Bài tập môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 - Unit 3: People's backround

his death. He was then 74 years old.
Task 1: Choose the best answers.
1. How old was Mark Twain when his father died? 
      A. 12              B. 11                  C. 20               D. 21 
2. Why did he have to leave school?
      A. Because he wanted to work as a sailor.
      B. Because his father died and left nothing to the family.
      C. Because he enjoyed adventures.
      D. Because he disliked school. 
3. What did his brother teach him?
      A. printing              B. writing              C. literature              D. history
4. Mark Twain used to dream of becoming a _______.
      A. teacher              B. writer                 C. sailor                D. printer
Task 2: Answer the questions.
1. What is Mark Twain’s nationality? 
 - He’s American.
2. What’s his job?
 - He’s a writer.
3. What did he do in Philadelphia?
 - He worked as a printer there.
4. Are “Tom Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Finn” considered his best works?
 - Yes, they are.
5. When did he die?
 - He died in 1910.
CLASS 10 UNIT 2: SCHOOL TALKS
I. Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differently from the others.
1. 	a. chance	b. teaching	c. chemistry	d. children
2. 	a. hard	b. start	c. party	d. talk
3. a. son	b. sunshine	c. above	d. woman
4. a. polite	b. literature	c. guide	d. kind
5. a. great	b. teacher	c. street	d. receive
II. Choose the best answer.
1.................... do you want? ~ A box of chocolates.
	a. What	b. Which	c. Who	d. How
2. .............. is this building? ~ It′s about two hundred years old.
	a. How long	b. How far	c. How old	d. How
3. ...................... money do you earn? ~About £250 a week.
	a. How much	b. What	c. How many	d.. Which
4.................... bag are you carrying? ~ Judy′s.
	a. Which	b. What	c. who’s	d. Whose
5. ....................is your new school? ~ It′s very big and friendly.
	a. What	b. How	c. Where	d. Which
6. ..................is it to tile post office? ~ About two hundred meters.
	a. How far	b. How long	c. How often 	 d. How much
7.	..................... is your national flag? Red and yellow.
	a. What	b. Which of color 	c. What color	d. Which
8. ...................do you take a holiday? ~ Once a year.
	a. When	b. How long	c. What time	d. How often 
9. ...............is Greg like′? ~ He′s tall and thin with brown hair.
	a. What	b. How	c. Who	d. Whom
10. .................... did the. Second World War end? ~ in 1945.
 a. Where	 b. When	 c. What time	 d. How long
III. Put the verbs into correct forms (gerund or infinitive)
1. All of the members agreed _____ the emergency meeting. (attend) 
2. Jack promised _____ to the meeting. (come)
3. Alex refused ______ for his rude behavior. (apologize)
4. At first, I enjoyed (listen) ________  to him but after a while I got tired of (hear)_________  the same story again and again.
5. Did you remember (give) ___________him the key of the safe? No, I didn’t, I’ll go and do it no
6. She rushed out of the room without (give)_________  me a chance (explain)____________ .
7. Please forgive me for (interrupt)_________  you but would you mind (repeat)__________  that last sentence?
8. I know my hair wants (cut)__________  but I never have time (go)____________  to the hairdresser’s.
Keys: 1. to attend 2. to come 3. to apologize 4. listening – hearing 
 5. giving 6. giving - to explain 7. interrupting – repeating 8. to cut – to go
IV. Use the word in brackets to complete these sentences.
language work narrow subject crowded enjoyable stuck jobs about similar
1. Don′t worry ______________me. I’ll be fine.
2. Can you speak any other ___________ besides English.
3. The truck could not take that road because it was very _________ .
4. Most students find the course very _________.
5. She is interested in teaching ______________ because she loves working with children.
6. Our coach was ___________ in a traffic jam and got to Heathrow forty minutes late.
7. The store was_____________ with shoppers.
8. My favourite ____________ is History.
9. If two people speak the same language, they usually have_______ attitudes and opinions.
10. Approximately half the people interviewed were in manual occupations
IV. 1. about 	2. language 	3. narrow 	 4. enjoyable 5. work 	
 6. stuck 7. crowded 8. subject 9. similar 10. jobs
V. Reading the passage and do the task 
Hello, my name is Hung. I come from Hai Phong- a beautiful port city in the North of VN, but now I am living in Ha Noi. I’m 10 grader of HaNoi Foreign Language Specialising High school. Now I’m studying at English and Russian School and I can speak the language quite well. I’m living in a flat near my school with my classmate. He comes from Thanh Hoa. We have to cook ourselves. It’s rather hard but it helps us living independently. 
Task 1: Decide the statements are True (T) or False (F). Correct the false statements
a. Hung comes from a city in the South of VN
b. He can speak English well
c. His classmate come from Hai Phong, too
d. Hung live in a small house with his family
e. Hung has to cook alone
Task 2: Answer these questions:
a. What does Hung study?
b. In which class does he study?
c. Who does he live with?
d. What does he talk about his life?
* Suggested answers:
Task 1:
a. F Hung comes from a city in the North of VN
b. T
c. F He comes from Thanh Hoa
d. F He is living in a flat near my school with my classmate. 
e. F . He cooks with his classmate
Task 2:
a. He studies English and Russian
b. He is 10 grader
c. He lives with his classmates
d. He talks that his life is rather hard but it helps him living independently
Class 10	UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF
I. Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. little b. fish c. meet d. pig
2. a. interest b. it c. pea d. sit
3. a. simple b. meat c. kick d. hit
4. a. fasten b. sense	c. smell	d. rest
5. a. niece b. tie	c. lie	d. die
II. Choose the best answer.
1. The boys broke a window when they _________ football.
a. played	b. were playing	c. had played	d. are playing
2. He ________ you now, but he won’t believe you tomorrow.
a. believe	b. believes	c. is believing	d. has believed
3. What ________ to you yesterday?
a. happened	b. did happen	c. had happen	d. has happened
4. I _______ about him when suddenly he came in.
a. talk	b. talked	c. am talking	d. was talking
5. The light _________ out while we were having tea.
a. was going	b. went	c. had gone	d. has gone
6. “May I help speak to Dr. Paine, please?”
“I’m sorry, he _______ a patient at the moment. Can I help you?”
a. is seeing	b. sees	 c. has been seeing d. was seeing
7. The Earth _______ on the sun for its heat and light.
a. is depend	b. depending	c. has depend	d. depends
8. While I ________ TV last night, a mouse ran across the floor.
a. watch	b. watched	c. was watching d. am watching
9. Last night we _______ many songs by the camp fire.
a. sing b. sang 	c. sung d. were singing
10. In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely______.
 a. hard b. hardly 	c. harder d. hardest
III. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets in two tenses: Simple Present or Simple Past.
1. Mr. Green always (go) _________ to work by bus.
2. It (not rain) ____________in the dry season.
3. They (not go) ____________to the movies last Sunday.
4. My little sister (drink) ___________milk every day.
5. There (be) ___________ a lot of noise at the fair yesterday.
6. They (give) _____________ me the letter a few minutes ago.
7. _____ you (find) ________ my fountain pen yesterday?
8. They often (thank) ____________me for what I do for them.
9. His uncle (teach) __________English in our school five years ago.
10. It (take) _______me 5 minutes to walk to school last year.
III. 	1. goes 	2. doesn’t rain 	3. didn’t go 	
4. drinks 	5. was 	6. gave 	
7. did you find 	8. thank 	 9. taught 	10. took
IV. Use the word in brackets to complete these sentences.
fellow peasant tobacco transplant neighbour 
 rest go off plough chat crop
1. Last night, when we were talking together, the light___________.
2. My grandparents enjoyed playing chess with his _________ members in the club.
3. All the farmers in this village are looking forward to a bumper _________.
4. Mr. John has had a lot of support from his relatives and ______________.
5. A _______ is a farmer who owns or rents a small piece of land.
6. The scientists are willing to do this job for the ________ of his life.
7. The government passed a law banning advertising _________.
8. Japanese production methods have been ______ into some British factories.
9. Tom has been on the computer all afternoon, _______ with his friend.
10. A ________ is used for digging and turning over soil.
IV. 1. went off 	2. fellow 	3. crop 	4. neighbors 	5. peasant 	
 6. rest 	7. tobacco 	8. transplanted 	9. chatting 	10. plough
V. Choose the best answer.
I arrived at the airport with plenty of time to check in. It was a trip I had done many times before and (1) _____ to the clerk at the desk, there was no problems and the (2) _____ was schedule to leave on time. I was flying to Helsinki but I had to (3) _____ planes in Rome. Suddenly there was a(n) (4) _____ saying that, because of a strike by air- traffic controllers, the plan would be (5)_____ by at least two hours.
I headed in the (6) ______ of the restaurant. After a tiring of about six hours, tired and frustrated, we eventually (7) _____ the plane. When we (8) _____ in Rome, it was almost midnight, and there was no sign of any connection to Helsinki.
1. A. referring	B. relating	C. according 	D. conforming
2. A. trip	B. travel	C. flight	D. journey
3. A. alter	B. change	C. transfer	D. exchange
4. A. notice	B. broadcast	C. advertisement	D. announcement
5. A. delayed	B. stopped	C. checked	D. postponed
6. A. way	B. path	C. route	D. direction
7. A. took	B. boarded	C. joined	D. caught
8. A. arrived	B. went	C. got	D. came