Unit 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND

Interviewer : Excuse me . Can I ask you some questions about this health club ?

Kien : Yes , of course 

Interviewer : Firs of all . Why do you come to the health club ?

Kien : Because I fell ____fitter____(fit)0 and _____healthily_____ ( healthy)1

Interviewer : Fine . And how can we make the health club _____better____(good)3

                         than is it now ?

Kien : Hmm . We need ______the biggest____(big)4 changing roooms . They're ____worse_____(bad)5 part of the club . yes , the changing rooms are ____more inportant_____(important)6 thing for me

Interviewer : I see . What about _____lower_____(low)7 prices ?

Kien : Yes , this is __the most expensive___(expensive)8 club in thes town . The Youth club is ____larger___(large_9 but it's ____cheaper_____(cheap)10. It is about 30.000 VND a month

Interviewer : Good , thank you very much

1. Trang / the / good / student / our class

= Trang is the best student in our class

2. Traveling / train / slower / but intersesting / traveling / plane .
=> Traveling by train is slower but more interesting than traveling by plane

3. Miss / Hue / take care / sick children / same hospital / as / mother
=> Miss Hue takes care of sick children as the same hospital as my mother

4. Which / most / suitable house / Mr.Lam / and / family ?
=> WHich is the most suitable house for Mr.Lam and his family ?

5 . It / difficult / find / a partment / Ho Chi Minh city ?
=> Is it difficult to find an apartment in HCM city ?

6 . Who / the / fat / person / your / group ?
=> WHo is the fattest person in your group ?

7 . Lesson / this year / long / and / more difficultr / those / last year
=> Lesson in this year is longer and more difficult than those in last year .

1. Trang / the / good / student / our class

Trang is the best student in our class

2. Traveling / train / slower / but intersesting / traveling / plane .

Travelling by train is slower but more interesting than traveling by plane

3. Miss / Hue / take care / sick children / same hospital / as / mother

Miss Hue takes care of sick children in the same hospital as my mother.

4. Which / most / suitable house / Mr.Lam / and / family ?

Which is the most suitable house for Mr Lam and family

5 . It / difficult / find / a partment / Ho Chi Minh city ?

It is difficule to find an apartment in HCM city

6 . Who / the / fat / person / your / group ?

Who is the fattest person in your group?

7 . Lesson / this year / long / and / more difficultr / those / last year

Lessons this year are longer and more difficult than those last year

1. Trang / the / good / student / our class

2. Traveling / train / slower / but intersesting / traveling / plane .

3. Miss / Hue / take care / sick children / same hospital / as / mother

4. Which / most / suitable house / Mr.Lam / and / family ?

5 . It / difficult / find / a partment / Ho Chi Minh city ?

6 . Who / the / fat / person / your / group ?

7 . Lesson / this year / long / and / more difficultr / those / last year

+ Fill each blank with an -ing or to + infinitive form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following conversation

John ; Do you enjoy /be/ ..being... at university ?

Mike ; Yes , I do , althoght I often miss /see/ ..to see...... my old school friends.

John ; Don't you mind /travel/ ..traveling... so far every day ?

Mike ; No, it only takes me an hour or so /get/ ..to get...there . Somtimes I manage /woke/ ...woking... on the bus

John ; Don't you find all the noise and people prevent you from /concentrate/ ....to concentrate... ?

Mike ; Not really . I usually do a bit of reading. Are you still at school or have you got a job ?

John ; I,m still at scholl . I hope /go/...to go... to university next year , but I haven't applied anywhere yet.

Mike ; You should apple soon - it's getting late.

Johe ; where would you advise me /apply/..to apply...?

Mike ; what subjects are you studying ?

John; Maths , physics and chemistry . I want /study/ ...to study...phycics at univetsity.

Mike ; I would recommend /apply/...to apply....to Newton University first of all , but why don't you apple to one or two other universities as well ?

IV. using the information in brackets , complete the questions for the given answers.

1; A --WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO BUY-- a new bicycle ?

B; Next week . I'm going to buy a new bicycle next week.

2;A; --WHET ARE YOU GOING TO PAY--for it ?

B; With my procket money. I'm going to pay winh my pocket money.

3; A---WHEN DID YOU HAVE---your old bike ?

B; Five years . I had my old bike for five years.

4;A ----HOW OFTEN DO YOU RIDE--your bike ?

B; Every day. I ride my bike every day.

5;A---HOW DO YOU ALWAYS GET ---to school ?

B; I always ride my bike . I always get to school by riding my bike .

6; A -DID YOU BUY--your bike to school today ?

B; Yes. I'm going to ride my bike to school tomorrow.

7; A--HOW IS--your bike to school today ?

B; It had a flat tyre . Because it had a flat tyre .

8; A--DOES YOUR BIKE HAVE---a comfortable seat ?

B; Yes. it does. My bike has a comfortable seat.

9;A --WHICH BICYCLE DO YOU HAVE ---?

B; A five-speed . I have a five-speed bicycle.

10;A -HOW LONG DID HE GET--his new bike ?

B; Two weeks ago. Nam got his new bike two weeks ago

1/ The bus is late again . It's ........possible........ for me to be there before 8.00pm ( possility)

2/ I'm .......extremely........ sorry for the delay( extreme)

3/ I am studying English so that I can speak to ........foreigners.....( foreign)

4/ I am studying English so that I can speak to .......??.........( foreign)

5/ Their plans to complete the project ahead of schedule seem very ............ambitious........ to me ( ambition)

6/ It is .........reasonable............ of you to expect us to work overtime every night this week. ( reason)

7/ Although I .........dislike......... you whistling at all , I have to admit you do it very well( like)

1/ The bus is late again . It's .......impossible......... for me to be there before 8.00pm ( possility)

2/ I'm .......extremely........ sorry for the delay( extreme)

3/ I am studying English so that I can speak to .......foreigners........( foreign)

4/ I am studying English so that I can speak to ................( foreign)

5/ Their plans to complete the project ahead of schedule seem very ..........ambitious.......... to me ( ambition)

6/ It is ..........unreasonable........... of you to expect us to work overtime every night this week. ( reason)

7/ Although I ..........dislike........ you whistling at all , I have to admit you do it very well( like)

1/ Katherine had got => got up after her parents had gone to work.

2/ After she had had a shower, she made herself some breakfast. k sai

3/ As soon as she had eaten her breakfast, she had cycled => cycled into town

4/ she arranged => had arranged the day before to meet (she met chu nhi?) her friends at 10.00

5/ but it was 10.15 now and her friend left=> had left...

6/ after she'd waited for a few minutes, she went into a shop( k sai )

7/ then she had remembered => remembered she had forgotten to lock her bike

8/ when she came out, her bike disappeared => had disappeared

Make sentences about Ho Chi Minh from the sets of words and phrase given.

1/ Ho Chi Minh/ Vietnamese/ politician/poet.

-> Ho Chi Minh is a Vietnamese politician and poet.

2/ He/ be born/ Nghe An/ 1890/ study/ Hue / Sài Gòn.

-> He was born in Nghe An in 1890 and study in Hue and Sai Gon.

3/ later/ visit North Africa/ USA/ England/ France/ work/ ship sweep snow/ Paris/ work as/ photographer.

-> Later, he visited North Africa, USA, England and France. He worked on a ship and swept snow. In Paris, he worked as a photographer.

4/ He/ be/ founder/ People's Republic of Vietnam / work/ his life/ liberate/ unify/ country.

-> He was the founder of the People's Republic of Vietnam. He worked his life to liberate and unify the country.

5/ It was only after/ death/ dream/ come true.

-> It was only after his death that his dream came true.

Identify the underline words or pharse that must be changed in order for the sentences to be correct

1/ In 1852 Massachusetts passed a law requiring all childrent => children from four to eighteen years of old to attend school

2/ Soil temperatures in Death Valley, California, nearthe Nevada border have been known to read 90 of degrees=> degree Celsius

3/ The best American popular music balances a=> bỏ a powerful emotions of youth with tenderness, grace and wit.

4/ In the nineteenth century, women used quilts to inscribe their responses to social, economic, and politics=> politic issues