UNIT 1

UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF < I >: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:

1. A. routine

B. literature

C. kindness

D. fifty

2. A. peasant

B. appeal

C. reason

D. teapot

3. A. exactly

B. medicine

C. pretty

D. become

4. A. field

B. died

C. ties

D. pies

5. A. typical

B. family

C. bicycle

D. cycling

6. A. scream

B. death

C. peasant

D. ready

7. A. traveled

B. stared

C. landed

D. seemed

8. A. technology

B. teaching

C. purchase

D. lunch

9. A. frighten

B. bridge

C. pilot

D. fire

10.A. pens

B. books

C. rulers

D. pencils< II >: Match the underlined verbs in column A with their meaning in column B:

A

B

1. When did the plane take off?

A. building

2. The thief ran away when the burglar alarm went off.

B. move downward

3. Lets take a break. Well go on when you are ready.

C. made stop burning

4. Could you get me up early tomorrow?

D. leave the ground

5. She laughed and chatted happily with other women.

E. talked in a friendly way

6. Did anyone see Sue getting on the bus?

F. stopped

7. Suddenly the plane seemed to dip.

G. getting into

8. Ive given up trying to understand her.

H. get out of bed

9. We had trouble putting up the tent in he dark.

I. continue

10. Five fighters soon put out the fire.

J. rang< III >: Put the verbs in brackets in the present and the past simple tense:1. I (have) __________ coffee for breakfast every day.

2. They (begin) __________ to study at this school 7 years ago.

3. It (rain) __________ very much in the summer.

4. Bad students never (work) __________ hard.

5. He (visit) ______ his friend yesterday and (find) ______ that he had been out.

6. She sometimes (buy) ___________ vegetables at his market.

7. I have not seen John for a long time. I (see) __________ him 3 weeks ago.

8. It (be) __________ very cold now.

9. I (need) ____________ some money for my textbooks.

10. Tom (like) __________ to go to the museums.

11. He (read) __________ that novel again during my last vacation.

12. I often (leave) __________ the city at weekends.

13.The sun (set)___________ in the west.

14. My friend (study) __________ English for an hour every night.

15. Honesty (be) __________ the best policy.

16. The earth (move) __________ round the sun.

17. Two and two (make) __________ four.

18. We (watch) __________ a good programme on TV last night.

19. Mary (love) __________ ice-cream.

20. I (have) __________ a little trouble with my car last week.< IV > : Complete each sentence with an appropriate adverb of frequency:

( always, usually, often, sometimes, occasionally, rarely, never.)

1. Every morning he cleans his teeth. He __________ cleans his teeth in the morning.

2. She gets up at 7 o'clock from Monday to Saturday, but on Sunday she gets up at 11 o'clock. She _________ gets up at 7 o'clock.

3. They like films. They see all the new films. They _________ go to the cinema.

4. He's got a radio and a television. He _________ listens to the radio, and he _________watches television.

5. Her brother lives in London. She doesn't. She sees him four or five times every year. She _________ sees him.

6. He doesn't usually smoke, but at Christmas, after dinner, he has a cigar. He _________ smokes cigars.

7. She doesn't like whisky. She _________drinks whisky.< V >: Make the correct choice :1/ Toms away ______ the moment. He is on holiday ______ France.a. in / in

b. in / at

c. at / at

d. at / in2/ She always goes for a walk with her dog ______ Sunday mornings.a. in

b. on

c. at

d. during3/ He arrived ______ Hanoi at 8.30 in the evening.a. to

b. at

c. in

d. for4/ In England, people drive ______ the left side of the road.a. in

b. about

c. at

d. on5/ We are leaving Hanoi ______ Ho Chi Minh City at 2 oclock this afternoon.a. for

b. in

c. to

d. at6/ What was happening when he arrived ______ the airport ?a. to

b. at

c. in

d. for7/ It will be ready ______ two weeks.a. for

b. in

c. with

d. during8/ He lives in a flat ______ the fifth floor.a. on

b. in

c. at

d. above9/ We didnt go ______ the party because some friends came to stay with us.a. to

b. for

c. at

d. in10/ All the teachers ______ him because he is well-behaved.a. loves

b. love

c. is loving

d. loved < VI >: Read the passage and make the correct choice:

David Evans is a farmer. He does the farming on his own land in Wales. The farm has (1) ______ to his family for generations. The soil is poor. David (2) _____ sheep on his land. He does not employ (3) _____ full-time workers. His sons help him when they are not (4) _____ school. His wife adds to the family income by selling eggs (5) _____ her hens produce. In summer, she often takes paying guests into the (6) _____. The guests from the city enjoy their quiet holiday in the clean country air (7) _____ Mrs Evans enjoys having some (8) _____ money to spend on clothes for her children and herself. However, it is a lonely life for the Evans family when the guests have gone. The question is that if his children want to (9) _____ the farm when Mr Evans gives up working. Country life is quiet and peaceful to them. It is quite likely that they will leave the farm (10) _____ the city some day.

1.A. been

B. depended

C. belonged

D. possessed

2.A. feeds

B. grows

C. leads

D. raises

3.A. some

B. more

C. much

D. any

4.A. at

B. for

C. to

D. on

5.A. who

B. which

C. when

D. whose

6.A. school

B. road

C. farmhouse

D. field

7.A. when

B. so that

C. if

D. and

8.A. any

B. extra

C. interest

D. free

9.A. take off

B. take over

C. take after

D. take in

10.A. for

B. in

C. at

D. of

< VII >: Rewrite the sentences below, beginning with the words given.

1. They will spend two years building the house.

- It will take _______________________________________________________________.

2. Their game of badminton is always on Saturday.

- They ___________________________________________________________________.

3. She always walks to school.- She always goes _________________________________________________________.

4. I found it a bit difficult to get into work this morning.

- Getting ________________________________________________________________.

5. Someone told me about the change of the plan.

- I ______________________________________________________________________.

6. He felt sick from eating too many cakes.

- Because he _____________________________________________________________.

7. Someone knocked at the door in the middle of our lunch.

- While we ______________________________________________________________.

8. Mr.Vy often spends 15 minutes leading the buffalo to the field.

- It takes ________________________________________________________________.

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