WRITING TEST: TASK 1 – SENTENCE BUILDING

Use set of words and phrases to make meaningful sentences

(1. Adj + To-V) 10. It/becoming more and more difficult/find/good job

1. Kind/you/help me

2. It/not easy/used/working/night (2. Conditional sentences)

3. We/glad/see our friends after/long time 11. Unless/rain/they/go/movie

4. I/pleased/hear/your marriage 12. If/I/see a tarantula (nhện sói) /I/terrified

5. She/happy/get/letter/him 13. What/you do/if/see a fire?

6. It/unfair/him/criticize me 14. If you are/hurry/something/go wrong to slow you down

7. It/not safe/stand/that chair 15. If you/not remember/take/umbrella/it will rain

8. I be/please/receive/parcel/ you send 16. I/call you tomorrow/if I/hear/any news

9. It/necessary/you/do/best 17. If/go/London/might/see/Queen

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18. Unless/you leave at once/I/call the police 35. Something/must/done before/it/too late

19. If you fell/you/hurt yourself

20. If/I/taller/I/join/basketball team (4. Comparison)

(3. Passive voice) 36. He/tall/than/sister/a head

21. I/told/not use/office phone/personal calls 37. She/the tall/girl/class

22. Their car/parked behind/house 38. Car/good/comfortable/than/motorcycle

23. This room/clean every morning 39. That/stupid thing/I ever/do

24. I/stop/by the police last night 40. What/noisy/city/the world?

25. This room/just/cleaned 41. The climate/northern Europe/wet/than/the south

26. This room/being cleaned when I arrived 42. Cheaper/go by car/train

27. This room/be cleaned in ten minutes 43. You paid/for your car/me

28. He/punish/laziness yesterday 44. The train/take/just/ long as/bus

29. The floor is fifty/It/need/clean 45. Everyone ate/lot/but Chris/eat/the/much

30. It was difficult but we/get/painting/do in the end

31. A lot/fast food/eat/American teenager (5. Verb patterns)

32. Cricket/play/the summer/UK 46. I used/swim/this river/but I/not anymore

33. Most children/educate/state schools 47. Mother/used/getting early/morning

34. The grass/cut every month 48. Thank you/invite me/dinner next weekend

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49. They enjoy/spend/weekend/seaside 65. You annoyed/me for/be late?

50. Try/avoid/late/interview 66. You/interested/buy/car?

51. I prefer/play football/swim 67. He/surprised/see/me/party last night

52. What/you want me/bring/you? 68. I/not crazy/try Indian food

53. I/like/reserve/room/private bathe/3 nights 69. He/reputation/solve/problem very quickly

54. Remember/switch off/light/before/go/bed 70. I/fed up/do/dishes all the time

55. I had difficulty/find/place/live

56. You can borrow/car/if/you/promise/drive/slowly

57. I/not mind/cook/but I hate/wash up (7. Too/Enough)

58. Yesterday she/go/travel agent’/book her ticket 71. Dress/too dirty/her/wear

59. I/will send/text message/they/tell them where/we/be 72. He not look/intelligent enough/university professor

60. Have you/finish/do/homework? 73. I/tall/reach/ceiling

74. He/experienced/get the job

(6. Adj + prep + V-ing) 75. You never stop/work/You work/hard

61. I/sorry for/shout/you yesterday 76. She/young/get married

62. Cathy/not keen/go out 77. Box/light/you/lift

63. Who are responsible/make all that noise last night? 78. Book/too big/me/put/pocket

64. You excited/go/holiday next week? 79. It/never/too late/learn

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80. Parcel/too heavy/send/post 96. It/hours/since/Mary/ring

97. It/first time/I see/man/here

(8. Tenses) 98. They/not happy/during/last year

81. Peter/waiting/his girlfriend/since 8 o’clock 99. He/leave Sydney/Canberra/next Sunday morning

82. Last Sunday, a group/us/go/a Japanese restaurant/lunch 100. She can’t answer the phone because she/have/bath

83. She/a bath every morning

84. We/have dinner/when/light/go out last night

85. Her father/work/engineer/since 1990

86. They/going/have/luggage/take/station

87. I/be able/come in/tomorrow (9. Relative clauses)

88. Look!/sun/set/mountain 101. The catfish/we eat/yesterday/not fresh

89. I/used/swim/this river/but/I/not any more 102. I want/meet the girl/write these beautiful poems

90. I/not usually/carry/passport/me/I/afraid/lose it 103. He/only son/inherit/whole fortune

91. We/have/work tomorrow/It/holiday 104. The woman/live next door/a doctor

92. I/break/arm/while I/play football 105. Where/the cheese/was/fridge?

93. The girl/painting/play/guitar 106. I/not like stories/have unhappy endings

94. My dog/not dangerous/it/never bite 107. A widow/a woman/husband is dead

95. He/leave Spain when he/25 108. Hotel/we stayed/not very clean

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109. This/jack/sister/staying/us 123. Are/massages for me?

110. The medicine/doctor gave/I/no effect at all 124. There isn’t/butter left/fridge

125. How many people/there/your family?

(10. So/Such…that) 126. There/someone/wait/you/school gate

111. Weather/so/bad/I/not go/work 127. Journey took/long time. There/lot/traffic

112. It/so/hot/day/that/we/can not sleep 128. Will/there/many people/meeting?

113. It was/lovely weather/we/spend/whole day/beach 129. There used/be/cinema/King Street

114. We had/good time/holiday/we/not want/come home 130. There/sure/be/flight/Paris this evening

115. This music/loud/you could hear it/miles away

116. Jim/tall/he/hit/head/on the ceiling (12. The present perfect with comparative and superlative)

117. Jacket/small/not fit me 131. She/most beautiful/I/met

118. There were/many passenger/we can not/find/seat 132. She/never/do/more stupid thing/that

119. There was/much noise/I/not get/sleep/until 3 a.m. 133. This/difficult duty/I ever/take

120. Helen/busy person/she never feel/bore 134. They/never/be/peaceful village/this village

135. This/complicated/maths exercise/she ever/do

(11. There is/are) 136. That/most boring/I/see

121. There/a teacher/20 students in class 137. He/never/drink/good coffee/that

122. There/20 students/a teacher in class 138. Who/most famous/you/speak to?

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139. That was/delicious meal/I/have/long time 133. Although he study/hard/not pass/final exam

140. They/make/bad/mistake/than that 134. Because/heavy rain/students/late/school

135. Despite/work/hard/not finish his work/time

(13. Questions) 136. Even though I ask/her/she not come

141. How/is it/hotel/airport? 137. In spite/feel ill, Jack/play

142. Which party/you/belong? 138. Peter/give up/sail because he/not have the time

143. What/weather/like/when/you/be/holiday last month? 139. Although/traffic/bad/I/arrive on time this morning

144. What/you do/2 o’clock yesterday afternoon? 140. I/call you as soon as/I/arrive/London

145. Why/they/absent/class today? USEFUL LANGUAGE

146. How long/it/you/get/school/bus? 1. Adj + To-V:

(difficult; easy; hard; impossible/possible; dangerous; safe;
147. Why/you not come/meeting yesterday? expensive; cheap...)
Do you think it is safe to drink that water?
Your writing is impossible to read
148. How far/office from here?
2. Conditional sentences:
149. What/the name/girl/car/you borrow? If-clause Main-clause
Type 1: real If + S1 + V (present simple) S2 + will + V
150. When/you see her/playing/piano? condition IF + S1 + don’t/doesn’t + V S2 + won’t + V
Type 2: If + S1 + V (past simple) S2 + would + V
unreal IF + S1 + DIDN’T + V S2 + wouldn’t + V
condition
(14. Time clause/Concession clause/Reason clause) If I have free time, I will visit Hanoi History Museum.
If I were you, I would tell her the truth
131. When Judy/be/young/she/want/be/nurse
3. Passive voice:
132. When we/there/train/already/leave/station S + BE + PII
 Be: Auxiliary
Present simple AM/IS/ARE
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 Present continuous AM/IS/ARE BEING  Superlative
Present perfect HAVE/HAS BEEN S + BE + THE + ADJ-est/most-ADJ…IN/OF
Past simple WAS/WERE I am as old as you are
Past continuous WAS/WERE BEING I am older than you/you are
Simple future WILL BE I am the oldest student in class.
Be going to AM/IS/AE GOING TO BE
Modal verb (can/should…) 5. Verb patterns:
CA/SHOULD/MUST…BE  V + Infinitive
 PII: Main verb o V + To-infinitive (offer; decide; agree; attempt; refuse;
PII Regular: V-ed plan; hope; promise…)
Irregular: (learn by hard) o V + O + To-infinitive (want; ask; expect; help; beg; would
like; teach; enable…)
She usually writes a letter to me o V + Bare-infinitive (let; make; modal verb)
➣A letter is usually written by her.  V + Gerund
She is writing a letter now o V + Gerund (enjoy; finish; deny; admit; miss; avoid;
practice…)
➣A letter is being written by her. o V + prep + Gerund (give up; put off; carry on; keep
She has written three letters on…)
➣Three letters have been written  V + Infinitive or Gerund
She wrote a letter yesterday o The same meaning (like; hate; start; begin; continue)
o The different meaning (stop; remember; forget; try;
➣A letter was written by her yesterday. regret…)
She was writing a letter at 4.00 She has decided to move to another country.
➣A letter was being written at 4.00 He denied stealing money.
She will write a letter I like to get up early/getting up early
We regret to inform you that your application form
➣A letter will be written by her. has been turned down.
She is going to write a letter I regret not studying hard enough to pass the exam.
➣A letter is going to be written by her.
She should write a letter to him 6. Adj + preposition + V-ing:
(interested in; bore with; tired of; worried about; excited about;
➣A letter should be written to him good at; bad at…)
I am bored with doing the same things every day.
4. Comparison: She is very good at playing the guitar.
 Equal comparison
S1 + BE + AS + ADJ + AS + S2 7. Too/enough:
S1 + BE NOT+ AS/SO + ADJ + AS + S2  Too + adj/adv (for sb) to do sth
 Comparative  Not + adj/adv enough (for sb) to do sth
S1 + BE + ADJ-er/more-ADJ + THAN + S2 She is too young to get married.

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 She isn’t old enough to get married. That is the bicycle which my brother gave me as a
gift.
8. Tenses: That is the place where I was born and grew up.
Tense Auxiliary Verb Expressions This is the woman whose daughter is her teacher.
always, usually, often, It is in 1900 when we first met.
Present
do/does V/V-s/es sometimes, rarely,
simple 10. So/such:
never
now, at the moment, at  So + adj/adv + that + clause
Present present  Such + (a/an) noun/noun phrase + that + clause
am/is/are V-ing
continuous today, this She is so intelligent that she can solve the maths
day/week/month… problem easily.
just, already, yet, She is such a kind woman that everyone likes her.
Present never, ever, since/for,
have/has PII
perfect so far, up to now, 11. There is/are/was/were:
recently, lately THERE IS A/AN + countable in singular// uncountable
V-ed/V- ago, yesterday, last THERE ARE + SOME + COUNTABLE NOUN in plural
Past simple did There is an apple on the table.
irregular
Past at + time, all There are some students in the classroom now.
was/were V-ing
continuous
Simple future will V tomorrow, next 12. The present perfect with comparative and superlative:
Be going to am/is/are going to V tomorrow, next S1 + HAVE/HAS + NEVER + PII + A/AN + COMPARATIVE THAN S
She usually goes to work by bus. S1 + BE + SUPARLATIVE + NOUN S2 + HAVE/HAS EVER + PII
She is waiting for the bus at the bus stop now. I have never met a more handsome man than him.
She has taken the bus to work for 2 years. He is the most handsome man I have ever met.
She went to work by bus yesterday.
She was waiting for the bus to arrive when I passed 13. Questions:
her.  Yes/No – question: A + S + V?
She will be at the bus stop at 6.30 tomorrow morning. Do you live near here?
She is going to take the bus to work tomorrow  Wh- questions: WH + A + S + V?
morning. Where: place
Where do you live?
9. Relative clause: Who: person
 For people who/whom/that Who do you work with?
 For thing which/that Whose: possession
 Place where/in which Whose party was it?
 Possession whose What: thing/action
 Time when/on which What were you doing when I called?
She is the girl who is the most outstanding student in When: time
our class. When were you born?
Which? What kind: alternative
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 Which house is yours? though
Why: reason Despite S2 + WILL + V
Why did you quit your job? noun phrase
In spite of S2 + V (past)
How - health
How are you? /How are you feeling? Although I am tired, I still go to school
- age Despite heavy rain, I still went to school
How old are you?  Reason clause
- price Reason clause Main clause
How much does this cost? Because S + V
- quantity S+V
Because of noun phrase
How much money did she spend?
- distance Because it rained heavily, I didn’t go to school
How far is it from your house to your Because of heavy rain, I didn’t go to school
school
- means of transport
How do you go to school?
- manner
How does she cook? – Very well
- period of time
How long does it take you to get to
school?

14. Time/Contrast/Reason clause:

 Time clause:

Time clause Main clause

When
S1 + V
As soon
(present) S2 + WILL + V
as
S1 + V (past S2 + V (past simple)
Before
perfect)
After

When I get home, I will have a bath.

When I came, everybody had already left
 Contrast clause:
Contrast Main clause
Although S1 + V
S2 + V (present)
Thought (present)
S2 + V (past )
Even S1 + V (past)