PRACTICE 4 I. Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition of time. 1) My plane was supposed to leave ………7.07 pm, but it didn’t take off ……… 8.30. 2) I moved here ……….the fall. 3) Our children always stay home ……….night. 4) Last year I was a junior in high school ……… present, I am a senior in high school. 5) Please wait for me outside the school ……….the class. 6) I was born ………October 31, 1989. II. Make questions for the underlined words or phrases. 1) ……………………………………………………………. It only takes me 15 minutes to walk to school. 2) …………………………………………………………… My village is to the North of the city. 3) …………………………………………………………… I goes to school by bicycle. 4) …………………………………………………………… It’s about 2 kilometers from my house to school. 5) …………………………………………………………… They fish and plant vegetables for a living. 6) …………………………………………………………… No, there isn’t. (there isn’t a park in my village.) III. Make meaningful sentences from the sets of words and phrases provided. 1) I / want / get / fresh / air / so / went / garden. 2) Father / too poor / so / he / not go to school. 3) Lan / get up late / so / she / missed / first bus / city center. 4) She / wish / she be / millionaire. 5) I wish / I / draw well. 6) I wish / you / be / careful / . / I wish / you / not break things. IV. Choose the best answer 1) When I was at school, I ……….in the evening. (used to study / study / studied / studying) 2) At the age of 16, he …………as a carpenter. (works / has worked / worked / is working) 3) They haven’t kept in touch with each other ……….(for 2 years / since 2 years / 2 years ago) 4) We are very proud ………our school. (in / about / of / at) 5) He arrived …… Thailand …… Saturday evening. (in-on / in-at / at-on / with-for) 6) Lam worked hard, …… she passed the exam easily. (because / so / so that / but) 7) We wish we ……… a plane because don’t know fly it.(flew / could fly / fly / flying) V. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions below it. Britain is famous for its country cottages (nab trash) which were often built on the country estates (but động sản ruộng đất) of wealthy landowners. The workers on the estate rented the cottages from the landowner (địa chủ) and worked on the land. Cottages were also frequently built around a village green. Cottages have low ceilings, wooden beams (xà) and sometimes a thatched (mái trash) roof. In recent years some cottages have become second homes, bought by professionals during the economic boom (sự bùng nổ) of the 1980s. 1) What is Britain famous for? 2) Where were its country cottages built? 3) Who rented the cottages? What did they rent the cottage for? 4) Describe a cottage in Britain. 5) Have some cottages become second homes in recent years? 6) Who bought them? VI. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets 1) These new schools (build) ……………two years ago. 2) Lan is very tired, but she has to work, so she wishes she (have) ……….a rest. 3) Ba (hang) ………… colorful lamps on the ceiling on Lan’s birthday last night. 4) They (go) ……………to buy new clothes at the markets at 3.40 yesterday morning. 5) At present, students (do) ……………their home works in class. 6) When I made a birthday cake, Nam (paint) ………….a picture of Hanoi. 7) While my grandparents were talking about my grades in study, my parents (cook) ………….dinner in the kitchen. 8) In 1986, he failed the final exam at High School. Now he thinks about his study again. He (wish) ……………he had studied better. 9) Her family had a picnic on the river bank near the house last week, but she didn’t know that. She wished she (know) …………… that. 10)Nga’s friends are swimming in the river, but she doesn’t know how to swim and is sitting on the river bank, so she (wish) ……… she could (swim)…………… 11)Minh used to (walk) ………….past the mosque on his way to primary school. 12)Lan (enjoy)……… the peaceful atmosphere while Maryam was praying. 13)That would be great! However, it seems very difficult for me (have) …………a trip abroad. 14)Maryam and Lan (be) ………… pen pals for over two years and they (correspond)………… at least once every two weeks. 15)When I (leave) ………….the house this morning, it (rain) …………………very hard. 16)They (eat) …………their dinner when we (arrive) ……………two weeks ago 17)The handle (break) …………….just as they (move) …………….the heavy box into place. 18)We (cross) ……………the street when the policeman (shout) …………….at us. 19)The students (still write) …………….thier papers when the bell (ring) …………… 20)When we (arrive) ………… at the meeting, everyone (discuss) ……… the plan. 21)I (read) ………… the newspaper while Devis (get) ……….ready to leave. 22)While I (walk) ………….around the park, I (see) ………….two different accidents. 23)Fred (argue) …………….with George when we (walk) ……….into their office last night. 24)When their son (get) ………… married in 1980, they (live) ……… in Nha Trang. 25)I (mail) ………….the letters while Lan (talk) ………….on the phone. 26)The teacher (wave) ………… to us just as we (get) ………… ready to leave the classroom. 27)Hung (sit) ………….with Lan in the school canteen when I (see)……….them. 28)Just as I (leave) ……….for home, a classmate (stop) ………… me in the hall. 29)When the teacher (stop) ………… us, we (still work) …………….on the last questions. VII. Arrange the following words into a meaningful sentence. 1) Lan / to / Hoang Kiem / took / her / lake. 2) Maryam / impressed / really / was / the friendliness of people in Hanoi / by. 3) Over the next few days, / visited / the girls / Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum. 4) Would / like / you / come and visit / to / me / next summer / ? . 5) Malaysia / into two regions / is / divided / , / as / known / West Malaysia and East Malaysia. 6) The design and material used for men / different / were / from those used for women. 7) Vietnamese women / prefer / today / to wear / at work / modern clothing. 8) For centuries, / musicians, poets and writers / mentioned / have / the ao dai / in poems. 9) I / there / wish / were / some rivers / home village / in / my. 10)They / these patterns / added / have / to the ao dai. 11)Yesterday, / a striped shirt / bought / for me / my mother. 12)What / fashion designers / done / to modernize / have / the ao dai / ?. 13)Today / still / fond / is / of / wearing jeans / young generation. 14)Jeans / been / never / has / out of fashion. . was born ………October 31, 19 8 9. II. Make questions for the underlined words or phrases. 1) ……………………………………………………………. It only takes me 15 minutes to walk to. / of / at) 5) He arrived …… Thailand …… Saturday evening. (in-on / in-at / at-on / with-for) 6) Lam worked hard, …… she passed the exam easily. (because