UNIT 12: A VACATION ABROAD

I. PHONETICS
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
that of the others.

1. A. bother B. cloth C. both D. thought

2. A. included B.carved C. poured D. imprisoned
3. A. valley B. gallery C. statue D. plane
4. A. peaceful B. meat C. instead D. leader
5. A. show B. flow C. crowd D. window
6. A. wharf B. place C.volcano D. plane
7. A. fisherman B. ticket C. prisoner D. over
8. A. included B. called C. carved D. arrived
9. A. brochure B. teacher C. beach D. much
10. A. hotel B. postcard C. shore D. cold

II. STRESS
Which word is stressed differently from the others?
1. A. complain B. include C. visit D. because
2. A. unfortunately B. surprise C. sightseeing D. arrive
3. A. facility B. museum C. temperature D. exciting
4. A. liberty B. relative C. wonderful D. convenient
5. A. abroad B. holiday C. decide D. already
6. A. statue B. prison C. abroad D. building
7. A. lava B. empire C. humid D. museum
8. A. include B. over C. ticket D. valley
9. A. gallery B. liberty C. souvenir D. prisoner
10. A. situate B. volcano C. wonderful D. sightseeing

III. Underline the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.

1. I slipped/ was slipping on the ice while I crossed / was crossing the road.
2. I went/ was going to school when I heard/ was hearing someone call my name.
3. I turned/ was turning round and saw/ was seeing Paula.
4. While we had/ were having dinner, Martha came/ was coming to visit us.
5. While the waiter picked/ was picking up the broken plates, he cut/ was cutting
his finger.

IV. Put in the past simple or the past continuous tense of the verbs in
brackets.
1. He broke his arm while he ___________ (play) rugby.
2. Kylie ___________ (make) her first film when she was 21.

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3. I ___________ (work) on the computer when the earthquake happened.
4. Who was that man you ___________ (talk) to when I came in.
5. I ___________ (have) a bath when she phoned.
6. Mark and Theresa ___________ (live) in Poland for many years.
7. They ___________ (knock) on the door; then, they went in.
8. James ___________ (walk) through the forest when the storm started.
9. Everyone ___________ (wait) for the concert to begin when a message arrived.
10. I found my pen while I ___________ (look) for my bag.

V. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank.

1. Burglars are put in _________.

A. orphanage B. prison C. museum D. hotel

2. Statues are often _________ from marble, stone, or wood.

A. carving B. carve C. carved D. to carve

3. Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a huge carving on a _________ cliff called

Mount Rush more in South Dakota.
A. rock B. land C. water D. soil

4. When _________ first comes to the surface it is red-hot, reaching temperatures

12 times hotter than boiling water.
A. rock B. ice C. shore D. lava

5. _________ come to my party on Sunday? – I’d love to. What time?

A. Should you B. Please C. Will you D. Like

6. The air is very _________ near the sea.

A. humor B. humid C. huge D. human

7. A route or a plan of travel is called _________.

A. itinerary B. travel agent C. calendar D. destination

8. I wasn’t careful while I _________ the letter, so I made several mistakes.

A. wrote B. write C. writing D. was writing

9. Would you like to have dinner with me tomorrow? - _________. I can’t tomorrow.
A. No more B. None C. I’m sorry D. Not now

10. The children were running around noisily _________ I arrived.

A. while B. before C. so D. when

VI. Supply the correct form or tense of the verb.

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 EXERCISE 1

1. I ______________ (see) my friend on the street while I ______________ (go) to

the market with my sister last week.
2. Students _________________ (run) in the yard when it ______________ (rain).
3. She _______________ (have) an accident while she _______________ (drive)
her car to work.
4. I ______________ (come) home last night while my children ________________
(sleep).
5. She _______________ (shop) in the market when there __________ (be) a fire.
6. How ________________________ (you get) to Ha Noi? – I took a bus.
7. I _________________ (have) lunch at 12:00 yesterday.
8. The husband ___________ (read) newspapers while his wife _______________
(cook) dinner then.
9. The family _________________ (sleep) when the postman _________________
(come) yesterday.
10. When I ___________ (arrive) at the school, the class meeting _______________
(take place) this morning.

EXERCISE 2

Last night while I was doing my homework, Angela (1) ________ (call). She said she
(2) _________ (call) me on her cell phone from her biology classroom. She said that
the professor was lecturing while she (3) ________ (talk) to me. I couldn’t believe she
(4) _________ (make) a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on.
She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students (5)
_________ (sleep, actually) in class. Some of the students (6) _________ (talk)
about their plans for the weekend, and the student next to her (7) __________ (draw)
a picture of a horse.
While we were talking, I (8) _________ (hear) her professor shout, “Miss, are you
making a phone call?” Suddenly, the line went dead.

VII. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. It is a three-star hotel, but it is not very ____________. (EXPENSE)
2. Hotel ______________ is included in the price of your holiday.
(ACCOMMODATE)
3. My house is on the top of a hill. It’s very _______________ there in the fall.
(WIND)

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4. Last summer we had an ____________ trip to Sa Pa. (ENJOY)
5. Sa Pa is a wonderful ____________ resort in Vietnam. (MOUNTAIN)
6. Does this price _________________ tax? (INCLUSION)
7. He was sent to _________________ for five years. (IMPRISONABLE)
8. We took a small plane to Kilauea ________________ this afternoon.
(VOLCANIC)
9. My room is ____________ on the top floor of the house. (SITUATION)
10. Mount Rushmore is the place where the heads of four American ____________
are carved into the rock. (PRESIDENTIAL)

VIII. Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting.

1. We went swimming as soon as we was arriving on Nha Trang Beach.
A B C D
2. Yesterday, while I was doing my homework, my little brother listened to music.
A B C D
3. When we were watching TV, he came to give us some latest news about our ill
A B C D uncle.
4. Nobody wants to work with him because he always is forgetting his duties.
A B C D
5. “Open-air Opera House”, knowing as a symbol of Australia, attracts a lot of
A B C
visitors.
D
6. The people are friendly, and the weather has been warmly and sunny.
A B C D
7. When she saw a snake at her feet, she was screaming.
A B C D
8. We went on swimming at Waikiki Beach as soon as we arrived on the
A B C D
Hawaiian island.
9. I never have anything to write with because I’m always lose my pen.
A B C D
10. Today we went on an eight-hours tour around the valley.
A B C D

IX. READING
A. Gap Filling
Choose the best word to complete the passage.

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 Egypt

An increasing number of people are now going on (1) _________ to Egypt. Last
year, for example, about one and a half million (2) _________ visited Egypt. The (3)
________ of Egypt is about fifty million and the (4) _________ is El Qahira (Cairo), a
busy city of just under nine million people. Although the (5) _________ is hot and dry
and most of the country is desert, the average (6) _________ from October to March
is not too high. The most (7) __________ sights are the pyramids at Giza. However, it
is also pleasant to (8) _________ Alexandria, Port Said and several other places and
do as much (9) _________ as possible in the time available. A (10) _________ to
Luxor is a forgettable experience, and there are frequent flights there from Cairo.

1. A. holiday B. visit C. excursion D. trip

2. A. explorers B. voyagers C. tourists D. passengers
3. A. people B. number C. nation D. population
4. A. principle B. head C. state D. capital
5. A. temperature B. climate C. condition D. position
6. A. weather B. comparison C. climate D. temperature
7. A. famous B. known C. visited D. requested
8. A. search B. inspect C. examine D. visit
9. A. viewing B. inspecting C. sightseeing D. looking
10. A. picnic B. trip C. guide D. entertainment

B. Read the text and decide the statements are True or False.

I suppose the most interesting and the most exciting place I’ve ever been is
Marrakech. I first went there many years ago, maybe ten, twelve years; I can’t
remember exactly. I was living and working in Casablanca, which is four or five hours
from Marrakech. We had a long weekend, and my best friend Dave and I were
looking for something to do. There was a guy we work with, Malik, and he invited us
to come and stay with his family.
We set off on a Thursday evening after work, and eventually we got to Marrakech.
His family live in an amazing house very near to the main square, the Djemaa El-Fna.
His mum cooked us dinner and then we all went to the market square. We sat on the
roof terrace of a café, drinking mint tea, and watching the action in the square below.
It is really the most incredible place in the world.

1. ______ The writer went to Marrakech four or five years ago.

2. ______ He went there for his summer holiday.
3. ______ He traveled with his girlfriend.
4. ______ He stayed with the family of a friend.
5. ______ Djemaa El-Fna is his favorite café.

X. WRITING
A. Write a complaint for each exchange, using BE ALWAYS + V-ING.

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 Example: A: Look! She has forgotten her helmet again.
B: Oh no! She is always forgetting her helmet.

1. A: Oh, my God! Her grandmother has just complained.

B: She _______________________________________________________.

2. A: Boring! He has accepted all what I recommended without any hesitation.

B: I’m not surprised. He __________________________________________.

3. A: Look! Mr. and Mrs. Smith have gone to the dancing club again.
B: They _______________________________________________________.

4. A: Oh! They have just come late for school.

B: Oh dear! They _______________________________________________.

5. A: Listen! He has put hard questions to his questions to his teacher again.
B: Not again! He ________________________________________________.

B. Put the verbs into the correct tenses: past progressive or past simple.

Example: while / Ellen / read / Tim / watch / television.

 While Ellen was reading, Tim was watching television.

1. when / I / phone / my friend / they / play / chess.

_____________________________________________________________.

2. the sun / set / when / they / leave / beach.

_____________________________________________________________.

3. I / study / while / he / make / dinner.

_____________________________________________________________.

4. I / practice / guitar / when / he / come home.

_____________________________________________________________.

5. while / Aaron / work / in / his room / his friends / swim / in / pool.

_____________________________________________________________.

C. Rewrite the sentences without changing the meaning.

1. My mother keeps complaining about her naughty son.

My mother is _________________________________________________.

2. There is fog and rain when we came to London.

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 The weather _________________________________________________.

3. I will wash the dishes, and at that time will you cook?
Will you _____________________________________________________?

4. This is a picture of Mount Rushmore. The heads of four American Presidents are
carved into the rock of Mount Rushmore.
This is a _____________________________________________________.

5. When you phoned me, it was my lunchtime.

I was _______________________________________________________.

6. During dinner, the telephone rang.

While I ______________________________________________________.

7. Lan keeps talking in class.

Lan is _______________________________________________________.

8. Walking in the rain gives him pleasure.

He enjoys ____________________________________________________.

9. He continues to forget his homework.

He is _______________________________________________________.

10. They were giving their son some presents when we came.
Their son _____________________________________________________.

D. Put the words in the right order.

1. an accident / were / for/ a bus / we / waiting / saw / While / we.

_____________________________________________________________.

2. class/ always / talking / is / in / Nam.

_____________________________________________________________.

3. fell / while / was / a book / asleep / Michael / he / reading.

_____________________________________________________________.

4. singing / they / when / came / were he.

_____________________________________________________________.

5. playing / entered / with / I / my younger brother / the living room / was / when /
chess / his friend.

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