Exercise 1: Complete the sentences using the given words.
seniority generations wealthy marriage competition
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1. All of the people attending the ......................... are wearing black clothes.
2. Parents should teach their children necessary skills to ......................... in dangerous situations.
3. The gap between ......................... people and poor people is becoming wider.
4. There are many ......................... living in an extended family.
5. The candidates participating in the ......................... are all talented.
6. She has become the ......................... of her family since her husband lost his job.
7. Strangers can’t ......................... this area unless they are allowed by the manager.
8. Parents shouldn’t let their children see any ......................... between them.
9. His second ......................... was broken again because of his selfishness.
10. She was recruited to do the job thanks to her .........................
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer.
1. Mobile phones and computers are essential technological ............... for young generation.
A. facility B. facilities C. facilitator
2. Poor children don’t have shoes to wear, so they have to go ...............
A. sandals B. foot C. bare-footed
3. The parents are helping their children build ............... behind their house.
A. event B. occasion C. igloos
4. The stories about the family’s ancestors are ............... on to next generations.
A. pass B. passed C passing
5. We can see many ............... with two loads of fruits on their shoulders in the streets in Hanoi.
A. street vendors B. electricians C. doctors
6. People can eat a lot of ............... while watching TV.
A. facility B. loudspeaker C. snacks
7. Historical stories were ............... out in the event.
A. acted B. played C. role
8. How can you keep balance in the ...............?
A. snacks B. dogsled C. bare-footed
9. These products are on sale on special ............... of the stores.
A. loudspeaker B. street vendor C. occasions
10. Husband should be the ............... in the family.
A. chef B. bread maker C. breadwinner
Exercise 3: Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences.
1. Astronauts ............... in their spaceship, but they frequently work outside now.
A. were used to stay B. used to stay
C. were staying D. had used to stay
2. People ............... that the earth is round before.
A. were not used to believe B. used to believing
C. would not use to believe D. did not use to believe
3. Tuberculosis ............... incurable before.
A. use to be thought B. used to be thought C. used to think D. use to think
4. Formerly babies ............... of whooping cough.
A. have died B. used to die C. would die D. both B and C
5. These city girls are used ............... in the field. A. to work B. used to lie C. would like D. to working
6. Newton ............... scientific books when he was a boy.
A. used to read B. has read C. had read D. had been reading
7. I am sorry I am not ............... fast.
A. used to drive B. used to driving C. use to drive D. use to driving
8. Frank used to work in a small shop. He ...............
A. doesn’t any more B. still does C. is now D. had never done anything else
9. I ............... in Jakarta. I’ve lived here all my life.
A. am used to living B. used to living C. use to live D. am used to live
10. Jane ............... for the telephone company, but now she has a job at the post office.
A. used to working B. used to work C. is used to working D. am used to work
11. This work doesn’t bother me. I............... hard. I’ve worked hard all my life.
A. used to working B. used to work C. am used to working D. am used to work
12. Dick ............... a moustache, but he doesn’t any more. He shaved it off because his wife didn’t like it.
A. used to having B. is used to having C. was used to having D. used to have
13. When I was a child, I ............... anyone 40 was old.
A. used to think B. was used to thinking C. used to thinking D. was used to think
