UNIT THREE: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND I/ PHONETICS: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. A B C D 1. father education background career 2. private shy hard rare 3. brilliant tragic hatred mature 4. death year receive teacher 5. clerk education went met 6. awarded academic address another 7. celebrate crazy behave charity 8. heart ease seat heat 9. pen ever secondary stew 10. halt that sad bad II/ WORD FORM 1. A (science) ……………… career is not only a duty, it is also an opportunity. 2. One of factors which leads to her success is working (science) …………………. 3. She loved to be a (science) ……………… when she was young. 4. It’s (possible) ………………… for me to go home for lunch because I have a lot of word to do. 5. Her father (die) ………………… was the shock to the whole company. 6. She must have thought carefully to come to a (determine) ……………………. 7. “ Easing human (suffer)………………………….”was Marie Curie’s real joy. 8. She has talked to her sleeves as a way to reach extra along with her (human) …………. wish of enabling others have great results. 9. Peter’s brother died (tragic)……………………… after coming back from London. 10. Services include educational and therapeutic programs, (human) …………. shelter and adoption services. III/WORD MEANING MATCHING: A B 1. Brilliant 2. interrupt 3. joy 4. tragic 5. obtain 6. receive 7. tour 8. chance 9. training 10. ambitious a. having a strong desire for success or achievement b. get c. come into possession of chance opportunity d. activity leading to skilled behavior e. very sad f. great happiness g. opportunity h. make a break in i. an extended journey j. smart/ excellence IV/ GRAMMAR: a/ Put the verbs in brackets in the present simple, the present progressive, past simple or the past perfect 1. He (be)………… ill for a long time before he (die)………… in 1984. 2. You (be) ……………… free today? I (be) ……………. Sorry. I (have) ……………… to do homework. 3. They (make)………a lot of preparations by the time the Games (start)…………… 4. When I (come) ………………. Here last month, I (realize) ………… that my home town (change) …. a lot. 5. John (already, ask)……… for ice-cream five times by the time his parents (leave)……… the house. 6. He (come) ……………… today? 7. When I (be) ……………… a child, I (can) ………………… do many things with my e 8. When we (come)………………to the circus, the show (already, begin)……………. 9. I (not, know) ……………… that they were amateurs before you (mention)……….it. 10. I (not, recognize) ………………… her two minutes ago because she (change) … a lot. 11. That man (lose)……………the case, and he (have)……………to borrow Tom’s Pyjamas. 12. It often (be) ………………. Hot on the summer. 13. He (refuse)………….to go till he (see)………….all the pictures. 14. Look! The man (run) ………………………after the truck. 15. Before we (walk)……………ten miles he (complain)…………… of sore feet. 16. It (snow) ……………… in winter. Now, it (snow) ………………… 17. By the time we (arrive)…………………… at the hall, the lecturer (make) ……………….half of his speech. 18. Before he (move)……… to London last week, Peter (live)……… in Paris for more than ten years. 19. The boy ( want) …………………to live here. 20. After having the dinner, he (go) …………… to the concert with his friends. 21. You (meet)…… him yesterday? 22. He (report) ………………………… to us that he (be) ………………… in London when he (be) young. 23. Two days ago, he (become)…………………my director. 24. Pasteur (die)……………………… in 1895. 25. How you (feel) …………………….now, Tom? I (think) …………………that my health (be) ………………………better now, sir. 26. Mary (talk)………………….to me last night. She (ask) ………………… me to lend her some money. 27. I (do) …………… an exercise on the present tenses at this moment and I (think) …………that I (know) ……………… how to use it now. 28. Daisy (cook) ……………… some food at the present. She always (cook) ……………… in the morning. 29. I (not, go)………………….to the movie last night. I (stay)…………….home. 30. A: Where (be)……………….you yesterday? B: I (be) …………………… in HCM city. b/ WH_questions . Make questions for these underlined parts 1. ………………………………………………………………………………? I was born in a small village in Toronto. 2. ………………………………………………………………………………… ? I usually listen to pop music when I have free time. 3. …………………………………………………………………………… ? I have just come back to complete my thesis. 4. ………………………………………………………………………… ? My younger sister likes English and Maths best. 5. ……………………………………………………………………………? They bought two hats at that shop. 6. …………………………………………………………………… ? My boys play tennis twice a week here. 7. …………………………………………………………………………….? We can sing and play guitar at the same time. 8. …………………………………………………………………………………? I was reading novel when she came to my house . another 7. celebrate crazy behave charity 8. heart ease seat heat 9. pen ever secondary stew 10. halt that sad bad II/ WORD FORM 1. A (science) ……………… career is not only a duty, it is also. have great results. 9. Peter’s brother died (tragic)……………………… after coming back from London. 10. Services include educational and therapeutic programs, (human) …………. shelter and adoption services Brilliant 2. interrupt 3. joy 4. tragic 5. obtain 6. receive 7. tour 8. chance 9. training 10. ambitious a. having a strong desire for success or achievement b. get c. come into possession