UNIT 1: HOME
❶. LISTENING
Listen to a young girl describing her room.
I. Listen and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE.
Statements | True/ False |
| 1. The girl's room is a nice big one. |
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| 2. The girl doesn't enjoy the garden. |
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| 3. The girl enjoys reading books in the morning. |
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| 4. The girl's mother wants her to take her teddy bears off her bed. |
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| 5. The girl shares the room with her sister. |
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II. Listen again and fill in each blank with ONLY ONE WORD from the recording.
6. The girl calls her teddy bears “_______________”.
7. In the girl's room, there's a bed, a desk and a_______________.
8. The girl keeps too many books and_______________.
9. The girl's mother suggests she give the books to her_______________.
10. The girl cleans her room and sweeps the_______________ every day.
❷. PHONETICS
I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
1. A. gym B. sky C. balcony D. laundry
2. A. island B.seafood C. serve D. summer
3. A. information B. population C. question D. transportation
4. A. live B. listen C. think D. write
5. A. delta B. garage C. basement D. attention
6. A. speaking B. teaching C. cleaning D. wearing
7. A. farmers B. groups C. markets D. parks
8. A. museums B. apartments C. buildings D. schools
9. A. stores B. temples C. houses D. families
10. A. asked B. watched C. washed D. painted
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each group.
11. A. center B. basement C. garage D. kitchen
12. A. machine B. laundry C. dinner D. shopping
13. A. delta B. canal C. country D. hometown
14. A. balcony B. temperature C. restaurant D. apartment
15. A. museum B. attention C. secondary D. possession
❸. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
I. Choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.
1. My mother__________ the gardening every Saturday.
A. does B. works C. makes D. plays
2. Can you please help me__________? The clothes are dirty.
A. clean the house B. sweep the floor C. do the laundry D. make the bed
3. People often gather to dance, eat, drink and watch fireworks__________ New Year's Eve.
A. on B. in C. at D. for
4. The car company my father works__________ is really big.
A. in B. for C. at D. on
5. My house has three floors__________ it has no basement.
A. so B. because C. but D. and
6. Jenny: Who does the__________ housework in your family?
Anna: My younger sister. She's just 3 years old.
A. best A. most C.all D. least
7. Tommy:__________ bedrooms does your apartment have?
Jenny: It has two bedrooms.
A. How many B. How C. Where D. What
8. Mike:__________ does your brother work?
Peter: In a bank.
A. What B. Where C. How D. Who
9. Children__________ Halloween by playing Trick or Treat.
A. play B. decorate C. greet D. celebrate
10. As a waiter, I serve__________ food and drink.
A. guests B. visitor C. customers D. eaters
11. The national library is__________ the bank and the hospital.
A. on B. in C. among D. between
12. Hoa is__________ home today because she is tired.
A. in B. on C. at D. between
13. There are many dirty clothes on the floor. It is such a _______ room.