What does Tom say to the receptionist? Complete the conversation
Read the article about Bill Bryson, a writer. Then answer the questions.
1. Where did the writer’s family live for 20 years?
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2. Why does the writer not come back to Britain?
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3. Why has the writer been to England?
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4. How did the writer feel about people in England?
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In summer holiday, Mr. Hung, Mrs. Chi and their children, Tuan and Hoa often go to the beach for two or three days. They usually go to Vung Tau in the South of Vietnam. They usually stay in a small house or flat by the sea, but sometimes they stay in a hotel. Last summer they went to Nha Trang. They stay at Ngoc Hoa hotel for three days. In the morning Tuan played soccer with his father on the beach, Hoa and her mother walked along the beach and built sandcastles. They visited Tri Nguyen Aquarium and saw different kinds of fish there. They bought a lot of souvenirs for their friends.
What did Hoa and her mother do in the morning?
Sắp xếp câu sao cho hợp lí:
1/ your / package / Jamaica / tour / meals / did / in / include / ?
2/ about / long / how / at the end of the road / they / known / the private beach / have / ?
3/ rented / who / to / beach / house / their / you / ?
4/ luch / where / guide / us / the / after / meet / telling / is / to
5/ taken / climb / souvernirs / have / what / as / their / of / trekkers / ?
II. WRITING.
1. Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
1. Although Tom was a poor student, he studied very well.
ðln spite of
2. Did she often go to the beach when she lived in Hai Phong?.
Did she use
3. Although the weather was bad, she went to school on time.
dDespite
4. I usually stayed up late to do my home work last year, but now I don't.
dl used
5. Why did you do that?
Could you tell us
Chia dong tu trong ngoac
What.....you .......(do) next saturday? Nothing special. I...... ( stay) at home.
I....(think) your new hat .....( look) nice on you
Where are the children ? They ......(lie) on the beach over there.
You never .....(listen) to a work I say ! You..... alway
........(listen) to that mp3 player
He.......(not understand) what you (talk) about . He 's foreign
Look at the cartoon story and answer the questions. Use the words in brackets to help you.
1 What was the weather like? (the sun / shine, hot) What was the cyclist doing? (compete / in a race, lose)
2 Where did the cyclist go? (a bus stop) What did the bus do? (stop) What did the cyclist do? (get on)
3 What was the cyclist doing? (get off the bus) What did he drop? (ticket) Who saw him? (a girl)
4 Who finished the course first? (the cheat) What were the crowd doing? (cheer)
5 What was the man getting? (a medal) What did the girl give him? (a bus ticket)
Work in pairs. Look at the cartoon story again for one more minute. Close your books and tell the story to your partner. Use the past simple and past continuous.
Look at the cartoon story and answer the questions. Use the words in brackets to help you.
1 What was the weather like? (the sun / shine, hot) What was the cyclist doing? (compete / in a race, lose)
2 Where did the cyclist go? (a bus stop) What did the bus do? (stop) What did the cyclist do? (get on)
3 What was the cyclist doing? (get off the bus) What did he drop? (ticket) Who saw him? (a girl)
4 Who finished the course first? (the cheat) What were the crowd doing? (cheer)
5 What was the man getting? (a medal) What did the girl give him? (a bus ticket)
Work in pairs. Look at the cartoon story again for one more minute. Close your books and tell the story to your partner. Use the past simple and past continuous.
Put the words in a−g in the correct order to make questions. Use the questions to complete the dialogue.
a) seats / you / good / did / have / ?
b) last / did / concert / long / the / how / ?
c) do / did / night / you / last / what / ?
d) did / yourselves / you / for / them / pay / ?
e) songs / sing / she / which / did / ?
f) tickets / the / much / how / did / cost / ?
g) who / go / did / with / you / ?
X. Reorder the following words to make meaningful sentences.
37. Did /often/ go /you /the beach / to /when you /in Nha Trang/ lived?
38. is/ the/ your/ train station/ How/ house/ to/ far/ it/ from?
39 went/ school/ on/ Mai/ foot/ she/ to/ go / was/ in/ when/ primary school.
40. an/ move/ on/ night/ television/ was/ last/ There/ interesting