Ngữ pháp và bài tập môn Tiếng Anh 11

UNIT 1: FRIENDSHIP	 Sunday, August 30, 2015
EXERCISE 1: Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box
give and take
qualities
concerned
guitarist
changeable
trust
suspicious
rumour
incapable
gossip
characteristic
selfishness
safe
secrets
1. To have a true friendship, two friends must have some special _____________.
2. You shouldn’t make friends with people who are only _______________ with their own interests & feelings.
3. Friendship is a two-sided affair, it lives by _______________.
4. I don’t think ___________ & uncertain people are _______________of a lifelong friendship.
5. That man looked very __________ b/c he glanced at the precious jewelries in my gold shop.
6. Don’t talk about your secrets to people who ___________& ___________.
7. There must be a mutual __________ b/c if not, people can’t feel _________ when telling the other their _________.
8. Your _________ makes you have fewer friends, so you should be more friendly & helpful to your friends.
9. The adjectives such as: tall, short, broad, crooked are used to describe one’s ____________.
10. The ___________ is a person who plays the guitar.
long
acquaintance
humour
last
sympathy
good
loyal
attraction
disloyal
personality
common
apartment
11. Nam is my best friend. He has a great sense of _____________
12. “Humourous, caring, hospitable.” are adjectives used to describe one’s _____________.
13. Talkative people can’t keep a friend _________ b/c they can’t keep a secret, either of their own or of others’.
14. We are best friends. We have a lot of things in ____________.
15. Only was the secretary __________ to her manager in spite of many changes in her company.
16. Where there is no mutual ____________, there is no true friendship.
17. Don’t believe what he said b/c he is an/a __________ boy.
18. No friendship can __________ long which is all give on one side & all take on the other.
19. Don’t make friends with people take up an interest with enthusiasm & are tired of it soon & feel the __________ of some new object.
20. A/an _____________ is a person one simply knows.
21. Those who are easily influenced by rumours can never be ________ friends.
22. An/a _____________ building is a building with many flats.
EXERCISE 2: Answer the following sentences
1. What’s your name?	
2. Where are you from?	
3. Where & when were you born?	
4. How much time do you spend on Maths?	
5. What do you often have difficulties learning Maths?	
6. What do you often do in your free time?	
7. How do you go to school? 	
8. Do you have a best friend?	
9. What’s her/his name?	
10. What qualities do you admire in your best friend?	
11. How long have you made friends with each other?	
12. What are your hobbies? & your friend’s?	
13. Can you describe something about your friend?	
14. How often do you meet your friend?	
EXERCISE 3: Vocabulary & Expression – Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
1. Did you form any close ______ while you were at college? 
	A. friendships 	B. teams 	C. companies 	D. conferences
2. You don’t seem very _____ about the party – don’t you want to go tonight? 
	A. loyal 	B. constant 	C. enthusiastic 	D. trust
3. Her ______ to the cause is impressive.
	A. loyalty 	B. selfishness 	C. sympathy 	D. sorrow
4. ______people can’t keep a friend long b/c they can’t keep a secret, either of their own or of others’.
	A. friendly 	B. unselfish 	C. talkative 	D. truthful
5. When you trust each other, you will feel _____ when telling the other your secrets.
	A. safe 	B. safely 	C. safeness 	D. safety
6. One of his personalities I admire the most is ______.
	A. crooked 	B. large 	C. sincere 	D. unfriendly
7. He is my best friend. He has a/an ______ face with a broad forehead. 
	A. pointed 	B. high 	C. square 	D. humorous
8. When you have a close friend, you should _____ with his/her likes, joys, sadness
	A. rumor 	B. gossip 	C. sympathy 	D. sympathize
9. Loyalty is the third important quality.
	A. weighty 	B. serious 	C. significant 	D. powerful
10. We think that a/an ______ is a person one simply knows.
	A. friend 	B. acquaintance 	C. relative 	D. colleague 
11. An ideal friend shouldn’t be ______.
	A. loyal 	B. selfish 	C. faithful 	D. friendly
12. The local people are very ______ to strangers.
	A. comfortable 	B. hospitable 	C. enjoyable 	D. familiar
13. Children need a _______ environment.
	A. caring 	B. growing 	C. protecting 	D. setting
14. She is never completely _____in what she says about people.
	A. sincerely 	B. sincere 	C. real 	D. reality
15. Didn’t you notice anything ______ in his behavior.
	A. suspiciously 	B. suspicious 	C. suspicion 	D. suspect
16. He expressed his _____ at the news of her death.
	A. sorrow 	B. unhappy 	C. unpleasant 	D. uncomfortable
17. She has always remained ______ to her political principles.
	A. loyal 	B. loyalty 	C. faith 	D. faithfully
18. Claire has a wide circle of friends & _________.
	A. neighborhood 	B. acquaintances 	C. friendship 	D. relations
19. It is a village of ________ streets.
	A. crook 	B. crooking 	C. crooks 	D. crooked
20. I have nothing in _______ with Tim.
	A. together 	B. common 	C. commonly 	D. altogether
EXERCISE 4: Complete each of the sentences with an appropriate preposition.
A selfish person is incapable __________ true friendship.
He was accused _________ being disloyal _________ the government.
How much time do you spend ________ homework?
Good friendship should be based ______ mutual understanding.
Do you keep in touch _________ any school friends?
Some adults have a total lack ______ sympathy _______ young people.
He's more concerned ______ what people think about him than anything else. 
She had been briefly acquainted ______ him more than 20 years earlier.
She thought _________ him very often.
Some people take __________ interest with enthusiasm, but they are soon tired ________it.
EXERCISE 5: Choose the best option to complete the following numbered blanks
Dear Jane,
I'm sorry for not (1) ______ to you for two months. In my postcard sent to you when I was on vacation in July, I told you about a new friend of (2) ____, Lisa Moran, who lives near my uncle's farm in Napan Valley, California. You may be curious to know what she is (3) ______.
Well, Lisa is of our age - 17 - and not very tall or slim. In fact, she has (4) ______ rounded shoulders and a plump face. The best (5) ______ on Lisa's face are her green eyes and the two dimples on her checks. She (6) ______ lively with her hair cut short and dressed in (7) ______ clothes - jeans and a T-shirt. When I first met her at my cousin's birthday party, I was attracted by her (8) ______ and pleasingly direct manners. Curiously enough, Lisa has the same (9) ______ in music as you and I.
That's (10) ______ about Lisa for the moment. How have you been doing with your school work? Please write soon.
Best wishes
Ann Maxfield
A. write 	B. to write 	C. writing 	D. wrote
A. I 	B. me	C. my 	D. mine
A. looking 	B. like 	C. seen 	D. similar
A. slightly 	B. hardly 	C. scarcely 	D. reasonably
A. aspects 	B. points 	C. features 	D. marks
A. feels 	B. seems 	C. appears 	D. looks
A. casual 	B. formal 	C. sports 	D. trendy
A. light-hearted 	B. high-handed 	C. self-centered 	D. easy-going
A. taste 	B. hearing 	C. sense 	D. way
A. all 	B. enough 	C. end 	D. most
EXERCISE 6: Complete the sentences with the correct form or tense or the verbs in brackets
1. Until yesterday I (never/hear)______________it.
2. Since she (work)______________at the company she (not/have)_______________a day off through illness.
3. It was the first time I (talk)______________to Ella outside the office.
4. My boss (come)______________into the office just as I (show)______________everyone my holiday photos.
5. Chopin (compose)______________some of his music in Majorca.
6. The pollution problem (get)______________worse over the last decade.
7. At the time of the robbery, they (stay)_______________with my parents.
8. I (not/see)_______________Jane for ages. When I last (see)______________her, she (try) to find a new job.
9. I (buy)_______________a new alarm clock the other day in a shop, when I actually (see)somebody shoplifting.
10. (work)_______________you in the garden all day? You look exhausted.
11. In a surprise move, the Prime Minister (resign)______________last night.
12. When Allen (open)______________the book, some pages (fall)______________out.
13. She just (step)______________into her office when the phone (ring)______________
14. The apartment was s hot when I (get)______________home, so I (turn)______________on the air conditioner.
15. When I was introduced to Carol, I’m sure that I (met)_______________her before.
Today is Thursday, and you (be)______________ late twice this week.
They (study)______________ English in that class since last September.
Four people (come)______________ to the office since two o’clock.
Mr. Shaw, the director, (work)______________ with his cast in the studio at the moment.
At present, the author (write)______________ a historical novel.
Up to now nothing (be) ______________heard from the search party.
My family (live)______________ in this city for almost six years.
I (go)______________ to the cinema twice a month.
We (have)______________ a good time at Jane’s party last night.
The writer is a still a young man. He (write)______________ his last book in 1991, but he (not/ write)_________ anything since then.
She (not/ take)______ her little boy to a theatre yet, but she (take) him to a cinema for the first time a few days ago.
It (rain)______________ very heavily last Monday, but it (not/ rain) much since then.
MỘT SỐ CẤU TRÚC BIẾN ĐỔI GIỮA THè HTĐ VÀ HTHT 
ọ NOTES: Một số cấu trỳc biến đổi phổ biến giữa thỡ hiện tại hoàn thành và quỏ khứ đơn.
1- S + Started/Began + to inf/V-ing + khoảng thời gian + AGO. 	
	ž S + Has/have + V3/ed + FOR + khoảng thời gian.
 	ž S + Has/have + been + V-ing + FOR + khoảng thời gian.
Ex: She began playing the piano 5 years ago.
	ž She has played the piano for 5 years.
	ž She has been playing the piano for 5 years.
2- S + Started/Began + to inf/V-ing + WHEN + S + V2/Ved
	ž S + Has/Have + V3/Ved + SINCE + S + V2/Ved
	ž S + Has/Have + been + Ving + SINCE + S + V2/Ved
Ex: My father started running his company when he was 30.
	ž My father has run his company since he was 30.
	ž My father has been running his company since he was 30.
3- S + hasn’t / haven’t + V3/ed +(O) + SINCE + mốc thời gian / FOR + khoảng thời gian.
 	ž S + last + V2 /ed + (O) + (IN) + mốc thời gian / khoảng thời gian + AGO/ WHEN + S + V2/ed
 	ž It ‘s + khoảng thời gian + SINCE + S + V2/ed + (O).
 	ž The last time + (WHEN) + S + V ( 2 / ed ) + (O) + WAS + IN + mốc thời gian / khoảng thời gian + AGO / WHEN + S + V2/Ved
Ex: Peter hasn’ gone to Can Tho University since 2005 .
	ž Peter last went to Can Tho Universty in 2005.
	ž The last time (when) Peter went to Cn Tho University was in 2005.
Ex: They haven’t written to each other for 2 years.
	ž They last wrote to each other 2 years ago.
	ž It’s 2 years since they wrote to each other.
	ž The last time (when) they wrote to each other was 2 years ago.
Ex: Jacy hasn’t visited me since she was 5 years old.
	ž Jacy last visited me when she was 5 years old.
	ž The last time (when) Jacy visited me was when she was 5 years old.
4. S + has / have + never / not + V ( 3 / ed ) + O + before. 
 	žThis is the first time + S + has / have + V ( 3 / ed ) + O.
Ex: My mother has never gone to Da Lat before.
	ž This is the first time my mother has gone to Da Lat.
Ex: These boys haven’t been to the zoo before.
	ž This is the first time these boys have been to the zoo.
5- S + has / have + never / not + V ( 3 / ed ) + such + ( a/an ) + N + before.
 	žThis is the first time + S + has / have + V ( 3 / ed ) + such + ( a/an ) + N.
 	žThis / It is the most + long adj + N + S + has / have + ever + V ( 3 / ed ) .
 the short adj + EST + N + S + has / have + ever + V ( 3 / ed ) .
Ex: I Have never seen such a beautiful girl before.
	ž This is the first time I have seen such a beautiful girl.
	ž This/It is the mos beautiful girl I have ever seen.
ỹ PRACTICE: Rewrite the following sentences with the given information:
1. It’s three years since I last talked to John.
	" I haven’t	
	" I last	 
2. She has never made such a silly mistake before.
	" This is	 
3. They started searching for MH370 8 weeks ago.
	" They	
	" It’s	 
4. She has run the company since her husband died.
	" She started	
6. I last had my eyes tested 3 months ago.
	" I haven’t	
7. He took a course on business management and then he played a role of a CEO in his father’s company.
	" Before	
8. I haven’t met John since his father passed away.
	" The last time	
	" I last 	
9. This is the first time Mary has come to a party on time.
	" Mary	
11. They have been writing to each other for 9 years.
	" It’s	
12. I came across my old teacher when going shopping the other day.
	" When I	
14. Kathy has never got bad marks before.
	" This is	
15. I last was at this unversity on my graduation ceremony.
	" I haven’t	
21. I have never tried on this food before.
	" This is the	
22. She began composing music when she was 12.
	" She has	
23. She hasn’t visited me since we were in Ha Noi.
 	" She last	
	" The last time	
24. We last went to the cinema 2 weeks ago.
	" We haven’t	
25. Alan hasn’t written to his parents for 3 weeks.
	" It is