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PERIOD 7 WH questions
1. Wh –words (các từ dùng để hỏi)
1. ______ my 10-year-old sister studied quite hard last semester, my mother let het to carry lanterns with
her friends during Mid-auturmn festival.
2. ______ Ngoc has promised to take her children to Danang fireworks festival many times, she has not
done this.
3. ______ you visit the Highlands of Vietnam, you can have a chance to join special Gong festival and
enjoy Gong music performance.
4. He had been sick; ______, he could finish all preparation for Tet holiday only in a few days.
5. She is photographer who fancies taking photos of beautiful flowers; ______, she hasn’t ever missed
any Dalat flower festival.
Giong quickly pulled scores of bamboo trees to replace broken iron rod; ______, he couldn’t beat the
enemies
Match the sentences in column A with column B
A. B
1. If you visit Vietnam in the festival A. because we are living abroad.
season, B. However, she enjoys going to the crowded festivals
2. We need to prepare more Moon Cakes such as Bai Dinh Pagoda festival,, Lim festival, etc.
for the coming Mid-Autumn Festival ; C. You will have many places to choose such as Hue
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3. We had a good business last year; festival,Nha Trang Sea Festival and Da Lat Flower
4. When I lived in Ha Noi, Festival.
5. She is quite reserved; D. Moreover, we need to redecorate our bakery shop.
6. We can’t find enough spicers to make E. Therefore, we celebrated the biggest Tet holiday
Chugn Cake and pickled onions for than ever.
traditional Lunar New Year’s meals F. I had a chance to go to the Dong Ho festival and
bought some beautiful Dong Ho folk paintings.
A. PHONETICS
1.Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. festival B. history C. station D. resource
2. A. begin B. important C. devote D. statue
3. A. convince B. ugly C. weather D. customer
4. A. flourishing B. bicycle C. impress D. caution
5. A. celebration B. production C. competition D. anniversary
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1. Put the words in brackets into the right forms to complete the sentences :
1. To make chung cake , the rice and mung beans has to be ……….in water for a day to make it sticker.
(soak)
2. Vietnamese families plan their ………. around their children on tet holiday. (activity)
3. Parents would use the Mid-Autumn Festival as an opportunity to show their love and ……….for
their children.(appreciate)
4. Lanterns represent ………. while the procession symbolizes success in school. (bright)
5. I am writing to express my ………. of my stay at the Eden Hotel in London last weekend. (satisfy)
2. Choose the correct option:
1. The Christian Festival of Easter celebrates the return of Christ from the dead, ……….the festival
is actually name after the goddess of the sun.
A. if B. but C. however D.moreover
2. After a long and exhausting journey,they arrived home………..
A. finally B. by the end C. at the end D. at last
3. I couldn’t hear what he said ………. He was muttering under his breath.
A. because B. although C. in spite of D. if
4. Children need a caring environment to develop ………. mentally ………. physically.
A. and –and B. both – and C. the –the D. in –and
5. We do not have many carnivals in Viet Nam’ ………. We have many special traditional festivals.
A. moreover B. while C. neverthless D. although
6. I was promised a luxury weekend by my husband . ………., I am not satisfied.
A. Despite B. Because C. Although D. However
7. ………. you study harder, you won’t be able to pass the examination.
A. Unless B. Because C. if D.Without
8. My sister has been living in Da Lat for 2 years, ………., she has never been to Than Tho Lake.
A. however B. although C. if D. because
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9. ………. Vietnamese USO delegation was attending 11 Olympiad in Argentina, we had chance
to meet many friends all over the world and visit different beauty spots there.
A. When B. Despite C. Although D. If
10. When the first Chinese restaurants opened in Greece, it was very difficult to get fresh ………. If
Chinese vegetables.
A. provisions B. materials C. supplies D. ingredients
3. Complete the sentences with the correct preposition
1. The children dropped to the ground, exhausted after chasing one another ………. the garden.
2. Micheal is sitting ………. The windows.He is waiting for his mother to come and fetch him more.
3. I looked ………. the shelves in the library for the book I wanted.
4. The department stores are usually not crowed ……….the day.
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5. ………. whom are you giving the cake?
6. While in Venice, we sailed ………. the canals and took in the sights.
7. Our teacher wrote some sentences ………. the board and asked us to take them down.
8. The string snapped and the balloon floaded ………. into the air .
9. Continue walking ………. that direction.You will reach the beach in no time.
10. The shortest way to the swimming pool is to cut ……….these blocks of flats.
C. READING
1. Choose the correct word to complete the following passage:
The rice- cooking Festival
The rice cooking (1) ………was held in the commual house yard about one kilometer away from a (2)
………. There were three (3) ………: water fetching, fire-making and rice –cooking.The festival (4)
………one day.In the water-fetching (5) ………, one person from each team had (6) ………to the river to
get the (7) ……… In the fire-making contest,two team members had to make fire in the (8) ………
way.They tried to rub pieces of (9) ………together to make the fire. Six people from each team (10) ………
in the Rice-cooking Festival.They had to separate the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.
1. A. holiday B. contest C. festival D. competition
2. A. mountain B. city C. house D. river
3. A. holidays B.contests C. festivals D. competitions
4. A. takes B. took C. taking D. take
5. A. contest B. contests C. test D.tests
6. A. to run B. run C. ran D. running
7. A. bamboo B. rice C. fire D. water
8. A. strange B. tradition C. traditional D. tradition
9. A. bamboo B. rice C. fire D. water
10. A. participates B. participate C. participating D. participated
D WRITING
1. Maiking up sentences using the words and phrases given:
1. Thanks / technology / , / now / can / for / preserve / our / to / culture / future / we / generations / . /
2. At / pagoda / , / we / Buddha / worship / tray / Huong / of / a / fruit / offer / to / him /. /
3. In / Japan / , / to / your / the / remember / shoes / at / entrance / to / yake off / all / homes / , /
businesses / and / hotels / most / . /
4. Vietnamese / plan / activities / families / around / their / children / on/ many / their / special / days / .
5. At / children / have / to /, / Easter / independent / be / and / look / themselves / after / . /
PERIOD 12: THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE AND THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
A. PHONETICS
1.Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. cartoon B. honor C. culture D. honest
2. A. character B. adventure C. library D. knowledge
3. A. discovery B. calculator C. aeroplane D. difficulty
4. A. Argentina B. understand C. lemonade D. Australia
5. A. husband B. married C. cassette D. beautiful
B. VOCABULARY
1.Put the words in brackets into the right form to complete the sentences
1. Snow While lived ______ with the dwarves in the wood. (happy)
2. One beautiful evening a young princess put on her bonnet and dogs and went out to take a walk by
______ in a wood. (her)
3. When the prince set eyes on Cinderella, he was struck by her ______. (beautiful)
4. The countryside in the area is ______ and most of the buildings there are made from an ______ type
of light store. (charm, attract)
5. Banh chung was square and ______ the earth.Banh Day was around and ______ the sky. (symbol)
2. Choose the correct option:
1. Since I moved hose, I haven’t had much _____ with those friends. A. connection B. contact C.
business D. meeting
2. I will take these folk tale stories _____ to the library.A. on B. with C. back D. off
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3. It’s snowing. Would you like to _____ on Saturday or Sunday? A. skiing B. go to ski C. go skiing D.
go ski
4. She told me a story _____ I found hard to believe. A. what B. which C. in which D. at which
5. The Queen flew _____ a jealous rage and ordered her huntsman to take Snow While into the woods
to be killed. A. of B. into C. out D. in
6. Everyone was attracted by her graceful _____. A. performer B. performing C. performed D.
performance
7. When the dwarves came home that evening, they found Snow While_____ on the ground. A. laid B.
lied C. to lie D. lying
8. You need to support your ideas with facts and _____ A. numbers B. figures C. informations D.
material
9. What are the _____ between women in old times and women in modern times? A. differs B.
different C. differences
10. In the past, people believed that women’s _____ roles were as mothers and wives. A. nature B.
natural C. naturism D. natutalist
C. READING
1. Fill one suitable word in each blank to complete the passage.
…When the dwarves came home that evening, they found Snow While lying on the ground. She (1)
_____ not breathing at all. She was dead.They lifted her (2) _____ and looked at her longingly. They talked
to her, shook her and wept over her. But nothing helped. The dear child was dead, and she remained dead.
They (3) _____ her on a bed of straw, and all seven sat next to her and mourned for her and cried for three
days. They were going to burry her, but she still looked as fresh as a living person, and still had her
beautiful red cheeks.
They said, “We cannot (4) _____ her in the black earth” and they had a transparent glass coffin made, so she
could be seen from all sides. They laid her inside,and with golden letters wrote on it her name, and that she
was a princess,Then they put the (5) _____ outside on a mountain, and one of them always stayed with it
and watched over her.The animals too came and mourned for Snow While, first an owl, then a raven, and
finally a dove. …..
D WRITING
1. Maiking up sentences using the words and phrases given:
1. We / have / dinner / when / telephone / ring / . /
2. I / walk / along / street / when / sudden / I / hear / footsteps / me / . / Somebody / follow / me / . /
I / frighten / and / start / run / . /
3. When / we / watch / a / television program / call / “Little flowers” / last night / the electricity / go /
out / . /
4. What / be / you / and / friends / do / at / 4p.m / yesterday / afternoon / ? /
While / I / wait / at / the / bus stop /