AN THANH SECONDARY SCHOOL
Welcome to our class!!!
GRADE: 7
SUBJECT: English
AN THANH SECONDARY SCHOOL

Unit 1: MY HOBBIES
GETTING STARTED
(My favourite hobby)
OBJECTIVE
Use lexical items related to hobbies.
UNIT 1: MY HOBBIES (GETTING STARTED)
Vocabulary:
upstairs (adv): tầng trên
hobby (n): sở thích
unusual (adj): bất thường
guess (v,n): đoán, phỏng đoán
occasion (n): dịp
challenging (adj): thách thức
arranging: sắp xếp
a piece of cake: à nó rất dễ dàng
UNIT 1: MY HOBBIES (GETTING STARTED)
UNIT 1: MY HOBBIES (GETTING STARTED)
N: Hi, Mi, welcome to our house!
E: Come upstairs! I’ll show you my room.
M: Wow! You have so many dolls.
E: Yes. My hobby is collecting dolls. Do you have a hobby?
M: I like collecting glass bottles.
E: Really? That’s very unusual. Is it expensive?
M: Not at all, I just keep the bottles after we use them. What about doll collecting? Is it expensive?
E: I guess so, but all of my dolls are presents. My parents and my aunt and uncle always give me dolls on special occasions.
M: Your dolls are all very different.
E: Yes, they’re from all over the world!
N: I don’t know why girls collect things. It’s a piece of cake.
M: Do you have a difficult hobby, Nick?
N: Yes, I enjoy mountain climbing.
M: But Nick, there are no mountains around here!
N: I know. I’m in a mountain climbing club. We travel to mountains around Viet Nam. In the future, I’ll climb mountains in other countries too.
UNIT 1: MY HOBBIES (GETTING STARTED)
“It’s a piece of cake” is an idiom. Do you know what it means? Can you guess its meaning from the conversation? Can you think of any other idioms?
Remember, idioms usually have a different meaning than the normal meaning of each word.
LOOK OUT!
UNIT 1: MY HOBBIES (GETTING STARTED)
1a/ Are the sentences below true (T) or false (F).





UNIT 1: MY HOBBIES (GETTING STARTED)
1b/ Answer the following questions.
When does Elena receive dolls from her family members?
Are her dolls the same?
How does Mi collect bottles?
Does Mi think collecting bottles costs much money?
Has Nick climbed mountains in other countries?
UNIT 1: MY HOBBIES (GETTING STARTED)
1/ When does Elena receive dolls from her family members?
She receives dolls on special occasions.
2/ Are her dolls the same?
No, they aren’t.
3/ How does Mi collect bottles?
She keeps the bottles after using them.
4/ Does Mi think collecting bottles costs much money?
No, she doesn’t.
5/ Has Nick climbed mountains in other countries?
No, he hasn’t.
UNIT 1: MY HOBBIES (GETTING STARTED)
2/ Listen and repeat.
cycling arranging flowers
taking photos skating
cooking playing the guitar
bird-watching playing board games
gardening
UNIT 1: MY HOBBIES (GETTING STARTED)
3/ Choose the words/phrases in 2 that match the pictures below. Write them in the spaces.
Playing board games
Taking photos
Bird-watching
Cycling
Playing the guitar
Gardening
Cooking
Arranging flowers
Skating
UNIT 1: MY HOBBIES (GETTING STARTED)
4/ Work in pairs and complete the tables below. Do you think the hobbies in 3 are cheap or expensive, easy or difficult?
playing board games, gardening, bird-watching, collecting old bottles,…
playing board games, gardening, bird-watching, collecting old bottles, taking photos,…
taking photos, cycling, playing the guitar, cooking, arranging flowers, collecting watches,…
playing the guitar, cooking, arranging flowers, making short films,…
HOMEWORK
Learn new words by heart.
Practice the dialogue again.
Do exercise in Workbook.
Prepare: Unit 1 “A closer look 1”.
nguon VI OLET