TEST 2

Exercise 1: Write the activities from the box under the correct pictures

4 feeding pigs , 2unloading rice , 1drying rice; 3ploughing a field ; 5catching fish
6milking cows , 7harvesting crops, 8loading rice

Exercise 2 : Cho dạng so sánh hơn của các trạng từ trong bảng sau:

Trạng từ So sánh hơn Trạng từ So sánh hơn

long longer happily More happily
high higher smartly More smartly
early earlier fluently More fluently
late later heavily More heavily
fast faster clearly More clearly
early earlier carefully More carefully
much more quickly More quickly
well better soundly More soundly
badly worse beautifully More beautifully
little less skillfully More skinfully

Exercise 3. Complete each of the sentences with a suitable word or phrase from the box.

picturesque, unloaded , cattle, fruit, crops, catching ,vast,

well - trained , surrounded, hospitable
1. We helped the farmers herd cattle_ .
2. They are helping their parents pick fruit in the orchard.
3. At harvest time farmers are busy cutting and collecting crops .
4. The driver unloaded the rice from the back of the truck.
5. People here live by catching fish from nearby lakes and ponds.
6. The lake is surrounded by a lot of trees.
7. The local people are kind and hospitable to visitors.
8. Our factory needs a lot of well-trained workers.
9. While travelling up the mountain, people always stop and take photos of the picturesque
scenery.
10. The Sahara is a vast_ desert that covers parts of eleven countries in northern Africa.
Exercise 4 : Underline the correct form of the word.
1. It usually rains heavier / more heavily in my country than in yours.
2. People in the countryside work harder / more hard than those in the city.
3. Nowadays children adapt more quickly / quicklier to technical developments
than their parents.
4. I think countryside dwellers live happier / more happily than city dwellers.
5. This morning, the farmers in my village got up more early/ earlier than usual.
6. The children are playing quiet / quietly in the garden.
7. The sun is shining bright / brightly through the trees.
8. Don’t talk so fast / fastly– I can’t understand what you’re saying.
9. We all find living in the city very stressful / stressfully.
10. Cattle usually cross over the road. You should drive more careful / more carefully.
Exercise 5 : Complete the sentences with the comparative forms of the adverbs in
brackets.
1. Horses can run faster (fast) than buffalos.
2. You made the same mistake again. You should check your paper more carefully
(carefully)
before handing it in.
3. All these students are good, but some work harder ( hard) than others.
4. Girls normally become mature earlier (early) than boys.
5. My sister speaks English much more fluently (fluently ) than I do.
6. Every morning Nick gets up ten minutes (early) earlier_ than his sister.
7. I speak French (fluently) more fluently now than I did last year.
8. You'll find your way around the village (easily) more easily if you have a good map.
9. It rained ( heavily) more heavily today than it did yesterday.
10. If you work ( hard) harder , you will do (well) better in your exam.
Exercise 6 : Choose the correct answer (adjective or adverb) to complete the sentences.
1. Horses, mountain bikes and feet work ________ on grasslands. (good/ well)
2. Agriculture is still based on ________ methods in some countries. (traditional/
traditionally)
3. The ________ populated provinces present a different economic picture. (dense/ densely)
4. He is very ________ . He often buys things for other people. (generous/ generously)
5. The village is ________ situated in a quiet spot near the river. (beautiful/ beautifully)
6. Our house is very central, so we can ________ get to theatres and cinemas. (easy/ easily)
7. Children in the countryside play (more freely / freely) than those in the city.
8. She ________ ran down the stairs to greet her cousins. (excited/ excitedly)
9. The Thompson left their homeland and looked for a ________ place to stay. (permanent/
permanently)
10. Some reporters spoke ________ about rural development. (optimistic/ optimistically)
B. READING
I. Read the following pasage and choose the best option A, B, C or D that best fits each
of the numbered blanks
MY VILLAGE
I live in a village by Mekong River. Every day, like most of my friends, I walk to
school. It is three kilometers away. After class, I often (1)_________ my mother to collect
water from the river and (2)_________ the chickens. At the weekend, the villagers often
gather at the community hall where there is a TV. The adults watch TV, (3)_________ more
often they talk about their farm work and exchange news. The children run around, playing
games and shouting (4)_________ . Laughter is heard everywhere.
My father sometimes takes me to the market town nearby where he sells our home
(5)________ like vegetables, fruits, eggs… He then buys me an ice cream and lets me take a
ride on the electric train in the town square. I love those trips.
On starry nights, Children lie on the grass, looking at the sky and daring each other to find
the Milky Way. We dream of faraway places.
1. A. watch B. help C. play D. live
2. A. herd B. drink C. feed D. eat
3. A. and B. because C. so D. but
4. A. merrily B. happy C. well D. carefully
5. A. farm B. products C. television D. living room
II. Read the passage and choose the best answer to the questions.
The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think
so, and go to the country for the summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year
round. Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find
the time.
English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not very different from one
another. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen
from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard, where people are buried.
The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it.
Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages have running water brought through
pipes into each house. Most villages are so close to some small towns that people can go there
to buy what they can’t find in the village shops.
1. When do city people often go to the country?
A. At the weekends. B. All the year round.
C. At Christmas. D. The summer holidays.
2. What is the advantage of city people when they have a cottage built in the village?
A. They can have their houses rented.
B. They can go to the country at weekends.
C. They can go to the country whenever they can find the time.
D. All are correct.
3. What is NOT mentioned in the life of English villages?
A. The village green B. The church C. Running water D. The Internet
4. What can villagers do when their villages are close to small towns?
A. They can go there to buy whatever they want.
B. They can go there to buy cheaper things.
C. They can go there to buy what is not found in the village shops.
D. They can go there to buy luxury goods.
5. What is the best tittle for the passge?
A. The English countryside.
B. Advantages of the countryside.
C. Things in an English village.
D. Summer holidays in England.
D. WRITINGII. Complete the sentences with suitable forms of the adverbs given in the
brackets.
1. I am faster worker than Tom is. (fast)
 I work faster than Tom .
2. Jack’s car cannot run as fast as Tom’s car. (faster)
 Tom’s car can run faster than Jack’s car .
3. Mai’s singing is more beautiful than Mi’s. (beautifully)
 Mai sings more beautifully than Mi .
4. I can’t cook as well as my mother .
 My mother can cook better than me.
5 . Phong is a faster swimmer than Phuc. (fast)
 Phong swims faster than Phuc .
6. Nick is a careful writer than Phuc. (carefully)
 Nick writes essays more carefully than Phuc .
7. Tom works hard, but Mi didn’t . Therefore, he got better results in the exams. (hard)
 Tom works harder than Mi. Therefore, he got better results in the exams.
8. Living in the countryside is not as convenient as living in the city.(than)
 Living in the city is more convenient than living in the countryside .
9. My English is more fluent than my sister’s. (fluently)
 I speak English more fluently than my sister .
10.My cousin is a better singer than I am. (well)
 My cousin sings better than I .

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