I. Give the correct tense of the verb in brackets : 1.Look ! A man ( run) ….. after the bus. He (want) …….………. to catch it. 2.The baby (cry) ……........……………….because he is hungry now. 3.Tom is ill now. He (become) …..…………… ill 3 days ago. 4.It ( rain) ………..............……..…now. It ( rain) ………......……………..for four hours. 5.I (stay) ……….....……….. until you (come) …………………… tomorrow. 6.This is the best wine I (drink) ……………………. 7.He is reading “WAR AND PEACE ”. How long ……........… she ……....………. (read) ? 8.Shakespeare (write) ......……....…………. a lot of plays. 9.I’m busy at the moment. I (decorate) ….......................………………….. the sitting room. 10.I (buy) ………...…… a new house last year, but I (not sell) ……....………….. my old house yet, so at the moment I ( have) …………....…… two houses. II.Complete the sentences using the correct form of the adjerctives or adverbs in brackets : 1.Mary is (pretty) ........................................................ as her sister. 2.A new house is (expensive) ............................................... than an old house. 3.His job is (important) .................................................... than mine. 4.Of the four ties, I like the red (well) ....................... 5.Nobody is (happy) ............................................ than Miss Snow. 6.Today English is the (international) ............................................................. of language. 7.John is much (strong) ................................................ than I thought. 8.Benches are (comfortable) ......................................... than arm-chairs. 9.Bill is (good) ................................ than you thought. 10.Mr Bush is the (delightful) ............................................. person I have ever known. 11.Dick is the (careful) ............................................... of the three workers. 12.Sam’s conduct is (bad) ................................. than Paul’s 13.Thanks to the progress of science, human life is (good) .................... and (good) .................... 14.The teacher speaks English (fluently) .................................................... than we do. 15. The competition makes the price of goods (cheap) ....................... and (cheap) ....................... 16.Is this book (interesting) ..................................................... than the one you read last week ? 17.My cat is the (pretty) ...................................... of the two. 18.This vegetable soup tastes very (well) ........................... 19.Pil is the (happy) ................................ person we know. 20.These shoes are the (little expensive) .............................................. of all. III. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital. 1. My brother is a at Vietnam National University, Ha Noi. STUDY 2. That paints beautiful pictures. ART 3. Ask the if you can borrow this book. LIBRARY 4. That ...plays a lot of different instruments. MUSIC 5. Lan’s brother is a He plays it very well. PIANO 6. If the machine goes wrong, tell the ENGINE 7. We have a who comes twice a week. GARDEN 8. Phone the if the lights don’t work. ELECTRIC 9. Miss Quyen is a She travels a lot. JOURNAL 10. You pay the ... She’s that lady over there. CASH IV. Rewrite sentences but not change the meaning of the sentences. 1. Listening to music at home is more interesting than going to the concert -> I prefer 2. We didn’t enjoy the trip because of the heavy rain -> The heavy rain prevented 3. You shouldn’t eat too much candy. -> You’d 4. He is a slower and more careful driver than I am -> He drives 5. The visitor spoke so quickly that I couldn’t understand what he said. -> The visitor spoke too ……………………………………………………. 6. How heavy was your son last summer? -» What……………………………………………………………………… 7. Be sure to come back home before 9.30! Remember…………………………………………………………….. 8.Listening to music at home is more interesting than going to the concert. I prefer…………………………………………………………………. 9.This girl is the most hardworking in our class. No one…………………………………………………………………… 10.You should not eat too much meat. You'd……………………………………………………………………….