hi! my name is yvonne blanc. i live in a house(1).... the country in Provence, in the south of france. it's an old farm house, about five hundred years(2)... , with very thick walls, so it's warm in winter and cool in(3)..... there are three besrooms , two quite big and one small garden in front of the house. and in grow (4) ... flowers and vegetables there.

1. a. at , b.on,c.in,d. rỗng

2.a.tall,b.long,c.old,d.age

3. a. autumn,b.summer,c.fall,d.spring

4.a.many,b.a lot of,c. lots of , d.all are correct

1.We wrote this letter for two hours.

àIt took we wirte this letter for two hours.

2.I spend.

àIt takes.

3.Dogs are difficult to train.

àIt’s..

4.They think that learning English are not easy.

à They think that it …………………............................................…………………………..

5.The weather is too cold for us to go out.

àThe weather is so ………….......................................................................…………………………..

6.The weather is too cold for us to go out.

àThe weather isn’t…………………..............................................................…………………………..

7.The film isn’t interesting for us to see.

àThe film is too…………………....................................................................…………………………..

8.Nhan is tired. He can’t fly his kites.

→ Nhan is so …………………......................................................................…………………………..

12. I wish to have enough money. I want to buy a new house

→ I wish to have enough money so that…….................................................…………………………..

13. I don’t think this book is expensive as it is.

→ This book is.....................................................................................................................................

14. Doing this test is very difficult.

→ It’s....................................................................................................................................................

15. He said something. I didn’t understand.

→ I didn’t understand...........................................................................................................................

16. He likes to read very much.

→ He enjoys.........................................................................................................................................

17. The bag is very heavy.  I can’t carry it.

→ This bag is too ................................................................................................................................

18. We’ll go out. The rain will stop

→ When..............................................................................................................................................

Exercise 1. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

 (1) _________ January 17^th, 1995, a powerful earthquake (2)  _________ hit the city of Kobe, Japan. Many buildings (3) _________ or collapsed.

Soon after the earthquake, people in Kobe (4) _________ working together to (5)  _________ their city. Neighbours pulled each other out (6) _________ collapsed buildings. Ordinary people (7) _________ out fires even before the fire trucks arrived. Volunteers in Kobe organized themselves into (8) _________. They worked out a system to send (9) _________ to where it was needed. Some people (10) _________ food, water, clothes to different part of the city. Some volunteers took (11) _________ of children who had lost their parents. Teams of volunteers from outside Japan helped, too.

Today, Kobe has been built. But people there still remember the outpouring of support they (12) _________ from all over the world back in 1995.   

1. A. in             B. at                             C. on                            D. from

2. A. broke        B. destroyed                  C. banged                     D. hit

3. A. is burning  B. burned                      C. burning                     D. burn

4. A. to begin     B. are beginning C. begin                        D. began

5. A. run            B. save                         C. operate                     D. build

6. A. into          B. of                             C. on                            D. with

7. A. to put        B. putting                      C. puts                          D. put

8. A. teams       B. pair                           C. group                        D. friends

9. A. helped       B. helping                      C. help                          D. to help

10. A. brought   B. bringing                     C. brings                       D. brought

11. A. part         B. care                          C. caring                       D. note

12. A. received   B.  is receiving               C. have received             D. receiving

Exercise 2:  Rewrite the sentences in a way that is has similar meaning to the original sentences:

1. I find collecting glass bottles interesting (HOBBY)

à                                                                                                            

2. Van's brother usually goes to work by motorbike (RIDE)

à

3. What hobby do you like best, Elina? (FAVOURITE)

à

4. Linh finds playing board games boring (LIKE)

à

5. My sister enjoys arranging flowers (FINDS)

à