1, I/ look forward/ watch/ the samba parade/ Rio Carnival.
A. I am looking forward to watching the samba parade in Rio Carnival.
B. I am looking forward to watch the samba parade in Rio Carnival.
C. I am looking forward watching the samba parade in Rio Carnival.
D. I look forward watching the samba parade in Rio Carnival.
IV. Give the correct form of the words in brackets
1. The Christmas season is also called the (festival).................................................. season.
2. I saw a (parade) ......................................................... of flower floats when I attended the festival last year.
3. They found his behaviour (annoy).................................................
4. A lot of (culture) ..................................................... and artistic activities are held as a part of the Flower Festival in Da Lat.
5. We were (satisfy) .............................................. with the service at the cinema.
the words in the box into two groups.
walked looked stopped acted wanted disappointed
volunteered bored convinced terrified appeared laughed
amazed fascinated starred washed shocked interested
/t/ /d/ /id/
II. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. loved B. liked C. wished D. gripped
2. A. safely B. pavement C. animation D. female
3. A. bored B. amazed C. excited D. enjoyed
4. A. filled B. opened C. played D. wanted
5. A. ended B. shocked C. laughed D. missed
III. Find which word does not belong to each group.
1. A. tired B. exciting C. bored D. exhausted
2. A. film B. cartoon C. cinema D. comedy
3. A. director B. editor C. actor D. comedy
4. A. science fiction B. animation C. documentary D. romantic
5. A. shocking B. acting C. entertaining D. exciting
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence.
1. The movie on TV last night made me .
A. bore B. boring C. bored D. boredom
2. I was to learn that the director of that gripping film has won the first prize.
A. interest B. interests C. interested D. interesting
3. We were with the latest film of that director.
A. Satisfy B. satisfying C. satisfactory D. satisfied
4. They were very disappointed her acting.
A. of B. with C. in D. on
5. Lets go to the Victor Cinema. I’m sure you'll find the film .
A. excites B. excite C. excited D. exciting
6. Mr. Beans Holiday is a film - I was laughing from beginning to end.
A. hilarious B. violent C. scary D. moving
7. We are really about going to the cinema tonight.
A. excited B. interested C. amused D. pleased
8. The film was so . However, my father saw it from beginning to end.
A. interesting B. exciting C. boring D. fascinating
9. We found the plot of the film .
A. bored B. boring C. interested D. acting
10. The cinema changed completely at end of 1920s.
A. an – the B. the - a C. a - the D. the - the
11. I enjoyed the film on TV yesterday evening nobody in my family liked it.
A. although B. yet C. in spite of D. so
12. Last night, I didn’t go to bed early being very tired.
A. despite of B. in spite of C. although D. because
13. I thrillers to action films.
A. like B. prefer C. would rather D. enjoy
14. We like the film very much. The are unforgettable and the plot is gripping.
A. characters B. acting C. style D. action
15. A is a film that tries to make audiences laugh.
A. Horror B. sci-fi C. comedy D. documentary
II. Choose the correct word.
1. We were all (horrifying/horrified) when we heard about the disaster.
2. It’s sometimes (embarrassing/embarrassed) when you have to ask people for money.
3. Are you (interesting/interested) in football?
4. I enjoyed the football match. It was quite (exciting/excited).
5. It was a really (terrifying/terrified) experience. Afterwards everybody was very
(shocking/shocked).
6. I had never expected to be offered the job. I was really (amazing/amazed) when I was offered it.
7. The kitchen hadn’t been cleaned for ages. It was really (disgusting/ disgusted).
8. Do you easily get (embarrassing/embarrassed)?
III. Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentence.
1. This film made a strong on me. IMPRESS
2. Have you ever seen this comedy? It’s really . FUN
3. The film was though they spent millions of SUCCEED
dollars making it.
4. I love action films. The/re very . EXCITE
5. Big Ben Down is about a group of who take TERROR
control of Big Ben.
6. We were with the service at the cinema. SATISFY
Everything was terrible.
7. There are always cowboys in a . WEST
8. The film is a big . It is boring from DISAPPOINT
beginning to end.
9. A drama is a play in a theatre or on television or radio, or plays ACT
and generally.
10. The film is about two hijackers who to blow THREAT
up the plane.
IV. Choose the correct word.
1. I was disappointing/disappointed with the film. I had expected it to be better.
2. Are you interesting/interested in football?
3. The football match was very exciting/excited. I enjoyed it.
4. It’s sometimes embarrassing/embarrassed when you have to ask people for money.
5. Do you easily get embarrassing/embarrassed?
6. I had never expected to get the job. I was really amazing/amazed when I was offered it.
7. She has really learnt very fast. She has made astonishing/astonished progress.
8. I didn’t find the situation funny. I was not amusing/amused.
9. Why do you always look so boring/bored? Is your life really so boring/bored?
10. He’s one of the most boring/bored people I’ve ever met. He never stops talking and he never says
anything interesting/interested.
V. Complete the sentences. Use “although” + a sentence from the box.
I didn’t speak the language
I had never seen her before
It was quite cold
I’d met her twice before
he has a very important job
we don’t like them very much
the heating was on
we’ve known each other a long time
1. Although he has a very important job, he isn’t particularly well-paid.
2. , I recognized her from a photograph.
3. She wasn’t wearing a coat .
4. We thought we’d better invite them to the party .
5. , I managed to make myself understand.
6. , the room wasn’t warm.
7. I didn’t recognize her .
8. We’re not very good friends, .
C. WRITING
1. Although Tom was a poor student, he studied very well.
In spite of
2. Mary could not go to school because she was sick.
Because of
3. Although the weather was bad, she went to school on time.
Despite
4. My mother told me to go to school although I was sick.
In spite of
5. Because there was a big storm, I stayed at home.
Because of
6. Tom was admitted to the university although his grades were bad.
Despite
7. Although she has a physical handicap, she has become a successful woman.
Despite
8. In spite of his good salary, Tom gave up his job.
Although
9. Though he had not finished the paper, he went to sleep.
In spite of
10. In spite of the high prices, my daughter insists on going to the movies.
Even though_______________________________________________________
UNIT 9:
A. PHONETICS
I. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part
1. A. those B. they C. than D. Thanksgiving
2. A. cranberry B. lantern C. gather D. apricot
3. A. abundant B. travelling C. character D. biogas
4. A. diverse B. drive C. invention D. crime
5. A. designs B. sails C. pedals D. pollutes
6. A. perform B. end C. festival D. elephant
7. A. cake B. celebrate C. racing D. candle
8. A. desert B. held C. prefer D. celebrate
II. Find which word does not belong to each group.
1. A. joyful B. funny C. prefer D. happy
2. A. party B. elephant C. camp D. desert
3. A. festival B. local C. traditional D. cultural
4. A. harvest B. rice god C. feast D. dancing
5. A. artist B. dancer C. celebration D. performer
6. A. ham B. flowers C. tomatoes D. Spain
7. A. shopping B. exciting C. fascinating D. amazing
8. A. costumes B. pumpkin C. Halloween D. turkey
9. A. celebrate B. attend C. held D. organize
10. A. tradition B. celebration C. festival D. dishes
III. Find the opposite meaning words.
1. cheap 6. far
2. difficult 7. careful
3. happy 8. old
4. good 9. similar
5. noisy 10. interviewer ______________
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Find the word or phrases does not belong to each group.
1. A. dishes B. celebration C. tradition D. festival
2. A. Halloween B. turkey C. pumpkin D. costumes
3. A. tomatoes B. flowers C. carrots D. potatoes
4. A. feast B. Rice God C. dancing D. harvest
5. A. tent B. picnic C. camp D. party
II. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. There are many differences between the two communities. (culture)
2. Streets are decorated with lights and red banners. (colour)
3. There were lively New Year all over the town. (celebrate)
4. It is in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day. (tradition)
5. Vietnam’s New Year is according to the Lunar calendar. (celebrate)
6. What forms of do you participate in during the festival? (entertain)
7. Her eyes were wide with when she heard the news. (excite)
8. The Chinese New Year marks the of spring and the start of the Lunar New Year.
(begin)
III. Choose the correct answers A, B, C or D.
1. The Elephant Race Festival in DakLak is a race between elephants that are ridden by their .
A. own B. owning C. owner D. owners
2. The Samba Parade in Rio Carnival has thousands of samba from various samba schools.
A. perform B. performance C. performer D. performers
3. People in Cannes take the Cannes Film Festival a very serious way.
A. in B. at C. on D. with
4. The biggest prize of the Cannes Film Festival is the Palme d’Or, which is given the best film.
A. of B. to C. with D. for
5. The festival every year at the end of August.
A. takes B. takes place C. occur D. held
6. La Tomatina on the last Wednesday of August every year.
A hold B. held C. is held D. be held
7. Villagers voluntarily contribute money and other thing to the festival.
A. open B. celebrate C. remember D. set
8. A lot of dancers go to Rio de Janeiro to the Rio Carnival.
A. play B. take C. attend D. follow
9. In La Tomatina, people get to throw tomatoes at .
A. themselves B. once C. together D. each other
10. Which do you think are festivals?
A. season B. harvester C. artistic D. music
11. People of minorities in Phu Yen celebrate Hoi Mua Festival every March.
A. native B. local C. ethnic D. village
12. The atmosphere is felt around all the village.
A. festive B. festival C. air D. tradition
13. A lot of cultural and activities are held as part of the Flower festival in DaLat.
A. arts B. artist C. artistic D. art
14. Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Light, is the holiday of the year in India.
A. more important B. most important C. importance D. most importance
15. The Academy Awards, commonly as The Oscars, are the most famous film awards in the
world.
A. know B. knew C. known D. be known
16. It is to see elephants racing in the Elephant Race Festival in DakLak.
A. amaze B. amazing C. amazed D. amazement
17. La Tomatina is a festival to celebrate the tornado harvest.
A. season B. seasonal C. year D. annually
18. People put pumpkin outside the homes during Halloween.
A. lanterns B. lights C. neon signs D. bulbs
19. Everybody has gone to the festival.
A. music B. musical c. musicians D. musician
20. The of the Rio Carnival is the Samba Parade.
A. importance B. highlight C. best D. performance
21. La Tomatina is a seasonal to celebrate the tomato harvest.
A. celebration B. parade C. festival D. game
22. do you like about La Tomatina?
A. What B. Which C. When D. Why
23. Do you anything about music festival called Burning Man?
A. like B. know C. understand D. have
24. do people do at Burning Festival?
A. Why B. Which C. What D. How
25. often is Burning Festival held? - It’s held every year.
A. Which B. When C. What D. How
26. does the teacher say La Tomatina sounds unusual?
A. What B. When C. Why D. How
27. festival do you choose? - I choose Elephant Race Festival.
A. What B. How C. Which D. When
28. He thinks elephants are animals.
A. fascinated B. fascinating C. fascinates D. fascinate
29. It must be amazing elephants racing.
A. see B. to see C. seeing D. saw
30. La Tomatina is in Spain, in a small town.
A. holds B. hold C. holding D. held
C. WRITING
I. Put question for the underlined part of each sentence:
1. Sarah left two hours ago.
2. She is watching Tom and Terry.
3. She likes watching comedy.
4. I felt terrified before my last Maths test.
5. She felt entertained when she watched a gripping film.
6. It is 10 kilometers from here to ACB bank.
7. I have known Marie for nine years.
8. Yes, they used to be friends at the university.
II. Match column A with the column B.
A B
1. How do you go to school?
2. How far is it from here to your house?
3. How old are you?
4. How are you today?
5. How is your new house different from your old one?
6. What is your middle name?
7. Where do you live?
8. Who are you talking to?
9. Why are you unhappy?
10. Which class are you in?
a. Pretty good.
b. Because I miss my family.
c. It’s Van.
d. I walk.
e. Miss Ngoc.
f. 12A.
g. About 7km.
h. It’s bigger.
i. 78 Hoang Hoa Tham Street
j. 13 years old.
III. Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the first.
1. He drives more carelessly than he used to.
A. He doesn’t drive as carefully as he used to.
B. He doesn’t drive carefully than he used to.
C. He doesn’t drive as carefully than he used to.
D. He doesn’t drive as carefully he does.
2. No one in our club can speak English as fluently as Mai.
A. Mai speaks English more fluently than no one in our club.
B. Mai is the worst English speaker in our club.
C. Mai speaks English as fluently as other people in our club.
D. Mai speaks English the most fluently in our club.
3. No one in the class is taller than Dave.
A. Dave is taller student in the class.
B. Dave is the tallest student in the class.
C. Dave is the taller student in the class.
D. Dave is tallest student in the class.
4. In spite of all our efforts, we failed in the final match.
A. Although we tried very hard, we failed in the final match.
B. We made all our efforts so that we could gain success in the final match.
C. Whatever efforts we had made, we weren’t able to win in the final match.
D. We failed in the final match as a result of all our great efforts.
5. In spite of heavy rain, my brother went to work.
A. In spite it rained heavily, my brother went to work.
B. Although it rained heavily, my brother went to work.
C. Despite it rained heavily, my brother went to work.
D. Although of heavy rain, my brother went to work.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
71. I find this animation entertaining, so I watch it every day.
A. boring B. moving C. violent D. thrilling
72. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt you. Please, go on and finish what you were saying.
A. talk B. move C. continue D. stop
73. Mr. Huy used to ride his motorbike dangerously.
A. riskily B. safely C. carelessly D. annoyingly
74. Hanoi is clean and peaceful.
A. quite B. restful C. noisy D. gentle
75. We were disappointed that we couldn’t get tickets.
A. terrified B. relaxed C. surprised D. satisfied
1.chọn những từ ở đây để điền xuống đoạn văn sau:
fishing singer Join jonin off watching
when spend movies things house home
I only have Sunday ... so I have very little free time . Sunday is a wonderful day for me to ... time with my friend and famimly. One of the ... I really enjoy doing on Sunday morning í to go ... with my friends , although I am not always successful in catching fish. It is a time to relax and talk about the previous week's events and future plans . I usually go ... late in the afternoon . My family sometimes ... other relatives on sunday evening at a karaoke restaurant and we all have a good very bad ...! Once in a while i go to the ... with my friend or my brother. Sometimes , I just stay at home , listen to music , ... videos or reading novels
2. fill in earch nunbered blank with one suitable word
Alice is a new English friend of ... .She is very ... to tell me about her new ... . Her lessons begin at nine each morning and ... until half past ten . Then she has a ... for a quarter an hour . During this time she usually talks to her friend about many things such... the last class night's movie , ... .She has five ... in the morning and three in the afternoon . Alice's favorite ... English. The first tern lasts four months from September to December . Alice tries her... to become a good student in class.
Rewrite each of the following sentences. Keeps the meaning the same.
1/ We find carving eggshells interesting in our free time.
> It is _________________ in our free time.
2/ It is a great hobby to swim because it keeps us fit.
> Swimming _________ because it keeps us fit.
3/ My mom finds watching films on TV boring.
> Watching films on TV ____________.
4/ What do you think about making pottery ?
> How ____________ making pottery ?
5/ I think ice - skating difficult for Vietnamese people.
> I find _________ for Vietnamese people.
1.She prefers (play)_____piano. 2.Nga prefers (listen)_____rock music to (listen)____pop music. 3.I prefers (take)___part in sport to (watch)___them. 4.The students prefer(gather)___in the streets.
I. Give the correct form of the verbs:
1. ..............you ............... (be) free next Sunday morning , Tan ?
-No. I and my brother.............. (visit) our grandmother.
2. Trang ...............(not be) in her room at the moment. She.............(cook) in the kitchen.
3. Would you like .............(have) breakfast with eggs, children?
4. Lien ................(not go) to the movie theater tomorrow. She .............. (stay) at home and watch TV.
5. Let’s .................(meet) at 6 o’clock in front of the park.
II. Match the questions in column A with the answers in column B.
A B
1. Where were you yesterday? a. It was really wonderful.
2. Where did you go? b. I bought some books.
3. What was the trip like? c. I went there by coach.
4. Who did you go with? d. It was yesterday.
5. What did you do? e. I went to Da Lat.
6. When was Nam’s birthday? f. No, I didn’t. I went by train.
7. Did you get to Ha Noi by plane? g. I went with my family.
8. How did you get to Da Nang ? h. I was at the book fair.
Key: ..........................................................................................
III. Reorder the words to make sentences.
1. did / What / do / you / when / there / you / were / ?
___________________________________________________________
2. often / surf / I / internet / in / free / time / my / the /.
___________________________________________________________
3. Dong Nai / My / is / opposite/ house / stadium / .
___________________________________________________________
4. like / I’d / visit / ancient / to/ Hoi An / town / .
___________________________________________________________
5. was/ like /trip / What /the / ?
___________________________________________________________
Put a word in each gap in the following dialogue, then pratice it with a partner.
Tom: Hi, Nick. Are you going to Minh's birthday (1)_______ toinght?
Nick: Yes. Are you coming?
Tom: Sorry. I can't (2)________
Nick: Why not?
Tom: I am doing volunteer work.
Nick: Really? What are you doing?
Tom: I am a (3)_______ of Be a Buddy- a programme that helps street children.
Toinght I am going to (4)______ the children an evening class.
Nick: Wonderful. What else have you done?
Tom: We are asked people to (5)_______ books, toys and clothes to the children.
Nick: Wow, a lot of good work. Can I join the programme?
Tom: Yes, of course.
The Sundance film Festival is hold in the US in January.
1 The
2 In January
3 Is hold
On the Holi Festival in India, people throw colored powder and water at each other.
1 On the Holi
2 and water
3 throw
Where is the Festival of the Sun in Peru held? *
1 Where
4 of the Sun
3 held
How do the Thai celebrates New Year Festival? *
1 How
2 celebrates
3 Festival
What do people write their wishes on fire lanterns in Taiwan Pingxi festivals? *
1 What
2 write
3 wishes
