Bài soạn Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 13: Hobbies

UNIT 13 HOBBIES
GLOSSARY
Accompany: đệm đàn cho ai à accompaniment (n) nhạc đệm; accompanist (n) người đệm đàn
Accomplished (adj.): có tài, tài hoa à accomplishment (n) tài năng
Admire khâm phục, ngưỡng mộ à admiration (n)
avid : hăng hái, nhiệt tình à avidity (n)
Bump: va, đụng
Bygone: cũ xưa, quá khứ
Classify: phân loại
Gigantic = very big, enormous, huge
Ignorantly à ignorant(adj.) à ignorance (n): sự ngu dốt
Indulge (v) say mê, ham mêà indulgence (n) à indulgent (adj.)
Modest (adj.) = vừa phải, khiêm tốn à modesty (n) tính khiêm tốn
Name – tag: bảng tên
Occupied = busy
Once in a while: thỉnh thoảng, đôi khi
Otherwise : nếu không thì
Pedestrian (n) người đi bộ
Profitably (adv.) có lãi, có ích à profitable à profitability (n)
Rub (v): cọ xát, xoa
Teapot : ấm trà
Tune [tu:n] giai điệu, bản nhạc
MORE EXERCISES
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the words in the parentheses.
She needed only one more stamp to complete her _____________ (collect)
You could spend your time more _______________ with a good book.( profit)
The girl sang to the _________________ of a piano. (accompany)
Drawing and singing were among her many ________________. (accomplish)
He never lost the ______________ of his students. (admire)
My doctor advised me to avoid excessive _______________ in sweets and canned drinks. (indulge)
We need something to keep the children ______________ in their summer holiday. (occupy)
The books are ______________ into different categories to subject. (classify)
Confidence is the key to _____________. (succeed)
The room was littered with ____________ newspapers.( discard)
Rewrite the sentences to focus attention on the underlined information. Start with it + be and an appropriate wh-word or that.
She bought the car from Tom.
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My secretary sent the bill to Mr Harding yesterday.
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He already plays for national side; he only turned professional last year.
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The film was made in Bristol.
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We are coming to stay with Jane this weekend.
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Columbus sailed to America in 1492.
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The president makes the important decisions.
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I'm not looking forward to physics, but I'm most worried about, the statistics exam.
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She's been seeing a doctor at Newtown Hospital, but she's having the operation in the Queen Mary Hospital.
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Caroline has been feeling a bit depressed for some time, so I booked a holiday in Amsterdam to cheer her up.
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It's not that I don't want to have dinner with you tonight; I can't come because I've got so much work to do.
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I had my wallet when I went into the sports hall, so r lost it somewhere in there.
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She doesn't find learning language very easy, and she improved her Spanish only by studying very hard.
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I have had great help from my best friend Dave in doing my research, and I delicate this thesis to him.
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I don't mind her criticising me, but I object to how she does it.
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Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition. 
My uncle is very good  accompanying people singing .his guitar.
My brother is fond tennis.
I have not been very successful .. playing the guitar.
He's keen . collecting coins.
I usually give .. the common stamps to my friends.
She was free to indulge  leisure activity like reading.
I don't need these papers - you can throw it .
John is very interested  all sorts of sport.
I classify my books . different categories.
Books provide the reader .. so many facts and so much information.
Rewrite the following as indicated, making any other changes necessary.
I don't like keeping fish. My sister doesn't like keeping fish either.
Neither .
We need to make people realize that drug-taking is self-destructive.
What .
I suppose the hope of easy money tempts them.
I suppose it’s .
I have not experienced such a storm since I was a child.
Not since .
Those children were not very well educated.
Those children's .
We expected that the report will be published shortly.
The report .
It's all his talk of poverty that really annoys me.
What .
We only learnt the truth yesterday.
It . 
People sometimes suggest that we are not all equal. This makes some people very angry.
Any suggestion that .
If it hadn't been for your help he would be in a worse mess.
If you .
WORD FORM 
Choose the best answers. 
I'll ask my assistant to take ________. (dictate)
Over the years it has developed into a highly ________ business.(profit) 
Hotel prices in the major cities are high but not ______. (prohibit) 
A special ___________ is supposed to exist between twins. (close)
Sound and pictures can be stored ___________, as on a CD. (digit) 
SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION 
Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the original one. 
People believe that the prisoner escaped through the hole. 
The prisoner is believed to escape through the hole. 
It was believed that the prisoner escaped through the hole. 
The prisoner is believed to have escaped through the hole. 
It is believed that the prisoner escape through the hole. 
"If I were you, I would ask her for advice," he said. 
He advised me to ask her for advice. 
He said if he had been me, he would have asked her for advice. 
He insisted on my asking for her advice. 
He blamed me for not asking her for advice. 
Mary insisted on my helping her. 
"Please, please, help me!" Mary said. 
"Why don't you help me?" Mary asked. 
"How about helping me?" Mary said. 
"What do you think about helping me?" said Mary. 
Unless you water these trees every day, they will die. 
If you water these trees every day, they will die. 
Water these trees every day and they will die. 
If you didn't water these trees every day, they would die. 
Water these trees every day or they will die. 
I didn't listen to him in the past and I don't succeed now. 
If I had listened to him in the past, I would have succeeded now. 
If I listened to him in the past, I would succeed now. 
If I had listened to him in the past, I would succeed now. 
Did I listen to him in the past, I will succeed now. 
Rewrite the sentences beginning with the words given.
1/ The boy was rushed to hospital. His arm was broken.
- The boy whose 	
2/ I saw him yesterday.
- I did 	
3/ They said he had left Paris secretly in his private car.
- He 	
4/ They had such a good crop that they decided to have a party.
- The crop was 	
5/ You may be intelligent, but you should be careful about this.
- No matter 	
6/ I have more books than she has.
- She doesn’t 	
7/ Mary visited us three days ago.
- Mary paid 	
8/ The leak was repaired by the plumber this morning.
- The plumber 	
9/ This flower is very beautiful!
- How 	
10/ She decided to help him with some money.
- She made 	
 Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
1.By the time you get back, I finish all my correspondence and then I will help you with yours. 
2. In a few minutes’ time, when the clock strikes six, I am waiting here for an hour.
3. He had known her for a long time before he finally got married with her.
4. I hope it won’t be rain when the bride leaves the church.
5. I would say a lie if I said that I like you.
6. They intended to go there next week; but now they are finding they do not have enough money.
7. When he grew old he often thinks of all the things he had done when he was young.
8. When we went to see them tomorrow, they were playing cards; they said they had been playing since six o’clock. 
9. This is the second time you broke a cup and you broke one yesterday. 
10. I always tell you to comb your hair, but you never do what I said.