Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh 9 - Unit 1: A visit from a pen pal

spoke
6. My father gets used to .. newspaper in the morning.
 A. read	B. reading	C. to read	D. reads
7. We have written to each other . last Christmas.
 A. for	B. in	C. since	D. at
8. Can you divide this mooncake .. four equal pieces.
 A. with	B. by	C. among	D. into
9. When I first arrived  New York, I didn’t know anyone.
 A. into	B. at	C. in	D. to
10. We really enjoyed .. local food.
 A. have	B. to have	C. has	 	D. having
V/ Read the passage below and answer the questions
 	Malaysia is one of the countries of the ASEAN. It is divided into two regions which are separated by about 640 km of the sea and together comprise an area of 329,758 sq km. Malaysia enjoys tropical climate. The Malaysian unit of currency is the ringgit.
 	Kuala Lumpur-The capital city- is the largest city in the country. The population in 2001 was over 22 million. Although Islam is the country’s official religion, there are two other religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism. The national language is Bahasa Malaysia known simply as Malay. However, English, Chinese, and Tamil are also widely spoken. The language of instruction for primary school children is Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese, or Tamil. Bahasa Malaysia is the primary language of instruction in all secondary school, although some students may continue learning in Chinese or Tamil. And English is a compulsory second language.
 1) The population of Malaysia in 2001 . over 22 million.
A. is	B. are	C. has	D. had
2) Malaysia .. into two regions by about 640 km of the sea.
A. is dividing	B. divides 	C. is divided	D. divided
3) The .. of Malaysia is Islam.
A. two regions	B. additional religion	C. official religion	 D. capital city 
4) West Malaysia and East Malaysia together . an area of 329,758 sq km.
A. separate	B. consist of	C. comprise	D. divide
5) Bahasa Malaysia is simply known as ..
A. Chinese	B. Tamil	C. Malay	D. second laguage
6)  is a compulsory second language for secondary school students in Malaysia.
A. Chinese	B. Tamil	C. Malay	D. English
VI/ Give the correct tense/form of the verbs:
1) Albert Maltz was a progressive American writer. He (1. bear) ............ in 1908. He (2. write) ... his first play “PEACE ON EARTH” in 1943. It was against wars, so he (3. arrest)  by the American police and (4. put) .. in prison in 1950.
2) What you (do) . last weekend? - I (go) .. to the theater with my family.
3) Maryam and Lan (be) .. pen pals for nearly three years.
4) We used (write) .... to each other every month when we (be) at secondary school.
5) Khang (know) . a little English, so he wishes he (can) speak it fluently. 
6) Maryam (stay)  with Lan’s family at the moment. She (be) .. Lan’s penpal.
VII/ Complete the sentences by filling in each blank with the correct form of the words.
1. We’re very impressed by the  of your town’s people. (friend)
2. Is Buddhism the country’s  religion of Thailand? (office)
3. Should English be a .. foreign language in Viet Nam? (compel)
4. Malaysia is a member country of the  of South East Asian Nations. (associate)
5. In . , there are other religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism in Malaysia. (add)
6. The  language is Bahasa Malaysia. (nation)
7. Lan and Maryam  at least once every two week. (correspondence)
8. Lan enjoyed the  atmosphere while Maryam was praying. (peace)
VIII/ Rewrite these sentences in such the way that they keep the same meaning as the old ones.
1. She had finished the report by noon.
→ The report ..
2. My younger sister is young. She can’t drive a car.
→ My younger sister .
3. Nga was absent from school yesterday.
→ I wish .
4. Someone stole my watch this morning.
→ My watch 
5. I am sorry that I didn’t go to the wedding last week.
→ I wish ..
6. Lan isn’t at the meeting today.
→ I wish ..
7. It’s a pity I don’t know his phone number.
→ I wish ..
8. I wasn’t there yesterday.
 → If only 
IX. Translate into English:
1. Hà nội là thủ đô của Việt Nam, nhưng nó không phải là thành phố lớn nhất nước.
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2. Đạo Phật là tôn giáo chính thức của Thái Lan.
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3. Ngôn ngữ để giảng dạy cho học sinh trung học là tiếng Việt Nam và tiếng Anh là ngôn ngữ thứ hai bắt buộc.
WISH SENTENCES 	
EXERCISE: Use the correct form of verb in parentheses 
I wish I ( live) . near my school.	
I wish I ( know) . her address.
I wish I ( be ) . taller.	
I wish I (meet) ..her now
She wishes her father ( be ) . here now to help her. 
I wish I ( have ) .. more time to do this job. 
The teacher wishes you ( work ). more than (talk ). 
I wish I ( not live ).. in such a noisy city. 
I wish I (have ). enough money to buy this book.
EXERCISE: Rewrite sentences, using “I wish...”
Ví dụ: I don’t know many English words. à I wish I knew many English words.
I don’t have time to go around the city. 
à I wish...................................................................................................................................................
We don’t have a computer therefore we cannot get access to the Internet. 
àI wish ...................................................................................................................................................
She doesn’t send me her recent photos. 
àI wish ...................................................................................................................................................
My friend doesn’t have money to repair his bicycle. 
à I wish ..................................................................................................................................................
My students don’t speak English fluently. 
àI wish ...............................................................................
My students write lessons slowly. 
à I wish ..........................................................................................
The exercises are long. 
à I wish ...........................................................................................................
The film is boring. 
à I wish ..................................................................................................................
The weather is very hot today. 
à I wish ...............................................................................................
My motorcycle is very old. 
à I wish .....................................................................................................
Everybody in our village is poor. 
à I wish ...........................................................................................
My son plays video games during the day.
à I wish .............................................................................
He gets up late for class today. 
à I wish ...............................................................................................
My family live in a small house.
à I wish .............................................................................................
This student doesn’t go to school on time.
à I wish .................................................................................
Many people in Viet Nam don’t have a house. 
à I wish .......................................................................
EXERCISE: Rewrite sentences, using “I wish...”
I’m sorry I don’t have much money. à I wish....................................................................................
What a pity Mary doesn’t understand me. àI wish................................................ ......................
I’m sorry I get bad marks. à I wish...................................................... 
What a pity the weather isn’t fine today. à I wish.........................................................................
Sorry I forget your birthday à I wish 
My mother never has an interesting party. à I wish 
My father is sick today (well)à I wish 
These exercises are very long (short)à We wish 
My students are very lazy (hard working)à I wish 
Her bicycle is old (new) à She wishes 
USED TO / BE USED TO 
EXERCISE: Use “used to” or “be used to”
1. They are used to /used to go to Da lat in Summer.
2. They are used to / used to playing soccer in the park.
3. I am used to / used to getting up early.
4. Tom is used to / used to .do his homework in the evening.
5. Lan is used to / used to writing to Maryam.
6. He is used to / used to work at night.
7. Did they use to /Are they used to watching T.V?
8. Is she used to / Did she use to playing badminton?
9. My father is used to / used to come home late.
10. She is used to / used to go swimming in the afternoon.
EXERCISE: Rewrite the following sentences with “used to”:
They lived in Ha Noi some years ago. 
John stopped smokingà 
Miss Chi taught us English when we were students à 
Ronaldo was a football player 10 years agoà 
My father often took me to the city when I was a child
à 
He was a secretary for my company
7. Linda is no longer late in class.à Linda used
8. Her brother no longer smokes cigarettes. 
 Her brother used 
He often fed the pigs when he was young. 
 He used 
10. This city had old buildings, but none can be found nowadays.
 à There used 
EXERCISE: Use the correct form of the verbs: 
He used to (eat) ______________ . dinner at 5 o’clock
When I was young, I used to (swim) _______________
He used to (like) ______________ her , but he doesn’t any more.
Don’t worry. Some day you will get used to (speak) ______________ English.
She can’t get used to (study) ________________ 
He used to (dance) ______________ every night, but now he studies.
She is used to (sleep) _________________ late on weekends.
Mary is used to (eat) ________________ Chinese food now.
She finally got used to (eat) _______________ our food.
John is used to (swim) ________________ every day.
George is used to (eat) __________________ at 7:oo pm
We (got used to (cook) _________________ our own food when we had to live alone.
Mary was used to (drive) _________________ to school
I have tried but I can’t get used to (live) ____________ with such a man.
I found it hard to get used to (work) ______________ with him at first.
These foods are used to (feed) ________________ the animals.
The man is used to (read) ________________ his newspaper in the morning.
The government used to (restrict )________________ these pills.
John was used to ..(eat) at noon when he started school .
We used to .. (eat ) breakfast at six o’clock.
When Mary was young . She used to ...(swim) every day.
Ben used to ..(like) Helen, but he doesn’t any more.
Don’t worry. Some day you will be used to ..(speak) Span.
Mai can’t be used to (work)
Peter used to ..(dance) every night ,but now he studies.
Hoa is used to ..(sleep) late on weekends.
TEST YOURSELF 1
 Pronunciation.
 Find the word that has the underlined letter(s) pronounced different from the others 
1/ a. invite 	b. pick	 c. ticket	d. kitchen
2/ a. lock	 	b. shock	 c. block	d. program
3/ a. bad	 	 b. sad	 c. day 	d. catch
4/ a. greet	 	b. teeth	 c. deer	d. knee
5/ a. sign	 	b. high	 c. sit	d. mind
 Find the one choice that best completes the sentences
 Vocabulary. 
6/ I love this city ! The sights of it make a deep _____ on me.
 a. impress	 	b. impressed	c. impressing	d. impression
7/ Miss Hoa is very ______. She goes to church every morning.
 a. religious	 	b. religiously	c. religion	d. religioner
8/ My pen-pal and I have corresponded for over 2 years and we really enjoy our______	
 a. friend	 	b. friendly	c. friendship	d. friendily
9/ The ______ religion of Malaysia is Islam.
 a. office	 	b. official	c. officer	d. offician
10/ Like VietNam, Malaysia is a _____country.
 a. tropical	 	b. tropie	c. tropies	d. tropically
11/ The Malaysia unit of currency is the______	 .
 a. riel	b. dollar 	c. ringgit 	d. pesco
12/ We often have a summer______ 
 a. holiday 	 	b. vacation	c. semester 	d. a and b are correct
13/ You can take part in sports activities or not that depends on you. It’s _______
 a. optional	 	b. forceful	c. compulsory	d. required
14/ Mai is a Buddhist. She often goes to ______to pray.
 a. church	 	b. pagoda	c. temple	d. mosque
 Grammar & structures.
15/ It’s very kind_____you to help us. Thanks a lot 
 a. for 	b. to 	c.with	d. of
16/ The hospital building is divided_____four sections
 a. in 	 	b. into	 	c. to	d. about
17/ Did he ____ live in the country when he was young?
 a. use to 	 	b. used to 	c. get used to 	d. be used to 
 18/ Tam wishes his father____here now.
 a. is 	 	b. were	c. will be	d. would be
19/ What is pity! Lan can’t come with us. We all wish she _____
 a. would	 	b. should	c. could	d. can
20/ I wish I _____get good marks for the coming exam.
 a. can 	 	b. could 	c. should	d. will
21/ When I was a child, my family______ go to Dalat for summer vacation.
a. are used to 	b. get used to 	c. use to 	d.used to
22/ He is a small boy. He has to depend ______his parents.
 a. on 	b. to 	c. with 	d. for
23/ Maryam was really impressed ______ the beauty of the city.
 a. of 	 	 	b. by	c. with 	d. for
24/ We were having dinner when the telephone______ 	.
 a. ring 	 	b. ringing 	c. rang 	d. was ringing 
25/ I wish I were a little taller. I______too short.
 a. am 	 	b. was	c.were	d. would be 
26/ Tom wishes he could help his sister with her homework, but he______	 
 a. could 	 	b. can	c. couldn’t	d. can’t
27/ What do you do? I ______
 a. have a party	 	b. am a worker	c. play tennis 	d. will go out
28/ She arrived______ four o’clock ______ the afternoon.
 a. at / on	 	b. in / in	c. at / in 	d. on / in
29/ He was a tennis player when he was young. He_____tennis when he was young
 a. plays	 	b. used to play 	c. has player 	d. likes to play 
30/ My sister is studying hard______her exam.
 a. in 	 	b. for 	c. at	d. to
31/ I used to go to school in the afternoon, but now I _____any more.
 a. don’t 	 	b. do 	c. didn’t	d. did
32/ It rained heavily while I_____ last night.
 a. sleep 	 	b. slept 	c. sleeping 	d. was sleeping
33/We wish he could go to the cinema with us. But he ____. What a pity! 
 a. can 	 	b. can’t 	c. could 	d. couldn’t
34/ I_____school at the age of six in the countryside.
 a. start	 	b. had started	c. started	d. starting
35/ I have studied English _____ more than three years.
 a. for 	 	b. in 	c. since	d. at
36/ Hurry up! We don’t have enough time. If only we______more time we could take some more photographs.
 a. had 	 	b. have 	c. had had 	d. would have.
37/ _____ does it take to get to Liverpool from here?
 a. how high	b. how long 	c. how much	d. how often
38/ I have a pet dog and my friend______too.
 a. have one 	b. has it 	c. has one 	d. have it
39/ Every afternoon she ______for a walk in the garden.
 a. will go 	 	b.is going 	c. goes	d. have gone
40/ Each of the football players ______ over 150 pounds.
 a. weigh	 	b. weighs	c. are weighing d. weights
 Identifying mistakes.
Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct in standard written English.
41/ She wishes he will stop making noise when she is working.
	 a b c d
42/ Tom uses to wear glasses, but he doesn’t now.
	 a b	 c d
43/ This book consists about three parts: introduction, development and conclusion.
 a 	 b	 c	 d	
44/ Mai and me would like to join the English speaking club.	 
 a b	 c	 d
45/ During the game, the rain starting so we had to stop suddenly.
 	a 	 b	 c d
46/ When will you spend your summer vacation? In Nha Trang.
 a b c d	
47/ He is not enough tall to reach the top shelf. He wishes he were taller.	 	 
 a b c d 	
48/ There is an English examination in Friday November the twentieth.
 a b	 c d
49/ He speaks French so I couldn’t understand. I wish I could understand him.
 a b c d
50/ Childs mustn’t cross busy streets which are full of traffic.
 a b c d
 Reading comprehension.
Read the passage carefully. Then decide whether each of the statements below is TRUE (T), or FALSE (F).
Indonesia is an island nation in Southeast Asia. Its official name is the Republic of Indonesia. It is a member country of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The country's total area is 1,904,443 sq km. Like Vietnam and other countries in Southeast Asia, Indonesia enjoys tropical climate. The rupiah is the official monetary unit of Indonesia, consisting of 100 sen.
The capital of Indonesia is Jakarta and it is also the largest city in the country. Other big cities are Bandung, Surabaya, Medan, Palembang... The population in 2004 was about 238,500,000. Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country after China, India, and the United States. Islam, which is over eighty per cent of the population practice, is the country's official religion. In addition, there are other religions such as Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Hinduism...
The national language is Bahasa Indonesia, which is a modified form of Malay. Besides, about 300 other languages and dialects are spoken. English is increasingly used as the language of business.
Indonesia is located in Southeast Asia.	_____
All the countries in Southeast Asia enjoy tropical climate.	_____	
Islam is the only official religion in Indonesia.	_____
There are more people in Indonesia than in the USA.	_____
Indonesia is one of the countries of ASEAN.	_____
The Indonesian unit of currency is sen.	_____	
Islam is the most common religion in Indonesia.	_____
Bahasa Indonesia is the only language spoken in Indonesia.	_____
TEST YOURSELF 2
Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.
Malaysia is divided ________two regions.
	A. to	B. on	C. in	D. into
Her religion is Islam, so she often goes to the ________ to pray.
 	A. church	B. pagoda	C. templeD. mosque
Mary was really ________ by the beauty of Hanoi.
 	A. impress	B. impression	C. impressive D. impressed
The United States has a ________ of around 250 million.
 	A. population	B. separation	C. addition D. introduction
Mathematics and Literature are ________ subjects in high schools.
 	A. adding	B. compulsory	C. optional D. religious
It’s very kind________ you to say so!
 	A. in	B. to	C. for	D. of
Can you tell me how many chapters this book consists ________?
 	A. of	B. to	C. with	D. in
Vietnamese people are very ________ and hospitable.
 	A. friend	B. friendless	C. friendly D. friendship
They were welcomed by friendly ________ in Vietnam.
 	A. air	B. matter	C. impression D. atmosphere
I wish Susan ________ harder for her examination.
 	A. will work 	B. worked	C. has worked	D. works
What were you doing when he ________?
 	A. comes	B. to come	C. came D. coming
It seems difficult for us ________ abroad at the moment.
 	A. go	B. to go	C. went	D. gone
There used ________ a movie theater here, but it closed a long time ago.
 	A. be	B. to be	C. being	D. been
I come from Vietnam so I am not used to ________ on the left.
 	A. drive	B. drove	C. driven D. driving
Although we are far away from each other, we still ________
 	A. keep in touch	B. say hello	C. keep together D. keep on
Music and painting are ________ subjects.
 	A. option	B. optional	C. optionally D. optioning
The children are playing ________ in the schoolyard.
 	A. happy	B. happily	C. happiner D. happiness
I wish they ________ here tomorrow.
 	A. will come	B. would come	C. come	D. came
Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition.
Maryam was really impressed ________ the beauty of Hue.
It seems difficult ________ me to meet her now.
He doesn’t depend ________ his parents.
If you have any trouble, ask ________ help.
This guidebook is full ________ useful information.
We still keep in touch ________ each other although we live away ________ each other.
He will go to China ________ the end ________ this week.
She went out ________ saying a word.
What do you often do ________ the weekends?
She was born ________ 15th September..
Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form
They used to ________________ swimming in the afternoon. 	(go)
He wishes he ________________ a doctor. 	(be)
Is Lan used to ________________ to Maryam? 	(write)
They ________________ their work yet. 	(not finish)
I wish they ________________ here tomorrow. 	(be)
I would rather you ________________ the test well.	 (do)
It’s time we ________________ the bus. 	(catch)
Is Lan used to ________________ up early?	 (get)
I wish they ________________ here next time.	 (be)
It’s time we ________________.	(go)
Make sentences with “ wish” based on the given situation:
What a pity! You aren’t here with us now.@ _______________________________________________
The naughty boys always draw on the wall. @ _______________________________________________
I’d like my father to give up smoking. @ _______________________________________________
He doesn’t help his mother with housework. @ ____________________________________________
I can’t swim. @ _______________________________________________
My friends often go on camping trip without me. @ _______________________________________
I must go now. @ _______________________________________________
He always goes to school late. @ _______________________________________________
My brother is too short to play basketball. @ _______________________________________________
I don’t have enough money to help you. @ _______________________________________________
Rewrite each sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same:
John smoked a lot a year ago, but now he doesn’t smoke any more.
	@ John used _______________________________________________
How long is it since you saw Tom? @ When ________________________________________	
He can’t pass the examination. 	@ He wishes________________________________________ 	
We can’t go out because of heavy rain.@ We wish ________________________________________
I don’t like you to come to class late.@ I’d rather you________________________________________
What a pity! He can’t come here.	@ I wish__