been making- brought
6. When I arrived at the meeting the first speaker.................speaking and the audience...................
A. just finished- were clapping	B. had just finished- had clapped
C. had just finished- were clapping	D. just finished- had clapped
7. He.............................his job last month and then he..................out of work
A. lost- was	B. was lost- had been	C. has lost- was	D. lost- has been
8. In the last hundred years, travelling.......................much easier and more comfortable
A. become	B. has become	C. became	D. will became
9. In the 19th century, it.............two or three months to across North America by covered wagon
A. took	B. had taken	C. had been taken	D. was taking
10. In the past, the trip...................very rough and often dangerous, but things..........a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years
A. was- have changed	B. is- change
C. had been- will change	D. has been- changed
11. She................Hanoi last year
A. went	B. go	C. goes	D. is going
12. Now you ..................from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours
A. are flying	B. would fly	C. will fly	D. can fly
13. When Carol....................last night, I................my favorite show on television
A. was calling- watched	B. called- have watched
C. called- was watching	D. had called- watched
14. By the time next summer, you....................your studies
A. completes	B. will complete	C. are completing	D. will have completed
15. Right now, Jim.................the newspaper and Kathy...............dinner
A. reads- has cooked	B. is reading- is cooking
C. has read- was cooking	D. read- will be cooking
16. Last night at this time, they................................the same thing. She.................and he............the newspaper
A. are doing- is cooking- is reading	B. were doing- was cooking- was reading
C. was doing- has cooked- is reading	D. had done- was cooking- read
17. Sam..............to change a light bulb when he................and.........................
A. was trying-slipped- fell	B. tried- was slipping- falling
C. had been trying- slipped- aws falling	D. has tried- slips- falls
18. Every day I .......................up at 6 o’clock,................breakfast at seven o’clock and.................for work at 8 o’clock
A. get- eat- leave	B. have got- eating- leaving
C. got- ate- left	D. will get- have eaten- left
19. I.......................... for this company for more then thirty years, and I intend to stay here until I..............next year
A. am working- will retire	B. am going to work- am retiring
C. work- am going to retire	D. have been working- retire
20. My mother is the first.................up and the last......................to bed
A. getting- going	B. to get- going	C. getting- to go	D. to get- to go
21. I must have a bath. I ......................all the afternoon
A. was gardening	B. have gardened
C. have been gardening	D. had been gardening
22. The team.................a single match so far this season
A. doesn’t win	B. didn’t win	
C. hasn’t won	D. hadn’t won
23.By the time you receive this letter, I ................for the USA
A. have left	 B. will leave	
C. will have left	 D. am leaving
 24. Up to now, the manager ..a lot of information about his secretary.
 A. learned 	B. has learned	 	C. had learned	D.learns
 25.Where is Mary ? _ She her homework in her room.
 A. is performing	B. is making	 	C. is doing 	D. is learning
 26. While I .along the road , I saw a friend of mine.
 A. was cycling	B. have cycled	C. cycled	D. am cycling
 27. By the time I . . . . . . . . . . this report, I will give you a ring.
 A. type	B. will type	C. have typed	D. will have typed
 28. While my mother ________ a film on TV, my father was cooking dinner. It was March 8th yesterday.
	A. watched B. was watching C. had watched D. watches
	29. The plane from Dallas ________ two hours late, so I missed my connecting flight from Frankfurt to London.
A. took on B. took in C. took over	 D. took off
 30. When we came , a party _________ in the hall .
 A. is being held	B. had being held	C. will be held	D. was being held
 31. He .. in the same house since 1975.
A. has lived 	B. is living 	C. lived 	D. had lived
 32. When I came to visit her last night, she ________ a bath.
A. is having 	B. was having 	C. has 	D. had
 33.When we arrived at the restaurant, the others __________ .
A. left	B. have left	C. had left	D. are leaving
 34. By the end of 2010 we_______ in Ho Chi Minh City for 30 years.
 A. work B. will work C. have worked D. will have worked
I learned that the college ________ in 1900
 A. found	 B. was founded C. founded	D. had been founded
If I ________ 10 years younger, I _________ the job.
 A. am/ will take B. were/ would take	C. would be/ took	D. had been / would take
By the time he _____________ to the meeting, it had begun for 15 minutes.
 A. had gone	B. has gone	C. went 	 D. was going
 38. He began to feel ill while ___________________.
 A.he is doing the exam B.he did the exam . C. he would do the exam 	 D.he was doing the exam.
Since 1980, scientists the world over _____ a lot of things to fight against AIDS.
A. have done B. are doing 	C. did	D. had done
Now my sister _____ a bicycle of her own.
A. is having	B. are having 	C. has	D. had
Last week, my professor promised that he _____ today. 
A. would come	B. will come 	C. comes	D. coming
My girl friend arrived after I _____ for her about half an hour. 
A. was waiting	B. had been waiting 	C. have been waiting	D. have waited 
I _____ in Quang Ngai before I moved to Binh Thuan. 
A. have been living	B. have lived 	C. had lived	D. had been living 
There are many ways _____ to Rome.
A. is leading	B. are leading 	C. leading	D. led
 45. While I  T.V last night, a mouse ran across the floor.
	A. watch B. watched	 C. am watching D.was watching
 46. I still can’t believe it! My bicycle  last night.
	A.was stolen B.had been stolen C.stole	 D.was being stolen
While they were tables, he was ......the radio. 
 A. arranging - listening to 	 B. arranging -hearing
	 C. laying -listening to 	 D. making- hearing 
I suddenly remembered that I ........to bring my keys. 
 A. having forgotten 	 B. have forgotten 	 . C. had forgotten 	 D. forgot 
By the year 2010 many people currently employed ........their jobs. 
A. will have lost B. will be losing 	 C. have lost 	 D. are losing 
By September next year I ...... here for ten years.
A. will be working	 B. work	 C. will have been working	 D. have been working
 WORD FORM
 1. How many  took part in the 22nd SEA Games?
 A. competitors B. competitive C. competes D. competitions
 2. Boys often enjoy doing things in a . . . . . . . way.
 A. create	 B. creative	 C. creativity	 D. creatively
 3. The problem of ________ among young people is hard to solve.	
 A. employment	 B. employees	 C. employers	 D. unemployment
 4. Some people are concerned with physical .........................when choosing a wife or husband.
	A. attractive B. attraction C. attractiveness D. attractively
 5. He can’t hear because of his  .
 A. deaf	 B. deafness C. deafen	 D. deafened
 6. These countries are ..in exporting shrimps.
 A. prefer	 B. preference	 C. preferential	 D. preferentially
 7. The children  high grade at school.
 A. achieve 	 B. achievement 	C. achievable	 D. achieving
 8. His pronunciation causes me a lot of ________ .
 A. difficulties 	 B. difficult	 C. difficulty 	 D. difficultly
 9 . She was the first in her family to enjoy the privilege of a university ________.
A. educated	 B. educational	 C. educating 	 D. education
 10. Buckingham Palace is a major tourist ________ in London.
 A. attract	 B. attraction	 C. attractive	 D. attractiveness
 11. Is pointing at someone ________ rude in your country?
 A. consider	 B. to consider	 C. considered	 D. considering
 12. Some species of rare animals are in ________ of extinction.
A. danger 	 B. dangerous 	 C. dangerously 	 D. endanger
 13 . Electronic music is a kind of music in which sounds are produced __________ .
A. electron	 B. electric	 C. electronic	 D. electronically
. 14. He has been very interested in doing research on _______ since he was at high school.
A. biology B. biological C. biologist D. biologically 
 15. Are you sure that boys are more _______ than girls?
A. act B. active C. action D. activity
 16. These quick and easy _______ can be effective in the short term, but they have a cost.
A. solve B. solvable C. solutions D. solvability
Can you tell me about the ________ process to tertiary study in Vietnam?
 A. apply	 B. applicable	 C. application	 D. applicant
Housework is ________ shared between them. 
 A. equally	 B. equal	 C. equality	 D. equalizing
Mrs. Tam has never lost her _________ for teaching.
A. enthusiastic	 B. enthusiasm	 C. enthusiast	 D. enthusiastically
 20. Don't forget to say goodbye to the ........................ before leaving the office.
	A. interviewer B. interviewing C. interviewee D. interview
 21. Working as an astronaut require high.................. knowledge.
 A. technique	 B. technical	 C. technically	 D. technician
 22. My grandmother is very _______ in history.
	A. interest B. interests C. interested D. interesting
 23. Vietnamese athletes performed_______ and won a lot of gold medals..
	A. excellen B. excellentl C. excellence D. excel
 24. WHO’s main activities are carrying out research on medical _______ and improving international health care.
	A. develop B. developin C. development D. develops
25. Scientific progress supplies us with ____________ .
 A. conveniences	 B. convenient	 C. inconvenience D.inconveniences
 26. The panda’s __________ habitat is the bamboo forest.
 A. nature	 B. natural	 C. naturally	 D. natured
 27. The Games really became a festival that impressed sports.......................... .
 A. enthusiasts	 B. enthusiasm	 C. enthuse	 D. enthusiastic
Did you remember anything ........at the party? 
 A. interested 	 B. interesting 	 C. interests 	 D. to interest
 29 . In rainy seasons, roads in the village are always .........
 A. mud	 B. mudded	 C. mudding	 D. muddy
 30 .Linda likes wearing ..... clothes. 
A. colour	 B. colourfully	 C. colourful	 D. colourless
 31.. Her own mistakes made her very ...... of the faults of others.
 A. tolerable	 B. tolerant	 C. tolerate	 D. tolerated
 32 . All the teachers work on an entirely......... basis.
 A. volunteer	 B. volunteered	 C. voluntary	 D. voluntarily
 33 . Books are still a cheap way to get information and .........
 A. entertainment	 B. entertain	 C. entertaining	 D. entertainer
 34 . To Americans, it is impolite to ask someone about age, ...... and salary.
 A. marry	 B. married	 C. marriage	 D. marrying
Life here is very _____.
 A. peacefull B. peaceful C. peace D. peacefulness
Women usually don’t shake hands when being _____.
 A. introducing B. introduction C. introduced D. introducer 
He was so _____ that he had an accident.
 A. caring B. careless C. careful D. carefully
Farmers can enrich the soil by using ______.
	A. fertile B. fertility C. fertilize D. fertilizers
Nowadays, chemicals are ______ into some fruits to reduce decay.
	A. injection B. injecting C. inject D. injected
What’s your _______ ? – I’m Vietnamese.
 	A. nation B. national C. nationality D. international
In this course, students receive _______ in the basic English grammar.
	A. instruct B. instructional C. instruction D. instructive
I _____ him for his honesty.
	A. respective 	B. respectful C. respectable D. respect
All of the students appreciate the ______ of English learning.
	A. import 	B. important C. importantly D. importance
We can enjoy live programmes through _______ satellites.
	A. communicate 	B. communication C. communicative D. communicable
 45. All of my students appriciate the..................of english learning
 A. import	B. important C. importantly D. importance
 46. She is .........................in asking for bigger salary. She worked hard
 A. reason	B. reasonable C. unreasonable D. unreasonably
 47. Are you ..........................of the danger thet you are facing?
 A. sense	B. sensible C. senseless D.sensation
 48. This book is interesting. It’s also well-........................................
 A. illustrating	B. illustrated C. illustration D.illustrate 
 49. My brother is studying.......................engineering
 A. electronic	B. electric C. electrical D. elactrified
 50. Communist is the highest form of.......................
 A. social	B. socialist C. society D. socialism
PASSIVE
1. We can’t go along here because the road........................
A. is repairing	B. is repaired	C. is being reppaired	D. repaires
2. The story I’ve just read...................Agatha Christie
A. was written	B. was written by	C. was written from	D. wrote by
3. I’m going to go out and.................................................
A. have cut my hair	B. have my hair cut
C. cut my hair	D. my hair be cut
4. Something funny ...........................in class yesterday
A. happened	B. was happened	C. happens	D. is happened
5. Many US automobiles........................in Detroit, Michigan
A. manufacture	 	B. have manufactured	
C. are manufactured	D. are manufacturing
6. A lot of pesticise residue can.........................................unwashed produce
A. find	B. found	C. be finding	D. be found
7. We..................by a loud noise during the night
A. woke up	B. are woken up	C. were woken up	D. were waking up
8. Some film stars...................difficult to work with
A. are said be	B. are said to be	C. say to be	D. said to be
9. Why did Tom keep making jokes about me? – I don’t enjoy........................at
A. be laughed	B. to be laughed	C. laughing	D. being laughed
10. Today, many serious childhood diseaases...........................by early immunization
A. are preventing	B. can prevent	C. prevent	D. can be prevented
11. Do you get your heating..........................every year?
A. checking	B. check	C. be checked	D. checked
12. Bicycles.......................in the driveway
A. must not leave	 	B. must not be leaving	
C. must not be left	D. must not have left
13. Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.......................next weekend
A. is going to be performed	C. has been performed
D. will be performing	D. will have perform
14. All bottles......................................before transportation
A. frozen	B. were froze	C. were frozen	D. are froze
15. ...............................................yet?
A. Have the letters been typed	B. Have been the letters typed
C. Have the letters typed	D. Had the letters typed
16. English has become a second language in countries like India, Nigeria or Singapore where.................for administration, broadcasting and education
A. is used	B. it is used	C. used	D. being used
17. The telephones..............by Alexander Graham Bell
A. is invented	B. is inventing	C. invented	D. was invented
18. Lots of houses...................by the earthquake
A. are destroying	B. destroyed	C. were destroyed	D. is destroyed
19. Gold.........................in Clifornia in the 19th century
A. was discovered	 	B. has been discovered
C. was discover	D. they discover
20. The preparation.......................by the time the guest............................
A. had been finished- arrived	B. have finished- arrived
C. had finished-were arriving	D. have been finished- were arrived
The boy_____ by the teacher yesterday.
	A. punish B. punished 
 C. punishing D. was punished
 22.“Ms Jones, please type those letters before noon”_ “They’ve already ______,sir. They’re on your desk.”
	A. typed	 B. been being typed C. being typed D. been typed 
 23. Sarah is wearing a blouse. It  of cotton.
	A.be made B.are made C.is made D.made
 24. They had a boy _______ that yesterday.
	A. done 	B. to do C. did D. do 
We got our mail ______ yesterday.
	A. been delivered 	 B. delivered C. delivering D. to deliver 
 26.James..the news as soon as possible.
	A. should tell B. should be told C.should told D. should be telle
 27. My wedding ring ______ yellow and white gold.
	A. is made 	B. is making C. made D. make
Mr Wilson is _______ as Willie to his friend.
	A. known 	B. knew C. is known D. know
 29. References _____ in the examination room.
	A. not are used 	B. is not used C. didn’t used D. are not used 
30. Laura ______ in Boston.
	A. are born	B. were born C. was born D. born
 31. His car needs ________.
 A. be fixed 	B. fixing C. to be fixing D. fixed
32. Her watch needs _______.
	A. repairing 	B. to be repaired C. repaired D. A and B
 33. My mother is going _____ this house.
	A. sold 	B. sell C. to be sold D. to sell
 34. There’s somebody behind us. I think we are _______.
	A. being followed 	 B. are followed C. follow D. following
 35. Have you _____ by a dog?
	A. bite 	B. bit C. ever been bitten D. ever been bit
 36. The room is being _____ at the moment.
	A. was cleaned 	B. cleaned C. cleaning D. clean
 37. It _____ that the strike will end soon.
	A. is expected B. expected C. are expected D. was expected
 38. It is _____ that many people are homeless after the floods.
	A. was reported B. reports C. reported D. reporting
 39. He was said _____ this building.
	A. designing B. to have designed C. to designs D. designed
40. Ted ______ by a bee while he was sitting in the garden. 
	A. got sting B. got stung C. get stung D. gets stung
41. These tennis courts don’t _____ very often. Not many people want to play.
	A. got used B. used C. get used D. get use
42. I’ll get Minh _____ do this for you.
	A. do B. done C. did D. to do 
44. “What a beautiful dress you are wearing”- “thanks, it_____ especially for me by a French tailor.”
	A. is made B. has made C. made D. was made
45. Somebody cleans the room everyday.
	A. The room everyday is cleaned. B. The room is every day cleaned.
	C. The room is cleaned everyday. D. The room is cleaned by somebody everyday.
46. People don’t use this road very often.
	A. This road is not used very often. B. Not very often this road is not used.
	C. This road very often is not used. D. This road not very often is used.
47. How do people learn languages?
	A. How are languages learned? B. How are languages learned by people?
	C. How languages are learned? D. Languages are learned how ?
48. Over 1500 new houses _______ each year. Last year, 1720 new houses _______.
	A. were built/ were built 	 B. are built/ were built	
	C. are building / were built	 D. were built/ were being built
49. Tom bought that book yesterday.
	A. That book was bought by Tom yesterday. B. That book was bought yesterday by Tom.
	C. That book yesterday was bought by Tom D. That book was bought yesterday.
50.The new computer system _____ next month. 	
	A. is be installed 	 B. is being installed
 C. is been installed D. is being installed by people
READING:
 I. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer
 Jean spent her first few years