II. PRACTICE
Exercise 1: Findthewordwhichhasadifferentsoundinthepartunderlined
1. A. prefer B. better C. teacher D. worker
2. A. bear B. hear C. dear D. near
3. A. mother B. some C. cold D. come
4. A. back B. family C. far D. happy
5. A. also B. post C. movie D. old
Exercise 2: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
1. My mother's favourite hobby is ________. She loves preparing food for my family.
A. sewing B. cooking C. gardening D. painting
2. My grandmother loves ______. She plants flowers and vegetables in the small garden behind her house.
A. listening B. climbing C. fishing D. gardening
3. You should do exercise every morning and stop eating junk food because you are gaining weight.
A. getting up B. waking up C. going out D. putting on
4. If you go out without wearing a hat, you will get _______.
A. spots B. sunburn C. an allergy D. toothache
5. Do many people in your country ______ take care of others?
A. voluntarily B. volunteer C. voluntary D. volunteerism
6. ______ did she go to the dentist last week ? - Because she had a toothache .
A. What B. Why C. Where D. Who
7. He prefers playing soccer ______ reading books
A. on B. of C. in D. to
8. ______ is your bother ? – He is 1,70 meters .
A. How tall B. How old C. How heavy D. How weight
9. What kind of ______ do you like ? – I like pop music .
A. news B. music C. TV programs D. sports
10. ______is it from here to school?
A. How long B. How high C. How far D. How
Exercise 3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses.
1. ___________ (Mai/go) to school every day? ~ No, she (go) _______ to school from Monday to Friday.
2. The teachers at our schools (give) __________ us lots of homework.
3. I promise that I (not be) _______ late for school again.
4. _________ (you/eat) fried chicken last night?
5. I often (drink) ____________ Coca Cola when I was a child.
6. Phuong (not have) __________ many new friends in his new school.
7. My younger sister (be) __________ ten on her next birthday .
8. Minh (watch) ____________ television every night.
9. We (not see) ___________ Beth at Mike's house yesterday morning.
10. Mr Dass (leave) _________ for New York late last night.
Exercise 4. Write sentences, using the words given.
1. Phong/ eat/ lots of/ junk food/ so/ he/ putting/ weight.
__________________________________________________________________
2. I/ exercise/ daily/ because/ I/ want/ stay/ healthy.
__________________________________________________________________
3. Sitting/ too/ close/ the TV/ hurt/ your eyes.
__________________________________________________________________
4. She/ often/ take/ paracetamol/ if/ she/ get / bad/ headache.
__________________________________________________________________
5. How many calories/ you/ burn/ do/ aerobics/ 2 hours?
__________________________________________________________________ ?
6.How old/she/be/her/next birthday?
__________________________________________________________________ ?
7.Would/you/like/see/movie?
__________________________________________________________________ ?
8.She/live/Tran Hung Dao Street/her aunt/uncle.
__________________________________________________________________
9.I/live/12 Tran Phu Street.
__________________________________________________________________
10.How far/it/your house/ school?
__________________________________________________________________ ?
Exercise 5. Write the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one. Use the word in brackets.
1. I’m leaving now because I don’t want to miss the train. (so)
àI’m________________________________________________________________
2. The last time I saw my uncle was two years ago. (for)
à I haven’t___________________________________________________________
3. Let me reach my office and then I will talk to him. (when)
à I__________________________________________________________________
4. Why don’t we donate our old books, toys and clothes to charity? (suggests)
à Mom______________________________________________________________
5. Jane stayed behind after the class in order to talk to the teacher. (because)
à Jane_______________________________________________________________
6. Where do you live? (address)
à What _______________________________________________________________?
7. How old is she? (age)
àWhat _______________________________________________________________?
8. What time will it start? (start)
àWhen _______________________________________________________________?
9. Mr. Brown is not free this afternoon. (be)
àMr. Brown ____________________________________________________________.
10. What does his sister do? (job)
àWhat ________________________________________________________________?
Exercise 6. Read the passage then answer the questions below:
Her name is Linda. She works in a large company in Ho Chi Minh City. She is a secretary. She answers the telephone and takes messages. She also uses a fax machine and a computer. She has to speak English with her boss. She starts work at 8:00. She usually rides her motorbike to work. She has lunch at 12:00. She finishes work at 5:30 pm. She goes home and helps her mother prepare dinner. After dinner she often watches television for a while and reads books. She usually goes to bed at 11:00pm.
Questions:
1.Where does Linda work?
à ______________________________________________________________
2. What does she do?
à ______________________________________________________________
3. What language does she speak with her boss?
à ______________________________________________________________
4. Can she use a computer?
à ______________________________________________________________
5. How does she go to work?
à ______________________________________________________________
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