UNIT 8- CELEBRATIONS I. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest. 1. a. celebration b. entertainment c. traditional d. preparation 2. a. special b. polite c. happy d. really 3. a. positive b. envelope c. occasion d. everyone 4. a. lucky b. banner c. begin d. lunar 5. a. sometime b. between c. apple d. color II. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. a. sugar b. comments c. festival d. spring 2. a. month b. throughout c. with d. south 3. a. special b. calendar c. decorate d. colored 4. a. members b. apples c. plums d. envelopes 5. a. much b. children c. exchange d. machine III. Give the correct form of the given words to complete the following sentences. 1. It _____ rain heavily in my country in September. OCCASION 2. The English language training is a good ______ for any career. PREPARE 3. John likes eating pho, which is one of the ______ of Vietnam. SPECIAL 4. Don’t be so _____! We’ve been waiting for only half an hour. PATIENCE 5. I forgot to renew my _____ in the sailing club. MEMBER 6. _____ , many houses have to be demolished to make ways for the roads. LUCK 7. Children get a great deal of _____ when Tet comes. EXCITE 8. The countryside looks very ______ now. COLOR 9. The tomatoes look very nice. They are ______ . RIPE 10. The inhabitants in our village enjoy good health and ______ LONG IV. Complete each of the following sentences with some- or any- + - body / - thing / -where. 1. I was too surprised to say ______ . 2. There’s ______ at the door. Can you go and see who it is? 3. Does ______ mind if I open the window? 4. You must be hurry. Would you like _______ to eat? 5. Quick, let’s go! There’s ______ coming and I don’t want _____ to see us. 6. Sally was upset about ______ and refused to talk to ______ . 7. There was _____ on the beach. It was deserted. 8. We slept in a park because we didn’t have _______ to stay. 9. “Where did you go for your holidays?” “ _____ . I stayed at home.” 10. “What did you buy?” “ _____ . I couldn’t find _____ I wanted. V. Some of the sentences are not correct. Tick (V) the right ones, and correct the wrong ones. 1. Someone who saw the accident should contact the police. 1. _______ 2. I wasn’t feeling hungry, so I didn’t want to eat anything. 2. _______ 3. MY umbrella is black and the blue once is my sister’s. 3. _______ 4. There was a thunderstorm during the night but I heard something. 4. _______ 5. Martin was in hospital for three days but everyone went to see him. 5. _______ 6. If anyone has any questions, I’ll be pleased to answer him. 6. _______ 7. Mai’s parents let her choose some sweets, and she took the small ones. 7. _______ 8. Are you thirsty, Michael? Would you like anything to drink? 8. _______ 9. I have looked all over the house but I can’t find my watch somewhere. 9. _______ 10. Hardly someone passed the exam because it was extremely difficult. 10. _____ VI. Using the words given and other words, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do not change the word given. (Use 2-4 words in total) 1. Have you made any arrangements for this weekend? anything Are ________________________________________ this weekend? 2. The police want to contact people if they saw the robber. anyone The police want to talk to _______________________ the robber. 3. How should people be punished if they start a fire? someone What should we do with ________________________ a fire? 4. If people deliberately start a fire, they should be punished. anyone I think ______________________________________ a fire should be punished. 5. Bob couldn’t hear what the teacher was saying. something The teacher __________________________________ couldn’t hear it. 6. All the people were surprised to see Tom leave the party early. everyone’s To _________________________________________ the party early. 7. Jane was sure there was no mistake in her homework. nothing Jane was sure ________________________________ with her homework. 8. Nobody plays this piece as beautifully as he does. more He plays this piece ____________________________ else. 9. I was the only person who wanted to watch the program. else There was _______________________ me was wanted to watch the program. 10. While I was driving, I realized that the car wasn’t working properly. something While I was driving, I realized that _______________ the car. VII. Complete each sentence of the following passage. 1. Teacher / Day / Vietnam / fall / twenty / November / each year ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. General / it / be / mean / schoolchildren / show / appreciation / teacher / who / painstaking / guide / in / study ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. It / a/ time / forget / bad / experience / student / have / teacher / scold / punish ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. Student / give / teacher / flower / small / gift ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. Such / gesture / be / small / comparison / teacher / dedication / hard / work ___________________________________________________________________________ 6. Small / party / hold / and / there / be / atmosphere / fun / amusement / school ___________________________________________________________________________ THE END UNIT 8- CELEBRATIONS (DA) I. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest. 1. a. celebration b. entertainment c. traditional d. preparation 2. a. special b. polite c. happy d. really 3. a. positive b. envelope c. occasion d. everyone 4. a. lucky b. banner c. begin d. lunar 5. a. sometime b. between c. apple d. color II. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. a. sugar b. comments c. festival d. spring 2. a. month b. throughout c. with d. south 3. a. special b. calendar c. decorate d. colored 4. a. members b. apples c. plums d. envelopes 5. a. much b. children c. exchange d. machine III. Give the correct form of the given words to complete the following sentences. 1. It __occasionally_ rain heavily in my country in September. OCCASION 2. The English language training is a good _preparation_ for any career. PREPARE 3. John likes eating pho, which is one of the _specialities/ specialties_ of Vietnam. SPECIAL 4. Don’t be so _impatient! We’ve been waiting for only half an hour. PATIENCE 5. I forgot to renew my _membership_ in the sailing club. MEMBER 6. _unluckily , many houses have to be demolished to make ways for the roads. LUCK 7. Children get a great deal of _excitement_ when Tet comes. EXCITE 8. The countryside looks very _colourful_ now. COLOR 9. The tomatoes look very nice. They are _ripening_ . RIPE 10. The inhabitants in our village enjoy good health and _longevity_ LONG IV. Complete each of the following sentences with some- or any- + - body / - thing / -where. 1. I was too surprised to say _anything_ . 2. There’s _somebody_ at the door. Can you go and see who it is? 3. Does _anybody_ mind if I open the window? 4. You must be hurry. Would you like _something_ to eat? 5. Quick, let’s go! There’s _somebody_ coming and I don’t want _anybody_ to see us. 6. Sally was upset about _something_ and refused to talk to _anybody_ . 7. There was _nobody _ on the beach. It was deserted. 8. We slept in a park because we didn’t have _ anywhere _ to stay. 9. “Where did you go for your holidays?” “ _No where_ . I stayed at home.” 10. “What did you buy?” “ _Nothing_ . I couldn’t find _anything_ I wanted. V. Some of the sentences are not correct. Tick (V) the right ones, and correct the wrong ones. 1. Someone who saw the accident should contact the police. 1. _anyone_ 2. I wasn’t feeling hungry, so I didn’t want to eat anything. 2. __V___ 3. My umbrella is black and the blue once is my sister’s. 3. __one__ 4. There was a thunderstorm during the night but I heard something. 4. _nothing_ 5. Martin was in hospital for three days but everyone went to see him. 5. _no one_ 6. If anyone has any questions, I’ll be pleased to answer him. 6. _them__ 7. Mai’s parents let her choose some sweets, and she took the small ones. 7. __V__ 8. Are you thirsty, Michael? Would you like anything to drink? 8. _something__ 9. I have looked all over the house but I can’t find my watch somewhere. 9. _anywhere_ 10. Hardly someone passed the exam because it was extremely difficult. 10. _anyone_ VI. Using the words given and other words, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do not change the word given. (Use 2-4 words in total) 1. Have you made any arrangements for this weekend? anything Are __you doing anything_____ this weekend? 2. The police want to contact people if they saw the robber. anyone The police want to talk to _____anyone who / that saw___ the robber. 3. How should people be punished if they start a fire? someone What should we do with __someone who / that starts__ a fire? 4. If people deliberately start a fire, they should be punished. anyone I think ___anyone who / that deliberately starts______ a fire should be punished. 5. Bob couldn’t hear what the teacher was saying. something The teacher ___was saying something, but Bob____ couldn’t hear it. 6. All the people were surprised to see Tom leave the party early. everyone’s To _____everyone’s surprise, Tom left____ the party early. 7. Jane was sure there was no mistake in her homework. nothing Jane was sure ___there was nothing wrong / nothing was wrong__ with her homework. 8. Nobody plays this piece as beautifully as he does. more He plays this piece __more beautifully than anybody__ else. 9. I was the only person who wanted to watch the program. else There was __no one else apart from / except (for) / but (for)__ me was wanted to watch the program. 10. While I was driving, I realized that the car wasn’t working properly. something While I was driving, I realized that _there was something wrong with / something was going wrong with_ the car. VII. Complete each sentence of the following passage. 1. Teacher / Day / Vietnam / fall / twenty / November / each year Teacher’s Day in Vietnam falls on the 20 th of November each year. 2. General / it / be / mean / schoolchildren / show / appreciation / teacher / who / painstaking / guide / in / study Generally (In general), it is meant for schoolchildren to show their appreciation to their teachers who have painstakingly guided them in their studies. 3. It / a/ time / forget / bad / experience / student / have / teacher / scold / punish It is a time to forget the bad experiences students may have of their teachers scolding and punishing them. 4. Student / give / teacher / flower / small / gift Ss give their teachers flowers and small gifts. 5. Such / gesture / be / small / comparison / teacher / dedication / hard / work Such gestures are small in comparison to the teacher’s dedication and hard work. 6. Small / party / hold / and / there / be / atmosphere / fun / amusement / school Small parties are held and there is an atmosphere of fun and amazement in the school.