LANGUAGE FOCUS
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences, using someone, anyone, no one or everyone. Use each word twice.
1. I don't think………….likes the film. It’s so boring.
2……………….phoned while you were out, but they didn't leave a message.
3. Does……………mind if I eat first?
4. There’s……………….at the door. Can you go and see who it is?
5. He didn’t come to class for three days, and…………..knows where he is.
6. Can we start now? Has…………..arrived?
7. Everyone said they would attend the party, but………….turned up.
1. everyone                2. Someone                       3. anyone
4. someone                 5. no one                          6. Everyone               7. no one
Exercise 2. Rewrite the sentences, using the pronoun one(s).
1. Of the three bags I like the blue bag.
-> Of three bags, I like the blue one.
2. Mai is making a fruit cake. Huong is making a fruit cake, too.  
-> Mai is making a fruit eake. Huong is making one, too.
3. I like reading books, especially the books about the natural world.
-> I like reading books, espcciak the ones about the natural world.
4. I don't have a computer, and my father doesn't want me to have a computer.
-> don't have a computer, and my father doesn't want me to have one.
5. They let me choose a pencil, and I took the red pencil.
-> They let me choose a pencil, and I took rhe red one.
6.    There are several national celebrations in Vietnam, but perhaps the most meaningful celebration is Tet holiday.
-> There are several national celebrations in Vietnam, but perhaps the most meaningful one is Tet holidav.
7. We told each other both happy stories and sad stories about our lives.
-> We told each other both happy stories and sad ones about our lives.
Exercise 3. Use the words from the box to complete the following sentences.
1. Before Tet, housewives are always busy cooking………..foods.
2. The Prince’s wedding was a very…………occasion.
3. Christmas is also the time for people to give and receive                ………..
4. Each nation has its own way of………….the New Year.
5. On the first day of the New Year, people often try to be nice and………..
6. People go to pagoda to pray for……….
7. If you walk on the street before Tet, you’ll find great……….everywhere
1. traditional             2. grand                 3. Gifts                    4. celebrating
5. polite                    6. good luck            7. excitement