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UNIT 1 – GRADE 10

Task 2: Listen again and Fill in the blank:
Hello everyone, my name's Lam. I'm a cyclo ________ in Ho Chi Minh City. I usually have a busy ________ day. I get up
at _____ _______ in the morning. I start work at six. My first passenger is usually an old man. I take him from District __
to District ____. After I drop him at a cafe near Ho Chi Minh Teachers' Training College. I pedal to Thai Binh Market My
next passenger is a lady who does _______ there every two days. I help her put all her purchases into the cyclo and then
take her to her _______ in Tran Hung Dao Street. At about ____ _____, I ride off toward Nguven Thi Minh Khai School.
There I park my cyclo. chill with some of my _______ and wait for my third passengers. They are two school pupils, a girl
and a boy. I take them home. At ______, I have lunch at a food stall near Ben Thanh Market. After lunch, I park my cyclo
under a tree, _______ a short rest and then continue my afternoon’s work.

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Write the sound for the underlined letters in the following words.
1. routine
……..
2. beach
……..
3. tea
……..
4. little
……..
5. fit

……..
6. bridge ……..
7. sheep
……..
8. scream ……..
9. please
……..
10. green ……..
Read the passage, then give the correct word form.
ROUTINES
Think about your daily life. Do you follow the same road to work every day? Do you
sit in the same place in class? When you get (1. dress) ________, do you always put the
same leg or arm in first? You probably do, because we all have routines in our lives.
(2. routinely) _________________ save time and energy because you do them
without
(3. think) _____________, that's why they are so important in the morning when your
brain isn't (4. action) ___________. Here's Jo talking about her morning routine.
'Oh yes. I always do (5. exact) ___________ the same things. I wake up at seven
o'clock every morning, but I don't get up until quarter past seven. I switch on the radio
and listen to the news. Then I go to the loo and I brush my- teeth. I have a shower and dry
my hair. Then I choose my clothes to wear. I don't eat (6. thing) ___________ for
breakfast. I just have a cup of coffee. Then I go to work. Yes, it's always the same.'
Routines are very (7. use) ___________but they also make you (8.
create)___________ So sometimes it's a good idea to break your routines. Get out of bed
on the opposite side. Listen to a different radio station. (9. take) ____________ a
different route to work. Eat something (10. difference) ___________ for breakfast.
Change your routines. You never know, it could change your life.
Use the verbs from the box to fill in the blanks. Make any changes to the verb tenses
when necessary. There are TWO verbs that are used TWICE.
do

drink
love(2)
have
(not) listen to

arrive (2)
wear
live
be
play
go

like

Hi everybody! I'm The Present Simple Girl. I like habits and routines. I always
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(1) __________ the same things at the same time. For example, I always (2) __________
two glasses of milk in the morning and I usually (3)__________ at school at twenty-five
past eight. I often (4)__________ jeans and T-shirts. I (5)___________ pop music. I also
(6)____________ animals and plants. I (7)____________ a beautiful garden.
I (8)____________ with my parents and my brother. He (9)___________ very
different from me. He never (10)____________on time for lunch. He (11)____________
new clothes and fashion, but he (12)____________ pop music. He (13)____________
hard rock in a group called "Metal Bananas". We are in an English club called The Happy
Verby Gang. We (14)____________ to the club on Saturdays.

ERROR IDENTIFICATION. There are 15 lines in the following passage. Put a
tick (√) beside the line that has no mistake. If a line contains a mistake, underline it
and write the correction in the space provided. Line 0 is given as an example.
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1

5

10

15

In my country, more than 80% of the population are farmers. For
0
that
reason, farming is the most important occupations. Most of the
1
farmers plant rice and raise cattle. Growing rice involves a lot of 2
work such as pumping water, fertilizing, harrow and repairing the 3
banks of the land. During the harvesting time, peasant have to go to 4
the field from early morning to late afternoon. They do not have
5
many time to rest. Normally, each household has more than one
6
plots of land. It usually takes them a week to gather the rice.
7
Farming depends greatly on the weather. Two main crops are in
8
summer and spring. In spring the weather sometime turns bad
9

with continual rain. Getting early and going to the field on rainy
10
days will be hard work. Therefore, peasants always prefers sunny 11
days.
12
Nowadays, some peasants are also plant fruit trees and vegetables 13
to earn more money. Some men even go to the city to be cyclo
14
driver
or work in factories to support his children in the countryside.
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Rewrite the following sentences using the word given so that the rewritten sentence has

the same meaning as the original one.
1. My uncle decided to stop smoking local tobacco two years ago. (GIVE)
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_____________________________________________________________
2. The teacher is satisfied with our results in Civic Education. (CONTENTED)
_____________________________________________________________
3. I have the habit of getting up late on weekends. (ALWAYS)
_____________________________________________________________
4. Some of my classmates cycle to school every morning. (RIDE)
_____________________________________________________________
5. No one in the class got a higher mark in English than Tom. (HIGHEST)
_____________________________________________________________
6. During the break, the school canteen is full of students. (CROWDED)
_____________________________________________________________
7. They have to pay $50 for traveling every month. (SPEND)
_____________________________________________________________
8. Martina loves studying Information Technology the most of all subjects.
(FAVOURITE)
_____________________________________________________________
9. After getting off the plane, I took a taxi to Sunrise Hotel at once. (IMMEDIATELY)
_____________________________________________________________
10. I think fishing for long hours is a waste of time. (INTERESTED)
_____________________________________________________________
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:
1/ We wish _______ to college next year.

A. go

B. to go

C. going

D. shall go

2/ They agreed _______ us some more money.
A. lend

B. to lend

C. lending

D. lent

3/ He suggested _______ to France this summer time.
A. travel

B. to travel

C. traveling D. traveled

4/ She doesn’t mind _______ me with my exercises.
A. help

B. to help

C. helping

D. helps

5/ We would love _______ three cups of coffee.

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A. have

B. to have

C. having

D. had

6/ Don’t you think my jeans need _______?
A. clean

B. to clean

C. cleaning

D. cleans

7/ They will never forget _______ the Prince.
A. see

B. to see

C. seeing

D. will see

8/ His teacher regrets _______ him that his application for the job has been
turned down.
A. tell

B. to tell

C. telling

D. tells

9/ The workers stopped _______ a rest because they felt tired.
A. take

B. to take

C. taking

D. took

10/ That girl tried to avoid _______ some of my questions.
A. answer

B. to answer C. answering D. answered

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:
1/ They were just _______ us about Anna's new boyfriend.
A. talking

B. saying

C. speaking D. telling

2/ Would you mind _______ more clearly, please?
A. speak

B. speaking C. to speak

D. spoke

3/ _______ me about your summer vacation then.
A. Say

B. Talk

C. Tell

D. Speak

4/ Rooney _______ goodbye to all his friends and left.
A. told

B. spoke

C. talked

D. said

5/ Needless _______, my boss will be off work for a minute.
A. to tell

B. to say

C. saying

D. telling

6/ Is it just you or was he _______ nonsense in the get-together?
A. saying
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7/ “Would you like another cup of coffee?" "I wouldn't _______ no."
A. say

B. tell

C. speak

D. talk

8/ Generally _______, she’s quite a good student.
A. talking

B. speaking C. saying

D. telling

9/ That boy is always _______ lies.
A. saying

B. talking

C. telling

D. speaking

10/ - Is it ______ that English is ______ by many people in the world?
- Yes, it is.
A. told-talked

B. talked-said

C. spoken-told D. said-spoken

Find the one mistake (A, B, C or D) in these sentences and then correct them:
1/ (A) Her brother is (B) interested in (C) to join the (D) English Club.
2/ We know that (A) there is (B) no point in (C) help the pupils (D) at the present.
3/ A (A) preferred (B) profession (C) among children is (D) the building sandcastles.
4/ You couldn’t (A) prevent that lovely dog from (B) following you (C) wherever you
(D) to go.
5/ What would be (A) the most effect (B) way of (C) marketing our (D) goods?
6/ (A) Would you be (B) enough kind (C) to open the doors (D) please?
7/ "I think we (A) should depart at ten." "(B) Where?" "I (C) said I think we (D) should
go at ten."
8/ You (A) arrive at a point in any project (B) when you just (C) desire to get the thing
(D) completed.
9/ Mr. Nguyen (A) was just getting (B) into the bath (C) what the cell phone (D) rang.
10/ (A) The police asked me to make clear (B) which I hadn't reported (C) the disaster
(D) earlier.

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