PRACTICE UNIT 3 (G11)

UNIT 3 - A PARTY

I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced diffrently from that of the others.
1. A. house B. home C. hour D. hope
2. A. calm B. fallen C. halt D. salt
3. A. dynasty B. dynamo C. shy D. type
4. A. fair B. farm C. carry D. care
5. A. fasten B. listen C. history D. often
6. A. narrow B. marry C. carry D. Mary
7. A. cough B. cousin C. country D. tough
8. A. shrewd B. few C. flew D. crew
9. A. plate B. salad C. lemonade D. play
10. A. honest B. heir C. honour D. H-bomb
II. Complete each sentence with a suitable word in the box.
anniversary - cake - celebrate - wedding – golden - together – age – presents
1. People of all ages..........................their birthdays every year.
2. They celebrated their 25th wedding..........................last week.
3. Lisa received lots of..........................on her 18th birthday.
4. People call the 50th wedding anniversary the ..........................anniversary.
5. An important part of a birthday party is the birthday...........................
6. European women over 30 don’t like to talk about their...........................
7. Husbands and wives often give flowers and gifts to each other at the ............anniversary.
8. Mary and Mike are happy to be........................for their golden anniversary.
III. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets, either to infinitive or gerund active or passive.
1. Mrs Tâm Vy’s husband decided (give up)...............smoking when she became pregnant.
2. The children were made (go)...........................to bed at 10:00 p.m.
3. The president doesn’t mind (attack)...........................by the press.
4. The parcel is supposed (deliver)...........................this evening.
5. I’ll never forget (see)...........................that rainbow.
6. The cost of living is expected (go down)............................
7. Instead of (worry) ......................... about his finance, Tom goes spending a
lot of money gambling.
8. Why does John keep (talk).........................about his mother?
IV. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1. You say that I’ve met Tâm Vy, but I can’t remember her.

I can`t remember....................................................................

2. Please remember that you must buy some sugar.
Please remember...................................................................
3. We wanted to open the door, but we couldn’t.
We tried........................................................................................
4. Tâm Vy intended to phone me, but she forgot.
Tâm Vy forgot...........................................................................
5. It will not be easy to finish all tbe work today.
We’ll try..................................................................................
6. People said Dickens died of lung cancer.
Dickens was said................................................................................
7. The tablet computer was too expensive for me to buy.
I couldn’t afford...................................................................
8. Dad regretted that he had sold our house,
Dad regretted..........................................................................
V. Complete the following conversation.
A: ...............................................................................................
B: It’s on August 18th.
A:...................................................................................................
B: Yes. My parents often hold a birthday party for me each year.
A: .................................................................................................
B. I often have my birthday party at home.
A: .................................................................................................
B: I only invite my relatives and some close friends.
A: ..............................................................................................
B. We often eat special food cooked by my mother, drink juices, play games
and dance.
VI. Fill in each gap with one suitable word.
My 15-year-old sister asked me to lend my CD player (1)........................... her but I didn’t want to as she never takes care of things she borrows. I thought I should explain to her (2)....................I couldn’t let her have it. However, I had made a promise to (3)....................not to argue with her and, seeing that her birthday was approaching, I didn’t want to upset her. And I also had to get (4)....................a present. Then a friend of mine suggested a great idea to (5)...................I bought a CD player (6).....................her for her birthday. I went to the Post Office and sent (7) ...................... to her. Some days later, as I was writing her an electronic (8).....................card on the Internet, I got a text message. It read: ”You’re the best sis in the world! Thank you! Xxx”. She had got it.