Unit 16: grammar pratice

Week: 36
Period: 109

Thursday, May 12th, 2009

UNIT 16:
MAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT
LESSON 5: GRAMMAR PRACTICE



1. Present simple tense:
a) Nam:
Tom:
Nam:
Tom:

Where are you from?
I am from Canada.
Do
speak
…….. you …………. Vietnamese?
No, I………..
don’t
I ………..English and French.
speak

b) Tom is from Canada.
He ………… English and French.
speaks

c) Lee is from China.
He ………… …………..
speaks
Chinese
d) Yoko is from Japan.
She speaks ……………
………… Japanese
e) Minh is from Viet Nam.
He ………… ……………
speaks
Vietnamese
f) John is from the USA.
He ………… ……………
speaks American


2. Present simple and present progressive tense:
a) What is her name?
Her name …… Susan.
is
b) Where does she live?
She ………..in London.
lives
c) Where ……… she staying now?
is
She ……… …………in Ha Noi now.
is
staying

d) What does she do?
She ……… a teacher.
is
e) What ………. she teach?
does
She ..…………. a tea English.
teaches
f) ………. she ……………you?
Does
teach
No. She ..…………. teach me.
doesn’t
teaches
Mr. Hai ……………. me.


big

bigger

the biggest


small

smaller

the smallest

tall

taller

the tallest


3. Adjectives: comparatives and superlatives.
Complete the table. Then complete the passage.

long

longer

the longest

short

shorter

the shortest

tall

taller

the tallest

small

smaller

the smallest

big

bigger

the biggest

high

higher

the highest

thick

thicker

the thickest


a) The Mekong River is long. The Amazon River is ……….. than the Mekong.
longer
the
The Nile is …………….. ……………… river in the world.
longest
the …………structure in the world.

b) The Great Wall of China is long. It is ……… longest

the tallest
c) Sears Tower in Chicago is tall, but it isn’t ……. ………… building in the world.
PETRONAS Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur is ……. taller than Sears Tower.
………
the tallest
It is …………. ………….. building in the world.
biggest
d) Ha Noi is big, but it is not the …………. city in Viet Nam. Ho Chi Minh City is
bigger
the
biggest
………… than Ha Noi. It is ………… ………….. City in Viet Nam.
the
biggest
But Mexico City is ………… …………….. city in the world.


4. Indefinite quantifiers: a few , a little , a lot/lots
a
lot
The streets of Ha Noi are very busy. There is ……….. …………
little
of traffic. Most people only have ……….. ………..money to spend
a
a
few
on transportation. As a result, there are only ………. ……….
private cars on the roads.

The bike is the cheapest form of transportation, so there are
……… ………….. of bikes. There are ………….of motorbikes, too.
a
lot
lots
There are ………. ………….of taxis, but they are expensive.
a
lot


a lot of water.

some potatoes.

a few potatoes.

some water.

a little water.



we should turn it off
we should fix it
we should collect it


food

bottles

plastic

scrap metal

cans

leather

waste paper

clothes


python

camel

leopard

panda

elephant


tallest
longest
long
highest

longer


a lot of

some
a few

a little

few


protect
put

collect
should not
recycle