topic; talk about your trip to the countryside
Write about trip to the countryside
I. Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
1. The trip to the countryside was very _____. We all enjoyed ourselves a lot.
a. interest b. interested c. interesting d. interestingly
2. They had a good time together before _____ home late in the evening.
a. go b. went c. to go d. going
3. Liz _____ a lot of photos of her friends and the countryside.
a. made b. took c. turned d. did
4. Everyone felt very tired and hungry, _____ they stopped to have a snack.
a. so b. but c. even though d. if
5. She said she would show the photos _____ her parents later.
a. to b. for c. with d. in
6. Van is now living with the Parkers _____ a farm outside Columbus, Ohio.
a. in b. with c. of d. on
7. The Parker family treats Van very well, so he feels _____ a member of the family.
a. about b. as c. like d. for
8. “Did you wait for him very long?” “Yes. I _____ to bed until 12:00 p.m.”
a. went b. did go c. had gone d. didn’t go
9. “How long has Jimmy been here?” “He _____ two days ago.”
a. has been b. came c. would be d. had been
10. The member of the family ate hamburgers while Peter _____ baseball.
a. is playing b. plays c. was playing d. has been playing
I. Complete each space in the passage with one of the following prepositions.
at on in from during between until
1. Liz went on a trip to the countryside with Ba’s family on Sunday.
2. Swimming is my favorite sport. I often go swimming _______ summer.
3. Many offices are closed _______ the weekend.
4. The end-of-term tests normally take place somewhere _______ the 15th and 30th of April.
5. Let’s wait for John _______ 7 o’clock. After that, we should go even without him.
6. He was taken to hospital _______ the night.
7. In England, banks are open _______ 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
8. He works _______ night and sleeps _______ the day.
9. The school canteen is usually crowded _______ lunchtimes.
10. When did you meet Fred yesterday? _______ the morning or _______ noon?
Write a paragraph , using the cues
1 . we / start / journey early / morning /car .
2 .after / travel / about 3 hours /we / come my grandma's house
3 . we / visit / some our relatives / then we go / boating / fhinging together .
4 . we all / feel / happy / healthy / aftre the trip .
Last weekend my family had a day trip to our home village .
VI. Rewrite these sentences, beginning with the given words.
1) They have changed the date of the meeting. The date ...................
2) It took Mary two hours to travel to the countryside last week. Mary spent .....
3) When I was a school boy, I went swimming after school every afternoon. I used to
.......................................................
4) Ba feels wo
ied because he gets a bad mark at Math today. Ba wishes .......
5) Lan missed the bus this morning because she got up late. Lan got up late, so ...
6) Nobody has invited me, so I’m not going to the party. Because I ...........
7) My sister is a better cook than I. I don’t ...........................
8) This exercise is not easy enough for us to do. This exercise is .............
9) Today is Sunday, so the children don’t have to go to school. Because ........
VII. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Every year several thousand people are killed and one or two thousand people (1. injure) _______ in Great Britain. These people are killed and injured in road accidents. If you are in England and if you (2. listen) _______ to the eight o’clock news from the BBC, you often (3. hear) _______ about news of road accidents. Accidents often (4. cause) _______ by carelessness. There are rules which help t make the road safe but people always (5. obey) _______ the rules.
VIII. Use the cues below to write a passage telling your recent trip to the countryside.
Last weekend/ my family/ two-day trip/ home village.
We/ start/ the journey/ very early/ morning.
After three hours/ travel/ bus/ we/ reach/ old banyan/ entrance/ the village.
Everyone/ feel/ tired/ take a rest/ the tree.
After that/ we/ start/ walk/ the village/ twenty minutes/ come/ my grandparent’s house.
We/ spend/ enjoyable weekend/ the country.
We/ feel/ happy and healthy/ the trip.
Last Saturday, Liz was very happy (1)……….to Ba,s family on a day trip to his home village about 60 km to the north of Hanoi. They left Hanoi (2)……..his home village very early on Sunday morning. It took them (3)……….one hour and half to (4)……….his village by bus. The village lies near the foot of a mountain and by a river. Liz felt very (5)……….to have a great chance to travel between the green paddy fields and cross the bamboo forests. After a twenty-minute walk, they a
ived at Ba,s house and ate a big lunch with Ba,s family members.
After the meal, they started to walk into the village for about 30 minutes to visit Ba,s uncle. There, they walked up the mountain where the shrine of a Vietnamese hero is (6)………… The scenery was so wonderful that a lot of photos were (7)………… Liz wishes (8)………..all of the photos to her parents after the unforgetable trip.
1. A. to be invited B. to invite C. to inviting D. invited
2. A. to B. for C. with D. at
3. A. near B. nea
y C. nearly D. more than
4. A. visit B. get C. reach D. a
ive
5. A. excited B. excitingly C. excitedly D. exciting
6. A. lies B. located C. sit D. lain
7. A. taken B. taking C. to be taken D. being taken
8. A. sending B. to be sent C. to being sending D. to send
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1. Linh was out when we came......... we left a messagea
a. so b.as c. because d. but
2. Liz was very tired after the trip .......she went to bed very early
a. because b. so c. as d. but
3. Van is a ....... student in the USA
a. bright b. foreigner c.exchange d. intelligent
4. My father........a lot but he doesn't any more
a. was traveling b. was used to travel c. used to travel d. has traveled
5. This isn't my first visit to England . ..........here before
a. I'm b. I'm going to c. I've been d. I was
6. There is a river.........across the village
a. flowing b. running c. lying d. reaching
7. They put ...... the blanket and laid...........food
a. in/on b. down/over c. down/out d. on/in
8. People go to the countryside to have a .......... after a hard working week
a. break b. reast c. trip d. tour
9. He used to.............full time, but now he is a part time worker
a. work b.works c. worked d. working
10. My village is about 80 kilometers ......... the west of HCM city
a. in b. at c. to d. for
