Rewrite the sentences, using the words in the brackets. Change other words in the sentence if necessary
1. The new restaurant looks good. It seems to have few customes ( however )
2. We planned to visit Petronas in the afternoon. We could not afford the fee ( however )
3. Mary was sick. She didn't leave the meeting until it ended ( despite )
4. We live in the same street. We rarely see each other ( in spite of )
5. I couldn't sleep. I was tired ( in spite of )
6. They have little money. They are happy ( despte )
7. My foot was hurt. I managed to walk to the nearest village ( although )
8. I've been too busy to answer by email. I'll do it soon ( nevertheless )
9. We had planned to walk right round the lake. The heavy rain made this impossible. ( although )
10. I got very wet in the rain. I had an umbrella ( although )
Viết 1 đoạn văn bằng tiếng anh giới thiệu về 1 lễ hội ở trong nước hoặc quốc tế ( trong đó có giới thiệu tên lễ hội, những ai tham gia lễ hội, lễ hội đó tổ chức ở đâu, khi nào tổ chức lễ hội đó, bao lâu thì tổ chức đó, mọi người làm gì trong lễ hội và tại sao họ lại tổ chức lễ hội đó )
Write full sentences to make a letter, using the suggested words and phrases given
Dear Lucy,
How are you ?
1. In / your / email / you / said / that / you / wanted / know / about / popular / festival / in / Viet Nam / .
2. There / a lot of / festivals / my / country / such as / boat racing / buffalo - fighting / folk song / singing / etc / but / I / going / tell / you / about / the Mid - Autumn Festival / .
3. The Mid - Autumn Festival / like / your / Thanksgiving / . / Families / get / togetther / .
4. It / usually / comes / September / or / October / . / This year / it / going / to be / on / September 15th / .
5. On / that / day / families / eat / big / dinner / .
6. A / lot / families / eat / their / dinner / outside / in / the / open / air / and / they / eat / mooncakes / after / dinner / .
7. There / many / different / kinds / mooncakes / . / They / are / small / round / cakes / with / meat / egg / nuts / or / something / sweet / inside / . / They / really / delicious / .
8. There / also / parades / along / the / streets / with / dancing / and / drumming / on / that / day / .
9. All / children / excited / see / these / performances / .
10. I / love / the Mid - Autumn Festival / . / I / like / look / at / the / moon / on / that / day / because / the moon / looks / brighter / and / rounder / .
Best wishes,
Lan
Put a word in each gap in the following dialogue, then practise it with a parter
Teacher : There are a lot of festivels around the world. Which festival do you like, Nick ?
Nick : I like The Cannes Film Festival. Many film directors, stars and critics come to the ( 1 ) ....................... New film are shown and prizes are given out. The biggest prize is the Palme d'Or, which is ( 2 ) .......................... to the best film.
Teacher : That's really interesting. How about you, Tom ?
Tom : I like Diwali. It's an Indian festival.
Teacher : ( 3 ) ....................... do you like it ?
Tom : Well, it's a religious festival. There are both of candles and firewords during Diwali
Teacher : That's great ! And you, Hoa ?
Hoa : I like Elephant Race Festival in Dak Lak. It's very amazing to ( 4 ) ........................ them racing
Teacher : Wow ! That sounds fascinating ! What about you, Sam ?
Sam : I like music festival called Burning Man. It's ( 5 ) ........................... every year at the end of August. People go to the desert, make a camp and have a party
Teacher : Thank you all. You really know more than me.
I. Complete the sentences with the corect form of the asjectives in brackets
1. I was very .................... in the lesson because our teacher is very ........................ in history ( interest )
2. My friend is a very ......................... sort of person but he hates doing ...................... activities ( relax )
3. Studying for exams is very ....................... I get ........................... when I open my school books ( tire )
4. We were all very ........................... about the school trip but it wasn't an ...................... trip at all ( excite )
5. It's a .......................... book and I'm ........................... every time I start reading it ( bore )
II. Complete the sentences using although, despite, in spite of, however. or nevertheless. Sometimes, two answers are possible
1. I think I did OK in my speench last night ............................ I'd had almost no sleep for 24 hours
2. .......................... I heard the telephone ring, I didn't answer it
3. We enjoyed our holiday ............................. the rain
4. ..................... he got top marks at high school, he never went to university
5. .................... there was no electricity, I was able to read because I had a candle
6. She failed the test ........................... she studied hard
7. ........................ diffculties, the firemen managed to save many people who were caught in the fire
8. Everyone thought she would accept the offer. ............................, she turned it down
9. Carol arrived at thr meeting ............................ I asked her not to be there
10. It looks like they're going to succeed .............................. their present diffculties
11. ......................... it was raining heavily, he went out without a raincoat
12. My father is very busy. ........................, he is always willing to give a hand with the housework
13. The sky was grey and cloudy. ............................, we went to the bech
14. Some English words have the same pronunciation ............................. they are spell differently, for example, dear and deer
15. I was cold and wet ........................ Bob put on his swimming suit and went to the beach