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UNIT 12 : LET’S EAT
I. Matching
| A | B | |
|David wants neither fruit |Neither am I. |1 - |
|Phuong is in class 7C |So do I, Minh. |2 - |
|That man isn’t either a foreman |And Lan doesn’t learn French, either. |3 - |
|I’m not a pupil at Tran Phu School. |nor cakes and sweets now. |4 - |
|I like beef, Chi. |And Hoa is in class 7C, too. |5 - |
|Hoa doesn’t learn Frech. |or an engineer. |6 - |

II. Complete this dialoge
Chi : Let’s buy something in (1) ____________________market now, Mom.
Mother : Well, let’s go (2) ________________________the foodstall first. (3) ________________________meat do you like for dinner, beef or pork?
Chi : You (4) … better buy some beef. I like (5) _______________________very much.
Mother : (6) _____________ do I. and what (7)________ ________vegetables? Don’t you like carrots, Chi?
Chi : No, I don’t like carrots and I don’t like peas, (8) ________ _____________.
Mother : (9) _______________________do I. Well, let’s go to the vegetables stall and buy some spinach (10) ___________________________ cucumbers.
Chi : Yes, they are my (11) _________________________ vegetables.
Mother : What about fruit? Do you like apples and oranges, (12)

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