UNIT 1: FAMILY LIFE
I. VOCABULARY:
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breadwinner (n)
homemaker = housewife (n) :
a game of tennis :
afraid (a) :
prepare dinner (v) :
do the cooking = cook (v) :
housework (n) = (household) chores :
share (v) :
duty (n) :
divide (v) :
split (v) :
equally (adv) :
grocery (n) :
shop for groceries (v) :
heavy-lifting (n) :
do the heavy lifting (v) :
laundry (n) :
do the laundry (v) :
washing-up (n) :
do the washing-up (v) :
rubbish (n) :
take out the rubbish / garbage (v) :
handle (v) :
be / take responsible for :
responsibility (n) :
finance (n) :
earn (the money) (v) :

meal (n) :
lay the table for meals (v) :
clear the table after meals (v) :
physical strength (n) :
manage (v) :
raise (v) :
routine (n) :
routine (a) :
task (n) :
trash (n) :
treat (v) :
create (v) :
critical (a) :
crane (n) :
crack (a) :
crack (v) :
tidy (a) :

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tidy up (v) :
urgent (a) :
wife (n) # husband (n) :
culture (n) :
individual (n) :
relationship (n) :
psychology (n) :
psychologist (n) :
realise (v) :
enormous (a) :

benefit (n) :
(to) benefit from sth / doing sth :
sociable (a) :
overall (a) :
tend (v) :
contribute (to sth/ doing sth) :
vulnerable (a) :
divorce (n/ v) :
positive (a) # negative (a) :
atmosphere (n) :
(to) set a good example for :
sweep – swept – swept (v) :
mop (v) :clean up, clear up, wash :
feed – fed – fed (v) :
balance (n) :
nurture (v) :
mend (v) = repair :
burden (n) :
expert (n) :
domain (n) :
child-raising (n) :
child-bearing (n) :
child-minder (n) |:
nuclear family (n) # extended family (n) :
nursing (n) :
nursing home (n) :
nursemaid (= nanny) :
recreation (n) :
ingredient (n) :
collaborate (with sb on sth) (v) :

collaboration (n) :
behave (v) :
behaviour (n) :

II. GRAMMAR:
THE PRESENT SIMPLE - THE PRESENT CONT.


UNIT 1: FAMILY LIFE
A. PRONUNCIATION
I. Choose a word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from others.
1. A. splits
B. exams
C. helps
D. asks
2. A. calls
B. dinners
C. cleans
D. shops
3. A. divides
B. cleans
C. breadwinners
D. looks
4. A. chores
B. handles
C. benefits
D. shares
5. A. cooks
B. laughs
C. irons

D. helps
6. A. individuals
B. benefits
C. considers
D. examples
7. A. equal
B. enormous
C. extended
D. energy
8. A. rubbish
B. laundry
C. afraid
D. iron
9. A. usually
B. nuclear
C. husband
D. future
10. A. nurture
B. duty
C. parenting
D. critical
II. Choose a word that has different stressed syllable from others.
1. A. household
B. housework
C. prepare
2. A. culture
B. create
C. balance
3. A. discuss
B. perform

C. involve
4. A. tradition
B. solution
C. breadwinner
5. A. vulnerable
B. sociable
C. responsible
B. VOCABULARY
I. Give the Vietnamese meaning of the words in the list.
- breadwinner:.............................................

D. husband
D. nurture
D. parents
D. enormous
D. groceries

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nurture:.....................................................

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split/divide/share the household chores: ..

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equal:........................................................

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do the heavy lifting: .................................

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traditional:.................................................

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do the laundry: .........................................

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solution:....................................................

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responsible for household finances:.........

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similar:......................................................

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responsibility: ..........................................

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do the washing up:....................................


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sociable: ...................................................

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nuclear family:..........................................

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vulnerable: ...............................................

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extended family:.......................................

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critical: .....................................................

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single-parent:............................................

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enormous: ................................................

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consist of:..................................................

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tend to:......................................................

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positive: ...................................................

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relationship:..............................................

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psychologist: ............................................

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handle:......................................................

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iron: ..........................................................

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individual:.................................................


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lay (the table for meals): ..........................

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consider:...................................................

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financial burden: ......................................

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homemaker:..............................................

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household finances: .................................

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benefit: .....................................................

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contribute to .............................................

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atmosphere:...............................................

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recreation: ................................................

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balance:.....................................................

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divorce: ....................................................


II. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
splits
nurture
benefits
considered

similar
individuals
handles
responsible

homemaker
equal
breadwinner

sociable

atmosphere

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Most people don’t realize the ____________ benefits of equally shared parenting.
The mother is usually the ____________, who has to do most of the household chores.
Both parents have equal responsibility to ____________ and to take care of the children.
Both my parents work, so we ____________ the chores equally.
My wife ____________ most of the chores and I’m ____________ for the household finances.
In many cultures, doing housework is ____________ a woman’s duty.
Men’s and women’s roles in the family have become ____________.
Both men and women now have ____________ chances for recreation.
Children who share the housework with their mums and dads do better at school, become more
___________, and have better relationships with their teachers and friends.
10. When everyone works together on household chores, it creates a positive ___________ for the family.
11. The father is usually the ___________, who is responsible for the family finances.
12. When family share household chores, it is good for them as ____________ and good for all the relationship
within the family.
III. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
enormous

vulnerable
tend
critical
balance
individual
relationship
divorce
solutions
breadwinner
nurtured
1. I always try to keep a ________________ between work and relaxation.
2. It is costing an _________________ amount of money to clean it up, which could be used on other things.
3. There are no easy _________________ to financial and marital problems.
4. She was proud of her good _________________ with the staff.
5. A _________________ is a person who earns money to support their family.
6. Jarrett was _________________ by his parents in a close-knit family.
7. Elderly people living alone are very ________________.
8. My father is very ________________ of the way I dress.
9. Older students _________________ to ask more questions in class.
10. Every __________________ in a family has his or her own role.
IV. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete the sentence.
1. In many cultures, the father is the _______, who is responsible for the family finances.
A. homemaker
B. psychologist
C. breadwinner
D. husband
2. My father is responsible for _______ the heavy lifting in our house.
A. doing
B. making
C. taking

D. getting
3. China is a (an) _______ country with the largest population.
A. equal
B. vulnerable
C. enormous
D. sociable
4. An extended family _______ of grandparents, parents, children, aunts and uncles living under one roof.
A. makes up
B. comprises
C. includes
D. consists
5. Having meals together improves the _______ among family members.
A. relationship
B. relation
C. relate
D. relative
6. We equally _______ the chores so that everyone has time to relax.
A. nurture
B. handle
C. join
D. split
7. My ________ is to take out the garbage and mop the floor.
A. responsibility
B. response
C. responsible
D. responsibly
8. Sharing housework brings about a number of _______.
A. benefits
B. balances
C. individuals

D. solutions


9. I am responsible _______ doing the laundry and ironing clothes.
A. for
B. at
C. in
D. about
10. My mother is the _______, who handles most of the household chores.
A. individual
B. breadwinner
C. homemaker
D. single-parent
11. Both men and women now work to _______ to the family finances.
A. nurture
B. balance
C. contribute
D. handle
12. According to _______, most people do not realise the enormous benefits of sharing the housework.
A. psychologists
B. psychology
C. psychological
D. psychologically
13. One of my responsibilities is to _______ the tables for meal.
A. make
B. lay
C. have
D. do
14. Nowadays, many women work to share the household financial _______ with their husband.
A. equality

B. benefit
C. solution
D. burden
15. A (an) _______ family consists of parents and their children.
A. nuclear
B. extended
C. single-parent
D. big
C. GRAMMAR
I. Put the verb into the correct form, use the present continuous tense.
1. Please be quiet. I __________ (try) to concentrate.
2. Look! It __________ (snow).
3. Why__________ (you/look) at me like that? Did I say something wrong?
4. You__________ (make) a lot of noise. Can you be a little bit quieter?
5. Excuse me, I __________ (look) for a phone booth. Is there one near here?
6. (at the movies) It’s a good movie, isn’t it? __________ (you/enjoy) it?
7. Listen! Can you hear those people next door? They__________ (yell) at each other again.
8. Why__________ (you/wear) your coat today? It’s very warm.
9. I __________ (not/work) this week. I’m on vacation.
10. I want to lose weight. I __________ (not/eat) anything today.
11. Please don’t make so much noise. I __________ (study).
12. Let’s go out now. It __________ not/rain) anymore.
II. Complete these sentences using one of these verbs. Put them in the present continuous form. You don’t
have to use all the verbs and you can use some of them more than once.
get
improve

become
fall


change
increase

rise

1. The number of people without jobs__________ at the moment.
2. He is still sick, but he __________ better slowly.
3. These days food __________ more and more expensive.
4. The world__________. Things never stay the same.
5. The cost of living__________. Every year things are more expensive.
6. George has gone to work in Spain. At first, his Spanish wasn’t very good, but now it __________.
7. The economic situation is already very bad, and it __________ worse.
8. The population of the world __________ very fast.
III. Put the verb into the correct form, use the present simple tense.


1. The swimming pool__________ (open) at 9:00 and __________ (close) at 6:30 every day.
2. What time __________ (the banks / close) here?
3. I have a car, but I __________ (not/use) it very often.
4. How many cigarettes__________ (you/smoke) a day?
5. “What__________ you/do)?” “I’m an electrical engineer.”
6. “Where__________ (your father /come) from?” “He __________ (come) from Mexico.”
7. It __________ take) me an hour to get to work. How long __________ (it/take) you?
8. I __________ play) the piano, but I __________ not/play) very well.
9. I don’t understand the word “deceive.” What__________ (“deceive” / mean)?
10. Water__________ (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.
11. George __________ (not/go) to the movies very often.
12. How many languages __________ (you/speak)?
IV. Read these sentences and correct them. The English is correct but the information is wrong. Write two
correct sentences each time.

Example: The sun goes around the earth.
→ The sun doesn’t go around the earth. The earth goes around the sun.
1. The sun rises in the west.
→ ................................................................................................................................................................
2. Mice catch cats.
→ ................................................................................................................................................................
3. Carpenters make things from metal. (wood: gỗ)
→ ................................................................................................................................................................
4. The Amazon River flows into the Pacific Ocean. (the Atlantic Ocean: Đại Tây Dương)
→ ................................................................................................................................................................
5. It snows in the summer. (winter: mùa đông)
→ ................................................................................................................................................................
V. Use these sentences to make questions. Begin your questions with the word(s) in parentheses.
Example: Tom plays tennis. (How often?)
→ How often does Tom play tennis?
1. Ann watches television. (How often?)
→ ................................................................................................................................................................
2. I write to my parents. (How often?)
→ ................................................................................................................................................................
3. I have dinner in the evening. (What time / usually?)
→ ................................................................................................................................................................
4. Tom works. (Where?)
→ ................................................................................................................................................................
5. I go to the movies. (How often?)
→ ................................................................................................................................................................
6. People do stupid things. (Why?)
→ ................................................................................................................................................................


7. The car breaks down. (How often?)

→ ................................................................................................................................................................
8. I jog in the morning. (What time / usually?)
→ ................................................................................................................................................................
VI. Circle the correct word or phrase.
1. I work / am working at the local library for the summer.
2. We don’t go / aren’t going to the theatre very often.
3. Stacy gets / is getting ready for school, so she can't come to the phone.
4. Does Gary ever talk / Is Gary ever talking about his expedition to the Amazon jungle?
5. In squash, you hit / are hitting a ball against a wall.
6. I read / am reading a newspaper at least once a week.
7. Do you practise / Are you practising the piano for two hours every day?
8. Nadine and Claire do / are doing quite well at school at the moment.
9. A good friend knows / is knowing when you’re upset about something.
10. How do you spell / are you spelling your name?
VII. Put the verbs in the simple present or the present continuous tense.
1. He often __________ (go) to school on foot.
2. It __________ (rain) very hard now.
3. She __________ (go) to school every day.
4 Bad students never __________ (work) hard.
5. I always __________ (meet) him on the corner of this street.
6. Where you __________ (go) now? – I __________ (go) to the theater.
7. He __________ (not do) morning exercises regularly.
8. __________ he __________ (do) morning exercises now?
9. Water __________ (boil) at 100 degrees centigrade.
10. The sun __________ (warm) the air and __________ (give) us light.
11. Look! A man __________ (run) after the train.
12. It often __________ (rain) in the summer. It __________ (rain) now.
13. The teacher always __________ (point) at the blackboard when he __________ (want) to explain
something.
14. Mother _______________ (cook) some food in the kitchen at the moment, she always _______________

(cook) in the morning.
15. Cuckoos ______________ (not, build) nests. They _____________ (use) the nests of other birds.
16. He usually ______________ (drink) coffee but today he ______________ (drink) tea.
17. Ann _____________ (make) a dress for herself at the moment. She __________ (make) all her own clothes.
18. I _______________ (wear) my sunglasses today because the sun is very strong.
19. Mr. Tan ______________ (teach) English at a high school but today he ______________ (teach) French.
20. I always __________ (buy) lottery tickets but I never __________ (win) anything.
21. The Nile River__________ (flow) into the Mediterranean.
22. We usually__________ (grow) vegetables in our garden, but this year we __________ (not/grow) any.
23. George is a vegetarian. He __________ not/eat) meat.
24. A: What__________ (your father / do)?
B: He’s a teacher, but he __________ (not/work) right now.
25. Ron is in San Francisco now. He __________ (stay) at the Hilton Hotel. He usually __________ (stay) at
Hilton Hotel whenever he’s in San Francisco.
VIII. Choose the word or the phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
1. It is noisy next door. Our neighbours _______ a party.
A. have
B. were having
C. are having
D. has
2. John _______ tennis once or twice a week.


A. usually play
B. is usually playing C. usually plays
D. have usually played
3. I come from Canada. Where _______ you _______ from?
A. do / come
B. did / come
C. are / coming

D. have / come
4. Bad driving often _______ many accidents.
A. caused
B. cause
C. causes
D. has caused
5. Look! That man _______ to open the door of your car.
A. try
B. tried
C. is trying
D. tries
6. Water _______ most of the Earth's surface.
A. covers
B. cover
C. covering
D. covered
7. Every morning, I often sit in my garden and _______ to my nightingale sing.
A. listening
B. listen
C. listened
D. listens
8. He usually _______ her at weekend but now he _______ in bed because of his severe illness.
A. visited / stays
B. visits / stays
C. visits / staying
D. visits / is staying
9. The sun _______ the biggest planet in the solar system.
A. will be
B. is
C. has been

D. was
*10. She _______ a speech at the conference next week.
A. makes
B. make
C. is making
D. made
11. At present, that author _______ a historical novel.
A. is writing
B. write
C. are writing
D. writes
12. “Hurry up! What’s taking you so long?” – “I _______ for an important phone call. Go ahead and leave
without me.”
A. wait
B. am waiting
C. was waiting
D. has been waiting
13. Don’t make noise, children! Parents _______.
A. sleep
B. are sleeping
C. were sleeping
D. slept
14. Why _______ you often _______ so much noise in the house?
A. do / make
B. did / make
C. are / making
D. were / making
15. The swimming pool _______ at 9.00 am and _______ at 6.30 pm.
A. open/ close
B. opens / closes

C. opens/ close
D. open / closes
16. Excuse me ! I _______ for a phone book. Is there one here?
A. is looking
B. are looking
C. am looking
D. looking
17. Would you like a cigarette? No, thanks. I _______.
A. not smoke
B. doesn’t smoke
C. don’t smoke
D. am not smoke
18. Listen! Can you hear those people next door? They _______.
A. is yelling
B. are yelling
C. yells
D. yell
19. Why _______ your coat today? It’s very warm today.
A. are you wear
B. do you wear
C. you are wearing
D. are you wearing
*20. Bill: “I can’t read this.”
Tom: “You _______ about my handwriting.”
A. are always complaining
B. always complaining
C. always complain
D. always complains
D. READING
I. Read the following passage and choose the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbers

blanks.
There have been a lot of changes in roles performed by men and women in the family. Changes in the
family life have made men’s and women’s roles more alike than ever because wives are also responsible (1)
_______ the family finances.
Family experts say the old thoughts of who does what in families may be more and more unclear. Men
are not the only (2) _______ for the family like they used to be and they are becoming much more involved in
housework and (3) _______.
Because men’s and women’s roles in families have become more alike, for couples to (4) _______ their
work and family life, “equally shared parenting” is probably the best solution. “Equally shared parenting” (5)


_______ the sharing in child-bearing, breadwinning, housework, and recreation. It helps families become
happier and divorce rate is the lowest amongst them.
1. A. to
B. of
C. for
D. about
2. A. breadwinners
B. homemakers
C. finances
D. husbands
3. A. parenting
B. parent
C. parents
D. parental
4. A. nurture
B. balance
C. consider
D. contribute
5. A. splits

B. consists
C. means
D. divides
II. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
Sociologists study society and how it is organized. They study what a society believes and how it is
changing. They explain how people behave, but not how they ought to behave.
Almost every society is based on the family. Some societies have nuclear families. In the
nuclear family the parents and children live together in one house. Other societies have extended families. In
this kind of family there are grandparents, parents, children, uncles, and other relatives all living together. In
some societies, there are tribes. A tribe is a group of extended families that have the same ancestors. In North
and South America, the members of each Indian tribe speak the same language. Each tribe in Africa has its own
language too. In Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf countries, the tribes all speak Arabic. Sometimes the power of
the extended family or the tribe is based on the land that it owns.
Everybody in a family knows how to behave as a family member. Children learn how to act like grownups by watching the adults in their family. They learn how a father or mother should behave. Everyone knows
what the correct behavior is, and relatives like to talk about this. “Is Kumiko acting the way a mother should
act?” “Does Abdullah behave in the right way for a husband?”
It is hard to look at research about the family with our minds instead of our feelings. Each
Person is part of a family and a society and knows what a family should be like. It is hard to realize that one
kind of family can fit a society very well, even if it is very different from the family in our society.
1. According to the passage, which of the followings don’t sociologists study?
A. how a society is organized
B. how people should behave
C. what a society believes
D. how a society is changing
2. According to the passage, what is a tribe?
A. a group of extended families with the same ancestors
B. a group of extended families in the same village
C. a group of extended families that have different ancestors
D. a group of nuclear families that have the same ancestors
3. It can be inferred from the passage that children learn how to act correctly from all of the followings EXEPT

_______.
A. their father
B. their mother
C. their younger siblings D. their grandparents
4. The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to _______.
A. grown-ups
B. families
C. children
D. parents
5. Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the passage?
A. Land does not play an important role in an extended family or a tribe.
B. There are often more generations in a nuclear family than in an extended family.
C. It is difficult to realize that one kind of family can fit a society very well.
D. Relatives don’t like to talk about what the correct behavior is
New words:
society (n): xã hội
sociologist (n): nhà xã hội học
behave (v): cư xử
grown-up = adult (n): người trưởng thành
relative (n): họ hàng
ancestor (n): tổ tiên
base on (v): dựa vào
own (v): sở hữu