People in my country are very open and friend ……….. Some people say that the country is more suit ……… for the people who are retired.. He often says he loves living in our village becaus
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Name: ……….
I Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined
1 A country B cloud C loudly D mouse
2 A camel B cattle C paddy D buffalo
3 A populated B loaded C harvested D lived
4 A fields B flowers C lemons D parks
5 A normal B visitor C transport D chore
II Put the words in brackets into the right forms to complete the sentences.
1 People in my country are very open and (friend) ……… I like to go there when I have free time
2 Some of my (relate) ……… live in the countryside
3 Some people say that the country is more (suit) ……… for the people who are retired
4 Entertainment is difficult to find in the country, (particular) ……… in the evening
5 Natural disasters can (easy) ……… destroy a harvest and leave the farmers with little or no money until the following year
III Use the adjectives or adverbs in brackets in their correct forms of comparison to complete the sentences.
1 Minh says life in the countryside is (interesting) ……… he expected He’ll go there whenever he has free time
2 My brother is studying at a university in Ha Noi He often says he loves living in our village because people here are (friendly) ……… people in Ha Noi
3 Last week we went to Sa pa It’s (wonderful) ……… to look at the paddy fields on mountain slops than the paddy fields on the lowlands
4 My grandparents often tell us that they used to live in a (hard) ……… life than it is now
5 Living in the countryside is (peaceful) ……… and (quite) ………
living in big cities
6 The cost of living in my town is (expensive) ………
7 Living in modern flocks of flats is (convenient) ……… other places You can buy everything you want just on the ground floor
8 City children have (exciting) ……… life than the country children
9 He is a famous athletic so of course he runs (fast) ……… me
10 My grandfather says that farmers in the past worked (hard) ……… farmers nowadays
IV Fill each blank with a word/phrase in the box.
rice; countryside; herding; buffalo; busiest time; harvest time;
buffalo-drawn carts; colorful; fantastic; noisier than
1 At the ………, my brother always helps my parents load the rice onto the truck and drives it home
2 I often help my parents dry the ………in the yard in front of my house
3 Some farmers in my village still use ………to transport rice home
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5 My pen pal friend says he would like to visit my ……… at harvest time to see what farmers do
6 My friend has never ridden a ……… so he would like to try once
7 Harvest time is the ……… of the year in the countryside
8 Our garden is ……… in spring when almost flowers bloom
9 I like looking at the stars on starry nights It’s ………
10 My uncle lives in the city He says it’s ………my village
V Reading the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank.
My grandmother told me that our village (1) ……… very poor many years ago The villagers had to work hard in the fields all days but they could not earn enough for their living Their lives were very simple Many people had to (2) ………in houses made of straw and mud Nowadays my village has (3) ……… a lot People live in big brick houses In the evening, they can listen to the (4) ……… on the radio or watch TV for entertainment All people in my village try their best to make their living better They raise and resurface the roads (5) ……… the roads will not be muddy and flooded after it rains They widen the roads so cars and lorries can get to the village easily They build a medical centre so people’s health can be looked (6) ………at any time They build a new school so their (7) ………have better learning conditions They build
a bridge (8) ……… the river so villagers have a shorter way to town They also build a football ground so their children can (9) ……… sports And they grow cash crops so people can export the crops and have more money I would like to become an
agricultural engineer in the future so I can apply new technology to our farming and do more for the village (10) ……… our parents did
VII Making up sentences using the words and phrase given.
Example: countryside/ children/ play/ more/ freely/ city
In the countryside, children play more freely than in the city
1 can/ you/ speak/ more/ slowly/ so/ I / can/ understand/ you?
- ………
2 Tet/ our house/ beautifully/ decorated/ than/ during/ year/
- ………
3 homes/ city/ often/ better/ equipped/ with/ electrical appliances/ those/ countryside/
- ………
4 nowadays/ more/ villagers/ use/ motorcycles/ for/ transport/ instead/ riding/ a horse/ or/walking/
- ………
5 thanks/ TV and Internet/ people/ my/ village/ have/ more/ fun/ and/ know/ more/ life/ outside/ village/
- ………
VIII Rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meanings
1 Hung drives more carefully than his brother (carefully)
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2 The laboratory in my school is now better equipped than some years ago (badly)
Some years ago the laboratory ………
3 Nam works more lazily so he often gets worse marks than Quang (hard, good)
Quang works ………
4 Trung drivers more carefully than Minh so he has rarely had an accident (carelessly)
Minh drivers ………
5 Going by taxi is faster than going by bus but it costs more than a bus (little)
Going by a bus is slower than going by a taxi but it ……… ………
IX Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets.
1 Iceland is considered the most ……… country in the word (peace)
2 A ……… lifestyle has its advantages and disadvantages (nomad)
3 My brother has been ……… a stamp for several years
4 It is a/an ……… place to hold a picnic because it is too far from the road (convenience)
5 Drinking water in some areas may be ……… (safe)
6 During my stay in the village, I was ……… with several local farmers (friend)
7 Encouraging children to eat and drink ……… is very important (health)
8 Local people in the village often wear their ……… costumes during the festivals (tradition)
9 Please give ……… to that charity to help the homeless after the flood (generous)
10 The baby slept very ……… because the bed was really comfortable (sound)
X Choose the words/ phrases that do not go with the verb.
1 ride A a donkey B a car C a horse D an elephant
2 collect A tomatoes B entertainment C honey D.tea leaves
3 pick A blackberries B roses C wild flowers D.passengers
4 herd A cattle B cows C carts D.camels
5 put up A tents B a new fence C umbrellas D.nomadic life
XI Fill in each blank with the correct adjective from the box.
slow vast quiet peaceful nomadic inconvenient colourful safe hard brave
16 Nick looks very funny – today he is wearing a ……… shirt
17 It will be very ……… for me to have no bicycle
18 Last Sunday our class visited a ……… village near our school
19 The dentist asked me to try to be ……… because it might hurt me a little
20 People have cut down trees in a/an ……… area of forest this year
21 On the Gobi Highland we can find several ……… tribes living on raising cattle
22 The life is usually ……… and quiet in the countryside
23 Is it ……… to drink water from this river?
24 After he retired, he leads a ……… life in his home village
25 Many years ago my village was very poor and the living conditions were so ………
XII Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets.
26 There is a ……… of books on the shelf (collect)
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28 He is very ……… with his hands (skill)
29 It is said that water collected from the local stream is ……… to drink (safe)
30 We want ……… relations with all countries (friend)
31 I like to eat ………, so I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables every day (health)
XIII Complete the sentences, using the comparative form of the adverbs from the
correspondent adjectives in the brackets.
32 It usually rains ……… in Central Viet Nam than in other regions (heavy)
33 I will have to try a bit ……… than this (hard)
34 The hall was lighted ……… than the corridors (bright)
35 Times goes by ……… when we are busy (quick)
36 Our family has lived ……… in the country than in the town since last year (happy)
37 The boys were playing the game ……… than the girls (noisy)
38 This task can be completed ……… than that one (easy)
39 A tractor can plough ……… than a buffalo or a horse (good)
XIV Complete the sentences, using the comparative form of the adverbs
generous bad optimistic healthy traditional quick sound good
40 A baby can sleep ……… than an adult
41 People in the country eat ……… than people in the city
42 Our grandparents got dressed ……… than we do nowadays
43 Nick speaks English ……… than I do
44 That old lady donates ……… than her family members
45 City people seem to apply modern techniques ……… than country people
46 The scientist talked ……… about the future of young people in the country than local people
47 The paddy fields in my village were ……… affected by the floods than the next village
XV Complete the sentences with suitable forms of the adverbs given in the brackets.
48 Nick is a careful writer than Phuc (carefully)
Nick writes essays ………
49 A snail is slower than a crab (slowly)
A snail moves ………
50 My father’s explanation about the subject was clearer than my brother’s (clearly)
My father explained the subject ………
51 My cousin is a better singer than I am (well)
My cousin sings ………
52 Phong is a faster swimmer than Phuc (fast)
Phong swims………