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O
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B
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GUESS THE LETTERS OF THE WORD
A. Reading
A. Reading
He is a guitarist.
I. BEFORE YOU READ
Who is he?
This is a fish tank.
tune (n)
admire (v)
e.g Lan is the most intelligent student in my class. I
admire her a lot.
be successful at
e.g: I was successful at learning English.
II. WHILE YOU READ
1. Task 1: Find the synonyms
2. Task 2: Answer the questions
3. Task 3:Summarize the passage
1.Task 1: Read the passage and find the synonyms
of the underlined words
1. He is a skilled guitarist.
2. He is very good at playing the guitar while
people are singing.
3. I have a humble little glass fish tank.
4. I would not call myself an eager stamp collector.
5. I just collect the stamps from envelopes that are
thrown away.
6. There are other hobbies that I am interested in
for a while.
7. They really make me busy.
The answers
1. skilled = accomplished
2. playing the guitar while people are singing
= accompanying people with his guitar
3.humble = modest (adj)
4. eager = avid (adj)
5. thrown away = discarded (Past participle)
6. be interested in = indulge in (verb phrase)
7. make sb busy = keep sb occupied
Game: lucky
Game: lucky
number
number
2. Task 2: Answering the questions
The rule of the game
There are 12 numbers. Each number is a question or a
lucky number:
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Each team has a leader to choose a number.
•
If the leader calls out one of the lucky numbers, the
team will get 2marks and you have the right to
choose the next one.
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Each correct answer to a question will get 1 mark.
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If the answer is incorrect, that team can give their
answer.
Lucky number
number
1
number
1
Number
5
Number
3
Number
3
Number 4
Number 4
Number
2
Number
2
Number
6
Number
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number
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number
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number
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number
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number
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number
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number
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number
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number
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number
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Number
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Number
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number
1
number
1
Number
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Number
2
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number
1
number
1
Number
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Number
3
01020304050607080910
End
Number1: What is the writer’s first hobby?
Answer:
The writer's first hobby is playing the guitar.
(P.2, L.1)
Lucky number
Back
Lucky number
Number 2:
Lucky number
Back
Lucky number
01020304050607080910
End
Number 3: Is the writer an accomplished guitarist?
Answer:
No, he isn’t
(P.2, L. 2-3)
Back
Lucky number
01020304050607080910
End
Number 4: Why does the writer admire his
uncle?
Answer:
He is very good at accompanying people singing
with his guitar.
(P.2, L.6)
Lucky number
01020304050607080910
End
Number 6: What is the writer's the second hobby?
Answer:
It is keeping fish.
(P.3, L2)
Back
Lucky number
Number 5:
Lucky number
Lucky number
01020304050607
End
080910
Number 7: How did he collect his fish?
Answer:
He bought some from the shop and some
others were collected from the rice field near
house
(P.3, L.2-3)
BackSlide 8
Lucky number
010203040506
End
0708
0910
Number 8: Where does he collect the stamps?
Answer:
He collects them from discarded envelops his
relatives and friends give him.
(P. 4, L. 2-3)
Back
Lucky number
Number 9:
Lucky number
Back
Lucky number
01020304050607
End
08
0910
Number 10: Which does the writer get more,
local stamps or foreign stamps?
Answer:
It is local stamps
(P.4, L.3-4)
Back
lucky number
Number 11:
Lucky number
Back
Lucky number
01020304050607080910
End
Number 12:
Did he call himself an avid stamp collector?
Answer:
No, he didn’t.
(P.4, L.1)
Back
Task 3: Summarizing the passage
HOBBIES
Keeping
fish
Collecting
stamps
Playing the
guitar