review 2 skills

Exercise 4: You saw an advertisement for an English language course provided by ABC English Language Center.. You want to attend to improve your English..[r]

REVIEW 2 SKILLS: READING AND WRITING Exercise 1: Match each English word on the left with a suitable Vietnamese meaning on the right

1 To earn money a thực tế

2 Qualification (n) b kiếm tiền

3 Practical (Adj) c tiến bộ

4 To get ahead d trình độ chuyên môn

Exercise 2: Read the text and decide whether the statements are true or false Write T or F and the evidence next to each statement

THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION

Around the age of seventeen, you have to make one of the most important decisions in your life Do you stay on at school and hopefully go to university later? Or do you leave school to start work or a training course? This is your decision, but you should remember two things: there is more unemployment among young people who have not been to university, and people with the right skills have a big advantage in the job market If you make the decision to go straight into a job, there are many opportunities for training While you are earning, you can also take evening classes to gain qualifications, which will help you to get ahead in your career more quickly Another possibility is that you start work and take a break to study when you are older This is the best way to save up money for your studies, and get practical experience

1 You have to make one of the biggest decisions in your life when you are 18 years old

2 People who haven’t been to university are more jobless

3 Getting a job more easily is one of the benefits of having the right skills

4 If you decide to go straight into a job, there are more opportunities for earning money

5 Starting work and taking a break to study is the best way to help you gain practical experience

Exercise 3: Look at the sign on the left side in each question What does it say? Choose the correct explanation next to it by circling the letter A, B or C

1

A You must show a receipt if you want to remove luggage

B When you remove your luggage, you are given a receipt

C You can leave your luggage here without charge

2

A Don’t turn off the lights on until it’s necessary

B Switch the lights on when you are in the room

C Don’t leave the lights on if the room is empty

3

A Take the tablets regularly until the bottle is empty

B Take one tablet everyday until they are finished

C Take three tablest after meals until you feel better

4

Why has Michael written this note?

A to recommend a film for Louise to watch tonight

B to remind Louise to tape a film for him tonight

C to ask Lousie to return the video he borrowed

5

A The books are easy to find because they are all arranges by level

B You should replace books in the order that you found them

C You should return your books to the assistant in the correct order

LUGGAGE CANNOT

BE REMOVED

WITHOUT A RECEIPT

Will the last person to

leave please switch off

the lights

TAKE ONE TABLET

THREE TIMES A DAY

AFTER MEALS

FINISH THE

PRESCRIPTION

Louise,

Before you go out, don’t

forget to video the science

fiction film tonight It comes

on after the six o’clock news.

Thanks,

Michael

English Library

All books are arranged in

A-Z order

Please put them back

correctly.

Exercise 4: You saw an advertisement for an English language course provided by ABC English Language Center You want to attend to improve your English

Write a letter to the center to ask for more information about the course You can ask about the starting date, course duration, teachers’ experience, fees and course certificate.

Exercise 5:

Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions

1 A advantage B practical C hopeful D market

2A unemployment B possibility C qualification D university

3A opportunity B decision C tuition D certificate

Indicate the word whose underline part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

5A experience B remember C weekend D centre

indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

6 Chi is proud of being selected to take part in the English speaking Contest in Da Nang.

A talks into B takes pride in C reconciles with D drop out

7 My friend is a very famous and talented film director

A well- known B indifferent C gifted D shocked

Rewrite the following sentences, using the cues in the brackets.

8 It’s amazing that Tina can speak three foreign langguages (Use the given noun and to infinitive: ability)

Tina’s ………

9 I am making a chocolate cake for my best friend’s birthday party ( Use cleft Sentence)

………

10 Students are not permitted to cheat in the examination room ( Use a modal verb)

……….

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