grade 10 unit 16: Historical place

UNIT 16: HISTORICAL PLACE
Grammar point: Comparatives & Superlatives
I.

WORD FAMILY:

1

Verb
Represent: đại diện

Noun
representative: người đại
diện
representation: sự đại diện

2

Engrave: khắc

3

Culture: tu dưỡng, trau
dồi

Engraver: người thợ khắc
Engraving: sự khắc
Culture: văn hóa

4
5

6

Talent: tài năng
Architect: kiến trúc sư
Architecture: khoa kiến trúc
Memorialize: làm lễ kỷ
niệm
Memorize: ghi nhớ

Memorial: đài kỷ niệm
Memory: kỷ niệm

Adjective
Representative of: đại
diện cho
Representational: tiêu
biểu, đại diện

Adverb

Cultured: có văn hóa.
Cultural: (thuộc) văn
hóa
Talented: có tài
Architectonic: có tính
chất xây dựng
Architectural: (thuộc)
kiến trúc
Memorial: để ghi nhớ

Culturally:
về
phương diện văn
hóa.

Scientifically:
tính khoa học.

có

Historically:
mặt lịch sử.

về

Traditonally:
truyền thống

theo

7

Science: khoa học
Scientist: nhà khoa học

Scientific: có tính khoa
học

8

Giant: người phi thường,
nhười khổng lồ
Giantess: người phũ nữ
khổng lồ.
History: lịch sử
Historian: sử gia

Giant: khổng lồ. phi
thường
Gigantic: kếch xù

9

10

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Tradition: truyền thống
Traditionalist: người theo
chủ nghiax truyền thống

Historical: có liên quan
đến sứ kiện của quá
khứ
Historic: quan trọng
trong lịch sử
Traditional: theo truyền
thống

Architecturally: về
mặt kiến trúc

II.
WORD FORM:
Are your opinions _______________of all the workers here? (represent)
On the obverse side of coin is an _____________ of the president’s face. (engrave)
Universities should be centers of __________. (cultural)
We all admire her. She possesses a remarkable ___________ of music. (talentless)
I prefer classical _____________to modern one. (architect)
The Prime Minister today unveiled a ____________ to those who died in the disaster. (memorialize)
Would you like to do __________research? (science)
The amazing technology enables us to take a _______________ leap into the future. (giant)
Mount Rushmore is one of the United States’ _______________ monuments. (history)


10. Van Mieu is an example of well-preserved _______________Vietnamese architecture. (tradition)
1. Are your opinions _______________of all the workers here? (represent) representative
2. On the obverse side of coin is an _____________ of the president’s face. (engrave) engraving
3. Universities should be centers of __________. (cultural) culture
4. We all admire her. She possesses a remarkable _______ of music. (talentless) talent
5. I prefer classical _____________to modern one. (architect) architecture

6. The Prime Minister today unveiled a ____________ to those who died in the disaster. (memorialize)
7.
8.
9.
10.

memorial
Would you like to do __________research? (science) scientific
The amazing technology enables us to take a _________ leap into the future. (giant) gigantic
Mount Rushmore is one of the United States’ __________ monuments. (history) historical
Van Mieu is an example of well-preserved __________Vietnamese architecture. (tradition) traditional

III.
GRAMMAR:
1. David was ________than John.

A. well
B. good
C. better
D. best
2. Dorothy is the ________student in the class, based on her high grades.
A. smartest
B. more Smarter
C. smarter
D. smart
3. Do you see three woman over there? The _______woman is Mrs Lee.
A. oldest
B. older
C. more older
D. most old.

4. It’s one of ______________days of my life.
A. the baddest
B. the worse
C. badder
D. the worst
5. Betty is ________girl in the class.
A. attractive
B. more attractive
C. most attractive
D. the most attractive
6. Sally is _______than Daisy.
A. more gentler
B. gentler
C. most gentle
D. the most gentle
7. Brian has been working ________since he was promoted.
A. much harder B. more harder
C. more hardly
D. as harder.
8. “Would you like to try this hat?” “Have you got one _______?”
A. with a wider brim
B. with more wide brim
C. which a wide brim
D. more wide than
9. “Sorry we’re late. Your house is _____-we thought.” “Never mind”
A. more farther than
B. the farthest
C. much further than
D. more far than
10. “I’ve got ten dollars.” “I think I have ______money than you.”

A. least
B. fewer
C. less
D. fewest
IV.
TRANSFORMAITON:
1. The house was cheaper than we thought it would be.
 The house wasn’t _________________________________________________________________.
2. It is said that English people are quiet and severed.
 English people ___________________________________________________________________.
3. No one in my class is taller than Peter.
 Peter ___________________________________________________________________________.
4. This is the first time I have ever met such a pretty girl.
 She ____________________________________________________________________________.
5. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
 No mountain ____________________________________________________________________.
6. If you stay here longer, you will like the place more.
 The longer ______________________________________________________________________.


7. If you read many books, you will have much knowledge.
 The more _______________________________________________________________________.


8. As soon as I left the house, he appeared.
 No sooner _______________________________________________________________________.
9. He is my friend as well as yours.
 Not only ________________________________________________________________________.
10. If I had realized what would happen, I wouldn’t have accepted the job.
 Had____________________________________________________________________________.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.


The house was cheaper than we thought it would be.
The house wasn’t as expensive as we thought it would be.
It is said that English people are quiet and severed.
English people are said to be quiet and severed.
No one in my class is taller than Peter.
Peter is the tallest in my class.
This is the first time I have ever met such a pretty girl.
She is the prettiest girl I have ever met.
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

No mountain in the world is higher than Mount Everest.
If you stay here longer, you will like the place more.
The longer you stay here, the more you’ll like the place.
If you read many books, you will have much knowledge.
The more books you read, the more knowledge you will have.
As soon as I left the house, he appeared.
No sooner had I left the house than he appeared.
He is my friend as well as yours.
Not only is he my friend but also yours.
If I had realized what would happen, I wouldn’t have accepted the job.
Had I realized what would happen, I wouldn’t have accepted the job.
PRACTICE TEST 16

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest
1. A. pleasure
2. A. scholar

B. pressure
B. machine

C. sure
C. architecture

D. ensure
D. chemist

Choose the word that has main tress placed differently from the others.
3. A. historical
4. A. cultural

B. architecture
B. establish

C. original
C. festival

D. traditional
D. national

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
5. A lot of ____foreign tourists visit the historical place in Vietnam every day.

A. a
B. an
C. the
D. no article.
6. Bao dai was ______last king of _____Nguyen dynasty.
A. a / no article
B. the / the
C. no article / a
D. the / no article
7. Egypt is very famous _______Pyramids.
A. in
B. on
C. for
D. of
8. Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam was originally built ______the Ly dynasty.


A. off

B. in
C. with
D. by
9. They try to put their son in the best ______.
A. behave
B. behaved
C. behavior
D. behavioral
10. More and more foreign tourists arrive ______Vietnam.
A. at
B. for
C. along
D. in
11. There many cultural ________in Ha Noi.
A. spaces
B. sites
C. marks
D. points.
12. She was the _____of the nation after winning the championship in the recent Olympic Games.
A. witness
B. interest
C. behavior
D. pride
13. Thong Nhat Conference Hall was ____built in 1865 and heavily damage by a bombardment in February
1963.
A. firstly
B. eventually
C. newly
D. mostly
14. President Ho Chi Minh’s …………………………………..is situated in Ba Dinh, Hanoi.

A. Independence Palace
B. Imperial Enclosure
C. Mausoleum
D. The Royal Citadel
15. Last year, she won a _____to the university in the US.
A. scholar
B. scholarship
C. A&B are correct D. A&B are incorrect
16. Bright colors often ______babies.
A. attraction
B. attractive
C. attract
D. attracts
17. ______on the coast, the hotel is full of tourists in the summer.
A. Be situated
B. Situating
C. To situate
D. Situated
18. The mother took the baby in her arms, _____.
A. and smiling happily
B. smiling happily
C. to smile happily
D. smiles happily
19. Today, industry turns out _____product at____ speed and with ____labor to meet the demands of the
increasing population.
A. more than / the greatest / least
B. more / greater / less
C. as much as / greatest / the less
D. as many as / more greater / less
20. His new digital camera is _____that one.

A. far expensive than
B. many more expensive than
C. far more expensive than
D. much expensive more than
21. I am not so good at Math ____Mary.
A. than
B. as
C. so as
D. more than
22. He had spent _____that he was broke.
A. such much money B. such many money C. so much money D. so many money
23. I intended to buy my daughter a big doll, rather bigger than ____that she has already got.
A. one
B. ones
C. this one
D. the ones
24. The little boy _____by the dog held his mother’s arm tightly
.
A. frighten
B. was frightened
C. frightened
D. frightening
25. ______by the flood, the bridge is being rebuilt now.
A. Was destroyed
B. Destroyed
C. Destroying
D. Be destroyed
26. Among the workers that Mr. Brown has ever managed, Peter is _____
A. better
B. the better

C. best
D. the best
27. However the problem difficult is, we try our best to solve it.
A. The more difficult the problem is, the more we try to solve it.
B. The most difficult the problem is, the most we try to solve it.
C. More and more difficult the problem is, more and more the most we try to solve it.
D. The more difficult the problem is, the least we try to solve it.
28. They drank small cups of coffee after they ______dinner.
A. had finished
B. have finished
C. were finished
D. finish
29. She needs some shoes _______inexpensive, hard-wearing and attractive.
A. they are
B. which are
C. are
D. that they are


30. I _____my key in the car. I ______a blacksmith.
A. lock / had called
B. am locking / would call
C. have locked / am going to call
D. will locked / will have called
31. Many insect makes sound ______.
A. despite they have no vocal apparatus in their throat
B. despite no vocal apparatus in their throat
C. because they have no vocal apparatus in their throat
D. in spite of they have no vocal apparatus in their throat
32. I think we cannot find places in a bug city that ______the country.

A. so quiet as
B. as quite as
C. more and more quite
D. as and as quiet
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
33. I’ve (A) a lot more (B) points (C) than he did (D)

has

34. She asked (A) me what did I think (B) of (C) the performance the previous day (D).

I thought

35. If I had taken (A) his advice before doing (B) the work, I would have been (C) able to do it
more better (D).

better/much better

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
For those who lived in the Cu Chi tunnels, the life in the tunnels was difficult. Air, food and water were (36)
______ and the tunnels were infested with ants, poisonous centipedes, spiders and mosquitoes. Most of the
time, the guerrillas (37) _____ the day in the tunnels working or resting and come out only (38) _____ night to
scavenge supplies, tend their crops or engage the, enemy in battle. Sometimes, during periods of heavy bombing
or American troop movement, they would be forced to (39) _____underground for many days at a time.
Sickness was rampant among the people living in the tunnels; (40) _____ malaria, which accounted for the
second largest cause of death next to battle wounds.
36. A. scarce

B. antique

C. unique

D. rare

37. A. will spend

B. would spend

C. will be spending

D. will have spent.

38. A. on

B. in

C. at

D. for

39. A. restore

B. remain

C. repair

D. renew

40. A. finally

B. originally

C. especially

D. totally

London is the place where the historic past and the present come alive. A blend of history, architecture and
culture has created an amazingly and constantly developing city.
Not surprisingly the capital has become a wonderful place for visitors and a great place to live with countless
museums, galleries and entertainment places throughout the city. Whatever you want to buy, you can surely find
out in London.
London has a population of 7.2 million people and it is one of Europe's most densely populated areas.
Throughout history, a lot of immigrants and refugees have been arriving in London. London has more women
than men and its population is younger when compared to the rest of the country. The capital is housing over
306,000 students in higher education.
41. Which sentence is true?


A. There are not any works of architecture in London.
B. London is a constantly developing city.
C. No tourists visit London.
D. There are not many museums in London.
42. To many visitors, London is_______.
A. the most populous city in the world.

B. not well-developed

C. an amazing architecture

D. a wonderful place

43. London attracts visitors because of its______.
A. blend of history

B. countless museums and art galleries

C. entertainment places

D. all a,b,c.

44. The population of London is________.
A. seven million people

B. over seven million people

C. less than seven million people

D. six million people

45. London is one of the most______city in Europe.
A. historic

B. surprising

C. undeveloped

D. populous

Rewrite these sentences, beginning with the words provided.
46. I’ve yet to meet a more exasperating person than my brother-in-law.

A. My brother-in-law is the most exasperating person I’ve ever met.
B. My brother-in-law is more exasperating than I am.
C. I’ve ever met a more exasperating person than my brother-in-law.
D. A and C are correct.
47. Our meal will be over by eight o’clock.
A. We always finish our meal at eight o’clock.
B. We will be having our meal by eight o’clock.
C. We will have finished our meal by eight o’clock.
D. We will have our meal at eight o’clock.
48. We had a flat tire, so it look three hours longer than usual to get there.


A. It took us three extra hours to get there.
B. It usually takes us three hours to get there.
C. It usually takes longer to get there.
D. We got there earlier than we expected.
49. Impressed as we were by the new cinema, we found it rather expensive.
A. We were very impressed by the new cinema, but found it rather expensive.
B. We were not very impressed by the new cinema at all because it looked expensive.
C. We weren’t as much impressed by the new cinema’s look as its cost.
D. The new cinema was more expensive than we expected.
50. My father doesn’t play tennis as well as he used to.
A. My father used to play tennis very well.
B. My father used to play tennis worse than he does now.
C. My father is used to play tennis better than now.
D. My father used to play tennis better than he does now.