Tự chọn TA 8

Chương trình tự chọn Tiếng Anh 8 nhằm tiếp tục nâng cao trình độ Tiếng Anh của các em bằng cách phối hợp rèn luyện các kỹ năng nghe, nói, đọc, viết thông qua các loại hình bài tập được c

LỜI GIỚI THIỆU

-Chương trình tự chọn Trung học cơ sở – môn Tiếng Anh lớp 8 dành cho các em học sinh lớp 8, bậc THCS đã học qua các cuốn sách cùng bộ : Tiếng Anh 6, Tiếng Anh 7, Tiếng Anh 8

Chương trình tự chọn Tiếng Anh 8 nhằm tiếp tục nâng cao trình độ Tiếng Anh của các

em bằng cách phối hợp rèn luyện các kỹ năng nghe, nói, đọc, viết thông qua các loại hình bài tập được cho

Mục đích của chương trình này là :

- Nhằm khai thác vốn từ vựng, cấu trúc và kiến thức có sẵn của học sinh

- Kiểm tra mức độ hiểu bài hoặc các chức năng giao tiếp trong đời sống hằng ngày của các

em Giúp các em chú ý vào những nội dung thông tin và ngữ liệu của bài học

- Phần luyện nói sẽ giúp các em tập sử dụng các cấp trúc và từ vựng để thực hiện các mục đích giao tiếp khác nhau

- Củng cố lại các cấp trúc và từ vựng đã học qua các bài tập nghe hiểu để lấy thông tin

- Bài đọc hiểu nhằm mở rộng nội dung chủ điểm, mở rộng cấp trúc từ vựng và phát triển kĩ năng đọc hiểu của học sinh

- Các loại hình bài tập viết sẽ giúp các em củng cố lại ngữ liệu đã học, đồng thời giúp các

em học cách diễn đạt các nội dung giao tiếp qua ngô ngữ viết và làm quen với một số thể loại viết đơn giản phục vụ cho mục đích giao tiếp hằng ngày

- Còn các bài tập ngữ pháp giúp cho các em luyện tập, củng cố và hệ thống lại cấu trúc trọng tâm của bài

Chương trình tự chọn này do nhóm Tiếng Anh của trường Trung học cơ sở An Trạch Mong sự đóng góp của các đơn vị bạn

TT Tên chủ đề tiết Số Nội dung Mục tiêu về KT, KN

Kiến thức :Present simple tense to talk about genercal truths

Attributive, predicative, and descriptive adjectives

Adjectives +anought+infinitive

Kĩ năng :Introducing onaself and other peopleDescribing appearance and character of friends and family members

Guided writing about oneself

2 Describing 6 Mô tả hình dáng Kiến thức :

Present simple tense to talk about genercal truths

Simple past tenseAttributive, predicative, and descriptive adjectives

Kĩ năng :Describing appearance and character of other people and their favorite activities.Listening to descriptions of famous people

Reading about people’s descriptionsGuided writing about oneself and other people

Kiến thức :Present simple tense Modals : must, ought to, …Wh_question with whyPrepostition of place

Kĩ năng :Describing rooms, a house, a classroom and a school

Asking for and giving reasonsGuided writing about description of a room

Kĩ năng :Describing a house and surroundingsListening to a description of other people’s house and rooms

Reading about a description of a house / school and the surroundings.

Writing a description of a house / school and the surroundings

5 Talking about

intentions 6 Mô tả dự định, tương lai của bản

thân, gia đình và các bạn bè

Kiến thức :Future with will and going to Prepositions of time

Conjunctions of times : until, as soon as, …Kỹ năng :

Talking about intentionsUsing the telephone to ask and confirm arrangements

Guided writing a short profile

Kiến thức :Future with will and going to Prepositions of time

Conjunctions of times : until, as soon as, …Kỹ năng :

Talking about predictionsMaking predictionsUsing the telephone to ask and confirm arrangements

Listening to and talking a telephone message

Reading passages about predictions and future life

Writing a short profile

Kiến thức :Simple past, present and past continuous,

…Question formsWord orderKỹ năng :Talking about the place where you liveReading about a new & modern placeAsking for information

Tìm hiểu cuộc sốg ở đô thị hoặc một vùng quê ở các

Kiến thức : Present progressive tenseComparisons of adjectives While … as, like, as … as, …

PreferencesLikes, dislikesKỹ năng :

nước nói tiếng Anh Talking about differences, preferrences

Reading about life in an English speaking country

Self study skill

Kiến thức : Tenses modal verbs : may, can, could, would, will, mind doing

Do you mind if …Kỹ năng :

Asking for imformationMaking and responding to requestsTalking about travelling

Kiến thức :Simple future tenseSequence markersPassive forms

In order to, so as toAdjective followed by an infinitive, a noun clause

Kĩ năng :Giving a set of instructionsWriting a set of instructionTalking about processesWriting about a processes

Kiến thức :-ed and – ing participleswhat about …

Passive forms / -would you mind …

Do you mind if …Kỹ năng :

Expressing interestMaking suggestionsTalking about sightseeingsReading about differrent interesting places

Listening to world wonders

12 Marking plans

(Bám sát)

6 Nói về các kì nghỉViết bưu ảnh cho bạnm bè và người thân

Kiến thức :Past progressive tensePast progressive tense with when, while, and always

Short sentencesKỹ năng

Making plansReading about a holidayWriting a postcard filling forms / diagrams writing notes

Kiến thức :Passive formsCompound wordsReported speechKỹ năng :

Talking about healthy environmentReading about recycling thingsListening to environment problemsAsking for explaination of eventsWriting about environment problems and sollutions

Kiến thức :Past simple tensePrepositions of time : in on, at, after, before, between

Used toKỹ năng :Talking about famous inventionsReading about past holidayWriting imformal letters

15 Expressing

opintions

6 Diễn đạt ý kiến của bản thân về một số công dụng của khoa học công nghệ mới

Thể hiện sự đồng ý hoặc không đồng ý

Kiến thức :Present perfect tensePresent perfect and past tensesKỹ năng :

Talking about inventionReading about famamous scientistsExpressing to opinions

Expressing agreemant and disagreementCompleting flow chart / a diagram

Unit 1 : DESCRIBING PEOPLE (Bám sát)

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LISTEN AND READ

Mai : Can you help me, Nam ?

Nam : Yes, of course What can I do for you ?

Mai : Can you go to the train station to take my aunt home ?

Nam : Your aunt ? Where is she from ?

Mai : She’s from Ha Noi

Nam : I don’t know her What does she look like ?

Mai : She is good looking with an oval face She has round eyes

and long brown hair Here is her photograph

Nam : Oh, she is beautiful What time will she arrive at the train station ?

Mai : About nine o’clock

Nam : I’ll get there at 8.30

Mai : Don’t be late ? My aunt has many luggages and she isn’t strong

enough to carry all of them

Nam : I see

Mai : Thank you very much

1 Practice the dialogue with a partner

2 Answer

a) Where’s Mai’s aunt from ?

b) Does Nam know her aunt ?

c) What is she like ?

d) How does she travel ?

READ

Peter Smith is a student of Grade 8 He is 13 years old He is tall with fair hair and blue eyes He’s very cheerful and friendly He studies at Hamiton High school His favorite subjects are French and Math He likes playing computer games and swimming He lives at

250 Magnolia Ave, USA

Write questions for these answers.

1 Read the information about Pham Le Mai

Face Round, thin lips, straight nose

Personality Reserved, shy

Hobbies Reading picture books and swimming

School Hai Ba Trung school

Address 26 Hang Trong Ha Noi

2 Write a pharagraph about Pham Le Mai

3 Fill the information about your close friend Then write a pharagraph about your close friend

EXERCISES

I Complete these sentences Use the correct form of verbs in the box.

1 The Earth ……… round

2 A week ……… seven days

3 Water ……… of hydrogen and oxygen

4 Architects ……… the plans of buildings

I (miss) you very much Please write soon

LoveHoa

III Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence Using “(not) adj + enough (for O) + to V” :

1 These bananas are ripe You can eat them

2 He is strong He can carry this table himself

3 I am tall I can reach the top shelf

4 The shoes aren’t large She can’t wear them

5 He is intelligent He can answer all these questions in ten minutes

6 The house is big My family can live in it

Unit 2 : DESCRIBING PEOPLE (Naâng cao)

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I Read :

President Ho is a great man but he had a very simple life He devoted his whole life to the liberation of our nation The first impression of the meeting with the leader of the Vietnam people was the complete informality, the warmth and simplicity of it all President

Ho or Uncle Ho as he is to millions of people throughout Vietnam had the ability to make one feel in ease from the first moment and to present the most complex question in a few clear words and gestures Everyone who is received by president Ho comments on these characteristics, and above all their feeling of being immediately “at home” with him

Answer the questions :

1 What do you call president Ho ?

2 How was his life ?

3 What did he devote his whole life to ?

4 What was the first impression of the meeting with the Uncle Ho of the Vietnamese people

?

5 How do people feel when they meet Uncle Ho ?

Give the adjective form of the words :

II Practice the dialogue :

Lan : Hi, Hoa

Hoa : Hello Lan My friend, Nien is going to visit me next week

Lan : Really ? I saw her photo She’s a lovely girl

Hoa : Yes She’s good looking with long black hair

Lan : I see She has an oval face and a small nose

Hoa : She’s a kind and sociable girl She’s willing to help others

Lan : She’s your close friend Do you know her hobbies ?

Hoa : She likes playing sports, reading books and listening to music

She enjoys traveling, too

Lan : Oh, I’m eager to meet her

III Make some questions to ask your friends :

• Tell something to describe your appearance and character and your favorite activities.

IV Listen to answer True or Fase Correct the false sentences :

1 Yesterday, Shannon Johnes and two of her friends went to the movies

2 Sandra is Shannon’s best friend

3 Sandra has fair hair and she wears glasses

4 Anne has short black hair

5 Lizzie is Shannon’s next-door neighbor

6 Yesterday Lizzie wore a beautiful green blouse

Yesterday, Shannon Johnes and three of her friends, Sandra, Anne and Lizzie, went to the movies Sandra is Shannon’s best friend She has brown hair and she wears glasses Yesterday she has on a blouse dress Anne, Shannon’s friend since Kindergarten, has very short back hair She always wears Jeans and yesterday she wore agreen blousewith her jeans.Lizzie is Shannon’s nextdoor neighhbor She prefers dresses to jeans and yesterday she worea beautiful green dress

V Write a paragraph about famous person (about 50-60 words)

- Body build (appearance, weight, heigh)

- Character

- Hobbies

VI Using the present simple tenseor past simple tense :

1 Peter (go) ……… to the park on Tuesdays

2 When yourfather usually (come) ……… home from work ?

3 Why you (arrive) ……… so late ?

I (forget) ……… to set my alarm clock last night

4 Your hands (be) ……… very cold

5 You (hear) ……… me well now ?

6 While I was watching TV last night, a mouse (run) ……… across the floor

7 My father sometimes (drink) a glass of milk before he (go) to bed

8 The sky had been black for sometime before the rain (begin) to fall

9 Carlo (have) a sister and a brother

10 I’ve found my pen

Oh, good Where you (find) it ?

VII Complete the sentences with the correct forms of verbs :

1 Elephants don’t ……… meat

2 Explorers believed that the river ……… in to the Alantic

3 Nothing ……… faster than the speed of light

4 Winter nights ……… long

5 Pasteur ………in 1985

Unit 3 : DESCRIBING PLACES (Bám sát)

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LISTEN AND READ

Nga : Excus me I’m looking for Bui Thi Xuan school

Lan : Oh, that’s place where I’m going You can come with me

Are you a new student ?

Nga : Yes, I am How far is it from here to Bui Thi Xuan school ?

Lan : It’s not far, about 800 meters It takes us about 15 minutes to walk there

Nga : I see

Lan : Here we are

Nga : Oh, Our school is quite large How many classrooms are there ?

Lan : There are 26

Nga : Is there a library ?

Lan : Yes, there is

It’s on the left and in front of the library is the laboratories

Nga : What room is it ?

Lan : Which room ? Is the room opposite the library ?

Nga : Yes, it is

Lan : It’s the computer room and the office is next to it

Nga : Where is the bicycle shed ? I don’t see it

Lan : It’s on the right, near the office

I’m sorry, it is time for me to do class duty See you later

Nga : Bye

1 Practice the dialogue with a partner

2 Use the information in the dialogue to identify the places in the box

b) a) Library

MY HOUSE

I live in a house near the sea It’s an old house, about 20 years old and it isn’t very large There are two bebrooms upstairs but no bathrooms The bathroom is downstairs, next to the kitchen and there is a living room There is a garden in frond of the house The garden goes down to the beach and in spring and summer there are flowers every where I love my house very much especially the view from my bedroom window

1 Answer :

a Where is the house ?

b How old is it ?

c How many rooms are there ? What are they ?

d Where is the garden ?

e Does the writer like the house ?

2 Write a pharagraph to describe your room / your house / your school

EXERCISES

I Complete the dialogue Use “must / have to” and the verd in the box :

Dung : Can you go swimming with me, Hoa ?

Hoa : I’m sorry I can’t I ……… my mom do the housework

Dung : What do you ……… ?

Hoa : I ……… tidy the living room I ……… many things : the bookshelf,

the clock and some pictures

Dung : Everything isn’t very dirty You will finish soon What else ?

Hoa : I ……… this rug then I ……… and ……… the floor

Dung : Ok I’ll help you, then we can go together

II Use “Ought to or Ought not to” to give advice :

1 Your brother is riding a motorbike so fast

2 She is very tired after work

3 Your mom will come back home late tonight

4 I like to drink a lot of coffee

5 There is too much grass in my garden

III Make questions with “Why” :

1 I can’t answer all the questions because some of them are too difficult

2 Na stays at home today because she is sick

3 Children should not drink beer or wine because it is not good for their health

4 I usually come to school early on Mondays because I have to do class duty.

5 Nam has a headache because he satyed up late last night

6 We can’t go swimming because it is very cold

IV Answer, using “Because” :

1 Why do you often go to the library ?

2 Why do you like English subject best ?

3 Why should we do morning exercise ?

4 Why do you think your friend will get bad marks ?

5 Why do you often go to school late ?

V Look at the picture and make the sentences with the prepositions of place :

in / on / between / behind / in front of / to the left / to the right / under / next to / beside / …

Unit 4 : DESCRIBING PLACES (Naâng cao)

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I Practioce the dialogue :

Mrs Lan : Hi, I am Lan

Mrs Lien : Hello, Lan, I’m Lien I’m a visitor and how about you ?

Mrs Lan : I live here Where do you come from ?

Mrs Lien : Nha Trang Have you ever been there ?

Mrs Lan : Yes It’s an interesting place with the beaitiful beaches

Mrs Lien : That’s right But now it’s very hot there so

I want to enjoy the fresh air in DaLat

Mrs Lan : Do you live near the sea ?

Mrs Lien : Yes I live in a house near the sea

Mrs Lan : I think your house is lovely Is it big ?

Mrs Lien : No, it isn’t very big It’s an old house

There are two bedrooms upstairs The bathroom is downstairs next

to the kitchen and there’s a living room where our family gather to enjoy the happiness every night

Mrs Lan : Great ! Does your house have a garden ?

Mrs Lien : Yes The garden goes down to the beach and in the spring and

summer there are flowers

Mrs Lan : What an interesting garden ! I think you live happily in your house

Mrs Lien : Thank you And how about your house ?

Mrs Lan : It’s near here Would you like to come to my house ?

Mrs Lien : Yes, I’d love to

II Choose the appropriate words to complete the passage :

We live in a small house ……… the country When you get ……… the bus, you have to walk ……… the village Across the square, through the

narrow streets and across the market place to the church Then you ……… and go

……… the bridge Don’t jump over the stream _ it’s deep ! Walk through the wood and across the ploughed field There’s a fence ……… it, but you can jump over that You’ll see the farmhouse ……… the top of the hill

Read the passage again then answer “True” or “False” :

………… 1 To go to Bill’s house you can go by bus.

………… 2 There is a church and a ploughed field on the way to Bill’s house

………… 3 When you walk to the bridge, turn left and cross the market

………… 4 You can jump over the stream _ it’s shallow

………… 5 You can jump over the fence

………… 6 Bill’s house is on the hill

III Listen Then answer the questions :

1 Where is the school ?

2 Is it large or small ?

3 Is it a new school ?

4 How are the teachers ?

5 Why are the library, the play ground and the hall large ?

6 Where can students learn ? play ?

Tape transcript.

My school is situated in the central of the town It is a large school It is old but beautiful There are many classrooms in it The principal is kind The teachers are all clever and hard working teachers

All the students like them very much As there are many students in my school, the library, the play ground and the hall are very large Many students can read and learn in the library, play in the play ground I am proud of my school

IV Write a paragraph to describe your house.

V Using the prepositions of place to describe your house or your school.

VI Fill in each blank with a correct reflexive pronoun :

1 Mr Nam ……… will take this particular lesson

2 I shall do the job ………

3 Look after ……… !

4 We gave ……… a lot of troubles

5 Mary often looks at ……… in the mirror in the morning

6 Susan, you ……… do this, don’t you ?

7 Miss Hoa and I ……… saw that accident yesterday

8 I think little of ………

9 One should praise ………

10 Sometimes we can’t understand ………

VII Make the sentences with “must” or “ought to” :

1 You / your exercises / regularly

2 We / stop / cars when / traffic lights / on red.

3 Men / have oxygen / live

4 You / obey / parents’ words

5 You / keep silent / exam room

6 You / not walk / grass / park

7 Lan / tidy / room / more often

8 We / ride / the right

9 Nam / help / father / when / have / free time

10 He / stay / bed / because / be / sick

IX Make the questions with “Why” and answer :

1 Lan / stay up late last night ?

She / do / homework

2 Ba / look / happy ?

He / recive / letter / this mornning

3 Hoa / be / unhappy ?

She / miss / parents and friends

Practice asking and answering “Why _question” with your friends.

Unit 5 : TALKING ABOUT INTENTIONS (Bám sát)

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I Practice :

1 Some of the future forms in these sentenes are incorrect.Find and correct them.

a) A : Are you doing anything this afternoon ?

B : Yes I’ll play tennis

b) A : I can’t find my pen

B : Oh I’m going to help you look for it

c) In the future I believe that people are living on Mars

d) A : Shall we go to the beach ?

B : No, It’s raining this afternoon

e) If I see David I’ll invite him to dinner

f) A : Will you go to Saralis party on Saturday ?

B : Yes, is Alma going ?

g) A : Are you really going to leave your job ?

B : Yes, I’m going to tell my boss today

h) A : Where are you going ?

B : I’ll visit my grandmother

2 Complete the cenversations, put the verbs in brackets into an appropriate future form Sometimes more than one form in possible.

a) Meg : Hi, Sally ……… (do) anything tomorrow

Sally : I ………(go) to the dentist’s in the morning, but I ………… (not do) in the afternoon

Meg : Do you fancy a game of tennis about 200 ?

Sally : Ok I ……….(see) you about 200 at the park

b) Sally : Oh! Tha car won’t start!

I ………(have to) get the bus but I ………(be) late for my appointment.Mother : If you hurry, you ………(get) the 10 o’cllock bus

I ……… (phone) the dentist’s and say that you ………(be) late

3 Work with partner Ask and anwer about the future, using appropriate future forms.

After the lesson ?

On Saturday night?

On your next birthday ?

For your holiday next year?

B : I’m not sure I think I’ll go to the cafe ! (I’m going to the cinema)

II Write your own predictions for the future Work in groups Discussone of these topics.

As we watch fewer pograms, we want to be sure that still have a really good picture, with bright colors, and because we’re really interested, we want really clear sound Because it will

be switched off most of the time We also want the television to look good when we are not watching it So when we buy or rent we look at the outside to make sure it is attractive and will look right with our other furniture Of course, we have to pay more for high quality However, it seems that the number of people who are content to do so is increasing, and this should have a good result, because in the end all televisions will be better quality

a) This pass age is from

e) Which of three people do you think agrees with the writer ?

“I turn it on for the breakfast news and it stays on most of the day I suppose it stops me feeling lonely It’s one of my best pieces of furniture, too”

“I’ve got far too many interesting things todo than watch TV I don’t care how good the picture is I’d rather go out and see a good”.

“I don’t waste time watching bad TV I have an excellent set so if there is something really good on, I’ll watch it _ Then switch off and get on with real life again”

“We have some beautiful furniture so it’s really important that the TV set is beautiful, too It’s a pity the pictureisn’t of equally high quality”

EXERCISE

Tell what these people are going to become.

a) Lan sings very beautiful

b) He is attending a nedical university

c) Nam likes to compose music

d) Xuan often makes clothes for her dolls

e) My older brother is taking machine_ reparing courses

f) There are dark cloudy in the sky

g) He has a toothache

Make questions with be going to from the following statements.

1) I’m very tired

2) Next weekend is my birthday

3) I intend to invite my friends to my birthday party

4) I will have free time tonight

5) We intend to have a trip

Arrange the words in the following sentences so that they will form a natural conversation.

A you / ever / feel / do / homesick ?

B yes / often / I / my country and my family / miss

A call / you / does / sometimes / your family ?

B no / call / they / never /but / allthe time / each other / write me / we

A do / when you’re homesick / what / do / usually / you?

B well / go to the movies / I / always

A help / does / usually / that ?

B no / it / help / realy / so then / invite / I / some / friends / over for dinner

A always / that / help / seldom / I’m / for a long time / homesick

Unit 6 : MAKING PREDICTIONS (Naâng Cao)

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I Complete Bill’s letter to Marie with these words :

5 Sandy Lane London SW12 4 YJ

17 MayMarie Gregg

Thrill Seekers Tours

67 Brom ley way

If I was accepted to go to the ……… I’m sure I would be a useful member ……… the group I can ……… three languages English, French, and Spanish, and I like meeting other ……… I can cook quite ……… and I can play ……… guitar, too I passed my

……… test a couple of years ………, but I’m afraid I ……… know very much about cars,

so I wouldn’t be much help with ……… the car if it broke down

I ……… you will consider me for a place on the tour and I look ……… to hearing from you

Yours

Bill Reynolds

Questions :

Find examples of these grammar points in Bill’s letter ?

The present simple tense

The present continuous tense

The past simple tense.

Two negative forms

C Attempts to produce an electric vehicle will fail and we’ll coutinue to use our normal cars Around the middle of the century, however, the world’s supplies of petroleum will run out

D There will be serious racial conflicts as large numbers of people move to try and find food Water will become a valuable resource and we might see wars over the control of rivers and lakes

E The world’s population will increase from thepresent 6 billion to 10 billion Most of this increase will be in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

F This could produce a change in the international balance of power, as the countries in these regions demand more control in international organisations like theUnited Nations and the World Bank

G In the industrialized countries there will be more and old people The costs of providing pensions and medical care for than will rise steeply

H With new technology people won’t need to be in the same place to communicate easily They’ll be able to stay at home and do everything by computer and video phone

I At the sametime Howover,the expensive social problems ofa young society_ crime, drugs, divorce, could decline

J But this probably won’t matter, because scientists will use genetic engineering to produce oil from plants like sun flowers

K The future looks bad for the world’s animals.We will continue to destroy huge areas of the rain forest and other important natural habitats

L Patterns of wark may change People might decide that they don’t actually need to go to banks, offices, schools, Universities or shops, any more

What do you think the future holds for the world in 2050 ?

Work with a parter Make some predictions

Discuss your predictions with the class

EXERCISE

Comebine each pair of sentences into a new one using the conjuctions in brackets.

1) Nam gave me a present Then he said “Happy birthday” to me (before)

2) We sit and wait here She comes (until)

3) You get acquainted then Let me introduce then to you (before)

4) She got a serious accident She drank too much beer at the party (after)

5) We left our house It rained heavily (as soon as)

Write complete sentece from the given words.

1) where / you / go / this weekend ?

2) you / free / tonight ?

3) hope / everything / happen / beautiful

4) Think / there / heavy rain / tomorrow

5) You / to school / tomorrow afternoon

Write 5 activitiesyou are going to do on this weekend And then tell them your partner.

Unit 7 : ASKING FOR INFORMATION (Bám Sát)

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I Read the passage and do the exercise that follow.

In the country, Japan we usually invite guests home at the weekend, in the early about

7 o’clock Before they come, we must tidy the front garden and learn the sitting room Then

we must spray it all with water to show that we welcome guests with cleanline The guests usually bring presents and when they give you the present they say “I’m sorry this is such a small present” But in fact they have chosen the present very carefully When the meal is ready the hostess says we have nothing speacial for you today but you are welcome to come this way”.You can see that in Japan you should try to be modest and you should not show off too much If you don’t understand our cult ure will think this is very strange

Make up questions and answer them.

1) What time / invite / home / weekend / ?

2) What / do / before / come ?

3) What / say / give / present / ?

II Write complete sentences to describe the discovery of America.

- First European Sailors / America / probably / the Vikings of Denmark and Norway

- Visit / America / about a thousand years ago / the11th century A.D

- Five hundred years later / European Sailor / again / across the Alantic / discover / America / mistake

- 1492 / Genoese sailor / call / Christopher columbus / sailor west / Spain / and reached / the BaLamas

- He / think / these islands / part ofAsra / ,and so / they / call / the west India

- Seven years later / another Italian / Amerigo Vespucci / sail / spain / South America

- He / discover / that / this huge continent /not part of Asia / ,and give / name / the Newwork

III Exercise :

Put in the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.

a) The children (make) ……… a lot of now

I (be) afraid they (make) ……….up my father

Who (sleep) ……….in the next room

b) Mathematics (be)……….quite a simple subject

It (be) ……….easy to do well in it One you (know) ……….the basic princples, the rest (be) ……….easy

c) Jane Smitn is a writer She (be) ……….married with two children

She (write) ……….over forty books She (start) ……….writing after the death of her first hushand She (spend) ……….her chilhood in Egypt, but (come)

……… To English in 1996 She is good at writing both prose and poetry, but (be)

……….best known for her romantic novels

Unit 8 : TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENCES (Naâng cao)

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LISTEN AND READ:

Hoa : Hello Nice to see you again

Lan : Hi Nice to meet you

Hoa : You look happy Where did you go last summer?

Lan : I went to Vung Tau beach with my parents

Hoa : How long have you stayed there ?

Lan : I have stayed for one month

Hoa : That sounds interesting What did you do there ?

Lan : I visited many beautiful sights in Vung Tau Every morning, I sunbathed on the beach I sometimes went fishing with my new friends who lived near my uncle,s house

Hoa : You look fatter.So you are different from after the trip Do you think so ?

Lan :Yes I had a lot of fun I like that place very much

Hoa : What about your uncle? How long has he lived there?

Lan : He has lived there since 1988.He was very happy to meet me because

That was the first time he met me

Hoa:Do youthink you will visit your uncle next summer vacation?

Lan : I am very happy to come there again Will you join us?

Hoa :Great I will ask for my parents ‘ permission

1 Practice the dialogue with a partner

2 Complte the sentences Use the words from the dialogue:

a Lan went to Vung Tau beach _

b She has stayed there once monh

c Lan ‘ s uncle has lived there _1988

d Hoa likes to _there next summer vacation

PRACTICE

I.Using the comparative form of adjective to write the sentences

1 My neighborhood is as quiet as the country

2 My father / busy / my mother

3 Lan’s house / small / my house

4 His bike / cheap / Tan’s bike

5 Sugar / sweet / honey

6 This river / deep / that lake

II Make the sentences by using comparisons of adjectives (like, as … as, different from, the same as, …” :

1 Life in the countryside / Life in the city

2 Buildings in the town / Buildings in the city