Unit 1. Life stories. Lesson 2. Language

Unit 1. Life stories
Lesson 2: language
I. Vocabulary
1. Write the words given in the box next to their meaning.
Distinguished
Talented
Respectable
Generosity
Achievement
Distinguished /dis`tiɳgwiʃt/ (adj) ưu tú, xuất sắc , lỗi lạc
Achievement /ə`tʃi:vmənt/ ( n) thành tích, thành tựu
Talented /`tæləntid/ (adj) có tài
Respectable /ris`pektəbl/ (adj) đáng kính, đứng đắn
Generosity /,dʤenə`rɔsiti/ ( adj) rộng lượng , khoan hồng
2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in 1 ( do it at home )
II. Pronunciation
Homophone – từ đồng âm
Homophone are words ( or combinations of words) that have different spellings and meanings but the same pronunciation.
1. Definition – định nghĩa
2. Listen to pairs of sentences. Write the correct words in the gaps.
allowed
aloud
write
right
new
knew
here
hear
been
bean
III. Grammar
1.The past simple and the past continuous
Choose the best answer from 4 options
1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.
A. has lived     B. is living       C. was living   D. has been living
2.The train ______ half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving    B. left              C. has left       D. had left
3. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.
A. discovered     B. has discovered   
C. had discovered       D. had been discovering
4. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.
A. run              B. runs             C. was running            D. had run
5. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week.
A.was reading                        B. wrote          C. was written D. had written
6.The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.
A. walking      B. walked        C. walks          D. walk

2. Definite articles and omission of article
Definite articles. – The
The definite article ‘the’ is generally used before a singular or plural noun when we talk about a specific thing or action.
Eg: The man you met yesterday is a famous writer.
- ‘the’ is used before name of musical instruments.
- Before names of oceans, rivers, seas, deserts, ranges of mountains, islands groups.
Before geographical areas, name of countries with ‘kingdom or state’.
Before name of organizations, museums, hotels, important building, newspaper, mass media, the unique objects, transport systtems.
Before adjectives used as nouns, people of a country.
b. ‘The’ is used
C. The is not used before;
sports, means of transport.
streets, lakes, bays, mountains, islands, most countries, states, cities, continents.
Academic subjects nationalities and languages.
Magazines.
Choose the best answer from 4 options
1. Our plane arrives in Ha Noi at_______ two o’clock in ________afternoon.
A.Ø – the B.the – the C.a – a D.the - an
2. My uncle and aunt live in_______small town in______United States
A.a – a B.a – the C.the – the D.a – Ø
3. We live in______ big house in ______ middle of the village.
A. a/ a. B.a/ the. C.the/ the D. the/ a
4. I`m looking for ____ job. Did Mary get_____ job she applied for?
A. a/ the B. the/ a C. a/ a D. the/ the
5. It was a beautiful day______ sun shone brightly in ______ sky.
A. a/ a B. a/ the C. the/ the D. the/ a
6. It is said the Robinhood robbed______ rich and gave the money to ______ poor.
A. a/ a B. a/ the C. the/ the D. the/ a

Learn by heart vocabulary
Do the exercise 3, 4 on page 10
Prepare the next lesson
IV. Homework