UNIT 1.

MY FRIENDS
(Ban be cua toi)
1. to seem

(v)

Co ve; dng nh

2. to receive

(v)

Nhan

3. next-door

(adj)

Ngay ben canh, ke ben

(nha,van phong)

4. smile

(n)

Nu ci

-> to smile (at sb/ sth)

Mm ci (vi ai /cai g)

5. enough

(adv)

u, kha

6. blond

(adj)

(toc) vang hoe

7. slim

(adj)

Manh mai; thon

8. straight

(adj)

Thang

9. dark

(adj)

(mau sac) tham; sam

10. fair

(adj)

(da) trang; (toc) vang hoe

11. brown

(adj)

Mau nau

12. bald

(adj)

Hoi; trui

13. lucky

(adj)

May man

14. character

(n)

Tnh cach; ca tnh

15. sociable

(adj)

De gan gui; de hoa ong

16. orphanage

(n)

Trai mo coi

-> orphan

(n)

Tre mo coi

17. generous

(adj)

Rong lng; rong rai; hao

phong

18. extremely

(adv)

Rat; cc ky

19. volunteer

(adj)

Tnh nguyen

-> volunteer

(n)

Ngi tnh nguyen

20. hard-working

(adj)

Lam viec nang no va can

than

21. grade

(n)

Hang; loai; iem

22. reserved

(adj)

Kn ao; de dat

23. outgoing

(adj)

Than thien va vui ve = sociable

24. joke

(n)

Chuyen ua; li noi ua

-> tell a joke

Noi ua

25. humor

(n)

Tnh hai hc; khoi hai

-> humorous

(adj)

Co tnh hai hc; khoi hai

26. to annoy

(v)

Lam kho chu; lam bc mnh

27. shy

(adj)

Nhut nhat; rut re

28. appearance

(n)

Be ngoai; dien mao

29. to rise (-rose-risen)

(v)

Moc (mat tri; mat trang)

# to set

Lan

30. planet

(n)

Hanh tinh

31. earth (the earth)

(n)

Trai at

I- in i t nhn x-ng (I, you, he, she, it, they, we) vo ch trng cho
ph hp:
1- This is Nga.____________ is my classmate.
2- Thiss my father and thats my mother . __________ are doctors.

3- My cat is here. ____________is very nice.

4- These are my books . _____________ are on the table.
5- Thats my father. _____________ is forty one years old.
6- Thu and Lan are students. ____________ are in class 6D.
7- How old are _____________ ? - Im twelve.
8- Im Hoa and this is Tuan. ____________ are students.
9- What are these? - _____________ are desks.
10- Good morning,children. How are you ? - ___________ are fine,thanks.
11- This is my teacher. _____________ is Hoa.
12- Are you and Nam students? - Yes, _____________ are
II- in cc tnh t s hu thch hp ( my/ your / his / her / our /
their) vo ch trng:
1- Whats ___________name? - She is Hoa.
2- He is a student. _____________name is Tung.
3- They are engineers. _____________names are Tom and John.
4- Are those your books?
Yes,they are _____________ books.
5- Im a teacher. ______________ name is Loan.
6- This is my teacher. These are _____________pens.
7- Is that ____________ruler?
- No,That isnt my ruler.
8- What are your names? - _____________ names are Nam and Hoa.
9- Im Lan and this is Hoa. Mrs Huong is ______________ teacher.
10- These are Hung and Tuan. _____________ schools name is Nguyen Du.
III- Hy vit hnh thc so snh hn v nht ca cc tnh t sau:
ADJ
Hn
Nht
ADJ
Hn

Nht

1- cheap

cheaper

The cheapest

7- long

........................

........................

2- fast

........................

........................

8- small

........................

........................

3- big

........................

........................

9- happy

........................

........................

4- short

........................

........................

10- old

........................

........................

5- good

........................

........................

11- hard

........................

........................

6- noisy

........................

........................

12- young

........................

........................

IV- Cho t tri ngha ca cc t sau :

1- black

..........................

11- noisy

........................

2- heavy

..........................

12- young

........................

3- strong

..........................

13- near

.........................

4- expensive

..........................

14- front

.........................

5- fat

..........................

15- busy

.........................

6- long

..........................

16- cold

..........................

7- big

..........................

17- left

..........................

8- late

..........................

18- full

..........................

9- wide

..........................

19- easy

..........................

10- good

..........................

20- tall

..........................

V - Dng so snh hn vit nhng cu sau:

Ex: Hue / small / Hanoi
-> Hue is smaller than Hanoi.
1- My school / big / your school.
.........................................................................................................................................
2- Lan / young / Hoa.
-> ....................................................................................................................................
3- My father / old / my mother.
.......................................................................................................................................
4- This ruler / long / that ruler.
.......................................................................................................................................
5- This room / large / my room.
.......................................................................................................................................
6- The boys / strong / the girls.
.......................................................................................................................................
7- My house / tall / your house.
.......................................................................................................................................
8- Nam / short / his sister.
.......................................................................................................................................
IV- Cho dng so snh ng ca tnh t trong ngoc:
1- Rivers are (big). than lakes.
2- The Mekong river is (long).. than the Red river.
3- Everest is the (high). mountain in the world.
4- Hoa is the (short) girl in our class.
5- My mother is (old) .than my teacher.
6- The Amazon River is the (deep) river in the world
7- The Summer is the (hot). season in a year.
8- Nga and Lan are (short).. than Minh.
9- My mother is (young) than my father.
10- Ha Noi is (small).than Ho Chi Minh city.
11- This boy is (tall)..than that boy.
12- A dictionary is (thick).. than a notebook.
13- The Great Wall is the (long) .structure in the world
14-Buildings are (high).. than houses.
15- Lan is the (happy). student in my class.
16- Our parents are the (good).. people.
17- This girl is the (thin) in her class.
18- The winter is the (cold). season in a year.

V- Vit li cc cu sau sao cho ngha khng i:

1- Lan is taller than Hoa.

-> Hoa is ..

2- I am bigger than my sister. -> My sister is .....

3- Jane cooks better than me. -> I cook...
4- My mom is younger than my dad. -> My dad is .
5- Nam is thinner than Minh.

-> Minh is

6- My father is heavier than me. -> I am ...

7- That tree is higher than this tree. -> This tree is .
8- My shirt is older than your shirt. -> Your shirt is ..
VI- Make questions for the underlined words ( t cu hi cho phn gch chn)
1- This is a waste basket .
- What ..............................................................?
2- My new friend is from Canada
- Where ...................................................................?
3- I get up at 6.30 everyday.
- What ..................................................................?
4- The weather is cold in London now .
- What ......................................................................?
5- I spell my name : H-U-N-G .
- How ....................................................................?
6- My school is small .
- How ......................................................................?
7- This house is 15 meters high.
- How ..................................................................................?
8- Her school has twenty classrooms .
- How many ................................................................................?
9- Nga is 1.45 meter tall .
- How ............................................................................................?
10- Lan is in class 7C .
- which ............................................................................?
11- They are traveling to work by bus
- How ................................................................?
12- The bakery is in front of my school
- What .................................................?
13- Mr Hung works in the city .
- Where ......................................................................?
14- My father drives to work everyday .
- How .................................................................?
15- I walk to school everyday .
- How ........................................................?
16- Mrs Thuy teaches us English .
- Who .............................................................................?
17- They often play games in their free time .
- What ................................................?
18 - My brother is living in Hanoi now .
- Where ........................................................................................................?
19- He is 45 years old.
- How ..............................................................................?

20- Its half past ten .

- What ....................................................................?
21 We go to Nguyen Du school .
- Which ..........................................................................?
22- These pens are red .
- What ...............................................................?
23- The big house is Mrs Liens
- Whose ....................................................................?
24- He goes to Ha noi three times a year.
- How ....................................................?
25- I want some meat and some rice .
-What ..............................................................................?
26- She needs a dozen eggs .
- How .............................................................................?
27- He likes cold weather .
- What ..........................................................................?
28- An ice cream is 3.000 dong .
- How ............................................................................?
29- Her favorite food is fried rice .
- What .................................................................................?
30- No, I dont like lemon juice .
- Do ....................................................................?
31- They would like three bottles of cooking oil.
- How many ..........................................?
32- Im living with my parents now .
- Who .................................................................?
33- She speaks French .
- Which .............................................................................?
34- You can go to the bakery to buy some bread .
- Where....................................................................................................................?
35- My hat is green .
- What .....................................................................................?
36- Nga lives on Leloi street .
- Where ................................................................?
37- I like English and Math.
- What .....................................................................................?
38- She often goes to school by bike.
- How....................................................................................................?
39- She likes badminton.
- What...................................................................................................?
40- She is going to visit Hue on the weekend.
- What...................................................................................................?
41- She is going to stay in Hue for two weeks.
- How .........................................................................................................?
42- When its hot, I often go swimming.
- What.........................................................................................................?
43- This is Yoko.
- Who. ....................................................................................................?
44- She is from Japan.
- Where........................................................................................................?
45- She speaks Japanese.
- Which........................................................................................................?

46- She is Japanese.

- What.........................................................................................................?
47- She likes warm weather in Viet Nam. -> What.
VII- PUT THE VERBS IN CORRECT FORM (T-ng lai/ hin ti/ qu kh)
1- Nam often(have) .breakfast at home, but last Sunday he (have) it at a store
2- My parents (be) at work this morning.
3- What your father (do) last night ?
....
- He (listen) .to music
4- My parents (visit) HaLong Bay next week.
5- My parents (be).. at work tomorrow.They (not be).. at home.
6- What he (do) in his free time ?
...?
- He often (play)....sports.
7- Hoa and her brother (work) in the garden yesterday.
8- Nam often (have) breakfast at home, but his father (not have)...
9- What you (do) tonight? .
- I (watch) TV.
10- They (visit). their friends next Sunday.
11- Hoa (get)up late yesterday, so she (go).to school late.
12- I (not have).. math today, I (have) .English and history.
13- My students (be) lazy last year, now they (be) harder.
14- You (do) your homework everyday? ..
15- She often ( take). her son to the theater.
16- Mr and Mrs Ba (take) .some fotos a few days ago.
17- I (invite) .. her to my party last night.
Exercises
Week: 1

Unit 1: My friends

Exercise 1: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

1. I don't think I (go) ______ out tonight. I'm tired.
2. The moon (move) ______ around the earth.
3. Lan (be) ______ very happy when she (receive) ______ a letter from her uncle this morning.
4. Where (you / spend) ____________ your summer holiday last year, Nam?
5. The sun always (rise) ______ in the East. Look, it (rise) ______!
6. She often (have) ______ bread and milk for breakfast.
7. He (take) ______ his children to school every day, except Saturday.
8. They often (stay) ______ up very late but yesterday evening they (go) ______ to bed early.
9. She (send) ______ a letter to her parents last week.
10. The girl (write) ______ to us four times last month.
Exercise 2: Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence, using (not)
adjective + enough + to-infinitive.
1. My sister is old. She can drive a car. ______________________________________
2. The ladder wasn't very long. It didn't reach the ceiling. _______________________
3. The fire isn't very hot. It won't boil a kettle. ________________________________
4. He is strong. He can carry that suitcase. ___________________________________
5. Lan isn't strong. She can't swim across the river. ____________________________
6. She is beautiful and intelligent. She can become Miss World. __________________
7. Mr Roberts isn't rich. He can't buy a house. ________________________________
8. The worker is very clever. He can make nice things from wood. ________________
9. Our team is very good. We win the football matches very often. ________________
10. The radio isn't small. It can't be put in your pocket. __________________________

Exercise 3: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

Sumachai is my pen pal. He (be) ___(1)___ 14 years old. He (live) ___(2)___ in a small house with his
family in Bangkok, Thai land. Yesterday I (receive) ___(3)___ his letter, he said, "I usually (have) ___(4)___
boiled rice for breakfast, and chicken with fried rice or a bowl of noodles for lunch. In the evening, I (eat)
___(5)___ the food my mother (cook) ___(6)___ . Her food (be) ___(7)___ the best in the world." Last week, I
(write) ___(8)___ a letter to him. I (introduce) ___(9)___ myself and (send) ___(10)___ him a photograph of
my family.
Exercise 4: Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
1. He is not ______ get married.
A. enough old to
B. enough old for
C. old enough to
D. old enough for
2. I find Peter is not sociable. He's rather ______ in public.
A. kind B. reserved
C. communicative
D. humorous
3. That boy has short ______ hair.
A. curly
B. oval
C. tall
D. reserved
4. That film star is tall and ______.
A. short
B. long
C. slim
D. straight
5. A home for children whose parents are dead is a(n) ______.
A. resort
B. hotel
C. orphanage D. motel
6. Generosity is part of the Vietnamese ______.
A. straightness B. orphanage C. joke
D. character
7. He likes telling jokes. He has a good sense of ______.
A. volunteer
B. character C. pleasure
D. humor
8. The boy is a ______ student. He always gets good grades.
A. kind
B. generous
C. hard-working
D. reserved
9. Everyone loves him because of his good ______.
A. person
B. character
C. member
D. public
10. John ______ a letter from his aunt yesterday.
A. gave
B. wrote
C. received
D. posted
11. My sister's hair is not ______ .
A. sociable
B. curly
C. slim
D. fat
12. It's a ______ to meet you, Lan.
A. pleasure
B. nice
C. kind
D. pity
13. He's tall and thin. He has ______.
A. black hair short
B. short black hair
C. hair short black
D. black short hair
14. Are your sisters good enough ______ ______ all these poems?
A. to understand
B. understand C. understands D. understood
15. He is my ______. We are in the same class.
A. neighbor
B. principal
C. character
D. classmate
16. A lot of young people have volunteered ______ sociable activities.
A. in
B. at
C. for
D. about
17. My father ______ me a new bike two days ago.
A. took
B. had
C. bought
D. brought
18. I can only see him ______ Saturday evenings.
A. at
B. on
C. for
D. in
19. My sister is studying hard ______ her exam next Wednesday.
A. in
B. at
C. for
D. to
20. The Amazon River ______ into the Atlantic Ocean.
A. flow
B. flows
C. flowed
D. is flowing

Exercise 5: Read the following passage carefully, then write True (T) or False (F) for each
statement.
I am lucky enough to have a lot of friends. However, each of us has a different character. Nam is sociable;
he is also very kind and generous. Ba and Thanh are quite reserved in public. Both of them enjoy school work
and sports. Ba is very good at football and he is a member of the school team. Thanh likes swimming and
reading books in the school library. I am not as outgoing as Nam, but I enjoy telling jokes when we have free
time. My friends usually enjoy my sense of humor. Although we have different characters, all of us are very
close friends.
1. My friends and I have different characters.
___
2. Nam likes helping other people.
___
3. Thanh is very sociable.
___
4. Thanh likes reading books in the school library.
___
5. Ba plays for the school football team.
___
6. I am more sociable than the others.
___
Exercise 6: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the
following passage.
Daisy is fifteen years old. She is a pretty girl ___(1)___ long black hair. She ___(2)___ to school every
day and usually goes ___(3)___ with her friends ___(4)___ Saturday afternoons. She likes ___(5)___ to pop
music. She lives with ___(6)___ parents in ___(7)___ large apartment. She has a lot ___(8)___ interesting
pictures and books. She enjoys ___(9)___ at her pictures and reading books ___(10)___ her free time.
1. A. at
B. with
C. for
D. in
2. A. goes
B. arrives
C. reaches
D. is
3. A. in
B. of
C. out
D. at
4. A. at
B. in
C. on
D. of
5. A. listen
B. listening
C. listened
D. listens
6. A. she
B. hers
C. herself
D. her
7. A. a
B. an
C.
D. the
8. A. off
B. of
C. on
D. in
9. A. look
B. looks
C. to look
D. looking
10. A. in
B. at
C. on
D. for
Exercises
Week: 2

Unit 1: My friends

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions from the box. You can use some
prepositions more than once.
in

on

to

of

at

with

Mai is fourteen years old. She is a pretty girl ___(1)___ long black hair. She goes ___(2)___ school five
days a week and usually goes swimming ___(3)___ some friends ___(4)___ Saturday mornings. She lives
___(5)___ a large house ___(6)___ her parents, her younger brother ___(7)___ 34 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street.
Mai has a lot ___(8)___ friends. ___(9)___ all her friends, Lan and Lien are the ones she spends most of her
time ___(10)___. They listen ___(11)___ music and play sports ___(12)___ their free time.
Exercise 2: Combine the following sentences, using "enough" combined with the words given in
the box.
qualifications
old

time
clean

money
clearly

chair
well

room
experienced

1. Is this river ______ to swim in?

2. Oh, don't sit on the floor. We'll have ______ for everyone.
3. We can't go to the cinema with you because we don't have ______ to buy tickets.
4. She isn't ______ to stay at home alone.
5. I don't think she has ______ for the job.
6. Hurry up! We haven't ______ to get the airport.
7. At fourteen, she wasn't ______ to become a famous writer.
8. The tourist didn't speak ______ for us to understand.
9. She plays ______ for a beginner.
10. It's only a small car so there isn't ______ for all of us.

Exercise 3: Arrange the adjectives into the correct column.

big
curly
slim
short
blond
tall
fair
long
old
handsome
fat
well-built
thin
good-looking
thick
pretty
green
black
gray
small
Build

Eyes

wavy
young
straight
blue
attractive

Hair

Appearance

Exercise 4: Change the following sentences into exclamatory sentences, using "What + (a/an) +
adjective + noun!".
Example: The room is very dirty.

What a dirty room!

1. The weather is awful.
______________________________________
2. The girl is very beautiful.
______________________________________
3. The dresses are very lovely. ______________________________________
4. The milk is very sour.
______________________________________
5. The story is very interesting. ______________________________________
6. The water is very hot.
______________________________________
7. The boys are naughty.
______________________________________
8. The girl is very lovely.
______________________________________
9. The car is very expensive.
______________________________________
10. The meeting was very long. ______________________________________

Exercise 5: Complete the following dialogue, using the words from the box.
about

fair

tall

help

color

like

wearing

for

old

black

Nam: Can you ___(1)___ me, please?

I'm looking ___(2)___ my old school friend. Her name's Linda.
Policeman: What does she look ___(3)___?
Nam: She has got ___(4)___ hair. And she's ___(5)___ a white shirt.
Policeman: What ___(6)___ are her trousers?
Nam: They're ___(7)___.
Policeman: Oh, Is she ___(8)___?
Nam: She's ___(9)___ 1m 50cm.
Policeman: How ___(10)___ is she?
Nam: He's about 23 years old.

Exercise 9: Supply the correct word form.

1. Nam is very ______, kind and generous. (sociable)
2. My uncle often spends his free time doing volunteer work at a local _____. (orphan)
3. What ______ day! (love)
4. She has short ______ hair. (curl)
5. Can you give me some ______ about the trains to London, please? (inform)
6. She is ______ kind to me. (extreme)
7. ______, the barber cut my hair too short. (luck)
8. Each of my friends has a ______ character. (differ)
Exercise 11: Read the passage and answer the questions.
Brian, Alice, Tina and Cindy are at the same school. Brian is good-looking. He is pretty tall, with dark
brown hair. He is 14. Alice is very tall, and she has long black hair. She is 15; she is very slim and looks like a
fashion model.
Tina is 15, too. She has black hair - shoulder-length and very curly. She always wears glasses. Cindy is
14. She's very beautiful. She is of medium height. Her hair is long and blond. She often wears a black sweater
and tennis shoes. She also likes wearing T-shirt and jeans.
1. What color is Brian's hair?
2. How tall is Brian?
3. How old is Alice?
4. Why does Alice look like a fashion model?
5. How long is Tina's hair?
6. Is Tina's hair straight?
7. How tall is Cindy?
8. What clothes does Cindy like wearing?