VII. 

1. by

2. started

3. an 

4. met

5. had

6. only

7. for

8. play

9. stayed

10. did
VIII.

1. She will be 15 next Sunday
2. His date of birth is on October 2nd
3. Lan is the youngest of the three sisters.
4. My friend works fewer hours than I do
5. Lan didn’t go to school yesterday because she was sick.

IX.

1. Would you like to have dinner at my house tonight?
2. We are going to see a detective movie with our parents this afternoon
3. My brother prefers ..... to ......
4. What kinds of TV program does your daughter like best?
5. There is a horror film showing at the local cinema next week
6. I like durians very much and so does my father
7. Lan went to the doctor’s because she had an awful stomachache.
8. Vegetables from the farm of ten have dirt on them.
9. In the future, machines will do all the work for us.
10. It takes us about two hours to get to Hoa Binh by coach.