This is part of a letter you receive from an English pen friend, Jenna.
I've got one close friend who I spend a lot of time with. What about you? Tell me about your friends. How important are they to you?
Now write a letter, answering your pen friend questions.
You should write at least 60 words on your answer sheet.
Past perfect and simple:
I had completely forgotten it was my birthday.
Past simple:
This time I picked up the phone quickly and shouted, «Hello?!».
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Tránh việc sử dụng liên tục 1 th quá khứ đơn như ví dụ sau:
I woke up and got out of bed. Then I went to the kitchen and made some coffee.
Exercise 1
Hi my friends,
Thanks (1)______ a great time at your house last weekend. I‟m happy (2)______ I had dinner with (3)_______ family. The party was great and the (4)________ was delicious. Do you want to (5)_____ to my home this weekend? I will cook dinner with some special food of my hometown.
See you soon,
An
Exercise 2
(1)______ Tom and Mary,
I write (2)_______ thank you for the weekend. It was wonderful to visit your country. I like (3)_______ around and shopping in your city. I bought a lot of presents for my family. Would you like to visit (4) ______ hometown this summer? I (5) ______ take you around my city and introduce many things to you.
Bye,
Your friend Exercise 3
Hi my friends,
Thanks (1)______ a great time at your house last weekend. I‟m happy (2)______ I had dinner with (3)_______ family. The party was great and the (4)________ was delicious. Do you want to (5)_____ to my home this weekend? I will cook dinner with some special food of my hometown.
See you soon, An
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Exercise 4
(1)______ Tom and Mary,
I write (2)_______ thank you for the weekend. It was wonderful to visit your country. I like (3)_______ around and shopping in your city. I bought a lot of presents for my family. Would you like to visit (4) ______ hometown this summer? I (5) ______ take you around my city and introduce many things to you.
Bye,
Your friend
The young people below all want to do an art course during their school holidays.
On the opposite page there are descriptions of eight short art courses.
Decide which course would be the most suitable for the following people.
For questions 6 - 10, mark the correct letter (A - H) on your answer sheet.
Harry has done a Course about printing on paper, and would like to learn how to print on other materials He also wants to produce something to take home and wear
Short Art Courses
A. Wild Art This Course Concentrates on teaching drawing and painting, and you’ll use your new skills to make a wall poster on the theme of animals, to take home. And we 've got lots of picture books from galleries around the world to give you ideas! There’ll be an exhibition of everyone 's work at the end, too.
B. Colourscape Come and make a bag to keep your school games clothes in We supply lots of colorful wool and printed cotton - you choose the design and color like your favorite football or hockey team colors! ). There 'll also be a trip to a gallery to help you get creative in your designs.
C. Create! This Course is all about telling Cod stories in pictures. There 'll be cartoon films to watch, and instruction in how to draw your favorite characters - but your imagination is much more important than your drawing skills here! The Cours includes a visit to a cartoon museum.
D. Art Attack You 'll work on developing creative skills, like printing, photography, cartoons and Provie - making. using the latest technology This course is great for anyone wanting to take these subjects at college, Good drawing skills are helpful on this course, and students' work will be put into a book, where suitable, for everyone to buy.
E. Art Matters This course will concentrate on different drawing techniques, including using inks and color. We 'll get you to draw live models wearing designer fashions and sportswear - so f you like designing fashion and think your future is in this area, then this course is for you
F. Art Magic This fun course shows you how to design and make ashion jewelery from natural materials, and particularly how to use photography to help you get ideas for your designs. So if you have your own amera, bring it along
G. Art Centro Ever wondered what your Comic stories would look like on film? Here 's your chance to find out! Bring along your own comic drawings or prints - good quality onee if possible - and we '11 transfer the action from your page onto the screen Film show of the best cartoons at the end!
H. Rainbow Bring glonga clean white T - shirt for this fun course Using Printing inks and paints, we 'll show you how to transfer a picture onto your T - shirt and create a special artwork that you can put on for everyone to admirel
1. Robots can ............. our houses when we are away.
2. In the future, robots will be able to do more ............. things for us.
3. I don't agree .............. you that robots will be able to write a letter to an English friend.
4. They will be very useful because they will be able to do ............. everything for us.
5. Do you think robots can work longer than people ............. getting tired.
6. My father always ............. coffee at home instead of going to the coffee shop.
7. Robots will be able to .............. to personal computer in the future.
8. Nowadays robot can't talk to people or play sports, but in the future I think they ...............
9. Will robots be able ............. our voices?
10. Robots can't talk to people or recognise our voices, but scientists are working ................ the solution.
11. Many people think spending money on robots is a complete ................. of time and money.
12. ....................... you walk when you were two?
13. These robots can do many things for the ............ such as cleaning streets or looking after the garden.
14. Home robots can do things .................... repairing things around the house of looking after the garden.
15. ............. do you think about the new kinds of robots?
16. Our future robot will be able to help us ................ the gardening.
17. Robots are helping us a lot in industry, education, and in our house - ...................
18. We waste a lot of money and time researching and making robots. .......................
19. We must be careful because some people may use robots...............
20. Robots will be very useful for our lives but they use ................. energy.
II. Give the correct forms of verbs in brackets.
1.What you (do).............last weekend?
-I (go)................to the theater with my family.
2.John and I (be)...............pen pals for nearly three years.
3.We used (write)...............to each other every month when we (be)..................at secondary school.
4.Minh (know)...................a little English, so she (wish).............she (can).................speak it fluently.
5.Maryam (stay)...........with us at the moment. She (be).............my sister's friend.
II. Fill in the blank with ONE suitable word.
Cherating is one of Malaysia's (1).....................famous beach resorts.Very few places(2).................match Cherating's beauty and serenity.
A few(3).....................my friends and I decided to visit Cherating during our school vacation.We knew that we(4).................mostly going to have a good time.It(5)......................us about one hour to cycle(6)............................our town to Cherating.When we reached the place, we(7)....................many fishing villages and beautiful beaches stretching for several kilometers.
Cherating is sunny(8).............................the year and many people come to Cherating either to swim(9).................to dive.While at Cherating, we also enjoyed the excellent local food.Cherating is indeed(10)...................os Malaysia's best tourist attractions.
III.Write the questions for each numbered blank.
You: Oh, Lan! You have been to Malaysia, haven't you?
Lan: That's right.
You: So, (1)...............................................................................
Lan: I got home two days ago.
You:(2).......................................................................................
Lan: I stayed there for five days.
You:(3)..........................................
Lan:It was fine and sunny all the time.
You:(4)...............................................................................
Lan:I visited PETRONAS Twin towers and some other interesting places in Kuala Lumpur.
You:(5).........................................................................................
Lan:Yes, of course. I spoke English to everyone I met.
III.Give the correct forms of words in brackets.
1. We’re very impressed by the ____________ of your town’s people. (FRIEND)
12. Liverpool is an ____________ city in the north of England. (INDUSTRY)
13. Is Buddhism the country’s ____________ religion of Thailand? (OFFICE)
14. Should English be a ____________ foreign language in Vietnam (COMPEL)
15. This handbook gives us ____________ information about ASEAN (ADD)
The young people below all want to do an art course during their school holidays.
On the opposite page there are descriptions of eight short art courses.
Decide which course would be the most suitable for the following people.
For questions 6 - 10, mark the correct letter (A - H) on your answer sheet.
6.Alice wants a course to help her with her drawing skills, particularly with drawing the latest styles of clothes, shoes and bags, because she wants to study this later at college.
7.Darius loves making comic books, but isn 't confident about his drawing. He wants to draw Superheroes and animals and Create adventures about them, but doesn 't want to display his work.
8.Cassie enjoys making pictures and objects from different materials. During the course she 'd like to use her love of sport in her designs, and visit an exhibition to get new ideas.
9.Marc is talented at drawing, but also likes filming his friends on an old digital camera He wants to develop this skill by learning to use more advanced equipment, and prepare for further study.
10.Harry has done a Course about printing on paper, and would like to learn how to print on other materials He also wants to produce something to take home and wear
Short Art Courses
A. Wild Art This Course Concentrates on teaching drawing and painting, and you’ll use your new skills to make a wall poster on the theme of animals, to take home. And we 've got lots of picture books from galleries around the world to give you ideas! There’ll be an exhibition of everyone 's work at the end, too.
B. Colourscape Come and make a bag to keep your school games clothes in We supply lots of colorful wool and printed cotton - you choose the design and color like your favorite football or hockey team colors! ). There 'll also be a trip to a gallery to help you get creative in your designs.
C. Create! This Course is all about telling Cod stories in pictures. There 'll be cartoon films to watch, and instruction in how to draw your favorite characters - but your imagination is much more important than your drawing skills here! The Cours includes a visit to a cartoon museum.
D. Art Attack You 'll work on developing creative skills, like printing, photography, cartoons and Provie - making. using the latest technology This course is great for anyone wanting to take these subjects at college, Good drawing skills are helpful on this course, and students' work will be put into a book, where suitable, for everyone to buy.
E. Art Matters This course will concentrate on different drawing techniques, including using inks and color. We 'll get you to draw live models wearing designer fashions and sportswear - so f you like designing fashion and think your future is in this area, then this course is for you
F. Art Magic This fun course shows you how to design and make ashion jewelery from natural materials, and particularly how to use photography to help you get ideas for your designs. So if you have your own amera, bring it along
G. Art Centro Ever wondered what your Comic stories would look like on film? Here 's your chance to find out! Bring along your own comic drawings or prints - good quality onee if possible - and we '11 transfer the action from your page onto the screen Film show of the best cartoons at the end!
H. Rainbow Bring glonga clean white T - shirt for this fun course Using Printing inks and paints, we 'll show you how to transfer a picture onto your T - shirt and create a special artwork that you can put on for everyone to admirel
I. Complete the description of this flat with "a/an/ some/the"
In the bedroom of this flat there are twin beds, a cupboard, and (1).... chair. There are (2).... clothes thrown over (3).... chair. In one corner there is (4).... basin.
There is also (5).... basin in (6).... bathroom. (7).... basin in (8) .... bathroom is bigger. Above it there is (9)..... shelf. This flat has(10)..... nice kitchen. There is (11)..... table with (12).... chairs round it. In (13).... middle of (14)..... table is (15).... apple.
II. Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition from the list. Some are used more than once
of, about, to, in, with, for, on
1. I think you are wrong. I don't agree.... you at all.
2. Im not interested....... what you think or what you want.
3. We might have a picnic. It depends ..... the weather.
4. What are you listening...?
5. If you have a problem, talk .... the teacher.
6. "What did you talk ......? "Oh, this and that."
7. You aren't concentrating on your work. What are you thinking ..... ?
8. "What do you think .... Peter?" "I really like him."
9. Where's the weather, 4. What to cash desk? I'd like to pay ....this book.
10. "I've lost your pen. Sorry...""It's all right. Don't worry .... it."