Homework – Unit 1

Exercise 1: Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect
1. They __________ (lose) their cat. It ___________ (run) away last week.
2. __________ Helen ever __________ (try) sushi?
3. __________ you __________ (go) to the wedding last night?
4. I __________ never __________ (be) to Paris
5. This year I __________ (travel) to Athens 3 times so far.
6. Paul and Judith __________ (be) married since 1998.
7. __________ you __________ (finish) your homework yet?
8. Last night aunt Betty __________ (come) by. She __________ (tell) us that this summer they
are going to Hawaii.
9. I __________ (visit) many different countries so far. Last summer I __________ (go) to Italy
and 3 years ago I __________ (be) in Spain. I __________ (not/ visit) Germany yet.
10. When __________ you __________ (come) to Greece?
11. I __________ (come) in 2007.
12. __________ you __________ (watch) the film E.T. yesterday?
13. They __________ already __________ (leave) the train station
14. How long __________ you __________ (know) Jonathan?
15. I __________ (meet) her in 2020, so I __________ (know) him for 3 years.
16. They _________________(finish) their homework yet.
17. How long __________ you __________ (live) in Hanoi?
18. I ______ (not/play) tennis since I was at school but I _____ (be) very good at it back then.
19. What __________ (happen) to Lucy last night?
20. Last week, he (phone) _______________ me to inform me about the matter.
Exercise 2: Fill in the gaps with “yet, ago, ever, last night, for or since”
1. My father went to Italy five days ______.
2. He has known her _______ 2001.
3. Have you _________ been to Paris?
4. She hasn’t finished her work ________.
5. He has lived in Madrid _______ ten years.
6. We went to bed at 11 o’clock ________.
Exercise 3: Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect
I (1) _____________ (be) a ski instructor for many years now. I (2) _______ (take up) the sport
when I (3) _________ (be) at school. I still remember the first time I (4) ______ (try) to ski. I (5)
_________ (slip) on the ice and (6) ________ (break) my ankle. Thankfully, I (7) _______ (not/
have) a serious accident since then. Last year, I (8) ______ (try) ice-skating for the very first
time. I (9) ________ (slip) on the ice rink a couple of times since then but I (10) ________ (not/
break) anything. Two years ago, I (11) _______ (take) snowboarding lessons. I (12) _______
(not/ like) it because I (13) ____ (find) it a little dangerous. I (14) ________ (not/ play) ice -
hockey yet. There’s a game tomorrow. I can’t wait to go!

Exercise 4: Mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to

the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
1. Here are some principles for people to stick to if they want to stay healthy.
A. rules B. principals C. laws D. duties
2. We should consume healthy food and exercise regularly.
A. store B. purchase C. buy D. eat
3. Squeezing pimples can lead to swelling, redness, and infection.
A. falling B. declining C. shrinking D. becoming bigger

Exercise 5: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to

the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
1. After hundreds of rejections by the employers, I decided that I need to do something about
my obesity.
A. denial B. approval C. refusal D. rebuttal
2. I found a website advertising an effective way to lose weight in one month.
A. drop B. waste C. maintain D. gain
3. I have followed a special diet and joined a fitness class for overweight people for over six
months.
A. refused B. obeyed C. adhered to D. carried on
Exercise 6. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
1. Hoa reminded Lan ____ some groceries on the way home.
A. buying B. to buying C. buy D. to buy
2. My friend suggested ____ on a yoga course to lose weigh.
A. enrolled B. enroll C. enrolling D. to enroll
3. Tom and Ken admitted ____ to submit the assignments the day before.
A. to forget B. to forgetting C. forget D. forgot
4. Living to an average of 83 years old, Japan is the nation with the highest ______ in the world.
A. life skills B. life work C. life force D. life expectancy
5.This idea has long been _________ to Keynes, but in fact he was not the first to think of it.
A. contributed B. attributed C. dedicated D. applied
6. The doctor put me on a low-salt __________ to reduce my blood pressure.
A. weight B. food C. scale D. diet
7. The acid in nonstick pans is associated with birth and developmental defects, _________
system problems, and cancer.
A. immune B. immunity C. immunization D. immunized
8. By paying attention to your hunger signals and switching to healthy snacks, you can
_____nutrition, control cravings, and lose weight.
A. succeed B. boost C. stimulate D. request
9. Baking soda is considered the best home ______for acne as it sooths itching and inflammation
around spots.
A. chemical B. medicine C. remedy D. substance
10. My own ________for health is less paperwork and more running barefoot through the grass.
A. hobby B. treatment C. medicine D. prescription
11. If you want to keep fit, you should keep doing _________ like jogging, cycling, or
swimming every day.
A. exercise B. homework C. test D. examination
12. Laura fell asleep during the lesson _________ she was tired.
A. so B. but C. because D. therefore
13. The doctor __________ me to go jogging every morning.
A. demanded B. advised C. ordered D. persuaded
14. Fruit tastes good __________ it’s healthy for your body.
A. so B. but C. or D. and
15. In order to have good ____________, you should eat lightly and laugh cheerfully.
A. spirit B. body C. health D. mood
16. I forgot to wear a sun hat today and I got a__________.
A. backache B. headache C. stomachache D. earache
17. Watching too much television is not good ___________ your eyes.
A. at B. for C. with D. to
18. He eats a lot of burger and chips so he’s putting on___________.
A. weigh B. weightless C. weight D. weighting
19. You can avoid some diseases by _________ yourself clean.
A. looking B. bringing C. keeping D. taking
20. When you have flu, you may have a cough and a ________ nose.
A. following B. noisy C. runny D. runing

Exercise 7: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions.
Super Size Me is a 2004 film by Morgan Spurlock, in which he documents his experiment to eat
only McDonald's fast food three times a day, every day, for thirty days.
Spurlock made himself a short list of rules for the experiment, including an obligation to eat all
of the three meals he ordered. He also had to ‘Super Size’, which means accepting a giant
portion every time the option was offered to him. He ended up vomiting after the first Super Size
meal he finished, after taking nearly twenty minutes to consume it.
After five days Spurlock put on almost 5kg, and he soon found himself feeling depressed, with
no energy. The only thing that got rid of his headaches and made him feel better was another
McDonald's meal, so his doctors told him he was addicted. More seriously, around day twenty,
he started experiencing heart palpitations and one of the doctors detected liver problems.
However, in spite of his doctor's advice, Spurlock continued to the end of the month and
achieved a total weight gain of 11kg. His body mass index also increased from a healthy 23.2 to
an overweight 27.
It took Spurlock fifteen months to recover from his experiment and return to his original weight,
but the film also had a wider impact. Just after its showing in 2004, McDonald's phased out the
Super Size option and healthier options like salads appeared on the menu. Unfortunately,
McDonald's denied the connection between the film and the changes, but it is interesting to note
how closely they coincided with the release of the film.
1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. An experiment with McDonald's fast food B. Putting on weight due to eating fast food
C. Connection between fast food and heart diseases D. How fast food trigger liver damage
2. Which of the following is TRUE about Morgan Spurlock?
A. He had to eat Super Size meal once a week. B. He had to eat Super Size meal twice a day.
C. He had to eat Super Size meal three times a week. D. He had to consume Super Size for three
meals a day.
3. In paragraph 2, the word "giant” is closest in meaning to ____.
A. light B. balanced C. big D. healthy
4. Which of the following could get rid of Spurlock's headaches?
A. salad B. a McDonald's meal C. a pain killer D. nothing
5. According to the passage, all of the following are the results of the experiment EXCEPT __.
A. Spurlock put on weight B. the experiment affected his heart
C. the experiment affected his liver D. he became fairly relaxed and energetic
7. The word “its” in paragraph 4 refers to ____.
A. McDonald's B. the experiment C. the film Super Size Me D. the menu