Lesson 4
Phaàn C - Part C 
Baøi taäp - Exercises

C 1- Use a calender or a watch to ask each other these questions.
1. Hoâm qua laø thöÙ maáy?
2. Hoâm nay laø thöÙ maáy?
3. Ngaøy mai laø thöÙ maáy?
4. Hoâm nay laø ngaøy maáy?
5. ThöÙ baûy tuaàn naøy laø ngaøy maáy?
6. ThöÙ naêm tuaàn tröôÙc laø ngaøy maáy?
C 2- Practice writing out numbers by writing these sentences.
Example:
A:  Toâi ñeán Myõ hoâm 21-2-1984.
B:  Toâi ñeán Myõ hoâm hai möôi moát thaùng hai naêm moät nghìn chín traêm taùm möôi tö.
1. Chò aáy veà Qui Nhôn ngaøy 7-6-1981.
2. Coâ aáy ñi Haø Noäi luùc 5:30.
3. Anh Phong ñeán saùng hoâm qua, luùc 9:30.
4. OÂng aáy ñeán UÙc hoài 4:30 chieàu ngaøy 16-12-1979.
5. Chuùng toâi xem phim aáy luùc 8:30.
6. Baø Lyù sinh ôÛ Thanh Hoùa luùc 10:30 ñeâm ngaøy 31-11-1941.
C 3- Using the cues, A asks B when someone is going to do something and B answers.
Example:
Cue: anh ñi Myõ (thaùng tôÙi)
A:  Bao giôØ anh ñi Myõ?
B:  Thaùng tôÙi toâi ñi (Myõ).
1. baø Oanh veà Anh (thöÙ hai tuaàn tôÙi)
2. chò ñeán thaêm oâng Ba (toái thöÙ saùu)
3. anh ñeán oâng Phöông (khoaõng taùm röôÕi toái nay)
4. anh John ñi baùc só (saùng mai)
5. coâ aáy ñeán ñoù (hai giôØ möôØi laêm chieàu mai)
6. chò veà Ñaø Naüng (thöÙ baûy tuaàn naøy)
C 4- Give the appropriate word to complete the sentence (hoâm, ngaøy, luùc, hoài)
Please use pencil and paper to do this exercise.
1. Chò aáy ñi Paris __________ thöÙ  tö.
2. Anh George veà __________ taùm giôØ hai möôi.
3. Coâ aáy hoïc ôÛ tröôØng ñoù __________ thaùng tö  naêm nay.
4. Huy ñeán böu ñieän __________ chín giôØ möôØi laêm.
5. Toâi gaëp baùc só Muir ôÛ Bangkok __________ hai möôi laêm thaùng ba.
C 5- From the statement ask a question with ....(töØ) bao giôØ or bao giôØ...
Example:
The statement is made by a woman (baø/chò must be used).
Statement:  Toâi veà hoâm qua.  (I returned yesterday.)
Question:   Chò veà ( töØ) bao giôØ? (When did you returned?)
Statement:  Mai toâi ñi.
Question:    Bao giôØ chò ñi?
1. Toâi ñoïc baøi ñoù saùng nay roài. (the speaker is a young man)
2. Coâ Lieân veà Myõ Tho hoâm thöÙ baûy tuaàn tröôÙc.
3.Toâi ñeán  gaëp baø Dung hoâm thöÙ saùu. (the speaker is a young lady)
4. Toái  mai chuùng toâi ñi aên côm Vieät.
5. Tuaàn sau chò aáy ñi Anh.
6. Thaùng chín naøy oâng Ñoâng seõ ñi Canada.
C 6- Give Vietnamese equivalents
1. What day is today?
  • Yesterday was Sunday, so today is Monday.
  • What is the date today?
  • Yesterday was the tenth, so today is the eleventh.
2. When did you arrive in the United States from France?
  • I arrived on the 24th of January 1989.
  • When will you go back to France?
  • I'll go back about March next year.
  • As for me, I'll go back in the year 2003.
3. What time did you go home from the club yesterday? (Hoâm qua..)
  • I went home at half past even.
  • When are you leaving here to go to Nhatrang?
  • I'm going tomorrow morning at nine.
C 7- Baøi taäp ñoïc - Reading exercise
Read this conversation, practice it, then hold similar conversations with your friends.
Sue meets Rob and Greg downtown.  They study together, and Sue hasn't seen Rob and Greg for a longtime.
Hear the Whole Dialog
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Sue: Chaøo hai anh, hai anh ñi ñaâu ñoù? Laâu laém roài toâi khoâng gaëp hai anh.
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Rob: Chaøo chò.  Chuùng toâi ñi Boä Y teá.
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Sue: Caùc anh laøm ôÛ ñoù aø?
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Greg: Khoâng, toâi laøm ôÛ Boä Di truù, coøn anh Rob daïy tieáng Phaùp ôÛ tröôØng Erindale.
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Sue: Anh Rob laø giaùo vieân aø?
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Rob: Vaâng, nhöng toâi cuõng laø sinh vieân.
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Sue: Theá aø? Anh hoïc gì?
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Rob:

 Baây giôØ toâi vaø anh Greg hoïc tieáng In-ñoâ-neâ-xi-a.  Greg saép ñi Jakarta.
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Sue: Bao giôØ anh Greg ñi?
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Greg: Khoaûng cuoái naêm nay.  Coøn chò, baây giôØ chò laøm gì?
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Sue: Toâi laøm ôÛ Boä Ngoaïi Giao.  Toâi cuõng saép ñi Baêng Coác..
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Rob Bao giôØ chò ñi?
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Sue: Ñaàu thaùng tôÙi toâi ñi.
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Greg:

 Theá aø? Laâu laém roài chuùng ta khoâng gaëp nhau.  Toái mai chò vaø Rob ñeán nhaø toâi chôi nheù.
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Sue: Toái mai aø?...Vaâng.  Khoaûng maáy giôØ, anh?
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Greg: Baûy giôØ, baûy röôÕi, nheù.
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Sue: Vaâng, caùm ôn anh.  Thoâi , baây giôØ toâi phaûi ñi. Chaøo hai anh nheù.
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Greg&Rob: Vaâng chaøo chò.
TöØ vöïng Vocabulary
hai anh you two
laâu laém roài for a very long time
saép to be about to
cuoái end, the end
ñaàu beginning
ñaàu thaùng tôÙi early next month
chuùng ta we( including listener)
gaëp nhau meet/see each other
ñeán..chôi come to visit
nheù all right?
thoâi,... That's all. Well,..
phaûi must
Vietnamese equivalents for exercise C6 (C7 in the textbook)
1. Hoâm nay laø thöÙ maáy?
  • Hoâm qua laø chuû nhaät, vaäy hoâm nay laø thöÙ hai.
  • Hoâm nay laø ngaøy maáy?
  • Hoâm qua laø (ngaøy) moàng möôØi, vaâïy hoâm nay laø (ngaøy) möôØi moät.
2. Anh/Chò/....ôÛ phaùp ñeán Myõ ( töØ)   bao giôØ?
  • Toâi ñeán hoâm hai möôi boán thaùng gieâng naêm moät nghìn chín traêm taùm möôi chín.
  • Bao giôØ anh/chò/..veà Phaùp?
  • Khoaûng thaùng ba naêm tôÙi toâi (seõ) veà.
  • Coøn toâi, naêm hai nghìn linh/leû ba toâi veà.
3. Hoâm qua anh/chò/... ôÛ/töØ  caâu laïc boä veà nhaø luùc maáy giôØ?
  • Toâi veà luùc baûy giôØ röôÕi.
  • Bao giôØ anh/chò/...ôÛ/töØ ñaây ñi Nha Trang?
  • Chín giôØ saùng mai toâi seõ ñi.
C 7 (C8 in the textbook)
English equivalents for the Reading exercise.
Sue meets Bob and Greg downtown.  They studied Vietnamese together, and Sue hasn't seen Rob and Greg for a long time.

 
Sue:

 Hello (you two), where are you two going (now)? I haven't seen you (both) for a very long time .
Rob: Hello (Sue). We're going to the Department of Health .
Sue: You work there, do you?
Greg: No, I work at the Department of Immigration , and Rob teaches French at Erindale School.
Sue: You're a teacher are you, Rob?
Rob: Yes, but I'm also a student.
Sue:  Oh really? What do you study?
Rob: Greg and I are studying Indonesian now.  Greg's about to go to Jakarta.
Sue: When are you going, Greg?
Greg: About the end of this year.  And you, what are you doing now?
Sue: I'm working at Foreign Affairs.  I'm also about to go to Bangkok .
Rob: When are you going?
Sue: I'm going at the beginning of next month.
Greg:  Really? We haven't seen each other for a long time.  Tomorrow night You and Rob come to my house for fun/ for a get-together/for a visit, all right?
Sue: Tomorrow night, eh? All right.  About what time, Greg?
Greg: 7:00 or 7:30, O.K.
Sue: All right.  Thank you.  Well, I have to go.  Goodbye (you two).
Greg & Rob: O.K.  Goodbye (Sue).

 

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