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NGUYEN TRAI HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVING EXERCISE _ E10 _ UNIT 1 (Week 1)
LANGUAGE FOCUS: /i/ and /i:/ - Stress in two-syllable words 
 Simple Present and Simple Past 
EXERCISES
PHONETICS
1. A. break
2. A. children
3. A. alarm
4. A. routine
5. A. office
B. lead
B. contented
B. driver 
B. house
B. drop
C. take
C. rest
C. buffalo
C. plough
C. tobacco
D. neighbour
D. friendly
D. passenger 
D. without
D. plot
1. A. harrow
2. A. children
3. A. office
4. A. alarm
B. buffalo
B. contented
B. pedal
B. exactly 
C. tobacco
C. kitchen
C. repair
C. transplant
D. neighbour
D. friendly 
D. fellow
D. dinner 
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Match the italicized verbs in column A with their meanings in column B
A
B
When did the plane take off? 
The thieves ran away when the burglar alarm went off. 
Let's take a break. We'll go on when you are ready.
Could you wake me up early tomorrow? 
She laughed and chatted happily with other women 
Did anyone see Sue getting off the bus? 
Suddenly, the plane seemed to dip and we realized we were in danger.
I've given up trying to understand her.
We had trouble putting up the tent in the dark. 
Fire fighters soon put out the fire.
a. building 
b. move downward 
c. made stop burning 
d. leave the ground 
e. talked in a friendly way
f. stopped 
g. leaving
h. make stop sleeping 
i. continue 
j. rang
Prepositions 
The alarm went ...... at 5.30 and everybody got up.
Why aren’t you usually satisfied ...... everything you’ve got?
The taxi can’t drop us ...... our office because there is a ban on vehicles ...... this street. 
Mr. Lam usually helps his passengers put their purchases ...... the cyclo.
My children often chat on line ...... their daily life ...... their friends.
Simple Present and Simple Past tenses
 There (1)...............(be) three adults and two children in the Bartons. The children (2)............ (be) Ben, aged twelve, and little Stella, who is four. Their parents are Andrew and Marion. The other adult is Leslie, who is Andrew's brother. He is twenty-four. They (3)........... (live) in Newcastle, a large city in the northeast of England.
On weekday mornings, everyone (4)(get up) early. Andrew Barton (5)(work) for a company which (6) (manufacture) computers. He (7) (leave) at seven o'clock. He (8)(like) to avoid the rush hour, he says. Marion (9).(suspect) that really he (10)(want) to avoid having breakfast with the children, who (11)(be) very noisy.
Ben (12)............... (catch) the school bus at eight-fifteen. Leslie (13) (be) at university studying physics. He (14)............... (live) away from home during term-time, so he (15)(avoid) the noise, too. 
Stella (16)(not go) to school yet, of course. Next year, she will start at the nursery school where Ben used to go. Her mother (17)(look) forward to this, as it will mean that she can go back to work. Before her marriage, she (18)(live) in London, where she (19)(work) for the National Gallery. She (20)(hope) to find the same sort of job in Newcastle.
WRITING Complete the sentences
Dear Aunt Edwina,
I/ write/ give you/ wonderful news.
Richard/ ask me/ marry him/ and/ accept.
I/ not know/ whether/ remember him/ but/ you both/ be/ introduce/ each other/ last year.
We/ get married/ September 29th/ Saint Agather’s church.
We both/ hope/ your leg/ better/ and/ able/ come/ wedding.
It/ seem/ ages/ since/ we last/ see/ each other.
Anyway/ I/ have to/ say good-bye now/ because/ have/ lot/ other invitations/ send.
Lots of love,
Sally 
NGUYEN TRAI HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVING EXERCISE _ E10 _ UNIT 1 (Week 1)
LANGUAGE FOCUS: /i/ and /i:/ - Stress in two-syllable words 
 Simple Present and Simple Past 
EXERCISES
PHONETICS
1. A. break
2. A. children
3. A. alarm
4. A. routine
5. A. office
B. lead
B. contented
B. driver 
B. house
B. drop
C. take
C. rest
C. buffalo
C. plough
C. tobacco
D. neighbour
D. friendly
D. passenger 
D. without
D. plot
1. A. harrow
2. A. children
3. A. office
4. A. alarm
B. buffalo
B. contented
B. pedal
B. exactly 
C. tobacco
C. kitchen
C. repair
C. transplant
D. neighbour
D. friendly 
D. fellow
D. dinner 
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Match the italicized verbs in column A with their meanings in column B
A
B
When did the plane take off? 
The thieves ran away when the burglar alarm went off. 
Let's take a break. We'll go on when you are ready.
Could you wake me up early tomorrow? 
She laughed and chatted happily with other women 
Did anyone see Sue getting off the bus? 
Suddenly, the plane seemed to dip and we realized we were in danger.
I've given up trying to understand her.
We had trouble putting up the tent in the dark. 
Fire fighters soon put out the fire.
a. building 
b. move downward 
c. made stop burning 
d. leave the ground 
e. talked in a friendly way 
f. stopped 
g. leaving
h. make stop sleeping 
i. continue 
j. rang
9
7
10
1
5
8
6
4
3
2
Prepositions 
The alarm went off at 5.30 and everybody got up.
Why aren’t you usually satisfied with everything you’ve got?
The taxi can’t drop us at our office because there is a ban on vehicles in this street. 
Mr. Lam usually helps his passengers put their purchases into the cyclo.
My children often chat on line about their daily life with their friends.
Simple Present and Simple Past tenses
 There (1)are three adults and two children in the Bartons. The children (2)are Ben, aged twelve, and little Stella, who is four. Their parents are Andrew and Marion. The other adult is Leslie, who is Andrew's brother. He is twenty-four. They (3)live in Newcastle, a large city in the northeast of England.
On weekday mornings, everyone (4)gets up early. Andrew Barton (5)works for a company which (6)manufactures computers. He (7)leaves at seven o'clock. He (8)likes to avoid the rush hour, he says. Marion (9)suspects that really he (10)wants to avoid having breakfast with the children, who (11)are very noisy.
Ben (12)catches the school bus at eight-fifteen. Leslie (13)is at university studying physics. He (14)lives away from home during term-time, so he (15)avoids the noise, too. 
Stella (16)doesn’t go to school yet, of course. Next year, she will start at the nursery school where Ben used to go. Her mother (17)looks forward to this, as it will mean that she can go back to work. Before her marriage, she (18)lived in London, where she (19)worked for the National Gallery. She (20)hopes to find the same sort of job in Newcastle.
WRITING Complete the sentences
Dear Aunt Edwina,
I am writing to give you wonderful news.
Richard asked me to marry him and I accepted.
I do not know whether you remember him but you both were introduced to each other last year.
We are going to get married on September 29th at Saint Agather’s church.
We both hope your leg will be better and you will able to come to our/ the wedding.
It seems ages since we last saw each other.
Anyway, I have to say good-bye now because I/ we have a lot of other invitations to send.
Lots of love,
Sally 
NGUYEN TRAI HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVING EXERCISE _ E10 _ UNIT 1 (Week 2)
LANGUAGE FOCUS: /i/ and /i:/ - Stress in two-syllable words 
 Simple Present and Simple Past
B. EXERCISES 
VOCABULARY
I. Fill each gap in the sentence with one word from the box
brigade, fields, rubbish, weather, experiences
family, danger, routines, children, neighbors 
1. When her children are at school, Mrs. White does her usual 
2. There’s a lot of  involving in rock climbing.
3. The success of the crop depends on the .
4. We can see many  of corn in the village.
5. Turn the radio down, or you’ll wake the .
6. Almost every  in the town owns a television.
7. Whenever you see a house on fire, call out the fire.
8. The street is covered with old cans and other kinds of .
9. Several , aged about seven, were playing in the yard.
10. He had many interesting  while he was traveling in Africa.
II. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the word
1. He is  (content) to stay in his present job for the time being.
2. Please write your name, age and  (occupy) on the form.
3. I find it  (interest) to talk to Tom’s grandfather.
4. When he lived in Da Nang, he visited me . (occasion)
5. The girl felt quite  (satisfy) with her examination results.
6. They are keeping her in the office for her own  (safe).
7. It is  (frighten) even to think of the horrors of a nuclear war.
8. For further  (inform), write to Mr. headmaster.
READING: Fill in each blank with a suitable word
In most of Europe villages, a farmer’s house (1) of two parts, home to live and outbuildings (2) are built separately and are often used (3) sheds and stores. Every morning, farmers and farm workers (4) their village to work on their land and (5) their animals in distant fields. They have lunch on their fields and only return (6) their village at the end of the day. So, social life is focused around the community center, the (7)
(8) most of North America, a different pattern has been established. It was borrowed (9) Northern Europe, but was put even further in the New World (10) land used to be cheap and even free. Farmers (11). and work on very large and isolated farms. The neighbors live (12). from one another. They only meet when they go to the (13) market or town to buy goods, materials, fuels, and services. The (14) associated with American farmers stems from this pattern of farm settlement.
WRTITING: Rewrite the following sentences
1. I like chatting in my free time, but I like listening to music better. I prefer.....................................................
2. We spend four hours doing our homework everyday. It takes.........................................................................
3. He isn’t satisfied with his son’s school report. (contented) .
4. My city has got only one church. There	...
5. What are your favorite subjects? What subjects	?
6. “Why don’t we go to the seaside at weekends?” Mary said. “Let’s”, said Mary. 
7. Remember to shut the windows before you leave. Don’t 	.
8. What does Ms Kate do? What’s...............................................
9. They are good singers. They.
10. There is no one that does not know about it. Everybody 
NGUYEN TRAI HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVING EXERCISE _ E10 _ UNIT 1 (Week 2)
LANGUAGE FOCUS: /i/ and /i:/ - Stress in two-syllable words 
 Simple Present and Simple Past
B. EXERCISES 
VOCABULARY
I. Fill each gap in the sentence with one word from the box
 brigade, fields, rubbish, weather, experiences
family, danger, routines, children, neighbors
1. When her children are at school, Mrs. White does her usual routines.
2. There’s a lot of danger involving in rock climbing.
3. The success of the crop depends on the weather.
4. We can see many fields of corn in the village.
5. Turn the radio down, or you’ll wake the neighbors.
6. Almost every family in the town owns a television.
7. Whenever you see a house on fire, call out the fire brigade
8. The street is covered with old cans and other kinds of rubbish.
9. Several children, aged about seven, were playing in the yard.
10. He had many interesting experiences while he was traveling in Africa.
II. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the word
1. He is contented to stay in his present job for the time being.
2. Please write your name, age and occupation on the form.
3. I find it interesting to talk to Tom’s grandfather.
4. When he lived in Da Nang, he visited me occasionally
5. The girl felt quite satisfied with her examination results.
6. They are keeping her in the office for her own safety
7. It is frightening even to think of the horrors of a nuclear war.
8. For further information, write to Mr. headmaster.
READING: Fill in each blank with a suitable word
In most of Europe villages, a farmer’s house (1)consists of two parts, home to live and outbuildings (2)which are built separately and are often used (3)as sheds and stores. Every morning, farmers and farm workers (4)leave their village to work on their land and (5)breed their animals in distant fields. They have lunch on their fields and only return (6)to their village at the end of the day. So, social life is focused around the community center, the (7)village
(8)Throughout most of North America, a different pattern has been established. It was borrowed (9)from Northern Europe, but was put even further in the New World (10)where land used to be cheap and even free. Farmers (11)live and work on very large and isolated farms. The neighbors live (12)far from one another. They only meet (13)when they go to the village market or town to buy goods, materials, fuels, and services. The (14)independence associated with American farmers stems from this pattern of farm settlement.
WRTITING: Rewrite the following sentences
1. I like chatting in my free time, but I like listening to music better. I prefer listening to music to chatting in my free time.
2. We spend four hours doing our homework everyday. It takes us four hours to do our homework everyday.
3. He isn’t satisfied with his son’s school report. He isn’t contented with his son’s school report.
4. My city has got only one church. There is only one church in my city.
5. What are your favorite subjects? What subjects do you like?
6. “Why don’t we go to the seaside at weekends?” Mary said. “Let’s go to the seaside at weekends”, said Mary. 
7. Remember to shut the windows before you leave. Don’t forget to shut the windows before you leave 
8. What does Ms Kate do? What’s Ms Kate’s job/ occupation?
9. They are good singers. They are good at singing/ sing well.
10. There is no one that does not know about it. Everybody knows about it.
NGUYEN TRAI HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVING EXERCISE _ E10 _ UNIT 2 (Week 1)
LANGUAGE FOCUS: Pronunciation : / a:/ - / / - Stress in two/ three-syllable words 
 W- questions, Gerund and to- Infinitive
EXERCISES
I. Pronunciation and stress :
1. mother love office one 	2. family start ask father 
3. change teaching chemistry children 	4. Physics History Biology Chemistry 
5. children student professor teacher 	6. opinion semester nervous relax 
II. Grammar
A. Use a suitable form of tenses
A: Do you enjoy (7.be) .at university ?
B: Yes, I do. Although I often miss (8.see) ..my old school friends. 
A: Don’t you mind (9.travel) .. so fast every day ? 
B: No, it only takes me an hour or so (10. get )....there. Sometimes I manage (11. work)...on the bus.
A: Don’t you find all the noise and people prevent you from ( 12.concentrate )
B: Not really. I usually do a bit of reading. Are you still at school or have you got a job ?
A: I’m still at school. I hope (13. go ) .... to university next year, but I haven’t applied anywhere yet.
B: You should apply soon. It’s getting late. B : Where would you advise me (14.apply )...?
A: What subject are you studying ? 
B: Maths and Physics. I want (15. study ) ..Physics at university.
A: I would recommend (16. apply ) ...to Newton University.
B. Choose the best Wh- questions :
17. To are you talking ? ( whom, who, whose, that )
18. ..did you buy that car ? – In September. ( When, Where, How, How long )
19. .is your national flag ? – Red and yellow ( What, Which of color, What color, Which )
20. .is your new school ? – It is clean and nice. ( What, How, Where, When )
21.  bag are you carrying ? Judy’s. ( Which, What, Who’s, Whose )
III. Vocabulary 
A. Word forms
22. The company is planning to take in another 100..( employ )
23. He tried to make his speech more ..( entertain )
24. The school prepares students for a wide range of .....qualifications. ( profession )
25. The store was ......with shoppers. ( crowd )
26. He lost his job because he worked ( effect ) 
B. Supply the correct preposition ( if any ) and the –ing form of the verbs in brackets. 
27. Thank you( help ) me.
28. My sister is good .( play ) tennis.
29. He needs to practice ...( speak ) English more.
30. She is afraid ...( cross ) the street.
31. She is not interested ..( learn ) to speak French.
32. John insisted .( buy ) a new bike.
33. We are thinking ...( study ) French.
34. I have no objection ....( carry ) out the plan.
35. I don’t think he’s accused .( drive ) on the right.
36. Mary gets tired( do ) housework.
IV. Writing: Rewrite sentences
37. Having to get up early in the morning is awful to me.( hate)
38. May I borrow your bike ? ( Would you mind.?)
39. Didn’t your mum let you speak a word ? ( make)
40. I’ll finish the work tonight if you like. ( Would you like?)
NGUYEN TRAI HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVING EXERCISE _ E10 _ UNIT 2 (Week 2)
LANGUAGE FOCUS: Pronunciation : / a:/ - / / - Stress in two/ three-syllable words 
 W- questions, Gerund and to- Infinitive
EXERCISES
I. Pronunciation and stress :
1. mother love office one 	2. family start ask father 
3. change teaching chemistry children 	4. Physics History Biology Chemistry 
5. children student professor teacher 	6. opinion semester nervous relax 
II. Grammar
A. Use a suitable form of tenses
A: Do you enjoy 7.being at university ?
B: Yes, I do. Although I often miss 8.seeing my old school friends. 
A: Don’t you mind 9.traveling so fast every day ? 
B: No, it only takes me an hour or so 10. to get there. Sometimes I manage 11. to work on the bus.
A: Don’t you find all the noise and people prevent you from 12.concentrating 
B: Not really. I usually do a bit of reading. Are you still at school or have you got a job ?
A: I’m still at school. I hope 13. to go to university next year, but I haven’t applied anywhere yet.
B: You should apply soon. It’s getting late. 
A : Where would you advise me 14.to apply?
B: What subject are you studying ? 
A: Maths and Physics. I want 15. to study Physics at university.
B: I would recommend 16. applying to Newton University.
B. Choose the best Wh- questions :
17. To are you talking ? ( whom, who, whose, that )
18. ..did you buy that car ? – In September. ( When, Where, How, How long )
19. .is your national flag ? – Red and yellow ( What, Which of color, What color, Which )
20. .is your new school ? – It is clean and nice. ( What, How, Where, When )
21.  bag are you carrying ? Judy’s. ( Which, What, Who’s, Whose )
III. Vocabulary 
A. Word forms
22. The company is planning to take in another 100 employees
23. He tried to make his speech more entertaining 
24. The school prepares students for a wide range of professional qualifications. 
25. The store was crowded with shoppers 
26. He lost his job because he worked ineffectively 
B. Supply the correct preposition ( if any ) and the –ing form of the verbs in brackets. 
27. Thank you for helping me.
28. My sister is good at playing tennis.
29. He needs to practice speaking English more.
30. She is afraid of crossing the street.
31. She is not interested in learning to speak French.
32. John insisted on buying a new bike.
33. We are thinking of studying French.
34. I have no objection to carrying out the plan.
35. I don’t think he’s accused of driving on the right.
36. Mary gets tired of doing housework.
IV. Writing: Rewrite sentences
37. Having to get up early in the morning is awful to me.( I hate having to get up early in the morning)
38. May I borrow your bike ? ( Would you mind lending me your bike?)
39. Didn’t your mum let you speak a word ? ( Didn’t your mum make you shut your mouth?)
40. I’ll finish the work tonight if you like. ( Would you like me to finish the work tonight?)
NGUYEN TRAI HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVING EXERCISE _ E10 _ UNIT 2 (Week 1)
LANGUAGE FOCUS: Prepositions
 W- questions, Gerund and to- Infinitive
B. EXERCISES
I. Reading
Read the following passage and then fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. Do not use the same word more than once.
class	course 	education	homework	lessons
passed	primary	private	teacher	uniforms
Chantal’s parents didn’t have much money, so they sent her to a state (1)school when sh