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VOCABULARY – GRAMMAR
Exercise 1: Match the words with their meanings.
1. canal A. a person who lives in a village
2. cattle B. a machine for harvesting crops
3. villager C. an area of land where fruit trees are grown
D. a tower that contains a strong light to warn
4. orchard
and guide ships near the coast
E. a long, thin stretch of water that is
5. harvester
artificially made for boats to travel along
F. animals such as cows and buffaloes kept on
6. lighthouse
the farm for their milk or meat
Exercise 2: Choose the word/ phrase/ sentence (A, B, C, or D) that best fits the space
in each sentences or best answers the question.
1. Russia is a _______ country with a lot of natural resources.
A. vast B. envious C. cultivable D. far
2. Farmers often leave the rice in the sun to _______.
A. damp B. wet C. warm D. dry
3. They _______ the buffalo-drawn cart with hay.
A. built B. hugged C. loaded D. milked
4. Farmers always need extra help with the _______.
A. accident B. harvest C. explosion D. cattle
5. I am _______ on visiting my grandparents' on the weekend.
A. fond B. keen C. interested D. bored
6. My uncle raises a herd of _______ on his farm.
A. cattle B. fruit C. countryside D. village
7. Farmers in Ly Nhon are ________ in the yard after they have harvested all the fields.
A. drying rice B. washing clothes C. dragon-snake D. milk cows
8. Can Gio is a suitable place to plant ________ suitable for saline soils.
A. cattle B. villagers C. orchards D. cows
9. At the weekend, my family and I went to the countryside to visit our grandparents. On the
way,
we encountered many houses with ________ architecture.
A. ancient B. disturbing C. vast D. envious
10. The experience of ________ cows at Long Thanh dairy farm is a very memorable memory
from my travels.
A. herding B. envying C. catching D. milking
11. We really enjoyed flying kites over the green rice ________ during our picnic last year.
A. facilities B. hays C. fields D. collections
12. We are looking forward to a bumper _______.
A. lighthouse B. village C. countryside D. crop
13. I used to go _______ buffaloes when I was small.
A. herding B. swimming C. hiking D. cooking
14. They _______ the boxes into the trucks.
A. harvested B. loaded C. caught D. observed
15. _______ is often the hardest but the most important time to people living in the
countryside.
A. Tet holiday B. Harvest time C. Daylight D. Travelling time
16. It is _______ in the city than it is in the country.
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A. noisily B. more noisier C. noisier
D. noisy
17. The English test was _______ than I thought it would be.
A. the easier B. more easy C. easiest
D. easier
18. English is thought to be _______ than Math.
A. harder B. the more hard C. hardest
D. the hardest
19. Her office is _______ away than mine.
A. father B. more far C. farther
D. farer
20. The streets in cities are _______ than those in the countryside.
A. crowded B. more crowded C. crowdeder D. less crowded
21. City drivers have to drive _______ than country ones.
A. more careful B. more careless C. more carefully D. more carelessly
22. My house is _______ hers.
A. cheap than B. cheaper C. more cheap than D. cheaper than
23. Tom is _______ than David.
A. handsome B. the more handsome
C. more handsome D. the most handsome
24. He did the test _______ I did.
A. as bad as B. badder than C. more badly than D. worse than
25. My new sofa is _______ than the old one.
A. more comfortable B. comfortably
C. more comfortabler D. comfortable
26. A boat is _______ than a plane.
A. slower B. slowest C. more slow D. more slower
27. My sister dances _______ than me.
A. gooder B. weller C. better D. more good
28. This road is _______ than that road.
A. narrower B. narrow C. the most narrow D. more narrower
29. He drives _______ his brother.
A. more careful than B. more carefully
C. more carefully than D. as careful as
30. Things in the city are _______ than in the country.
A. moderner B. more moderner C. modern D. more modern
31. John invited Ann to join his family on _______ to his home village about 60 kilometers to
the north of Ha Noi.
A. a two-day trip B. two- days trip C. a two- days trip D. a trip two days
32. After an hour walking between the green paddy _______, we finally reached the village
entrance.
A. places B. fields C. yards D. courts
33. The small bamboo forest _______ the entrance to the village makes it picturesque.
A. at B. in C. on D. to
34. Alice met Aly’s family at his house _______ the early morning.
A. on B. at C. in D. about
35. We can enjoy the fresh air and beauty in the_______.
A. city B. factory C. countryside D. gas station
Exercise 3: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences:
1. Nomadic people live in a ger. It keeps them cool in summer and warm in winter.
A. house B. circular tent C. cave D. yatch
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2. The nomads move two or three times a year to look for new pastures
A. food B. places C. grasslands D. lifestyles
3. life in the city is more exciting than in the country.
A. boring B. interesting C. convenient D. beautiful
4. That village is very peaceful, so we like to live there.
A. noisy B. quiet C. boring D. skillful
5. I don’t like living in the country.
A. dislike B. hate C. enjoy D. A and B are
correct
Exercise 4: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences:
1. The life in the countryside is very quiet and relaxing
A. noisy B. exciting C. modern D. hard
2. City people seem to react more quickly to changes than country people.
A. noisy B. slow C. slowly D. fast
3. A buffalo ploughs better than a horse.
A. well B. bad C. badly D. worse
4. This exercise is more difficult than that one.
A. easy B. boring C. good D. easily
5. Life in the city is more convenient and exciting than life in the country.
A. inconvenient B. more inconvenient C. slow D. A and B are
correct
Exercise 5: Circle the correct options to complete the sentences.
1. City people seem to react quicklier / more quickly to changes than countryside people.
2. She came to the party later / more lately than her friends.
3. Does a computer work at calculus more fast / faster than a human being?
4. Nga writes English essays better / more well than Mai.
5. Nick can jump higher / more high than Mike.
6. Today it’s raining more heavily / heavilier than it was yesterday.
7. Juice contains more / many vitamins than coke.
8. The farmers in my village work hard / harder than the ones here.
9. People in rural areas talk optimistically / more optimistically than city people.
10. Ms. Sarah dances more beautifully / beautifully than Ms. Susan.
Exercise 6: Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets.
1. ___________________ are very friendly and hospitable. (village)
2. My grandfather owns a valuable ___________________ of stamps. (collect)
3. Spring coming, the hills are ___________________ with many species of wild
(color)
flowers blooming.
4. Each nation tries to work hard to protect the world ___________________. (peaceful)
5. ___________________ a camel is the most exciting activity I have ever
(ride)
experienced.
6. Nomads usually move to get food and find lands to ___________________ (farmer)
7. Country children often react less quickly to technical ___________________
(develop)
than city children.
8. You must drive ___________________ on the city roads or you will take high
(care)
risk of getting accidents.
9. During my stay in the village, I was ___________________ with several local
(friend)
farmers.
10. Local people in the village often wear their ___________________ costumer
(tradition)
during the festivals.
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Exercise 7: Complete the sentences, using the comparative form of the adverbs
from the correspondent adjectives in the brackets.
1. It usually rains ___________________ in Central Viet Nam than in other region.
(heavy)
2. I will have to try a bit ___________________ than this. (hard)
3. The hall was lighted ___________________ than the corridors. (bright)
4. Time goes by ___________________ when we are busy. (quick)
5. Our family has lived ___________________ in the country than in the town since last year.
(happy)
6. The boys were playing the game ___________________ than the girls. (noisy)
7. This task can be completed ___________________ than that one. (easy)
8. A tractor can plough ___________________ than a buffalo or a horse. (good)
Exercise 8: Use the adjective in brackets in their correct forms of comparison to
complete the sentences.
1. Tea is ___________________ coffee. (cheap)
2. The new harvest machine is ___________________ than the old one. (effective)
3. The countryside is ___________________ the town. (beautiful)
4. A tractor is ___________________ a buffalo. (powerful)
5. My sister is ___________________ me. (tall)
6. Blue whales are ___________________ elephants. (heavy)
7. The Mekong River is ___________________ the Red River. (long)
8. Do you think English is ___________________ French in grammar? (easy)
9. My new bed is ___________________ my old bed. (comfortable)
10. The film about my village town is ___________________ the book. (interesting)
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