Unit 4- our past-write

Chatting .
1.Do you like reading the folktales ?
2. Which story do you like best ?
3. Have you ever read the story “ How the tiger
got his stripes ?”



I/ Vocabulary:
Straw ( n )
Master(n)

graze(V)
Stripe(n)

Stripe(n)

Servant(n)

Vocabulary:
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- Straw (n) : Rơm rạ
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- Master (n) : ông chủ
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- To graze : gặm (cỏ)
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- Stripe (n) : sọc vằn
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- Servant (n): đầy tớ

I/Vocabulary:
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- Straw (n) : Rơm rạ
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- Master (n) : ông chủ
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- To graze : gặm (cỏ)
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- Stripe (n) : sọc vằn
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- Servant (n) : đầy tớ
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- Wisdom : Trí khôn

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Checking vocabulary:
Match the words with the correct pictures
Stripes ServantStraw
Graze
Master

I. Complete the story:
Use the verbs in the box to
complete the story page 43.
Burned, escaped, tied, left, went, was,
lit, appeared, grazed, said

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How the tiger got his stripes.
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One day , as a farmer was in the field and his buffalo
was(1) grazing nearby,a tiger(2) . .The tiger
wanted to know why the strong buffalo was the
servant and the small man(3) the master.The
farmer(4) he had something called wisdom,but
he(5) it at home that day. He(6) to get the
wisdom, but before that he(7) the tiger to a tree
with a rope because he didn’t want it to eat the
buffalo.When he returned, the farmer brought some
straw with him. He said it was his wisdom. He(8)
the straw and the fire(9) the tiger. The
tiger(10) , but it still has black stripes from the
burns to day.
appeared
saidwas went
tied
left
lit
burned
escaped


II. Comprehension questions:
1. Where was the man?
He was in the field.

2. What was the buffalo doing when
the tiger appeared?

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It was grazing nearby.

3. What did the Tiger want
to know?
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The tiger wanted to know why the
strong buffalo was the servant and the
small man was the master.

4. What did the farmer do before
going home? Why ?
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He tied a tiger to a tree with a
rope because he didn’t want it
to eat the buffalo.

5. What did he do
when he returned?
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When he returned, he lit the
straw to burn the tiger.

6.What does the tiger still
have from the burn today?
Today it still has black stripes

III/ (Groupwork)
Now,imagine you are a man.
Using the words and the

pictures to write the story.
III. (Groupwork)
Now,imagine you are a man.
Using the words and the
pictures to write the story.

Change :
The man I
His My
Ex: One day when I was in the field.
My buffallo grazed / was grazing
nearby. …

a) One day/I/field
buffalo/graze/tiger/come
b) It/ask/why/strong/buffalo/
my servant/and I/its master
c)I/tell/tiger/I/have/wisdom
tiger/want/see/it
d)I/tell/it/I/leave/wisdom/home
Then/I/tie/tiger/tree/rope
I/didn’t/want/eat/buffalo

e)I/go/ get/straw/ and /burn /tiger
f) Tiger/escape/ still
have/black stripes.

* Suggested answers
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One day, as I was in the field and my

buffalo grazed/ (was grazing) nearby,a
tiger came.It asked why the strong buffalo
was my servant and I was its master.I told
the tiger that I had something called
wisdom.The tiger wanted to see it but I
said that I left the wisdom at home that
day. Then I tied the tiger to a tree with a
rope because I didn’t want it to eat my
buffalo.I went to get some straw and I
burned the tiger. The tiger escaped , but
today it still has black stripes from the
burns.

Homework
• Write the story again.Imagine you
are a Buffalo.
• Do exercises in the exercise-book.