-I-WRITING EF – TMS & HTTHExercise 1 : Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.. Exercise 8 : Complete the
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Exercise 1 : Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it
means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.
a> Ba is the best tennis-player in the club
No one ………
b> The furniture was so expensive that I didn t buy it ’t buy it
The furniture was too ………
c> My sister walks to the supermarket
My sister goes ………
d> There are many flowers in our garden
Our garden ………
e> The garden is behind Nam s classroom ’t buy it
Nam s classroom ’s classroom ……… ………
f> Does your father cycle to work ?
Does your father get ………
g> Tom drives to work every morning
Tom travels ………
h> The drug store is to the right of the bakery
The bakery ………
i> There are four tigers in the cage
The cage ………
j> What about going to Dam Sen park ?
Exercise 2 : Use the given words to make the following sentences :
a> How / apples / you / want ?
………
b> your mother / cook / meal / now ?
………
c> how / Mr.Minh / travel / HCM City ?
………
d> Mary / walk / ride / school ?
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e> there / milk ?
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f> sit / and / your book / please !
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g> Nam / friends / go / school / now
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h> how / rice / would / like ? / I / like / half / kilo / rice
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i> She / going / visit / the USA
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j> They / listen / music / look / flowers / the garden / the morning
………
Exercise 3 : Find 1 word to fill in the blank :
a> When you want to throw away something , you should put it in your _ b> There is lots of _ in Viet Nam Our country is very green
c> What does Tuan _ in his free time ? – He _ on the river d> Lan likes She swims and does aerobics
e> What do you play in _ morning ?
Exercise 4 : There is a redundant word in each sentence Correct the
following sentences:
Good morning and welcome to our library It s the most’t buy it
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books, magazines, and newspapers here To finding each a book is
very easy The only thing you can do is to by look in the
card index These cards show the subject and they cards are
in alphabetical order by with both title and author And
now have a look at the shelves These shelves are on the
right have there magazines, newspapers and dictionaries
Those shelves on the left library have science books and
reference books And those shelves at the come back of the
library have lot history, geography, literature books
Exercise 5 : Fill in the blank with
Bruce Charles is an English teacher at a language school in Brighton- students (1) from all over the world to study there He
(2) grammar and reading He usually (3) work at 9.00 and (4) at 3.30 He (5) his job because
he (6) lots of people from many countries But he
(7) at the moment He (8) round Peru with his friends They are spending five days walking in the Andes They
(9) in beautiful places every night but Bruce
(10) a problem he (11) walking, but he (12) sleeping in a tent They (13) back to England next week
Exercise 6 : Write additional supplies to complete these sentences :
a> We _ at 7: 30 and finish _
b> Don t stay _ , you should go _ at once ’t buy it
c> My father now , so I have to my father
d> What like today ? – It is cold
e> We _ learning English We to my teacher
_ English
Exercise 7 : Complete the dialogue :
V : Hello , nam
N : Hi , Viet
V: _ on vacation this summer ?
N : To Ho Chi Minh City
V: _ fly there ?
N : No , I m not I m going by train ’t buy it ‘m going by train
V : _ ?
N : at my aunt s house ’t buy it
V : _ ?
N For six days , from Friday to Wednesday
V : And _ ?
N : Well , I m going to Dam Sen Water Park , Ben Thanh Market , and ’t buy it
sightseeing
Exercise 8 : Complete the blank with one suitable word:
The elephant is the largest to walk on Earth An elephant can carry a load of 1,200 pounds They _ 300 pounds of food a day An elephant baby can weigh 200 pounds _ birth Elephants can live up to
70 Elephants can be _ to carry logs with their trunks They also use their trunks for _ water, bathing, eating and communicating There are kinds of elephants: the African elephant and the Indian
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Exercise 9 : Complete the sentences using the correct form of the words in
brackets.
a> He feels very ………… so he talks ………… Anger
b> She looks………… in her new coat Attraction
d> Nam is always ………… He is on his …… this
e> Mr Han is a ………… driver He drives ………… Care
f> I live on ………… highland in Dalak Center
g> Hoa has a fine ………… of stamp Collect
h> His ………… helps him successful Curious
j> Her parents ’s classroom ……… ………… makes her very sad Death
-II-Exercise 1 : Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it
means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.
a> I want some milk
I d ’s classroom ……… ………
b> What is the weather like today ?
How ………
c> My room is smller than your room
Your room ………
d> Quang is 1.75 meters tall Vinh is 1.65 tall
Vinh is ………
e> Hang is the most beautiful girl in my class
No girl ………
f> He flies to work in Paris
He goes ………
g> How much is a bowl of noodles ?
How much does ……… ?
h> What is the price of a cake and an orange ?
i> This box has twelve packets of tea
There ………
j> Do you have a better refrigerator than this ?
Is this ……… ?
Exercise 2 : Complete the dialogue :
S: Who s that in the picture ?’t buy it
H : That s my brother , Minh ’t buy it
S : free time ?
H : He often plays sports , sometimes he listens to music or plays games
S : ?
H : He usually plays soccer and badminton
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S : ?
H : No , he never play volleyball
S : ?
H : He plays badmintons every afternoon
S : now ?
H : He s playing computer games in his room ‘m going by train
Exercise 3 : Make up a word from a given letter:
a> My father read a n _ everyday
b> I want to know what is his n
c> She is a n She looks after people
d> In the n , I know many people in spite of my coming
e> Here is very n , so I hate living here I like living quietly
Exercise 4 : Rearrange words to make up sentences :
a> Nile / the / the / is / longest / in / world / river / the
………
b> does / the / he / evening / homework / every
………
c> many / how / pupils / there /class / her / in /are
………
d> time / leave / the / what / morning / Mr.Ba / does / house / in / his
………
e> small / thin / sister / white / and / his / lips / teeth / has
………
f> arms / fingers / the / are / ten / two /in / body / and / ther
………
g> cup / like / tea / of / you / would / a ?
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h> have / eggs / meat / some / any / I / but / have / don t / I ’t buy it
………
i> stay / grandparents / vacation / are / with / next / summer / we / to / our / going
………
j> watching / how / TV / about ?
………
Exercise 5 : Complete the blank with one suitable word:
Viet Nam is in the South-East Asia It has of beautiful
mountains, rivers and beaches are two long _ in Viet Nam : the red river in the north and the Mekong River in the The Mekong River is the _ river in the South-East Asia and of course it
is longer the Red River The Mekong River starts in Tibet and
_ to the Bien Dong Phanxipang is _ highest mountain in Viet Nam It s 3,143 meters Viet Nam also _ many nice ’t buy it
beaches such as Sam Son , Do Son , Nha Trang , Vung Tau …
Exercise 6 : Write additional supplies to complete these sentences :
a> My father _ flowers in our garden
b> HCM City has _ of 35 million
c> How _ ? – I want two apples and
a kilo of sugar
d> Some animals _ danger because they have been killed
so much
e> Today is day in my life
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Exercise 7 : Complete the sentences using the correct form of the words in
brackets.
a> Don t make a fire here It s very ’t buy it ’t buy it DANGER
b> Air _ is a big problem in many cities in the world POLLUTE
c> There are a lot of mountains in Viet Nam BEAUTY
d> I m Viet Nam What s your ’t buy it ’t buy it NATION
e> This is the pagoda in our country OLD
f> I live on ………… ……….highland in Dalak CENTER
g> Hoa has a fine ………… …of stamp COLLECT
h> His ………… ……… helps him successful CURIOUS
i> There is no ………… between my answer and his DIFFER
j> We have a lot of ………… in learning English DIFFICULT
Exercise 8 : Fill in the blank 1 word which belongs to sport and
entertainment :
a> She often _ at the dancing club
b> I like travelling to many countries , so I have to _
c> is my hobby I can sit on the boat all day without doing anything
d> Miss Nhung goes _ with her boyfriend e> Let s _ to buy something ’t buy it
Exercise 9 : Make questions for underlined words :
a> Tien wants to go camping
b> He is going to visit his friends
c> Minh feels thirsty
d> I want a blue pen , not a red pen
e> She likes a kind of this card
f> A sandwich is 2000d
g> My favorite drink is apple juice
h> This is my car
i> There is a kilo of butter and ten lemons in the fridge
j> He brushes his teeth twice a day
Exercise 10 : Fill 1 word to complete the passage and then make the
questions and answer them :
Miss Huong is our teacher She teaches us history She is tall and thin
she is not weak She _ a lot of sports Her sport is aerobics She _ aeribics three a week She likes jogging , too She in the park near her house morning her free time she listens to musics _ watches TV
a> What / Miss Huong / do ? ………
b> Which / sports / play ?
c> She / like / jogging ? ………
d> Where / jogs ? ………
e> How often / she / jogging ? ………
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Exercise 11 : Find the word in A by its definition in B :
Wages
Fear
Museum
Opponent
Wrist
Library
1 Selling and buying things
2 Information, instructions of what to do and how to act
3 A number of days of rest and freedom from work or school
4 A person who does not feel well, who is ill and who goes to see the doctor
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Rabbit
Directions
Island
Vacation
Elephant
Patient
Coward
Trade
5 A person of no courge , a person who runs away from danger
6 A piece of land with water all around it
7 Money paid for work
8 A building in which a collection of interesting or beautiful things , illustrating art , history , science , is shown to public
9 A collection of books , a place where books are kept
10 A person against whom one fights , argues or plays games
11 A feeling which one has when in danger
12 A thing that tells you the date
13 A very big animal with a very long nose
14 A small animal with long ears
15 A part of our body that joins our hand to our arm
Exercise 12 : Write a letter to your friend inviting him / her to take part in your
birthday party You can use the following suggestions
- Date of the party:
Sunday, May the fifth
- Place of the party:
80 Hamlet, La Vang
- Time of the party:
7 p.m to 8 p.m
- Activities at the party:
Games, songs, dance
- Food and drinks:
cakes, sweets, Pepsi
Dear ………,
…………
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…………
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…………
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Love, -III-Exercise 1 : Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. a> My room is smaller than your room - Your room
b> No house on the street is old than this house - This house
c> Quang is 1.75 meters tall Vinh is 1.65 tall - Vinh
d> Ha is the fattest girl in my class - No girl
e> What is the height of that building? - How
f> What about going for a swim? - Why
g> Coffee is her favorite drink - She
h> Minh walks to school everyday
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The visitor spoke too………… ……… ………
j> Mr Thanh couldn t enjoy the meal because of the stomachache ’t buy it
The stomachache prevented……… ………… …
Exercise 2 : Complete the blank with one suitable word:
Definitely , distant , for, just , to , through , huge , prosperous , complained ,
unnecessary
A wise servant Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a 1 country One day,
he went for a trip to some 2 areas of his country When he was back
to his palace, he 3 that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that he went 4 such a long trip, and the road that he
went 5 was very rough and stony He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather
6 , this would need thousands of cows skin, and would cost ’t buy it
a 7 amount of money
Then one of his wise servants dared himself to tell the king, Why do you “Why do you
have to spend that 8 amount of money? Why don t you 9 cut a ’t buy it little piece of leather to cover your feet?”
The king was surprised, but he later agreed 10 his suggestion, to make a shoe for himself.“Why do you ”
Exercise 3 : Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete
sentences.
a> He was / make / do something / not / want
b> He wishes / a doctor / like / his father
c> Let / hope / problems / not take long / solve
d> That child / too young / swim
e> cant / continue / study / that subject
f> t their wedding / yesterday
g> He has / spend / most / his time / travel / around / world / now / write / experiences
h> I / sit / late / last night
i> Prices / modern car / are unbelievable
j> I have bought / tie / my friend / birthday
Exercise 4 : Fill in the blanks with correct form of the word in parentheses :
a> Her from school without any excuse made the teacher
angry (absent)
b> She can t stand his _ (’t buy it rude)
c> They are all _ educated persons (good)
d> Hard work always brings _ (succeed)
e> Your rice field is more _ than ours (produce)
f> Most children are not _ good at their future work
(expect)
g> With the help of the computer, you can _ make a
business plan (ease)
h> Tom has never had accidents He drives very _ (care) i> His parents _ him to study harder (courage)
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k> Your new dress makes you more _ (beauty)
l> You should do these exercises _ (quick)
m> There are a lot of _ differences in England (region) n> Driving _ is _ (fast / danger)
o> One of the _ diseases that mankind has ever had is
AIDS (bad)
Exercise 5 : Read the following passage then make questions with the
suggested words and answer them :
What is conservation ? Conservation is the wise use of our natural resources You know that plants are valuable natural resources Coal, oil, and metal ores are examples of other natural resources Natural resources are the materials found in or on the earth that are useful to man Then why should we use our natural resources carefully ?
We mine millions of tons of coal every year, we use millions of barrels of oil, we cut down thousands of acres of forests But the earth produces only a limited amount of these natural resources
Coal and oil were formed thousands of years ago, and the supply is gradually running out That is why we must use our natural resources as carefully and wisely as we can We must make them last as long as possible Conservation is the wise use of our natural resources
1 What / conservation ?
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2 What / natural resources ?
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3 Natural resources / limited / unlimited ?
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4 When / coal and oil / form ?
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5 what / you / name / this passage ?
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Exercise 6 : Fill in each blank with one suitable word.
1/ Great Britain is in the north-west _Europe It is _ largest island in Europe Its closest neighbours _ France, Belgium and the Netherlands It is made _ of England,
Scotland and Wales The United Kingdom also includes Ireland Its capital, London, has _ population of 6,776,000
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2/ England is in the _ of Great Britain The longest river in _ is the Severn, and the deepest _ the Thames, on _ stands its capital, London England is a high-developed industrial _ It exports machinery, vessels, motors and other goods One of _industries is the textile industry and a lot of British textiles _exported This country buys more goods _ it sells because it has to import food products _ raw materials _ many countries of the world.
Exercise 7 : Write additional supplies to complete these sentences :
1 He made me ……… 31 He gave up ………
2 We will be able ……… 32 Do you know where ………
3 You ought ……… 33 He suggested ………
4 May I ……… 34 I spent time ………
5 Will you help me ……… ? 35 I had difficulty in …………
6 He is expected ……… 36 I enjoy ………
7 She can ……… 37 He must ………
8 I’d like him ……… 38 I don’t feel like ………
9 It’s easy ……… 39 I decided ………
10 I used ……… 40 Jim insisted on …………
11 I want ……… 41 She promised ………
12 They refused ……… 42 He kept ………
13 Please let me ……… 43 They agreed ………
14 Need I ……… ? 44 He hoped ………
15 You seemed ……… 45 You had better ………
16 He told me ……… 46 They permitted ………
17 He told me when ……… 47 It’s no use ………
18 Would you mind ……… ? 48 She is interested in ………
19 I’m looking forward to ……… 49 He was made ………
20 I can’t help ……… 50 They postponed ………
21 Try to avoid ……… 51 She’s considering ………
22 He finished ……… 52 I intend ………
23 I start ……… 53 She asked him ………
24 I allowed him ……… 54 Did you manage ………… ?
25 She wasted a lot of time ……… 55 I had him ………
26 It took me two days ……… 56 They’re willing ………
27 I am used to ……… 57 Will you ……… ?
28 I’m too busy ……… 58 I got him ………
29 I advised him ……… 59 He showed me how ………
30 He tries his best ……… 60 They advised …………
Exercise 8 : Make 15 sentences which contain the following words : when ; than ; as ; would ; at the moment ; must ; there ; any ; a little ; lot ; how often ; larger ; let t ; why ; keep ’t buy it -IV-Exercise 1 : Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. 1 She didn’t eat that food and they didn’t eat it, either Neither she nor………
2 Mr Thanh couldn’t enjoy the meal because of the stomachache The stomachache prevented……… ………… … ……
3 It isn’t important for you to finish the work today You don’t……….………
4 The visitor spoke so quickly that I couldn’t understand what he said