Giáo án tự chọn 11-unit 13

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Unit 13: HOBBIES
Ex1: Complete the sentence with the correct form of the word in the box.
Accomplish succeed admire accompany collect discard indulge occupy classify profit
1. She needed only one more stamp to complete her …………
2. You could spend your time more …………with a good book.
3. The girl sang to the …………of a piano.
4. Drawing and singing were among her many …………
5. He never lost the …………of his students.
6. My doctor advised me to avoid excessive …………in sweets and canned drinks.
7. We need something to keep the children …………in their summer holiday.
8. The books are …………into different categories according to subject.
9. Confidence is the key to …………
10. The room was littered with …………newspapers.
Ex2: Rewrite the sentences to focus attention on the underlined information. Start with it+be and an
appropriate wh-word or that.
1. She bought the car from Tom.
2. M y secretary sent the bill to Mr Harding yesterday.
3. He already plays for national side; he only turned professional last year.
4. The film was made in Bristol.
5. We are coming to stay with Jane this weekend.
6. Columbus sailed to America in 1492.
7. The president makes the important decisions.
8. I’m not looking forward to physics, but I’m most worried about the statistics exam.
9. She’s been seeing a doctor at Newtown Hospital, but she’s having the operation in the Queen Mary
Hospital.
10. Caroline has been feeling a bit depressed for sometime, so I booked a holiday in Amsterdam to
cheer her up.
11. It’s not that I don’t want to have dinner with you tonight; I can’t come because I’ve got so much
work to do.
12. I had my wallet when I went into the sports hall, so I lost it somewhere in there.

13. She doesn’t find learning language very easy, and she improved her Spanish only by studying very
hard.
14. I have had great help from my best friend Dave in doing my research, and I delicate this thesis to
him.
15. I don’t mind her criticising me, but I object to how she does it.
Ex3: Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition.
1. My uncle is very good…………accompanying people singing …………his guitar.
2. My brother is fond …………tennis.
3. I have not been very successful…………playing the guitar.
4. He’s keen…………collecting coins.
5. I usually give…………the common stamps to my friends.
6. She was free to indulge…………leisure activity like reading.
7. I don’t need these papers-you can throw it…………
8. John is very interested …………all sorts of sport.
9. I classified my books…………different categories.
10. Books provide the reader…………so many facts and so much information.
Ex4: Rewrite the following as indicated, making any other changes necessary.
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1. I don’t like keeping fish. My sister doesn’t like keeping fish either.
Neither
2. We need to make people realize that drug-taking is self-destructive.
What
3. I suppose the hope of easy money tempts them.
I suppose it
4. I have not experienced such a storm since I was a child.
Not
5. Those children were not very well educated.
Those children’s
6. We expected that the report will be published shortly.

The report
7. It’s all his talk of poverty that really annoys me.
What
8. We only learnt the truth yesterday.
It
9. People sometimes suggest that we are not all equal. This makes some people very angry.
Any
10. If it hadn’t been for your help he would be in a worse mess.
If you
Ex5: Fill in each blank with one appropriate word from the box.
Spectator interests decorated range satisfied discarded bored educational collector engaging
positive classified

The word hobby is a shortened form of hobbyhorse, which had a ……1…..wooden framework with an
imitation horse’s head attached to it. Hobbies today include a vast ……2…..of activities. In this sense,
hobbies include games and sports, but they leave out purely ……3…..activities like watching television.
They also exclude schooling and work done to make a living.
Hobbies are important for many reasons. First, a hobby can be ……4…… For example, if the hobby is
stamp collecting the ……5…..can learn about the countries of the world and even some of their history.
Second, …6……..in the hobby can lead to meeting people with the same ……7…… Third, a person’s
free time is being used in ……8…..way. the person has no time to be …9……..Finally, some hobbies can
lead to a future job is more ……10…..with life.
Ex6: Complete the passage with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.
Agatha Miller (bear) on 15
th
September 1890 in Torquay in south-west England. Better known as Mrs
Agatha Christie, she (write) altogether 78 mystery novels and 19 plays. Very few other crime writers
(write) more books than this, and few (become) so immensely popular.
Ever since she (publish) her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920, her books (never be) out
of print. They (translate) all over the world, and, perhaps surprisingly, her sales (actually increase) since

she (die) in 1976. for a short time after her death they (fall), so it was perhaps the screen that (revive) her
popularity.
People (enjoy) Agatha Christie’s stories for years, and her popularity currently (seem) higher than it (ever
be). It is not of course the first time that an author (become) more popular in death than in life.
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Keys:
Ex1:
1. collection 2. profitably 3. accompaniment 4. accomplishment 5. admiration
6. indulgence 7. occupied 8. classified 9. success 10. discarded
Ex2:
1. It was Tom who/that she bought the car from.
2. It was my secretary who/that sent the bill to Mr. Harding yesterday.
3. He already plays for the national side, it was only last year when/that the turned professional.
4. It was in Bristol where/that the film was made.
5. It’s Jane who/that we are coming to stay with this weekend.
6. It was in 1492 when/that Columbus sailed to America.
7. It is the president who/that make the important decisions.
8. I’m not looking forward to physics, but it is the statistics exam which/that I’m most worried about.
9. she’s been seeing a doctor at Newtown Hospital, but it’s the Queen Mary Hospital where/that she’s
having the operation.
10. Caroline has been feeling a bit depressed for sometime, so it was to cheer her up that I booked a
holiday in Amsterdam.
11. It’s not that I don’t want to have dinner with you tonight; it’s because I’ve got so much work to do
that I can’t come.
12. I had my wallet when I went into the sports hall, so it was somewhere in there which/that I lost it.
13. She doesn’t find learning language very easy, and it’s only by studying very hard that she
improved her Spanish.
14. I have had great help from my best friend Dave in doing my research, and it’s to him that I delicate
this thesis.

15. I don’t my her criticising me, but it’s how she does it that I object to.
Ex3:
1. at-with 2. of 3. in/at 4. on 5. away
6. in 7. away 8. in 9. into 10. with
Ex4:
1. Neither my sister nor I like keeping fish.
2. What we need to make people realize is that drug taking is self-destructive.
3. I suppose it’s the hope of easy money that tempts them.
4. Not since I was a child have I experienced such a storm.
5. Those children’s education was not very good.
6. The report is expected to be published shortly.
7. What really annoys me is all his talk of poverty.
8. It was only yesterday that we learnt the truth.
9. Any suggestion that we are not all equal makes some people very angry.
10. If you hadn’t helped him, he would be in a worse mess.
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Ex5:
1. decorated 2. range 3. spectator 4. educational 5. collector
6. engaging 7. interests 8. positive 9. bored 10. satisfied
Ex6:
1. was born 2. wrote 3. have written 4. have become
5. published 6. have never been 7. have been translated 8. have actually
increased
9. died 10. fell 11. revived 12. have enjoyed
13. seems 14. has ever been 15. has become 16.
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