KIỂM TRA BÀI TẬP GIỚI TỪ
Exercise 1. Complete the suitable prepositions in the blanks for
combinations with CLEAR, CUT, HOLD, LET, AND HAND.
1. Clear ______ your books. I want to set the table for lunch.
2. The army fell ______ when the enemy attacked.
3. You should cut ______ this tree. It is too near the house.
4. The examination was so easy that all the candidates handed ______ their answer papers
after the first hour.
5. My plans for starting a restaurant fell ______ for lack of capital.
6. Our water supply was cut ______ because the pipe burst.
7. At the end of term attendance at these classes usually falls ______.
8. The wall was covered with pictures of pop stars which Mary had cut ______ magazines.
9. I hope the rain holds ______ until my washing is dry.
10. They won’t let you _______ if you aren’t a member of the club.
11. The mounted police cleared ______ the crowds.
12. A heavy snowfall held ______ the trains from the north.
13. If you really want to slim you must cut _______ on sweets.
14. The two brothers fell ______ over their father’s will
15. You would recover your sense of taste if you cut ______ smoking altogether.
16. If you will hold ______ I’ll put you through to Enquiries.
17. If he refuses to fall ______ my plans I can probably find someone more co- operative.
Exercise 2.Complete in the blanks with suitable prepositions for
combinations with LOOK AND KEEP.
1. I’ve been looking _____ a cup to match the one I broke.
2. Look _____ me at the station. I’ll be at the bookstall.
3. Look _____! You nearly knocked my cup out of
4. He was kept _____ in his research by lack of money.
5. Tom is looking ______ his first trip abroad.
6. Before putting any money into the business, we must look very carefully ______ the
accounts.
7. I look ______ her as one of the family.
8. My windows look ______ the garden.
9. He asked me to look ______ the document and then sign it.
10. He looked ______ the book to see if he had read it before.
Exercise 3.Complete in the blanks with suitable prepositions for
combinations with GO AND COME.
1. You can’t go ______ your promise now; we are depending on you.
2. I have changed my mind about marrying him; I simply can’t go _____ it.
3. He came ______ a fortune last year.
4. Wait till prices come ______ again before you buy.
5. I refuse to go ______ now. I’m going on.
6. They have gone ______ all the caculations again but they still can’t find the mistake.
7. The party went ______ very well; we all enjoyed ourselves.
8. Come ______ It’s far too cold to wait here any longer.
9. Mary went ______ in such a hurry that she left her passport behind.
10. The handle of the tea pot came ______ in my hand as I was washing it
Exercise 4. Complete in the blanks with suitable prepositions for
combinations with TAKE AND RUN.
1. I wish we could sell the grand piano; it takes ______ too much space here.
2. She is always running ______ her friends behind their backs. She soon won’t have any
friends left.
3. You’d better take ______ your coat if you’re too hot.
4. Just run ______ the music of this song for me.
5. When his father died, Tom took ______ the business.
6. What I saw in the water was only an old tree. I took it _____ the Lock Ness Monster.
7. I ran ______ an old school friend in the tube today.
8. People often take me ______ my sister. We are very like each other.
9. My neighbour is always running _____ bread and borrowing some from me
10. If a bull chased me I’d run ______.
Exercise 5. Complete the suitable prepositions inthe blanks for
combinations with TURN, CALL AND BREAK.
1. She called _______ for a few minutes to return a book.
2. The lift broke _______ and we had to use the stairs.
3. The representative of the computer company called ______ all the factories in the district.
4. The situation is difficult and calls _____ great tact.
5. They broke ______ their conversation when I came in.
6. The school broke ______ for the hoilidays at the end of July.
7. In this book the mysterious stranger turns ______ to be the long- lost son of duke.
8. The fireman had to break ______ the door to rescue the children.
9. The garden party was called ______ because of the rain.
10. He was called ______ at the age of eighteen and spent a year in the army.
Exercise 6. Complete in the blanks with suitable prepositions for
combinations with GIVE , PUT AND MAKE.
1. He won $100 and gave it all ______
2. Put _______ the clock, it is twenty minutes fast.
3. Ridding is getting too expensive; I’ll have to give it ______.
4. I’ll put ______ my visit to the Royal Mint till you can come with me.
5. The roads were crowded with people making ______ the coast.
6. He gave ______ all the books he had borrowed.
7. She had invited me to dinner but had to put me ______ as she was taken ill.
8. I can’t make ______ the postmark on the letter; it looks like Basingstoke.
9. Put _____ th light It’s getting quite light again.
10. After four days of freedom, the escaped prisoner gave himself _____ to the police.
KIỂM TRA BÀI TẬP VỀ CÁC THÌ
Exercise 1. Chọn đáp án thích hợp ở những câu dưới đây.
1. All right, you try to fix the television. But I hope / I’m hoping you know what you are doing!
2. Every year I visit / I’m visiting Britain to improve my English.
3. It’s time we turned on the central heating. It gets / It is getting colder everyday.
4. Of course, you are Mary, aren’t you? I recognize / I’m recognizing you now.
5. What’s the matter? Why do you look / are you looking at me like that /
6. The film of War and Peace is very long. It lasts / It is lasting over four hours.
7. I can see from what you say that your mornings are very busy. But what do you do / are you doing in
the afternoons ?
8. I’m going to buy a new swimming costume. My old one doesn’t fit / isn’t fitting any more.
9. Who exactly does own this car / does this car belong to ?
10. Do you realize / Are you realizing that we have been here for six months already ?
11. Terry is in bed. He has / is having flu.
12. This new teaching job is really difficult, but I survive / I’m surviving.
13. What does it write / does it say on that notice ?
14. Absolutely! I agree / I am agreeing with you completely.
15. I sell / I’m selling this car. Do you want to buy it ?
Exercise 2. Chia động từ trong ngoặc ( HT đơn hay HT tiếp diễn )
1. I ( 1 – hear ) ....................... that you have been promoted. Congratulations!
2. British people ( 2 – drink ) .................. more and more wine, apparently.
3. I hope Sarah will be here soon. I ( 3 – depend ) .................. on her.
4. Please be quiet! You ( 4 – continually interrupt ) .................... others.
5. Hey, you! What ( 5 – you think ) ..................... you’re doing ?
6. Could you come here, please? I ( 6 – want ) ................. to talk to you now.
7. Jane is away on holiday so Linda ( 7 – handle ) ................... her work.
8. To be honest, I ( 8 – doubt ) ................. whether Jim will be here next week.
9. You’ve only just started the job, haven’t you? How ( 9 – you get on ) ......................?
10. What time ( 10 – the train leave ) .................... here?
Exercise 3. Chia động từ trong ngoặc ( HT đơn hay HT tiếp diễn )
I work in a large office with about thirty other people, most of whom I ( 1 – know ) ______ quite well. We (
2 – spend ) ______ most of the day together, so we have all become friends. In fact, most of my colleagues are
so interesting that I ( 3 – think ) ______ of writting a book about them.
Take Helen for example. Helen ( 4 – run ) ______ the accounts department. At the moment, she ( 5 – go out
) _____ with Keith, one of the sales representatives, and they (6 – seem ) ___ very happy together. But
everyone, except Helen, apparently ( 7 – know ) ______ that Keith ( 8 – always make ) ___ eyes at Susan. But
I ( 9 – happen ) ___ to know that Susan ( 10 – dislike ) ____ Keith. “ I can’t stand people who ( 11 – apologise
) _____ all the time!”. She told me. “ And besides, I know he ( 12 – deceive ) ____ poor Helen”. He ( 13 – see
) _____ Betty Wills from the overseas department. And plenty of other interesting things ( 14 – go on )
______. For instance, every week money ( 15 – disappear ) _____ from the cash box. When you ( 16 – realize
) ______ that someone in your office is a thief, it ( 17 – upset ) ____ you at first. But I ( 18 – also try ) ______
to watch whoever before the police are called in. I’m not going to tell you who I ( 19 – suspect) _______.
Well, this ( 20 –be ) ______ a secret.
Exercise 4. Chia động từ trong ngoặc ( HT đơn hay HT tiếp diễn )
1. The milk ( 1 – smell ) _______ sour. You ( 2 – keep ) ________ milk a long time ?
2. These workmen are never satisfied: they ( 3 – always complain ) __________.
3. We ( 4 – use ) ______ this room today because the window in the other room is broken.
4. He always (5 – say ) ______ that he will mend the window, but he never ( 6 – do ) _____ it.
5. You ( 7 – know ) ______ why an apple ( 8 – fall ) ________ down and up ?
6. You ( 9 – write ) ______ to him tonight ?
- Yes, I always (10–write) ____ to him on his birthday. You (11–want) ___ to send any message?
7. Tom and Mr. Pitt ( 12 – have ) ______ a long conversation. I ( 13 – wonder ) _____ what they ( 14 –
talk ) ________ about ?
8. You ( 15 – believe ) ______ all that the newspapers say ?
- No, I ( 16 – not believe ) _____ any of it. Then why you ( 17 – read ) _______ newspapers ?
9. This car ( 18 – make ) _______ a very strange noise. You ( 19 – think ) _____ it’s all right ?
- Oh, that noise ( 20 – not matter) ______. It ( 21 – always make ) ______ a noise like that.
10. The fire ( 22 – smoke ) ______ horribly. I can’t see across the room. I ( 23 – expect ) _____ that birds (
24 – build ) ______ a nest in the chimney.
- Why you ( 25 – not put ) ______ wire across the tops of your chimneys?
- Tom ( 26 – do ) ___ that sometimes but it ( 27 – not seem ) _____ to make any difference
Exercise 5. Chọn đáp án đúng.
1. The price of petrol has risen / has been rising by 15% over the past year.
2. No wonder you’re overweight! You have eaten / You have been eating chocolates all day long!
3. I’ve read / I’ve been reading War and Peace this morning.
4. Doesn’t this room look better? I’ve put / I’ve been putting some posters on the wall.
5. Don’t disappoint me! I’ve counted on you / I’ve been counting on you.
6. Don’t forget your pills today. Have you taken them? / Have you been taking them ?
7. Who has worn / has been wearing my scarf ?
8. I think there’s something wrong with your motobike. It has made / It’s making some very funny noise.
9. Jack has asked / has been asking for a pay – rise three times this year.
10. I’ve been phoning / I’ve phoned Ann all evening, but there’s no reply.
Exercise 6. Chia động từ trong ngoặc.
1. I’m sorry I (1– not come) ____ to class lately. I (2–work) ___ late for the evening for the past fornight.
2. So far we ( 3 – not notice ) ______ anything unusual, but we ( 4 – not pay ) ______ very close attention.
3. I wonder if Mary ( 5 – reach ) ______ home yet? She ( 6 – leave ) ______ too late to catch the bus.
4. Here is the news. The Home Office ( 7 – announce ) ______that the two prisoners who ( 8 – escape ) _____
from Dartmoor prison earlier this morning ( 9 – give themselves up ) ______ to local police.
5. ( 10 – you make up) ______ your mind ? What ( 11 – you decide ) _______ to do ?
6. Harry ( 12 – leave ) ______ home rather suddenly and we ( 13 – not hear ) _______ from him since.
7. Recent research ( 14 – show ) ______ that Columbus ( 15 – discover ) ______ America, but that Vikings (
16 – land ) ______ there five hundred years before him.
8. I think that people ( 17 – become ) __ tired of the poor quality of television programmes, though they ( 18 –
improve ) __ lately.
9. ( 19–something happen )_____ to the lines? I (20–try) ____ to get through to Glassgow for the past hour
10. Bill ( 21 – get ) ______ that new job, but he ( 22 – complain ) _______ about it ever since.
Exercise 7. Chọn đáp án thích hợp.
1. I can’t believe it, inspector. You mean that Smith stole / has stolen / has been stealing money from the
till all the time !
2. You three boys look very guilty! What did you do / have you done / have you been doing since I left /
I have left the room ?
3. Why on earth didn’t you tell / haven’t you told me about that loose floorboard? I tripped / have tripped
over it and hurt myself.
4. It’s a long time since I saw / have seen / have been seeing your brother Paul. What did he do / has he
done / has he been doing lately ?
5. I can’t believe that you ate / have eaten / have been eating three pizzas already. I only brought / have
only brought them in 15 minutes ago.
6. Don’t forget that you didn’t see / haven’t seen Mrs Dawson. She has waited / has been waiting
outside since 10.30.
7. What did you think / have you thought of Dalat ? Did you stay / Have you stayed there long ?
8. I feel really tired. I weeded / have weeded / have been weeding the garden for the last three hours and I
didn’t rest / haven’t rested for a single moment.
9. I’m having problems with David. He has called / has been calling me up in the middle of the night
and told / telling me his trouble.
10. How long did you have / have you had / have you been having driving lessons? And did you take /
have you taken / have you been taking your test yet ?
Exercise 8. Chọn đáp án thích hợp.
1. It’s a long time since / when I last saw you.
2. I’ve seen Bill quite often lately / from time to time.
3. Have you spoken to the director beforehand / already ?
4. I’ve lived in the same house for years / for ever.
5. I’ve read the paper now / still.
6. Diana has bought a computer two years ago / since then.