GRAMMAR

UNIT 1. FAMILY LIFE

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I . Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
1. Mr. Hoang found it difficult to be in charge of the household ____.
A. financial
B. financially
C. finances
D. financier
2. In my family, my father always takes charge of doing the ____ lifting.
A. strong
B. hard
C. heavy
D. huge
3. After eating dinner, I have to do the ____ and then do my homework every day.
A. washing-up
B. wash-up
C. washing-ups
D. washings-up
4. Her husband is very kind. He always cares ____ her and never puts all of the
housework ____ her.
A. about - in
B. for - in
C. about - on
D. with - on
5. To Hoa, her father is the greatest person in the world and he always sets a good
____ for her.
A. role
B. behaviour
C. example
D. action
6. We take ____ in doing the washing-up, cleaning the floor and watering the
flowers.
A. turn
B. out
C. around
D. turns
7. Most people will receive ____ benefits when sharing the housework in their
family.
A. enormously
B. enormity
C. enormous
D. strong

8. Like his mother, Viet is a ____ child who can talk openly to anyone.
A. social
B. sociable
C. generous
D. critical
9. After marriage, Mrs. Hoa always keeps good ____ with her mother-in-law.
A. association
B. relation
C. friendship
D. relationship
10. In many countries, divorces ____ to rise because of long-standing conflicts.
A. tend
B. have
C. aim
D. encourage
11. My parents ____. My mother usually does more housework than my father.
A. divide chores equally
B. split chores unequally
C. don't share housework equally
D. Both B & C are correct.
12. It's not easy to gain ____ between husbands and wives, even in developed
countries.
A. equal chore
B. chore equally
C. chore equal
D. chore equity
13. He decided that he wanted to be a ____ while his wife worked full-time.
A. homemaker
B. house husband
C. housewife
D. Both A & B are correct
14. My sunflower seeds must be ____ twice a day so that they will sprout in a few
days.
A. watered
B. dried
C. picked
D. spread
15. If Hoa ____ rich, she would travel around the world.
A. is
B. was
C. were
D. been
16. Ba ____ a new bicycle recently.
A. bought
B. buying
C. buy
D. has bought
17. Nam ____ speaks Chinese but also speaks Japanese.
A. not only
B. so
C. only
D. can
18. It is raining very hard, ____ we can't go camping.
A. so
B. so that
C. more over
D. however
19. Mrs. Hoa ____ sings very well is Nam's mother.
A. which
B. whom
C. who
D. where
20. Hung enjoys ____ fishing and boating.
A. to go
B. go
C. going
D. went

II. Fill the gaps with the correct of the verbs in brackets.
1. I’m busy right now. I_________(prepare) dinner.

2. Mai _______(not/study) very hard at the moment. I ________(not/ think) she’ll

pass the exam.

3. “What_______(he/ do)” “He_______(try) to fix the television antenna.”

4. Be quiet! Your dad ______(listen) to the news.

5. The houseplants________ (grow) very fast because he________(water) them

every day.

6. In Viet Nam, many people ________(live) in extended families.

7. “Where’s your brother?” “He _______(read) upstairs.”

8. Look! Mary________ (wear) a pink skirt. She________(look) so pretty in it.

9. He___________________(not stay) at home last night.

He________________(be) at the hospital.

10. ____________________(you/ ever hear) about the monster at Lochness Lake?

11. She____________ (not contact) with her family since she __________ (move)

to Praha.

12. Albert Einstein______________(die) in 1955.

13. The kids must be in bed now. They (not watch) ______ TV because they are

too tired.

14. Hi Betty. For what are you calling me now at 2 a.m.? - I (need) __________

your help now.

15. (you, have) _________ a backup phone charger with you now?

16. Do you have a minute? - Sorry. I (not have) _____________ time now.

17. If someone (call) _______________, tell them I am not home.

18. I suppose as we live in a very rural area, we are lucky that a train service

actually (operate)_______________ here.

19. Look! That girl is very beautiful. - Yeah, she (remind) ____ me of an old friend

of mine.

20. I will go to Nha Trang tomorrow. What time ____ the train from Hanoi (leave)

____?

III. Choose the TRUE sentences according to the given statements.

1. I meet Alex at seven on Thursdays.
A. Alex and I make an arrangement at seven this Thursday.
B. I meet Alex every Thursday.
C. I don't meet Alex on all the days of the week but Thursday.
2. John's being weird today.
A. Today John is not himself. B. John is always weird. C. We do not like John
today.
3. Do you smoke?
A. Is smoking one of your habits?
B. I see that you are smoking.
C. Don't you know I hate smoke?
4. Little Andy's fourth birthday party is starting at 6 p.m. tonight.
A. Andy's birthday party always starts at 6 p.m. every year.
B. Andy's birthday party is set to be at 6 p.m. tonight.
C. Andy's parents are those who decide on the time of his birthday party.
5. I hate living in England since it rains all day.
A. It is raining in England at the moment.
B. It is going to rain for many days in England.
C. As far as I'm concerned, it rains a lot in England.

IV. Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning with the given one.

1. The newspaper has a circulation of five million.

A. The paper is five million years old. B. Five million people read the newspaper.
C. Five million newspaper are put in a circle. D. The newspaper is round in shape.
2. No sooner had they found her number than they called her.
A. They called her as soon as they found her number.
B. They found her number sooner or later.
C. They called her number sooner or later.
D. They found her number as soon as they called her.
3. He got over his illness in three months.
A. It took to get over his illness in three months.
B. It took three months for him to get over his illness.
C. It took him three months to get over his illness.
D. It took three months for his illness to get over.
4. Though he tried hard, he didn't succeed.
A. However hard he tried, he didn't succeed. B. However he tried hard, he didn't
succeed.
C. However he didn't succeed, he tried hard. D. However he tried hard but he didn't
succeed.
5. Joe still likes Madonna.
A. Joe was a fan of Madonna's for years. B. Joe has been a fan of Madonna's for
years.
C. Joe used to like Madonna years ago. D. Joe is being a fan of Madonna.

V. Choose the correct endings for the sentences.

My mother is watching a Because her favorite film is on.
1
television b When she has time.

a At 6.30 every day

2 I’m having dinner
b Now.

a To your sister when she doesn’t listen to you?

3 What are you doing
b To your sister? Don’t make her cry.

a At the weekend.
4 I wear jeans
b Because we are going out for a picnic.

5 My sister works hard a For the exam next week.

 b But she also spends time on her hobbies.

a Because he isn’t happy at work anymore.

6 He’s thinking of retiring early
b When something bad happens at work.

a So she can’t talk to you now.

7 She’s watching her hair
b Twice a week.

a Whenever I feel sad.

8 I listen to Mozart
b Because I’m feeling happy.

VI. Some of the verbs in the following sentences are incorrect form. Underline
the mistakes and correct them.
1. Look. That young girl smiles at you. Do you know her?
2. She has three big sons, so she’s doing the laundry every day.

3. Take an umbrella with you. It’s raining heavily.

4. “What is your father doing?” “ He’s a teacher.”

David isn’t very good at housework, but he’s trying to share some chores when
5.
he has free time.

6. Nowadays, most British people are living in nuclear families.

Today, Nam’s parents are away on business, so his aunt takes care of him and
7.
his sister.

Whenever Nam’s parents away on business, his aunt takes care of him and his
8.
sister.