UNIT 2 MY HOME

A. PHONETICS
a.
1. D. phones 2. A. tables 3. A. clocks
4. C. sofa 5. C. next
b.

villas fridges photos houses clocks cupboards

brothers windows caps lunches watches sinks

/s/ /z/ /iz/

clocks villas fridges

cupboards photos houses

caps brothers lunches
sinks windows watches

B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

a. 1. D. attic 2. C. cupboard 3. B. hall
4. A. bathroom 5. B. wardrobe
b.

1. A. behind 2. B. on

3. C. in front of 4. D. under
c.
1. are 2. Is 3. isn't 4. are 5. is
6. is 7. aren’t 8. is 9. aren't 10.
Isn’t
d.
1. in front of 2. garden 3. rooms 4. living rooms
5. bathrooms 6. country house 7. Cupboard 8. Apartment
9. cousins 10. house
C. READING
a.
1. country 2. rooms 3. bedrooms 4. hacirs
5. television 6. window 7. cool 8. bookshelf
9. are 10. likes
b.
1. It's very big.
2. There are six rooms.
3. Yes, there is.
4. It's small but it is light and cool.
5. Yes, she does.
D. WRITING
a.
1. I can see a nice picture behind you.
2. They are moving to a new apartment next week.
3. There is a bed and a wardrobe in my bedroom.
4. The clock is between the pictures.
5. The cat is in front of the computer.
b.
1. Our garden has many flowers.
2. Linh's house is in front of the garden~
3. I like my bedroom best in the house.and a ceiling fan in our living room.
4. There are six chairs, a table, a television,
5. There isn't a computer in my bedroom.
c.
From: mai@gmail.com
To: Mary@yahoo.com
Subject: My bedroom
. Hi Mary,
How are you? Now I'll tell you about my bedroom.
My bedroom is very large. There are two chairs, a bed, a wardrobe and a table in my
bedroom. The table is near the window.
There are some books and an English- Vietnamese dictionary on the table. There are
also some pens and pencils on it. .
The bed is on the right of the room. There are some stories and magazines on the bed.
The wardrobe is near the bed. I have many clothes. My clothes are all in the wardrobe.
The bookshelf is on the wall. There are many books on it. What about you? Tell me about
your bedroom.
Write to me soon. Best wishes,
Mai

UNIT 3: MY FRIENDS
A. PHONETICS
1. B. winter 2. C. school 3. D. want 4. A. engineer 5. D. tables
b.

A. sending letter C. playing foodball

C.whispering C. dancing

C.painting A. having dinner

c.
1. B. don't
2. C. goes
3. B. Does
4. C. is
5. C. doing
5. B. are playing
6. B. don't go
7. C. jogs
8. C. are watching
9. A. is/is shinning
d.
1. cool 2. clever 3. creative 4. talkative 5. confident
C.READING
a.

b.
1. B. a teacher . 6. D. By bus
2. D. go to 7. D. At a restaurant
3. C. coffee 8. Five days a week
4. C. He doesn't have any son. 9. C. both A and B
5. B. He goes to the cinema or theater 10 .A.one
c. Mai has two friends. Their names are Sinh and Nam. Sinh likes English and he can
speak it well. Nam doesn't like English because it is difficult for him. He likes maths.
Nam is a clever boy in class. He always gets good marks in maths and physics. Binh and
Nam like playing football and they always play it after school. They are good friends.

T F
1. Mark is from Holand 
2. Mark’s wife is from Milan in Holland. 
3. They can speak 4 laguages 
4. Their daughter has friends from France, 
Switzerland, Austria, and South Africa.
5. Their children don’t go to school with other 
children from all over the world.
D. WRITING
a.
1. What do you do every afternoon after school?
2. What is your father doing at the moment?
3. Does Mary do the housework?
4. Do they like listening to music?
5. What are they reading?
b.
1. My friend, Peter has short fair hair.
2. What is your sister's hair like?
3. It is straight, long, black hair.
4. Her lips are red.
5. My sister understands things quickly and easily.
c.
Suggested answer:
Lena is a lovely girl. She has an oval face. Her eyes are brown. She has thin red lips.
She has long fair hair. She looks very clever. She is a hard-working girl so everybody
loves her so much.
TEST YOURSELF 1
I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. (1.0 pt)
1. B. desk 2. D. new 3. A. lamp 4. C. town 5. C. describe
II. Find the activity in the box and write it under each picture.

writing listening

reading singing

cooking swimming

III. Read the text and mark the sentences as True (T) or
False (F). (1.0 pt)

T F

1. There are six people in Peter's family. V

2. There are nine rooms in Peter's house. V

3. Peter is a student at the Law University. V

4. Peter's school is far from his house . V

. V
5. Peter likes his family very much.
IV. Choose A, B, C, or 0 for each gap in the following sentences. (2.0 pts)
1. A. live 4. C. spending
2. B. to go 5. C. am listening
3. B. Is 6. B. have
7. A. to share 9. D. spent
8. D. lived 10. C are going
V. Put a word in each gap in the following dialogue, then practise it with a partner.
(1.0 pt)
(1) moving (2) be (3) in (4) riding (5) big/large

VI. Match the first halves in column A with the second ones in column B to make
sentences. (1.0 pt)

1–d 2-e 3-a 4-b 5-c

VII. Look at the picture and read the description of my best friend. Find the
five mistakes, underline mistakes and write the correct words. (1.0 pt)
1. short hair -> long hair
2. chubby -> thin
3. sports -> music
4. T-shirt, shorts -> dress
5. volley ball -> the piano

VIII. Write full sentences to make a paragraph, using the suggested words
and phrases given. (2.0 pts)
1. Quang is my new friend.
2. He is 11 years old and he is in class 6A.
3. He. lives on Hai Sa Trung Street.
4. He has a younger sister. Her name's Lan.
5. He likes sports and music very much.
6. He has short black hair and round eyes. '
7. We first met on the first day at school.
8. We often ride our bicycles to school together.
9. This Sunday, we are going to judo club.
10. I hope we will have a good time then.

UNIT 4 : MY NEIGHBOURHOOD

A. PHONETICS

a.
1. D. biology 2. A. important 3. C. camera
4. B. museum 5. B. crowed
 b.
reaction cigarette illegal picnic sleepy

picture bean leaves sweet minute

/i:1 /i/

sleepy reaction

leaves picnic

illegal picture

bean cigarette
sweet minute

B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

a.
1. B. rights 2. D. beauty 3. A. ,larger 4. B. convenience 5. C. weather
b.
1. Mary is shorter than Peter.
2. I usually ride a bicycle around the paddy fields in my neighbourhood at the
weekends.
3. Jane likes playing the piano. She plays it very beautifully.
4. Is there a Temple of Literature in your neighbourhood?
c.1. B. in 6. B. more dancing
2. cheaper 7. A. more convinient
 3. A. the youngest 8. B. in
4. C. at 9. A. funnier
5. B. better 10. C. heavier
d.
1. The red jacket is cheaper than the blue jacket.
2. The shoes are nicer than the boots.
3. The pink socks are more expensive than the white socks.
4. The brown sweater is better than the blue sweater.
5. The chocolate looks worse than the candy.
6. The radio is newer than the DVD player.
7. The CDs are older than the DVDs.
8. These apples are fresher than those apples.
9. This dress is more beautiful than that dress.
10. Those green tomatoes are sweeter than the red tomatoes.
C. READING
a.
1. Where is the house?
The house is near the sea.
2. How old is the house?
The house is about 20 years old.
3. What is in the front of the house?
There is a garden in front of the house.
4. Why does the owner of the house have so many visitors?
Many of his friends work in the city, so they often stay with him because they
want to relax.
5. Why does the owner like the house?
Because of many reasons: the garden, the flowers in summer, the fire in the
winter, but the best thing is the view from his bedroom window.
b.
T F
1. Every morning, Nga gets up at six thirty. 
2. She has a quick and small breakfast. 
3. She goes to school at half past seven. 
4. She has lessons from half past seven to twelve o’clock 
5. In the evening, she does her homework and goes to bed 
at ten
c. 1. hot 2. beautiful 3. dry 4. dreen
5. high 6. quiet 7. exciting 8. Noisy
D. WRITING
a.
1. My brother and I went to see the football match between the Eagles and Hawks team
last night.
2. My brother always says the Eagles are faster, stronger, and smarter than the Hawks.
3. The Hawks played s lot better than the Eagles.
4. One thig I didn’t like was that the goaldkeeper of Hawks was not as active as the
goaldkeeper of Eagles.
5. I was surprise that Eagles lost by 2-nil.
5. Driving home, I was excited because my team was better than the Eagles team.
b.
1. The photocopy store is on the left of the bookstore.
2. The stadium is in front of the museum.
3. Hue's house isn't far from the river.
4. There is a small yard in our school.
5. My house is behind the hospital.
c. Student's answer.

UNIT 5: NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD

A. PHONETICS

b.
1. least 2. thirsty 3. top 4. boot 5. table

6. best 7. plaster 8. lost 9. stall 10. boat

c.
1. C. island 2. D. valley 3. B. forest 4. A. weather 5. C. diverse
B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
a.
1. D. eraser 2. A. weightlifter 3. C. map 4. B. hotter 5. C.
mountain
b.
1. finishes 5. is wearing
2. are / are watching 6. to send
3. doesn't shine 7. Do ... enjoy
4. has 8. am going / watching
c.
1. must 2. Must 3. mustn’t 4. mustn’t 5. mustn’t
6. must 7. Must 8. mustn’t 9. mustn’t 10. mustn’t
d.
1. C. younger 6. A . the cleverest
2. A. the strongest 7. B. more exciting
3. A. the longest 8. C. faster
4. C. shorter 9. A. the biggest
5. B. better 10. D. worse
C. READING
a. *
1. Height: 3,143 metres.
2. Location: in the Lao Cai Province in Northwest Viet Nam, 9 km southwest of Sa
Pa Township in the Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range.
3. Its another name: the Roof of Indochina.
4. Reason for the name: its high elevation.
5. The best time to travel: between October and March.
6. Total of floral species: about 2,024.
7. Total of faunal species: about 327.
8. Things travelers can do: climb through the trails to the peak of the mountain and
obserse the sunset.
**
1. F Northest -> Northwest
2. T
3. T
4. F in the world -> in Indochina.
5. T
6. T
7. T
8. F for all people -> for those/people who are fond of exploring.
b. *
1. It is in the Bo Trach and Minh Hoa Districts of central Qu.ang Binh Province in
 north-central Viet Nam.
2. It is famous for its cave systems.
3. They should take a boat ride through underground rivers to experience nature and
enjoy fresh air.
4. There are 300.
5. No, they haven't.
6. Student's answer.
Suggested answers:
Yes, I do. Because there are many beautiful caves. Or
No, I don't because it's too far.

**
1. Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is a UNESCO Heritage site.
2. It is in the Bo Trach and Minh Hoa Districts of central Quang Binh Province in
north-central Viet Nam.
3. It is famous because it has cave systems.
4. There are 300 caves in Phong Nha-Ke Bang.
5. Vietnamese and British scientists have surveyed only a few caves.
6. The park also has many fascinating rock formations and Ke Bang Forest.
c. *
1. B. greatest 5. A. see
2. C. forms 6. B. from
3. A. in 7. B. hear
4. C. flows 8. C. discovered
**
1. Yes, it does.
2. It flows through a wide valley.
3. They think it is one of the most beautiful sights in the world.
4. Yes, they can.
5. David Livingstone discovered it. .
6. The falls were named Victoria in honor of Queen Victoria.
D. WRITING
a.
1. June is hotter than May but July is the hottest.
2. Students must keep their schools clean and beautiful.
3. Remember to bring essential travel items for your holiday.
 4. Mr. Phong wants to explore the coast by boat.
5. I think Nha Trang has the nicest beaches to visit.
6. What is the weather like in Sa Pa?
7. The Han River flows through Da Nang City.
8. We mustn't drive on the left in Viet Nam.
9. Who is the strongest in your family?
10. There are not many trees in my neighbourhood.

**
1. Viet Nam has many beautiful lakes.
2. Many tourists want to visit Sa Pa because its air is fresh.
3. Ho Chi Minh City is the largest of the three dtles.
4. There aren't any deserts in our country.
5. Vinh is the tallest in our class. .
6. Reading books is not as/so interesting as watching TV.
Or
Reading books is more boring than watching TV. .
7. My home village is located near the foot of a mountain.
8. Nam is Mr Hung's student.
9. You must do your homework.
Or
You must remember to do your homework.
10. Minh sits behind Quang.
c. Student's answer.

UNIT 6: OUR TET HOLIDAY

A. PHONETICS
a.
1. D. flower 2. B. like 3. D. prepare 4. C. make 5. A. celebrate

B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

a.
1. A. banh chung 2. D. plants
3. C. cleaning house 4. A. visiting grandparents
5. C. peach blossom
b.
1. visit 2. wish 3. lucky 4. new 5. flowers
6. eating 7. shopping 8. trees 9. watch 10. Have
c.
1. shouldn’t 2. should 3. shouldn’t 4. should 5. should
6. shouldn’t 7. should 8. shouldn’t 9. shouldn’t 10. shouldn’t
d.
1. B. cook 2. B. eat 3. C. buy 4. D. presents 5. D. garthering
B. READING
a.
1. It usually takes place between the end of January and the beginning of February.
2. They hold it on the New Year's Eve.
3. They usually wear new clothes, visit their grandparents and relatives with
their parents.
4. They are often given lucky money in red envelopes.
5. They feel very happy.
b.

T F

A few days before Tet comes, the family does a lot

1.
of work. 
2. They don't decorate the house. 
3. The writer helps the mother to cook the meal. 
4. The family invites the guests to have food and drinks

when they come.
5. The writer feels tired to help the parents. 
c.
1. festival 2. decorate 3. reunion 4. tidy 5. lucky money
D. WRITING
a.
1. In the USA, when the clock strikes at midnight, everybody is cheering and
singing happily.
2. After getting up on the first day of the New Year, the Chinese children dress
beautifully in red.
3. Every Vietnamese family buys or cooks banh chung or banh tet at Tet.
4. Japanese people believe that the ringing bells can remove their bad actions from
 the previous year.
5. The Scottish believe that the first footer on the New Year's Day decides the
family's luck for the rest of the year,
b. (1) will (2) will (3) will (4) will
(5) will
(6) won't (7) will (8) will (9) will
(10) won't
c. (Student's answer.)

Test yourself 2
I. Mark the letter A, Bf C, or 0 to indicate the word whose main stress is placed
differently from the rest. (1.0 pt)
1. B. potato 2. C. lemonade 3. A. vacation 4. A. destination 5.D. volunteer
II. Look at the picture and give at least ten more\adjectives. (1.0 pt)
Student's answer
Ill. Choose the best option A, B C, or 0 to complete the sentences. (1.0 pt)
1. . taller than 6. A. better
2. C. the youngest 7. B. the coldest
3. B. older than 8. C. the smartest
4. B. more expensive than 9. A. cheaper than
5. C. the shortest 10. C. the best
IV. Choose a word from the box to complete each sentence. (1.0 pt)
1. cold 2. noisy 3. quiet 4. expensive
5. wet 6. Big 7. Dry 8. cheap
V. Which is right? Circle the best answer to complete the letter. (2.0 pts)
1. It's raining 9. are watching
2. I'm writing 10.They like
3. I hate 11. They aren't laughing
4. Do you remember 12. I work
5. he's lying 13, I don't
6. keeping 14. are you doing
7. he sleeps 15. you’re sitting
8. he doesn’t catch 16. the sun’s shining
VI. Complete one sentence with should and one sentence with shouldn’t. (1.0 pt)
1. You should have
2. You shouldn't
3. You should go
4. You shouldn't eat/have
5. You should take/have
6. You shouldn't work/read/ use the computer
7. You should tell
8. You shouldn't lend/give.
VII.Read the text quickly and complete the information in the table.(1.5 pts)
1. Lake Baikal - eastern Siberia (in Russia)
2. Caspian Sea - south-west Asia
3. Lake Superior - North America
4. Loch Ness - Scotland
5. Lake Nicaragua - Central America
6. 25-30 million years old
7. 650 km long
8. It freezes.
9. Nerpa
10. to catch fish
11. Freshwater
12. Its monster
VIII. Correct the mistake in each sentence. (1.0 pt)
1. Motorbikes are faster than bikes.
2. Ships are bigger than boats.
3. Cars are more comfortable than buses.
4. Air travel is more expensive than bus travel.
5. Cars are smaller than lorries.
6. Walking is better than travelling by car all the time.
7. Walking is cheaper than travelling by car.
8. The roads in some countries are worse than in others.
IX. Use a superlative to write each of the sentences. (0.5 pt)
eg, TheLondon Underground/is/old / metro system in the wor/d.
The London Underground is the oldest metro system in the world.
1. What is the quickest way to the airport?
2. New York is one of the busiest cities in the world.
3. Le Louvre is one of the most famous art galleries in the world.
4. Where is the best restaurant in this town?