Unit 8-English 11

UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS (ENGLISH 11)
Fill in each blank of the sentences with one word from the box.
preparations decorate celebrate excited popular

wrapped represent influence traditional exchange

How do people celebrate New Year in your country?
On the first days of Tet, people often visit relatives and friends to exchange New Year wishes.
Japanese usually decorate their houses with some small pine trees, which represent constancy and longevity.
People believe that what they do on the first day of the year will influence their luck during the whole year.
People usually make preparations for Tet severals weeks beforehand.
Tet is also the time for children to receive lucky money wrapped in red envelopes.
Besides the traditional flowers for Tet such as peach flowers and apricot flowers, the kumquat trees are also popular throughout the country.
Children are always excited about the Tet holiday.
II. Complete each sentence with ‘one’ or ‘ones’:
Put these large boxes here, and those small _______________ over there.
“Which of those girls is your sister? – ‘She’s the ___________ with the dark hair.”
There are two films on TV this evening. Which _____________ would you like to prefer to live?
My news glasses are much strong than my old ______________
“Would you like a drink?”- “Ok, yes, please,I’d love __________”.
Carol likes these brown shoes more than those black ____________
They have three children. Each ____________ goes a different school.
The best road to the airport is the _____________ on the right.
Those chairs are too expensive for me. Can you show me some cheaper ______________?
They’re building new houses on this street. The old ____________have been pulled down.

If appropriate, replace the underlined words or phrases with one or ones. If it`s not possible or unlikely, write No after the sentence.
I answer most of the questions, but had to miss out some very difficult questions. ones
The female violinists in the orchestra outnumber the male violinists by about three to one. ones
Traffic is light in most of the city, but there is heavy traffic near the football stadium. No
The issue discussed at the meeting was an extremely complicated issue. one
If you`re making a cup of coffee, could you make a cup of coffee for me? No
If you`re buying a newspaper from the shop, could you get a newspaper for me? one
He used to work for a finance company, but he moved to an insurance company. No
`Was it these earrings you wanted?` `No, the earrings on the left of those, please?` ones
Many people are happy about the new road being built, but there are some angry people, too. No
Dave is really good at taking photos of old buildings. There`s an excellent photo of a local church in his office. one
On one channel was a war film and on the other was a horror film, so I turned the TV off. No
‘Are these your shoes?` `No, the blue shoes are mine.` ones
There are a lot of gloves here. Are these your gloves? No
The damage to the car was a problem, of course, but an easily solved problem. one
’I’ll just clean my shoes before we go out.` `Can you do my shoes, too, please?` No

Complete these sentences with someone, something, anyone, anything, no one, nothing, everyone, everything.
We arranged the meeting, but no one came.
Janet Jones is someone I rarely see these days.
She valued friendship more than anything in the world.
I always get to work before anyone else.
While you are making dinner, I`ll get on with something else.
Nothing has changed. Everything is the same as it was.
I hope everyone will be comfortable here. We try to make each guest feel at home.
We don`t think there`s anything wrong with her reading ability,
Hardly anyone turn up to the meeting.
I am not going to the party because I`ve got nothing to wear.
I thought I heard someone knocking at the door.
Everyone calls her Maggie, but her real name`s Margaret.
The earthquake destroyed everything within a 25-mile radius.
There was complete silence in the room. No one said anything
Sarah was upset about something and refused to talk to anyone
Find the mistakes in these sentences and correct them.
Has everyone seen Lucy recently? I haven`t seen her every day. (anyone)
He didn`t want something to do with the arrangements for the party. (anything)
Normally I don`t like wearing a scarf, but it was so cold I put it on. (one)
I couldn`t fit all the boxes in the car, so I have to leave ones behind and pick it up later. (one)
If anyone calls, tell them I`m not at home. (calls)
There was hardly no one on the beach. It was almost