Diệu Anh 9a8

VOCABULARY & LANGAUGE FOCUS UNIT 6

VIET NAM : THEN AND NOW ( English 9)

Do you know these words ? How to pronounce them and what each word means .
1. thatched: có mái lá 8. extended: mở rộng 15. cooperative: có tính hợp tác
2. tiled: ngói 9. nuclear: hạt nhân 16. flyover: cầu vượt
3. earthen: bằng đất nung 10. Multicultural: đa vhoa 17. noticeable: có thể chú ý
4.worthy: xứng đáng 11. tunnel: đường hầm 18. pedestrian: ng đi bộ
5. metropolitan: thuộc thủ đô 12. trench: hầm trú ẩn 19. underpass: đg hầm cho ng đi bộ
6. compartment: toa xe 13. astonished: kinh ngạc 20. annoyed: khó chịu
7. boom: sự bùng nổ 14. elevated walkway: lối cho ng đi bộ 21. manual: thủ công, bằng tay
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1. A. tolerant B. cooperative C. obedient D. astonished
2. A. annoyed B. thatched house C. astonished D. embarrassed
3. A. tiled B. delighted C. limestone D. determined
4. A. tunnel B. suggestion C. multicultural D. sculpture
5. A. earthen B. sympathetic C. worthy D. empathize
II. Choose the word whose primary stress is different from the other.
6. A. surround 2 B. manual 1 C. railroad 1 D. nuclear 1
7. A. compartment 2 B. pedestrian 2 C. extended 2 D. noticeable 1
8. A. significant 2 B. magnificent 2 C. picturesque 1 D. cooperative 2
9. A. elevate 1 B. exhibit 2 C. fabulous 1 D. underpass 1
10. A. metropolitan 3 B. environment 2 C. technology 2 D. geology 2
III. Choose the most suitable word or phrase in the box to complete each sentence below.
a nuclear family thatched houses uniform straw hats
an extended family tiled roof trenches various facilities
1. She lives in a house built of bricks with a ________tiled roof_______ in the country .
2. There have been very few _______thatched house________ in the country now.
3. Modern classrooms are well- equipped with …various facilities…. including bookshelves, cassette player…
4. During wartime, school children used to wear________straw hats_______ to school.
5. Nowadays school almost all school children wear _______uniform________ to school on weekdays.
6. During the wartime, there were ____trenches___ around classrooms so that children could shelter from
bombs.
7. _______A nuclear family __________is a family that consists of parents and 1 or 2 children.
8. ____ An extended family ____ is a family that includes grandparents, uncles, aunts and others in addition
to parents and children.
More words to learn
1. relieved 4. significant 7. fully
2. considerable 5. dramatic 8. un( professional)
3.gradual 6. total 9.pleased
IV. Choose the most suitable word to complete the sentences.
1. There has been a ( considerable/ considerably ) increase in high-rise buildings over the past five years.
2. The number of students attending our school has ( slight / slightly) increased.
3. The number of nuclear families in the countryside has risen ( gradual / gradually) in recent years.
4. There has been a (significant/ significantly) decrease in the number of poor families in the countryside .
5. . There have been a( dramatic/ dramatically ) improvements in the quality of people’s lives.
6. They are ( full/ fully) aware that physical education is an important school subjects.
7. There are not enough ( good/ well) equipped schools in the mountains.
8. Our country became ( total/ totally) independent in 1975 after declares of fighting for freedom.
V. Join the two sentences using the infinitives.
- It is/ was + adjective + of somebody + to do / - Somebody +am/ is/ are/ was/ were + adjective + to do
1. You were crazy to lend money to Chris.
It was crazy of you to lend money to Chris.
2. Eleanor were silly to listen to that piece of music .
It was silly of Eleanor to listen to that piece of music.
3. Elizabeth was wrong to take the train without a ticket.
It was wrong of Elizabeth to take the train without a ticket.
4 . It was stupid of me to sit on my glasses.
I was stupid to sit on my glasses.
5. It was wrong of him to wash a white shirt with a red one.
He was wrong to wash a white shirt with a red one.
6. It is not right of you to believe Luck.
You aren’t right to believe Luck
7. It is right of her to eat a good breakfast.
She is right to eat a good breakfast.
VI. Match the first half of the sentences in ( 1- 8) with its second half in ( A- H) .
S + be + adjective +( to + verb) + that + S + V
She was surprised ( to hear ) that she had failed the driving test again.
1. We are glad to hear E A. that the traffic system has been improved considerably.
2. Motorists are surprised C B. that she was only slightly injured in the accident.
3. The people in my town are delighted A C. that there are many motorbikes on roads in Viet Nam.
4. The residents were annoyed G D. that there will be power cuts tomorrow afternoon.
5. Her parents were relieved B E. that you have won the first prize in the piano competition.
6. He was surprised H F. that his students have made big progress this term.
7. We are sorry D G. that a new railway track was being built through their village.
8. Our teacher is very pleased F H. to hear that his application for the job was turned down.
VII. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one.
1. He was brave enough to run after the thief to get the bag back.
It was brave of him to run after the thief to get the bag back.
2. Ha read the book after finishing her writing.
After she had finished writing, Ha read the book
3. The number of Vietnamese students going abroad to study has increased considerably.
There has been a considerable increase in the number of Vietnamese students going abroad to study.
4. I am interested to know that the company is going to invest in my province.
It’s interesting for me to know that the company is going to invest in my province.
5. There will be a lot of difficulties in persuading them to leave early.
It will be very difficult to persuade them to leave early.
6. She was so unprofessional that she didn’t prepare for the presentation.
It was unprofessional of her that she didn’t prepare for the presentation.
7. It was not surprising for me to learn that he was the best student in his class.
I was not surprise to learn that he was the best student in his class.
8. He was relieved when he heard that his students all had got good exam results.
He was relieved to hear that his students all had got good exam results.
9. He was courageous enough to save the child from the fire .
It was courageous of him to save the child from the fire .
10. It was confident of her to say that she can be the best tennis player in the class.
She was confident to say that she can be the best tennis player in the class.
VIII. Use the words given to write complete sentences.
1. It/ be / important / for/ all/ us /follow / the instructions/ careful.
It is important for all of us to follow the instructions carefully.
2. It/ be/ kind / him/ help / the old woman/ cross/ the road.
It is kind of him to help the old woman crossing the road.
3. It/ be/ stupid/ her/ cross/ the road/ without/ look/ left and right.
It is stupid of her to cross the road without looking left and right
4. It/ clever/ him/ use / a long stick/ get/ some fruit.
It is clever of him to use a long stick to get some fruit
5. It/ hard/ him/ earn/ enough money / support / his big family.
It is hard for him to earn enough money to support his big family.
6. It/ not easy/ drivers/ find / a parking place / the city center now.
It is not easy for drivers to find a parking place in the city center now.
7. It/ kind / her/ consider/ other people’s interests/ when/ make / decision.
It is kind of her to consider other people’s interests when making decision
8. It/ hard/ a country/ develop / its economy with poor resources.
It is hard for a country to develop its economy with poor resources
9. Visitors to Viet Nam / be/ surprised that there/ be/ so many motorbikes /the roads/
Visitors to Viet Nam are surprised that there are so many motorbikes on the roads
10. We / feel/ relieved / that/ her illness/ be/ not/ as/ serious / we had thought at first.
We feel relieved that her illness is not as serious as we had thought at first.