IX. Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space

Dear Minh,
Hi. I'm your exchange student (1)________ England. My name is George and I'm 12 years old. I (2)________ with my parents and my two sisters in Bournemouth, a town on the south coast of England.
I am a student at Lidborough School. It's small (3)________ it is very clean and nice. My best (4)________ is probably computer studies and my worst is maths. What about you? What are your (5)________ subjects at school?
I am really looking forward (6)_______ visiting you in Viet Nam and meeting your family. What kind of (7)________ do you go to? What's your school like? Please write soon and send me a (8)________ of your school.
Best wishes,
George Kelp

1. This is Peter’s book. (Peter)
2. Let's go to the_____. (Smiths)
3. The _____room is upstairs. (children)
4. _____ sister is twelve years old. (John)
5. _____and _____school is old. (Susan - Steve)
6. _____shoes are on the second floor. (men)
7. My _____car was not expensive. (parents)
8. _____CD player is new. (Charles)
9. This is the _____bike. (boy)
10. These are the _____pencils. (boys)

1. My sister (get)_______ dressed and (brush)_______her teeth herself at 6.30 everyday.

2. Mrs. Smith (not live)____________in downtown. She (rent)___________in an apartment in the suburb.

3. How _________your children (go)_________________to school everyday?

4. It’s 9 o’clock in the morning. Lien (be)________in her room. She (listen) ___to music.

5. We_______________________(play) soccer in the yard now.

6. My father (go)___________ to work by bike. Sometimes he(walk)______________.

7. _________You (live)________near a market? _ It (be)____________noisy?

8. Now I (do)_____________the cooking while Hoa (listen)_______________to music.

9. At the moment, Nam and his friends (go)_______ ____shopping at the mall.

10. In the autumn, I rarely (go)______________sailing and (go)__________to school.

11. I (write)_____________________________ a letter to my friend now.

12. At 12 a.m every day, he (have)______________lunch and (go)____________to bed.

Exercise 1: Choose the word that is pronounced differently.

11. A. recommended B. waited C. handed D. designed

12. A. annoyed B. phoned C. watched D. remembered

13. A. hurried B. decided C. planned D. wondered

14. A. posted B. added C. managed D. arrested

15. A. dreamed B. neglected C. denied D. admired

16. A. admitted B. advanced C. appointed D. competed

17. A. announced B. apologized C. answered D. argued

18. A. complained B. applied C. compared D. polished

19. A. booked B. watched C. jogged D. developed

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with “is or are”

There … a lot of furniture in the room.

There … many Aquafina bottles in my apartment.

There … a pack of tissue papers, a mini mirror and some pens.

There … water in the tank.

… there any art books on the shelf?

There … a dozen eggs, a milk bottle and some lemons.

… there a car in your yard?

Exercise 2: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others