Exercise 9. Combine the two sentences, using although / though

1. The questions were very difficult. He solved them easily
2. He was a great actor. He never played a leading role in a film.
3. They spent a lot of money on the film. The film wasn't a big success.
4. The film was a comedy, I didn't find it funny at all.
5. We played well, We couldn't win the match.
6. He arrived late, he left the cinema early.
7. Popcorn and other snacks in the cinema are very expensive. people still buy them.
8. I don't really like to go to the cinema. I don't want to stay home tonight.
9. They spent millions of dollars on making the film. It wasn't successful as expected
10. The film didn't receive good reviews from critics. Many people went to see it

I.                Fill in the blank with a suitable word

Man probably could not live without the help of animals. The role of animals in the balance of nature ranks as their (1)…………………… important service to man.

Animals also serve man by (2) …………………...him with many foods and other useful products. Without animals, man would (3) …………………... no meat, milk, eggs, or honey, or wool, fur, or silk.

For thousands of years, man has caused changes in the animal kingdom. He has tamed many kinds of animals and used (4) …………………... for food and clothing. He has killed or driven away animals that once attacked or interfered with his use of land. Today, he tries to protect many kinds of animals that are (5)…………………… danger of dying.

Like man, most plants depend (6) …………………...animals for many of their basic needs. Without animals, many (7). …………………...could not easily reproduce. For example, many plants with flowers depend on bees and other insects to carry their pollen (8)…………………… plant to plant. Many oak trees from acorns that squirrels bury and then forget, or from .acorns that deer step on and push down into the soil. Birds often (9)…………………… from one place to another with seeds slinging to (10) …………………...feet.

I.             Fill in each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word :

      Many young men in America and in other (1) ________________ will always remember of 1953. That was the summer of the big Boy Scout Jamboree (2) __________________ California.

      (3) _________________ a hot morning in July the Scouts began to arrive by special trains and in long (4) _____________ of cars and busses. All day long they unloaded, and marched (5) _

_______________ flags flying through the entrance to the camp. Above their heads across the entrance (6) _______________ twelve big banners to welcome (7) _______________. On these banners were the (8) _________________ that every Scout knows well.

  Fill in each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word :

      Many young men in America and in other (1) ________________ will always remember of 1953. That was the summer of the big Boy Scout Jamboree (2) __________________ California.

      (3) _________________ a hot morning in July the Scouts began to arrive by special trains and in long (4) _____________ of cars and busses. All day long they unloaded, and marched (5) _

_______________ flags flying through the entrance to the camp. Above their heads across the entrance (6) _______________ twelve big banners to welcome (7) _______________. On these banners were the (8) _________________ that every Scout knows well.

IX. Fill in each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word :

Many young men in America and in other (1) ________________ will always remember of 1953. That was the summer of the big Boy Scout Jamboree (2) __________________ California.

(3) _________________ a hot morning in July the Scouts began to arrive by special trains and in long (4) _____________ of cars and busses. All day long they unloaded, and marched (5) _

_______________ flags flying through the entrance to the camp. Above their heads across the entrance (6) _______________ twelve big banners to welcome (7) _______________. On these banners were the (8) _________________ that every Scout knows well.

Exercise 4: Fill in the blank with the correct form of the word.

20. I ________marbles when I was young. (use to/ play)

21. Minh used to ________his homework late in the evening. (do)

22. Thanksgiving ________on the third Thursday of November. (hold)

23. They ________for the next train to come. (wait)

24. ________you ________play hide and seek when you were small? (use) 25. Children must ________(learn) about road safety before they ________ (allow) to ride a bike on the road.

26. The end of the film was so ________ (move).

27. I was ________to learn that the director of that gripping film has won the first prize. (interest)

28. We found the film’s plot ________. (shock)

29. The scenes was so ________that I closed my eyes. (frighten

IV. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Television first appeared some fifty years ago in the 1950s. Since then, it has been one of the most (26)________ sources of entertainment for both the old and the young. Television offers (27)__________ for children, world news, music and many other (28) _______. If someone is interested in sports, for example, he can just choose the right sports (29)______. There he can enjoy a broadcast of an international football match while it is actually happening. Television is also a very useful way for companies to advertise their products. It is not too hard for us to see why there is a TV set in almost every home today. And, engineers are developing interactive TV which allows communication (30) _______ viewers and producers.

26.

A. cheap               

B. popular                  

C. expensive               

D. kind

27.

A. news                

B. sports                     

C. cartoons                 

D. plays

28.

A. programs         

B. channels                 

C. reports                   

D. sets

29.

A. athletes            

B. time                       

C. studio                    

D. channel

30. A. with                 

B. among                    

C. between                 

D. like

IV. Fill in each blank in the passage with the correct word from the box. There are some extra words. 

     materials      individual        respects         craft  

       tasks          handicrafts        attractions    master 

 For generations throughout history, the Vietnamese people gathered in communal villages surrounded by the rice fields. However, many farmers also learned to produce useful (1) ________  for their daily lives from clay, bamboo, and other natural (2)________. A number of villages developed a certain (3) _______  for the local market or to bring into local towns or capital cities for sale. This was the origin of the Vietnamese handicraft trade villages. These craft villages have undergone periods of varying success and failure throughout the 20th century. Some craft villages have developed and preserved their best skills and designs. In the craft village hall, the trade villagers often worship and periodically pay their (4)_________ to the sacred craft (5)________  of handicraft, who has exploits in founding, teaching or preserving the particular designs that the villages produce. 

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Exercise 1: Fill in the blank spaces with the gerund, infinitive with to or infinitive without to of the verb in brackets.