Ôn thi vào lớp 10 chuyên Anh và thi Học sinh giỏi môn tiếng anh
Chuyên đề: Word Form- 1
Exercise 1: Fill each gap with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. It would be a _______ decision to stop supporting the arts. (RUTH)
2. In the not-too-distant past farm, animals were able to live _______ lives in what we would
now term 'free-range' conditions. (NATURE)
3. Forests from an integral component of the _______ are essential to the stabilization of global
climate and the management of water and land. (SPHERE)
4. Mr. Brown was the _______ at the meeting. (CHAIR)
5. He was _______ of making her acquaintance. (DESIRE)
6. As young women _______, they may perceive sex as an assertion of independence and gender equality. (CULTURAL)
7. She is very efficient and _______ polite to the customers. (FAIL)
8. She found him arrogant and _______. (DOMINATE)
9. An anonymous _______ donated $2 million. (BENEFIT)
10. _______ of course, I’m much better off than I used to be. (MONEY)
Write your answers here: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Exercise 2: Fill each gap with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. George gave the child a _____________of sweets. ( HAND)
2. Our class team has won five ________________football match. ( SUCCEED)
3. The _____________have discovered the laws of inheritance ( GENE)
4. Thousands of patients' lives have been made ________________ better by the
application of cloning genes. ( MEASURE)
5. His actions in destroying the tapes were _________________. ( DEFEND)
6. This margarine is full of _____________ - just look at the label! ( ADD)
7. That one kiss had left her ________________ with excitement.( BREATH)
8. She is employed by the president in an ______________ capacity.( ADVISE)
9. She was charged with _________________ bank records.( FALSE)
10. Nobody wants to make friends with a/ an __________________ person ( HEART)
Exercise 3: Complete the following passage with the correct forms of the bold words given in the bracket.
1. When we arrived at the hotel, we were amazed at the _____ hospitality of the staff. (COMPARE)
2. He is the bad manager in the factory and everyone is in attempt to _____ him. (FAME)
3. The _____ of an epidemic will be unavoidable unless measures are taken to prevent the rural
population from drinking the contaminated water. (BREAK)
4. Please keep the email short. _____ makes everyone’s lives easier. (BRIEF)
5. With the help of the computer, checking information has become less _____. (LABOR)
6. You mustn’t leave your luggage ______ for even a moment on the train. (ATTEND)
7. She looked in on the baby _____ to check that it was all right. (PERIOD)
8. They were totally _____ by the girl’s disappearance. (MYSTERY)
9. The talks were totally ____. We didn’t reach agreement on anything at all. (PRODUCT)
10. The boy was very violent and his parents found him _____. (MANAGE) Your answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Exercise 4: Fill each gap with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. Be careful. You may be ________ to put all your eggs in one basket. (ADVICE)
2. The cancellation of the ccase resulted from the ________ in court of the defendant resulted in. (APPEAR)
3. I’ve never met such a strong girl. Her energy seems ________. (EXHAUST)
4. It is very diffcult to find Mrs. Pie’s shop, for it was ________ from all others in the street. (DISTINGUISH)
5. Students hate their classmates who get ________ treatment form their teachers. (PREFER)
6. The educational program we are launching is to ________ teenage girls in rural areas. (POWER)
7. Doesn’t she know that her good result will make her parents ________ proud of her? (MEASURE)
8. A list of ________ events for the autumn is being prepared. (COME)
9. Most people who work feel that they are ________ (PAY)
10. She was the only visitor ________ into the sick room. (ADMISSION) Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Exercise 5: For question 1-10, use the word in capitals at the end of the sentence to form one
word that fits in the space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0. We really must look for staff who have good ___qualification_____. QUALIFY
1. ________ is much more effective than aggression. ASSERT
2. The singer’s ________ lifestyle attracts the attention of the press. CONVENTION
3. When she passed 30, Sue became increasingly ________ for a baby. DESPAIR
4. The unresponsive audience made the lecturer somewhat ________ .What a shame. HEAR
5. My brother’s a comedian who specializes in doing ________ of famous people. PERSON
6. Michael Spencer’s ________ book is likely to be a huge success. COME
7. Some ________ now have their own nursery facilities for staff with children. WORK
8. He won’t get angry with you- he has a very calm ________. TEMPER
9. Sam was very grateful to his ________ parents for their generosity. ADOPT
10. The subtle photography and music make the film very ________. ATMOSPHERE
Exercise 6: Give the correct form of the words in the brackets.
1. They are waiting for the doctor’s …………………. . (diagnose)
2. There was a heavy …………yesterday afternoon which completely ruined the church Garden Party. (pour)
3. His contribution to medical science was outstanding laying the foundations for
research by the scientists who would follow in his (foot)..................
4. Cigarettes, coffee and alcohol and other (addict) ………….... are known to have an
adverse influence upon human health.
5. Marie Curie's life offers us a profound and fascinating (sight) ............ into the changing
world of women in science and academia
6. Be careful! That’s a ………………poison. (dead)
7. The talks were totally ………… We didn’t reach agreement on anything. (product)
8. The boy was very violent and his parents found him ………… (manage)
9. Tax exemption only applies to those with ………………… status. (resident)
10. …………………… books have been written on the subject. (number) Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Exercise 7: Fill in the bracket with the correct form of the words
1. Many teachers expressed serious ___________ about the GIVE new tests.
2. The price of property in the city is ____________ PROHIBIT
3. ____________ is an economic theory which states that a CONSUME
progressively greater level of consumption is beneficial to the consumers.
4. If your credit card debt is mounting and yet you can't stop SHOP
spending, you could be a _______________
5. The number of people suffering from shopping addiction has TAKE
_____________ the number of drug and drink addicts combined.
6. He gained ___________ for being difficult to work with as NOTORIOUS an actor.
7. The Transformer is quite intriguing. It is ___________ one of DOUBT the best movies of the year.
8. Her hip has been ___________ for quite a while, and she'll TROUBLE probably need surgery on it.
9. Her latest novel is a _____________ thriller, set some time in FUTURE the late 21st century.
10. The new policy only serves to ____________ the ACCENT
inadequacy of help for the homeless. Answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Exercise 8: Fill in the bracket with the correct form of the words.
1. She was completely ____________________________ by severe burns. (FIGURE)
2. The government is now faced with the ______________________ problems of unemployment. (SUPER)
3. Part of the _________________ process involved changing the names of all the hospitals. (STANDARD)
4. Every man talking with Katie like her. She is very nice and _________________. (LADY)
5. A bank _________ credited its customer's account twice with the amount of a single remittance. (ERR)
6. Nobody in his country dared to ___________________ him because of his important status. (FRIEND)
7. Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond
the _____________________. (PERFECT)
8. We have our ________________________ advertising department; therefore, we don’t need to hire other
companies to publish the materials. (HOUSE)
9. She left the theatre feeling that two hours had been ______________________ spent. (GAIN)
10. Coupled with a ___________________ thunderstorm drifting overhead just now, it's been quite an eventful afternoon. (SIZE) Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Exercise 9: Complete these sentences, using the suitable form of the words in brackets.
1. Computers were sold ______ for the first time in the 1950s. (COMMERCE)
2. He was deeply ______ about his late arrival. (APOLOGIZE)
3. Family members discuss problems frankly and find ______ quickly. (SOLVE)
4. There are differences and ______ between Vietnamese and American cultures. (SIMILARLY)
5. At weekends, early morning phone calls can be so ______ because it is the time
when people sleep late. (STARTLE)
6. This is only hatred ______ by racial prejudice. (GENERATION)
7. He is not able to read or write; he is a(an) ______ child. (LITERACY)
8. She’s involved in many _______ activities, such as music, sport and drama. (CURRICULUM)
9. The _____ of this document is wrong! There’s no page 13. (PAGE)
10. The general director was blamed for his ______ of the company’s business. (HANDLE)
Exercise 10: Use the word given in capitals at the end of each sentence to form a
word that fits in the space in the sentence. There is an example. Example: 0. admirable
0. Mr. Brown has a great many ______qualities. ADMIRE
1. Deaths caused by reckless driving are ______. AVOID
2. The coat was ______ in shades of blue and green. PATTERN
3. Most tinned fruits contain ______amounts of sugar. EXCESS
4. He fell off the bike, but his______ were not serious. INJURE
5. In electronics, we learn to repair______ appliances. HOUSE
6. Trung's sense of humor______ him from other students. DISTINCT ANXIOUS
7. People use first-aid to ease the victim's pain and______. BREATHE
8. The scenery was really ______ beautiful. CRITIC
9. You don't respond well to positive______, which is only made to help you. CREDIBLE
10. ______as it may seem, mammoths were alive only five thousand years ago. Your answers: 1.
…………. 2. …………. 3. …………. 4. …………. 5. ………….
6. …………. 7. …………. 8. …………. 9. …………. 10. ………….
Exercise 11: Give the correct form of the word in the brackets.
1. Deforestation and excessive farming have _____________ the soil. (POOR)
2. In his _____________, Mike smashed all the breakable items in the kitchen. (FURIOUS)
3. The building looks a bit ______________ from the outside but it’s quite
traditional inside. (FUTURE)
4. I sat completely ____________as the spider crawled along my arm. (MOTION)
5. The heavy snow meant that the mountain roads were ____________for over a week. (PASS)
6. She was charged with being disorderly and ____________. (INTOXICANT)
7. The damage caused by the terrible storm two days ago was____________ by
the government. The real figures go up every minute. (ESTIMATE)
8. They exchanged ____________ for a few minutes before saying goodbye. (PLEASANT)
9. There is a decline in the ____________ of cigarette smoking among young men. (PREVAIL)
10. They are planning for an advertising campaign to ____________the new film. (PUBLIC) Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Exercise 12: Write the correct form of each word in the numbered space provided.
1. The victims of the mistaken bombing are just the latest ___________ of the increasingly bloody war. (casual)
2. A gesture of ___________, the commission tested our products, too (partial)
3. The project went over budget because of ___________ at the planning stage (calculate)
4. We have___________ obligations to control prices. (contract)
5. He insisted that his project be ___________ by the Council thought it was costly and impractical. (prior)
6. The destruction caused by Alzheimer’s disease has been likened to the ___________ of the
hard drive, beginning with the most recent files and working backward. (erase)
7. A popular type of vaccine contains living ___________ that have been caused harmless. (organic)
8. Foreign language learning is ___________ an issue that has attracted a lot of attention (Argue)
9. If you look on the other side of the cup you will find a small ___________ with the name of
the original manufacturer. (grave)
10. The fact that numerous factories dumping waste into the area’s rivers has led to high level of ___________ (toxic)
Exercise 13: Write the correct form of each word in the numbered space provided.
1. The WWF works tirelessly on a ________ never-ending list of projects, all of which help us to
protect the diversity of life. (SEEM)
2. A _________ learner is less likely to retain the content of the lesson than one who is enthusiastic. (MOTIVE)
3. I’m a bit of a _________ , so I can spend all day agonizing over which choice of two words to use. (PERFECT)
4. Jack got in a lot of trouble for _________ breaking school rules. (PERSIST)
5. The main reason I believe children shouldn’t be exposed to violence on TV is that they’re so
_________ at that age. (IMPRESS)
6. A(n) ________ disease is one that will gradually deteriorate the functioning of any one part in your body. (GENERATE)
7. Hundreds of _______________________ from the war zone have arrived in the city and we are trying to
find homes for them. (EVACUATE)
5. The government’s _________ approach has brought criticism. (COMPROMISE)
8. Fred hopes his painting will _______________________ his fame. So far, he’s painted about two hundred
as he believes they will also ensure his popularity. (MORTAL)
9. Computers are now considered _________ in the business world. (DISPENSE)
10. They never dare to leave their only child _________ for even a moment. (ATTEND) Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Exercise 14: Give the correct form of the word in CAPITAL to fill in the blank of each
sentence. Write your answers in the answer box below.
1. She stood there completely ____, so I had no idea at all what she was thinking. EXPRESS
2. The university has _____the use of dictionaries during language examinations. AUTHOR
3. A number of religious groups, notably the Shakers, practiced ________living. COMMUNITY
4. Her ________ is unbearable, indeed. She wouldn’t even say boo to a goose. COWARD
5. He wanted Jill to give up her life of alcohol and __________. DESTROY
6. He was not a particularly good teacher, but his students loved him because he had such a lively______. PERSON
7. For some people the use of Internet has become ______addictive to the extent RESIST
that is threatening their mental and physical health.
8. Due to a huge pile-up, the motorway will remain _______until tomorrow. PASS
9. Various ________by police officers were brought to light by the inquiry. PRACTICE
10. The cost of _________ must be paid by the buyer. CARRY Your answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Đáp án Exercise 1: 1. ruthless 2. natural 3. biosphere 4. chairman
5. desirous 6. Acculturate 7. unfailingly 8. domineering 9. benefactor 10. Moneywise Exercise 2: 1. handful 2. successive 3. geneticists
4. immeasurably 5. indefensible 6. additives 7. breathless 8. advisory 9. falsifying 10. hard- hearted Exercise 3: 1. incomparable 2. defame 3. outbreak 4. Brevity 5. laborious 6. unattended 7. periodically 8. mystified 9. unproductive 10. unmanageable Exercise 4: 1. ill-advised
2. non-appearance 3. inexhaustible 4. indistinguishable 5. preferential 6. empower 7. immesuarably 8. forthcoming 9. underpaid 10. admitted Exercise 5: Items Correct answers Points Items Correct answers Points 1 ASSERTIVENESS 1 6 UPCOMING 1 2
UNCONVENTIONAL 1 7 WORKPLACES 1 3 DESPERATE 1 8 TEMPRAMENT 1 4 DISHEARTENED 1 9 ADOPTIVE 1 5 IMPERSONATION 1 10 ATMOSPHERIC 1 Exercise 6: 1.diagnosis 2. Pourdown 3. Footsteps 4. Addictions 5. insight 6. deadly 7. unproductive 8. unmanageable 9. non-resident 10. Innumerable Exercise 7: 1. misgivings 2. prohibitive 3. 4. shopaholic 5. overtaken consumerism 6. notoriety
7. undoubtedly 8. troublesome 9. futuristic 10. accentuate Exercise 8: 1. disfigured 2. insuperable 3. standardization 4. ladylike 5. erroneously 6. befriend 7. imperfections 8. in-house 9. gainfully 10. sizeable Exercise 9: 1. commercially 3. solutions 5. startling 7. illiterate 9. pagination 2. apologetic 4. similarities 6. generated
8. extra-curricular 10. mishandling Exercise 10: 1. unavoidable 2. patterned 3. excessive 4. injuries 5. household 6. distinguishes 7. anxiety 8. breathtakingly 9. criticism 10. incredible Exercise 11: 1. impoverished 2. fury 3. futuristic 4. motionless 5. impassable 6. intoxicated
7. underestimated 8. pleasantries 9. prevalence 10. publicize Exercise 12: 1. Casualties 2. Impartiality 3. Miscalculation 4. Contractual 5. prioritized 6. Erasure 7. Organisms 8. Unarguable 9. Engraving 10. Toxicity Exercise 13: 1. seemingly 2. demotivated 3. perfectionist 4. persistently 5. impressionable 6. degenerative 7. evacuees 8. uncompromising 9. indispensable 10. unattended Exercise 14:
1. expressionless 2. authorized 3. communal 4. cowardliness
5. self-destruction 6. personality 7. irresistibly
8. impassable 9. malpractices 10. carriage