NGUYEN TRAI – BD HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVING EXERCISE – E11

UNIT 2: RELATIONSHIPS

LANGUAGE FOCUS
Phonetics: Contracted forms: Nouns and Pronouns…
Grammar: - Linking verbs: to be/ seem…
- Cleft sentences Active voice It is/ was… that…
Topics: Words and phrases connecting Teenage Relationship Problems.

PRACTICE TEST
A. PHONETICS
I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. romantic B. sympathetic C. relative D. appearance
2. A. reconcile B. community C. divorce D. unreasonable
3. A. relationship B. relative C. select D. encourage
4. A. reconciled B. divorced C. involved D. argued
5. A. separation B. initiative C. relationship D. dating
II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. attitude B. argument C. relevant D. assistant
2. A. interact 3 B. concentrate1 C. counsellor1 D. influence1
3. A. quality B. teenager C. romantic D. reconciled
4. A. physical B. potential C. sympathy D. classmate
5. A. friendship B. lonely C. separate D. appearance
6. A. campaign B. female C. humour D. partner
7. A. advice B. contact C. mature D. maintain
8. A. favourite B. recommend C. understand D. volunteer
9. A. argument B. counsellor C. reconcile D. romantic
10 A. comfortable B. preservative C. relationship D. significant

B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

I. Complete the sentences using the given words.

become appears sounds grow

felt seemed looks getting

1. She ______ looks ______ so beautiful in that white dress.

2. A: What about going to the Italian restaurant?
B: That _____ sounds ______ great!
3. She wants to ___ become _______ a fashion designer like Victoria Beckham in the future.
4. I ______ felt ________ painful in my stomach after eating that cake.
5. It ___ seemed ______ interesting that he didn't like anything except that bowl
6. Teenagers like to make their own choice when they grow
___________ older.
7. Turn on the fan. It is __ getting ________ hotter and hotter.
8. That Super Junior _____appears________ suddenly at the end of concert makes its fans overjoyed.
II. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. Can you help me? I (look) ____ for my pen now.
A. look B. am looking C. looked
2. The sky (grow) ____ brighter after the heavy rain.
A. is growing B. grows C. grow
3. At present, I (remain) ____ calm.
A. remain B. remained C. is remaining
4. To decide the winner of the competition, the examiners (taste) ____ candidates' dishes now.
A. taste B. tasted C. are tasting
5. What's the matter with Mary? She (seem) ____ upset.
A. seem B. seems C. is seeming
6. Listen! Her story (sound) ____ interesting.
A. sounds B. is sounding C. sound
7. She (stay) ____ at one of her pen pal friends' houses when she visits Vietnam.
A. is staying B. stays C. stayed
8. The room (get) ____ quiet when teachers entered.
A. gets B. got C. is getting
9. The situation (remain) ____ unchanged in the past 20 years.
A. remains B. remained C. has remained
10. John (be) ____ impolite today.
A. is B. was C. is being
III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. What’s the matter? You look …………………
A. happily B. sadly C. unhappy D. unhappily
2. I have been very ………………… up to this point, but I am going to lose my temper if you don’t find my
baggage immediately.
A. impatiently B. impatient C. patient D. patiently
3. You seem more ……………….. now.
A. relaxed B. relax C. relaxing D. relaxingly
4. These watermelons were ……………….. sweet.
A. excepting B. exception C. exceptional D. exceptionally
5. That kitten’s fur ……………….. so soft.
A. feels B. sounds C. smells D. tastes
6. The waves crashed on the shore where they ……………….. cool on my hot feet.
A. appeared B. felt C. looked D. sounded
7. Nicole grew ……………….. from the hours of overtime at work. It became quite ……………… that she
needed a long vacation.
A. tired/ obvious B. tire/ obviously C. tiredness/ more obvious D. tiredly/ most obviously
8. She said she would become a ……………….. singer ………………..
A. famous/ quickly B. fame/ quick C. famously/ quickness D. infamous/ quicker
9. A true friend is someone who is and always willing to help.
A. romantic B. sympathetic C. understanding D. depressed
10. Did you see the cat the kittens?
A. fed B. to feed C. feeding D. to have fed
11. Most parents are always willing to an ear to what their children are saying.
A. give B. lend C. borrow D. A&B
12. Their close friendship turned into a relationship.
A. romantic B. friendly C. sympathetic D. romance
13. We were finally after he apologized.
A. reconciled B. safe C. helpful D. careful
14. He broke the glass vase during a(n) with his cousin.
A. relationship B. argument C. argue D. relation
15. I find it that they're still together.
A. amazing B. amazed C. to amaze D. amazingly
16. I had an accident to work.
A. to drive B. drive C. driving D. driven
17. – A: “Thank you for a lovely evening.” – B: “ ___ ”
A. Yes, I’d like it. B. Yes, that would be nice. C. Don't mention it. D. I'm glad you
enjoyed it.
18. It is on Christmas Day .
A. that children are brought fine presents by Santa Claus.
B. that fine presents are brought for children by Santa Claus
C. that Santa Claus brings children fine presents.
D. All are correct.
19. took my document?
A. It was Peter that B. It is Peter that C. Was that Peter D. Was it Peter that
20. They showed us the village my father was born.
A. on which B. in where C. in which D. in that
21. She didn't sound when I told her the news.
A. surprisingly B. surprised C. surprising D. to surprise
22. his lessons carefully, Jack was confident at the exam.
A. Learning B. Had learned C. To learn D. Having learned
23. According to a recent survey, most people are on good _________ with their neighbors.
A. relationships B. relation C. friend D. terms
24. My father hasn't had much with family since he moved to New York.
A. contact B. business C. meeting D. connection
25. Jack was the last guest the party last night.
A. leave B. left C. to leave D. leaving
26. Children become more independent as they older.
A. grow B. remain C. stay D. seem
27. She felt very upset after she with her boyfriend.
A. broke out B. broke up C. broke into D. broke in
28. – A: "Thank you very much for helping our villagers to build their houses". - B: “___ ”.
A. See you. B. Yes, of course. C. Our pleasure. D. Here you are.
IV. Choose the best answer to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
1. I was shocked to find out my boyfriend had cheated on me.
A. angry B. pleased C. upset D. worried
2. He was furious with himself for letting things get out of control.
A. angry B. confused C. sad D. surprised
3. Mary and John have a lot in common.
A. live together B. spend lots of time together C. share similar ideas D. share accommodation
4. She felt unsafe and insecure in love.
A. anxious B. calm C. silly D. unlucky
5. I am now reconciled with two of my estranged siblings - not just my older brother, but my sister, whom I
hadn’t spoken to for 17 years.
A. contactable B. harmonized C. opposed D. truthful
V. Choose the best answer to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
1. I was really depressed about his winning the election, like a lot of people.
A. fed up B. pessimistic C. satisfied D. unhappy
2. Miss Walker was a mature lady when she married.
A. annoyed B. childish C. energetic D. sensitive
3. Students are advised to turn out distractions and focus on study.
A. avoid B. forget C. neglect D. regard
4. Don’t confess your love to your friends unless you know they feel the same way.
A. admit B. conceal C. declare D. expose
5. I look up to my father for my whole life.
A. depend on B. disapprove C. disrespect D. underestimate
VI. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the given words.
1. The he asks the same question again and again is so ____frustrating____________ (FRUSTRATE)
2. Parents can put their trust in Ms. Lan because she is an __experienced_______ teacher (EXPERIENCE)
3. The naughty boy denied ___respecting______________ his Math teacher. (RESPECT)
4. Finally, after much effort, he gained a lot of __achievement__________ in protecting wild animals.
(ACHIEVE)
5. Having too many children puts a lot of _financial______ burdens on poor parents in rural areas.
(FINANCE)
6. She had an argument with one of her close friends, but she's managed to be _reconciled___________ with
her. (RECONCILIATION)
7. My teacher is very caring and __sympathetic__________. (SYMPHATHY)
8. My best friend and I had an __arguement____________ because she had revealed my secret. (ARGUE)
9. When you have a romantic relationship, you're having a relationship based on love and
__emotional____________ attraction. (EMOTION)
10. I thought my friend ___betrayed____________________ my trust when she told others my secret.
(BETRAY)

VII. Fill in each blank in the following sentences with the correct word/phrase from the box.
met face to face broken up closeness date relationship romantic relationships
sympathetic argument reconciled dating

1. _______ relationship ______without attraction is the kind of love we feel for best friends.
2. Have your brother and Mary been in a__romantic relationship___________________?
3. She met her husband through a _dating_______ agency.
4. My youngest uncle and I have never __met face to face______________ before.
5. Ann is always the person to lend a _sympathetic_____________ ear if you have problems.
6. She has just_broken up______________with her boyfriend.
7. When two people are_reconciled____________, they become friendly again after they have argued.
8. He has asked her out on a_date___________________.
9. The counsellor gave us some helpful tips on ways we could talk to Nick without starting a big
_arguement________.
10. It is advisable for parents to start talking with their children as early as late teens regarding future
__closeness_____________.
VIII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
1. I don’t know what to say to break the …………….. with someone I’ve just met at the party.
A. air B. ice C. leg D. rule
2. Their close friendship …………….. a romantic relationship.
A. brings about B. puts up C. takes over D. turns into
3. It’s time I …………….. and raised a family.
A. carried on B. grew up C. settled down D. worked out
4. They fell …………….. because they disagreed on the care of their young son.
A. apart B. away C. out D. over
5. All the three boys seem to fall …………….. over heels in love with her.
A. head B. heart C. mind D. soul
6. She says she has kissed and …………….. up with Nigel, and the reunion was a fun night.
A. caught B. done C. made D. took
7. Due to financial conflict over years, they decided to get ……………..
A. divorced B. engaged C. married D. proposed
8. We started …………….. out together before we realized we were in love.
A. asking B. eating C. going D. hanging
C. WRITING
I. Correct mistake.
1. The chef tasted the meat cautious before carefully serving it to his special guests.
A B C D
2. The doctor felt the leg carefully to see if there were any brokenly bones.
A B C D
3. After being closed for a long period of time, the house became dirty and smelled awfully.
A B C D
4. All the members of the committee felt happily about the ultimate decision.
A B C D
5. Sophie has lived in Thailand for several years. She knows the culture very good.
A B C D
6. I feel both excited and nervously because I have got a date with Lara tomorrow.
A B C D
7. The humid weather made it difficultly to enjoy the tropical beach.
A B C D
8. Jerry’s parents are not pleased because he does not study hardly and seriously enough.
A B C D
II. Rewrite the following sentences, using the cleft structure “It is/ was… that”.
1. Welsh boys gave hand-carved wooden spoons to girls as a symbol of their love.
It was hand-carved wooden spoons that Welsh boys gave to girls as a symbol of their
love
2. Dating was done around a bonfire within China’s Dai ethnic group.
It was around a bonfire that dating was done within China’s Dai ethnic group.
3. Many teenagers spend a lot of time thinking and talking about being in a relationship.
It is many teenagers that spend a lot of time thinking and talking about being in a
relationship.
4. Friends can have a great influence on teens’ choices.
It is a great influence that Friends can have on teens’ choices.
5. Teenagers are going through lots of physical and emotional changes at high school.
It is at high school that teenagers are going through lots of physical and emotional
changes.
6. Dating is left for the college years in Japan.
It is for the college years that dating is left in Japan
7. Girls are to buy boys white chocolate on Valentine’s Day in Japan.
.It is girls who/that are to buy boys white chocolate on Valentine’s Day in Japan.

8. A South Korean boy often holds his girlfriend’s handbag during a date.
It is his girlfriend’s handbag that a South Korean often holds during a date.

III. Give responses beginning with No, it +(be) + …. that…….

Ex: Did Helen buy the car from Tom? (Tom bought the car)
 No, it was Tom who bought the car from Helen.
1. Did he manage to save the firm by cutting staff? (by improving distribution)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. Tom arrived late; do you think he had any problems with his bicycle chains? (with his bicycle brakes)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. Do you enjoy reading “Harry Potter” by J.K. Rowling? (“Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. He looks awful. Do you think he’s suffering from a cold? (stomachache)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. Did you repair the washing machine? (Tara repaired it)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. Did her beauty impress you? (her generosity impressed me)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
7. Were the jewels hidden on the roof of his house? (under the floor)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
8. Did the 2nd World War end on 3rd May, 1945? (7th May, 1945)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
IV. Complete the sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1. The man died because no one took him to hospital.
The man should …………………………………..
2. She last saw him years ago.
It's years …………………………………………..
3. “Helen wrote that poem, not Mary.” said he.
According to him, it was ……………………………………………..
4. Mary keeps a pig in her garden.
What Mary ……………………………………………………………
 5. My secretary sent the bill to Mr Pike yesterday.
It was my secretary ……………………………………………………
1. I received a letter urging me to pay the account at once.
The letter ……………………………………………………………….
2. Many of the applicants he interviewed were very well-qualified.
He ………………………………………………………………………
3. I enjoyed the brilliant music most of all in the Ballet Frankfurt performance.
What I ………………………………………………………………………..
D. READING
I. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to fill the blanks.
In a healthy relationship, both partners respect, trust and embrace (1)_______differences. Both partners
are able to communicate (2)_______their needs and listen to their partner, and work to resolve conflict in a
rational and (3)_______way. But maintaining a healthy relationship (4)______for skills many young people
are never taught. A lack of these skills, and (5)________up in a society that sometimes celebrates violence
or in a community that experiences a high rate of violence, can lead to unhealthy and even violent
relationships among youth.
Dating violence (6)________psychological or emotional violence, such as controlling behaviors or
jealousy; physical violence, such as hitting or punching. More than 20 per cent of all adolescents report
having experienced (7)________psychological or physical violence from an intimate partner - and
underreporting remains a concern. Adolescents, (8)_______older adolescents, often have romantic
relationships, which are long-term, serious, and intimate. Society has a responsibility to provide young
people with the resources, skills, and space (9)________to safeguard their physical and emotional well-being
in these relationships. Youth-serving professionals, educators, and parents can help young people in need
access services to address dating abuse victimization. Research also has shown that programmes intended to
prevent dating violence can be 10_______.
1. A. another’s B. each another’s C. each other’s D. one another’s
2. A. effective B. effectively C. effectiveness D. ineffective
3. A. non-violent B. violently C. violent D. violence
4. A. asks B. calls C. looks D. requires
5. A. bringing B. growing C. raising D. taking
6. A. comprises B. consists C. contains D. includes
7. A. both B. either C. neither D. whether
8. A. especial B. especially C. special D. specially
9. A. necessitating B. necessarily C. necessary D. necessity
10. A. succeed B. success C. successful D. successfully
II. Choose the best answers to the following questions.
In many aspects of life, effective communication skills are extremely important. With good
communication skills, people can enjoy better interpersonal relationships with friends and family. The
following are some guides that can help you improve your communication skills.
Learn to listen. Listening is not the same as hearing you should learn to listen not only to the words
being spoken but also how they are being spoken and the non-verbal messages sent with them. You shouldn't
think about what to say next while listening; instead clear your mind and focus on the message being
received. Your friends, colleagues and other acquaintances will appreciate your good listening skills.
Try to understand other people's emotions. To understand other people's emotions, you should be
sympathetic to other people's misfortunes and congratulate them on their achievements. To do this, you need
to be aware of what is going on in other people's lives. It's crucial to maintain eye contact and do not be
afraid to ask others for their opinions as this will help to make them feel valued. Encourage. It's advised that
you offer words and actions of encouragement, as well as praise, to others, which make other people feel
welcome, valued and appreciated in your communications. If you let others know that they are valued, they
are much more likely to give you their best. You should also try to ensure that everyone get involved in an
interaction or conversation by using effective body language and open questions.
1. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Benefits of owning effective communication skills
B. Ways to improve communication skills
C. Behaviors of a good listener
2. Why are effective communication skills important in our lives?
A. They help us enjoy a calm state of mind.
 B. They help us catch people's attention.
C. They help us build good interpersonal relationships with others.
3. What should listeners do while someone is speaking?
A. Listen attentively to what is being spoken and how it is delivered.
B. Think of what should be spoken next.
C. Only pay attention to the words being spoken, not the non-verbal messages sent with them.
4. According to the writer, what is the way to feel other people's emotions?
A. We should show sympathy for other people's bad luck.
B. We should express congratulations on other people's success.
C. Both A and B are correct.
5. What should we do to involve everyone in an interaction or conversation?
A. Discourage them through words and actions.
B. Use body language and open questions.
C. Let others feel valued and appreciated.
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