ENGLISH 8 EXERCISE UNIT 11 TRAVELING AROUND VIETNAM

Complete the sentences using the following verbs in the correct forms... dance, steal, invite, blow, live, offer, call, arrest, touch.[r]

ENGLISH 8 – UNIT 11 (FURTHER PRACTICE)

I Pick out the words that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1 seat great seaside beach

2 sights flights village tribes

3 heritage cottage luggage cage

5 looked suggested minded decided

6 stamps trains hotels caves

7 visit resort museum restaurant

8 seat great please beach

9 helped wanted sounded suggested

10 hotel photo move pagoda

11 city center country cigarette

12 mind climb exciting destination

13 sugar sorry seaside summer

14 busy why history family

15 page village luggage heritage

II Choose the most suitable words or phrases to complete the sentences.

1 I can see a boy ……… A water buffalo

2 It’s ……… to travel around Vietnam

A interesting B interested C interestingly D interestedly

3 Would you mind ……… the windows?

4 She cried ……… when she heard that news

A exciting B excitingly C excited D excitedly

5 ……… you mind if I smoke?

6 My sister likes sweets ……… from chocolate

7 This is the first time Sharron ……… Rice paddies

8 There are flights daily to Ho Chi Minh City ……… Monday

III Complete Tim’s letter with the correct form of the words in brackets.

Dear Peter,

We are having a (1) ……….(wonder) time in Ha Noi Life in Ha Noi is very (2) ……… (excite) Ha Noi is a (3) ……… (largely) city and it’s also very (4) ……… (interest)! Vietnamese people are (5)

……… (friend) and (6) ……… (hospitality) They give us a warm welcome Yesterday we saw a street (7) ……… (music) playing the guitar on the pavement He played quite (8) ……… (beauty) The (9)

……… (busily) street and the (10) ……… (noisy) around didn’t bother him at all! I’m (11) ……… (send) a photo of our hotel It looks very nice, doesn’t it? It’s so quiet that we can (12) ……… (hard) believe it’s the capital of Vietnam

I hope you’re all (13) ……… (good) Please send my regards to your parents Yours truly,

Tim

IV Complete the sentences, use the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

1 The man ……… (sit) nest to me was very nervous

2 Tom doesn’t enjoy ……… (laugh) at by other people

3 I’d like you ……… (meet) my mother

4 Take this street and you ……… (arrive) at the bus station in fifteen minutes

5 He suggested ……… (travel) around the town by bike

6 The flight to London will ……… (delay) because of heavy rain

7 This is the first time Hoa ……… (meet) Tim’s family

8 She has a lot of novels ……… (write) in English

V Complete the sentences using the following verbs in the correct forms.

dance, steal, invite, blow, live, offer, call, arrest, touch

Ex: Everyone touching that wire will get a shock.

1 There was a tree ……… down in the storm last night

2 Who is the girl ……… with your brother?

3 Half of the people ……… to the party didn’t turn up

4 Life must be unpleasant for people ……… near busy airport

5 The paintings ……… from the museum haven’t been found yet

6 Somebody ……… Jack phoned while you were out

7 A few days after the interview, I received a letter ……… me the job

8 What is the name of the man ……… by the police?

VI Use “Would/ Do you mind + V-ing? To make these requests more polite.

Ex: Could you open the windows?

Would/ Do you mind opening the windows?

1 Can you take me a photograph?

………

2 Could you wait a moment, please?

………

3 Will you turn down the TV, please?

………

4 Please make some tea

………

5 Could you lend me some money?

………

6 Will you post the letters for me?

………

VII Use “Would/ Do you mind if …?” to make the following sentences more polite Ex: Shall I sit here?

Do you mind if I sit here?/ Would you mind if I sat here?

1 Can I move the refrigerator to the right corner?

Would ……….

2 Could I smoke?

Do ………

3 May I ask you a question?

Would ………

4 Could I turn the air conditioner off?

Would ………

5 Can I use your handphone?

Do ………

6 Shall I carry your luggage?

Would………

7 Could I borrow your newspaper?

Do ………

8 Shall I drive?

Would ………

VIII Combine each pair of sentences, using present participle (V-ing) or past participle (V3/V-ed) Ex: The boy is Ba He is reading the book.

The boy reading the book is Ba

Ex: The old lamp is five dollars It’s made in China.

The old lamp made in China is five dollars

1 The baby is crying for her mother She is sitting in an armchair

………

2 The boy was taken to the hospital He was injured in the accident

………

3 The road is very narrow It joins the two villages

………

4 Do you know the woman? The woman is talking to Tom

………

5 The window has been repaired It was broken last night

………

6 The taxi broke down It was taking us to the airport

………

7 A bridge has been declared unsafe It was built only two years ago

………

8 Most of the goods are exported They are made in this factory

………

9 A new factory has just opened in the town The factory employs 500 people

………

10 “Romeo and Juliet” is the best tragedy I have ever seen It was written by Shakespeare

………

IX Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions in the brackets.

1 I’m looking forward ……… seeing you in June (in/ with/ to/ on)

2 Could I help you ……… your luggage? (with/ of/ on/ to)

3 Would you mind sitting ……… the front seat of the taxi? (on/ at/ during/ in)

4 Ha Long Bay is recognized ……… UNESCO as a World Heritage Site (of/ by/ toward/ for)

5 John is interested ……… the history of Vietnam (in/ with/ to/ on)

6 She is thinking ……… importing flowers from Vietnam (in/ of/ for/ on)

7 He realized his alarm clock didn’t go ……… (on/ of/ around/ off)

8 Everyone fell ……… the deep and dangerous water (over/ in/ into/ out)

X Fill in the gap with the correct form of the word in brackets.

1 Phong usually tells us ……… stories (amuse)

2 I went to the party last night, but I felt ……… (bore)

3 The journey took all day and night We found it very ……… (tire)

4 She was very ……… at the exam result (surprise)

5 This computer has some ……… instructions (confuse)

6 The soccer fans at the stadium were very ……… (excite)

7 I feel ……… when I lie in a hot bath (relax)

8 It was very ……… not to get the job (disappoint)

9 Last night’s match on VTV3 was a really ……… one (excite)

10 Tens of thousands of ……… visit Hoi An every summer (tour)

11 Let’s go to the ……… at the weekend (sea)

12 ……… 325 to Ho Chi Minh City is now boarding at gate 2 (fly)

13 I’m trying to be more ……… with my cooking (adventure)

14 It was wet and ……… for most of the week (wind)

15 There are very few fish at ……… below 3,000 meters (deep)