Tự chọn tiếng anh 8

Tự chọn môn Tiếng Anh 8 GV: Trần Quốc Tuấn
LỜI GIỚI THIỆU
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 kó
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 vò bạn.
TT Tên chủ đề
Số
tiết
Nội dung Mục tiêu về KT, KN
1 Describing

people (Bám
sát)
6 Mô tả hình dáng
tích cách của bạn
bè, người thân
trong gia đình
Kiến thức :
Present simple tense to talk about
genercal truths
Attributive, predicative, and descriptive
adjectives
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Adjectives +anought+infinitive
Kó năng :
Introducing onaself and other people
Describing appearance and character of
friends and family members
Guided writing about oneself
2 Describing
people (Nâng
cao)
6 Mô tả hình dáng
tích cách sở thích, …
của một
số nhân vật nổi
tiếng
Kiến thức :
Present simple tense to talk about
genercal truths

Simple past tense
Attributive, predicative, and descriptive
adjectives
Kó năng :
Describing appearance and character of
other people and their favorite activities.
Listening to descriptions of famous
people
Reading about people’s descriptions
Guided writing about oneself and other
people
3 Describing
places
(Bám sát)
6 Mô tả lớp học,
trường học, môi
trường xung quanh
trường học
Kiến thức :
Present simple tense
Modals : must, ought to, …
Wh_question with why
Prepostition of place
Kó năng :
Describing rooms, a house, a classroom
and a school
Asking for and giving reasons
Guided writing about description of a
room
4 Describing

places
(Nâng cao)
6 Mô tả nhà ở và môi
trường xung quanh
Kiến thức :
Present simple tense
Reflexive pronouns
Modals : must, ought to, …
Wh_question with why
Prepostition of place
Kó năng :
Describing a house and surroundings
Listening to a description of other
people’s house and rooms.
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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 đònh,
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 intentions
Using the telephone to ask and confirm
arrangements
Guided writing a short profile
6 Making
predictions
(Nâng cao)
6 Mô tả dự đoán về
những sự việc, sự
kiện trong nước
cũng như trên thế
giới trong tương lai
Kiến thức :
Future with will and going to
Prepositions of time
Conjunctions of times : until, as soon as, …
Kỹ năng :
Talking about predictions
Making predictions
Using 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
7 Asking for
information
(Bám sát)

6 Nói về cuộc sống,
điều kiện sống
chung quanh mơi
mình ở
Kiến thức :
Simple past, present and past continuous,
…
Question forms
Word order
Kỹ năng :
Talking about the place where you live
Reading about a new & modern place
Asking for information
8 Talking about
differences,
preferrences
(Nâng cao)
6 Nói về một số nét
khác nhau giữa cuộc
sống ở thành thò và
nông thôn.
Tìm hiểu cuộc sốg ở
đô thò hoặc một
vùng quê ở các
Kiến thức :
Present progressive tense
Comparisons of adjectives While … as,
like, as … as, …
Preferences
Likes, dislikes

Kỹ năng :
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nước nói tiếng Anh Talking about differences, preferrences
Reading about life in an English speaking
country
Self study skill
9 Making and
responding to
requests
(Nâng cao)
6 Tìm hiẻu thông tin
về các đòa điểm du
lòch, hứng dẫn và
giới thiệu du lòch
Kiến thức :
Tenses modal verbs : may, can, could,
would, will, mind doing
Do you mind if …
Kỹ năng :
Asking for imformation
Making and responding to requests
Talking about travelling
Language awareness
10 Giving
instructions
(Nâng cao)
6 Hiểu các hướng dẫn
chăm sóc người bò
nạn hoặc mắc một

số bệnh thông
thường
Kiến thức :
Simple future tense
Sequence markers
Passive forms
In order to, so as to
Adjective followed by an infinitive, a
noun clause
Kó năng :
Giving a set of instructions
Writing a set of instruction
Talking about processes
Writing about a processes
11 Expressing
interest &
Making
suggestionas
(Nâng cao)
6 Nói về các danh
lam thắng cảnh nổi
tiếng ở Việt Nam
Tìm hiểu các danh
thắng ở một số nước
trên thế giới
Kiến thức :
-ed and – ing participles
what about …
Passive forms / -would you mind …
Do you mind if …

Kỹ năng :
Expressing interest
Making suggestions
Talking about sightseeings
Reading about differrent interesting
places
Listening to world wonders
12 Marking plans
(Bám sát)
6 Nói về các kì nghỉ
Viết bưu ảnh cho
bạnm bè và người
thân
Kiến thức :
Past progressive tense
Past progressive tense with when, while,
and always
Short sentences
Kỹ năng
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Making plans
Reading about a holiday
Writing a postcard filling forms /
diagrams writing notes
13 Talking about
problems
(Nâng cao)
6 Nói về môi trường
sống, giải pháp bảo

vệ môi trường
Kiến thức :
Passive forms
Compound words
Reported speech
Kỹ năng :
Talking about healthy environment
Reading about recycling things
Listening to environment problems
Asking for explaination of events
Writing about environment problems and
sollutions
14 Talking about
past events
(Bám sát)
6 Nói về những việc
đã xảy ra trong quá
khứ
Kiến thức :
Past simple tense
Prepositions of time : in. on, at, after,
before, between
Used to
Kỹ năng :
Talking about famous inventions
Reading about past holiday
Writing 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 tense
Present perfect and past tenses
Kỹ năng :
Talking about invention
Reading about famamous scientists
Expressing to opinions
Expressing agreemant and disagreement
Completing flow chart / a diagram
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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. ………………………………………………… ? 4. ………………………………………………… ?
Peter Smith. Hamiton High Shool.
2. ………………………………………………… ? 5. ………………………………………………… ?
13 years old. Computer games and swimming.
3. ………………………………………………… ? 6. ………………………………………………… ?
Cheerful and friendly. 250 Magnolia Ave, USA.
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WRITE
1. Read the information about Pham Le Mai
Name Pham Le Mai Your close friend
Age 13
Build Slim, tall
Height 1.54 m

Hair color Black
Eye color brow
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.
Consist snow have make be
1. The Earth ……………………… round.
2. A week ……………………… seven days.
3. Water ……………………… of hydrogen and oxygen.
4. Architects ……………………… the plans of buildings.
5. It ……………………… in winter.
II. Use the correct form of verbs in brackets :
Dear Nien.
Thanks a lot for your letter I (be) very happy to hear you (be) well. Everything, of
couse (seem) quite new and strange to me at first, but now I (get) in well with it. I (have) a lot
of friends here. They (be) very kind and friendly. Last week we (go) to Nha Trang for our
holidays. We (stay) there for four days and (have) a lot of fun. I (send) you some photographs
next Sunday.
I (miss) you very much. Please write soon.
Love
Hoa
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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.
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Unit 2 : DESCRIBING PEOPLE (Nâng 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 :
- warmth : - ability :
- simplicity : - ease :

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.
• Talk to you friends about your close friend friend.
III. Make some questions to ask your friends :
- Name :
- Age :
- Address :
- Family :
- Friends :
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• 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.
• Tape transcript :
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.
be run die Eat live
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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.
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b)
a) Library
c) d) e)

Classroom
Classroom
School yard
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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 :
wash tidy clean Dust do sweep help
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.
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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 / …
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Unit 4 : DESCRIBING PLACES (Nâng 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.
• Make a similar dialogne to describe your house or flat.
II. Choose the appropriate words to complete the passage :
off in on through turn left over round from to
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” :
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………… 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.
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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.
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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?

. At the weekend ?
. When you have finished learing English ?
Example:
A : What are you going to do after the lesson?
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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.
. Medicine
. Society
. Communication.
. The environment
. International relationships
. Spare travel
III. Read this passage and then answer the questionsbelow. You need put a cross in the correct
box or write in a few words.
Nowadays, more and more people are changing the way they use their television.When
television was new, we used to turn on and watch what ever there was. The fact is that what
on television was for us to think it must be enjoyable. Choose the grograms we watch much
more carefully. We remember that we have many other interesting things to do. One result of
this change in that we are also becoming more careful about the actual television set itself.
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.
 a short story.

 a letter to a friend.
 a business letter.
 a newspaper article.
b) The aim of the writer it to.
 sell televisions.
 give advice.
 a nurse the reader.
 give an opinion.
c) What sort of progarms did people watch when televisions were first sold ?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
d) The writer believes that the quality of TV sets is improving because ……
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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”.
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 “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.
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Unit 6 : MAKING PREDICTIONS (Nâng Cao)
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I. Complete Bill’s letter to Marie with these words :
reparing while Introduce at of
forward never Sincerely sounds well
people driving Hope exams trip
speak studying don’t the (x2) months
join old for, from ago several
5 Sandy Lane
London

SW12 4 YJ
17 May
Marie Gregg
Thrill Seekers Tours
67 Brom ley way
Oxford
OX3/6TY

Dear Marie
First let me ……………… myself. My name’s Bill Rey wolds and I’m ………………… London.
I’m 21 years ……………… and at the moment I’m still ………………… University. I’m ………………… Modern
Languages. I’m taking my find ……………… next free, so I’m going to look ……………… a job to earn a
bit of money. I saw your advertisement in a magazine ……………… I was waiting for a dental
appointment. The expedition ……………… very exciting and I’d really like to ……………… the group. I
love travelling and I’ve been to ……………… countries in Europe and to ……………… United states,
too, but I’ve ……………… been to Africa before.
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.
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. The past simple tense.
. Two negative forms.
II. Read.
Look at the twelve texts. There are 6 predictions for the 21
st
century 6 likely results.
Read the texts and match the predictions to their results.
A. Many of the larger mammals may become extinct in the wild. And some, sunch tigers and
black rhinos, will possibly survive only in zoos.
B. The earth’s climate will become warmer. This will create major problems for
agricultureand we will see droughts and famine in Africa. We might ever see these
problems in Southern Europe.
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
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✫ 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.
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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 / the11
th
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)
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…………………………. 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 (Nâng 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.
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3. My school / Lan’s school.
4. The bridges in the country / The bridges in the city.
5. The streets in the country / not wide / The streets in the city.
6. City dwellers / People in the country.
7. Means of transport in the country / not modern / means of transport in the city.
8. Entertainment in the city / Entertainment in the country.
9. Schools in the country / not much / Schools in the city.
10. The air in the country / not pollute / the air in the city.

READ THE TEXT
Although I was born and brought in the country I spent most of my time in the city,
however, a comfortable life in the city has never appealed to me at all. And the country with
its advantages still has a call to me for good.
Living in the country, the fresh and clean air of the country makes you feel healthier.
How relaxed and pleasant you are when you can enjoy the pure air wafted with soft fragrance
of areca and grape fruit trees as you leisurely take a stroll around your garden. Morever,
living in the country you may feel safer while in town, the city dwellers are in a state of
continuously being afraid of committing violent deaths caused by careless drivers or foolhardy
motor-cyclists.
In the country you can rest from the noise and bustle of the town. Even though you
have to get up early to catch buses to get to work in town, you can sleep better at night
without being disturbed by deafening sirents of cars or machines running noisily all the time.
Questions
1. What is the country life ?
2. Describe the advantages of living in the country and the disadvantages of living in the
city.
3. Where do you live ? In the city or in the country.
WRITE
Look at Hoa’s letter to Nga. Write a letter to your friend to tell about the life in your
countryside.
Dear Nga,
Thanks for your letter. I’m pleased to hear you had an enjoyable summer vacation.
I’ve just spend my holiday on my uncle’s farm. I had a lot of fun there. The air is fresh
and clean. The people are friendly. Every morning I and my uncle fed the cattles and watered
the vegetables. Then I and my friends who made friend with me, went swimming in the river
near my house. This river flows as slowly as the river that you told me. In the evening, the
members in the family gathered to chat or watch TV like your family often did.
Now, I’m busy, I’ll tell you more next letter and I’ll send you a postcard from there.
Write soon and tell me all your news.

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