VI. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the sentences.

4. I like the programme for___________people .               (intelligence)

5. This is an__________channel for family .          (entertain)

6. Who will appear on the next episode of____________ programme?    (educate)

7. You should watch the_____________football match tonight   ( nation)

8. She is one of my favourite________________ (comedy)

9. They might have _______________ appliances in ever room.  (wire)

10. My unle is a _______________ in hi-tech system.      (special)

11. People usually want to ______________their own house.     (modern)

12. The house on the moon might be _________from house on the Earth.             (differ)

13. Is the weather in Bangkok___________ than in Hanoi?            (heat)

14. I don’t like this city because it's ___________ .            (dirt)

15. The sea level must be lower than the___________of land.     (high)

16. It’s raining. We must go to the hotel ___________    (quick)

17. Paris is ___________ for fashion and food     (fame)

18. Pulluted air in my city___________ people’s health. (danger)

 Read and answer the questions bellow:

Mrs Lien is a nurse. Her house is near the hospital. It is in front of the park, between the drugstore and the bakery. Today she doesn't go to work because it's Sunday. There are five room in her house, and her house has a small yard to the right of the house ,there are flowers and there are small trees to the left of it. There is a well behind her house.

1.     What does Mrs Lien do ?

______________________________________

2.     How many rooms does her house have ?

______________________________________

3.     Is the yard big or small ?

___________________________________

4.     Where are the flowers ?

____________________________________

5.     What is there behind the house ?

______________________________________

Exercise 2: Câu chuyện sau được chia thành các câu nhỏ, hãy đọc và điền mạo từ thích hợp “a/an/ the hoặc x (không cần mạo từ)” vào chỗ trống:
1. There was ________knock on ________door. I opened it and found ________small dark man in ________blue overcoat and _______woolen cap.
2. He said he was ________employee of ________gas company and had come to read ________meter.
3. But I had ________suspicion that he wasn't speaking ________truth because ________meter readers usually wear ________peaked caps.
4. However, I took him to ________ meter, which is in ________dark corner under ________ stairs.
5. I asked if he had ________ torch; he said he disliked torches and always read ________ meters by ________light of ________match.
6. I remarked that if there was ________leak in ________ gas pipe there might be ________ explosion while he was reading ________meter.
7.  He said, “As ________matter of ________fact, there was ________explosion in ________last house I visited; and Mr. Smith, ________owner of ________house, was burnt in ________face.”
8.  “Mr. Smith was holding ________lighted match at ________time of ________explosion.”
9.  To prevent ________possible repetition of this accident, I lent him ________torch.
10.  He switched on ________torch, read ________meter and wrote ________ reading down on ________back of ________envelope.
11.  I said in ________surprise that ________meter readers usually put ________readings down in ________book.
12.  He said that he had had ________book but that it had been burnt in ________fire in________ Mr. Smith's house.
13. By this time I had come to ________conclusion that he wasn't ________genuine meter reader; and ________moment he left ________house I rang ________police.

Exercise 3: Điền mạo từ thích hợp “a/an/the hoặc x (không cần mạo từ)”” vào chỗ trống.
14. Are John and Mary ________cousins? ~
No, they aren't ________cousins; they are ________brother and ________sister.
15. ________fog was so thick that we couldn't see ________ side of ________road. We followed ________car in front of us and hoped that we were going ________right way.
16. I can't remember ________exact date of ________storm, but I know it was on ________Sunday because everybody was at ________church. On ________Monday ________post didn't come because ________roads were blocked by ________fallen
trees.
17. Peter thinks that this is quite ________ cheap restaurant.
18.       A: There's ________murder here. ~
B: Where's ________body?~
A: There isn't ________body. ~
B: Then how do you know there's been ________murder?
19. Number ________hundred and two, - ________house next door to us, is for sale.
It's quite ________nice house with ________big rooms ________back windows look out on ________park.
20. I don't know what ________price ________owners are asking. But Dry and Rot are ________agents. You could give them ________ring and make them ________offer.
21. ________postman's little boy says that he'd rather be ________dentist than ________doctor, because ________dentists don't get called out at ________night.
22.  Just as ________air hostess (there was only one on the plane) was handing me ________cup of ________coffee ________plane gave ________lurch and ________ coffee went all over ________person on ________other side of ________gangway.
23. There was ________collision between ________car and ________cyclist at ________ crossroads near ________my house early in ________morning.  
24. Professor Jones, ________man who discovered ________new drug that everyone is talking about, refused to give ________press conference.
25 Peter Piper, ________student in ________ professor's college, asked him why he refused to talk to ________press.

Exercise 2: Câu chuyện sau được chia thành các câu nhỏ, hãy đọc và điền mạo từ thích hợp “a/an/ the hoặc x (không cần mạo từ)” vào chỗ trống:
1. There was ________knock on ________door. I opened it and found ________small dark man in ________blue overcoat and _______woolen cap.
2. He said he was ________employee of ________gas company and had come to read ________meter.
3. But I had ________suspicion that he wasn't speaking ________truth because ________meter readers usually wear ________peaked caps.
4. However, I took him to ________ meter, which is in ________dark corner under ________ stairs.
5. I asked if he had ________ torch; he said he disliked torches and always read ________ meters by ________light of ________match.
6. I remarked that if there was ________leak in ________ gas pipe there might be ________ explosion while he was reading ________meter.
7.  He said, “As ________matter of ________fact, there was ________explosion in ________last house I visited; and Mr. Smith, ________owner of ________house, was burnt in ________face.”
8.  “Mr. Smith was holding ________lighted match at ________time of ________explosion.”
9.  To prevent ________possible repetition of this accident, I lent him ________torch.
10.  He switched on ________torch, read ________meter and wrote ________ reading down on ________back of ________envelope.
11.  I said in ________surprise that ________meter readers usually put ________readings down in ________book.
12.  He said that he had had ________book but that it had been burnt in ________fire in________ Mr. Smith's house.
13. By this time I had come to ________conclusion that he wasn't ________genuine meter reader; and ________moment he left ________house I rang ________police.

Exercise 1: Chọn đáp án đúng để điền vào chỗ trống (chú ý: ký hiệu “x” có nghĩa là không cần mạo từ)
1. We are looking for _______ place to spend ________ night.
            A. the/the                   B. a/the           C. a/a              D. the/a
2. Please turn off ________ lights when you leave ________ room.
            A. the/the                   B. a/a              C. the/a           D. a/the
3. We are looking for people with ________experience.
            A. the                          B. a                 C. an               D. x
4. Would you pass me ________ salt, please?
            A. a                             B. the              C. an               D. x
5. Can you show me ________way to ________station?
            A. the/the                   B. a/a              C. the/a           D. a/the
6. She has read ________interesting book.
            A. a                             B. an               C. the              D. x
7. You’ll get ________shock if you touch ________ live wire with that screwdriver.
            A. an/the                    B. x/the          C. a/a              D. an/the
8. Mr. Smith is ________ old customer and ________ honest man.
            A. An/the                   B. the/an        C. an/an          D. the/the
9. ________ youngest boy has just started going to ________ school.
            A. a/x                          B. x/the          C. an/x            D. the/x
10. Do you go to ________ prison to visit him?
            A. the                          B. a                 C. x                 D. an
11. ________eldest boy is at ________ college.
            A. a/the                      B. the/x          C. x/ a             D. an/x
12. Are you going away next week? No, ________ week after next.
            A. an                           B. a                 C. the              D. x
13. Would you like to hear ________ story about ________ English scientist?
            A. an/the                    B. the/the       C. a/the           D. a/ an
14. There’ll always be a conflict between ________ old and ________ young.
            A. the/the                   B. an/a            C. an/the        D. the/a
15. There was ________ collision at ________ corner.
            A. the/a                      B. an/the        C. a/the           D. the/the
16. My mother thinks that this is ________ expensive shop.
            A. the                          B. an               C. a                 D. x
17. Like many women, she loves ________ parties and ________gifts.
            A. the/ a                     B. a/the           C. a/a              D. x/x
18. She works seven days ________ week.
            A. a                             B. the              C. an               D. x
19. My mother goes to work in ________ morning.
            A. a                             B. x                 C. the              D. an
20. I am on night duty. When you go to ________ bed, I go to ________ work.
            A. a/x                          B. a/the           C. the/x          D. x/x

EXERCISES FOR UNIT 10

I.                   Choose the word that has different stress from the others(chọn từ có trọng âm khác với các từ kia)

Put the word into the correct column according to the underlined part.

Slim   tin                   teen                 milk                 meal

     Building           historic           peaceful              busy             expensive

         Live                leave                  sit                   seat                 read

      Village               river                  sea                   see                 beach

         City                street           convenient         difficult              thing            

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