Unit 1. A day in the life of

AN MINH HIGH SCHOOL
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Listen and repeat:
 hit  kick
 heat  repeat
 bit  click
 beat  read
 little  interest
 meat  eaten
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Lesson 5: Language Focus
unit 1: a day in the life of...
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Unit 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF...
Language focus
Pronunciation
Listen and repeat:
/i/ /i:/
 hit  kick
 heat  repeat
 bit  click
 beat  read
 little  interest
 meat  eaten
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Những trường hợp phát âm là /ɪ/
a. “a” được phát âm là /ɪ/ khi đối với những danh từ có hai âm tiết và có tận cùng bằng "age"
b. “e” được phát âm là /ɪ/ trong tiếp đầu ngữ “be”, “de” và “re”
1.Short vowel /ɪ/
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d. "ui" được phát âm là /ɪ/


c. “i” được phát âm là /ɪ/ trong từ có một âm tiết và tận cùng bằng một hoặc hai phụ âm i + phụ âm
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2.Long vowel /i:/
Những trường hợp phát âm là /i:/
a. Âm "e" được phát âm là/i:/ khi đứng liền trước hình thức tận cùng bằng phụ âm + e và trong những chữ be, he, she, me ...
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b. Âm "ea" thường được phát âm là /i:/ khi: từ có tận cùng là"ea" hoặc "ea" + một phụ âm.


c. "ee" thường được phát âm là /i:/
Lưu ý: khi "ee" đứng trước tận cùng là "r" của 1 từ thì không phát âm là /i:/ mà phát âm là /iə/. Ví dụ beer /biə/
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Unit 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF...
Pronunciation
 Practice these sentences:
Is he coming to the cinema?
We’ll miss the beginning of the film
Is it an interesting film, Jim?
The beans and the meat were quite cheap
He’s going to leave here for the Green Mountains
Would you like to have meat, peas and cheese?
Lesson 5: Language focus
I. SIMPLE PRESENT
1. For Tobe: is/ am / are
S + am/is/are + ……(I + am; He, She, It + is;
You, We, They + are)
Ex1: I am a student. 2: They are teachers.
3: She is my mother.
2. For ordinary verbs:
S + V(s/es) + … I/ You/We/They + V…
He, She, It + V (s/es)
Ex1: He always swims in the evening.
Ex2: Mai usually goes to bed at 11 p.m.
Ex3: Every Sunday, we go to see my grandparents.


S + am/is/are + not +....
is not = isn’t ; are not = aren’t
Ex: She (not be)……..… my friend.
Ex: They (not be)…….… engineers
S + do/ does + not + V
do not = don’t does not = doesn’t
Ex: He (not work)…………. in a shop.
Ex: They (not drink)….……. coffee at night.
S + am/is/are + not +....
is not = isn’t ; are not = aren’t
Ex: She is not my friend.
Ex: They are not engineers
S + do/ does + not + V …..
do not = don’t does not = doesn’t
Ex: He doesn`t work in a shop.
Ex: They don`t drink coffee at night.
Complete the blanks in the passage. Use the correct present simple form of the verbs in the box. (There are more verbs than needed and you will have to use some verbs more than once.)

be play take run
fish go say catch
worry give up like realise
Complete the blanks in the passage.
Fishing (1).………... my favorite sport. I often(2)…………. for hours without catching anything. But this does not (3) ………... me. Some fishermen(4) ………… unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they(5) ………… old boots and rubbish. I(6) ………… even less lucky. I never(7)………... anything – not even old boots. After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always (8)………… home with an empty bag. “You must (9)………… fishing!”, my friends (10) …………. “It’s a waste of time”. But they don’t (11) ………… that I (12) ………… not really interested in fishing. I’m only interested in sitting in a boat, doing nothing
is
play
be
take
run
fish
go
say
catch
worry
give up
like
realise
be
play
take
run
fish
go
say
catch
worry
give up
like
realise
are
be
be
am
be
catch
am
Adverbs of frequency
are used with the present simple tense
always, usually, normally, often, sometimes, never, as a rule, occasionally,….
S + adverbs of frequency + V/V(s/es )+….
Position:
in front of normal verb
We never go to bed late
between an auxiliary verb and the main verb
He doesn’t usually read newspapers after dinner
after the verb “to be”
I am always free on Sundays
Always usually sometimes as a rule never often normally occasionally
He gets up early
=> He often gets up early
She is late for school.
=> She is often late for school.
Lan practises speaking English
Thao is a hard-working student
Exercise 2
Put each of these adverbs of frequency in its appropriate place in the sentences below.
The past simple tense
Affirmative
Interrogative
Negative
S + didn’t + V+….
Did + S + V+….?
S + V2 / V-ed +….
Ex: We (go)…………….………… to the cinema yesterday
Go - went – gone
Ex: We ( not go)…………………… to the cinema yesterday
Ex: …we (go)……….…………… to the cinema yesterday ?
went
Did not go
Did we go
The past simple tense
Affirmative
Interrogative
Negative
S + was/ were + not….
was/ were + S + ….?
S + was/ were +….
Ex: 1- I (be).......................................a student 2 years ago.
2- He (be).................................. a doctor two years ago.
3- They (be)................................. farmers last year.
4- Lan and Ba (be) ................................nurses last year.
5- It (be not)……............................. cold yesterday.

was
was
were
were
Was not
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Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tents in the middle of a field. As soon as this (1) …….(do), they (2) ….. (cook) a meal over an open fire. They (3) …….. (be) all hungry and the food (4) …….. (smell) good. After a wonderful meal, they(5) ……(tell) stories and (6) ………… (sing) songs by the camp fire. But some time later it (7) ….. (begin) to rain. The boys (8) ……. (feel) tired so they (9) ……… (put out) the fire and (10) …….. (creep) into their tent. Their sleeping-bags were warm and comfortable, so they all (11) … (sleep) soundly. In the middle of the night two boys (12) …….. (wake) up and began shouting. The tent (13) ……..(be) full of water. They all (14) ………. (leap) out of their sleeping-bags and (15) ….. (hurry) outside. It was raining heavily and they (16) ………. (find) that a stream had formed in the field. The stream (17) ……. (wind) its way across the field and then (18) …. (flow) right under their tent!
Exercise 3
Supply the correct past simple form of the verbs in brack
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Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tents in the middle of a field. As soon as this(1) ……………….(do), they (2) …………….. (cook) a meal over an open fire. They (3) …………….. (be) all hungry and the food (4) …………….. (smell) good. After a wonderful meal, they(5) ………………(tell) stories and (6) ……………… (sing) songs by the camp fire. But some time later it (7) …………….. (begin) to rain. The boys (8) ……………. (feel) tired so they (9) …………… (put out) the fire and (10) …………….. (creep) into their tent. Their sleeping-bags were warm and comfortable, so they all (11) ……………… (sleep) soundly. In the middle of the night two boys (12) ……………….. (wake) up and began shouting. The tent (13) ………………..(be) full of water. They all (14) ………………. (leap) out of their sleeping-bags and (15) ……………….. (hurry) outside. It was raining heavily and they (16) ……………. (find) that a stream had formed in the field. The stream (17) …………………. (wind) its way across the field and then (18) ………………. (flow) right under their tent!
Supply the correct past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
was done
cooked
were
smelt
sang
told
began
felt
put out
crept
woke
leapt
was
hurried
found
wound
flowed
slept
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I (have) ………….. coffee for breakfast every morning
They (begin) ………….………. to study at this school 7 years ago
He (visit) ……………….......... his friend yesterday
How long ago (he start) ………………………. to learn French?
The sun (set) ………………... in the west
Every day Ba (go) …………………… to school at 6. a.m. Yesterday he (go) …………………. to school at 6:30. He (be) ……………… late.
have
began
visited
sets
goes
further practice
Put the verbs in brackets in the present or the past simple tense:
did he start……...
went
was
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Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differ­ently from the others.
A. routine B. literature C. kindness D. kitchen
A. exactly B. medicine C. pretty D. become
A. promise B. devise C. surprise D. realise
A. evening B. interested C. envelope D. secret
A. shortage  B. collage C carriage D. manage
A. without B. library C. willing D. interest
A. reliable B. living C. revival D. final
A. peasant B. appeal C. reason D. teapot
A. weather B. bread C. ahead D. mean
A. scream B. death C. ready D. peasant
A. heat B. great C. beat D. read
A. breakfast B. lead C. leave D. seatbelt
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Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differ­ently from the others.
A. routine B. literature C. kindness D. kitchen
A. exactly B. medicine C. pretty D. become
A. promise B. devise C. surprise D. realise
A. evening B. interested C. envelope D. secret
A. shortage  B. collage C carriage D. manage
A. without B. library C. willing D. interest
A. reliable B. living C. revival D. final
A. peasant B. appeal C. reason D. teapot
A. weather B. bread C. ahead D. mean
A. scream B. death C. ready D. peasant
A. heat B. great C. beat D. read
A. breakfast B. lead C. leave D. seatbelt
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Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
A. tobacco B. contented C. buffalo D. transplanting
A. serious B. purchase C. district D. routine
A. technology B. comfortable C. activity D. experience
A. repair B. harrow C. arrive D. announce
A. kitchen B. dinner C. peasant D. alarm
A. routine B. arrive C. morning D. prefer
A. dinner B. harrow C. neighbor D. correct

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Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
A. tobacco B. contented C. buffalo D. transplanting
A. serious B. purchase C. district D. routine
A. technology B. comfortable C. activity D. experience
A. repair B. harrow C. arrive D. announce
A. kitchen B. dinner C. peasant D. alarm
A. routine B. arrive C. morning D. prefer
A. dinner B. harrow C. neighbor D. correct

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Choose the one word or phrase A, B, C or D - that best substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
John isn`t contented with his present salary.
excited about B. satisfied with
C. disappointed about D. interested in
We seldom set: each other anymore.
A. sometimes B. occasionally C. frequently D. rarely
She purchased a number of shares in the company.
A. invested B. sold C. exchanged D. bought
We had a nice chat over a cup of tea.
formal talk B. informal talk C. serious talk D. long talk
I plough and harrow my plot of land and during my break I often drink tea with my fellow peasants and smoke local tobacco.
A. villagers B. children C. farmers D. workers
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John isn`t contented with his present salary.
excited about B. satisfied with
C. disappointed about D. interested in
We seldom set: each other anymore.
sometimes B. occasionally C. frequently D. rarely
She purchased a number of shares in the company.
invested B. sold C. exchanged D. bought
We had a nice chat over a cup of tea.
formal talk B. informal talk C. serious talk D. long talk
I plough and harrow my plot of land and during my break I often drink tea with my fellow peasants and smoke local tobacco.
villagers B. children C. farmers D. workers
B. satisfied with
D. rarely
D. bought
B. informal talk
C. farmers
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I was born and grew up on the ……………….. of the Red River.
A.shops B. restaurants C. offices D. banks
“……………… do you get to school ?” “ By bike.”
A.What B. How C. How often D. How far
8. It was time to................the kids ready for bed.
A prepare B. get C. take D. make
9. We.................the seedlings into peaty soil.
A. take B. plough C. raise D. transplant
10 ..................is the study of heat, light, sound.
A. Literature B. Physics C. History D. Maths
11…… class allows students to acquire knowledge about living things.
A. Geography B. Chemistry C. Biology D. History
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I was born and grew up on the ……………….. of the Red River.
A.shops B. restaurants C. offices D. banks
“……………… do you get to school ?” “ By bike.”
A.What B. How C. How often D. How far
8. It was time to................the kids ready for bed.
A prepare B. get C. take D. make
9. We.................the seedlings into peaty soil.
Take B. plough C. raise D. transplant
10 ..................is the study of heat, light, sound.
Literature B. Physics C. History D. Maths
11…… class allows students to acquire knowledge about living things.
Geography B. Chemistry C. Biology D. History

C. Biology
B. How
B. get
D. transplant
B. Physics
D. banks
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Choose letter on A, B, C or D - that best fits each of the num­bered blank.
David Evans is a farmer. He does farming on his own land in Wales. The farm has (1).....to his family for generations. The soil is poor. David (2)...... sheep on his land. He does not employ any fulltime workers. His sons help him when they are not at school. His wife adds to the family income by (3) ....eggs which her hens produce. In summer she often (4)...... paying guests into the farmhouse. The guests from the city enjoy their quiet holiday in the clean country air and Mrs. Evans enjoys having some extra money to spend on clothes for her children and herself. However, it is a lonely life for the Evans family when the guests have gone. The question is that if his children want to (5) ..... the farm when Mr. Evans gives up working. Country life is quiet and dull to them. It is quite likely that they will leave the farm for the city some day.
A. been B. belonged C. possessed D. depended
A. feeds B. grows C. raises D. leads
A. selling B. sells C. to sell D. sell
A. take B. takes C. took D. is taking
A. take off B. take over C. take after D. take care
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David Evans is a farmer. He does farming on his own land in Wales. The farm has (1)..... to his family for generations. The soil is poor. David (2)...... sheep on his land. He does not employ any fulltime workers. His sons help him when they are not at school. His wife adds to the family income by (3) ....eggs which her hens produce. In summer she often (4)...... paying guests into the farmhouse. The guests from the city enjoy their quiet holiday in the clean country air and Mrs. Evans enjoys having some extra money to spend on clothes for her children and herself. However, it is a lonely life for the Evans family when the guests have gone. The question is that if his children want to (5) ..... the farm when Mr. Evans gives up working. Country life is quiet and dull to them. It is quite likely that they will leave the farm for the city some day.
A. been B. belonged C. possessed D. depended
A. feeds B. grows C. raises D. leads
A. selling B. sells C. to sell D. sell
A. take B. takes C. took D. is taking
A. take off B. take over C. take after D. take care
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Complete the sentences using the past simple form of the verbs.
1. I (go)........................ to Nha Trang two years ago.
2. Ba (play)............................. football yesterday.
3. I (eat) ..........................a lot of fish yesterday.
4. Her aunt (take)................. her to see Cham Temple last year.
5. Tuan (have).............................. a new bike yesterday.
6. She (buy).................................. a new ruler yesterday?
7. He (not talk)..................... with his parents about his vacation in Da Lat last year.
8. They ( come).................................. school yesterday?
9. The windows (not close)............................ yesterday
10. We ( return) ....................at home at 7 pm last Monday.
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1. I (go)........................ to Nha Trang two years ago.
2. Ba (play)............................. football yesterday.
3. I (eat) ..........................a lot of fish yesterday.
4. Her aunt (take)................. her to see Cham Temple last year.
5. Tuan (have)............................... a new bike yesterday.
6. She (buy)......................................... a new ruler yesterday?
7. He (not talk)................................. with his parents about his vacation in Da Lat last year.
8. They (not come).................................. school yesterday
9. The windows (close).............................................. yesterday?
10. We (not return) .........................at home at 7 pm last Monday.
went
played
ate
took
had
Did she buy
did not talk
did not come
did the windows close
Didn’t come
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Complete the sentences using the Present simple form of the verbs.
1. My sister (do) ………………………her homework .
2. My father ( watch ) ……………..………..TV everynight.
3. She (often ,listen) …………………………..to music
4. He ( not go)…………………………..to school on sundays
5.Peter (always, get)………………………. up at 6
6. Mai (often, have) ……………………..Math on Monday.
7. Minh ( watch ) ……………..…………………..television ?
8.Every morning, she (go)…………………………..to school
9. You (listen) …………………………..to music ?
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does
watches
often listens
does not go
Always gets
Often has
Does Minh watch
goes
Do you listen
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