Part C:  
Baøi taäp - Exercises
C 1
A asks B a question.  Practice with full affirmative and negative answers.
A:   Coâ coù töØ ñieån Anh-Vieät khoâng?
B1: (Daï) coù.  Toâi coù moät quyeån töØ ñieån Anh-Vieät.
B2: (Daï) khoâng.  Toâi khoâng coù töØ ñieån Anh-Vieät.
1. Chò coù ñoàng hoà khoâng?
2. LôÙp ñoù coù baøn khoâng?
3. Chò anh coù con khoâng?
4. Hoï coù ti-vi khoâng?
5. Anh coù baïn ôÛ ñaây khoâng?
6. Vuøng aáy coù nhaø khoâng?
C 2
Using the questions in C1, pratice with chöa in place of Khoâng, remembering to use roài in the affirmative answer.  Then practice with both affirmative and negative answers.
Example:
A:   Coâ coù töØ ñieån Anh-Vieät chöa?
B1: (Daï) roài, toâi coù töØ ñieån Anh-Vieät roài.
B2: (Daï) chöa, toâi chöa coù töØ ñieån Anh-Vieät. 
C 3
Ask and answer the following questions, using some number and the correct classifier.
Example:
A: Chò coù maáy quyeån saùch?
B: Toâi coù hai quyeån (saùch).
1. Coâ coù maáy caùi/caây buùt?
2. Nhaø anh coù maáy caùi cöÛa?
3. LôÙp coù maáy caùi baøn?
4. Chò coù maáy quyeån/cuoán vôÛ?
5. Caùc anh coù maáy quyeån saùch hoïc?
6. Baø aáy coù maáy ñöÙa con?
C 4
Using the proper classifier, answer these questions with the given number and adjectives.
Example:
A: Chò coù maáy quyeån töØ ñieån? (naêm; lôÙn, nhoû).
B: Toâi coù naêm quyeån, hai quyeån lôÙn vaø ba quyeån nhoû.
1. Coâ coù maáy caùi/ caây buùt? (ba; môÙi, cuõ)
2. Chò coù maáy ñöÙa con? (boán; trai, gaùi)
3. Baø aáy coù maáy ñöÙa chaùu? (ba; lôÙn, beù)
4. Anh Naêm coù maáy ñöÙa em? (naêm; trai, gaùi)
5. Nhaø anh  coù maáy caùi baøn? (ba; môÙi, cuõ)
6. Nhaø chò aáy coù maáy caùi ti-vi? (hai; lôÙn, nhoû)
C 5  (C7 in the text book)
Give Vietnamese equivalents to the following.
1. Do you have a text book?
  • Yes, I do.
2. How many notebooks do you have?
  • I have three, two large ones an one small one.
3. In the economics class are there any student researchers?
  • Yes, there are four.
  • Are there any Japanese student researchers?
  • No, there aren't any Japanese student researchers.
4. How many people are there in your family?
  • There are six of us: my parents, my older sister, my older brother, myself and my  younger brother.
5. Is your sister married yet?
  • No, she's not married yet, but my brother is married already.
  • How many children does he have?
  • He has three: one boy and two girls.
  • How old is the boy?
  • Around 7 years old.
6. Where does your brother live?
  • He lives with (vôÙi) (our) paternal grandparents, near the market, behind the bank.
Baøi taäp ñoïc
C 6 (C8 in the text book)
Intro: Ñoïc baøi naøy roài taäp vieát chuyeän theo maãu baøi naøy.
Read this exercise, then practice writing following the model of the exercise.
* Chuùng noù may be used when speaking of one's own (that is, inferior/younger) family members or in impolite reference to other inferior persons.
Hear the Whole Dialog
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Lan: Gia ñình chò coù maáy ngöôØi?
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Kim: Gia ñình toâi coù saùu ngöôØi.
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Lan: Saùu ngöôØi laø nhöõng ai?
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Kim: OÂng baø ngoaïi toâi, boá meï toâi, toâi vaø choàng toâi.
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Lan: Chò chöa coù con aø?
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Kim: Daï chöa, toâi môÙi laäp gia ñình caùch ñaây ba thaùng.
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Lan: Chò coù anh chò em khoâng?
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Kim: Daï coù, nhöng hoï ôÛ rieâng roài.
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Lan: Chò coù maáy anh chò em?
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Kim: Toâi coù moät anh trai, hai chò gaùi, ba em trai vaø boán em gaùi.
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Lan: Caùc em chò cuõng coù gia ñình roài aø?
spkr.gif (282 bytes) Kim:

 Daï chöa, nhöng chuùng noù ôÛ vôÙi gia ñình anh trai toâi, vì nhaø
anh aáy roäng vaø gaàn tröôØng.
TöØ vöïng Vocabulary
nhöõng ai who (plural)
laäp establish
laäp gia ñình get married
coù gia ñình be married
caùch ñaây distant from here (past)
rieâng separately
ôÛ rieâng live apart/in (an)other houses
chuùng noù they (familiar)*
vôÙi with
roäng be large, spacious
English equivalents for C5 (C7 in the textbook)
1- Do you have a textbook?
  • Anh/Chò/....coù saùch hoïc khoâng?
2- How many notebooks do you have?
  • Anh/Chò/...coù maáy quyeån/cuoán vôû?
  • I have three, two large ones and one small one.
  • Toâi coù ba quyeån/cuoán, hai quyeån/ cuoán lôùn, moät quyeån/cuoán nhoû.
3- In the economics class are there any student researchers?
  • ÔÛ lôùp kinh teá coù nghieân cöùu sinh khoâng?
  • Yes, there are four.
  • Coù, coù boán nghieân cöùu sinh.
  • Are there any Japanese student reachers?
  • Coù nghieân cöùu sinh Nhaät khoâng?
  • No, there aren't any Japanese student rereachers.
  • Khoâng, khoâng coù nghieân cöùu sinh Nhaät.
4- How many people are there in your family?
  • Gia ñình anh/chò/.. coù maáy ngöôøi?
  • There are six of us: my parents, my older sister, my older brother, myself and my    younger brother.
  • Gia ñình toâi coù saùu ngöôøi, boá meï/ ba maù toâi, chò gaùi toâi, anh trai toâi, toâi vaø em trai toâi.
5- Is your sister married yet?
  • Chò anh/ chò....coù gia ñình chöa?
  • No, she's not married yet, but my brother is married already.
  • Chöa, chò aáy/ toâi chöa coù gia ñình, nhöng anh toâi coù gia ñình roài.
  • How many children does he have?
  • Anh aáy coù maáy ñöùa con?
  • He has three: one boy and two girls.
  • Anh (aáy) coù ba ñöùa con, moät ñöùa con trai vaø hai ñöùa con gaùi.
English equivalents for C 6 (C8 in the textbook)
Lan: How many people are in your family?
Kim: There are six people in my family.
Lan: Who are the six people?
Kim: My grandparents (my mother's parents), my parents, myself, and my husband.
Lan: You don't have children yet?
Kim: Not yet. I just got married three months ago.
Lan: Do you have brothers and sisters?
Kim: Yes, but they live separately (away from home already).
Lan: How many brothers and sisters do you have?
Kim: I have one older brother, two older sisters, three younger brothers and four younger sisters.
Lan: Are your younger brothers and sisters already married too, then?
Kim: No, not yet, but they live with my older brother's family because his house is large and is near the school.

 

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