UNIT 6
- Listening
You are going to hear Nam talking about what he and his brother will do to prepare for Tet holiday.
1. Now listen and decide what Nam will do, what her brother will do, and what both of them will do.
| Nam | Nam’s brother |
| Sweep the floor |
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| Clean the floor |
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| Clean the sofa |
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| Wash clothes |
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| Hang up clothes |
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| Plant some flowers and trees |
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2. Listen again and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F)
1. Nam’s brother likes to clean the floor. _________
2. Nam’s brother will wash clothes by hands. _________
3. Their house has a big garden. _________
- Pronunciations
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three in each question.
1. A. present B. sound C. sweet D. season
2. A. blossom B. chess C. messy D. passion
3. A. cession B. sleep C. say D. exciting
4. A. spend B. city C. bicycle D. nation
5. A. student B. sugar C. stainless D. slang
6. A. sheet B. sad C. show D. shut
7. A. expensive B. instead C. outside D. mission
8. A. sing B. special C. social D. artificial
9. A sugar B. spring C. school D. Summer
10. A. special B. rice C. she D. Should
11. A. cook B. calendar C. celebrate D. Clean
12. A. wish B. machine C. shrimp D. Watch
13. A. decorate B. calendar C. celebrate D. clean
14. A. shopping B. sugar C. sure D. summer
15. A. centre B. special C. decide D. rice
16. A. school B. chemistry C. peach D. Christmas
17. A. summer B. singer C. study D. tables
18. A. sure B. stupid C. spring D. snail
19. A. ocean B. ceiling C. city D. circle
20. A. ache B. school C. machine D. chemical
- Stress
Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the other three in each question.
1. A. furniture B. behavior C. relatives D. decorate
2. A. machine B. special C. sugar D. center
3. A. apricot B. first-footer C. calendar D. decorate
4. A. active B. crazy C. remote D. crowded
5. A. blossom B. calendar C. celebrate D. Korean
6. A. decorate B. gathering C. historic D. rooster
7. A. repeat B. rubbish C. money D. feather
8. A. forest B. lucky C. empty D. deny
9. A. special B. shopping C. money D. repeat
10. A. pagoda B. fantastic C. cathedral D. family
- Multiple choice
Choose the word of phrase that best completes each sentence below.
1. Tet is coming. We _________ clean and decorate our house.
A. should B. shouldn’t C. mustn’t D. are
2. I always _________ my grandparents a long life and good health.
A. celebrate B. wish C. make D. bring
3. The _________ is the first person to enter your house in the New Year.
A. relative B. first cousin C. first footer D. rooster
4. Children should help their parents _________ their house with flowers and pictures.
A. make B. decorate C. do D. lay
5. New Year’s Eve is a night when members of a family often get _________
A. together B. another C. other D. others
6. People believe that _________ water over people will bring a lot of rain in the new year.
A. throw B. to throw C. throws D. throwing
7. January 1st is a day when people in Europe and America _________new year.
A. see B. remember C. celebrate D. spend
8. New year is one of four important _________ in the United States.
A. parties B. festivals C. events D. celebration
9. In London people cheer and sing when the clock _________ midnight on New Year’s Eve.
A. gets B. seed C. goes D. strikes
10. On New Year’s days, children _________ lucky money _________ red envelope.
A. get – in B. ask - on C. take – at D. have – with
11. The Times Square Ball begins its fall _________ millions of voices countdown the final seconds
of the year.
A. during B. because C. when D. throughout
12. “_________ do Vietnamese people prepare for Tet?”_____ “They decorate their houses and cook special food.”
A. How B. What C. Where D. How often
13. “In which country do people throw water at one another?” ____ “_________”
A. Scotland B. Thailand C. The USA D. Denmark
14. I wish you had a _________ life and _________ health.
A. long – best B. big – good C. long – good D. happy – bad
15. I will _________my lucky money in my piggy bank.
A. keep B. spend C. borrow D. give
16. Vietnamese people usually return to their families _________ Tet.
A. in B. on C. for D. during
17. When the clock strikes midnight, colorful fireworks light _________ the sky.
A. in B. up C. on D. over
18. You shouldn’t_________ things on the first day of Tet.
A. make B. hang C. break D. cook