Complete the sentences with ward, district, province, city and village.
1.Cathy lives in a small ______________ of about 600 people.
2.There are many modern flats and houses in Xuân La __________, Tay Ho District, Hanoi.
3.New York is a big ______________ in the USA with a population of over 8 million people.
4.There are many tourist attractions in _______________ 1 in Ho Chi Minh City.
5.Bắc Ninh is the smallest _______in Vietnam and has a population of around 1.5 million people.
Complete the sentences with peaceful, busy, historic and calm.
1.Bibury is a beautiful village in England with green fields and a ______________ river.
2.It’s so ________________ in the country; the only sounds you can hear, are the birds singing.
3.Tomorrow, we’re visiting one of the __________________ buildings in Italy, the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
4.Let’s take the train to avoid the __________________ streets and heavy traffic.
Choose the correct option.
5. I love visiting the countryside for the beautiful _______and clean air.
(air/ pollution / traffic/ scenery)
6. Tà Đùng is a famous tourist attraction in Lâm Đồng _______.
( City/ District/ Province/ Ward)
7. There are a lot of __________________ buildings in Paris which are hundreds of years old.
(historic/ relaxing/ stressful/ calm)
8.All the roads in the town were covered with water because of the ___________.
(flood/landslide/ volcanic eruption/ earthquake)
Write the opposite adjectives.
1 noisy # q_________________________
2 exciting # b______________________
3 stressful # r______________________
4 convenient # d___________________
Put the adverb of frequency in the correct place.
1 We go to the countryside at weekends. (always)
____________________________________________________________________________
2 Small villages are crowded with people. (rarely)
_____________________________________________________________________________
3 Visitors to Solva take a boat ride along the river. (often)
______________________________________________________________________________
4 There is a boring time in Hanoi, especially at night-time. (never)
Complete the sentences with destroyed, injured, overflowed, crashed and erupted.
1 Lava ___________________from the mountain in a sudden explosion.
2 A driver ___________________ into a tree because he was driving too fast!
3 Luckily, no one was ___________________in the car crash.
4 The earthquake __________________ a lot of houses and buildings last week.
5 The river ___________________ and caused great damage.
Choose the correct option.
1 They felt worried/relieved when they saw water cover the whole area.
2 Mark is afraid of planes and he seemed relieved/terrified during the flight.
3 We felt relieved/worried when the rescue team found us.
4 I was relieved/terrified to see a car crash right in front of me.
Give the correct forms of the verbs in brackets
1.Because this is my first time in London, I would prefer _____________(go) sightseeing.
2.We enjoy _________ (walk) along the river to enjoy beautiful scenery.
3. They are planning_____________(go) to Ninh Binh together.
4.I_____________ (have) dinner when the volcano erupted the village last week.
Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.
1.At about 11:00 p.m. last night, we ________(hear) a loud explosion; luckily, no one was injured.
2.The neighbours _______________ (call) the emergency services when they ____________ (see) smoke coming out of the flat next door.
3.When Kevin was young, he _________________ (not/like) disaster films.
4.When the storm _________________ (finish), _________________ (you/call) your grandparents to check that everything was OK?
5.They ___________(look) for the missing people all morning when they _________________ (spot) one.
6.Jane _____________ (get) out of the car, ______________ (call) the police and _____________ (wait) for help.
7.At 6:00 p.m. last Sunday, Mark _________________ (fly) to Rome.
8.Mr Johnson _________________ (plant) flowers when the earthquake _____________ (hit).
9.The wind _________________ (blow) loudly while the snow _________________ (fall).
10.What _________________ (Alex/do) last night when the storm _________________ (break out)?
PART C. READING
Read the text and write R/W.
Natural Disasters in 2020
Eta, a giant storm, hit Nicaragua on 3 November 2020 with strong winds and heavy rain. It caused floods and killed hundreds of people.
A volcano erupted in the Philippines on 12th January 2020. It destroyed villages and towns and killed 39 people.
On 24th January 2020, a dangerous earthquake hit Turkey. The earthquake destroyed a lot of buildings. 41 people died and many were injured.
1. Eta is a giant storm.________
2. The storm didn’t kill anyone.___
3. The volcano eruption happened in a city in The Philippines.____
4. There were a lot of injured people when the earthquake hit Turkey.___
Fill in the blanks
Much capital taking usually works of art
Cities - OLD and NEW
Some cities are very old and other cities are _______newer. Let's read about an older city and a newer one in Japan!
KYOTO
Kyoto is a very old city. It is over 1,000 years old. It was the ______city of Japan a long time ago. Kyoto is a beautiful city with many calm rivers, and lots of parks with flowers, trees and lakes. It also has lots of famous temples and pagodas. Tourists always love visiting Kyoto and _____photos of the beautiful scenery. In fact, Kyoto's nickname is The City of Flowers.
TOKYO
Tokyo is the capital city of Japan. A long time ago, the city's name was Edo, but the name changed to Tokyo around 400 years ago. This 400-year-old city seems very new because people started living in Japan over 30,000 years ago. So, Tokyo is one of Japan's newest and most modern cities. It's _____very big with lots of skyscrapers. It's popular with tourists, too. They like going sightseeing, going shopping, enjoying the entertainment and seeing famous _______in museums.
Complete the gaps with pollution, malls, entertainment, traffic, air.
Hi all!
Thanks for reading my blog. Lots of you want to know about my life in the city. So, here’s a little bit about it. City life can get really stressful at times! This is because there is heavy 1) _________________ in the streets and there are lots of people everywhere, so it can get very noisy. Also, the 2) __________________ isn’t very clean here. There is a lot more 3) __________________ in the city than there is in the countryside. But, don’t get me wrong – there are also a lot of great things in the city, too! For example, there is lots of 4) __________________ like theatres and cinemas. And don’t forget shopping – the city has a lot of shops and 5) __________________ with great things from all over the world. So, what about you? What is life like where you live? Tell me about it in the comments below!
PART D. WRITING
Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning. Use the given word(s).
1. She always forgets to turn off the lights before going out of the room. (NEVER)
→ ____________________________________________________________
2. My cousin prefer going abroad. (INTERESTED)
→ ________________________________________________________________________
Form questions with the words in brackets.
1 Floods destroyed the villages. (what)
2 The strong wind broke the window. (what)
3 It took firefighters two hours to put out the fire. (how long)
4 Betty felt relieved because everyone was safe. (how)
5 The floods happened in the northern part of Vietnam. (where)
Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1. go / to / holiday. / should / think / I / on / we / Đà Lạt
→ ____________________________________________________________
2. traffic / me. / Heavy / stressed / makes / feel
→ ____________________________________________________________
Write short sentences
1. Write about your place.
2.Write 4 sentences about what you did yesterday.
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