Exercises
Week: 1
Unit 1: My friends


Exercise 1: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.
I don`t think I (go) ______ out tonight. I`m tired.
The moon (move) ______ around the earth.
Lan (be) ______ very happy when she (receive) ______ a letter from her uncle this morning.
Where (you / spend) ____________ your summer holiday last year, Nam?
The sun always (rise) ______ in the East. Look, it (rise) ______!
She often (have) ______ bread and milk for breakfast.
He (take) ______ his children to school every day, except Saturday.
They often (stay) ______ up very late but yesterday evening they (go) ______ to bed early.
She (send) ______ a letter to her parents last week.
The girl (write) ______ to us four times last month.

Exercise 2: Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence, using (not) adjective + enough + to-infinitive.
My sister is old. She can drive a car. ______________________________________
The ladder wasn`t very long. It didn`t reach the ceiling. _______________________
The fire isn`t very hot. It won`t boil a kettle. ________________________________
He is strong. He can carry that suitcase. ___________________________________
Lan isn`t strong. She can`t swim across the river. ____________________________
She is beautiful and intelligent. She can become Miss World. __________________
Mr Roberts isn`t rich. He can`t buy a house. ________________________________
The worker is very clever. He can make nice things from wood. ________________
Our team is very good. We win the football matches very often. ________________
The radio isn`t small. It can`t be put in your pocket. __________________________

Exercise 3: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
Sumachai is my pen pal. He (be) ___(1)___ 14 years old. He (live) ___(2)___ in a small house with his family in Bangkok, Thai land. Yesterday I (receive) ___(3)___ his letter, he said, "I usually (have) ___(4)___ boiled rice for breakfast, and chicken with fried rice or a bowl of noodles for lunch. In the evening, I (eat) ___(5)___ the food my mother (cook) ___(6)___ . Her food (be) ___(7)___ the best in the world." Last week, I (write) ___(8)___ a letter to him. I (introduce) ___(9)___ myself and (send) ___(10)___ him a photograph of my family.

Exercise 4: Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
He is not ______ get married.
A. enough old to B. enough old for C. old enough to D. old enough for
I find Peter is not sociable. He`s rather ______ in public.
A. kind B. reserved C. communicative D. humorous
That boy has short ______ hair.
A. curly B. oval C. tall D. reserved
That film star is tall and ______.
A. short B. long C. slim D. straight
A home for children whose parents are dead is a(n) ______.
A. resort B. hotel C. orphanage D. motel
Generosity is part of the Vietnamese ______.
A. straightness B. orphanage C. joke D. character
He likes telling jokes. He has a good sense of ______.
A. volunteer B. character C. pleasure D. humor
The boy is a ______ student. He always gets good grades.
A. kind B. generous C. hard-working D. reserved
Everyone loves him because of his good ______.
A. person B. character C. member D. public
John ______ a letter from his aunt yesterday.
A. gave B. wrote C. received D. posted
My sister`s hair is not ______ .
A. sociable B. curly C. slim D. fat
It`s a ______ to meet you, Lan.
A. pleasure B. nice C. kind D. pity
He`s tall and thin. He has ______.
A. black hair short B. short black hair
C. hair short black D. black short hair
Are your sisters good enough ______ ______ all these poems?
A. to understand B. understand C. understands D. understood
He is my ______. We are in the same class.
A. neighbor B. principal C. character D. classmate