I. Fill in the gap with one word from the box.

I’ve just been back from my vacation in Hanoi, Vietnam. In this trip, I had a chance to visit some (1) villages that produce the finest craft works exported over the world.
The very first place I (2) foot on was Van Phuc silk village, the cradle of best silk in Vietnam once. I totally fall in love with many colourful clothes, hats, bags, tie... made of authentic silk. Then, I moved on to Bat Trang ceramic village, the most famous and (3) pottery village in Vietnam with a nearly 1,000 years old historic development. Here, I visited a small family factory to see how the (4) form, paint and glaze with unique products and have a chance to practice my talent with wet clay and a mould. Afternoon, I continued to visit Dong Ho folk painting village, (5) the traditional woodblock paintings are preserved. I was completely impressed by the folk paintings made by the local (6) artisans with natural materials and colors. Each painting is (7) handmade on paper of the Dzo tree and is coloured with other natural materials and its glittery surface is finished with oyster shell dust.
I took home a lot of handmade (8) which were later given to my family and friends.

Read the paragraph and choose the most suitable answer A ,B ,C or D for each of the gaps.

I started (1)_______ English when I was 14 years old after five years of studying Russian. In the (2)_______ I encountered some difficulties learning the language, but I tried my (3)_______ to overcome them. Firstly, my English pronunciation was (4)_______ by the way I spoke Russian. To solve this problem, I practiced by listening to tapes in English every day. I played the tape, stopped after each sentence, and (5)_______ the sentence several times. At school, I joined an English speaking club (6)_______ was organised by a teacher from Britain. She understood my difficulty and helped me very much in improving my pronunciation. Secondly, I found it really hard to learn English vocabulary. In Russian, the way you write the word is the way you pronounce it. However, English spelling is often (7)_______ from its pronunciation. To get over this difficulty I started using the dictionary. Whenever I learnt a new word, I looked it (8) _______ carefully in the dictionary. Then I tried to remember the way to read and write the word. After that, I wrote the word down several (9)_______ in a notebook. Gradually, I got (10)_______ to the spelling system of the language. Now I’m confident that my English has become much better.

Question 1

A. getting

B.learning

C.writing

D.reading

III. Use the correct form of these words to complete each sentence.

1. It was difficult to understand the__________ dialect (LOCATE)

2. Scientists are seeking the best ways to deal with the__________ impact of pollution (ENVIRONMENT)

3. It's __________ in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day. (TRADITION)

4. Peter has a lot of woolen__________to wear in winter. (SCARF)

5. The hand-woven textiles were made by skilled local__________. (ART)

6. I have discovered the__________ differences between the two communities. (CULTURE)

7. We need new__________ to sell in the market. (PRODUCE)

8. I can't see the__________ of sitting on a beach all day. (ATTRACT)

9. Her novels are full of __________ characters. (FORGET)

10. There is a wide __________ of patterns to choose from. (VARIOUS)

11. The money was collected for a __________ purpose. (SPECIFICATION)

12. Her hobbies are music, reading and __________. (CRAFT)

13. Try and smile. You don't want to give people the wrong__________. (IMPRESS)

14. The building is of __________ importance. (HISTORY)

15. When did your grandparents set up this__________. (WORK)

II. Use the correct form of these words to complete each sentence.

5. The hand-woven textiles were made by skilled local ............. . (ART)

6. I have discovered the .............. differences between the two communities. (CULTURE)

7. We need new .............. to sell in the market. (PRODUCE)

8. I can't see the .................. of sitting on a beach all day. (ATTRACT)

9. Her novels are full of ................ characters. (FORGET)

10. There is a wild ................ of patterns to choose from. (VARIOUS)

11. The money was collected for a .................. purpose. (SPECIFICATION)

12. Her hobbies are music, reading and ............... . (CRAFT)

13. Try and smile. You don't want to give people the wrong ............... . (IMPRESS)

14. The building is of .............. importance. (HISTORY)

III. Pronunciation.

1. A. poterry B. local C. control S. so

2. A. pot B. forget C. control D. produce

3. A. Artisan B. establish C. attraction D. handicraft

4. A. Artisan B. establish C. impress D. specific

5. A. Statue B. culture C. attraction D. control

6. A. environment B. environmental C. entertainment D. document

VII. Complete the following sentences with correct form of given words.

1. Visiting making Dong Ho painting village is my ............. experience. (memory)

2. The weather was terrible, so we had a very ............... holiday. (please)

3. All the .......... here are my aunts, uncles, and cousins. (artisan)

6. Dong Ho village is an interesting and ............... place for tourists to visit. (enjoy)

5. These lanterns are ............... made with hands. (skill)

7. Sydney is a Metropolitan and .............. city, so we have a great variety of things and foods from different countries. (culture)

10. We spent a lot of time wandering around and looking at the .............. temples here. (historic)

14. In winter is is important for farmers to provide food and .............. for there animals. (warm)

15. I don't want to bother you by causing you any unnecessary. (convenience)

16. No one knew what had happened to the film star. Her sudden ............... remains a mystery. (appear)

17. The banks in this city are very effecient and give a speedy ................ (serve)

18. Don't make mistakes in your next ............... (write)

19. I have little .............. of going broad this year. (expect)

20. Below Sa Pa are ............ rice erraces in the endless valley. (picture)

BÀI TẬP MẠO TỪ - ARTICLE EXERCISES

I/ ARTICLES: A, AN, THE OR Ø(nothing).

Exercise 1. Put "an", "a", "the" or Ø (nothing):

1. My birthday is _____ Sunday afternoon.

2. It doesn't often snow here at _____ Christmas. We haven't had _____ White Christmas for many years.

3. We came here in _____ summer of _____ 1969.

4. _____ Thanks giving is in _____ November. The Church of England dates from _____ year 1534. I like driving at ____ night. The roads are quite. Oh, I don't like driving in ____ park. I'd rather travel during___ day.

5. Are you doing anything at _____ weekend? + I don't think so. Well, come over on _____ Sunday.

6. __ meals we had weren't very good. We had___ breakfast in the hotel and that wasn't too bad. We usually went out for _____ lunch because _____ lunch they served in the hotel was always the same _____ dinner we had in our first evening was pretty a few, so we tried a few restaurants. On our last evening we had _____ marvelous dinner in a Chinese restaurant, but that was an exception.

7. Rita plays _____ violin and her sister plays _____ guitar.

8. On our trip to _____ Spain, we crossed _____ Atlantic Ocean.

9. David attended _____ Princeton University.

10. _____ Florida State University is smaller than _____ University of Florida

11. _____ chair that you are sitting in is broken.

12. _____ Civil War was fought in _____ United States between 1861 and 1865.

13. _____ big books on _____ table are for my history class.

Exercise 2. Write a or an in the space:

Exercise 3. Put in a, an or some or leave a space:

1. Have you got _____ camera? 2. Would you like to be _____ actor.

3. Bill's got _____ big feet. 4. Do you collect _____ stamps?

5. Tom always gives Ann _____ flowers on her birthday.

6. Those are _____ really nice trousers. Where did you get them?

7. What _____ beautiful garden! 8. What _____ lovely children!

9. _____ birds, for example the penguin, cannot fly.

10. Jack has got _____ very long legs, so he's _____ fast runner.

11. You need _____ visa to visit _____ foreign countries, but not all of them .

12. I'm going shopping. I'm going to get _____ new clothes.

13. Jane is _____ teacher. Her parents were _____ teachers too.

14. When we reached the city centre, _____ shops were still open but most of them were already closed.

15. Do you enjoy going to _____ concerts? 16. When I was _____ child, I used to be very shy.

Exercise 4. Put suitable articles into blanks:

1. John is _____ teacher. He's teaching in _____ school in London.

Every morning, he gets up at 7 o'clock, has _____ breakfast and _____ cup of _____ coffee. Then he goes to work by bus. He has _____ lunch at _____ restaurant (near _____ school). In the afternoon he works until 5 or 5.30 and then goes _____ home. He doesn't work on _____ Saturday or Sunday. He goes to _____ cinema or theatre. John has _____ sister in Oxford and _____ brother in _____ London.

2. There are millions of stars in _____ space. 3. I'm going away at _____ end of this month.

4. The sun is _____ star. 5. What did you have for _____ breakfast?

6. Have you got _____ car? 7. How much are those potatoes? 1.20 _____ kilo.

8. Can you think _____ rich should pay more taxes to help _____ poor?

Exercise 5. Put suitable articles into blanks:

1. He is _____ honest person. 2. My father went out to _____ sea when he was 14.

3. When do you hope to go to _____ university? 4. There's a strike at _____ hospital.

5. He is_____ one-eyed man. 6. There's _____ onion left in the fridge.

7. This is_____ useful method of learning English. 8. I've got _____ uncle.

9. Your shoes are under_____ bed. 10. There's a splendid view of_____ Lake Geneva from his hotel.

Exercise 7. Put suitable articles into blanks if necessary:

1. After _____ lunch, we went for _____ wall by _____ sea. 2. Don't sit on _______ ground. It's wet.

3. On _______ Sunday my father stay in _______ bed till ten o'clock reading _______ Sunday paper.

4. He's got _____ job in ______ South and spent ______ next two years doing ______ work he really enjoyed.

5. My mother goes to _____ church in _____ morning and in ______ afternoon goes to visit _______ friends.

6. ____ post man's little boy says that he'd rather be _____ dentist than _____ doctor because _____ dentists don't get called out at ______ night.

7. This morning I bought _____ newspaper and _____ magazine _____ newspaper is in my bag, but I don't know where ______ magazine is.

8. My parents have ____ cat and____ dog.____ dog never bites ____ cat, but____ cat often scratched____ dog.

9. We live in ___ old house in ___ middle of town. There is ___ garden behind ___ house.___ roof of ___ house is in bad condition.

Exercise 8. Which is correct or more likely, a/an or one? If both a/an and one arepossible, write them both:

1. It weights over _______ hundred kilos.

2. I only asked for _______ pizza - I didn't want three of them.

3. I wouldn't allow _______ child of mine to be treated in that way.

4. It only took us _______ week to drive to Greece.

5. I've always wanted to own _______ silver - coloured car.

6. _______ sandwich isn't enough. I usually eat four or five

7. Policies differ from _______ state to another.

8. Less than three quarters of _______ hour later, she was home.

9. All of the competitors completed the race, with just _______ exception.

10. She left home late ______ morning and hasn't been seen since.

11. The best way to learn______ musical instrument is to find ______ enthusiastic teacher.

12. Somewhere in the distance, ______ bell rang.

Complete each of the following sentences using the correct form of a phrasalverb from the box.

1. They offered her a trip to Europe but she ___________it ___________ .

2. He has _________ the report and found nothing interesting.

3. Phong walks too fast and it’s really hard to ________ him.

4. These traditional stories have been ___________ from parents to children overmany generations.

5. My sister is an early bird. She________ at 7 o’clock every day of the week.

6. We’ll ___________ for Tay Ho village at 9 o’clock and arrive at 10 o’clock.

7. When I was a student, I ____________small allowances from my parents.

8. The government must now _________ the preservation of traditional craftvillages.

9. The banks have ___________ a lot of branches in villages over the last few years.

10. Many foreign tourists decided to ___________Viet Nam for another holiday.

rút gọn mđqh

1.The man who is standing there is a clown.
2. The envelop which lies on the table has no stamp on it.
3. Benzene, which was discovered by Faraday, became the starting point in the manufacture of many dyes, perfumes and explosives.
4. My grandmother, who is old and sick, never goes out of the house.
5. The student don't know how to do exercise which were given by the teacher yesterday.
6. The diagrams which were made by young Faraday were sent to Sir Humphry Davy at the end of 1812.
7. The gentleman who lives next door to me is a well-known orator.
8. All the astronauts who are orbiting the earth in space capsules are weightless.
9. All students don't hand in their papers will fail in the exam.
10. I saw many houses that were destroyed by the storm.
11. The street which leads to the school is very wide.
12. The system which is used here is very successful.
13. John, who teaches my son, is my neighbor.
14. Trains which leave from this station take an hour to get to London.
15. The candidates who are sitting for the exam are all from Vietnam.
16. We are driving on the road which was built in 1980.
17. Customers who complain about the service should see the manager.
18. The city which was destroyed during the war has now been rebuilt.
19. My brother, who met you yesterday, works for a big firm.
20. The vegetable which are sold in this shop are grown without chemicals.

II. Complete each sentence with a word/phrase from the box. There is one extra word/phrase.

Paintings / pottery / drum / silk / lacquerware / conical hats / baskets

1. These product are called__________because they are decoratively covered with lacquer.

2. These__________are made of thin bamboo strips that are woven together.

3. To play this__________you should use your hands, not sticks.

4. This vase is a beautiful piece of__________It’s made from clay dug from our river banks.

5. Lots of Vietnamese girls like wearing__________and Ao Dai.

6. When I go somewhere on holiday, I usually buy__________as souvenirs because I love works of art.

III. Use the correct form of these words to complete each sentence.

1. It was difficult to understand the__________ dialect (LOCATE)

2. Scientists are seeking the best ways to deal with the__________ impact of pollution (ENVIRONMENT)

3. It's __________ in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day. (TRADITION)

4. Peter has a lot of woolen__________to wear in winter. (SCARF)

5. The hand-woven textiles were made by skilled local__________. (ART)

6. I have discovered the__________ differences between the two communities. (CULTURE)

7. We need new__________ to sell in the market. (PRODUCE)

8. I can't see the__________ of sitting on a beach all day. (ATTRACT)

9. Her novels are full of __________ characters. (FORGET)

10. There is a wide __________ of patterns to choose from. (VARIOUS)

11. The money was collected for a __________ purpose. (SPECIFICATION)

12. Her hobbies are music, reading and __________. (CRAFT)

13. Try and smile. You don't want to give people the wrong__________. (IMPRESS)

14. The building is of __________ importance. (HISTORY)

15. When did your grandparents set up this__________. (WORK)