EXERCISE 2

Exercise 1: Find the words which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. money B. sorry C. morning D. story
2. A. now B. grow C. down D. town
3. A. study B. student C. studio D. stupid
4. A. house B. about C. hour D. country
5. A. lunch B. fun C. judo D. sun
Exercise 2: Hoàn thành các câu sau sử dụng động từ trong ngoặc chia ở thì hiện tại tiếp diễn
0. I am not drinking (not drink) wine; it’s only coffee.
1. My grandfather IS BUYING (buy) some fruits at the supermarket.
2. Hannah ISN’T STUDYING (not study) French in the library. She’s at home with her
classmates. ( AM/ IS/ ARE + NOT + V-ING)
+, study (v): học
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3. _________ (she, run) in the park?
4. My dog ______________ (eat) now.
5. What _____________ (you, wait) for?
6. Their students __________ (not try) hard enough in the competition.
7. All of Jack’s friends _____________ (have) fun at the concert right now.
8. My children _____________ (travel) around Asia now.
9. My little brother _____________ (drink) milk.
10. Listen! Our teacher _____________ (speak).
Exercise 3: Khoanh tròn vào câu trả lời đúng
1. Where his wife (be) _________?
A. am B. is C. are D. be
2. Jack (wear) _________ suit today.
A. is wearing B. are wearing C. am wearing D. wears
3. The weather (get) _________warm this season.
A. gets B. are getting C. is getting D. are gets
4. My kids (be) _________ downstairs now. They (play) _________ chess.
A. am/ am playing B. is/is playing C. are/are playing D. be/ being
5. Look! The train (come) _________.
A. are coming B. is coming C. are coming D. is coming
6. Alex always (borrow) _________me cash and never (give) _________ back.
A. is borrowing/ giving B. are borrowing/ giving
C. borrows/ giving D. borrow/ giving
7. While I (do) _________ my homework, my sister (read) _________ newspapers.
A. am doing/ is reading B. are doing/ is reading
C. is doing/ are reading D. am doing/ are reading
8. Why _________ at me like that? What happened?
A. do you look B. have you looked
C. did you look D. are you looking
9. I _________in the bathroom right now.
A. am being B. was being C. have been being D. am
10. It _________ late. Shall we go home?
A. is getting B. get C. got D. has got
11. “Are you ready, Belle?” _____ “Yes, I _________”
A. am coming B. come C. came D. have came
12. Look! That guy _________to break the door of your house.
A. try B. tried C. is trying D. has tried
Exercise 4: Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì hiện tại tiếp diễn hoặc thì hiện tại đơn
1. It often (rain) ________________ in Ireland.
2. _____________ there now (rain)?
3. Susan ______________ to her parents every Sunday night (write).
4. Stop at once! You (break)___________ the flowers every time the ball (land)_________ in the
garden
5. Where is Kevin? He __________ tennis with Sue. (play)
6. She normally (live) __________ in Northbridge but she (stay) _________ with friends at the
moment.
7. Hurry up, the teacher (wait) _______ to begin.
8. I (not believe) ________ a word Tim says.
9. The new lawnmower (work) _______ well at the moment
10. What ________ you (do) _____________ do for a living?
11. As a secretary I ___________ hundreds of letters every week (write).
12. My boss ______________ to change jobs soon (want)
13. Look! She __________ in the non- smoking area (smoke)
14. We ___________ our break now, Mr. Smith (take)
15. The well-known actor ___________ a lot of fan mail (get)
16. Dorothy ____________ to read a good novel in her holidays (love)
17. My brother __________ Italy the very moment I speak (tour)
18. Such bad behaviour __________ me mad (make).
19. He usually _______________ out on Saturday night. (go)
20. She ___________ by train to Liverpool today. (depart)
21. Let’s go out. _______________ (it/not/rain) now.
22. Julia is very good at languages. She _________ (speak) four languages very well.
23. Hurry up! _______________ (everybody/ wait) for you.
24. ____________________ (you/listen) to the radio. “No , you can turn it off”
25. ____ (you/listen) _____to the radio every day? “No, just occasionally”
26. The River Nile _____________ (flow) into the Mediterranean.
27. The river _______________ (flow) fast today – much faster than usual.
28. ___________ (we/ usually/grow) vegetables in our garden, but this year ____________
(we/ not/ grow) any.
29. How is your English?
- Not bad. I think _______________ (it/ improve) slowly.
30. Can we stop walking soon? __________ (I/start) to feel tired.
Exercise 5: Put the verbs into the correct form. Use Present Simple.
1. They .............................. (play) football and basketball at school.
2. My father .............................. (read) the newspaper every morning.
3. We .............................. (have) English, Maths and Science on Monday.
4. She never .............................. (do) her homework.
5. I .............................. (go) swimming twice a week.
6. Cars .............................. (be) more expensive than motorbikes.
7. Jane always .............................. (have) breakfast at 6 o’clock.
8 He usually .............................. (watch) TV after dinner.
9. London .............................. (be) a very big country.
10. I .............................. (be) a student and my parents .............................. (be) teachers.
Exercise 6: Fill each blank with a word / phrase in the box.

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1. Do you have ______________ on Monday? – No, on Tuesday.

2. My brother wants to ______________ film and photography.
3. Children like to play ______________.
4. My sister sometimes helps my mother to do the ______________.
5. – What do you usually ______________ for breakfast? – Bread and milk.
6. A good friend is ready to ______________ things with his / her classmates.
7. There are ______________ schools in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City.
8. We have some new ______________ in this school year: science, IT, etc.
Exercise 7: Give the correct form of the words in the blank Using the present simple.
1. Lan (not have) ............................ many friends in her new school.
2. We (not drive) ........................... to work every day. We (go) ............................. by bus.
3. Where ………………………..your new friend (live) ......................, Nga? - She
(live) ..................... on Hang Bai street.
4. you (be) ............................. in class 7A?- No, I (be) ......................... in class 7D.
5. How often ....................... she (go) .................... fishing? ____She (go) ..................... once a
year.
6. (Be) ............ your friends students? ___ Yes, they (be) .....................
7. Minh usually (play) …………..…… volleyball after school.
8. What time …………... you (have) ……………………….. lunch every day?
9. She (not have) ………………………….….. any pen, so I lend her one.
10. Sometimes I (feel) ………………………... really lazy to do anything
Exercise 8: Choose the correct word A, B, or C for each of the gaps to complete the following
text.
What do you do if you want to (1) _____ a book in a library? If you know the author’s (2)
_____, go to the author catalogue. Find the title of the book (3) _____ check the shelf mark.
Make a note of this before you look (4) _____ the appropriate shelf. If you do not know the
author’s name, go to the (5) _____catalogue. If there (6) _____no title catalogue in the library,
go to the subject catalogue. Check all the titles which are under the (7) _____ you want. Then
check the appropriate card, as with the author catalogue. Next look for the book on the shelf. Let
the librarian stamp it (8) _____ you take it out of the library. If the book isn’t on the shelf, ask
the librarian to get it for you.

1. A. find B. look C. take D. bring

2. A. address B. title C. name D. writer

3. A. and B. or C. but D. although

4. A. at B. to C. after D. for

5. A. title B. author C. subject D. name

6. A. be B. are C. is D. was

7. A. subject B. book C. index D. card

8. A. after B. what C. when D. before

Exercise 9: Reorder the following words to make meaningful sentences.
1. and/ classrooms/nice/ very/ our/ are/ new.
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. at/ teacher/ teaching/ us/ is/ our/ Maths/ the/ moment.
=>…………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Minh/ a/ first/ Does/ nice/ at/ school/ new/ have/ day/ his/ ?
=>…………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. sometimes/weekends/ we/ the/ go/ at/ camping.
=>…………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. it/ very/ to/ is/ interesting/ join/ school/in/ my/ chess/ the/ club/ in
=>…………………………………………………………………………………………………
Exercise 10: Use the given words to write the complete sentences.
1. school year/ Vietnam/ begin/ September.
=>…………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. elementary/ school day/ last/ 7:30 a.m/ 1:00 p.m.
=>…………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. children/ often/ wear/ uniform/ sit/ bench/ behind wooden desk/small porcelain inkpot/corner.
=>…………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. schoolgirl/ often wear/ white dress/ boy/ wear/ white shirt/ read kerchief.
=>…………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. window/ rural school/ often/ have no panel.
=>…………………………………………………………………………………………………