UNIT 10: HEALTH AND HYGIENE

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UNIT 10: HEALTH AND HYGIENE
Exercise 1. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. Yesterday Mr. Manh (wake up)_____________late, so he (not have) _____________breakfast. He
only (wash) _____________his face, (comb) _____________his hair and then (drive)
_____________to work.
2. Hoa (go) _____________to the dentist tomorrow because she (have) _____________a toothache.
3. Nga is now in her room. She (iron) _____________the clothes. She always (do) _____________it
herself.
4. What time you (finish) _____________your lessons last Tuesday?
5. Tim usually (get up) ________________and (brush) ________________his teeth at 6.15 but
yesterday he (get up) ________________and (brush) ________________his teeth at 7.00 because it
(be) ________________Sunday.
6. Nhung is very hungry now because she (not eat) ________________enough this morning. She only
(eat) ________________a small piece of bread and (drink) ________________a glass of milk.
7. You (go) ________________to the dentist’s last week, Hung? – Yes, and I (go)
________________there now to check up the filled tooth.
Exercise 2. Fill in the blank with suitable word from the box.
cause
pulled
treat
decay
sugar wear
eat teeth middle-aged thought
Many people nowadays have to (1.)___________false teeth when they are (2.) ___________. The
reason is that tooth (3.) ___________increases a lot. The amount of (4.) ___________in our food also
increases. Doctors and dentists now know that sugar is the chief (5.) ___________of tooth decay. Eskimos’
(6.) ___________, for example, started to decay when they began to (7.) ___________sweeter food.
Long ago doctors did not like to (8.) ___________people’s teeth. Barbers and blacksmiths looked
after people’s teeth and (9.) ___________them out when they decayed. Some people (10.)

___________toothache was a punishment from the gods.
Exercise 3. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. Sensitive Sue never touches (health)_______________food.
2. Lan has a very (pain) _______________toothache.
3. Hung feels a lot (good) _______________after the dentists fixed his tooth.
4. Ann often washes her clothes and irons them (care) _______________.
5. Trung looks (worry) _______________because he always forgets to brush his teeth.
6. Whisky of course is an (alcohol)_______________drink.
7. I feel very fit and (energy) _______________today.
8. Thank you for a very (enjoy) _______________evening. We had a lovely time.
9. This is a (poison) _______________plant.
10. The teacher (courage) _______________the pupils to study.
11. Tell me the (true) _______________.
12. He was very bright. He passed the exam (easy) _______________.
13. You must eat something. You’re dying of (hungry) _______________.
Exercise 4. Fill in the blank with suitable preposition.
1. Trang received a letter __________her aunt last week.
2. You should take care __________yourself.
3. Eating too much candy is bad __________you.
4. The dentist looked __________my teeth and he told me __________my broken teeth.
5. What’s wrong __________your daughter, Mrs. Mai?
6. Dr. Phong fills the cavity __________Van’s tooth.
7. We are working hard __________the farm and your uncle often works __________us.
8. These days Mr. Cuong is very busy __________his work.
Exercise 5. Each line contains one mistake. Underline the mistake and correct it.
Nowadays keeping your teeth health is very
important. Dentists can do a lot to improving your
teeth. They can straighten your teeth by put wires on
them. This wires push the roofs of the teeth the right
way. The goodest time for doing this is while the

teeth are grew. A lot of dentists, however, prefer not
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to start doing this before a child is at less eight.
Sometimes a dentist even used elastic bands to
make a tooth straight. Sometimes pulled a tooth out
can prevent the other teeth with growing too close to one another.
Exercise 6. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
1. One way to stop tooth decay is to eat (fewer/less) sugar.
2. Don’t eat too (much/many) candy, children!
3. Hung (writed/wrote) to her aunt last week.
4. Yesterday the dentist (filled/feel) a cavity in his tooth.
5. My broken tooth stopped (hurting/to hurt) afterwards.
6. Why (were/did) Mrs. Quyen go to the dentist last Sunday?
7. What’s (the matter/a matter) with your son?
8. Hoa knows (how to/what to) take care of herself.
9. Minh (didn’t be/wasn’t) at home last night.
10. Dr. Trung (checks/is checking) Tam’s teeth at the moment.
Exercise 7. Complete the following sentences using the given cues.
1. Why/you/not go/see/dentist/yesterday/?/
→_________________________________________________________________________________
2. Brother/studying medicines/and/want/be/doctor/./
→__________________________________________________________________________________
3. Please/not go out/until/rain/stop/./
→_________________________________________________________________________________

4. Linh/have/toothache/because/eat/lot/candies/./
→_________________________________________________________________________________
5. Recess/yesterday/Trang/drink/some water/and/talk/friends/./
→_________________________________________________________________________________
6. We/not go out/last Sunday/but/stay/home/./
→_________________________________________________________________________________
7. Jack/look for/new job/because/not earn much/the moment/./
→_________________________________________________________________________________
8. Sister/receive/many/letter/penpal/America/?/
→_________________________________________________________________________________
9. Phuong/worried/because/she/going/see/dentist/./
→_________________________________________________________________________________
10. How long/take/her/get/school/every day/?/
→_________________________________________________________________________________
11. yourself/care/take/Phuong/!/
→_________________________________________________________________________________
12. temperature/yesterday/have/do/you/?/
→_________________________________________________________________________________
13. English/world/speak/people/all/./
→_________________________________________________________________________________
14. holiday/go/where/summer/you/last/do/?/
→_________________________________________________________________________________
15. interested/galleries/be/brother/art/my/./
→_________________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 8. Make compound nouns from the given words.
eye
tooth
ear
head
back

stomach
throat
tummy
heart
knee
ache
sore
1.
5.
2.
6.
3.
7.
4.
8.
Exercise 9. Fill in the blank with suitable form of the verb in the box.
speak
be
go
meet
brush
live
take
loose
die
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

I __________my teeth three times a day, but yesterday I __________them only once.
Mozart __________from 1756 to 1791.
Ba often __________his keys. He __________them yesterday morning.
An __________photographs every week. Last week he __________photos of his school.
I __________to school by bus. Last Friday I __________by taxi.
Why __________you so angry yesterday? – Because Hung did not __________me at the station as
he promised.
7. Charlie Chaplin __________in 1978. He __________a famous film star.
8. Today the weather __________very nice, but it __________terrible yesterday.
9. __________you __________English?
10. Excuse me, what language __________you__________? I don’t understand.
Exercise 10. Fill in the blank with one suitable word.
1. After having three ice-creams the boy had a sore ___________.
2. Yesterday the ___________gave Ann a prescription to take to the chemist’s.
3. In America when someone sneezes, everyone says: “___________you!”
4. Stop making that noise! I’m having a ___________ache.
5. Last weekend Thank played football and had a ___________in his leg.
6. When my mother was preparing lunch for us, she ___________her hand.
7. You have to go to the dentist’s to have that bad ___________of yours taken out.
8. I don’t like traveling by car because I always feel ___________.
9. Give me that thermometer! I want to take his ___________.

Exercise 11. Give questions for the following underlined parts.
1. Minh brushes his teeth twice a day.
→_________________________________________________________________________________
2. Simon is in a lot of pain now because he has a toothache.
→_________________________________________________________________________________
3. I felt sick after eating that food.
→_________________________________________________________________________________
4. Nga went to see the dentist last week.
→_________________________________________________________________________________
5. Dr Lai will check your teeth.
→_________________________________________________________________________________
6. It took Dr Phong 10 minutes to fill Van’s tooth.
→_________________________________________________________________________________
7. My brother is going to the hospital.
→_________________________________________________________________________________
8. Mr. Cuong did morning exercises at 5.30 yesterday.
→_________________________________________________________________________________
9. Hoa received her aunt’s letter five days ago.
→_________________________________________________________________________________
10. There are twelve students in Lien’s class having toothache.
→_________________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 12. Put the verbs into the correct column in terms of “ed” ending.
brushed
combed
stopped
changed
filled
fixed
ironed
touched

neglected
talked
stopped
fixed
decided
laughed
showered
/id/

/t/

/d/

Exercise 13. Fill in the blank with “a, an, the,∅”
1. Mr. Thank has _________appointment at 4 o’clock _________this afternoon.
2. Yesterday _________dentist fill _________cavity in my tooth.
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3. What’s _________wrong with Sue? – She has _________toothache.
4. Last month we visited _________old church. It’s in _________suburb of _________city.
5. Mrs. Quyn is _________very good doctor.
Exercise 14. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question.
KEEPING OUR TEETH HEALTHY
It is very important to have healthy teeth. Good teeth help us to chew our food. They also help us to
look nice.

How does a tooth go bad? The decay begins in a little crack in the enamel covering of the tooth. This
happens after germs and bits of food have collected there. Then the decay slowly spreads inside the tooth.
Eventually, poison goes into the blood, and we may feel quite ill.
How can we keep our teeth healthy? First, we ought to visit our dentist twice a year. He can fill the
small holes in our teeth before they destroy the teeth. He can examine our teeth to check that they are
growing in the right way. Unfortunately, many people wait until they have toothache before they see a
dentist.
Secondly, we should brush our teeth with a toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste at least twice a dayonce after breakfast and once before we go to bed. We can also use wooden toothpicks to clean between our
teeth after a meal.
Thirdly, we should eat food that is good for our teeth and our body: milk, cheese, fish, brown bread,
potatoes, red rice, raw vegetables and fresh fruit. Chocolate, sweets, biscuits and cakes are bad, especially
when we eat them between meals. They are harmful because they stick to our teeth and cause decay.
1. Good teeth help us to _________.
A. be nice
B. have good eyesight
C. chew our food
D. be important
2. When food and germs collect in a small crack, our teeth _________.
A. become hard
B. begin to decay
C. send poison into the blood D. make use feel quite ill
3. A lot of people visit a dentist only when _________.
A. their teeth grow properly
B. they have holes in their teeth
C. they have toothache
D. they have brushed their teeth
4. We ought to try to clean our teeth _________.
A. once a day
B. at least twice a day
C. between meals

D. before breakfast
5. We shouldn’t eat a lot of _________.
A. red rice
B. fresh fruit
C. fish
D. chocolate
6. Sweets are harmful because they make our teeth _________.
A. black
B. ache
C. bad
D. cracked
Exercise 15. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
check up not iron eat
polish
fix
receive forget
speak not have tidy
1. Nguyet had her teeth ________at the hospital.
2. I felt a lot better after the dentist ________my tooth.
3. Linh has a toothache because she ________a lot of candies.
4. Tim ________to brush his teeth yesterday.
5. My sister ________three letters from her pen pals two days ago.
6. I ________a health examination last year.
7. Viet ________his clothes. His mother helped him.
8. We ________to the headmaster yesterday evening.
9. I ________these shoes yesterday but they are dirty now.
10. The students ________their classroom last Saturday.
Exercise 16. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1. A. head
B. feather

C. reading
D. leather
2. A. seaside
B. police
C. combine
D. remind
3. A. begun
B. funny
C. sunny
D. autumn
4. A. heighten
B. eight
C. freight
D. weight
5. A. page
B. game
C. go
D. gift
Exercise 17. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
1. Minh is in Dr Lai’s ________. She is checking his teeth.
A. office
B. surgery
C. hospital
D. room
2. It’s very kind ________you to give me some advice.
A. to
B. with
C. of
D. from
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3. My tooth hurts. I have awful ________.
A. headache
B. earache
C. backache
D. toothache
4. Read these sentences about ________your teeth healthy.
A. keep
B. keeping
C. to keep
D. you keep
5. Do the following things ________healthy teeth.
A. to have
B. having
C. have
D. for having
6. Avoid eating a lot of ________.
A. vegetables
B. fruit
C. sweets
D. All are correct
7. It’s very important ________your teeth after meals.
A. to brush
B. brushing
C. to clean

D. cleaning
8. You can also improve your teeth if you have ________food.
A. rich
B. healthy
C. sweet
D. fast
9. Unfortunately you can’t stop tooth ________simply by brushing your teeth.
A. cavity
B. decay
C. breaking
D. Both A & B
10. One way to stop tooth decay is ________less sugar.
A. eat
B. we eat
C. to eat
D. you eat
11. Brush your teeth with fluoride ________after every meal.
A. toothbrush
B. toothpaste
C. tooth powder
D. toothcream
12. Many countries also add fluoride ________drinking water.
A. for
B. with
C. into
D. to
13. They have proved that it ________teeth healthy.
A. keeps
B. keep
C. kept

D. keeping
14. Dentist can do a lot ________your teeth.
A. to give
B. to replace
C. to improve
D. to assist
15. He can give us practical ________on keeping teeth healthy.
A. advice
B. words
C. phrases
D. sentences
16. He can ________small holes in our teeth.
A. full
B. fill
C. push
D. take
17. These small holes are ________because they can destroy the teeth.
A. useful
B. helpful
C. safe
D. dangerous
18. He can examine our teeth ________that they are growing in the right way.
A. for check
B. checking
C. to check
D. and checked
19. So, how can we keep our teeth ________?
A. healthy
B. well
C. careful

D. helpful
20. Excuse me. Can I make a(n) ________to see the dentist?
A. meeting
B. experiment
C. gathering
D. appointment
21. One of your teeth has a cavity, but it is not ________.
A. important
B. heavy
C. serious
D. necessary
22. Surely I keep the tooth. I never pull out a tooth if I can ________it.
A. save
B. keep
C. prevent
D. help
23. After the dentist fills his tooth, Minh is very ________.
A. pleasant
B. pleasing
C. pleased
D. please
24. Mr Jones often travels to New York by plane. He often ________by American Airlines.
A. fly
B. goes
C. went
D. flew
25. The police came immediately. They came ________.
A. soon
B. later
C. in a minute

D. at once
26. Everyday Bob gets up at 6.00 and ________his house at 8.00.
A. lives
B. leaves
C. gets
D. goes from
27. Fred doesn’t have a car, he has to ________my car to get there.
A. ride
B. drive
C. lend
D. borrow
28. Alice is a good pianist. She plays ________very well.
A. the piano
B. the guitar
C. the violin
D. All A, B, C
29. Peter can’t see the film because the woman sitting ________him is wearing a big hat.
A. behind
B. beside
C. in front of
D. above
30. What time is ________tomorrow morning?
A. tea
B. breakfast
C. lunch
D. dinner
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31. We ________to visit our dentist twice a year.
A. should
B. ought
C. must
D. will
32. Some people wait ________they have toothache before they see a dentist.
A. before
B. after
C. until
D. when
33. I have awful toothache. My tooth ________.
A. hurt
B. hurts
C. hurting
D. hurted
34. Take an aspirin or any other tablet ________the pain.
A. to kill
B. to break
C. to give up
D. to take off
35. Let me examine your tooth. Open your mouth ________, please.
A. wide
B. widely
C. large
D. largely
36. Don’t worry, I’m going to fill it at once. Then the pain will________.
A. out

B. away
C. be
D. go
37. Well, I’m ________. Do you pull it out?
A. worrying
B. frightened
C. exciting
D. interesting
38. I felt a lot better after the dentist fixed my tooth. After the dentist filled my tooth, ________.
A. I felt less scared
B. I was less frightened
C. I was worse
D. I was better
39. I don’t know what ________do.
A. will
B. should
C. can
D. to
40. ________time will they spend in Hanoi?
A. How much
B. How many
C. How long
D. How soon
41. She is going ________dinner for the family.
A. preparing
B. prepares
C. to prepare
D. prepared
42. The dentist finished filling the tooth in less than 10 minutes.
A. It took the dentist 10 minutes to fill the tooth.

B. He needed more time to fill the tooth.
C. It took him less than 10 minutes to fill the tooth.
D. The filling of the tooth took a lot of time.
43. Avoid eating a lot of sweets.
A. Don’t eat much cake and candy.
B. You can eat sweets but now much.
C. Sweets are healthy food.
D. Eating much cake is all right.
44. John neglects his teeth.
A. He brushes his teeth regularly.
B. He doesn’t take care of his teeth.
C. He sometimes sees a dentist.
D. He doesn’t eat healthy food.
45. Dr Lai is checking his teeth.
A. Dr Lai is examining his teeth.
B. Dr. Lai is pulling out his teeth.
C. Dr Lai is filling his teeth.
D. Dr Lai is taking care of his teeth.
Exercise 18. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect.
1. I was a little(A) scared(B), but(C) the dentist was kindly(D).
2. Then(A) the dentist filled(B) my tooth. It stopped hurting(C) after(D).
3. Remember not(A) to eat too much(B) candy or staying(C) up(D) late.
4. I am not(A) like(B) going out(C) at night(D) very much.
5. I am(A) tired from(B) watching(C) the same programs again and again(D).
6. We can’t(A) go swimming(B) today because(C) we have few(D) time.
7. My mother advices(A) me don’t(B) stay up(C) late(D).
8. Each(A) of you have(B) a piece(C) of cake after(D) lunch.
9. Sorry(A), I don’t know where(B) is(C) the nearest bookshop(D).
10. Thank(A) you(B) very much for(C) lend(D) me your exercise book.
11. It took(A) Dr. Lan 20 minutes(B) filing(C) Van’s tooth(D).

12. The dentist(A) looked at(B) my teeth and told(C) me not worry(D).
13. Why(A) doesn’t(B) Ha go(C) to school(D) last week?
14. He decided(A) learning(B) how(C) to repair(D) the sewing machine.
15. I was(A) really happy(B) seeing(C) my friend(D) again yesterday.
Exercise 19. Complete the sentences with suitable preposition.
1. I can’t understand these instructions. They are ________ Chinese.
2. Romeo and Juliet is a play ________William Shakespeare.
3. I hate being late. I like to arrive ________time.
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4. I spoke to her ________the phone last week.
5. “Can I ask you something?” Not now ________a moment.
6. “Why did you open my letter?” “I’m sorry. I did it ________mistake.”
7. We arrived ________the station five minutes later.
8. I met her ________a party.
9. Now he’s ________a lot of pain.
10. You should take care ________your teeth.
11. The doctor talks ________him.
12. ________the morning, he gets up early.
13. Children are scared ________seeing the dentists.
14. He hates the sound ________the drill.
15. What’s the matter ________her?
16. He helps his parents ________the farm.
17. His mother often works ________his father.
18. Children should not stay ________late.

Exercise 20. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently.
1. A. appointment
B. cavity
C. sensible
D. surgery
2. A. tidy
B. painful
C. collect
D. iron
3. A. neglect
B. hygiene
C. harvest
D. helpful
4. A. receive
B. lovely
C. nervous
D. party
5. A. important
B. beautiful
C. delicious
D. amazing
Exercise 21. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1. A. comb
B. polish
C. hot
D. not
2. A. harvest
B. strange
C. lane
D. cake

3. A. helpful
B. dentist
C. sensible
D. neglect
4. A. touch
B. out
C. about
D. shout
5. A. leaves
B. cars
C. dentists
D. rooms
Exercise 22. Fill in the blank with the words provided.
Farmers grow plants and animals (1.)_______ their farms. Is it also (2.) _______to have a farm in the
sea?
People in many countries grow fresh water fish from (3.) _______. They move the small fish into lakes
and (4.) _______. The fish lives and grows there. People go fishing in these lakes and rivers. They enjoy (5.)
_______fish. Fish is also good food.
1. A. in
B. at
C. over
D. on
2. A. good
B. bad
C. possible
D. necessary
3. A. eggs
B. animals
C. things
D. meat

4. A. mountains
B. rivers
C. fields
D. country
5. A. to catch
B. catch
C. catching
D. caught
Exercise 23. Fill in the blank with one suitable word.
Nowadays there (1.) _______hospitals and infirmaries in every district in Vietnam. They are more
(2.) _______more modern and (3.) _______are more medicine for almost every sickness. There doctors and
nurses (4.) _______ready to help the patients. Especially, poor people (5.) _______get free treatment from
hospitals (6.) _______they can have the medicine for their sickness. Everybody (7.) _______pleased when
doctors and nurses are kind (8.) _______them. Healthy people can (9.) _______and study well, so they can
make their country (10.) _______and powerful.

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