lesson 6 Exercises

Phaàn C: Baøi taäp
Part C - Exercises
C 1- B gives a full affirmative answer to A's question, and then practices with negative answers.
Example:

A: Anh coù ñoùi khoâng?
B1: (Daï) coù, toâi ñoùi laém.
B2: (Daï) khoâng, toâi khoâng ñoùi.

1- Chò coù meät khoâng?

2- Coâ coù oám khoâng?

3- Thaày aáy coù giaøu khoâng?

4- Anh coù khaùt khoâng?

5- OÂng aáy coù giaø khoâng?

6- Caùc baø coù laïnh khoâng?

C 2 - A tells B about somebody doing something , then B aks if A has done that something.
A gives affirmative answer:
Example:

A: Chò Ngoïc xem phim Indochine.
B: Coøn anh, anh coù xem phim Indochine khoâng?
A: Daï coù, toâi xem phim Indochine roài.

1- Chò Nhaøn ñoïc baøi naøy.

2- Anh Hieáu uoáng bia.

3- Anh Thi hieåu anh aáy.

4- Coâ aáy bieát anh Quaân.

5- Chò Lan ñi thaêm baø aáy.

6- Caùc baø aáy gaëp chò Mai.

C 3 - B gives a negative response to A's question.
Example:

A: Chò coù bieát tieáng Anh khoâng?
B: Daï khoâng, toâi khoâng bieát tieáng Anh.

1- Anh coù hoïc lòch söÛ Thaùi khoâng?

2- Coâ coù ñoïc baøi naøy khoâng?

3- Baø coù gaëp anh Khaùnh khoâng?

4- Chò aáy coù ñeán Khoâng?

5- OÂng coù ñi Nha Trang khoâng?

6- Coâ aáy coù noùi tieáng In-ñoâ-neâ-xia khoâng?

C 4 - Following the cues, A urges B to do something and B expands with a time.
Example:

ñi chôi, toái nay
A: Chuùng ta ñi chôi nheù.
B: Toái nay chuùng ta ñi chôi nheù.

1- ñi xem phim, toái chuû nhaät

2- aên phôÛ, saùng mai

3- ñi thaêm thaày, thöÙ hai tuaàn tôÙi

4- laøm baøi taäp moät, baây giôø

5- ñi Qui Nhôn, naêm nay

6- ñi uoáng cheø, ba giôø

C 5 - Using the cue, B answers A's question.
Example:

Cue: oám
A: (Taïi) sao hoâm nay anh khoâng ñi hoïc?
B: Daï, vì toâi (bò) oám.

1- (Taïi) sao chò khoâng ñi laøm?	(ñau)
2- (Taïi) sao coâ aáy khoâng ñeán?	(baän)
3- (Taïi) sao hoâm nay anh khoâng ñi uoáng bia?	(meät)
4- (Taïi ) sao hoâm qua chò khoâng ñeán gaëp toâi?	(baän)
5- (Taïi) sao caùc anh khoâng aên?	(khoâng ñoùi)
6- (Taïi) sao anh Phuù khoâng ñi chôi?	(khoâng khoûe)

C 6 - Using the cue, B answers A's question, ' How long did you......?'
Example:

Cue: (2 thaùng)
A: Chò hoïc tieáng Vieät ñöôïc bao laâu?
B: Toâi hoïc tieáng Vieät ñöôïc 2 thaùng.

1- Anh aáy nghæ ñöôïc bao laâu?	(5 tieáng)
2- Coâ ôÛ AÁn-Ñoä bao laâu?	(2 thaùng)
3- Chò bò oám bao laâu?	(3 ngaøy)
4- Thaày daïy kinh teá ñöôïc bao laâu?	(4 naêm)
5- Coâ aáy laøm vieäc ñoù bao laâu?	(2 tieáng)
6- Anh laøm ôÛ Boä Taøi chính ñöôïc bao laâu?	(7 tuaàn)

C 7 - Using the cue from C6, add roài for the question, 'How long have you.....?' then, for the same questions, B uses thoâi instead of roài in the answer.
Example:

A: Chò hoïc tieáng Vieät ñöôïc bao laâu roài? (2 thaùng)
B1: Toâi hoïc (tieáng Vieät) ñöôïc hai thaùng roài.
B2: Toâi hoïc (tieáng Vieät) ñöôïc hai thaùng thoâi.

C 8 - Give Vietnamese equivalents.

1- Hello, Lan. How are you today?

I'm very well, thank you. And how about you?
I'm all right too, thank you. Oh, how is Thi?
He was sick last week, but he is fine now?

2- Did you go to school yesterday?

No, I didn't go to school yesterday.
Why didn't you?
Because I was sick. Our class started studying Lesson 7, isn't that right?
Right. The (female) teacher began to explain the lesson already.

3- How long were you in Spain last year?

I was there for only two months.
How long will you stay in Hanoi next year?
I'll stay there for about three weeks, something like that.

C 9 - Baøi taäp ñoïc.
Read this conversation, practice it, then hold similar conversations with your friends in Vietnamese.
Hear the Whole Dialog

Lieân:	Chaøo anh Ed. Theá naøo, khoûe khoâng?
Ed:	Chaøo chò, caùm ôn, toâi khoûe laém. Coøn chò, theá naøo?
Lieân:	Hoâm qua toâi bò meät, nhöng baây giôØ khoûe roài. TrôØi laïnh quaù. Denver vaãn laïnh nhö theá naøy, phaûi khoâng?
Ed:	Vaâng, nhöng hoâm nay trôØi naéng, aám, chò thaáy khoâng?
Lieân:	Daï, naéng, aám. Nhöng toâi vaãn thaáy laïnh.
Ed:	Chò sinh ôÛ ñaâu?
Lieân:	Toâi sinh ôÛ Nha Trang. Mieàn baéc Vieät Nam cuõng laïnh nhö theá naøy, Nha Trang ôÛ mieàn Nam, trôØi thöôØng noùng.
Ed:	Vaâng toâi ôÛ NhaTrang roài, toâi bieát.
Lieân:	Vaäy aø, anh ôÛ Nha Trang hoài naøo?
Ed:	Toâi ñeán hoài thaùng naêm naêm moät nghìn chín traêm taùm möôi baûy.
Lieân:	Anh thaáy Nha Trang theá naøo?
Ed:	OÀ, ñeïp laém. Nha Trang ñeïp laém. TrôØi ñeïp, bieån ñeïp vaø caùc coâ gaùi cuõng raát ñeïp.
Lieân:	Caùm ôn, anh quaù khen. AØ, anh veà Myõ hoài naøo vaäy?
Ed:	Toâi veà hoâm möôØi laêm thaùng baûy naêm moät nghìn chín traêm taùm möôi chín. Coøn chò, chò ôÛ Myõ bao laâu roài? Toâi khoâng ngôØ gaëp moät coâ gaùi Nha Trang ôÛ Denver.
Lieân:	Toâi ôÛ Myõ ñöôïc chín thaùng roài. Coù leõ naêm tôÙi toâi seõ doïn ñi San Antonio vì ô Ûñaây laïnh quaù.

TöØ vöïng	Vocabulary
trôØi	the sky, weather
quaù	very very
vaãn	still, continue to
nhö theá naøy	like this
naéng	sunny
aám	warm
thaáy	to perceive, feel, find
thöôØng	usually
bieån	sea, ocean
coâ gaùi	girl, young woman
raát ADJECTIVE	very ADJECTIVE
khen	to praise
anh quaù khen	you praise too much
. ..vaäy/theá	So....
ngôØ	to suspect
toâi khoâng ngôØ	I didn't expect
coù leõ	perhaps
doïn ñi	to move to
Anh thaáy Nha Trang theá naøo?	How do you find Nha Trang?

Answer for exercise C 8

1. Hello, Lan. How are you today?

Chaøo chò Lan. Hoâm nay chò coù khoûe khoâng?
I'm very well, thank you. And how about you?
(Daï) caùm ôn, toâi khoûe laém, Coøn anh/chò, theá naøo?
I'm all right too, thank you. Oh, how is Thi?
(Daï) caùm ôn, toâi cuõng khoûe. AØ, anh Thi theá naøo (chò)?
He was sick last week, but he is fine now.
Tuaàn tröôÙc anh aáy/Thi bò oám, nhöng baây giôØ anh aáy khoûe roài.

2. Did you go to school yesterday?

Hoâm qua anh/chò (coù) ñi hoïc khoâng?
No, I didn't go to school yesterday.
Khoâng, hoâm qua toâi khoâng ñi hoïc.
Why didn't you?
(Taïi) sao anh/chò khoâng ñi hoïc.
Because I was sick. Our class started studying Lesson 7, isn't that right?
(Taïi) vì toâi bò oám. LôÙp chuùng ta baét ñaâøu hoïc baøi Baûy, phaûi khoâng?
Right. The (female) teacher began to explain the lesson already.
Coâ giaùo baét ñaàu giaûng baøi ñoù roài.

C 9 - English equivalents for C9.

Lien:	Hello, Ed. How goes it? Are you well?
Ed:	Hello (sister). Thanks, I'm very well. And how about you?
Lien:	I was tired yesterday, but now I'm fine. It's very cold ! Denver is always cold like this, isn't it?
Ed:	Yes, but today it's sunny and warm, don't you think?
Lien:	Yes, it's sunny and warm, but I still feel cold .
Ed:	Where were you born?
Lien:	I was born in Nha trang. Northern Vietnam is also cold like this, but Nha trang is in the South and it's usually hot.
Ed:	Yes, I've been in Nha trang already, so I know.
Lien:	Really? When were you in Nha trang?
Ed:	I came (there) in May of 1987.
Lien:	What did you think of Nhatrang?
Ed:	Oh, very pretty. Nha trang is very beautiful. The weather is beautiful, the sea is beautiful, and the girls are also very beautiful.
Lien:	Thank you (but) you give too much praise! Oh, so when did you return to America?
Ed:	I came back on the 15th of July 1989. And you, when did you come to the United States? I did not expect to meet a Nha trang girl in Denver.
Lien:	I've been in America for nine months already. Perhaps next year I'll move to San Antonio because here it's cold.