SUNDAY 2ND NOVEMBER

VOCABULARY: BEACH HOLIDAYS

 GRMAMAR FOCUS
NEED Meaning: express a necessity
Need to + V
You need to prepare enough warm clothes when you go.
He doesn’t need to come early.
Do they need to leave quickly?

Meaning: It’s not necessary that you do it. You don’t have to do it.
NEEDN’T
Needn’t + V You can come with me if you like but you needn’t come if you don’t want to.
= Don’t/ = ….you don’t need to come
Doesn’t need
(it is not necessary for you to come/ You don’t have to come)
to + V
We’ve got plenty of time. We needn’t hurry. =…we don’t need to hurry
( it is not necessary to hurry)
CAN 1. something is allowed
In football, you can touch the ball with your head.
Can + V 2. something is possible, someone has an ability to do something
I can swim He can see the beach from his bedroom window
Can she speak English?
CANNOT Meaning: lack of ability
(CAN’T) They can’t come to the celebration.
Can’t + V I cannot play piano.

PRACTICE EXERCISES

I. Fill in can or can’t:

1. The baby is ill, so we _____________ come to the dinner tomorrow

night. Sorry.
2. I ________ speak French, but I know how to ask for someone's name and
age.
3. Look, Barry. Is that our house over there? ________ you see it?
4. Maggie, speak a little louder. We ________________ hear you at the
back of the room.
5. Where's my phone? I put it on the table and now I _____________ find
it!
6. I _________________ smell smoke. Is there a fire somewhere?
7. The new manager is Sophie. I ________________ believe that! She's
terrible.
8. I'm busy on Saturday, Nickie, but we _______________ go running the
next day if you want.

II. Fill in need or needn’t:

1. You ___________ go to the shop. I've already bought the milk.
2. If you want to pass all your exams, you ___________ to make a good study plan.
3. Clare and Simon ___________ bring their car. There's plenty of room for them in ours.
4. You ___________ pay now. You can pay me next week.
5. She ___________ go to church if she doesn't want to. It's not obligatory.
6. If there's anything you ___________ , let me know.
7. Families ___________ to spend more time talking, instead of just watching the TV.
8. Remember you ___________ to take a torch and a tin-opener when you go camping.

III. Complete the sentences using needn’t + one of these verbs:

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IV. Complete the sentences with must, mustn’t or needn’t:

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PRACTICE TEST
I. Choose the word that the underline parts pronounced differently from the others
1. A. new B. sew C. few D. knew
2. A. plays B. looks C. wants D. helps
3. A. decided B. preferred C. listened D. enjoyed
4. A. much B. drug C. buffalo D. future
5. A. horrible B. hour C. hundred D. hold
II. Choose the word that is different from the rest in each group by circling A, B, C or D
1. A.ill B. sick C.sad D. unwell
2. A. doctor B. nurse C. dentist D. teacher
3. A. tablet B. chocolate C. medicine D. pill
4. A. virus B.flu C. headache D. stomachache
5. A. coughing B. sneezing C. disease D. runny nose

III. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence
1. I bought this dress at the _________on Hang Bai street.
A. clothes’store B. store of closes C. clothes store D. closing store
1. Isn’t it easy to learn English well?
A. No, it is B. No, it does not C. Yes, it is D. Yes. it does
2. There are two churches in the town and__________of them are extremely old.
A. each B. all C. both D. most
3. When they_________ children, they often played with together.
A. was B. will C. are D. were
4. Mr. Nam_________ to work yesterday.
A. wasn’t drive B. not drive C. didn’t drove D. didn’t drive
5. The news on TV last night____________ very good.
A. was B. has C. were D. be
6. Lan did not know the world. Hoa didn’t, ___________.
A. so B. neither C. either D. too
8. My sister will be 16 ________ Sunday ___________.
 A. on - May 25th B. on - May 25 C. in - 25th May D. in - May 25
9. If he eats all that food, he eats _____________.
A. quite much B. too many C. quite many D. too much
10. Mr. Robinson speaks Vietnamese very___________.
A. skillfully B. good C. fluently D. best
IV. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital

1. The noise of the city kept Hoa __________________________ WAKE

2. When she was a young, Mrs Nhung wanted to be an ____________ ACT

3. All children should play outdoors and develop their__________skills. SOCIETY

4. There are four _______________________ in that pop music. MUSIC

5. There is a _____________________ that he’ll come tomorrow. POSSIBLE

6. I took the medicine and the headache ____________________. APPEAR

7. There are about two hundred _________________in this company. EMPLOY

8. I received an _______________________ to lunch from him. INVITE

9. Words in a dictionary are in _________________________ order. ALPHABET

10. This lovely apartment has two bedrooms and it is ______________ FURNISH

V. Provide the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. You ( go )____________ out last night? – Yes. I ( go )__________________ to the cinema but I ( not
enjoy )________________the movie very much.
2. It often ( take)__________ me twenty minutes to go to school. How long it ( take)____________ you , Linh?
3. My sister ( go )________ to the Youth club every weekend. She enjoys ( play )_________ sports very much.
4. Be quiet! I ( want )___________ to hear the news.
5. My father ( play )_________ roller- skating when he ( be)_________ a child.
VI. Fill in each gap with a suitable PREPOSITION.
1) I’m reading a book ___________ this history of China.
2) The shirt looked beautiful. I tried it____________but it didn’t fit.
3) It is far___________your house to the school.
4) Is Tokyo the biggest city___________the world.
5) John’s worried ____________his final exam.
6) Are you interested__________ Maths.
7) What’s HCM city famous_____________?
8) Her sister is working____________ a computer company.
9) Can I talk __________ you for a moment?
10)My aunt sliced the beef _________thin strips.
VII. Read the passage and choose the best option by circling A, B, C or D
James has two jobs. (1)………….Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday he works in a (2)……….where he
helps to look after children who (3)………..ill. He goes to the hospital (4)………bus. He starts (5)………at ten
o’clock and works until quarter (6)……….five. He (7)………at home on Thursday and Friday, he writes stories.
In (8)……… evening, one of his roommates cooks the meal. After dinner, they (9)…………at the newspapers to
see what’s on TV or they (10)…………about the day.
 1. A. At B. In C. On D. Up
2. A. school B. hospital C. office D. factory
3. A. am B. is C. are D. be
4. A. in B. on C. under D. by
5. A. job B. day C. hand D. work
6. A. to B. at C. by D. about
7. A. work B. works C. working D. to work
8. A. a B. an C. O D. the
9. A. see B. watch C. look D. meet
10. A. sing B. talk C. hear D. listen
VIII. Each of the following sentence has one mistake.

1 . From at nine in the morning until four in the afternoon Mr. Tuan works in the fields with his father.

2.There is fewer work in the evening than there is in the morning.

3.My dad always has a three-weeks vacation.

4.What is Hoa unhappy? - Because She misses her family very much.

5.The doctor says you should spend a little time to play video games .

6.The public library in the city has thousand of good books.

7.What does the new student like ? -oh, she is tall and beautiful.

8.Ba is in the class 7A and he enjoys the school very much

9.My father always has a lot of houseworks to do

10.There is a ten-floors building in front of my house

IX. Complete the second in such a way that it is almost the same as the first
1. It took Mr. Hoang half an hour to walk to work to yesterday.
Mr. Hoang spent____________________________________
2. What is the price of this purse ?
How much__________________________________?
3. You shouldn’t eat too much meat.
You’d _______________________________________
4. Lan is the youngest of the three sisters.
Lan has______________________________________
5. Our house is older than any other house in the living centre.
Our house______________________________________
6. Lan didn’t go to school yesterday because of her sickness.
Because Lan__________________________________
7. There are eight hundred stamps in Hoa’s collection.
Hoa’s collection____________________________________
8. How heavy is the chicken ?
What _________________________________________?
9. Shall we go to the zoo?.
Let's ______________________________________!
10. Listening to music is more interesting than watching TV.
I prefer______________________________________
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