Exercise 10. Underline and correct the mistakes in the following sentences.
1. Emma has washed the dishs after dinner. ____________
2. Oh my god, I put too much salts into the soup. ____________
3. My teacher was angry because some students did not do their homeworks.__________
4. It is very dangerous to play with knifes. ____________
5. It took me around five to six hour to finish my job. ____________
6. My daughter likes a cheese very much. ____________
7. I asked my professor for a advice on my career. ____________
8. On my way to the countryside, I saw some buffalo. ____________
9. There is only a few bus on the road today. ____________
10. Mr. John has three child, two boys and one girl. ____________
III. READING
Exercise 1. Read the passage and choose the best answers.
Viet Nam is a multi-nationality country with 54 ethnic (1) ____________. The Viet (Kinh) people account (2) ____________ 87% of the country’s population and mainly inhabit the Red River delta, the central coastal delta, the Mekong delta and major cities. The other 53 ethnic (3) ____________ groups, totalling over 8 million people, are scattered over mountain areas (covering two-thirds of the country’s territory) spreading from the North to the South. Among ethnic minorities, the largest ones are Tay, Thai, Muong, Hoa, Khmer, and Nung with a (4) ____________ of around 1 million each, while the smallest are Brau, Roman, Odu with several hundred people each.
A number of ethnic minorities had (5) ____________ some farming techniques. They grew rice plants in swamped (6) ____________ and carried out irrigation. Others (7) ____________ hunting, fishing, collecting and lived a semi-nomadic life. Each group has its own (8) ____________, diverse and special. Beliefs and religions of the Vietnamese ethnic minority groups were also disparate from each other.
1. A. groups B. team C. minorities D. majorities
2. A. in B. for C. of D. at
3. A. minority B. majority C. small D. large
4. A. religion B. inhabitants C. population D. people
5. A. invented B. developed C. created D. mastered
6. A. pasture B. paddy fields C. highland D. terraced fields
7. A. did B. made C. went D. used
8. A. belief B. style C. costume D. culture
1 are => is
2 are => is
3 live => lives
4 haves => have
5 is => am
6 I do => I don't
7 likes => like
8 play => plays
9 are => is
10 Japanes => Japan