EXERCISE 3

A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. learn B. early C. hear D. earth
2. A. bird B. third C. circle D. fire
3. A. apple B. about C. alone D. above
4. A. those B. from C. local D. phone
5. A. hurry B. Thursday C. furniture D. urban
II. Choose the word which has different stress pattern in each line.
6. A. seaside B. sunlight C. project D. respect
7 A. unique B. patient C. useful D. careful
8. A. differ B. prepare C. recycle D. create
9. A. exciting B. popular C. successful D. surprising
10. A. library B. exercise C. practice D. performance
B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank
11. There are many __________why it is important to have a hobby.
A. answers B. reasons C. details D. facts
12. Will you__________ making models in the future?
A. pick up B. look for C. take up D. depend on
13. Do you think that hobby is __________ and boring?
A. bored B. difficult C. dangerous D. interesting
14. I love my sister’s painting because she is very __________ in using colors.
A. careless B. care C. creative D. imagine
15. A hobby helps you to connect with __________ people.
A. other B. others C. another D. the other
16. I join a photograph club, and all the members love __________ a lot of beautiful photos.
A. take B. taking C. make D. making
17. What does your father do __________ his free time?
A. in B. at C. on D. with
18. I think a hobby will give you __________ and help you __________.
A. pleased-relax B. pleasure-relaxed C. pleased-relaxing D. pleasure-relax
19. You can share your stamps __________ other collectors __________ a stamp club.
A. with-at B. to-at C. with-in D. to-in
20. I think this hobby does not cost you much, and __________ you need is time.
A. most B. all C. some D. all of
21. Nowadays, people __________ hours sitting in front of computers.
A. take B. last C. set D. spend
22. I think you should take up swimming __________ it is suitable for your health condition.
A. so B. because C. set D. spend
23. My family enjoy __________ because we can sell vegetables and flowers __________ money.
A. garden – to B. gardening – for C. gardening – with D. gardening – of
24. If your hobby is greeting card making, you can give your __________to your friends as presents.
A. hobby B. money C. greetings D. products
25. My sister’s hobby is sewing, and she can get the sewing patterns from the ________ magazines.
A. fashion B. cooking C. sports D. science
26. My brother doesn’t like ice-skating because he thinks it is __________.
A. danger B. in danger C. dangerous D. endangered
27. Minh’s brother __________ coffee.
A. doesn’t drink B. isn’t drink C. don’t drink D. not to drink
28. Nam __________ the piano at the moment.
A. is playing B. plays C. playing D. play
29. When he __________ home yesterday, he __________ an accident.
A. goes/ sees B. went/ see C. went/ sees D. went/ saw
30. Hoa likes __________ music when she has free time.
A. to listen in B. listening C. to listen D. listening to
II. Complete each of the sentences with one word in the box.
painting bottles dolls gardening photos
horse-riding the guitar camping fishing gymnastics

31. My brother's hobby is watching __________, he likes horses very much.

32. When we have some days off, my close friends and I often go __________.
33. My sister likes doing __________. She looks very fit.
34. When I was a child, it was very common to collect__________, especially glasses.
35. My sister likes collecting__________. Now she has more than 100.
36. I always take a lot of__________ when I go on holidays.
37. Her hobby is__________. She plants many beautiful flower trees in her garden.
38. A: Can you play__________?
B: No, I can't, but I can play the piano.
39. I like drawing very much. My hobby is __________.
40. My father likes__________. He often goes to the lakes or rivers when he has free time.
III. Complete each of the sentences with one word in the table.
swimming chess basketball photography skating
going carry see staying films

41. I really like__________- especially in the sea.

42. I really love __________ in the park with my friends.
43. We're __________to the Museum of Anthropology next Saturday.
44. I will __________ a new film with my friends this weekend.
45. I love__________. I go to the cinema every weekend.
46. I like__________. I play against my dad. I also play against other people on the Internet.
47. My hobby is__________. I have a new camera.
48. They advise that you should __________ your passport with you at all times.
49. I really like__________. I don’t play it, but I watch matches on TV.
50. She's __________ with her uncle and aunt in the country this weekend.
IV. Identify the mistake in each sentence then correct it.
51. These (A) games are (B) good fun, but players (C) must be carefully (D).
52. Nam look (A) brown. He was (B) on (C) holiday last week. He got (D) sunburn.
53. Vegetables (A) often have (B) dirty (C) from the farm on (D) them.
54. Everybody were (A) so happy (B) and wished (C) to keep walking (D) activity.
55. What (A) didn't (B) Jane go to (C) school yesterday (D)?
V. Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets to complete the sentences
56. My father thinks mountain climbing (be) __________ more dangerous than skating.
57. We __________ basketball at school. (not/play)
58. You (think) __________collecting stamps costs much money?
59. __________ tennis every week? (she/play)
60. Be quiet! The babies __________ (sleep)
61. My father says when he retires, he (go) __________back to his village to do the gardening.
62. -__________reading books? – No. He likes __________ to music. (he/like – listen)
63. Does your brother like (listen) __________to music in his free time?
64. I think in the future, more people (enjoy) __________ going out by bicycles.
65. Every year, my mother (give) __________ me a nice doll on my birthday.
VI. Fill in each blank with a suitable hobby.
Jogging Photography Gardening Basketball Gymnastics
 Cycling Bird-watching Chess Dancing Ice skating

66. : a game played by two people on a square board, in which each player has
16 pieces that can be moved on the board in different ways.
67. : the job or activity of working in a garden, growing and taking care of the
plants, and keeping it attractive.
68. : a game played by two teams of five men or six women who score points
by throwing a large ball through an open net hanging from a metal ring.
69. : the sport or activity of riding a bicycle.
70. : the art of moving your body to music.
71. : moving across ice using special shoes with a thin metal bar fixed to the
bottom that you wear to move quickly on ice.
72. : the activity of running at a slow regular speed, especially as a form of exercise
73. : the hobby of studying wild birds in their natural environment.
74. : physical exercises and activities performed inside, often using equipment
such as bars and ropes which are intended to increase the body’s strength and
the ability to move and bend easily.
75. : the activity or job of taking photographs or films.
VII. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word.
76. We ______ playing table-tennis very interesting because we can meet and make friends with
interesting people.
77. My brother and I __________ the same hobby.
78. I love__________ outdoors in my garden to plant flowers and vegetables.
79. My father likes__________ his bike in the park at the weekend.
80. Tom and Peter like water__________, and they go swimming, play water polo and surf
together a lot.
81. My hobby is collecting __________ because I love reading whenever I have time.
82. Why don’t you__________ jogging because it can help you keep fit?
83. I really enjoy going round the shops in my town to__________ for rare and old teacups.
84. My parents have just bought a new__________ of roller skates.
85. It is very ________ to collect motorcycles because it costs you a lot of money to buy them
and get them repaired

EXERCISE 2
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. Use the
present simple.
not
travel eat do boil share get want not be go
like
1. I often __________ up at 6 a.m. and have breakfast at 7 a.m.
2. What your mother usually __________ at the weekend?
3. Mr. Thompson __________ 40 miles to work every day.
4. My brother __________ smoking and neither do I.
5. Nick seems very thirsty. He __________ a glass of water?
6. How often you __________ fried chicken? – Once a month.
7. I think those students __________ our classmates.
8. Water __________ at 100 degrees Celsius.
9. Brandon never __________ hiking in the mountains without his friends.
10. Cherie and Maggie always __________ their lunchboxes with each other.

Complete the sentences with the Present Simple.

1. Mary can afford this Gucci handbag because it (not cost) _______________ much.
2. I (be) _________ so happy right now. I’ve passed the university entrance exam.
3. this cheese pizza (taste) _________ good? – Yes, try it!
4. He (not know) _______________ what to say to the professor.
5. Shane (smoke) _________ every day? – No, he just (smoke) _________ one
cigarette a week.
6. The confidential setting (allow) _________ us to speak freely about our concerns.
7. Who your son usually (go) _________ to the cinema with? – He (like) _________
going with his best friend.
8. In fact, sharks (not hunt) _______________ humans or (consider) __________
humans as their food.
9. Rose (not be) _________ interested in avocados, so she never (eat) _________
them.
10. Samantha and her husband always (have) _________ dinner at a restaurant near
their house.
11. My daughter (love) _________ drawing, but she (not like) reading books.
12. All the members (want) _________ to buy some foods and drinks now.
EXERCISE 1
Rewrite each sentence as a positive or negative sentence, or a question, according to
the instructions.
1. I visit my parents very often. (negative)
 _____________________________________________________________________
2. Does he go to school every day? (positive)
 ______________________________________________________________________
3. She comes from Germany. (question)
 ______________________________________________________________________
4. She goes to work by car. (question)
 ______________________________________________________________________
5. We watch television every night. (negative)
 ______________________________________________________________________
6. He doesn’t walk to work every day. (positive)
 ______________________________________________________________________
7. She plays football every Saturday. (question)
 ______________________________________________________________________
8. He washes his car every week. (question)
 ______________________________________________________________________
9. They live in Australia. (question)
 ______________________________________________________________________
10. They go to school by bus (question)
 ______________________________________________________________________
11. Does she finish work at five o’clock? (positive)
 _____________________________________________________________________
12. He goes to the cinema on Fridays. (question)
 _____________________________________________________________________
13. I come from Africa. (negative)
 _____________________________________________________________________
14. Does he live on this street? (positive)
 _____________________________________________________________________
15. He works in a restaurant. (question)
 _____________________________________________________________________
16. She gets up at five o’clock. (question)
 _____________________________________________________________________
17. They eat a lot. (negative)
 _____________________________________________________________________
18. Does he work here? (positive)
 _____________________________________________________________________