Practice SVIP

Decide whether the statement is an advantage (A) or a disadvantage (D) of the nomadic life.

1. A nomad constantly changes locations, switching from one place to another.

2. It is hard to maintain a relationship.

3. This constant process of change is a great learning experience, and when you learn, you become smarter.

4. Nomads don't take life very seriously, and they think about life very optimistically.

5. You can learn to ride a horse from an early age, and travel everywhere by horse or camel.

6. Nomads think and adjust fast.

7. The basic understanding for nomads is that “everything is temporary and nothing is yours.

8. Being a nomad, you never really have a feeling of a real home.

Answer the questions. Answers will vary.

A: What do you like about the nomadic life?

B: Well, ________________________________

Answer the questions. Answers will vary.

A: And what don't you like about it?

B: _____________________________

Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence.

'I could not fully ____________ on the game due to my disturbed mental status,' he said.

Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence.

I was deeply _________ and depressed by the news.

Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence.

We sat three rows behind a woman with a blonde, _________ hairdo ringing a bell.

Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence.

Some neighbours have a __________ relation as if they were relatives of each other.

Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence.

After a time living in one place, nomads move to another one. They never _________.

Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence.

When my family goes camping, the most interesting thing is to ________ the tent.

Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence.

Farmers who are working on ________ look very happy with shinning smiles on summer days.

Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence.

__________ is often the hardest but the most important time for people living in the countryside.

Using the adjectives in the box to complete the sentences below.

1. It is wonderful to lie and watch the movement of clouds in the clear and blue sky.

2. In the countryside, people can see the fields stretching to the horizon.

3. It is very to live in remote and mountainous areas because of lacking labour-saving devices.

4. The atmosphere in my village is very with birds singing beautifully in the mornings. People live in harmony and help each other.

5. Some ethnic minorities have a life. They have to move to get food and find new land to cultivate.

Read the text and choose the suitable words with the correct blank spaces.

I live in a village. My parents often tell me about their life in the past. It's not much like the village I can see nowadays.

Some villagers now live in brick houses instead of earthen ones. Our houses are better equipped electric fans and TVs. Thanks to the TV, we now know more about outside our village. We don't use oil lamps more. We have electric lights which are much brighter. More villagers are using motorcycles for transport instead of a horse or walking. We – village children – no longer have to walk a long way and cross a stream to get school, which is dangerous in the rainy season. Now there's a new school nearby. We also have more from the city. They come to experience our way of life.

Complete the conversation with the sentences from the box.

Thao: Thao speaking.

Tom:

Thao: Hi Tom! It's very exciting here. I'm having a wonderful time.

Tom:

Thao: Lots of interesting things. Yesterday we went swimming in the river.

Tom:

Thao: My cousins and their friends. We played and swam for 2 hours.

Tom:

Complete the conversation with the sentences from the box.

Thao: Yeah. Then we rode a buffalo cart to home. Fantastic.

Tom:

Thao: Tomorrow afternoon we're going to fly kites together. It's even more exciting, I think.

Tom: Sure.

Thao: Yes. I made friends with many local boys. They're very friendly.

Tom:

Thao: There are lots of open fields nearby. They're great places to fly a kite.

Tom:

Thao: Well, I wish you were here Tom.