Practice Unit8- G8

UNIT 8 : COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
I. Put the verbs in the present progressive in the following sentences to express future arrangements.
1. We ( have ) …………………….. a party next Sunday. Would you like to come ?
2. I ( not / go ) ………………………….. away for my holidays next month because I haven’t got enough money.
3. Jane ( travel ) …………………… to Scotland on Saturday.
4. Tom has just bought a painting . Where ……………….. he ( hang )………………….. it ?
5. Lan ( come ) ………………………. tomorrow.
- Oh , is she ? What time………. she ( arrive ) ……………………?
6. …………….You ( play )……………………………….. football tomorrow morning ?
- Yes , but Nam ( not / play ) ………………………………. He has just hurt his leg.
II. Make up sentences using the present progressive .
Ex : What / you / do / tomorrow ?..............................................................................................
-> What are you doing tomorrow ?.......................................................................
1. What sort of car / buy ?..........................................................................................
2. Where / on holiday ?............................................................................................
3. What color / paint your bedroom ?.....................................................................
4. What time ? we / have dinner ?...................................................................
5. I / play tennis tomorrow afternoon………………………………………………………….

III. Put the verbs into the correct form the Present progressive or Present Simple
1. Hurry up ! The bus ( come ) ……………………… I ( not want ) ………………. to miss it.
2. Can you drive a car ?
- No , but I ( learn ) ………………………… my father ( teach )……………………… me.
3. The River Nile ( flow )…………………… into the Mediterranean.
4. I ( have )……………….. English , Math , and Biology tomorrow.
5. My father ( leave )……………………. Hue for HCM City this weekend.
6. Lan’s parents have just bought a new house. They ( move ) …… to a new house next month.
7. I ( go )………………………. to the country this summer.
8. They ( build ) ………………….. a new bridge in my village next month.
9. It ( often / rain ) ……………….. in summer , but it ( not rain ) …………………. now .
10. What time ………………… this train ( get ) ……………………. to London ?
11. Computers ( become ) ………………………….. more important in our life.
12. ……………………… ( be ) you free at lunchtime tomorrow ?
- No ,I ( have ) ……………………lunch with my parents.
IV. Comparative or superlative adjectives.
1. Diamonds ……………………….. gold. ( valuable )
2. My father ………………………. me ( fat )
3. Milk ………………………. water. ( expensive )
4. Ann ……………………… in his class .( tall )
5. This hotel ………………. in the town. ( cheap )
6. Yesterday …………………… day of the year. ( hot )
7. Mike ……………………. Tim ( healthy )
8. He ……………………… in my class . ( intelligent )
9. Which is ( interesting )…………………….. , film or play ?
10. That woman looks ( pretty ) ……………….. than my mother.
11. This is the ( happy )……………………. woman of the three women.
12. He dances the ( beautifully ) ………………………. in the village.
13. Who is ( good ) ………………….., Minh or Nam ?
14. She has ( many )…………………. books than I.
15. Health and happiness are ( important ) ………………… than money.
16. Yesterday was the ( hot )………………….. day of the year.
V. Put the verbs in the present progressive
1. He ………………………. dinner with his mother. ( cook )
2. What ………………. you …………………. at the moment ? ( do )
3. My father ………………… with us in our house. ( not live )
4. He ………………………… overseas. ( live )
5. ………………….. your mother ……………………. in the city ? ( work )
6. She ……………………. at a university in the city. ( teach )
7. …………………………your grandparents ………………………… with you ? ( live )
8. They …………………… on a trip to Australia . ( go )
9. They …………………………. next week. ( return )
10. They ………………………….. older but they are still strong. ( get )
VI. Rewrite sentences
1. Have you got a cheaper schoolbag than this ?
-> Is this the ……………………………………………………………… ?
2. No one in her class is younger than her .
-> She is the ………………………………………………………………………
3. Lance Armstrong is the best cyclist in the world.
-> No one in the world ………………………………………………………………
4. My brother is taller than any other student in the class.
-> My brother is the …………………………………………………………………
5. This story is more interesting than any other story that we have ever read.
-> This is the ………………………………………………………………
6. Sang isn’t as good at geography as Nam.
-> Nam is ……………………………………………………………………
7. I don’t play football as well as Maradona does.
-> Maradona plays ………………………………………………………
8. No other city in Vietnam is so large as HCM City.
-> HCM City…..………………………………………………………………
9. My brother can’t cook as