VII. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
This composition is about my aunt's (1)......... in Florida last year.
She hired a car at Miami (2)........ , and soon (3)..........lost. So, she stopped to ask a young man how to get to the hotel.
Unfortunately, the young man had a gun; he made my aunt get (4)............ of the car, and she had to give him all her money.
Luckily, a police car drove past a few minutes later and (5).......... . Then, the police arrested the thief and got my aunt's money back.
(6)........ the end, my aunt had quite a good holiday, but she said that she was happy to get back home.
1. a. holiday b. vacation c. festival d. a & b
2. a. airport b. airway c. airplane d. airstrip
3. a. took b. had c. got d. caught
4. a. in b. out c. inside d. outside
5. a. picked her up b. picked up her c. showed her around d. showed around her
6. a. In b. At c. On d. When
IX. Put questions for the underlined parts in the following sentences, using question words in brackets.
1. Nam usually goes to school by bus. Sometimes, he rides his bicycle. (How)
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2. My grandfather used to go fishing in the West Lake every afternoon. (What)
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3. There are a lot of trucks and cars on the highway in the rush hour. (Where)
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4. The students used to be taught about road signs when they studied in secondary school. (What)
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5. Hung always drives his car very carefully. (How)
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VIII. Make up sentences using the words and phrases given:
1. We/ used/ school/ on/ foot.
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2. about / 30km/ my town/ Ha Long Bay/.
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3. My family/ used/ go / holiday / seaside / summer/.
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4. How/ long / it / take/ you/ Ha Noi / Sa Pa/?
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5. There / used / be / a factory / town centre / but/ it / move/ the/ suburbs/.
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6. You/ must / learn / about / road safety/ before/ riding/ your/ bike/ road/.
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