Grade 7 unit 9

UNIT 9: FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD

ENGLISH PRACTICE 2
A. VOCABULARY
I: Choose the best word or phrase that best complete each sentence below
1. His…………..always makes people laugh.
a. quiet b. sense of humor c. Christmas presents d. smiles
2. The way of life in this country is…………….to that in my country.
a. similar b. the same c. like d. as
3. You have to make ………………..children do not play with matches.
a. ensure b. surely c. sure d. ensuring
4. The prince immediately……………….the girl.
a. fall in love with b. fell in love with c. fall into love at d. fell into love at
5. Different language………………learn words in different ways.
a. learners b. learner c. people d. person
6. My little brother……………..pictures very much.
a. enjoy to draw b. enjoy drawing c. enjoys to draw d. enjoys drawing
7. Some people in the neighborhood are not happy…………………the changes
a. with b. about c. at d. of
8. TV………………...information and entertainment.
a. brings b. takes c. gives d. makes
9. His feet hurt so he has to walk to school…………………….
a. on crutch b. on crutches c. on foot d. on feet
10. ……………….natural resources? Is it difficult?
a. what about to save b. what about saving c. how about save d. how about to save
B. GRAMMAR AND STUCTURE
II Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct:
1. After the clothes……………we can wear them to Ann’s birthday party.
a. washing b. wash c. to wash d. are washed
2. A new university without a library……………in USA.
a. recently b. opened recently c. recently has opened d. has recently opened
3. Do you know the place…………………..I can have a meal with my friends?
a. where b. which c. what d. when
4. On Christmas Eve, people often………..a tree.
a. are decorated b. were decorated c. decorating d. decorate
5. I…………to your place tomorrow. Hope to meet you there.
a. would come b. will come c. am coming d. was coming
6. The can overturned and everyone………………..into the deep river
a. fall b. fell c. felt d. feel
7 The games were………………..important that they stopped fighting for a time.
a. so b. too c. very d. such
8. This is an emergency. Please ……………………an ambulance to Cua Viet beach
a. to sending b. sending c. to send d. send
9. Of the all members in my family, my grandpa is…………………..
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a. oldest b. the oldest c. most old d. the most old

10. How long……………..here? - Since 1980.
a. do you live b. did you live c. have you live d. have you lived
11. We are having a plan to help them by ……………..them do things.
a. encouraged b. encourage c. to encourage d. encouraging
III: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct from:
1. Most of the Earth’s surface (cover)……is coverred ……..…………..by water.
2. The first festival (hold)…………held……….….nearly eight hundred years ago.
3. There’s some behind us. I think we (follow)………………………..
4. My mother (not visit)……hasn’t visited ……….us since he (move)……moved ……..……..to the new town.
5. This bike (use)……has used ………………….for more than six years.
6. Nowadays, many historical places (destroy)…destroy ……….………….seriously.
7. It (get)……gets ………………hotter and hotter in June
8. Last moth when we (visit)…visited……….him, he (do)…did……..…an experiment on the upstairs
9. Tet holiday in Viet Nam (celebrate) …celebrates……………………around January and February
10. The Eiffel Tower is in Paris. It (visit)…is visited……………………..by millions of people every year.
C, PHONETIC
IV: In three of the four words, the underlined part is pronounced the same; in the fourth word
the underlined part is pronounced differently. Find the fourth word.
1. a. held b. flew c. mend d. tent
2. a. quiet b. industry c. relative d. participant
3. a. nothing b. clothes c. hold d. told
4. a. bear b. ear c. tear d. hear
5. a. lot b. floor c. box d. dog
6. a. small b. law c. tall d. plane
7. a. float b. noun c. about d. out
8. a. arrive b. abroad c. around d. armchair
9. a. snowy b. cold c. prison d. Chicago
10. a. great b. hate c. heat d. afraid
V: In three of these words the first syllable is stressed. In the fourth the second syllable is
stressed. Find the word in which the second syllable is stressed.
1. a. person b. enough c. picture d. people
2. a. Japan b. Australia c. Britain d. Canada
3. a. surprise b. wonderful c. ticket d. evening
4. a. busy b. fortunate c. include d. follow
6. a. depart b. medical c. husband d. business
6. a. volcano b. gallery c. seafood d. windy
7. a. sunny b. facility c. humid d. minus
8. a. weather b. lava c. middle d. delicious
VI/ Write the correct preposition to fill in the blank.
1. Could I help you _______with _______ your bag?
2. Na got up late this morning because her alarm clock didn’t go _off __________ .
3. I’m looking forward ____to________ seeing you in June.
4. In the competition, everyone fell ____into__________ the deep and dangerous water.
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5. Ha Long Bay is recognized _____by________ UNESCO as a World Heritage Site

6. They have a meeting ___between________ 6.30 and 9.30.
7. My mother often picks me ____up_______ from the school.
8. I’m going to invite my friends to come over ___for________ dinner tonight.
9. Next summer, my family will have a vacation ___in_______ Thailand and stay there __for______ one
week.
VII/ Write the correct form of word to fill in the blank
1. We have two postal ___________________ a day. (DELIVER)
2. He left the room without ___________________ . (EXPLAIN)
3. Playing tennis is one of his favorite ___activitive___________ . (ACT)
4. We started our trip on a beautiful ___sunny___________ morning. (SUN)
5. They left the house in a _____frightening_____________ mess. (FRIGHT)
6. He said “ Good morning” in a most ____friendly__________ way. (FRIEND)
7. There is no easy ____solution__________ to this problem. (SOLVE)
8. He always drives more _carefully_______________ at night. (CARE)
9. Does this ___arrangement____________ suit you? (ARRANGE)
10. He is a very ______skilly___________ carpenter. (SKILL)
VIII/Underline the incorrect word and correct it as example
Example: 0. I haven’t saw you for two month 0/ seen

Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested summer 1/ interesting____

holiday. He traveled, with him classmates, to a mountainous area 2/ his___________
in Hoa Binh province. They gone there to help make a road 3/ went ___________
through a forest among two villages. “ It was very difficult 4/ __between______
because there had no water to drink and no shops where we 5/ ___was________
could bought food,”said Nam. “ It was very cold and wet 6/ _buy__________
in the mountains. It is one of the wetter places in the country.” 7/ _wettest___
Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard work, 8/ _for__________
But he says it was the best thing he has ever did. He is hoping 9/ __done_________
to return next year to do any more work there 10/ ___some_______
IX/ Write the suitable word to fill in the blank
Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) __________________ how to fly or play the piano. There
(2) ____are_____________ important differences, but there is a very important similarity. It is this: learning
how to do such things needs lots (3) __of_________ practice. It is never simply to “know” something. You
must be able to “do” things with what (4) _you__________ know. For example, it is not enough simply to
read a book on (5) ______________ to fly an aeroplane. A (6) _book__________ can give you lots of
information about how to fly, but if only read a book and then try to (7) ___ fly__________ without a great
deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8) ___yourself_________ . The same is true of (9) ______________
the piano. So you think it is enough simply to read about it? Can you play the piano without having lots
of (10) _________________ first?
X/ Rewrite the sentence without changing the meaning
1. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
- It’s important to keep the environment clean…………..
2. They will show the time machine to the public when they finish it.
- The time machine will be shown to the public when they finish it………………..
3. He was delighted to receive his aunt’s letter.
- He was delighted that ………………..
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4. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.

- People recycle old car tires to make shoes and sandals………………………………..
5. I’m very sad that I wasn’t accepted in that group.
- I’m very sad not ………………………….
6. It’s three years since I last spoke to her.
- I haven’t spoken to her for three years …………………………
7. Tam doesn’t type as fast as she used to.
- Tam used ……………………………………..
8. “ Please turn down the radio for me”, said my father.
- My father asked me to turn down the radio for him………………………………
9. Lan will be fifteen next week.
- It is Lan’s fifteenth birthday next week ……………………………………………………………………………..
10. How long is it since you used the pen?
- When did you use the pen……………….?
11. Jane can swim further than I can
I can’t swim as far as Jane
12. My sister can’t cook as well as my mother does
My mother can cook better than my sister
13. I don’t play tennis as well as my brother does
My brother plays tennis better than me
14. Apples are usually cheaper than oranges
Apples are not as expensive as oranges
15. Cats can’t swim as well as dogs can
Dogs can swim better than cats
16. The dress is cheaper than the skirt
The dress is not as expensive as the skirt
17. Peter is the tallest boy in his class
No one is taller than Peter in his class
18. Nobody in the class is cleverer than Sally
Sally is the cleverest in her class
19. Have you got a cheaper carpet than this?
Is this the cheapest carpet you have got ?
20. They understand more than we do
We don’t understand as much as they do
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21. Tom is the best football player in this team

Nobody is better football player than Tom in this team
22. Nothing is faster than the speed of light
The speed of light is the fastest
23. His mother is taller than his father
His father is not as tall as his mother
XI/ Rearrange the word to make the meaningful sentence
1. stamps / a child / Minh / since / collected / was / has / he.
- …Minh has collected stamps since he was a child………….
2. tomorrow / can / not / we / somewhere / I / so / working / go / am.
- …I am not working tomorrow so we can go somewhere………..
3. back / in / months / England / going / two / are / to / they.
- …They are going back to England in two months ……..
4. information / entertainment / also / is / TV / only / but / not / bringing .
- …. TV is not only entertainment but also bringing information

5. struggle / on / always / nature / home / life / at / is / the farm / with / a.

- …………