3. When did you start building this stilt house?
4. Living in a village is more inconvenient than living in a big city
Topic 3 : A trip to a countryside - Where is your home village? - How far is it from the city? - How can you get there? - How long does it take to get there? - What do people do for a living in your village? - Does your village have a river, a lake, a mountain,…? - Are there any places of interests to visit there?
B1: Viết lại câu theo mẫu
1Câu mẫu: Living in the country is more in convenient than living in the city (convenient )
-->Living in the city is more convenient
2 I have never visited such a historic temple ( historic)
--> This is
3 This is the most luxurious hotel in this city (more)
--> This hotel is
4 Tom drives his car more carefully than Peter (carelessly)
--> Peter drives
5 This international conference is extremely important .Make a note in your diary (put)
--> This international conderence
2. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions
Do you live in a big city? It is said that living in big cities is expensive because of the high living cost. There are also pollution and traffic problems that make living in big cities stressful. However, many people enjoy living in big cities because they offer convenience and countless choices for entertainment
Lots of big cities already have good public transportation systems, which make it easy for people to go anywhere around the city. This also reduces and helps overcome the problem of traffic jams that often occur at ruch hours. With the convenience of public transportation, residents do not have to drive everywhere and can save money as they do not have to pay for parking charges
1 What are the factors that make city life stressful?
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2 When do traffic jams usually happen?
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3 According to the next, why is public transportation convenient for city dwellers?
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12. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use the word in brackets. DO NOT change the word. Write NO MORE THAN THREE words.
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Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the given word. Do not change the given word.
3. How long have you been living in your new house? (MOVED)
→ How long is it …………………………………………………………….?
4. Sarah is a better swimmer than Jessica. (SWIM)
→ Jessica doesn’t …………………………………………………………….
5. As it got darker, we had more difficulty seeing. (HARDER)
→ The darker …………………………………………………………………
6. The children’s performance made quite an impression on us. (RATHER)
→ We were …………………………………………………………………..
Make complete sentences using the given words/phrases. You may need to make any change if necessary except the order of the words/phrases.
7. Countryside/ not/ suffer/ much/ pollution/ city.
→ …………………..……………………….…………………………………
8. Soil/ poison/ because/ farmers/ use/ too/ pesticides/ herbicides.
→ …………………..……………………….…………………………………
9. Spaceship/ not/ launch/ until/ they/ do/ final/ check.
→ …………………..……………………….…………………………………
10. Some people/ still/ believe/ world’s resources/ can/ never/ use up.
X. Match the questions in column A with the suitable answers in column B.
A
1. Where is your home village?
2. What do you usually wear on the weekend?
3. How can we get to the mausoleum?
4. What do people do for a living in your
village?
5. Do you like wearing school uniform?
6.Does your village have a river?
7. How long does it take to get to your home
village?
8. Have you eaten Chinese food yet?
B
a. We can get there by motorbike.
b. No. There aren’t any rivers, but there is a big lake.
c. They plant rice and raise cattle.
d. It’s to the west of the city.
e. It takes 50 minutes to get there.
f. I usually wear a t-shirt and shorts.
g. Yes. I like it because it’s comfortable and nice.
h. No, I haven’t. I’ll try one day.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction in the following question.
1/ How long have you started living in this city?
a)How
b) have
c) started
d) in
1. The people in my village ______ their living by growing and selling vegetables.
A. take B. earn C, do D. work
2. You are old enough. I think it is high time you applied ______ a job.
A. for B. on C. of D. in
3. While I am waiting _______ my bus, I often listen to music.
A. with B. to C. for D. in
8. In my opinion, living in the city is (hard) ____________than living in the country. 9. I think this is (noisy) ________part of the city. 10. This place was (dangerous) _________than we thought. 11. Could you show me the way to (near) bus stop? 12. The trip to Nha Trang City was (interesting) _________for us.
