II. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

1. Christmas is considered the most famous ______________ festival of the world.
2. Korean New Year’s ______________ begin with everyone wearing traditional dress called hanbok.
3. Rock in Rio is one of the world’s biggest music ______________.
4. Pongal is a ______________ festival celebrated to mark the harvest of crops and offer aspecial
thanksgiving to God.
5. The Samba ______________ is the main attraction of the Rio Carnival celebration.
6. Thanksgiving is traditionally celebrated with a ______________ among family and friends.
7. “Ham up a ______________ pole” is one of the traditions of La Tomatina.
8. The ______________ of Carnival is the Samba Parade which is not to be missed!
9. When a loud signal goes off, trucks loaded with tomatoes enter and then begins the ____________
10. According to ______________ belief, Friday the 13th is an unlucky day

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. a. religious                    b. highlight                      c. firework                          d. lively

2. a. feast                           b. greasy                            c. great                               d. seasonal

3. a. chaos                      b. chance                     c. school                     d. Christmas

4. a. called                     b. gathered                       c. played                         d. watched

5. a. carnival                    b. fascinate                      c. celebrate                       d. exciting

II. Choose the word that has different stress pattern. 

1. a. carnival                       b. festival                      c. holiday                        d. Thanksgiving

2. a. enjoy                             b. special                         c. culture                         d. worship

3. wonderful                 b. performer                       c. seasonal                         d. celebrate

4. a. lantern                      b. costume                         c. parade                         d. stuffing

5. a. creative                  b. religious                        c. musician                         d. superstitiousI. 

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. a. religious b. highlight c. firework d. lively

2. a. feast b. greasy c. great d. seasonal

3. a. chaos b. chance c. school d. Christmas

4. a. called b. gathered c. played d. watched

5. a. carnival b. fascinate c. celebrate d. exciting

III) Complete the following sentences with the correct words from the table, and then read aloud the sentences. Practise saying the words with the cluster /bl/ or /kl/.

16.            Fill in each _____________ in the following exercise.

17.            Itˆs cold tonight  can I have another ____________?

18.            She has been ___________ since her birth.

19.            A ____________ is a piece of clothing that women wear.

20.            My shoes need ____________.

21.            It was so dark that we couldnˆt see the road ________________.

22.            I prefer _____________ pie for desserts.

III.     Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

1.  Over the last 2 decades, Vietnam has experienced a rapid construction              .

2.                           include a large indoor pool, jacuzzi and sauna.

3.  A                      family is a family group consisting of two parents and their children.

4.  From the upper rooms of the houses may be seen a large number of old                    roofs.

5.  In recent years, the number of skyscrapers has                       in Ho Chi Minh City.

6.  After some                                      hesitation, teachers seem to have accepted the new system.

7.  A typical                               family consists of multiple generations living together in the same household.

8.  On the way home we shared our first-class                             with a group of businessmen.

9.  The Cat Linh-Ha Dong elevated railway is expected to be                     in 2018.

10.     They are digging a                               to hold a water pipe which will divert water from the river.

Complete the sentences with the words/ phrases from the list. Make changes to the words where necessary.

1. Some people believe that skyscrapers are a ___________________ of big cities.

2. We have to _______________ more schools to meet the demand of the increasing numbers of children in the area.

3. Ho Chi Minh City is like a _____________ of people from different areas.

4. While visiting Da Nang, we _____________ all the World Heritage Sites nearby.

5.The ______________ is a kind of circular junction, where traffic flows continuously around a centre island.

6. It is difficult to _________________ the rapid pace of change in big cities.

7. The _______________ area includes the city itself, and the surrounding suburbs or other urban areas.

8. During the morning and evening rush hours, cities often become ____________ with people and vehicles.

Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

26. It took us 12 hours to get to the ……………………….

27. Tourism is destroying the animal’s native ………………………

28. He had made an ………………………to Spain to study wild plants.

29. Could space tourism become ………………………within a decade?

30. She is a bit tired because she’s still suffering from ……………………….

31. My class is going on a one-day ………………………to the Grand Canyon.

32. I’m interested in ………………………of coastal rain forests ecosystems.

33. Our planet is an astonishing place and full of ………………………beauty.

34. She said those prices are very ………………………for the distance of the trip.

35. We were impressed by the splendor and ………………………of the Pyramids.

* Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

1. Kate is concerned about water ……………………….
2. There are two candidates for the ……………………….
3. If I were you, I would accept his ……………………….
4. The Boy Scouts of America is a youth ……………………….
5. He failed his oral ………………………and has to take it again.
6. This is the 4 th ………………………of the book and it is still a best-seller.
7. The continued advance of ………………………can be seen everywhere.
8. After ………………………he was awarded a scholarship to do research.
9. The university has an international ………………………as a center of excellence.
10. I am interested in learning Vietnamese and I would like some ………………………about your school.

*Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

1. Halley’s ………………………only appears every 75 years. 
2. The ………………………is bigger than we can imagine. 
3. I think it would be incredibly exciting to do a ………………………. 
4. We were asked to practice by scuba diving in a ………………………. 
5. The government uses ………………………surveillance to track terrorists. 
6. They are predicting a ………………………shower at the beginning of June. 
7. ………………………is a leading company in the growing industry of space tourism. 
8. We also have to experience ………………………, which is awesome but a little dizzying. 
9. My dream is to become an ………………………, so I registered for the next Virgin Galactic flight. 
10. To prepare for the space trip, I read lots of interesting ………………………books about stars and planets.