Unit 1

Give the correct form of the word in CAPITALS to complete each of the following
sentences.
1.Products
2. Traditional
3. Activities
4. Skillfully
5. Memorable
6. Competition
7. Artisans
8. Cultural
9. Attractions
10. Variety

Complete the sentences with suitable subordinators from the box.

1.Because
2. As soon as
3. Although
4. So that
5. Before
6. While
7. So that
8. Because
9. While
10. Although

Use the conjunctions at the end of each group to connect the sentences.
1. My brother likes action films and romantic comedies.
2. Vinh usually stays up late to watch soccer matches although he knows it isn’t
good for
his health.
3. I’m not interested in soap operas because they are often long and boring.
4. Lan was tired and sleepy, so she went to bed before the game show ended.
5. David loves wild animals but he never watches nature programmes.
6. Many craft families stopped their business because here is the economic crisis in
the world
7. At the age of over 80, the artisan is instructing the craft to his grandchildren so
that they can preserve this ancient craft.
8. We do not have many handicraft products that are well-known abroad, though
there are thousands of craft trades nationwide.
9. After the workers have taken several steps to whiten the palm leaves, they sew
together the leaves and the rings.
10. When Viet Nam began integrating into the international economy a few decades
ago, production in craft villages developed strongly, meeting demand for domestic
decoration, and construction.
.
Fill in the blank space in each sentence with “and, but, so, or, because, therefore,
however”
1. Polly’s watch was broken ..........so.......... she borrowed mine.
2. My family went to Africa ........becuase............ we wanted to study the wild
animals.
3. Melissa tried to read the book ........but............ she couldn’t understand it.
4. She isn’t English .......However............., she speaks English perfectly.
5. They went to town ...........and......... bought a lot of clothes.
6. The road was underwater. .........Therefore..........., the police closed it to traffic.
7. I haven’t got a car ..........but.......... I’ve got a motorbike.
8. The air is polluted ..........and.......... there’s too much traffic.
9. Which color do you want - red, green, yellow ..........or.......... blue?
10. She’s working late next Friday ..........so.......... she can’t come to the part

ĐÁP ÁN:

1.B 2.C 3.C 4.B 5.B 6.A 7.C

1. We’ve____found out___ a really good restaurant near the central station.

2. You don’t need to ___dress up____ to go to the mall – jeans and a T-shirt are
fine.
3. Professor Colin Evers ___applied up___ a job at a famous university in Sydney.
4. We really can’t___go on____ living like this – we’ll have to find a bigger house.
5. Mary was very unhappy last week, but she has ___cheered up_____now
6. You need to _____take off___your shoes before going inside the house.
7. They __piulled down___the old cinema to build a new shopping mall.
8. A committee has been___set up_____ to organize social events for the students.
9. It took me a few days to ____get over____ my flu.
10. The mountain climbers had to ___turn back_____ because they were exhausted.

1. No building in this city is taller than the Central Tower

2. I’ll think it over and give you an answer next week
3. This is the worst hotel that we’ve ever stayed at.
4. Please go on with your work and don’t let anything interrupt you.
5. I think Ho Chi Minh City is more exciting than Da Nang.

1.C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. D

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. B
2. C
3. A
Exercise 2: Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from the others
1. A
2. D

Choose the correct answer

1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. D
6. D 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. D

. We don’t know where to put the sofa.

2. The rules didn’t specify who to speak to in case of an emergency.
3. Mai wondered how to ride the scooter.
4. Let us decide when to start the project.
5. Could you tell me where to find a good hotel?

Put the verbs in the past perfect or past simple

1. I felt better by the summer, but the doctor warned me not to do too much. I
____was______ (be) very ill.
2. At last the committee were ready to announce their decision. They _____had
made____ (make) up their mind.
3. When we ____arrived______ (arrive) in Kennedy Space Center, the space shuttle
had already ____launched____ (launch) into space.
4. I felt very tired when I got home, so I ____went_____ (go) straight to bed.
Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the
following passage.
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. A
6. B 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. D

Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has similar meaning to the first
sentence.
1. The team who / that plays on the left has never won the championship.
2. Before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spoke to President Richard Nixon, they
had planted an American flag on the moon.
3. The ground-breaking space mission (which / that) this article describes is called
Rosetta.
4. The astronomer (who / whom / that) we are meeting tonight has discovered three
Earth-like planets.