PRACTICE EXERCISES

I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A.receive B. staircase C. communal D. culture
2. A. school B. chemistry C. chaotic D. children.
3. A. keep B. know C. kitchen D. keen
4. A. guest B. tiger C. age D. gathering
5. A. girl B. village C. game D. garden
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the
other in each group.
1. A. village B. enter C. bamboo D. expert
2. A. efficient B. reference C. precaution D. facility
3. A. industry B. character C. charity D. pedestrian
4. A. buffalo B. recognize C. convenient D. cultural
5. A. leisure B. minority C. exciting D. traditional
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
1. I love the __________ life of the ethnic minorities living in the mountains.
A.noisy B. peaceful C. peace D. noise
2. The ________ helps carry water from streams to the villages.
A. loom B. plants C. waterwheel D. waterfall
3. Minority girls often wear silver ________ things.
A. jewellery B. bracelet C. neck D. scarf
4. The Khmer do farm work and produce __________ .
A. handy products B. handkerchief C. sweater D.handicrafts
5. Khmer men teach their children how to______ fish at an early age.
A. do B. catch C. raise D. eat
6. The elders often pass on their_______ to the young through stories and activities.
A. traditions B. rules C. legends D. music
7. The mountain people in the Central Highlands use natural_______ to build a Rong house.
A. trees B. posts C. leaves D. materials
8. Minority women often go to the mountains to_______ plants for food and medicine.
A. collect B. see C. look D. raise
9. Many minority groups______ cows and buffaloes for a living.
A. feed B. herd C. raise D. milk
10. There are_____ ethnic groups in Viet Nam.
A. 63 B. 45 C. 54 D. 61
11.They mainly live _____ .
A. in the lowlands B. in the mountains
C. in the Mekong Delta. D. in the highlands
12. The Jrai decorate houses for the dead with a lot of __________ .
A. wood statues B. flowers C. colourful pictures D. masks
13. The Khmer mostly earn their living from weaving and __________ .
A. farming B. hunting C. fishing D. raise cattle
14. The Viet (or Kinh) have_____ number of people, accounting for about 86% of the
population.
A. large B. the largest C.large D. larger
15. _____ ethnic group has a large population, the Tay or the Ede?
A. What B. Why C. Which D. Who
16. ____________ does Hoa Ban Festival take place? – In Lai Chau.
A. What B. Where C. When D. How
17. _________________ musical instruments are display in the museum? - The Coho’s.
A. Which B. Where C. Whose D. When
18. ____________do the Khmer people hold Chaul Chnam Thmay festival?
- To celebrate The new year.
A. Which B. What C. Whose D. Why
19. A. “ The Tay in Viet Nam and the Thai in Thai Land speak similar languages.”
B. “________ “.
A. Are They ? B. I like the Tay
C. the same language D. Wow! I didn’t know that
20. How about going fishing next weekend ?
A. Let’s do that B. Why not C. Sure D. Oh, there’s no hurry
II. Choose the correct option A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences
21. Could you take care of our children while I go away?
A. look like B. look after C. look for D. look at
22. He comes from a very wealthy family, so he has a lot expensive cars.
A. rich B. traditional C. expensive D. Normal
23. Playing sports regularly can bring many health benefits.
A. frequently B. rarely C. sometimes D. randomly
III. Choose the correct option A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences
24. Vietnamese people usually gather on New Year’s Eve.
A. meet B. disperse C. join D. collect
25. Mr. Brown is a very generous old man. He has given most of his wealth to a charity
organization.
A. hospitable B. honest C. kind D. mean
VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR.
Exercise 1: Write the word/ phrase from the box under the correct pictures

gong, Rong house, bamboo flute, weaving, terraced field , wooden statue
stilt house, stair case
Exercise 2. Complete each of the sentences with a suitable word or phrase from the box.
ethnic groups, traditional, folk dance, overlooks, musical instrument
unique features , minority group , raise, weave
1. I love
mua sap, a popular ____________ of the Thai people.
2. Their beautiful stilt house ____________a large rice field
3. A: What is the name of a popular Tay's______________? B: It’s dan tinh.
4. Every ethnic group has their own ____________ culture
5. Of the 54 ____________ in Viet Nam, the Kinh is the largest.
6. The Cham in Ninh Thuan _____________ sheep and cows.
7. There are fewer Nung than Kinh, so they are an ethnic ____________ .
8. Most mountain girls know how to ____________ clothing.
9. Children in both the lowlands and highlands help raise their family's ____________.
10. It’s interesting to learn about the ______________ of an ethnic group’s traditional culture.
Exercise 3 : Fill in the blanks with “do; does; did; was; were; am; is; are”.
0. .. Are … the farmers harvesting their crops in the field?
1. ________ women play an important role in a Jrai family?
2. ________ mua sap a popular folk dance of the Thai people?
3. ________ you have boarding schools for minority students in 1950?
4. ________ you attend the Ban Flower Festival in Dien Bien last year?
5. ________ you watch a documentary about the Khmer?
6. ________ you love five- colour sticky rice?
7. ________ you harvest cucumbers from your garden yesterday afternoon?
8. ________ most girls know how to cook?
9. ________ you tell us something about your culture?
10. ________ you from the Tay ethnic group?
Exercise 4. Complete the sentences with the correct WH- questions.
 How Why What When How far
Which How much How many Where What time

1. ____________ do you like best about Sapa? – I like its local markets best.
2. ____________ can we find the most beautiful terraced field? – In Mu Cang Chai.
3. ____________ do you usually go to school ? - at half past six.
4. A. _________ tall is an average stilt house? B. about 5-6 meters tall.
5. A.________festival is more important for the Kinh: the Mid-Autumn or the Lunar new
Year?
B. The Lunar New year.
6. _________ are you so excited today? - Because it’s my mother’s birthday today.
7. _________ does the film start? - At 8 p.m.
8. _________ does this lamp cost? - About $25.
9. _________ethnic groups in Viet Nam? - 54
10. _________ is it from your school to the museum? – About 5 kilometers.
Exercise 5 : Fill in each blank with a, an, much, many, a few, a little …
1. My uncle has _________coffee plantation in Kon Turn.
2. How_________ ethnic groups live on the Hoang Lien Son mountain range?
3. There are only _________ waterwheels left in my village.
4. You should add _________ more water to your noodles. It’s a bit dry.
5. How_________ information about the Van Kieu have you collected?
6. In our area, It has not _________ land for growing crops.
7. We haven't got _________ petrol. We need to stop and get some.
8. You travel a lot. Have you been to _________ countries?
9. There was _________food in the fridge. It was nearly empty.
10. It costs _________ money to give your children a good education.
11. There aren't _________ things to do in this village.
12. _________ sugar do you take in your tea?
13. Dad, I need _________ money for school.
14. There are _________ things that you can do to improve your writing.
15. My grand father taught me to sing _________ folk songs.
Exercise 6 : Change the sentences into Yes/ No questions.
1. There are 54 ethnic groups in Viet Nam.
→ ______________________________________________________________ .
2. I love mua sap , a popular folk dance of the Thai people.
→ ______________________________________________________________ .
3. Women play an important role in Jrai family.
→ ______________________________________________________________ .
4. Stilt houses are popular among different ethnic minority groups in our country.
→ ______________________________________________________________ .
6. I attended the Ban Flower Festival in Dien Bien Last year
→ ______________________________________________________________ .
7. The Bahnar and Ede have communal house ( called a Rong house)
→ ______________________________________________________________ .
8. The stilt houses of the Tay and Nung usualy overlook a field.
→ ______________________________________________________________ .
9. We will watch a documetary about the Khmer tomorrow.
→ ______________________________________________________________ .
10. Minority groups have their own musical instruments like dan tinh, gong, t’ rung.
→ ______________________________________________________________ .