Exercise 8: Choose the correct answer

1. It is typical of the cultural life of (some/ a/ the/ X) Thai people.

2. (What/ Where/ Why/ How) do the cattle provide for the nomads? - Dairy products, meat, and clothing.

3. The crop (depends heavy/ depends heavily/ affects heavy/ affects heavily) on the weather.

4. Mai studies Maths a little bit (bad/ badly/ good/ smartly).

5. During the festival, they fly many (colour/ colourless/ colourful/ colouring) kites in different shapes and sizes.

6. An old woman was (riding/ taking/ herding/ running) the goats up the mountainside.

7. (When/ How often/ How/ What) is the festival celebrated? – Every year.

8. There are no high buildings to block (view/ a view/ some view/ the view) in our village.

9. Nick would like to know something about the (culture/ cultural/ cultured/ culturology) groups of Viet Nam when he visited the Museum of Ethnology.

10. He is surprised (to understand/ to study/ to know/ find) that there are 54 ethnic groups in our country.

Exercise 9: Rewrite the sentence without changing its meaning

1. Her hair is long and black.

 She has.................................................................................................................................

2. The theater is near Lan’s house.

 The theater isn’t..........................................................................................................................

3. Alexander G. Bell invented the telephone.

 Alexander G. Bell was.............................................................................................................

4. I will telephone you tomorrow evening.

 I will make.............................................................................................................................

5. How about going to the movie tonight?

 Let’s..................................................................................................................................

6. Peter is too young to see the horror film.

 Peter is not.........................................................................................................................

7. Remember to turn off the light before going out.

 Don’t................................................................................................................................

8. That girl is very intelligent.

 What...............................................................................................................................

9. I intend to come over to pick you up.

 I am.................................................................................................................................

10. Nga is older than Nien.

 Nien................................................................................................................................

Exercise 10: Find the mistake then correct it.

1. Sophie is going to leave at 9.00 because she have to go home.

2. He left school and disappeared two weeks late.

3. The scientists plan to introduction their invention next month.

4. Ian is not going to buy a big house yesterday.

5. He was born in Oxford or somewhere near to here.

Exercise 11: Use the correct form of given word

1. Like my aunt, I want to become a professional dog (train)......................

2. Which ethnic group has the smallest (populate)........................in Viet Nam.

3. Some ethnic peoples in the mountainous regions still keep their (tradition)......................way of farming.

4. Which do you think is more (colour).........................,the Tay’s or Nung’s costume?

5. Custom (different)..........................from tradition in some aspects such as scale and time.

Exercise 12: Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete it.

The Rice-cooking Festival

The Rice-cooking (1)........was held in the communal house yard about one kilometer a way from a (2)........There were three (3)..............water fetching, fire-making and rice-cooking. The festival (4)........one day. In the water-fetching (5)...........,one person from each team had (6)...........to the river to get the (7)...........In the fire-making contest, two team members had to make fire in the (8)...........way. They tried to rub pieces of (9)..............together to make the fire. Six people from each team (10)..........in the Rice-cooking Festival. They had to separate the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.

1. A. holiday B. contest C. festival D. competition

2. A. mountain B. city C. house D. river

3. A. holidays B. contests C. festivals D. competitions

4. A. takes B. took C. taking D. take

5. A. contest B. contests C. test D. tests A

6. A. to run B. run C. ran D. running

7. A. bamboo B. rice C. fire D. water

8. A. strange B. tradition C. traditional D. tradition

9. A. bamboo B. rice C. fire D. water

10. A. participates B. participate C. participating D. participated

Exercise 13: Read the passage then choose the correct answer

Living in the country is something that people from the city often dream about. However, in reality, it has both advantages and disadvantages. There are certainly many advantages to living in the country. First, you can enjoy peace and quietness. Moreover, people tend to be friendlier. A further advantage is that there is less traffic, so it is safer for young children. However, there are certain disadvantages or drawbacks to life outside the city. First, because there are fewer people, you are likely to have few friends. In addition, entertainment is difficult to find, particularly in the evening. Furthermore, the fact that there are fewer shops and services means that it is hard to find jobs. In short, it can be seen that the country is more suitable for some people than others. On the whole, it is often the best for those who are retired or who have young children. In contrast, young people who have a career are better provided in the city.

1. According to the passage, living in the country has..............

A. Only good points

B. Only bad points

 C. Both good and bad points

D. No disadvantages

2. How many advantages does living in the country have?

A. Two

B. Three

C. Four

 D. No

3. Living in the country is safer for young children because..............

A. There is less traffic

B. There are few shops

 C. There are fewer people

D. There are few services

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. People in the country tend to be friendlier than people in the city.

B. It’s hard to find entertainment in the country.

C. There are fewer shops and services in the country.

D. The country is only suitable for retired people.

5. Having few friends is..............

A. one of drawbacks to life in the country

B. the only disadvantage to living in the country

C. one of certain drawbacks to life outside the city

D. one of certain advantages to life outside the city