The children in my home village used to go _____, even in winter.. Write true sentences about the practice of the following things in the past, using used to and didn't use to.. Men used
Trang 21 Choose the best answer A, B, or Cto complete the sentences.
1 The children in my home village used to go _, even in winter Now they all have shoes
A on foot B bare-footed C playing around
2 There is usually a _ gap between the old and the
young, especially when the world is changing so fast
A generation B value C age
3 Every nation has respect for their long-preserved _
A behaviours B practices C traditions
4 In Viet Nam, _ often refers to age and social position, not to wealth
A seniority B tradition C generation
5 Giving lucky money to the young and the old at Tet is a
common _ in many Asian countries
A behavior B practice C tradition
Trang 32a Match the verbs in A with their definitions in B.
1 act out a bring together
2 preserve b perform
3 collect c bring enjoyment
4 entertain d no longer exist
5 die out e keep alive 2b Use the verbs in A in their correct forms to complete the sentences.
1 Small children like listening to and stories
2 Hand-writing a letter is a pastime that is beginning to
I'm already beginning to miss it
3 Should we try to every custom or tradition
which is in danger of dying out?
4 He's data for his book Values in the Past.
5 She often her children by telling them
stories and acting them out
acting out
die out
preserve collecting
entertains
Trang 43 Write true sentences about the practice of the following
things in the past, using used to and didn't use to.
1 men/bread winner of the family
2 women/go to work
3 people/travel/on holiday
4 families/be/nuclear
5 people/make banh chung at Tet/themselves
6 children/play outdoor games
→ ………
→ ………
→ ………
→ ………
→ ………
→ ………
Men used to be the bread winner of the family.
Women didn’t use to go to work.
People didn’t use to travel on holiday.
Families didn’t use to be nuclear.
People used to make banh chung at Tet themselves.
Children used to play outdoor games.
Trang 54 Read these situations and write wishes you want to make for them.
1 Your village does not have access to clean piped water
→ I wish
2 Your school is on the other side of a river, and you have to cross the river by boat twice a day to school
→ I wish
3 There is no organisation for social activities for teenagers
in your town
→ I wish
4 You are interested in basketball but you are not tall enough for the sport
→ I wish
5 In your area, there are only two seasons: dry and wet You love autumn and spring
→ I wish …………
………
………
………
there were four seasons in my area.
I wish we had spring and autumn in my area.
my village had access to clean piped water.
there were a bridge over the river, so we did not have to cross the river by boat twice a day to school.
there were an organisation for social activities … in my town.
I were tall enough to play basketball.
Trang 61 I wish………
2 I wish………
3 I wish………
4 I wish………
it would stop raining
the wind weren’t blowing so hard
the sun were shining
I were sitting in a warm house
Trang 76 Rearrange the sentences to make a meaningful conversation.
1 Mai, are you going to the Tet flower market with us
this afternoon?
2 We used to But this year my mother wants to bring
back some traditions
3 Interesting! I'll come
4 I'm sorry I can't I'm making candied fruits
5 Wow That's time-consuming and it requires alot of
patience My family buys it
6 Certainly! And we can learn how to make banh chung
too My father will teach us
7 She said that if we didn't do it, our customs and
traditions would die out
8 Oh, I see Can I join you?
9 Why?
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