Pronounciation
1. Listen and repeat the following words and phrases.
| spaceship toothbrush English practice blow presence | colourful clothing risky bloom Brau people stamp collecting |
2. Listen to the sentences and underline the words with /sk/, /sp/, /st/, /br/, /pr/, /bl/, and /cl/ in the following sentences. Then read the sentences aloud.
1. I used to climb trees when I was small.
2. How can we improve our speaking skills?
3. How annoying, the stadium has closed!
4. I want to buy a blue skirt for my mother.
5. 'On a dark day, I saw a witch riding a broom in the sky...'
Vocabulary
3. Organise these words and phrases into pairs of opposites and put them in the blanks.
| peaceful traditional noisy country life | hard easy city life minority | boring love majority remember | forget modern hate exciting |
4. Put a verb in the correct form in each gap to complete the sentences.
1. Duong doesn’t __________ playing football. He enjoys __________ to music or __________ museums more.
2. Don’t __________ to lock the door before you go to bed, Quan.
3. Children in this village love __________ kites on summer afternoons.
4. My sister doesn’t __________ cooking, but she hates __________ the washing up after meals.
5. The Hmong boys like __________ the game 'danh quay' in spring.
5. Complete the sentences with the correct comparative form of adverbs from the adjectives in brackets.
1. On Saturday night we may stay up __________ than usual. (late)
2. In his free time, Linh enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles __________ than anything else. (much)
3. We speak English __________ now than last year. (fluent)
4. You should buy the blue sweater. It suits you __________ than the red one. (good)
5. Ethnic people in the mountainous regions live __________ than people in the city. (simple)
6. Everyone in the race ran fast, but John ran __________ than all the others. (fast)
7. If you write __________ you will make fewer mistakes. (careful)
6. Fill each blank with an article (a, an, or the) to complete the passage.
If you are tired of your busy and noisy city life, at the weekend you can go to (1) __________ green and peaceful place with friendly people in the Mekong region. Most of Viet Nam’s rice is grown here. You will have (2) ___________ opportunity to enjoy the beauty of typical Southern Vietnamese countryside and (3) __________ view of immense rice paddies, coconut plantations and beautiful rivers. (4) __________ Mekong Delta is also famous for its fascinating floating markets and fruit orchards where you can taste delicious local fruits especially (5) __________ dragon fruit. It will be (6) __________ special treat for you!
7. Match the sentences in A with those in B. Then practise with a friend.
A ____________________
1. Small children in my village often climb that hill and swim in this river.
2. Is it true that there are busy floating markets on the rivers in the Mekong region?
3. I'm sure you will love this new cartoon.
4. Flying kites is very exciting, but we can never do this in the city.
5. My dad enjoys doing DIY. He made this dining table set.
B ____________________
a. Yes, it's right up my street.
b. How interesting!
c. No, we can't.
d. That's awesome!
e. Exactly.
