UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of
the other three.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

A. letter
A. character
A. enough
A. shy
A. comes

B. friend
B. classmate
B. volunteer
B. curly
B. lives

C. pretty
C. happy
C. public
C. lucky
C. rises

D. pleasure
D. photograph
D. humor
D. library
D. smiles

II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of
the others.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. annoy
A. sociable
A. although
A. neighbor
A. appearance

B. enough
B. photograph
B. generous
B. receive
B. reserved

C. lucky
C. orphanage
C. outgoing
C. different
C. orphanage

D. describe
D. volunteer
D. humorous
D. classmate
D. description

III. Choose the word or the phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank
space in each sentence.
1. My sisters hair is not ______.
A. slim
B. fat
C. curly
2. Its ______ to meet you, Thu.
A. pleasure
B. kind
C. nice
3. He is my ______. We are in the same class.
A. character
B. classmate
C. principal
4. I ______ a letter from my friend today.
A. sent
B. took
C. received
5. The boy is a ______ student. He always gets good grades.
A. generous
B. reserved
C. humorous
6. The moon ______ around the earth.
A. rides
B. moves
C. makes
7. I find he is not communicative. Hes rather ______ in public.
A. outgoing
B. reserved
C. sociable
8. Hes tall and thin. He has ______.
A. black hair short
B. short black hair
C. hair short black
9. _______. Are you Mr. Thanh?
A. Im sorry
B. Excuse me
C. Hello
10. Would you like to go to the movie with me tonight? _______.
A. Yes, please
B. No, thanks
C. Yes, Id love to

D. sociable
D. lucky
D. neighbor
D. gave
D. hard-working
D. takes
D. humorous
D. black short hair
D. Certainly
D. Im sorry. Id love to

IV. Match the word in column A with its synonym in column B.

A
1. slim
2. reserved
3. short
4. beautiful
5. generous
6. sociable
7. annoy
8. hard-working
9. friend
10. voluntary

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

B
kind
pretty
mate
outgoing
thin
willing
small in height
shy
make angry
diligent

Answer
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
5. __________
6. __________
7. __________
8. __________
9. __________
10. __________

V. Match a word in column A with its antonym in column B.

A

Answer

1. slim
2. outgoing
3. quiet
4. rise
5. generous
6. curly
7. beautiful
8. please
9. tall
10. confident

a. shy
b. annoy
c. short
d. reserved
e. set
f. fat
g. noisy
h. selfish
i. straight
j. ugly

1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
5. __________
6. __________
7. __________
8. __________
9. __________
10. __________

VI. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. People in my country are very warm and ___________.
2. An ___________ is a child whose parents are dead.
3. L.A Hill is a ___________ writer.
4. Im ___________ sorry for the delay.
5. She looks more ___________ than her sister.
6. I am ___________ enough to have a lot of friends.
7. They enjoy the ___________ summer evenings in the countryside
8. Those cats look ___________
9. It was ___________ of him to offer to pay for us both.
10. Role-play is ___________ in developing communication skills.

(FRIEND)
(ORPHANAGE)
(HUMOR)
(EXTREME)
(BEAUTY)
(LUCK)
(PEACE)
(LOVE)
(GENEROUSITY)
(HELP)

VII. Put the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.

1. Each of us ___________ (have) a different character.

2. I would like ___________ (make) a big cake for my father.
3. The sea ___________ (cover) two-third of the world.
4. Vegetarians ___________ (not eat) meat or fish.
5. Oranges ___________ (be) rich in vitamin C.
6. When I am tired, I enjoy ___________ (listen) to music.
7. The river Amazon ___________ (flow) into the Atlantic Ocean.
8. We dont have enough money ___________ (go) by taxi.
9. Water ___________(boil) at 100 o C.
10. The sun ___________(rise) in the east.
VIII. Read the passage then choose the best answer to complete the
passage.
Last year (1) _______ on a home stay to the United States. I lived (2) _______ the Johnsons in
California. When I (3) _______ there, I went to school with my American sister, Julie. At first, speaking
English (4) _______ day was hard. I was homesick. But then I started to enjoy my home stay. English was (5)
_______. School (6) _______ fun. I liked (7) _______ with the Johnsons. During spring vacation, we went (8)
_______ a camping trip. Now I am back home with my parents. I often write (9) _______ my American family
and they write to me. Next year the Johnsons are (10) _______ to visit me.
1.
A. go
B. went
C. gone
D. will go
2.
A. for
B. at
C. with
D. by
3.
A. was
B. be
C. will be
D. were
4.
A. every
B. each
C. a
D. the
5.
A. hard
B. harder
C. more easy
D. easier
6.
A. am
B. was
C. were
D. will be
7.
A. live
B. will live
C. living
D. None is correct
8.
A. on
B. at
C. of
D. near
9.
A. to
B. for
C. with
D. by
10.
A. go
B. going
C. goes
D. gone

IX. Complete the passage with the words in the box.

according
tall

at
see

contact
wear

for
light

has
with

The police are looking (1) _______ a tall, teenager boy (2) _______ blue eyes in connection with a
robbery yesterday (3) _______ Daytons Jewelry store. (4) _______ to the witness, robber is about six feet two
inches (5) _______. Hes very thin and his skin is of very (6) _______ color. He (7) _______ dark straight hair.
He has broad shoulders and a dimple in his check. He was last seen to (8) _______ a brown jacket and black
pants. If you (9) _______ anyone fitting this description, (10) _______ the police department immediately.

X. Read the passage carefully and check True (T) or False (F).
Dear Tom!
I am very sorry I cant meet you at the airport, so Tam will meet you and take you home. As you never
meet him before, I shall describe him to you. Tam is tall and slim, He is a young man in his early twenty. He
has short dark hair and a round face. It is easy to recognize him because he will be wearing a brown T-shirt and
jeans.
I hope you will have a nice trip and I am looking forward to seeing you.
Yours truly,
Nam
Statements
True (T) False (F)
1. Nam cant meet Tom at the airport.
2. Nam will take Tom home.
3. Tam is an teenager.
4. Tams hair is short and dark.

XI. Read the passage carefully and check True (T) or False (F).
A FRIEND
Being there through the hard times to cheer you up, and put a smile on you. Taking some risks to have
such fun and to forget about the miserable problems.
Phone you when you are lying in bed sick. Sending you cards filled with get well wishes. Telling jokes,
make you laugh till your stomach hurts. No matter how distance they are from each other.
Knowing never to let anything or anyone come between them. To apologize at every mistake and to
forgive their faults. Friendship is a strong power, an unbreakable chain linked together with secrets and trust. A
good friend can always be a good teacher to us.
Statements
True (T) False (F)
1. A friend will take away smiles from you and get you in troubles.
2. A good friend cares for you when you are sick.
3. You can share secrets with a good friend.
4. A good friend can be a good teacher to you.

XII. Combine the following sentences into one sentence, using (not) + adj
+ enough.
1. He wasnt very experienced. He couldnt do the job.
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2. She cant ride a motorbike because she is too young.
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
3. The boy is too young. He doesnt understand it.
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
4. You cant put this book in your pocket because it is too big.
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
5. The weather isnt very warm. We cant go swimming.
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
6. I am very lucky because I have many good friends.

=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
7. This exercise is too difficult for me to do.
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
8. He is too young to drive a car.
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
9. The book was so interesting that I read it twice.
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
10. It is such cold water that you cant go swimming today.
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

XIII. Put the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences.
1. look / does / she / what / like?
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2. is / she / as / Mai / outgoing / not / as.
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
3. classroom / to / they / the / outside / the / prefer.
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
4. time / I / most / my / with / spend / of / Hoa
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
5. is / lucky / of / she / enough / have / a / friends / lot / to
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
6. in / sun / the / rises / east / the
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
7. a / receive / Lan / letter / yesterday / her / from / friend.
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
8. here / be / she / at / will / Christmas.
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
9. not / get / is / she / to / old / married / enough.
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
10. long / is / a / girl / she / with / nice / hair.
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

XIII. Rewrite each of the sentences so that the meaning stay the same as
the given one.
1. His hair is curly, short, and black.
=> He .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2. She is too young to ride a motorbike.
=> She isnt...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
3. What a lovely smile you have!
=> How.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
4. I received a letter from my friend Nien today.
=> My friend...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
5. What is your address?
=> Where.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
6. He is so tall that he can reach the top of the bookshelf.
=> He is tall..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
7. The test is so difficult and I cannot do it.
=> The test isnt........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
8. We have quite different characters
=> Our characters ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................
9. Ba enjoys telling jokes
=> Ba is.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
10. It takes me about an hour to watch TV every day
=> ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................