ENGLISH 9 - UNIT 2 CITY LIFE FURTHER PRACTICE

I. Match the words that go together. Write the word in the blank.
activities cities features lag network
pollution rate sprawl standards systems

1. natural ........................ features

2. living ........................ standards
3. urban ........................ sprawl
4. recreational ........................ activities
5. noise ........................ pollution
6. crime ........................ rate
7. tram ........................ network
8. transport ........................ systems
9. cosmopolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cities
10. jet ........................ lag
II. Complete the sentences using the given words/ phrases.
affordable attractions convenient cities destination fashionable
drawbacks multicultural problems vehicles wandering metropolitan
1. Nowadays, many students who have just left universities try to stay in big city because convenient
they can easily find their jobs and live a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . life there.
2. During the rush hours, some parts of big cities are often packed with people and vehicles
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3. If you have an opportunity to go to Sydney, you should visit both natural and man-made attractions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . such as Sydney Harbour, the Royal National Park as well as Sydney
Opera House.
4. When I visited Hoi An last year, I spent most of my time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . around and wandering
looking at the ancient temples, houses and bridges.
5. When you visit Da Nang, try some street food there because it is really delicious and affordable
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6. Singapore is a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . country. It includes Malay, Chines, Indians, European multicultural
and Vietnamese.
7. Every year, the Economist Intelligent Unit conducts a fascinating survey to determine cities
which . . . . . . . . . . . . . . around the world “provide the best living conditions.”
8. I think living in a city has a number of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , such as traffic jams, traffic drawbacks
accidents, noise pollution, visual pollution and water pollution.
9. People say that air pollution together with littering is causing many . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in problems
our city now.
10. London is one of the largest cities in the world. Its population is a lot smaller than destination
Tokyo but it is by far the most popular tourist . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
III. Complete each of the following sentences with comparatives or superlatives.
1. I think this is (noisy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . part of the city.
2. This place was (dangerous) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . than we thought.
3. Could you show me the way to (near) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bus stop?
4. The trip to Ho Chi Minh City was (interesting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for us.
5. This is (good) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . food I’ve ever eaten in this country.
6. David’s new haircut is (trendy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . than the previous one.
7. The building looks much (nice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in green than the previous white.
8. I had to drive my car along (narrow) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . road in the region.
9. Quan’s house is (far) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . from the city centre than my house.
10. In my opinion, living in the city is (hard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . than living in the country.
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IV. Match the phrasal verbs with their meanings.

apply for dress up find out get up pull down put down
set up show around take off take up turn off turn up

1. get out of bed get up

2. start doing something regualrly take up
3. make a note put down
4. remove something you are wearing take off
5. establish set up
6. destroy a building pull down
7. stop a machine working turn off
8. lead someone around a place for the first time show around
9. arrive turn up
10. get information find out
11. put on smart clothes dress up
12. Make an official request for a job apply for
V. Find all the places in the city in the wordsearch.
1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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VI. Put the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1. I usually (go) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fishing on Saturdays.
2. Last night , my brother ( play) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . games with his friends.
3. He (go) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to school everyday.
4. They ( not come ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to the birthday party last night.
5. Nam (learn) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . English 8 years ago.
6. Last night, my father ( buy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . some oranges and bananas.
7. My father likes ( work) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . as a volunteer for that orphanage.
8. Mai’s mother is clever . She usually (make) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lovely things.
9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . You (buy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .a new bike yesterday?
10. Last night we (go) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to Lan’s birthday party.

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VII. Fill in the correct particles to complete the following sentences.

1. I’ve thought it . . . . . . . . and have made up my mind; I’m going to take the job in New York. over
2. Can you put your name, telephone number and email address . . . . . . . . in the book, please? down
3. Mark was born in the East End, but he grew . . . . . . . . in the West End. up
4. Phong turned the TV . . . . . . . . and went to bed because it was quite late. off
5. The guide showed us . . . . . . . . the historic parts of the city. around
6. David is very friendly. He gets . . . . . . . . with most of my friends. on
7. I don’t know why they turned . . . . . . . . our invitation to the party. down
8. Nam didn’t know the correct spelling so he had to look it . . . . . . . . in the dictionary. up
9. We are all looking . . . . . . . . to seeing our grandparents again. forward
10. Our hotel was amazing and it lived . . . . . . . . to all our expectations. up
VIII. Complete each of the following sentences with a correct form of phrasal verb from the box.
apply for cheer up dress up find out get over
go on pull down set up take off turn back
1. We’ve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a really good restaurant near the central station. found out
2. You don’t need to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to go to the mall –jeans and a T-shirt are fine. dress up
3. Professor Colin Evers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a job at a famous university in Sydney. applied for
4. We really can’t . . . . . . . . . . . living like this – we’ll have to find a bigger house. go on
5. Mary was very unhappy last week, but she has . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . now. cheered up
6. You need to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . your shoes before going inside the house. take off
7. They . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the old cinema to build a new shopping mall. pulled down
8. A committee has been . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to organize social events for the students. set up
9. It took me a few days to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . my flu. get over
10. The mountain climbers had to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . because they were exhausted. turn back
IX. Make up sentences using the words and phrases given.
1. I/ born / and / grow up / the countryside.
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2. there / be / a lot / international news / this newspaper.
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3. life / the past / be less comfortable / it / be now.
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4. that skyscraper / be / one / tall buildings / the world.
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5. the last exhibition / not be / interesting / as this one.
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6. Mr Ha / enjoy/ read / newspapers / the morning.
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7. she / shown around / town / a volunteer student.
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8. we / looking / forward/ see / you again.
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9. this city / not chang / since the 1990s.
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10. you / should / use / dictionary/ look / new words.
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