Exercise 3. Complete the sentence with the words in the box.

bridge railway tunnel plane skytrain

walkways traffic underpass clearance tram

1. As planned, the urban elevated ____________ Cat Linh-Ha Dong in Hanoi would be put into operation from
June 15t, 2017.
2. If there is no delay in progress, by mid-2017, Hanoian residents will be able to use the ____________ for their
travel.
3. However, the project of the urban sky train is facing the risk of being unable to be completed by the deadline,
due to difficulties in site ____________ activities.
4. A flyover at Hang Xanh crossroads in Ho Chi Minh City has helped reduce ____________ congestion at the
city's northeast gateway.
5. While the trains in Sai Gon were powered by steam, the ____________ systems in Hanoi operated by electricity.
6. They asked foreign companies to design a ____________ through the Hai Van Pass.
7. The Trung Hoa ____________ in Hanoi forms the city's first four-layered intersection.
8. A huge network of elevated ____________ in Hong Kong helps visitors walk across the city easily.
9. The island is joined to the mainland by a road ____________.
10. We arrived at the airport just in time to catch the ____________.
Exercise 4. Complete the sentence with an adjective from the box:
difficult hopeless good eager practical
romantic nervous traditional developed necessary

1. It is very ____________ to go around the city centre by bike.

2. It is ____________ for you to take cycling as a type of exercise because it brings many benefits.
3. It is ____________ to cycle your bike along a road on the coast of Nha Trang, breathing fresh air.and enjoying
the salty taste of the sea.
4. The boy was too ____________ to speak. He became breathless.
5. They were ____________ to get a place in the kindergarten for their small girl because they couldn't get the
application form.
6. It is ____________ for parents to have a lot of children at present.
7. It is not ____________ to cook a lot of food for Tet because we can have good food all year round.
8. Everyone was ____________ to go to the market on a day near Tet.
9. The villagers retain a strong attachment to their ____________ values.
10. I think Viet Nam will be a ____________ country in 2040.
Exercise 6. Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences.
1. Travelling in big cities is becoming more _________ everyday. (trouble)
2. Less public transport is now available because of the _________ of staff. (short)
3. Therefore the roads become _________ with cars as people drive to work. (stick)
4. Because of the volume of traffic, local councils are forced to give _________ for more roads to be constructed.
(permit)
5. _________ many houses have to be demolished to make ways for the roads. (fortune)
6. I can understand your _________. - I’d be furious if she ever treated me like that. (annoy)
Exercise 12. Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
1. Almost everyone ________ for home by the time we arrived.
A. leave B. left C. leaves D. had left
2. By the age of 25, he ________ two famous novels.
A. wrote B. writes C. has written D. had written
3. While her husband was in the army, Janet ________ to him twice a week.
A. was writing B. wrote C. was written D. had written
4. I couldn't cut the grass because the machine ________ a few days previously.
A. broke down B. has been broken C. had broken down D. breaks down
5. According to this newspaper, John is said ________ a new record for the long jump.
A. to have established B. establishing C. to establish D. established
6. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I ________ to play.
A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying
7. Since ________ I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left B. he left C. he has left D. he was left
8. I like looking at these pictures, but I _________ enough by lunch time.
A. should have B. will have C. will have had D. have
9. I don't understand this sentence. What ________?
A. does mean this word B. have this word mean
C. means this word D. does this word mean
10. John ________ tennis once or twice a week.
A. usually play B. is usually playing C. usually plays D. have usually played