BÀI TẬP UNIT 1 TIẾNG ANH 10 (CHƯƠNG TRÌNH MỚI)

UNIT 1: FAMILY LIFE
GLOSSARY
- Word bank:
Word
Household (n)

Translation

Word family

Hộ gia đình

Responsibility (n)

Trách nhiệm

Responsible (adj)
# Irresponsible (adj)
Responsibly (adv)

Finance (n)

Tài chính

Financial

Breadwinner (n)
Homemaker (n)

Trụ cột
Người nội trợ

Phân chia
Chia sẻ

Split (v)

Relationship (n)

Mối quan hệ

Contribution (n)

Sự đóng góp

Divorce (n)

Li hôn

Vulnerable (adj)

Dễ bị ảnh hưởng/tổn
thương

Sociable (adj)

Hòa đồng

Nurture (n/v)

Nuôi dạy

Parenting (n)

Việc nuôi dạy con

Role (n)

Vai trò

Burden (n)

Gánh nặng

Generation (n)

Thế hệ

Phrases/Idioms:
Phrases
Divide/split chores
Handle/do chores
Look after/ take care of
Work together/join hands
Lay the table

 Housewife
 Divide
 Share
Relate (v)
Related (adj)
Relation (n)

Relative (n/adj)
Relatively (adv)
Contribute (v)
Contributor (n)
Contributive
#Invulnerable
Vulnerably (adv)
Vulnerability
Sociability (n)
Sociably (adv)
 Friendly (adj)
# Unsociable/unfriendly
 Rearing
 Upbringing
Parental (adj)

Collocations
Household chore
Household duty
Household task
Do household chores
Be responsible for
Take responsibility for
Shoulder responsibility
Household finances
Raise finance

Split smt into smt
Split smt with smb
In a relationship with

Have a relationship with
Develop/form/build a ≈
Cement a relationship
Make relationships
Contribute to
Make a contribution (to)
Acknowledge/recognize ≈
Get a divorce
Vulnerable to

Share parenting
Play/have a role in
Take on/assume a role
Place/put a burden on smb
Bear/carry/shoulder the burden
Share the burden
Ease/reduce/lighten the burden
the generation gap

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Meaning
Phân chia việc nhà
Làm việc nhà
Trông nom, chăm sóc
Chung tay/cùng làm
Dọn bàn

Phrases
Ask smb out

Take out the rubbish
Earn/make money
Take turns to do smt
Nuclear family

Meaning
Rủ ai đi chơi
Vứt rác
Kiếm tiền
Thay phiên nhau làm gì
Gia đình hạt nhân


Extended family
Set a good example
Run the errands

Gia đình nhiều thế hệ
Làm gương
Làm việc vặt

Grow up
Tidy up
Give a hand

Lớn lên, trưởng thành
Dọn dẹp
Giúp 1 tay

- Practice

Exercise 1: Match each of the word in column A with its definition/meaning in column B.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

A
Chore
Responsibility
Finance
Split
Breadwinner
Generation

7. Nurture
8. Sociable
9. Burden
10. Relationship

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.

J.

B
decisions on how money is spent or invested
care for and protect smb/smt while they are growing
friendly
the member of a family who makes money
a small job that you have to do regularly
the way in which two or more people feel and behave
towards each other
divide
something that it is your job or duty to deal with
all the people who were born at about the same time
something difficult or worrying you are responsible
for

Exercise 2: Complete each of the following sentences by filling in each blank with one word from
Exercise 1.
1. In the past, it was men who took responsibility for the family ________________.
2. Household _______________ are divided equally among the members of my family.
3. Children who help their family members with the housework do better at school, become more
_______________, and have better relationships with their teachers and friends.
4. Each family is unique and will have their own solution when they _______________ house chores.
5. I have quite a good _______________ with my parents.
6. In my family, my father is the _______________, responsible for the household finances while my
mother is the homemaker who handles most of the chores around the house.
7. My main _______________ in the family is to do the laundry and take out the rubbish.
8. She wants to stay at home and _______________ her children.
9. In Vietnam, three or even four _______________ may live in a home.
10. Buying a house often places a large financial _______________ on young couples.

Exercise 3: Write the suitable verbs or verb phrases that are used with the nouns or noun phrases in the
table below.
Phrases
1. _______________ the errands
2. _______________ a good example
3. _______________ responsibility for smt
4. _______________ the garbage
5. _______________ the household chores
6. _______________ a hand
7. _______________ a role in
8. _______________ smt into smt
9. _______________ a burden on smb
10. _______________ a contribution to

Meaning

Exercise 4: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the following questions.
Question 1. Getting children to do household chores helps them learn skills and make a ______ to family
life.


A. contributory
B. contribute
C. contributor
D. contribution
Question 2. My friendly ______ with Scott’s family continued after his death.
A. relationship
B. related
C. relative

D. relatively
Question 3. He was very ______, and enjoyed eating, drinking and smoking.
A. socialize
B. sociably
C. sociability
D. sociable
Question 4. Children whose parents are divorced are more ______ to negative influences.
A. vulnerable
B. vulnerability
C. vulnerably
D. invulnerably
Question 5. - Tom: Sophie, can you take the rubbish out today? – Sophie: No, you're ______ for that, aren't
you?
A. responsibly
B. irresponsibly
C. responsible
D. responsibility
Exercise 5: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the following questions.
Question 1. To be an effective father, one must have a good ______ with his wife, be ready to parent, and
really want to have children.
A. relatively
B. relation
C. relative
D. relationship
Question 2. My brother and I take ______ in doing the washing-up, cleaning the floor and watering the
flowers.
A. turns
B. steps
C. measures

D. actions
Question 3. Ms. Mai asked me how she could ______ household chores equally in her family.
A. make
B. divide
C. give
D. contribute
Question 4. In my view, husbands should contribute ______ the household duties in order to reduce burden
on their wives.
A. with
B. to
C. on
D. at
Question 5. Women these days ______ to get married late and delay having children, because they want to
develop a career first.
A. believe
B. suppose
C. expect
D. tend
Question 6. My sister’s main responsibility is to ______ my grandparents.
A. look up
B. look into
C. look after
D. look down
Question 7. ______ the rubbish in the early morning is a part of my daily routine.
A. Bringing out
B. Taking out
C. Coming out
D. Pulling out
Question 8. Like his mother, Viet is a ______ child who can talk openly to anyone.
A. critical

B. social
C. sociable
D. generous
Question 9. He likes to meet and spend time with other people. He is very ______.
A. generous
B. rude
C. sociable
D. unfriendly
Question 10. A(n) ______ family is a living group of grandparents, parents and children.
A. extensive
B. enormous
C. nuclear
D. extended
Question 11. ______ are foods and other goods sold at a shop or a supermarket.
A. Housework
B. Benefits
C. Chores
D. Groceries
Question 12. To Jane, her father is the greatest person in the world and he always sets a good ______ for her.
A. example
B. action
C. role
D. behavior
Question 13. My father is responsible ______ making money.
A. at
B. for
C. in
D. with
Question 14. When his wife gave birth to a baby boy, Mr. Nam became the sole ______.
A. breadwinner

B. housekeeper
C. babysitter
D. housemaid
Question 15. My mother and I often go to the supermarket to shop for ______ at weekends.
A. cook
B. groceries
C. heavy lifting
D. the chores
Question 16. Unlike in other families where the husband is expected to be the ______, in my family, both my
parents share the financial responsibilities.
A. bread-seller
B. bread-maker
C. bread-winner
D. bread-hunter
Question 17. I think that the father should be as responsible as the mother in the ______ of their children.
A. hinder
B. nature
C. contribution
D. nurture
Question 18. My husband willingly helps me ______ the chores at weekends so that I can have more time to
relax.
A. get
B. take
C. do
D. make


Question 19. ______ is a person who works at home and takes care of the house and family.
A. Houseman
B. Homemaker

C. Servant
D. Breadwinner
Question 20. John has an equal ______ to play in the upbringing of his three children.
A. role
B. character
C. job
D. duty
Question 21. Wife and husband support each other and take care _____ their children.
A. with
B. to
C. of
D. for
Question 22. Parents should ______ hands to take care of their children well.
A. shake
B. hold
C. join
D. take
Question 23. I was born and ______ in a poor family in the countryside.
A. asked out
B. tidied up
C. grew up
D. cared for
Question 24. She decided to find a job to ______ money instead of just living at home and being a
housekeeper.
A. make
B. do
C. create
D. get
Question 25. When I was a little child, my parents fought a lot. Finally, they ______ a divorce
A. did

B. made
C. took
D got.
Exercise 6: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 1 to 5.
It is a fairly common belief in Britain that men these days do more (1) ______ chores than they did in
previous generations. But is this really so? A recent survey has made some interesting discoveries. When men
do help out, they enjoy cooking and shopping but most are (2) ______ to do the washing. A quarter of men
think that women are better suited to (3) ______ after the home than men and 19% admit to making no (4)
______ to housework. The average man says he does a third of the housework, while the average woman says
she does three-quarters of it, so someone isn't telling the truth! It was impossible to find any men who shared
housework (5) _______ with their partners. Perhaps it isn't surprising so that there are some politicians who
want a new law forcing men to do their share.
Question 1. A. homework
B. housework
C. household
D. housewife
Question 2. A. interested
B. agreeing
C. willing
D. unwilling
Question 3. A. seeing
B. taking
C. looking
D. going
Question 4. A. distribution
B. present
C. contribution
D. share
Question 5. A. equally

B. fully
C. evenly
D. similarly
Exercise 7: Complete the passage by fill in each blank with a word from the box then mark the letter A,
B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 5.
benefits

related

generation

looked after

domestic

When talking about family, a distinction is made between extended family and nuclear family. The nuclear
family is the basic family unit of parents and children. The extended family is all the other members who are
(1) _______________ by blood and by marriage: aunts, uncles, grandparents, nieces, nephews, in laws, etc. In
the West, the importance of extended family has decreased greatly in the last 50 years. But the extended
family has many economic (2) _______________. Grandparents help with childcare and in turn they are (3)
_______________ when they are old by younger members of the family. Also, when houses and (4)
_______________ chores are being shared by many, living costs are naturally lower. But in recent years more
and more young people are choosing to live in nuclear families and so the economics have changed. The older
(5) _______________ say that traditional family values are being lost; but the more serious economic issue is
that everyone’s network of support has been taken away.
Question 1. The word ‘distinction’ is closest in meaning to ______.
A. diversity
B. prominence
C. similarity
D. difference

Question 2. What is a nuclear family?
A. The smallest family unit of parents and children.
B. A family consisting of a father, a mother, and their offspring.
C. A family where aunts, uncles, grandparents, nieces, nephews live together.
D. A family in which there are members who are related by blood and by marriage.
Question 3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about extended family?


A. It helps reduce the cost of living since household chores are shared by many.
B. The number of people choosing to live in an extended family is rising.
C. The extended family offers a lot of economic benefits.
D. There has been a significant decline in its importance for the last five decades.
Question 4. The word ‘they’ refers to ______.
A. younger members
B. grandparents
C. houses
D. benefits
Question 5. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. Only the older generation benefit from the extended family.
B. The younger generation show no interest in traditional family values.
C. Nuclear families and extended families are equally importance.
D. The shift from extended families to nuclear family may have a negative influence on the economics.
GRAMMAR: The Present Simple Tense – The Present Continuous Tense
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Form:
Present Simple

Present Continuous

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogativ
e
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Meaning:
Present Simple

Present Continuous

Ổn định, thường xuyên, lặp lại, luôn đúng

Đang xảy ra, tạm thời, sẽ thay đổi

What does your mother usually do in the morning?
Every morning she gets up early to prepare breakfast
for us.
Always …
Usually …
Normally …
Often …
Sometimes …
Hardly ever/Rarely/Seldom …
Never …
(Chú ý vị trí của các trạng từ chỉ tần suất)

What are you doing now?

, but today she is sleeping in.
, but at the moment …
, but now …
, but today …
, however, at present …
, however, for the time being …
Look! Listen! Watch out! Be careful! …

- Examples:
Every day, Ms. White does most of the housework, but today is Mother’s Day. She isn’t doing any
housework. Her husband and the children are doing it for her. Tomorrow she will do most of the chores as
usual.
Nam’s father cannot go out for a game of tennis with Uncle Long now because he is preparing dinner while
his wife is working late today. She usually does the cooking and Nam and his sister help with the housework.
They always split the household chore equally.


- Practice:
Exercise 1: Choose the italic part that best completes each of the following sentences.
1. Paul’s daughter lives in Spain - he visits/is visiting her two or three times a year.
2. A: Where’s Dad? - B: He washes/is washing the car. He always washes/is always washing the car on
Sunday morning.
3. Ms. Lan is not in the office today. She works/is working at home today.
4. In Viet Nam, children look/ are looking after their old parents.
5. The chore I like/am liking the most is the laundry. It feels like recycling old clothes into new ones.
6. Mom: “Can you help me with the dinner?” – Tom: “Not now. I watch/ am watching TV.”
7. Mr. Long works/is working in an office every day, but now he helps/is helping his wife to prepare
dinner.
8. My mother often shops/is often shopping for groceries three times a week.
9. Normally I finish/am finishing work at five o’clock, but this week I work/am working until six to earn

a bit more money.
10. One thing I never enjoy/am never enjoying is taking out the household trash. I can’t stand the sight of
garbage and the stinking smell of rotten leftover odds and ends.
Exercise 2: Do we usually use these words with the present simple or present continuous? Write them in
the correct group.
Every day
Usually

Now
Sometimes
Present Simple

On Mondays
Rarely

At present
At the moment

Always
Twice a week

Present Continuous

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences, using the present simple or present continuous form of the verb
given.
1. My grandfather often (come) _______________ over for dinner at the weekends.
2. I (not usually work) _______________ on Sundays but today I (work) _______________.
3. She (work) _______________ as a secretary in a big company.
4. My grandmother (not forget) _______________ any of her grandchildren’s birthdays.
5. My dad usually (read) _______________ a bedtime story to me and my brother.

6. She (like) _______________ to bake cookies, but at the moment she (not bake) _______________
cookies because she (study) _______________ at school.
7. My younger sister always (do) _______________ the washing-up after meals.
8. My mother (not do) _______________ the cooking because we (eat) _______________ out today.
9. It's wet in the living room. My brother (mop) _______________ the floor.
10. Linda (clean) _______________ her house every weekend.
Exercise 4: Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given. Use negative form if necessary.
You can use a word twice.
have
take out
take
split
prepare
shop
do
1. I usually _______________ the bus to school, but this morning I'm walking.
2. My mom is not at home. She _______________ for groceries now.
3. I'm very busy, so I only _______________ the laundry every Saturday morning.
4. They _______________ housework among members in Ann's family. She has to do all the chores.
5. Kate always _______________ her dog fed by her neighbor every time she goes on business trips.
6. I always cook, but today is Women's Day, so my husband _______________ dinner in the kitchen.
7. The residents in my neighborhood _______________ the garbage at 5 p.m. every day when the bin
lorry comes.
8. Mary's wrist was broken once, so now she rarely _______________ the heavy lifting.


Exercise 5: Michael McIntosh is a politician. Read the text and put the verbs in brackets into the
present simple or the present continuous.
Michael McIntosh (be) _______________ a very busy man. Every morning, he (leave) _______________
home at 8 o’clock, and (go) _______________ to his office. He (usually/have) _______________ meetings

until lunch time, and in the afternoon, he (often/visit) _______________ the people of Madewell. He really
(enjoy) _______________ talking to people.
At the moment, he and his team (organize) _______________ his election campaign. There are elections in
June and he (hope) _______________ to persuade people to vote for him.
Exercise 6: Put the adverbs of frequency in the correct position.
1. A: ‘When do you go shopping?’ – B: ‘I do my shopping on Fridays.” (OFTEN)

.
2. ‘You should listen to your parents’ advice.’ (ALWAYS)

.
3. My mum does the cooking, but she’s working late today. (USUALLY)

.
4. The mother is the homemaker, who has to do most of the household chores. (NORMALLY)

.
5. Women feel happy when they see their husbands doing housework. (OFTEN)

.
6. In Singapore, old people live in their own homes or a nursing home if they cannot look after
themselves. (USUALLY)

.
PRACTICE TEST
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in
pronunciation.
Question 1. A. trusts
B. cleans
C. brings

D. creams
Question 2. A. brushed
B. trained
C. cracked
D. watched
Question 3. A. divorce
B. split
C. critical
D. finance
Question 4. A. nurture
B. culture
C. vulnerable
D. rubbish
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 5. Being the ______ of the family, she is responsible for the family finances and has to work hard to
provide for her children.
A. breadwinner
B. housewife
C. homemaker
D. child minder
Question 6. That washing machine ______. It broke down this morning.
A. doesn’t work
B. didn’t work
C. isn’t working
D. wasn’t working
Question 7. The ______ family often consists of three or four generations.
A. nuclear
B. childless
C. extended

D. step
Question 8. In Singapore today, people tend ______ in nuclear families which consist of parents and children.
A. to live
B. living
C. to living
D. live
Question 9. A person will be considered ungrateful if he ______ good care of his parents or grandparents.
A. wouldn’t take
B. didn’t take
C. won’t take
D. doesn’t take
Question 10. Homemaking cannot only be the responsibility of the wife or husband. Both should ______
hands to provide for the family and to make it happy.
A. change
B. joins
C. give
D. shakes
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions.
Question 11. We always split the housework equally - my mom cooks, my dad cleans the house and I do the
washing-up.
A. join
B. break
C. share
D. crack
Question 12. We’re surprised to hear that his musical talent was fostered by their loving parents when he was
a child.


A. abandoned

B. limited

C. nurtured

D. restricted

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
Question 13. Bats usually sleep during the day and they play and eating at night.
A
B
C
D
Question 14. My mother gets up usually early to prepare breakfast for the whole family.
A
B
C
D
Question 15. Daisy enjoy going shopping, playing sports and hanging out with friends in her free time.
A
B
C
D
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of
the questions.
Family types vary in different countries and among different cultures. In Western, industrialized societies,
the nuclear family ranks as the most common family type. It consists of a father, a mother and their children.
But nuclear families exist together with many other types of family units. In the single-parent family, for
example, a mother or a father heads the family alone. A blended family is formed when a divorced or

widowed parent remarries. As divorce rates have risen, the number of single-parent and blended families has
increased.
In many parts of the world, parents and children live together with other family members under the same
roof. These complex families usually contain several generations of family members, including grandparents,
parents and children. They may also include brothers or sisters and their families, uncles, aunts and cousins.
Even when relatives do not live together, they still consider themselves members of the same extended family
includes grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins.
Question 16. The nuclear family ranks as the most common family type ______.
A. an many industrialized countries
B. in countries with nuclear weapons
C. that consists of more than two generations
D. that leads to the divorce of parents
Question 17. In the single-parent family, ______.
A. there are often no children
B. only one parent lives with his or her child or children
C. the number of blended children has increased
D. children live with their grandparents
Question 18. Grandparents, parents and children are mentioned as ______.
A. the three typical generations of an extended family
B. three branches of a family tree
C. the closest and happiest relatives in family units
D. a complex combination
Question 19. The second paragraph is about ______.
A. American culture
B. relatives and family members
C. the relationship between family members
D. the extended family
Question 20. The word “blended” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. complex
B. married

C. mixed
D. formed
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way it means the same as the sentence printed before it.
Question 21. Nigel keeps interrupting me.
 Nigel is always
.
Question 22. I haven’t eaten this kind of food before.
 This is the first time
.
Question 23. If you don’t rest yourself you really will be ill.
 Unless
.
Question 24. “Why don’t we go out for a walk?” my father said.
 My father suggested
.
Question 25. The package was too heavy for Peter to carry.
 He package was so
.
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