Bài 2: Choose A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence.

1. A. carved 

carve out: đục, đẽo từ cái gì 

2. D. cast(v) :đổ khuôn

3. B. weaving            

be skilled at : giỏi trong việc gì

weave cloth: dệt vải

4. C. embroider (v): thêu

5. A. knitted (v) : đan

6. D. moulded

Bài 3: Complete the passage by filling each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets.

Some people ask me if I like living in my hometown. The answer is certainly ‘yes’. The simple reason is that it has lots of (1). interesting places. If you want to widen your knowledge of the past, you can go to the museum. It's a (2). historical building, with a big collection of valuable artefacts. There is also a craft village in my hometown. There, the (3) villagers make drums. Their drums are not only famous in the (4) locality, but also nationwide. You can visit the old workshop, where drums are still made in the traditional way. Some of them are huge! Another (5).attraction in my hometown is the local library. It's an (6). educational place where anyone can borrow books and take them home to read. Besides, it also has a (7). reading club. I'm one of its members, and we gather once a week to discuss what we've read together. My hometown is also a(8). cultural centre, with many traditional festivals and activities. I love it very much.

Bài 4: Choose A, B, C, or D to complete the sentences.

1. D. as

2. A. so that

3. B. Although       

4. B. taking over          

5. C. looked through

6. A. keep up with  

Bài 5: Make a complex sentence from each pair of sentences. Use the subordinator provided in brackets and make any necessary changes.

1. Although there are modern knitting machines, the artisans in my village like using traditional looms.

2. Many children like to go to Bat Trang Ceramic village as they can make their own pottery there.

3. We have to follow more than ten stages so that we can make their own pottery there.  

4. Sinh painting are special since they are burned after worship.   

5. We'll have to phone you first before we organise the trip.

6. We were visiting an old building while they were going to a traditional market.

Bài 6: Complete each sentence using a verb from A in the correct form and a particle from B. You can use any particle more than once.

1. What time does your mother usually get up in the morning?

2. We must find out the train times so that we can take the earliest train to Hai Phong.

3. My favourite writer has brought out another best-seller.

4. We're dealing with lots of complaints from customers about the quality of these shirts.

5. Why did you close down your workshop? I thought that it was running quite well.

6. I had to turn down their invitation to take part in the trip because my father didn't allow me to go.