Unit 4 : Learning a foreign language

l.Complete each of the following sentences, using the words given.

1.Tony/ said/ he/ was learning/ Spanish/ evening class.

...................................................................................................................................... 2.l /learnt/ french/ 5 years/ and/ want/ improve/ pronuncication.

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3.They/ get up/ early/ about 4.00/ every day.

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4.If/you/ want/ attend/ course/ must/ pass/ written examination.

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5.The Internet/ be/ wonderful invention/ modern life.

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6. What/ aspect/ learning English/ you/ find/ most difficult?

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7. The teacher/ wanted/ students/ listen/ news/ carefully.

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8.I / wish/ my school/ have access/ the Internet.

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9.Alice/ said/ not/ ready/ examination.

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10.It/ takes/ you/ twenty minutes/ get there/ bus.

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ll.Put the following sentences into indirect speech.

1."Let's learn the lesson carefully, ''The teacher said to us.

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2."I don't want anything to eat now, ''she said to me.

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3.''Can you hear a strange noise?" he said.

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4.''Do you like visiting old temples?" Dorothy said to me.

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5."Where will you spend your vacation next year?" the boss asked me.

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6,"Why do you wear such funny coat?" l said to Peter.

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7."Where can we eat for dinner?'' Mr.Brown said to me.

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8.''When will the course begin?'' she asked me.

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9.''Don't wait for me if l am late, " Tom said to Mary.

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10. ''Get your coat, Anna'' Mary said.

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III.Write sentences with "wish''.

1.l can't speak English fluently.

l wish.............................................................................................................................

2.Lan is too young to ride a motorbike.

Lan wishes....................................................................................................................

3.My father isn't rich.

I wish.............................................................................................................................

4.We can't make a trip around the country.

We wish.........................................................................................................................

5.He lives in a small flat.

He wishes......................................................................................................................

6.My sister doesn't want to play the piano.

I wish.............................................................................................................................

7.I'm sorry I don't live near my school.

l wish.............................................................................................................................

8.The weather is bad today.

l wish.............................................................................................................................

9.I don't have more time to do this job.

l wish...............................................................................................................................

10.I can't go fishing with mu uncle.

I wish...............................................................................................................................

I.Rearrange these sentences to have a meaningful dialogue.

Peter: Would you like to go to the cinema, then?

Jane: No, l'd better not.

Peter: Why not?

Jane: l wish l could.

Peter: Oh, well, phone me.

Jane: Sorry, l can't.

Peter: Tomorrow night then?

Jane: Because l don't think my husband would like it.

Peter: Would you like to come out with me tonight?

Jane: l'd like to but l'm afraid l can't.

l.Put the following sentences into direct speech.

1.Tom told me to call him at 7 o'clock the following morning.

......................................................................................................................................2.Bod asked me if l lived there with my family.

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3.Mrs.White asked me where I was working.

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4.Jones said that there wasn't any information about those colleges.

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5.Liz asked me whether l was interested in learning English at school.

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6.Alice asked Jane if she could speak Vietnamese.

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7.Mr.Smith told me that l had to come that day.

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8.Linda said that they would work for that company the following week.

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9.The woman asked Mrs.Jane what her daughter wanted to eat.

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10.Andrew told us that he didn't understand what we were saying.

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36.          We will be replacing  coal and natural gas  for  heating  by  solar  energy

                          A                                     B                  C

         at the end of next year.               

               D

37.          Sugar  gives  you  energy  and  you  feel  less  hungrily.

                             A                                            B     C          D

38.          He was absent  from work in spite  of  the flu he caught last week.

                      A             B                   C                         D