ENLISH WORKBOOK 9

Unit 1: MY FRIENDS
1. Complete the paragraph. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
Vichai is my pen pal. He (1) is 14 years old. He (2) lives in a town house with his family in Bangkok, Thailand. Yesterday I (3) received his letter. In the letter he said “I usually (4) have boiled rice for breakfask, and chicken with fried rice or a bowl of noodles for lunch. I the evening, I (5) eat the food my mother (6) cookes. Her food (7) is the bes in the whole world”. Last week, I (8) wrote a letter to him. I (9) introduced myself and (10) sent him a photograph of my family.
2. Correct the following sentences. Write two corect sentences each time.
Example: The sun rises in the west.
( The sun doesn’t rise in the west. It rises in the east.
The moon goes round the sun.
( The moon doesn’t go round the sun.
It goes round the Earth.
It is hot in winter.
( It isn’t hot in winter.
It is hot in summer/It is cold in winter.
Mice catch cats.
( Mice don’t catch cats.
Cats catch mice/Mice is caught by cats.
Water boils at 50 degrees Celsius.
( Water doesn’t boil at 50 degrees Celsius.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
Spiders have six legs.
( Spiders don’t have six legs.
Spiders have eight legs.
The Red River flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
( The Red River doesn’t flow into the Atlantic Occean.
The Red River flows into the Pacific Ocean.
Gold is cheaper than silver.
( Gold isn’t cheaper than silver.
Gold is more expensive than silver/Silver is cheaper than gold.
Carpenters make things from metal.
( Carpenters don’t make things from metal.
Carpenters make things from wood.
3. Look at the people in the pictures on page 7. What do they look like? What are they wearing? Write sentences describing them, using the words in the box on page 6.
young
not very old
tall
short
slim
fat

short (long) hair
a dress
a skirt
a suit
 a T-shirt and jeans

pretty
beautiful
handsome
ugly


Example:
Thu is young.
She is slim.
She has long hair.
She is pretty.
She is wearing a dress.




Long isn’t very old.
He is fat and short.
He has short hair.
He is wearing a suit.

Nam is young.
He is tall.
He has short hair.
He is handsome.
He is wearing a T-shirt and jeans.
Lan is young.
She ia slim.
She has short hair.
She is beautiful.
She is wearing a skirt.





4. Complete the dialogue using the words in the box on page 8.
like
dark
excellent

Who
What
good-looking

Loan:
Hoa:
Loan:
Hoa:
Loan:
Hoa:
Loan:

Hoa:
Loan:
Hoa:
Loan:
Hoa:
Hello, Hoa.
Hi, Loan. Where were you last Sunday?
I went to Ha Long Bay.
Who did you go with? With some of my classnates and Paul.
(1) Who ia Paul?
One of my friends. He’s from France. Now he’s studying at the United Nations International Schooll of Ha Noi.
(2) What does he look like?
He is (3) good-looking, with (4) dark hair and big brown eyes. He is very friendly.
Can he speak English?
His English is (5) excellent.
Really? I hope to see him one day. I (6) like talking to him in English.

5. Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentences, using (not) adjective + enough.
Example: He is strong. He can carry the box.
( He is strong enough to carry the box.
The weather wasn’t very warm. We couldn’t go swimming.
( The weather wasn’t warm enough for us to go swimming.
He wasn’t very experienced. He couldn’t do the job.
( He wasn’t experienced enough to do the job.
The ladder wasn’t very long. It didn’t reach the window.
( The ladder wasn’t long enough to reach the window.
The tea isn’t strong. It won’t keep us awake.
( The tea isn’t strong enough to keep us awake.
The fire isn’t very hot. It won’t boil the kettle.
( The fire isn’t hot enough to boil