Write sentences, using the clues given

1. it/ nice/ John/ give/ us/ lift/ the train station

2. I/ prefer/ ride/ my bicyles/ catch/ bus/ school/ every morning

3. Saigonese/ expect/ that/ new/ metro system/ can/ solve/ traffic problem

4. how long/ you/ know/ him/ before/ he/ get/ married?

5. traffic system/ HCM City/ be/ upgraded/ the last five years

6. there/ be/ dramatic/ increase/ the number/ people/ travel/ abroad/ recent years

7. he/ be/ disapointed/ see/ she/ be/ not/ the party

8. it/ be/ impossible/ me/ wear/ rubber sandals/ school

9. before 1990/ Vietnamese people/ live/ extended families

10. many schools/ the world/ found/ the beginning of the 20th century

Use the correct form of the verbs in bracket

I (just, receive).....................a letter from my brother Tim. He is in Australia. He (be)..................there for three years. he (buy)..........an Australia car two years ago. He (already, visit)................a great number of different places in Australia. He (work).................for a big firm now. he usually (drive)...................to work. My brother (never, be).................abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting. He said he (go)....................visit his friend in Sydney next week.

rewrite the following sentences using adjectives or adverbs showing degree of change

1 the school facilities have been improved a lot within the last three years

->there have been..............................................................

2 there is a minor increase in the number of children going to school this year

-> the number.......................

3 the number of nuclear families in the countryside has risen little by little

-> the number...........................................

4 there has been puite a large reduction in the number of poor families in the countryside

->there has been ..........................

5 the number of students attending university in viet nam has grown very much in recent years

-> there has been.........................

6 though the pace of life in the countryside has not changed as rapidly as in the city , the changes seem significant

->in spete of.............................

B. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD IN PARENTHESES

1. Will there be (fewer/less) wild animals in 70 years?

2. She (has/ is having) a doctor appointment after school.

3. There will be (increase/ more) wildfires when temperature rise.

4. Did you know that sloths can climb trees really (good/well)?

5. Do you think we’ll have (more /fewer) pollution in 20 years?

6. What are you (do /doing) this weekend?

7. There will be (less /fewer) fresh water to drink in the future.

8. She (go / is going) to Singapore to study at university this summer.

9. The flight (arrives/ arriving) at 9pm tonight.

10. What time does the train (leave/ leaving)?

Complete the following passage by choosing A, B, C or D to fill in each blank.  

In recent years, there has been a remarkable increase into happiness. The researchers have come up a number of factors which contribute to a definition of happiness.

First of all, there is, in some people, a moderate genetic predisposition to be happy, in other words, happiness (1)_______ in families. And happiness seems to correlate quite strongly with the main dimensions of personalities: extroverts are generally happier, neurotics are less so.

Second, people often report good social relations as a reason for their happiness. In particular, friends are a great (2) ______ of joy, partly because of the agreeable things they do together, partly because of the way friends use positive non-verbal (3) ______ such as caressing and touching, to affirm their friendship. Marriage and similar (4) ______ relationships can also form the basis of lasting happiness.

Third, job satisfaction undoubtedly (5) ______ overall satisfaction, and vice versa - perhaps this is why some people are happy in boring jobs: it (6) ______ both ways. Job satisfaction is caused not only by the essential nature of the work, but (7)_____ by social interactions with co-workers. Unemployment, on the contrary, can be a serious cause of unhappiness.

Fourth, leisure is important because it is more under individual (8) ______ than most other causes of happiness. Activities (9) _____ sport and music, and participation in voluntary work and social clubs of various kinds, can give great joy. This is partly because of the (10) ______themselves, but also because of the social support of other group members – it is very strong in the case of religious groups.

1. A. runs B. arrives C. goes D. descends

2. A. source B. origin C. base D. meaning

3. A. movements B. signals C. slogans D. motions

4. A. near B. tight C. close D. heavy

5. A. consists of B. applies to C. counts on           D. contributes to

6. A. works B. effects C. makes D. turns

7. A. too B. as well C. also D. plus

8. A. check B. power C. choice D. control 

9. A. so B. such C. like D. thus

10. A. facilities B. activities C. exercises D. amenities