Unit 1
Unit 1
Unit 1
❶. LISTENING
Listen to a young girl describing her room.
I. Listen and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE.
Statements True/ False
1. The girl's room is a nice big one.
2. The girl doesn't enjoy the garden.
3. The girl enjoys reading books in the morning.
4. The girl's mother wants her to take her teddy bears off her bed.
5. The girl shares the room with her sister.
II. Listen again and fill in each blank with ONLY ONE WORD from the recording.
6. The girl calls her teddy bears “_______________”.
7. In the girl's room, there's a bed, a desk and a_______________.
8. The girl keeps too many books and_______________.
9. The girl's mother suggests she give the books to her_______________.
10. The girl cleans her room and sweeps the_______________ every day.
❷. PHONETICS
I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each
group.
1. A. gym B. sky C. balcony D. laundry
2. A. island B. seafood C. serve D. summer
3. A. information B. population C. question D. transportation
4. A. live B. listen C. think D. write
5. A. delta B. garage C. basement D. attention
6. A. speaking B. teaching C. cleaning D. wearing
7. A. farmers B. groups C. markets D. parks
8. A. museums B. apartments C. buildings D. schools
9. A. stores B. temples C. houses D. families
10. A. asked B. watched C. washed D. painted
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each
group.
11. A. center B. basement C. garage D. kitchen
12. A. machine B. laundry C. dinner D. shopping
13. A. delta B. canal C. country D. hometown
14. A. balcony B. temperature C. restaurant D. apartment
15. A. museum B. attention C. secondary D. possession
Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the
following sentences.
19. The room is very untidy, so I have to clean it up.
A. messy B. clean C. crazy D. interesting
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20. In front of my school, there is a big park, so we can go for a walk after school.
A. In the middle of B. Behind C. Under D. Between
II. Give the correct form of the verbs to complete the sentences.
21. My dad never (make)__________ delicious meals.
22. Jenifer (not eat)__________ eggs.
23. Susie (go)__________ shopping every week.
24. __________ Kate and John (go)__________ to work by bus every day?
25. __________ your parents (agree)__________ with your decision?
26. Where__________ he (come)__________ from?
27. Where__________ your father (work)__________?
28. Jim__________ usually (not water)__________ these trees.
29. Who often (do)__________ the washing in your house?
30. They (eat)__________ out once a week.
III. Supply the correct forms of the given words to complete the sentences.
31. My brother is 24 years old and he works on a__________ site. (CONSTRUCT)
32. Christmas is one of the biggest__________ holidays in the USA. (TRADITION)
33. I like shopping at that store - the shop__________ is very friendly and helpful.(ASSIST)
34. At Tet, children usually receive__________ money. (LUCK)
35. I'm really looking forward to__________ my grandparents during the holiday. (VISIT)
❹. READING
I. Read the following passage and decide whether each of the statements is TRUE or FALSE.
My family has just moved into a new house. It just has everything we wish for, especially a
garden. It is not big and there are not a lot of trees my Dad plans to add more to make it beautiful. He
thinks our family can have outdoor dinners at weekends. Mom cooks the best food in the world, so my
sister and I can't wait to invite some friends over some time.
II. Choose the option (A, B, or C) that best completes each numbered blank in the passage.
In Vietnam, Mid-Autumn Festival is a great celebration for children. It (6)__________ on the 15th
of the eighth lunar month, (7) __________ preparation starts a few weeks before that: teenagers
(8)__________ to make beautiful lanterns. On the day, adults prepare fruits and cakes (9)__________
children. The (10)__________ part of the celebration is in the evening. Children walk around their
neighborhood with their lanterns before enjoying the food together.
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6. A. falls B. will fall C. is falling D. fall
7. A. so B. but C. or D. and
8. A. teach B. study C. learn D. work
9. A. of B. for C. with D. in
10. A. least B. best C. most D. all
❺. WRITING
I. Rewrite the following sentences with the given beginnings in such a way that the meanings stay
unchanged.
1. There are three bedrooms in my house.
→ My house________________________________________________________________________
2. This house is very small.
→This is___________________________________________________________________________
3. My mother teaches at this school.
→ My mother is_____________________________________________________________________
4. Mary is a doctor at St. Luke's Hospital.
→ Mary works______________________________________________________________________
5. Is there a basement in your new house?
→ Does____________________________________________________________________________
❻. SPEAKING
Complete the following dialogue with the appropriate questions from the list. There is ONE EXTRA
question.
a. Does she enjoy her job?
b. What else does she do?
c. How does she travel to work?
d. How many hours a day does she work?
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e. What does she do on her job?
f. What's her job?