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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
SAI GON UNIVERSITY
THE FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENTEXERCISES BOOK
FOR THE FIRST- YEAR
NON- ENGHLISH MAJOR STUDENTS

A. GRAMMAR
1. Subject Pronouns
Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with correct subject pronouns.
1. This is Manuel. He ______’s from Spain.
2. Mike and Rosie are from England. ______’re America.
3. This is paula. ______’s from Italy.
4. Ivan and I are from Moscow. ______’re Italy
5. I have two brothers and a sister. ______’re students.
6. I want to learn English because ______’s an international language.
7. How are the children? ______’re fine.
8. My car is blue. ______’s over there.
2. The simple Present Tense of tobe
Exercise 2: Fill in am, is, are
1.The weather ______ very nice today.
2.I ______ not tired.
3.This case ______ very heavy.
4.These cases ______ very heavy.
5.The dog ______ asleep.
6.She ______ in my class.
7.They ______ not in my office.
8.I ______ from Spain.

9. (those flowers very beautiful)
10. (the women in the party)
Exercise 5: : Write sentences using negative form: am not, isn’t hoặc aren’t.
1. (I/ hungy) I’m not hungy
2. (my sister/ interested in foodball)
3. (it/ warm today)
4. (Rome/ in Spain)
6. my hands/ cold)
7. (cats/ big animals)
8. (those people/ frienly)
9. (the boxes/ very big)
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5. (he/ afraid of dogs) (the men/ very hungry)
Exercise 6: : Write sentences using yes/ no question.
1. ( your mother at home?)
2. Your parents at home?)
3. (this hotel expensive?)
4. (the shops open today?)
5. (you interested in art?)
6. (the book interesting)?
7. (the women often late?)
8. (the church near hear?)
9. (the boy and the girl very happy?)
10. (John angry with you?)
Exercise 7: Write the short answers.
1. Are you married?- No, I’m not.
2. Are you tall?
3. Is it cold today?
4. Are you a teacher?
5. Are you tired?

2. What’s your first name?
3. Where are you from?
5. What’s your address?
6. What’s your phone number?
7. How old are you?
8. Are you married?
3. Possessive Adjectives
Exercise 11: Fill in the correct posessive adjectives.
1.I’ve got ______ watch. (he)
2.Is it ______ car? (you)
3.Do you like ______ new house?(she)
4.Who’s got ______ money? (I)
5.He forgot ______ keys?(he)
6. She gave the letter to ______ secrectary.(she)
7. There’s something wrong with ______ car.( I)
8. They’re having the party in ______ garden. (they)
9. I like ______ jacket.(you)
10. This book has some dirty marks on __ covers. (it)
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Exercise 12: Fill in the correct posessive adjectives.
1. Mary is eating ……… cake.
2. Do you live with ……… parents.
3. We love ……… new house
4. I like ……… new job.
5.The children are with ……… grand parents.
6. Are you and your sister enjoying …………… English classes?
7. Amsterdam is famous for ………… cannals.
8. He’s looking for ………… shoes.
9. I like to visit ………… friends at the weekend.
10. Are teachers having ………… meeting now?

10. Her mother is very il._______ mother is very ill. ( Alice)
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Exercise 15: Chú ý chúng ta phải dùng “of “ khi diễn tả sự sở hữu của danh từ chỉ
vật vô tri giác.(Complete the sentences with “of” or “’s”.)

1.I like _____ .( camera/ Ann)
2.What is _____? (name/ this town)
3.When is _____? (birthday/ your sister)
4.Do you like _____? ( colour/ this coat)
5.Write your name at _____ ( top/ page)
6.____ is near the city centre.(house/ my parents)
7._____is very good? (English/ John)
8._____is very boring. ( job/ my brother)
9.For me the morning is ____ (best part/ the day)
10._____ are very thin. ( walls/ this house)
Exercise 16: Read carefully.
Liz and Philip are marrie.
They have two chidren. Charles and Ann.
Ann is married to Ted.
Ann and Ted have a son, Robert.
1. Philip is _Liz’s_ husband.
2. Liz is _____ wife.
3. Charles is _____ brother.
4. Charles is _____ uncles.
5. Ann is _____ wife.
6. Lis is _____ grandmother.
7. Ann is _____ sister.
8. Ted is _____ husband.
9. Tes is _____ father.
10.Robert is _____ nephew.

3. __ supermaket
4. __ umbrella
5. __ accident
6. __ chair
7. __ hat
8. __ old house
9. __ animal
10. __ ant
11. __ beautiful garden
12. __ driver
Exercise 20: Write the sentences using “the” if necessary.
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1. Moon moves slowly round earth > The moon moves slowly round the earth.
2. Sun is very hot today.
3. Did you see Pope when you went to Rome?
4. Sky went very grey and it started to rain.
5. I hope I can go round world one day.
6. What is capital of Sweden?
7. It was very cold in sea today.
Exercise 21: Những trường hợp không dùng mạo từ.
* Things in general ( những vật chung chung).
1. I have ____ tea and toast for breakfast.
2. ____ books are expensive.
3. I like taking ____ photographs.
4. Do you like ____ Chinese food?
* Meals, places, transports ( những bữa ăn, nơi chốn, phương tiện đi lại)
1. I have ____ beakfast / lunch/ dinner
2. I go/ come to ____ school / university / work / bed.
3. I go/come ____ home.
4. I’m at ____ work on ____ holiday.

b/ ____ drink a lot of tea.
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Exercise 24: Arrange these nouns into countable or uncountable nouns.
Car, bus, bread, flower, butter, egg, money, salt, sugar, water, coffee, cheese, orange, orange juice,
rice, milk, apple, banana, beer, meat, chair, restaurant, letter tea.
6. The Simple Present Tense Of Ordinary Verbs.
Exercise 25: Write these verbs in the third person singular .
1. wish
2. fly
3. match
4. bring
5. fish
6. pay
7. buy
8. marry
9. touch
10. catch
11. play
12. worry
13. grow
14. arrive
15. pay
16. cross
17. choose
18. borrow
19.pass
20. lose
Exercise 26: Using present simple tense to complete the sentences.
1. Tom __________ at the library. (work)
2. The Earth __________ round. ( be)

8. The children play football on the beach every morning.
9. Tom and Mary have a party every week.
10. Tony often plays volleyball on Sundays.
Exercise 29: Write questions .
1. where / you / work?
2. What / your sister / do?
3. What music / your husband / like?
4. When / she / do her homework ?
5. Why / we / learn physics?
6. Who / she / teach ?
7. How / you / turn on the TV ?
8. How ofte / you / go to the movies?
9. Why / John / always go to the class late ?
10. What / those men / drink in the evening ?
Exercise 30: Fill in the blanks with do, does, don’t và doesn’t.
1. __________ the students study hard everyday?
2. __________ Mr Brown go to his office everyday?
3. Mr Johnson __________ have a private office.
4. __________ he come from South America?
5. Smith and Green __________ teach English in this school.
6. The tall man __________ work for this company.
7. __________ Johnson and Wilson work in the same office?
8. __________ those two women understand the lesson?
9. These exercises __________ seem very difficult.
10. __________ the children go to bed early?
Exercise 31: Complete the sentences.
1. __________ she live with her parents? – Yes, she __________.
2. __________ you like your job? – No, I __________ .
3. __________ I speak Italian well? _ Yes, you __________
4. __________ you drive to work? – No, I __________.

1. I ______ a bank manager.
2. ______ he like his job?
3. Where ______ they live?
4. ______ she very rich?
5. Why ______ you want to learn English?
6. We ______ American.
7. What ______ he do at the weekends?
8. What ______ your family do at Christmas?
7. Object Pronouns
Exercise 36: Fill in object pronouns
1. ______ telephoned yesterday. (she)
2. We watch ______ four hours. (he)
3. Does ______ like music? (he)
4. I don’t understand ______ ? (he)
5. Are you talking to ______ ?(I)
6. Don’t ask _____ . _____ doesn’t know. ( she/ she)
7. Don’t ask ______ . Ask ______ . ( we/ they)
8. _____ often comes late. I don’t like _____ .( I/ he / I)
9. ______ think ______ doesn’t like ____ . ( I/ he/ I)
10. ______ asked ______ to invite _____.(they/ he /I )

Exercise 37: Choose the right word.
1. Can you help we / us with these bags?
2. We/ us usually see they/ them at the weekend.
3. How did you teach he / him to read?
4. I/ me write to she / her once a month.
5. He / him loves she / her very much but she / her doesn’t love he / him.
6. Why didn’t you ask they / them to come? I/ me don’t like they / them.
7. I / me don’t think she / her understands I / me.
8. Pllease don’t wait for we / us.

4. What does he usually do ______ weekend?
5. She sometimes goes shopping ______ Saturdays.
6. Greg often goes skiing ______ the winter.
7. Does he have a holiday ______ December?
8. Does your sister usually have a party ______ her birthday.
9. Is there aholiday in your country ______ 6
th
January.
10. I’m busy ______ this weekend.
11.There is / are
Exercise 41: Fill in the blanks with there is/ are or is/ are there.
1. ______ a beach down here.
2. ______ four girls and two boys in her family.
3. ______ a train to london.
4. ______ two hospitals in town.
5. ______ a good restaurant in this street?
6. ______ a lot of children in the swimming pool.
7. ______ three women at the party.
8. ______a TV in the house.
9. ______ a big grey cloud over there.
10. ______ new schools in the city?
Exercise 42: Choose the correct word.
There ( is/ are ) a hotel in this street. There ( are / isn’t) two banks. There (isn’t, aren’t) any
restaurants. There (are/ isn’t) a cinema. There ( are/ is ) a telephone on the corner.
Exercise 43: Make questions in Exercise using is there/ are there.
1. ______ a hotel in this street?
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2. How many banks ______ ?
3. ______ any restaurants?
4. ______ a cinema?

10. It’s a nice town. It ______ a very nice shopping center.
11. “ Where’s my newspaper?” “ I don’t know. I ______ it.”
12. Julis wants to go on holiday but she ______ any money.
Exercise 47: Fill in the blanks with correct form of there be hoặc have got.
1. ______ a letter on the floor.
2. My sister ______ a beautiful bicycle.
3. ______ seven days in a week.
4. We ______ seven days to finish our work.
5. We ______ any tickets. We can’t go to the cinema.
6. ______ usually 28 days in February.
7. ______ 11 players in a football team.
8. My little son always gets up very late. He ______ enough time for breakfast.
9. ______ a theater near here. We go there every weekend.
10. The city ______ a beautiful theater in the fifth anenue. We go there once a month.
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11. Some/ Any
Exercise 48: Fill in some or any
1. There are ______ pictures on the wall.
2. Are there ______ pencils in the box?
3. We have ______ cameras on the shelf.
4. There are ______ tables in the living-room but there aren’t ______ chairs.
5. There are ______ glasses in the cupboard. Are ther ______ plates?
6. We didn’t buy ______ flowers.
7. This evening I’m going out with ______ friends of mine.
8. “ Have you seen ______ good film recently?”” No, I haven’t been to the cinema for ages”
9. I didn’t have ______ money,so I had to borrow ______ .
10. We haven’t got ______ bread, so I’m going to buy ______
11. I haven’t got ______ stamps but Ann’s got ______
Exercise 49: Fill in a, an some hoặc any.
1. Have you got ______ juice in the fridge?

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9. ______ these people working here? – Yes, tthey ______
10. ______ your mother watching TV? – No, she ______
Exercise 52: Complete the sentences with present continuous tense.
1. What / she / do ?
2. You / learn / English at school?
3. What / book / you / read?
4. I / speak / clearly?
5. Why / we / sit / in the dark?
6. What / you / sell?
7. They / dance together?
8. Why / he / run so fast?
9. Where / they / wait?
10. The plane / land / now?
Exercise 53: : Complete the sentences with present continuous tense.
1. You / meety Paul tonight?
2. I / not come to class tomorrow.
3. You/ go to work next week?
4. My cousin / visit us on Sunday.
5. I / make a special meal tonight.
6. They / leave on Fvriday?
7. We / fly there with Vietnam Airlines.
8. You / stay at home this weekend?
9. I / not have a birthday party this year.
10. They / move to another town?
Exercise 54: Fill in am, is, are do , does, don’t , doesn’t.
1. Excuse me, ______ you speak English?
2. Have a cigarette? – No, thank you. I ______ smoke.
3. Why ______ you laughing at me?
4. What v she do? – She’s a dentist.

6. I ______ in bed all morning.
7. It ______ not very warm in the swimming pool.
8. You ______ not very friendly with my sister.
9. I ______ not with them in the restaurant.
10. We ______ very pleased to see you.
Exercise57: Fill in the blanks with was/ were.
It ______ a beautiful day.The sun ______ hot and the sky ______ blue. James and Wendy
______ on the beach. They ______ with their three children. The children ______ in the sea.
The sea ______ a bit cold but the children______ very happy. There ______ lots of other
children in the sea too: some of them ______ in the water with their parents. Wendy and James
______ on the sand and James ______ asleep with abook on his face. But suddenly there ______
grey clouds all over the sky and the sun ______ not hot any more. The beautiful weather ______
finished and there ______ wet picnics and wet people everywhere. A British summer holiday!
Exercise 58: Fill in the blanks with was/ were/ wasn’t / weren’t.
1. We didn’t like our hotel room. It ______ very small and it ______ very clean.
2. Dan ______ at work last week because he______ sick. He’s better now.
3. Last weekend I ______ at my grandmother’s. We ______ very happy.
4. The bank ______ open yesterday because it ______ a holiday.
5. We ______ very tired yesterday. It ______ a long hard day.
6. “______ you at home at 9.30?” “ No, I ______ . ______ at work.”
7. “ Where ______ you last nigt?” “ We ______ at the cinema.”
8. He’s O.K. right now but a few hours ago he ______ very tired.
9. Tom ______ in Italy from 1998 to 2000. He ______ a student there.
10. Why ______ you so late yesterday? Your boss ______ very angry with you.
Exercise59: Put the verbs in simple present or simple past.
1. Last year she ______ 22, so she ______ 23 now.
2. The weather ______ nice right now, but a few hours ago it ______ foggy.
3. I ______ hungy last night. May I have something to eat?
4. I ______ hungry lastnight. So I had something to eat?
5. Don’t buy those shoes. They ______ too expensive.

6. bring
7. spend
8. teach
9. drink
10. read
11. write
12. meet
13. run
14. give
15. drive
16. know
17. get
18. become
19. have
20. swim
21. tell
22. understand
23. take
24. do
25. see
26. go
27. leave
28. build
29. begin
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30. eat
31. grow
Exercise 62: Put the verbs in simple past tense.
1. I ________ at home all weekend. ( stay)
2. It ________ every day last week. ( rain)

Exercise 65: Complete the sentences in negative.
1. I saw John, but didn’t see Mary.
2. They work on Monday,but they ________ on Tuesday.
3. Mary played tennis, but she ________ volleyball.
4. We went to the store, but we ________ to the bank.
5. She had a pen, but she ________ any paper.
6. Jack did the laundry, but he ________ the shopping.
7. My father ate meat, but he ________ it too much.
8. My sister bought a lot of coffee, but she ________ any sugar.
9. She wanted to speak to me, I ________ to speak to her.
10. Mary was angry with John, but she ________ angry with me.
Exercise 66: Write sentences in question.
1. I watched TV last night.
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2. I enjoyed the party.
3. I had a good vacation.
4. I got up early this morning.
5. We listened to music last night.
6. Mary drank a lot of coffee.
7. Jack missed her very much.
8. I went to the cinema last Sunday.
9. I slept well last night.
10. We sat and talked about our schooldays.
Exercise 67: Fill in the blanks in simple past tense.
1. A: Where did you go ( you go) for your last summer holiday?
B: We ________ (go) to Egypt.
1. A: Oh, really? How interesting! ________ (you / enjoy ) it?
2. B: Oh, yes, we ________ . Paul ________ (love) the Nile River and I ________ (think) the
pyramids and all the historical sights ________ (be) fascinating.
3. A: How long ________ (you / stay)?

stay
study
1. I ________ my teeth three times yesterday.
2. The concert lastnight ________ at 7.30 and ________ at 10 o’clock.
3. The accident ________ last Sunday afternoon.
4. When I was a child I ________ to be a doctor.
5. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it ________.
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6. The weather was good yesterday, so we ________ tennis.
7. William Shakerpeare ________ in 1616.
8. We ________ our holiday last year, so We ________ in a good hotel.
9. It was hot in the room, so I ________ all the windows.
10. My sister ________ very hard last weekend.
Exercise 70: Match a sentence in column A with a sentence in column B.And put the verbs in
simple present or simple past.
A B
1. I usually ________ (work) 8 hours a day, but
2. Ann usually ________ (drive) to work, but
3. Max usually ______(watch TV in the evernings, but
4. Ann and Max usually ________ (go”) siling at
weekends, but
5. It usually ________ (rain) a lot in winter, but
6. Max and I usually ________(go) camping in August, but
A. last summer we ________ (stay) in bed.
B. last weekend they ________ (play) tennis.
C.yesterday I _______ (start) at 9.00 am and
________ (finish) at 9.00 pm.
D. last year it ________(snow) for 3 months.
E. yesterday she ________ (walk).
F. yesterday everning he ________ (listen ) to music.

6. your / what / name / teacher’s / is / ? /.
7. has / a / London / he / flat / in.
8. do / at / What / weekends / you / do / ? /.
9. work / she / does / where .
10. a / TV / There / photo / is / the / on.
11. near / there / chemist’s / a / is / here?
12. children / How / they / do / here / many / ? /.
13. skiing / in / Hans / Switzerland / teaches.
14. any / is / milk / the / there / fridge / in.
15. not / work / Rosy / go / by / does / to / car.
Exercise 4. Write sentences .
1. you / have / daughter.
2. I / start work / 8.00.
3. How / you / go to school?
4. He / live / a flat / London.
5. She / have / son / and / two daughter.
6. French food / delicious.
Exercise 5: Choose the correct sentence.
1. a. Sally is a nice girl, and I like.
b. Sally is a nice girl, and I like her.
c. Sally is a nice girl, and I like him.
2. a. Coffee English is horrible.
b. The English coffee is horrible.
c. English coffee is horrible.
3. a. Peter works with his father.
b. Peter works with he’s father.
c. Peter works with him father.
4. a. Sally and Tim live in Madrid. They’re flat is lovely.
b. Sally and Tim live in Madrid. Their flat is lovely.
c. Sally and Tim live in Madrid. There flat is lovely.

Do you do on Sundays?
Do you meet on Saturday everning?
Do you go on Friday everning?
Do you get up?
Is a ham sandwich?
Do you travel to work?
At seven o’clock.
To the theatre.
My friends. Dave and Pau.
I play tennis.
By bus
$ 1.30
Exercise 8: Complete the sentences with correct tense: simple present or present continuous.
1. let’s go out. It isn’t rainning ( not/ rain ) now.
2. Julia is a very good at languages. She ____ (speak) four languages very well
3. Hurry up! Everybody _______ (wait) for you.
4. _______ ( you/ listen) to the radio?. No, you can turn it off.
5. _______ ( you/ listen) to the radio everyday? No, Just occationally.
6. The River Nile _______ (flow) into the Mediterrancan.
7. Look at the river! It _______(flow) very fast today- much faster than usual.
8. We usually _______ (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we _______ (not/
grow) any.
9. “ How is your English?” “ Not bad. It _______ (improve) slowly.”
10. Ron is in London at the moment. He _______(stay) at the Park Hotel. He _______
( always/ stay) there when he is in London.
11. Can we stop walking soon? I _______ (start) to feel tired.
12. “ Can you drive?” “ I _______ (learn). My father _______ (teach) me.
13. Normally I _______ (finish) work at 5.00, but this week I _______ (work) until 6.00 to
earn a bit money.
14. My parents _______ (live) in Bristol. They were born there and have never lived

dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before going to bed.
At the end of his holiday, he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “ No, I don’t want
money, but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your
painting will still be here.”
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about the
paintings. The farmer smiled and answered, “ It is not that, I have a son in London. He wants to
become an artist. When he comes here next month, I will show him your picture, and then he will not
want to be an artist anymore, I think.”
Answer the question below:
1. Who went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday?
2. What did he do during the holiday?
3. What did he have before going to bed?
4. Why didn’t he pay the farmer?
5. Did the farmer’s son want to become an artist after he had seen the artist’s picture?
True or false.
1. The artst spent his holiday on a farm.
2. Everyday he went back to the farm when it was dark.
3. He made paints and brushes during his holiday.
4. The farmer asked the artist for many pictures at the end of the holiday.
5. The artist was very pleased with the farmer request because he thought his pictures so
beautiful.
Exercise 11: Read the text and answer the questions:
Mary worked in an office in London, and she usually went out and had lunch in a restaurant. She liked
foreign food and often looked in the newspaper for the names of new restaurants, because she enjoyed
going to them and eating new things. Sometimes she said, “I don’t like this restaurant. I’m not going to
come here again.” But often she said,” I like this one. I’m going to have my lunch here often.”
One day she saw a name of a Greek restaurant in her newspaper, and she went there for lunch. It was
very small, but it was clean and nice, and the food was good.
But then Mary found something hard in her mouth. She took it out. It was a button.
“Look here, waiter!” she said. “I’ve found this button in my food.”

True or False
1. Kiwis live in Australia and New Zealand.
2. A Kiwi has a tail but no wings.
3. A Kiwi has a big beak.
4. It sleeps during the day because light hurts its eyes.
5. The New Zealand government does not want all the Kiwis to die.
6. A Kiwi is like most other birds.
Exercise 13:
COFFEE
Do you feel tired? Drink some coffee! Do you want to welcome your friends to your house?
Drink some coffee together!
Coffee grows on trees in tropical countries. The trees are not very tall. They are less than four
meters high. They have shiny leaves and white flowers. Fruit starts to grow when the trees five
years old. Each fruit has two seeds in it. We call the seeds coffee beans.
Worker collect the coffee beans by hands. There are no machines for collecting coffee beans.
Coffee came from Ethiopia in East Africa. People saw animals eating the leaves and fruit of
coffee plants. The animals stayed awake all night. Then people started eating the fruit too.
People took coffee from Ethiopia to the Middle East and then to Europe. They started making a
drink from coffee about 700 years ago. They liked to go to the coffee houses to drink coffee and
talk.
Now coffee grows in many countries in South America, Asia, and Africa. People all over the
world like to drink it.
Questions:
1. Where does coffee grow?
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2. How high are there?
3. What do we call the seeds of coffee?
4. How do workers collect the coffee bean?
5. Where did people take coffee?
Comprehension: True or false.

7. Name two famous salty lakes?
8. Are there fish in Dead Sea?
II/ True or False.
1. Salt mixes with water.
2. There is salt in rivers.
3. Rivers have more salt than oceans.
4. Salt evaporates.
5. Ocean water is about 2 ½ % salt.
I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way
to my hotel, so I asked the porter. I spoke English not only carefully, but clearly as well. The
porter, however, could not understand me. I repeated my questions several times and at last he
understood. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly, “lama foreigner”, I said.
Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like
that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood
it.
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“You’ll soon learn English!”, he said. I wonder, “ In England, each man speaks a
different language. The English understand each other, but I don’t understand them! “Do they
speak English?”
I/ Answer the questions:
1. How was the railway station?
2. Who did the writer ask how to get to his hotel?
3. Did the writer speak English carefull and clearly?
4. How many times did he repeat his questions?
5. Did he at last understand what the porter said?
II/ True or false:
1. The writer asked the porter where the railway station was.
2. The porter couldn’t understand the writer because the porter didn’t know English.
3. The writer’s teacher of English spoke English differently from English people.
4. In England, each person speaks a different language.