1. The last time I went to Ho Chi Minh City was ten years ago. It___________________________________________. 2. Although he was very tired, he tried to help me with my homework. Tired as ___________________________________________. 3. The car is too expensive. I can’t afford it. It was ___________________________________________. 4. It's the first time I've been to New York. I haven’t ___________________________________________. 5. “ You damaged my camera", said Hung to his sister. Hung accused ___________________________________________.

Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. (1.0 point)

   a)  Although he was tired, he wanted to watch the film.

→ Despite being tired/ his tiredness, .................................................................................................................................

   b)  The distance between Ho Chi Minh city and Vung Tau is about 120 km.

→ It...........................................................................................................................................

   c)  She has been nominated for Best Actress several times. She has never won it.

→ In spite of ..............................................................................................................................

   d)  I had a dog when I was a kid but now I don't.

→ I used ...................................................................................................................................

III. Read about traffic problems in two cities. Match the city with its problem. (1.0 point)

A. Ho Chi Minh City

B. Bangkok

Bangkok is world renowned for its terrible traffic problems, so getting around on the roads is a bit of a nightmare. In my opinion, there are 3 main causes of Bangkok traffic jams. First, the quality of public transportation is low. Bus is of low quality and causes congestion. Second, the BTS and MRT are not enough for users. Finally, the most important cause of traffic jam is car accidents. Bad bus drivers cause accidents frequently and make the road stuck for hours.In Ho Chi Minh City, it is not strange to see the sight of a street that is crowded with vehicles. People cannot move and their health is affected by polluted air from exhausted fumes. What are the reasons? The citizens in the city use many personal vehicles to go from one place to another. They aren't used to transporting by public transports. May be because the bus drivers are careless, impolite to them or the taxi fare is too high for some people.

5. Mr Nam couldn’t continue his work because he was tired.

-> Mr Nam was too ………………………………………………

6. She doesn’t go to school regularly.

-> I wish ………………………………………………………….

7. He has been a university professor for ten years.

-> He became …………………………………………………….

8. I think we should put some garbage bins around the school yard.

-> I suggest ………………………………………………………..

9. They used to make the children study harder.

-> The children …………………………………………………….

10. We couldn’t go to the zoo because it rained heavily.

-> Because of ……………………………………………………..

exercise

1/he finished his work although ha was tired after the long driver

-despite......

2/although mr pike was seriously ill, he still composed nice pices of music.

-despite......

3/cars cause pollution but people still want them.

-although....

4/she wass seriously ill but she enjoyed life very much.

-although....

5/although he took a taxi, bill still arrived late for the concert.

-in spite of......

6/he had enough money.he refused to buy a new car.

-although....

-in spite of....

7/it was raining.he walked to the station.

-although....

-despite...

8/although he is got a fench name, he is in fact american.

-despite...

9/in spite of her injured foot,she managed to walk home.

-although...

10/despite the fact that we were the beter team,we lost the match.

-even though...

21.Although Nam was very tired, he tried to finish his work. However ___________________________________________. 22.We couldn't go camping because of the storm. The storm ___________________________________________.
23.It's ages since I last talked to him. I have ___________________________________________.
24.The book was so interesting that we couldn’t put it down. It was ___________________________________________. 25.He said to me “ Don’t stay up late. ” He told me ___________________________________________.