Looking back | Tiếng Anh 9 (Global Success) | Unit 4: Remembering the past - Lớp 9 - Global Success & Bộ Giáo Dục - Đào Tạo

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👉 LOOKING BACK

   Vocabulary

1. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.
   
   1. In keeping with _____, we cook five-colour sticky rice on the first day of a lunar month.
      A. tradition               B. habit                C. ritual                  D. practice
   2. Sam is very interested in history, and he remembers a lot of historical _____ and dates.
      A. traditions             B. events              C. anniversaries      D. practices
   3. The fire of London in 1666 destroyed thousands of old _____ and damaged a large part of London's centre.
      A. organisations       B. structures        C. associations        D. connections
   4. This practice was more common in _____ times than it is now.
      A. begining              B. antique            C. historic               D. ancient
   5. This complex of buildings was _____ by foreign troops during the war.
      A. received               B. busy                 C. occupied           D. filled
   
   
2. Finish the sentence by completing each blank with a word. The first letter of each word is given.
   
   1. The custom of w_____ ancestors is a beautiful and rich tradition in Vietnamese culture.
   2. The custom of sending a greeting card has become a d_____ tradition in many western countries.
   3. A country's cultural h_____ is a valuable resource.
   4. Festivals, which are handed down form one g_____ to the next, are an important way to promote tourism.
   5. Besides the key i_____, another secret to achieving the perfect fish and chips is the temperature of the oil.
   
   Grammar
   
   
3. Put the verb in brackets in the past continuous to complete each sentence.
   
   1. Luckily, the sun (shine) _____ brightly when we reached the campsite.
   2. They (build) _____ Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum from 1973 to 1975.
   3. When their mum came home, they (not suty) _____; they (chat) ______ noisily.
   4. _____ they still (wait) _____ when the tour guide arrived?
   5. I (think) _____ of my grandmother for years after she died.
   
   
4. Rewrite the following sentences, using wish.
   
   1. She doesn't have an iPhone. She'd like to have one.
   -> _____________________________________________________
   2. I'm sorry that I don't have a three-month summer holiday as my grandma did.
   -> _____________________________________________________
   3. I want my parents to let me make my own decisions, but they don't.
   -> _____________________________________________________
   4. Mike wants to play musical instrments, but he can't.
   -> _____________________________________________________
   5. My dad is very busy. I want him to have more time with me.
   -> ____________________________________________________