VOCABULARY UNIT 1: LOCAL COMMUNITY
A. EXPLORE VOCABULARY
TEXT-BOOK VOCABULARY
No. Words Meaning
1 Astisan (n)
2 Community (n)
3 Community helper
4 Craft village
5 Cut down on
6 Delivery person
7 Electrician (n)
8 Facilities (n, plural)
9 Firefighter (n)
10 Fragrance (n)
11 Function (n)
12 Garbage collector (n)
13 Get on with
14 Hand down
15 Handicraft (n)
16 Look around
17 Original (adj)
18 Pass down
19 Police officer (n)
20 pottery
21 Preserve (v)
22 Run out of
23 Speciality (n)
24 Suburb (n)
25 Tourist attraction
26 workshop (n)
B. IN-CLASS EXERCISES
Exercise 1: Match each word or phrase with its definition.
1. suburb a. the people living in a particular area; the place where
people live
2. facilities b. to make somebody remember or think about somebody
or something
3. community c. to have a good relationship with somebody
4. get on with d. an area outside the centre of a city
5. remind sb of e. the buildings, equipment, and services provided for a
particular purpose
Exercise 2: Complete each sentence with a word or phrase from Exercise 1.
1. They don’t live in the city centre but in a ____________ of Ha Noi.
2. I love our new neighborhood because we ____________ the people here.
3. There are enough sports ____________ for people of all ages in our local park.
4. Souvenirs ___________ people ___________ a place, an occasion, or a holiday.
5. The local ______________ encourages us to protect the environment and keep our
neighbourhood clean.
Exercise 3: Match the community helpers with their responsibilities.
1. Police officer a. Puts in, checks, and repairs electrical wires and
equipment
2. Garbage b. Puts out fires and saves people from dangerous fires
collector
3. electrician c. protects people and property, makes people obey
the law, prevents and solves crimes
4. firefighter d. delivers goods to people’s houses or workplaces
5. delivery person e. takes people’s rubbish away
Exercise 4: Fill in each blank with a word or phrase from the box.
artisans electrician handicrafts Speciality Garbage
food collector
1. Skilled local _________________ made these beautiful flower vases.
2. The electrical wires in our neighborhood broke down yesterday, so we had to call
a(n) ______________.
3. Bun cha, pho, and hu tieu are examples of famous Vietnamese ______________.
4. The __________________ in our street usually comes at 6 p.m. to take the rubbish
away.
5. Tourists to Hoi An usually buy traditional __________________ such as lanterns as
souvenirs.
Exercise 5: Match each phrasal verb with its meaning.
1. Look around a. To be responsible for somebody/ something
2. Come back b. To walk around a place to see what is there
3. Hand down c. To get information about somebody or something
4. Find out d. To return to a place
5. Take care of e. To give something to somebody younger than you
Exercise 6: Complete each sentence using the correct form of a phrasal verb
in Exercise 5.
1. We _______________ from our home town last Saturday.
2. The artisans in my village usually ________________ their skills to their eldest
children.
3. If you want to _________________ about our community, you can go to the local
museum.
4. When we aren’t at home, our neighbor ___________________ our cats.
5. Whenever I go to a new place, I spend time ___________________.
Exercise 7: Match each word with its definition.
1. preserve a. existing since the beginning
2. shorten b. to keep something as it is
3. fragrance c. to make something shorter
4. original d. a special purpose of a thing
5. function e. a pleasant smell
Exercise 8: Write a word or phrase for each description below.
1. This person delivers goods to your house. ________________________
2. This person stops fires from burning. ________________________
3. People visit this place for pleasure usually while they are on holiday.
_________________
4. People make these objects out of clay. ______________________
5. This person makes things with his/ her hands. ______________________
Exercise 9: Circle the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.
1. The villagers (preserve/ shorten) their traditional weaving techniques.
2. Com Lang Vong has a special (fragrance/ function), so it is very popular.
3. Our (firefighters/ police officers) help keep law and order in our community.
4. Spring rolls are the (speciality food/ fast food) I like best.
5. My hometown is famous for (handicrafts/ objects), such as paper fans and
lanterns.
