General english 1 & 2 writing tasks: Comprehensive Guide | Môn Anh văn căn bản 1 - Đại học Cần Thơ

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WRITING for General English Courses
GENERAL ENGLISH 1 – TASK 1 STT Writing Items Answer keys Notes 1 I/ student/ Electronic
I am a student of Unit 1 – TO BE & Engineering.
Electronic Engineering. possessive adjectives 2 He/ famous professor/
He is a famous professor Chemistry. in Chemistry. 3 You/ students/ big
You are students of/in a university. big university. 4 Their students/ the
Their students are from Mekong Delta/ the
the Mekong Delta in the Southwest of Vietnam. Southwest of Vietnam. 5 Where/ your parents/ Where are your parents from? from? 6
her aunt and her uncle/ Are her aunt and her Scotland? uncle from/ in Scotland? 7 John/ student/ or/ Is John a student or a teaching assistant? teaching assistant? 8
I/ not/ teaching assistant. I am not a teaching assistant. 9 Their brother/ not/ Their brother is not married. married. 10
His cousins/ not/ scientist. His cousins are not scientists. 11
There/ fridge/ my friend’s There is a fridge in my Unit 2 – There is/ are kitchen. friend’s kitchen.
& This/That/ These/ 12
There are some pictures Those & prepositions There/ some picture/ the wall in his bedroom.
on the wall in his & plural nouns bedroom. 13
There/ not/ vase/ the table There is not a vase on in her dining room. the table in her dining room. 14
There/ not/ any rug/ the There are not any rugs
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There/ air-conditioner/ Is there an air- the meeting room? conditioner in the meeting room? 16
There/ any electric fan/ Are there any electric the ceiling in your fans on the ceiling in classrooms? your classrooms? 17 This smartphone/ very
This smartphone is very modern, but it/ not/ modern, but it is not expensive. expensive. 18 That/ useful big blue
That is a useful big blue school bag. school bag. 19 These/ beautiful new
Are these beautiful new Italian chairs/ sale?
Italian chairs for sale? 20 Those/ lovely medium
Are those lovely medium
white glove/ new or old?
white gloves new or old? 21 I/ usually/ get up/ 6
I usually get up at 6 Unit 3 – simple o’clock/ morning.
o’clock every/ in the present & adverb of morning. frequency 22
He/ often/ go/ school/ 6.30 He often goes to school am/ every weekday. at 6.30 am every weekday. 23
She/ sometimes/ go/ shop/ She sometimes goes the commercial centre. shopping at the commercial centre. 24 They/ always/ speak/ They always speak English/ class. English in class. 25 What time/ you/ have What time do you have lunch/ Mondays? lunch on Mondays? 26
Where/ your sister/ go/ Where does your sister swim/ the weekend? go swimming on the weekend? 27
How often/ she/ do/ yoga? How often does she do yoga? lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115 28 Why/ student/ study/ Why do students study English? English? # Why does a student study English? 29 Susan/ not go/ school/ Susan does not go to foot. school on foot. 30
Those student/ not/ go/ Those students do not the gym/ regularly.
go to the gym regularly. 31
An/ like/ play/ sports/
An likes playing sports Unit 4 – like/ love & every weekend/ his
every weekend with his can/ can’t friends. friends. 32
Nam/ love/ learn/ English/ Nam loves learning
because/ it/ useful/ for his English because it is future job.
useful for his future job. 33
I/ like/ practice/ English/
I like practicing English
my friends/ every evening. with my friends every evening. 34
They/ love/ listen/ music/ They love listening to their free time.
music in their free time. 35 My parent/ love/ My parents love gardening/ the summer. gardening in the summer. # My parent loves gardening in the summer. 36
Their relatives/ like/ play/ Their relatives like
musical instrument/ such playing musical
as the guitar, the violin
instruments such as the and the flute. guitar, the violin and the flute. 37
She/ love/ go/ the cinema/ Does she love going to on Saturday nights? the cinema on Saturday nights? 38 They/ like/ read/ Do they like reading nonfiction book? non-fiction books? lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115 39
His friends/ not like/ surf/ His friends do not like Internet/ all day. surfing the Internet all day. 40
Sam/ not like/ chat/ his Sam does not like free time.
chatting in his free time. 41
I/ often/ have/ lunch/ a
I often have lunch in a Unit 5 – Countable vs café/ my friends. café with my friends.
uncountable nouns & SOME/ ANY & A 42
She/ usually/ have/ a lot/
She usually has a lot of LOT OF/ MANY/
milk tea/ the afternoon. milk tea in the MUCH afternoon. 43
They/ always/ enjoy/ their They always enjoy their meals/ that famous meals in that famous restaurant. restaurant. 44 They/ not have/ much/ They do not have much
fast food/ because/ it/ not
fast food because it is not good/ health. good for health. 45 There/ not/ many good There are not many restaurant/ this
good restaurants in this neighborhood. neighborhood. 46
There/ not/ any meat/ this There is not any meat in dish. this dish. 47
Is there any fresh fruit in
There/ any fresh fruit/ the fridge? the fridge? 48
There/ many/ strawberry/ Are there many your hometown? strawberries in your hometown? 49 Where/ you/ often/ buy Where do you often buy fresh food/ and/ local fresh food and local dish? dishes? 50 Why/ they/ eat/ much/ Why do they eat much sugar and salt? sugar and salt? 51
George Washington/ be/ George Washington was Unit 6: simple past – American president.
an American president. BE/ other VERBS lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115 52 Frida Kahlo and Diego Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera/be/ artist. Rivera were artists. 53 The conference/ our The conference at our university/ very university was very successful. successful. 54
Barack Obama/ live/ the Barack Obama lived in White House/ from 2009 the White House from to 2017. 2009 to 2017. 55
Humans/ make/ the caves/ Humans made the caves about/ a thousand year/ about a thousand years ago. ago. 56
His uncle/ not/ lecturer/ His uncle was not a 2020. lecturer in 2020. 57 I/ not learn/ English/
I did not learn English when/ I/ in primary when I was in primary school. school. 58
You/ get up/ six/ yesterday Did you get up at six morning? yesterday morning? 59
Where/ his sister/ visit/ her Where did his sister visit trip/ last summer?
on her trip last summer? 60 What/ they/ do/ when/ What did they do when they/ kids? they were kids?
GENERAL ENGLISH 1 – TASK 2
Write a letter or an email on the following situations. Situation 1:
Read the letter from your friend, Jim. Write a letter to Jim and answer the questions. Hello Trang,
Let’s meet for lunch on Saturday. Where shall we eat? What time can you come? Do
you want me to pick you up?
Write to let me know your answer. Jim lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115
Write at least 80 words. Dear Jim,
I was very happy when I received your letter. How are you? I’m good.
Recently I learned about Manwah Restaurant. It’s a quiet famous Taiwanese hot pot
restaurant. Let’s go there for lunch. I have class on Saturday so let’s meet at 12 a.m. The
restaurant is located on the 3rd floor of Vincom Xuan Khanh, 30/4 Street. You don’t need
pick me up because I have a motorbike. I will go there myself. See you on Saturday.
I’m looking forward to getting your reply. Love, Trang Situation 2:
Read this email from your friend, Nancy. Write an email to tell her the
information that she wants to know. From: nancy@gmail.com
To: xxxByyy@student.ctu.edu.vn
Subject: Your trip to Australia My dear Lan,
It’s great that you are going to see me in Sydney. Tell me when you are coming, how
long you want to stay, and what you want to do. Write soon! Nancy
Write at least 80 words. Situation 3:
Your friend has asked you to go on a picnic this weekend. You can’t go.
Write an email to your friend to tell him/ her: ▪ Why you can’t go
▪ When and where you can meet him/ her on another day. lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115
Write at least 80 words. Situation 4:
Read an email from your friend, George. Write an email to him and answer the questions.
From: george1990@gmail.com To:
xxxByyy@student.ctu.edu.vn
Subject: How was your holiday? Hi Nam!
Where did you go last week for your holiday? How did you go there? What did you do there? Write me soon! George
Write at least 80 words. Situation 5:
You are spending your holiday in a mountainous area. Write a postcard to one of
your friends and tell him/ her about your trip. You should say:
▪ Where you are staying
▪ What you did or visited at that place
▪ What you plan to do in the next few days
Write at least 80 words. Situation 6:
Read a letter from your friend, Peggy. Hi Bac,
I am going to visit your country next month. Can I see you? Please tell me about the
weather there. What clothes should I bring? Are there any interesting activities to do? lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115 Best wishes, Peggy
Write a letter to her and answer her questions. Write at least 80 words. Situation 7:
Your friend was absent from the first class of General English 2, and s/he wants
to know about the information of course. Write to him/ her to tell him/ her about
the following information:
▪ What textbook is used
▪ What the students should do to get good marks
▪ When the final exam is Write at least 80 words. Situation 8:
Read this email from your friend, Bang. Write an email to Bang and answer the questions.
From: bangbang@gmail.com
To: xxxByyy@student.ctu.edu.vn
Subject: Class information Hello Yen,
I can’t find the information about the new art class after school. What day is the class?
How long does it last? What do we have to bring with us? Thanks. Bang lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115
Write at least 80 words. Situation 9:
You want to sell your laptop and you receive this email to ask you for
information about it. Write to reply to the person.
From: spencer@gmail.com
To: xxxByyy@student.ctu.edu.vn
Subject: Laptop to sell Hello Trang,
Have you got a laptop to sell? How much is it? Does it still work well? When can I see it? Spencer
Write at least 80 words. Situation 10:
Your friend bought a new mobile phone. Write to him/ her to ask about your friend’s phone.
▪ What kind of mobile phone it is
▪ How much s/he paid for it ▪
What s/he likes most about it Write at least 80 words. Situation 11:
Your teacher has asked you to borrow the CD player for the English class. You
can’t come to class next week, so you write an email to ask your friend to borrow the CD player for you. Tell him/ her:
▪ Why you can’t come to class
▪ Where to borrow the CD player
▪ What your friend should bring to borrow the CD player
Write at least 80 words. Situation 12: lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115
Last week, you went to a live music show. Write a letter to tell your foreign
friend about it. Tell him/ her: ▪ Where the show was
▪ How long the show lasted
▪ Whether the show was interesting or not
Write at least 80 words. Situation 13:
You want to ask your friend to do a volunteer work with you. Write him/ her a
letter and tell him/ her about it.
▪ What the volunteer work is ▪ Where to work
▪ What to prepare to do it
Write at least 40 words. Situation 14:
Your friend wrote a letter to ask you about your new laptop. Write a reply to
your friend to tell him/ her about it. Hello Andy,
Did you buy your new laptop last week? I’m so excited about it. Tell me more about
your new device. What brand is it? What color is it? What do you like most about it?
Waiting for your updates. Marilyn
Write at least 80 words. Situation 15:
Read an email from your friend asking you about your holiday. From: jimmy@gmail.com To: xxx@gmail.com
Subject: How is your holiday? Hi Sam,
I guess you’re now on the holiday with your family. Where are you visiting? Is there
anything interesting to do? What’s the weather like over there? lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115
Looking forward to your updated news. Love, Jimmy
Write a reply to your friend and tell him about your holiday. You should write at least 80 words. Situation 16:
Read a letter from your English friend asking you about your new laptop. My dear friend,
I’m very happy to know that you’ve just bought a new laptop. We’ll have more time to
get in touch via the Internet. Now, tell me about it. Where did you buy it? Is it
expensive? And what do you often use it for?
I’m waiting for your response. Regards, Diana
Write a letter to tell your friend about your new laptop. You should write at least 80 words. Situation 17:
Read an invitation from your American friend about having dinner with him. Write an
email to reply to your friend’s invitation and provide him the information he wants. lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115 From: kenny@gmail.com To: xxx@gmail.com
Subject: Going to the cinema this weekend Hello,
I hope you’re doing well. There are many popular restaurants around my
neighborhood. I plan to have dinner in one of them. Would you like to go with me?
What’s your favourite type of food? What time can we meet? Where can we meet each other? Write to me soon. Lots of love. Ken
You should write at least 80 words. Situation 18:
Write a postcard to your friend and tell him/ her about your holiday:
§ where you are visiting and staying
§ what you like about that place § how you get around
Write at least 80 words. Situation 19: lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115
Read this email from your friend. Write to answer the questions he asks. From: johnsmith@gmail.com
To: xxxByyy@student.ctu.edu.vn
Subject: How was your summer? Hi,
Did you have a good time in the summer? Tell me about what you did in the
summer. How did you feel about it? Love, John
Write at least 80 words.
GENERAL ENGLISH 2 – TASK 1 ST Writing Items Answer keys Notes T lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115 1
1. We/ going/ see/ a film/
1. We are going to see a Unit 9: BE the new cinema/ this
film at the new cinema GOING TO weekend. this weekend.
2. I/ not going/ watch/ this 2. I am not going to DVD/ tonight.
watch this DVD tonight.
3. Are you going to buy
3. You/ going/ buy/ the
the tickets online or at the
tickets/ online/ or/ the cinema? cinema? 4. What time are they
4. What time/ they/ go/
going to the cinema this the cinema/ this evening? evening? 5. I am not sitting at the
front of the cinema at the
5. I/ not sit/ at the front/ the cinema/ at the moment. moment.
6. Where are you sitting
6. Where/ you/ sit/ now? now?
7. Are they going to meet
7. They/ going/ meet us/ us after the film? after/ film?
8. I will never watch a
8. I/ never/ watch/ film/ film by that director
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9. I/ going/ buy/ this book/
9. I am going to buy this Unit 9: To VERB about Martin Scorsese/ book about Martin – read/ about his life.
Scorsese to read about infinitive of his life. purpose
10.She/ going to/ art school/ 10.She is going to art study/ paint. school to study painting.
11.They/ going to/ play this
11.They are going to play computer/ again/ reach this computer again to level five. reach level five.
12. He/ going to/ the theatre/
12. He is going to the theatre
see/ play by Shakespeare.
to see a play by Shakespeare. 3 13. I/ making/ a 13. I am making
a Unit 9: Present documentary/ documentary
about Continuous butterflies/ at the butterflies at
the (Hiện tại tiếp moment. moment. diễn)
14.I/ sorry, but I/ working/ late tonight.
14. I’m sorry, but I am working late tonight. 15.Why/ they/ waiting/ outside/ cinema?
15.Why are they waiting outside the cinema? 16.Where/ you/ going/ after/ work? 16.Where are you going after work? 17.They/ not/ leaving/ tomorrow.
17.They are not leaving tomorrow. 18. Chen and Jens/ not
coming/ this meeting, so let’s/
18. Chen and Jens are not start. coming to this meeting, so let’s start. lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115 4 19.human brain/ 19. A human brain Unit 10 need/ energy. needs energy. # Human brains need energy. 20. A computer 20. Computer/ uses chemicals. # use/ chemicals. Computers use chemicals. 21. A human brain/ 21. A human brain
a computer/ store/ a lot of/ and a computer store a information. lot of information. 22. A computer/ 22. A computer is usually/ easy/ fix. usually easy to fix. 23. We/ not know/ 23. We do not know
everything/ about/ human everything about the brain. human brain. 5
24. You/ ever/ handwrite/ a 24. Have you
ever Unit 10: Present letter? handwritten a letter? Perfect (Hiện tại hoàn thành)
25. My son/ has/ send/ me/
25. My son has sent me a postcard. postcard.
26. I/ listening/ a podcast/
26. I’m listening to a English. podcast in English.
27. This library/ give/ you
27. This library gives you
lots/ different information. lots of different information.
28. Your favourite song/
28. Your favourite song is this CD. on this CD. lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115 6
29. You/ have/ drive/ on the
29. You have to drive on Unit 11: have to/ left-hand side/
the left-hand side in can Australia. Australia.
30. Tourists cannot take
30. Tourists/ cannot/ take/ photos in this area. photo/ this area.
31. Guests have to leave
31. Guests/ have/ leave/
their room before 11am,
their room/ before 11am,
or they (will) pay the fee. or they/ pay/ fee. 32. Airline passengers 32. Airline passengers/
with an online boarding
with an online boarding
card don’t have to go to
card/ not/ have to go/ the the check-in desk. check-in desk. 33. Business class 33. Business class
passengers don’t have to
passenger/ not have to/ wait. wait. 34. All passengers can 34. All passenger/ can
check in online 24 hours
check in/ online 24 hours/ before departure. before/ depart. 7
35. There/ other tourist/ 35. There are other Unit 11 everywhere these days. tourists everywhere these days.
36. Nobody/ live/ there.
36. Nobody lives there. 37. I’d like/ do/ 37. I’d like to do something/ excit. something exciting.
38. There/ everywhere/the
38. Is there everywhere in world/ without/ other
the world without other people? people? lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115 8
39. This hotel/ terrible, so
39. This hotel is terrible, Unit 11: Should we/ stay here. so we shouldn’t/ do not stay here.
40. She/ not speak/ local
40. She doesn’t speak the language. local language.
41. You/ not/ rent a car/
41. You should not/ do not because/ it/
rent a car because it’s very expensive. very expensive.
42. Sometimes the hotels
42. Sometimes/ the hotels/ are full, so we should
full, so we/ should book/
book a room in advance. room/ in advance. 9 43. My country/ have/
43. My country has three Unit 11:
three/ different time zone. different time zones. information on tourism (thông
44. You/ have/ get a visa/
44. You have to get a visa tin về du lịch)
before/ you get a job/ the
before you get a job in the new country. new country.
45. In most countries, car/ 45. In most countries, drive on the right
cars drive on the right handside/ the road. hand-side of the road.
46. You/ can have/ driving 46. You can have a
licence/ when/ you pass/
driving licence when you test. pass your/ the test. 10 47. It/ be hotter/ my
47. It’ll be hotter in my Unit 12: will + V country/ the future. country in the future.
48. The temperature/ this 48. The temperature in
country/ not/ increase/ the this country won’t future.
increase in the future. lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115 49. I think/ I/ visit
49. I think I’ll visit Antarctica/one day. Antarctica one day.
50. There/ be more ice/ the
50. There will be more ice
Arctic Circle/ the future.
in the Arctic Circle in the future.
51. The percentage/ people 51. The percentage of
living in cities/ decrease/
people living in cities will the future.
decrease in the future. 52. Everyone/ speak
52. Everyone will speak English/ the future. English in the future.
53. People/ not buy/ more 53. People won’t buy car. more cars. 54. I/ not think/ the
54. I don’t think the number/ dry desserts/ number of dry desserts
increase/ in the future. will increase in the future. 11 55. How big/ Can Tho 55. How big is Can Tho Unit 12: city? city? Question words
(Từ để hỏi) 56. How warm is the 56. How warm/ the climate? climate? 57. How far is it from your place to Can Tho
57. How far/ it from your University? place/ Can Tho University? 58. How many people live in Ho Chi Minh city? 58. How many/ person/ live/ Ho Chi Minh city? 59. How much is a coach ticket from Can Tho to 59. How much/ a coach Dalat?
ticket/ Can Tho/ Dalat? lOMoAR cPSD| 23136115 12 60. Listening/ music/
60. Listening to music Mixed (Trộn) make/ me/ feel/ relax. makes me feel relaxed. 61. Horror 61. Horror movies are movies/ usually/ disappoint. usually disappointing. 62.
I think/ horror movies/ 62. I think horror movies frighten. are frightening. 63.
This/ new video game/ 63. This new video game amaze/ me. amazes me. # This new video game amazed me. 64. Last weekend/ we/ go/ 64. Last weekend, we a new musical show/
went to a new musical show Broadway. on Broadway. 65. We/ going/ fantastic 65. We're going to a concert tomorrow. fantastic concert tomorrow.
GENERAL ENGLISH 2 – TASK 2 Topics for paragraphs
Example 1: Write a well-organized paragraph on the things you like OR dislike about Can Tho University.
Example 2: Write a well-organized paragraph on the benefits OR drawbacks of using smartphones.
1. Write a well-organized paragraph on the advantages OR disadvantages of wearing uniforms.
Wearing uniforms offers several benefits. Firstly, uniforms promote a sense of unity
and equality among students, eliminating socio-economic differences often
highlighted by clothing choices. Secondly, uniforms simplify the morning routine,
saving time and reducing decision fatigue. Thirdly, they foster a conducive learning
environment by minimizing distractions and peer pressure related to fashion.
Additionally, uniforms enhance school safety by making it easier to identify intruders.
Overall, uniforms contribute positively to students' focus, discipline, and school spirit.
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