Ex26: Fill in each blank with the correct word: more, fewer or less:

1. I think we don’t have many public holidays. We ought to have ...........

2. The weather in winter is worse than that in summer. People get .......... colds in summer than in winter.

3. We are lucky. We work ........... hours than any workers.

4. The new law limits smoking in public. There are ............. places where people can smoke.

5. This factory has .......... workers than that one, so it needs more.

6. .............. fruits are now in season in the south. There are plenty of fruits now.

7. Lan has .......... homework than Hoa, so Hoa has to work harder than Lan.

8. Farmers have ............ time off than workers. Farmers work harder than workers.

9. Class 7A has 42 students, and class 7B has only 38 students. Class 7A has ........... students than class 7B.

10. There are ........... cars in the streets at this time. The traffic is so heavy.

Task 2: Read the passage carefully then do the task below.

December 22^nd,
Dear Tim,
Thanks for your letter. I am very grad to hear that you are fine. I am fine, too. It is really intersting to know about vacations of American students. You are right. We have fewer vacations tahn American students. Each year, we just have about four vacations. We have a day off for Independent Day on September 2^nd, two days off on April 30^th and May day. Our most important vacation is Tet. Tet holiday often lasts for nine or ten days. Our longest vacation is summer vacations for Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas but we celebrate them. Please write and tell me your last summer vacation.
Your friend,
Hoa

*True (T) or false (F)

1. Vietnamese students have more vacations than American students.
2. Vietnamese students have four vacations in a year.
3. Independent Day is the longest vacation in Vietnam.
4. Summer vacation is the most important vacation.

Answer the questions

1. Who writes this letter?
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2. When is Independent Day in Vietnam?
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3. Do Vietnamese students have a day off on Easter?
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4. How long does the Tet holiday last?
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Dear Tim,

Thanks for your letter. I am very glad to hear that you are fine. I am fine, too. It’s really interesting to know about vacations of America students.

You are right. We have fewer vacations than American students. Each year, we just have about four vacations. We have a day off for Independent Day on September 2nd, two days off on April 30th and May Day. Our most important vacations is Tet. Tet holiday often lasts for nine or ten days. Our longest vacation is summer vacation. It lasts for almost three months. We usually spend time with our families. We don’t have vacations for Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas, but we also celebrate them.

Please write and tell me your last summer vacation.

Your friend,

Hoa.

1. Do Vietnamese students have more or fewer vacations than American students?

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2. How many vacations do Vietnamese students have? What are they?

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3. Which vacation is the longest?

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4. Which vacation is the most important?

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5. How long does Tet holiday last?

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6. What does Hoa do during her vacations?

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7. Do Vietnamese students have Christmas vacation?

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many people think that students have(1)______ easy life because they only works a few hours a day and have long vacations . In fact, students have to(2)__________ hard atschool and(3)_______ home. they have five (4)_______ a day, six days a week. That is about 20 hours a week-(5)_______hours than any worker. But they have about 12 hours of homework every day. And a students has to riview his or her work before tests . This makes their working week about 45 hours.

1A. a B.an C. the

2 A. to work B. working C. work

3. A. at B. in C. on

4. A. hour B. class C. periods

5A. less B. more C. many

cho các từ fewer....than, less .........than

1/ the farmers spend...money .......the engineers.

2/ the workers have...........days off ........the teachers

3/ my father drinks.........coffee .....my mother.

4/ I have ............friends............my sister.

5/ there is.........tea in cup ...........in your cuo.

6/ my uncle works ...........hours ............my aunt.

7/ there are ..............buses in the countryside ............in the city

8/ there is.............water is a like ............in the river

9/ Chinese students have ..........vacations ...............Janpanese students.

10/ i have ..............books in English ............my classmates

Farmers have no ( really / real / reality ) vacations
When there is (few / less / more ) work, her father often goes to the movies.
In the future, ( animals / machines / people ) will do all the work for people
The buffalo live in the ( cage / shed / coop)
The hends and cocks live in the (shed / coop / cage)
We have a ( three – months / three – month / three month) summer vacations.
Farmers have fewer ( days / time / date ) off than workers.
Their family often goes to the seaside ( in /at /on) vacations.
Students have to ( do / review / learn ) their work before tests.
Hoa will see her parents ( on / at / in )their farm.
She likes (helps / help / helping ) her parents with the farm work.
Farmers have to work (hard / hardly / harder ) all day long.
Hoa’s friend is interested ( on / in / for ) writing letter.
These students are very keen ( in / at / on) sports
The mechanic repairs ( things / machines / funiture ) in a factory.

I)Sắp xếp câu bị xáo trộn:
1)That/you/the/,/want/is/post/letter/to/Mai?
->
2)Is/sister/staying/my/at/hostel/school/the.
->
II)Viết câu tương đương:
1)How old is your sister?
->What
2)There are fewer eggs in this bowl than in that one.
->That bowl
3)Spring has more flowers.
->There are
4)Would you like to play games?
->Will you
III)Điền vào chỗ trống với một từ phù hợp:
1) Farming is a hard......Farmers have to work......early morning until late in the.....They do many....in the field.They.....rice and many types of vegetables. They also.....the animals; collect...., clean the buffalo.....and chicken coop. They have fewer days......than other people.
2) At school, students study many......In Literature, they learn about........and authors. In......, they learn about numbers and calculations. In History,......study important....................in Viet Nam and around the.......Geography helps them know........different countries and their people. They also study many things such as foreign language, sports, and.........It's very interesting. They.............all of them.

I . Complete the sentences with " more , less " or " fewer " 1. Hanoi has poulation than H ai Phong 2. The countryside has ............... jobs than a big city 3. .............. students will move here to study in this new school 4. Big cities suffer ............... pollution than the countryside 5. In the future , there will be ............... clean water for people 6. I have ............ pocket money than my brother 7 . He eats ................ vegetable and fruit than his wife 8. The doctor advised the kid to eat ............. sweets to be healthy 9. There are .............. cars in this town than in my city 10 . Mr. Smith does ............... exercise than he should

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

The Internet has truly transformed how students do their homework. (1)______ homework today still means spending time in the library, it’s for a different reason. Rather than using books for research, students today are (2)______ to the Internet to download enormous amounts of data available online.

In the past, students were limited to their school’s (3)______ of books. In many cases, they got to the school library and found out that someone had already taken the books they needed. Nowadays, such inconvenience can be avoided since the Internet never runs out of information. Students, however, do have to

(4)______ sure that the information they find online is true. Teachers have also benefited from the homework which is done on the Internet. They do not need to carry students’ papers around with them any more. This is because online (5)______ allow students to electronically upload their homework for their teachers to read and mark. Of course, this also means that students can no longer use the excuse that the dog ate their homework!

Điền vào số 5

A. materials

B. systems

C. structures

D. sources