Exercise 4: Use the correct form of the word given to complete each sentence.

1. ________________, Ao Dai is worn by women. (tradition)

2. America’s ________________ production fell for the fourth successive month.
(INDUSTRY)
3. America’s ________________ production fell for the fourth successive month. (industry)
4. Ao Dai is the ________________dress of Vietnamese women. (tradition)
5. By the age of eighteen, he was completely ________________ of his parents. (DEPEND)
6. English and French are Canada’s ________________ languages. (OFFICE)
7. First ________________ can be misleading. (IMPRESS)
8. How can we make the subject more ________________ to young people? (INTEREST)
9. I enjoy working there, everyone is so ________________. (FRIEND)
10. In ________________, there are other religions. (add)
11. Islam is one of the great world ________________. (religious)
12. Many parents opposed the ________________ of the classes into different sets. (DIVIDE)
13. Mathematics is an ________________ subject at school. (COMPEL)
14. Quebec wanted some form of ________________ from the rest of Canada. (SEPARATE)
15. She felt alone and ________________. (FRIEND)
16. Some people have no ________________ beliefs. (RELIGION)
17. The ________________ anthem of Viet Nam is sung. (NATION)
18. Our editor welcomes ________________ from readers on any subject. (CORRESPOND)
19. Kim’s garden is ________________ with trees and flowers. (BEAUTY)
20. The language of ________________ is Bahasa Malaysia. (INSTRUCT)
21. There is an ________________ match between Vietnam and Lebanon on VTV3.
(NATION)
22. They enjoy the ________________ atmosphere here. (PEACE)
23. International tourists usually like Pho Bo. ________________, they enjoy Bun Bo Hue.
(ADD)

Exercise 5: Do as the tasks require.

Task 1: Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition.
Canada is the world’s second largest country. Its population is not very large, however. About
25 million people live (1) _________ Canada – less than half the population of Britain or
France and only one thirtieth of the population of India. Canada is in North America and its
capital is Ottawa. It is a rich country (2) _________ a lot of natural resources. In southern
Canada, the land is very good (3) _________ farming and Canada exports a lot of wheat. In
the north there are magnificent forests. In the west, there are some very high mountains called
the Rockies. Canada also has many minerals such (4) _________ petroleum, gas, copper and
zinc. Canada was first settled (5) _________ French pioneers, (6) _________ the eighteenth
century, there were wars (7) _________ Britain and French, and Canada came under British
rule. Since 1931, Canada has been an independent member (8) _________ the British
Commonwealth. English and French are both official language in Canada.

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Read the passage carefully, then decide whether the following statements are true (T) or
false (F).
1. Canada is a densely-populated country.
2. The southern area of Canada contains important forests.
3. The French were the first settlers in Canada.
4. Both French and English are spoken in Canada.
5. Canada is now one of the British colonies.

Exercise 6: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
1. My elder sister has played the piano for nine years now.
- My sister started ____________________________.
2. Our dog bit the postman yesterday morning.
- The postman ____________________________.
3. I’m sorry that I don’t know what to do about the problem.
- I wish ____________________________.
4. Maryam wrote her composition hours and hours ago.
- It’s hours ____________________________.
5. When I was a child, our family lived in Hanoi.
- Our family used ____________________________.
6. My friend Lena won the running race last year.
- My friend Lena was ____________________________.
7. Could you help me move this table, Nam?.
- Do you mind ____________________________?
8. She’s sorry she can’t play basketball.
- She wishes ____________________________.
9. I don’t normally have coffee for breakfast.
- I am not used ____________________________.
10. It was breakfast time when Susan rang me.
- I was ____________________________.