UNIT 7: GROWING UP

I. Choose the word that does not have the same pronunciation of the underlined part as that in the
rest.
1. A. slim B. thin C. smile D. visit
2. A. tomorrow B. brown C. now D. how
3. A. named B. lived C. used D. washed
4. A. soccer B. notice C. photo D. grocery
5. A. picked B. helped C. created D. laughed
6. A. typhoon B. recycle C. supply D. typical
7. A. burned B. stopped C. asked D. promised
8. A. stamps b. trains C. hotels D. caves
9. A. ear B. hear C. bear D. beard
10. A. tutor B. computer C. university D. discuss
II. Choose the word that does not have the same stressed syllable as that of the rest.
1. A. spiky B. giant C. reuse D. average
2. A. village B. relative C. difficult D. university
3. A. recycle B. protect C. react D. tutor
4. A. garbage B. plastic C. curly D. direction
5. A. wonderful B. exciting C. environment D. imperative
6. A. helpful B. computer C. library D. problem
7. A. wonder B. neighbor C. visitor D. available
8. A. answer B. corner C. father D. prepare
9. A. student B. teacher C. hello D. member
10. A. habit B. happen C. listen D. below
III. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
1. He ____________ a lot of photos when he was on holiday last year.
A. take B. to take C. took D. taking
2. She grew ____________ in the village in the North of Viet Nam.
A. up B. on C. to D. for
3. What color is her hair? - ____________ black.
A. They are B. They aren’t C. It is D. It isn’t
4. My sister has a ____________ face.
A. round B. thin C. slim D. long
5. The Smiths usually go out for dinner____________ Sundays.
A. on B. by C. at D. in
6. She has ____________ hair.
A. a long black B. long black C. a black long D. black long
th
7. I was born ____________ January 14 1982.
A. on B. in C. at D. about
8. I ____________ an English course to improve all the skills.
A. not joined B. joined C. did joined D. joins
9. Pavel had long hair and a ____________.
A. beard B. hair C. height D. length
10. When I was a boy, I ____________ swimming every morning.
A. use to going B. used to going C. used to go D. use to go
11. I think he sometimes wears ____________.
A. moustache B. beard C. glasses D. spiky
12. Jim is ____________ height and he’s got a round face.
A. long B. blonde C. blue D. average
13. When ____________ she ____________ the report?
A. do/ finish B. did/ finished C. did/ finish D. does/ finished
14. Yesterday, I ____________ to a souvenir shop near the exit of the aquarium.
A. go B. went C. goes D. gone
15. That man isn’t overweight. He is ____________.
A. slim B. straight C. square D. round
16. He left school and he didn’t get a ____________.
A. call B. qualification C. picture D. money
17. Did you live in the city ____________ you were young?
A. why B. where C. what D. when
18. Her mother ____________ this city two years ago.
A. leaves B. left C. is leaving D. will leaving
19. She spends most of her free time ____________ volunteer work.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. did
20. My grandmother wears ____________ to help her see
A. hair B. hat C. beard D. glasses
21. You aren’t short or tall. You’re ____________ height.
A. average B. short C. tall D. long
22. My grandfather hasn’t got any hair. He’s ____________.
A. blonde B. brown C. bald D. grey
23. A person who acts in plays, films or TV programmes is called ____________.
A. singer B. musician C. actor D. doctor
24. A (n) ____________ is a picture of a person or an animal that represents a particular computer user
on a computer screen.
A. picture B. avatar C. painting D. book
25. What does she look like?
A. She is tall. B. She was tall
C. She is friendly. D. She was friendly.
26. That singer isn’t short. She is ____________.
A. tall B. long C. straight D. square
27. She had curly hair ____________ she was a baby.
A. what B. why C. when D. who
28. Did he go to university?
A. Yes, he didn’t B. No, did he C. No, he did D. Yes, he did.
29. “Which girl is Celia?” - “She‘s the one with ____________ ”
A. long curly black hair. B. curly long black hair.
C. long black curly hair. D. curly black long hair.
30. What does your father ____________?
A. look like B. look as C. be like D. looks like
IV. Fill in each blank with the correct adjective from the box.
shy hardworking humorous kind clever

creative talkative confident friendly economical

1. My sister is ________________. She talks a lot about everything around her.
2. She always has a ________________smile with everyone whenever she comes to the office.
3. The teacher wants the students to feel ________________about asking questions when they don’t
understand.
4. I’m not very ________________at Math. I often have difficulties in Math homework.
5. Everyone is ________________to me. They often help me when I need.
6. She is very ________________. She writes poetry and short stories.
7. My father is ________________because he often tells jokes to make everyone happy.
8. I am ________________when I have to talk in front of the class.
9. She often gets good marks because she is really ________________.
10. My father is ________________because he doesn’t waste the old things but reuse them
V. Match one word in column A with one opposite word in column B.
Column A Column B Keys
1. mean a. shy
2. clever b. cheerful
3. outgoing c. cowardly
4. lazy d. modest
5. brave e. polite
6. depressed f. easygoing
7. arrogant g. generous
8. rude h. silly
9. demanding i. hardworking
10. friendly j. hostile
VI. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Passage 1
John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln lived in different times and had very different family.
Kennedy lived in the 20th century; Lincoln lived in the 19th century. Kennedy (1) _______ from a rich
family, but Lincoln’s family was not (2) _______. Because Kennedy came from a wealthy family, he
(3) _______ able to attend expensive private schools. He (4) _______ from Harvard University.
Lincoln, on the other hand, had only one year of formal schooling. In spite of his lack of formal
schooling, he (5) _______ a well-known lawyer. He taught himself law by (6) _______ law books.
Lincoln was, in other words, a self-educated man.
1. A. went B. got C. came D. belonged
2. A. wealthy B. healthy C. poor D. good
3. A. were B. is C. was D. am
4. A. graduate B. graduates C. graduating D. graduated
5. A. got B. became C. wanted D. hired
6. A. read B. reads C. reading D. to read
Passage 2
<2>My best friend is called Ernesto, and he is my classmate. Ernesto comes (1) _______an educated
family. His father is a school principal and his mother is also a teacher. He is well-educated (2)
_______has good manners. He is (3) _______, clever and really hard-working. He always does the
homework. He is also well-dressed and well-behaved. All the teachers (4) _______a high opinion of
him. Ernesto is tall and slim and has small blue eyes and curly brown (5) _______. He likes to do
different stuffs. He takes in all sports and he also likes to play the guitar. Ernesto makes his parents
very proud of him. He is usually at the top of his class. He always helps me when I’m in trouble. I am
happy to have a friend like (6) _______.
1. A. over B. from C. in D. out
2. A. and B. so C. also D. but
3. A. shy B. selfish C. unfriendly D. friendly
4. A. have B. having C. had D. will have
5. A. hair B. face C. body D. eyes
6. A. he’s B. he C. him D. his
VII. Read the passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for each question.
REBECCA STEVENS
Rebecca Stevens was the first woman to climb Mount Everest. Before she went up the highest
mountain in the world, she was a journalist and lived in a small flat in south London. In 1993,
Rebecca left her job and her family and travelled to Asia with some other climbers. She found that life
on Everest is hard. ‘You must carry everything on your back,’ she explained,’ so you can only take
things you will need. You can’t wash on the mountain, and in the end I didn’t even take a toothbrush.
I am usually a clean person but there is no water, only snow. Water is very heavy so you only take
enough to drink.’ When Rebecca reached the top of Mount Everest on May 17, 1993, it was the best
moment of her life. Suddenly she became famous. Now she has written a book about the trip and
people often ask her to talk about it. She has a new job, too, on a science programme on television.
Rebecca is well-known today and she has more money, but she still lives in the little flat in south
London among her pictures and books about mountains!
1. Before Rebecca climbed Everest, she worked for ______________
A. a factory B. a newspaper C. a travel agent D. a bookshop
2. Rebecca went to Everest ______________
A. with her family B. without anyone
C. with a climbing group D. with her close friends
3. Rebecca didn’t take much luggage because she ______________
A. didn’t have many things B. had a bad back
C. didn’t like D. had to carry it herself.
4. Rebecca didn’t wash on Everest because ______________
A. it was too cold B. there was not enough water
C. she is a dirty person D. she was not permitted
5. Rebecca became famous when she ______________
A. got to the highest place in the world
 B. was on a television programme
C. wrote a book about her trip
D. retired and lived in the little flat in London.
VIII. Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs given.
go watch meet study
play live not like get up
1. They ________________ French for five years at school.
2. My brother ________________ coffee when he was a child, but he likes it now.
3. My uncle ________________ in France last year.
4. ________________ he ________________ his new computer game yesterday?
5. Where ________________ your family ________________ on holiday?
6. Who ________________ you ________________ yesterday?
7. What time ________________ you ________________ last Sunday?
8. ________________ they ________________ T V last night?
IX. Choose the correct words.
1. My mum has got dark / fat hair.
2. My sister's got blonde hair and blue / red eyes.
3. Tom is quite short / blonde and he's got dark hair.
4. Our teacher has got glasses/ beard and a moustache.
5. Kate is tall and slim / curly and she's got brown eyes.
6. Phong and Nam have got brown / average eyes.
7. Their children have got average / red hair and green eyes.
8. My dad has got a beard but he hasn't got a moustache / glasses.
9. Susan is quite /average height. She's got dark hair and brown eyes.
10. Sam is one meter eighty-five. He's short/ tall and he's slim.
X. Use the correct form of the words given in parentheses.
1. My father is average ______________. (high)
2. Manish is quite ______________in the photos from one day to the next. (differ)
3. She ______________stamps when she was ten years old. (collection)
4. This ______________has short curly blonde hair. (music)
5. She is a ______________actress in Viet Nam. (fame)
6. The people were very ______________towards us. (friend)
8. My sister got a ______________in acting. (qualify)
9. Her ______________is one meter sixty- five centimeters. (tall)
10. My mother told me a very ______________story yesterday. (interest)
XI. Rearrange the words in the right order to make a meaningful sentence.
1. on TV/ watched/ last night/ sport/ They/. //
 They watched ____________________________________________________________
2. like/ didn’t/ He/ football/when/ young/ he/ playing/was /. //
 He didn’t ________________________________________________________________
3. short/ hair/ He/ brown/ has/. //
 He has __________________________________________________________________
4. gave/ my/ a present/ me/ for/ cousin/ My/ birthday/. //
 My cousin _______________________________________________________________
5. black hair/ has/ She/ straight/ long/. //
 She has__________________________________________________________________
6. exciting/ was/ It/ to / quite/ be/ a big city/ in/. //
 It was ___________________________________________________________________
7. got/ qualification/ acting/ in/ a/ Orlando Bloom/. //
 Orlando Bloom __________________________________________________________
8. eighteen years old/ he/ school/ when/ left/ was/ My dad/. //
 My dad __________________________________________________________________
9. a lot of/ in/ centre / yesterday/ There / the shopping/ were/ people/. //
 There were ______________________________________________________________
10. last year/ We/ some/ beautiful/on holiday/ visited/ places/. //
 We visited _______________________________________________________________
XII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as
the sentence printed before it.
1. Her hair is long, curly and brown.
 She has __________________________________________________________________
2. He is one meter seventy centimeters tall.
 His height _______________________________________________________________
3. How tall are you?
 What ____________________________________________________________________
4. Mrs. Smith has long straight black hair.
 Mrs. Smith’s _____________________________________________________________
5. She has a round face.
 Her _____________________________________________________________________
6. Her face is oval.
 She has __________________________________________________________________
7. He has short curly blonde hair.
 His hair _________________________________________________________________
8. Minh’s height is one meter sixty centimeters.
 Minh ____________________________________________________________________
9. She was one hundred forty-five centimeters tall last year.
 Her height _______________________________________________________________
10. How tall were you last year?
 What ____________________________________________________________________
11. She had curly hair when she was a baby.
 Her hair _________________________________________________________________
12. He has short spiky brown hair.
 His hair _________________________________________________________________
13. Why don’t we go to the cinema tonight?
 Let’s ____________________________________________________________________
14. What about playing video games?
 Why don’t _______________________________________________________________
15. I had long straight brown hair last year.
 My hair _________________________________________________________________