REVIEW UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE (Week 6)

I)-Choose the words/ phrases that do not go with the verb.

1. ride a donkey a car a horse an elephant
2. collect tomatoes entertainment honey tea leaves
3. pick blackberries roses wild flowers passengers
4. herd cattle cows carts camels
5. put up tents a new fence umbrellas nomadic life
II)-Fill in each blank with the correct adjective from the box.
slow vast quiet peaceful nomadic

inconvenient colourful safe hard brave

1. Nick looks very funny – today he is wearing a _____________ shirt.
2. It will be very ______________ for me to have no bicycle.
3. Last Sunday our class visited a _____________ village near our school.
4. The dentist asked me to try to be __________ because it might hurt me a little.
5. People have cut down trees in a/an __________ area of forest this year.
6. On the Gobi Highland we can find several ____________ tribes living on raising cattle.
7. The life is usually ____________ and quiet in the countryside.
8. Is it ____________ to drink water from this river?
9. After he retired, he leads a _____________ life in his home village.
10. Many years ago my village was very poor and the living conditions were so _____________.
III)-Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets.
1. There is a ________________ of books on the shelf. (collect)
2. It is very ______________ for people in remote areas to get to hospitals. (convenience)
3. He is very _______________ with his hands. (skill)
4. It is said that water collected from the local stream is ____________ to drink. (safe)
5. We want _______________ relations with all countries. (friend)
6. I like to eat ______________, so I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables every day. (health)
IV)-Use the adjectives in brackets in their correct forms of comparison
1. Tea is _____________ coffee. (cheap)
2. The new harvest machine is ________________ than the old one. (effective)
3. The countryside is ______________ the town. (beautiful)
4. A tractor is ______________ a buffalo. (powerful)
5. My sister is ________________ me. (tall)
6. Blue whales are _____________ elephants. (heavy)
7. The Mekong River is ________________ the Red River. (long)
8. Do you think English is ________________ French in grammar? (easy)
9. My new bed is ________________ my old bed. (comfortable)
10. The film about my village town is ________________ than the book. (interesting)
V)-Complete the sentences, using the comparative form of the adverbs from the
correspondent adjectives in the brackets.
1. It usually rains _____________ in Central Viet Nam than in other regions. (heavy)
2. I will have to try a bit ________________ than this. (hard)
3. The hall was lighted ________________ than the corridors. (bright)
4. Times goes by _______________ when we are busy. (quick)
5. Our family has lived ______________ in the country than in the town since last year. (happy)
6. The boys were playing the game ______________ than the girls. (noisy)
7. This task can be completed _____________ than that one. (easy)
8. A tractor can plough ________________ than a buffalo or a horse. (good)
VI. Write the sentences, using the cues given
a. A rose/ beautiful/ a weed.
_______________________________________________
b. A dog/ intelligent/ a chicken.
_______________________________________________
c. Ba/ friendly/ Nam.
_______________________________________________
d.Your house/ far/ from school / my house.
_______________________________________________
e. A horse/ strong/ a person.
_______________________________________________
VII. Rewrite these sentences, keeping the original meaning:
1. My house is bigger than your house.
=> Your house is ____________________________________________
2. The black car is cheaper than the red car.
=> The red car____________________________________________
3. This film is more interesting than that one.
=> That film is____________________________________________
4. My kitchen is smaller than yours.
=> Your kitchen____________________________________________
5. My grandmother is older than every one in my family.
=> My grandmother is the____________________________________________
6. No one in my class is as tall as Tam.
=> Tam is the____________________________________________
7. I can't cook as well as my mother.
=> My mother can cook____________________________________________
8. He does not play tennis as well as Jack.
=> Jack can____________________________________________
9. I did not spend as much money as you.
=> You spent____________________________________________
10. I don't think this book is expensive as it is.
=> This book is____________________________________________
VIII)-Complete the sentences with suitable forms of the adverbs given in the brackets.
1. I am faster worker than Tom is. (fast)
I work ___________________________________________
2. Mai’s singing is more beautiful than Mi’s. (beautifully)
Mai sings _________________________________________
3. We were earlier at the party than the Smiths last night. (early)
We arrived ___________________________________________
4. Phong’s voice is louder than Nick’s. (loudly)
Phong speaks ___________________________________________
5. My English is more fluent than my sister’s. (fluently)
I speak English___________________________________________
IX)-Use the words or phrases given to write meaningful sentences.
1. Local people/ rice, vegetables/ and/ animals.
2. Agricultural work/ become/ less difficult/ thank/ machinery.
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