Unit 4: Our Past
(Vocabulary Exercises)
WORD CHART
EXERCISE 1: Complete the sentence with the correct form of the word in parentheses. (Hoàn thành mỗi câu với hình thức thích hợp của từ trong ngoặc.)
Example: The pilot managed to land the plane safely . (safe)
1. I don’t think it is _______ to go sailing in this stormy weather. (vvisdom)
2. Her words had a _______ effect on him. (magic)
3. He was very ____________ about driving the íĩrst car of his own. (excite)
4. I don’t like people who are _____________to animals. (cruelty)
5. ‘Banh chang’ is a ________ Vietnamese cake which is often eaten at New Year. (tradition)
6. The _______sawed the girl into two halves. (magic)
7. It was__________for the campers that the rain stopped. (fortune)
8. My heart was thumping with _________when I heard the good news. (excite)
9. Grandmothers __________ tell fairy stories to their grandchildren before bedtime. (tradition)
10.The teacher wanted to say a few words of ___________to his students before the examination. (wise)
11.I got stuck in tho traffic, but _________I arrived at the airport in time to catch the plane. (fortune)
12.I want to help you, but __________there’s nothing I can do. (fortune)
EXERCISE 2: Complete each blank space in the passage with a word or phrase in the box. You can use each word or phrase only once. (Hoàn thành mỗi khoảng trống trong đoạn văn sau bằng một từ hoặc nhóm từ trong ngoặc. Các em dùng mỗi từ hoặc nhóm từ chỉ một lần.)
| quickly | from | pair | ||
| At last | only | never | happy |
The Happy Shoes
Many years ago there lived a king who was very rich and (1) powerful , but he always felt ill and unhappy. One day his doctor said to him, “There is (2)________ one thing that will make you well and (3) ________ . You must wear the shoes of a man who is (4)________unhappy.”
The king asked hundreds of men if they were always happy. They all said they were sometimes happy and sometimes not. (5) _________ he asked a poor fisherman who said he was happy every day (6) __________morning till night. “Give me your shoes (7) __________ the king said.
The fisherman laughed. “I am sorry,” he said. ‘I’ve never had a (8) __________ of shoes in my life.”
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