E. LANGUAGE FOCUS
Pronunciation

/ei /	/ai/	/ɔɪ/
play	time	voice
today	wildlife	noise
radio	height	toy
newspaper	buy	enjoy
they	type	destroy

• Practise these sentences.
1. I'm afraid you’ve made a mistake.
2. They changed the timetable at the end of April.
3. I have ninety-nine pages to type by Friday.
4. Would you like to go for a ride with me on Friday?
5. This is the noisiest Rolls Royce I've ever heard.
6. While you're changing the oil, I'll go and visit my boy.
Grammar and vocabulary
Exercise 1: Complete the letter, using the present perfect of the verbs in the box.
(Hoàn thành lá thư, sử dụng thì Hiện tại hoàn thành của các động từ trong khung.)

do be watch live meet have take

Trả lời:
1. have been        2. has lived             3. have met
4. have done        5. have had             6. have taken
7. have watched
Exercise 2: Complete the following sentences, using for, since or ago.
(Điền các câu sau, dùng for, since hoặc ago.)
1. Lan and Minh have lived in Ho Chi Minh City______1999.
2. Hoa and Quan quarreled with each other some time_______ .
3. The house is very dirty. We haven’t cleaned it______ ages.
4. We haven't had a good meal______three weeks.
5. ______ Christmas, the weather has been quite good.
6. They have known each other______a long time.
7. They first met a long time_______.
8. They arrived home ten minutes_______.
9. It's two years_______ I last saw Quoc Anh.
10. How long is it_______you last saw' Linda?

Trả lời:
1. since              2. ago                 3. for                  4. for
5. Since              6. for                  7. ago                 8. ago
9. since             10. since
Exercise 3: Complete the following sentences, using the information in the box.
(Điền các câu sau, dùng thông tin trong khung.)

a. We could not see what was going on. b. He had to cancel the appointment. c. We kept the fire burning all day. d. He managed to come to school. e. There were enough seats for everyone. f. We all wore shorts. g. They enjoyed living there. f. Everyone is living on beans. i. The council demolished it. j. We have managed to get some beef.

Trả lời:
1. c - f                  2. b - d                3. a - e          
4. h - j                  5. i - g