Started 2. Was Playing 3. Found Out 4. Offered 5. Said 6. Moved 7. Played 8. Joined 9. Was Playing 10. Scored
Started 2. Was Playing 3. Found Out 4. Offered 5. Said 6. Moved 7. Played 8. Joined 9. Was Playing 10. Scored
Started 2. Was Playing 3. Found Out 4. Offered 5. Said 6. Moved 7. Played 8. Joined 9. Was Playing 10. Scored
Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Lionel Messi was born on 24 June 1987 in the city of Rosario in Argentina. Lionel was only five years old
when he (1)___________ (start) playing for a local boys' football team. While he (2)____________ (play)
for another local team, doctors (3)____________ (find out) that he had some medical problems. But when
he was 12, Barcelona FC (4)____________ (offer) him a position at their club and (5)____________ (say)
they could help him with his medical problems. He (6)____________ (move) to Spain with his family in
2000. First, he (7)____________ (play) for Barcelona's boys' teams and then, when he was 16, he
(8)____________ (join) the main Barcelona team in 2003. While he (9)____________ (play) for Barcelona
in the Spanish ‘King’s Cup’ he (10)____________ (score) a goal which his team mate Deco said was ‘the
best goal I have ever seen in my life’.
1. started
2. was playing
3. found out
4. offered
5. said
6. moved
7. played
8. joined
9. was playing
10. scored
Complete the sentences with the words below. There are two words you do not need.
2. Hilary got 90% on the maths test and she didn’t study for it. She’s so ___________ .
3 . Don’t be late because she won’t wait for you. She’s really ____________ .
6. Barbara is very ____________ . She spends hours on the phone to her friends.
7 . Jenny is really ____________ . She has her own opinions and doesn’t do what everyone else does.
1. polite
2. clever
3. impatient
4. hard-working
5. honest
6. talkative
7. strong
8. mean
Read the text. Match the sentences A–F with the gaps 1–5 in the text. There is one extra sentence you do not
need.
I’m in an expensive hotel in the centre of Paris. 1_____ The hotel owner, Jean Leforestier, tells me that the
honey is from the hotel’s own bees. I imagine that the hotel has a farm somewhere in the countryside, but
Jean is smiling. ‘Would you like to see the bees?’ he asks. ‘They’re upstairs.’
I’m surprised, but I follow Jean up the stairs. On the roof of the hotel, far above the busy streets of Paris,
there is a roof garden. 2_____ I can see them flying around. They live in six small hives made of wood, and
they make honey for the hotel’s guests. 3_____ Some people have gardens, but you don’t need much room
for a small hive. Like Jean at the hotel, people are building them on rooftops or on balconies. In the city of
Paris there are over 400 hives. It’s surprising, but research shows that bees in the city are healthier and
produce more honey than their country cousins. Research suggests that the use of chemicals on farms, and
the size of modern farms are not good for bees. The farmers plant huge fields with just one type of crop.
4_____ When the farmers cut their crops to sell them, the bees have almost no food left. In the city, bees
visit our parks, gardens, balconies and flower beds. 5_____ They can produce honey for longer each year.
Next time you’re in the park, look out for bees buzzing among the flowers. There might be an urban bee
keeper in your town too!
A. In fact, more and more people in big cities are keeping bees. _____
C. It’s breakfast time and I’m putting some honey on my bread. _____
D. This means that bees have only one type of food. _____
1. C
2. F
3. A
4. D
5. E
Dear Jean,
How are you doing? I'm writing to you from Hai Dang Ke Ga in Phan Thiet. I'm there with my
family. We have a great time, though the weather isn't OK, as we'd like. Therefore, we spent our
first day on a campsite, where we are staying. Yesterday morning, we climbed up to the lighthouse.
How great the view was! In the afternoon, we went to the beach to sunbathe and have a bath in the
sea. Tomorrow, we're taking a tree boat on the lake next to our campsite. In the evening, we are
going shopping and then eating ice-cream. On Saturday, we're buying some souvenirs. On Sunday,
we're coming back home. Anyway, I'll tell you everything when you will arrive at me next week.
Xuan Dung