Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.

b. Now, listen and check your ideas.

(Bây giờ, hãy lắng nghe và kiểm tra ý tưởng của bạn.)

c. Listen and repeat.

(Lắng nghe và lặp lại.)

How do these cookies smell?

I think the boy is saying, “Mmm! They smell amazing!”

a. Unscramble the sentences.

(Sắp xếp lại những câu sau.)

1. healthy/rice/carbohydrate./Brown/is/a

Brown rice is a healthy carbohydrate.

(Gạo lứt là một loại carbohydrate lành mạnh.)

2. meats/good/of/aren’t/a/source/Processed/protein.

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3. healthy./really/This/looks/menu

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4. yogurt/source/Is/good/a/of/dairy?

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5. food/the/look?/does/How

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6. fried/you/good?/Do/think/smells/food

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7. tastes/the/best?/dish/Which

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b. Circle the linking verbs.

(Khoanh tròn các động từ liên kết.)

1. Do you like the smell of durian? I think it smells pretty good.

2. I'm looking at the new menu on their website. It looks really healthy.

3. Wow! This tastes great. You should taste it.

4. That bread smells great! Can you smell it?

5. Let's look for a place to eat. Oh, this looks delicious!

6. Choose the correct option. Give a reason for your choice.

(Chọn phương án đúng. Đưa ra lý do về sự lựa chọn của bạn.)

1. This soup tastes terrible/terribly. We should make a new one for the party.

2. My brother is an excellent actor. He appears frequent/frequently in lots of plays.

3. Laura is really excited/excitedly about becoming a big sister.

4. Susan feels happily/happy after spending time with her dad at the weekend.

5. What's going on, Dad? Why is Mum looking at you so angry/angrily?

6. You will look beautiful/beautifully if you put on that dress. Trust me.

7. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the list in the Present Simple. Use each verb only ONCE.

(Hoàn thành các câu với các động từ trong danh sách ở thì Hiện tại đơn. Chỉ sử dụng mỗi động từ một lần.)

1. My sister is a model. That's why she goes jogging every morning to _______ fit.

2. Who is Jane talking to on the phone? She _______ so annoyed.

3. I'm the youngest in my family. That's why my parents _______  quite relaxed about things with me.

4. Vi's parents expect her to _______ a doctor one day.

5. You should drink your coffee before it _______ cold.

6. The food you're cooking _______ really good.

8. Make sentences about you, your family or your friends using these linking verbs and your own ideas.

(Đặt câu về bạn, gia đình hoặc bạn bè của bạn bằng cách sử dụng các động từ nối này và ý tưởng của riêng bạn.)

Linking verbs

(Liên từ)

5. Choose the correct option.

(Chọn phương án đúng.)

1 You _______ upset. What happened?

A are looking

B look

C looks

D looking

2 They aren't coming to the party. They _______ really tired.

A are

B be

C are being

D is

3 Is Ellen OK? She _______ angry.

A seem

B seeming

C is seeming

D seems

A sounding

4 Dad _______ awful. Has he got a cold?

A sounding

B sound

C sounds

D is sounding

5 These cakes _______ delicious!

A taste

B are tasting

C are taste

D is tasting

6 My mother _______ mad when I forget to do chores.

A get

B gets

C getting

D is getting

6. Choose the correct option.

(Chọn phương án đúng.)

1 My brother is shy. He usually stays quiet/ quietly at the back of the room at parties.

2 Julie is really sad/sadly because she's just had an argument with her parents.

3 You often become angry/angrily when you play video games.

4 The baby is looking at his toys happy/ happily.

5 The food you're cooking smells really nice/ nicely!

6 My dad is family counsellor/a family counsellor.

7 My mother is tasting the soup careful/ carefully to see if it needs more salt.

8 My cousin Mary looks anxious/anxiously about her exam results.

2. Read GRAMMAR FOCUS and find examples of verbs of perceptions in the dialogue in Exercise 1.

(Đọc GRAMMAR FOCUS và tìm các ví dụ về động từ chỉ giác quan trong đoạn hội thoại ở Excercise 1.)

3. Choose the best option to complete each sentence.

(Chọn phương án đúng nhất để hoàn thành mỗi câu.)

1. The documentary about the effects of global warming (looks/feels) (interesting/ fun).

2. I (taste/feel) (concerned / joyful) that our community is recycling more.

3. The effects of the earthquake and tsunami (smell/ appear) (worrying/good).

4. It (seems/looks) (alarming/good) that sea levels are rising.

5. The damage caused by the heavy rainfall (looks/becomes) (serious / great).

4. Complete the sentences with your own ideas.

(Hoàn thành các câu với ý tưởng của riêng bạn.)

1. It sounds serious that climate change...

2. I feel concerned that typhoons and droughts are...

3. It looks worrying that temperatures are...

4. It seems scarry that our country might....

5. It's becoming more frightening that sea levels are...

3. Read the sentences and fill in the blank with one word in the box below.

(Đọc các câu và điền vào chỗ trống với một từ trong hộp bên dưới.)

1. My friend has recently visited New Delhi and said that the air there _________ bad.

2. I heard the news report and it _________ that our carbon footprint is too big.

3. It _________ that we are not doing enough to prevent the emission of carbon dioxide.

4. Durian _________good but smells bad to some people.

5. It _________ that the summers are getting hotter every year.

4. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. Are the words adverbs (adv) or adjectives (adj)?

(Hoàn thành các câu với các từ trong hộp. Những từ này là trạng từ (adv) hay tính từ (adj)?)

cold                        completely                       easily

finally                    impossible

1. I was ____ alone. There was no one else in sight.

2. It was absolutely ____to open the door.

3. We ____ got to the beach, exhausted.

4. I touched her hands and they were as ____ as ice.

5 It was ____ the hardest thing I've ever done.

Present tense contrast (dynamic, stative and linking verbs)

1. Circle the correct tense.

(Khoanh tròn thì đúng.)

1   ‘What do you do / are you doing tonight?’ ‘I stay / I’m staying at home.’

2   Can you text me when you get / ‘re getting home?

3   The sun rises / is rising in the east and sets / is setting in the west.

4   Why do you laugh / are you laughing? It isn’t funny!

5   My dad leaves / is leaving home every day at eight o’clock.

6   My sister always borrows / is always borrowing my clothes. It’s really annoying!

7   What time does your train arrive / is your train arriving?

3. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in the box.

(Hoàn thành câu sử dụng dạng đúng của động từ trong hộp.)

1. I thought the man was American at first, but when he spoke, he __________ British.

2. We __________ our old teacher next weekend.

3. Our town is small, but it __________ many tourist attractions.

4. Villagers enjoy a simple lifestyle and __________ happier than city dwellers.

5. Underground trains __________ the most popular means of transport in big cities over the past few decades.

6. You look worried. What __________ you __________ about?

7. I __________ visiting the place, but I can’t tell you when I did that.

8. The new hotel will __________ impressive when it is finished.

2. Complete the sentences using the linking verbs in brackets and the adjectives in the box. You can add more words if necessary.

(Hoàn thành các câu sử dụng các động từ liên kết trong ngoặc và các tính từ trong hộp. Bạn có thể thêm nhiều từ hơn nếu cần thiết.)

1. This is one of the best restaurants in town. All the food there (taste) _______.

2. The local authority has decided to build a bigger community centre. The idea (seem) _______.

3. My parents didn’t expect me to win the first prize. I did win, but they didn’t (appear) _______.

4. Local people often complain about the new waste collection point in the area. It (smell) _______.

5. Some people don’t earn much money. The cost of living (seem) _______.

6. Mrs Hoa is involved in many activities in the neighborhood. She (be) _______.

7. Most city dwellers travel on crowded buses and trains during rush hour. They often (become) _______.

8. In this city, private cars are banned from the city centre during rush hour. This (seem) _______.

5 A sound good

B seem great

C seems terrible

D sounds wonderful

Choose the best answer.

I’ll feel _____ when my exams are over.

Choose the best answer.

Although the dish smelt _____, he refused to eat saying that he was not hungry.

Choose the best answer.

The situation looks _______. We must do something.

Choose the best answer.

The chef tasted the meat _____ before presenting it to the President.