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English 8
Is the picture about
TODAY or THE PAST?
Unit 4: our past
Lesson 1:
Getting started &
Listen and read
page (38-39)
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* The
lighting
fixture
* The mobile
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* The stereo
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* Modern

clothes /
school
uniforms
Unit 4: our pa s t
Lesson 1: Getting started & Listen and
read
Getting started:
Getting started:
Unit 4 : our pa s t
Lesson 1: Getting started & Listen and read
Newwords
:
1) Great-grandma (n) :
Great-grandmother
( Great-grandma )
Grandmother
(Grandma)
Grandfather
Mother
Father
Boy
( Nga’s brother)
Daughter
( Nga )
Aunt, Uncle
Great-grandfather
Cô bµ
2) without (prep) :
kh«ng cã
3) modern equipment (n) :

thiÕt bÞ hiÖn ®¹i
th¾p,®èt (®Ìn)
4) light – lit/lighted (v) :
5) folktale/tale (n):
truyÖn d©n gian,
truyÖn cæ tÝch
Grandma: This is me, Nga. I used to live on a farm
when I was a young girl.
Nga: What was life like then?
Grandma: I didn’t go to school because
I had to stay home and help my mom.
I used to look after my younger brothers and sisters.
Nga: What did Great-grandma do?
Grandma: She used to cook the meals, clean
the house and wash the clothes.
Nga: That sounds like hard work!
Grandma: It was. And there wasn’t any electricity.
Mom had to do everything without the help
of modern equipment.
Nga: What did you do in the evening?
Grandma: After dinner, Mom lit the lamp and Dad used to
tell us stories.
Nga: Do you remember any of them?
Grandma: Oh, yes. The best one was The Lost Shoe.
It’s an old folktale.
Nga: Please tell me the tale, Grandma.
Traditional stories are great.
Grandma: All right. Once a poor farmer …
Unit 4: our pas t
Lesson 1: Getting started & Listen and read.

Newwords
:
1) Great-grandma (n) :
Cô bµ
2) without (prep) :
kh«ng cã
3) modern equipment (n) :
thiÕt bÞ hiÖn ®¹i
4) light – lit/lighted (v) :
th¾p ,®èt (®Ìn)
truyÖn d©n gian,
truyÖn cæ tÝch
5) folktale/tale (n):
Traditional story
U n i t 4: our past
Lesson 1: Getting started & Listen and read (
p. 38, 39
)
Listen and read
Getting started
Grandma: This is me, Nga. I used to live on a farm
when I was a young girl.
Nga: What was life like then?
Grandma: I didn’t go to school because
I had to stay home and help my mom.
I used to look after my younger brothers and sisters.
Nga: What did Great-grandma do?
Grandma: She used to cook the meals, clean
the house and wash the clothes.
Nga: That sounds like hard work!

Grandma: It was. And there wasn’t any electricity.
Mom had to do everything without the help
of modern equipment.
Nga: What did you do in the evening?
Grandma: After dinner, Mom lit the lamp and Dad used to
tell us stories.
Nga: Do you remember any of them?
Grandma: Oh, yes. The best one was The Lost Shoe.
It’s an old folktale.
Nga: Please tell me the tale, Grandma.
Traditional stories are great.
Grandma: All right. Once a poor farmer …
U n i t 4: our past
Lesson 1: Getting started & Listen and read
Grandma: This is me, Nga. I used to live on a farm
when I was a young girl.
Nga: What was life like then?
Grandma: I didn’t go to school because
I had to stay home and help my mom.
I used to look after my younger brothers and
sisters.
Nga: What did Great-grandma do?
Grandma: She used to cook the meals, clean
the house and wash the clothes.
Nga: That sounds like hard work!
Grandma: It was. And there wasn’t any electricity.
Mom had to do everything without the help
of modern equipment.
Nga: What did you do in the evening?
Grandma: After dinner, Mom lit the lamp and Dad used to

tell us stories.
Nga: Do you remember any of them?
Grandma: Oh, yes. The best one was The Lost Shoe.
It’s an old folktale.
Nga: Please tell me the tale, Grandma.
Traditional stories are great.
Grandma: All right. Once a poor farmer …
Structure:
Used to:
* Used to + V…
Eg. I used to get up late last year,
but now I always get up early.
(-) S + didn’t +use to + V …
Eg. I didn’t use to work
hard last year.
(?) Did + S +use to + V … ?
Eg. Did you use to cry when
you were a baby ?
( ·,®· tõng)Đ
Unit 4 : ou r p ast
Lesson 1: Getting started & Listen and read
Listen and read
Listen and read
Getting started
Getting started
1. Practice the dialogue
with a partner
a) Where did Nga’s grandmother
use to live?
b) Why didn’t she go to school?

c) What did Nga’s great-
grandmother use to do?
d) What did Nga’s great-
grandmother and great-
grandfather do after dinner?
e) What did Nga ask her
grandmother to do at the end of
the conversation?
Unit 4: our p as t
Lesson 1: Getting started & Listen and read
a) She used to live on a farm.
b) Because she had to stay
home and help her mom.
c) She used to cook the meals,
clean the house and wash the
clothes.
d) Her great-grandmother lit the
lamp and her great-grandfather
used to tell them stories .
e) She asked her grandmother
to tell her the tale “ The Lost
Shoe”.
Listen and read
Listen and read
Getting started
Getting started
1. Practice the dialouge with a partner
2. Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions
a) I used to live on a farm.
b) There wasn’t any electricity.

c) Mom had to do everything without the
help of modern equipment.
d) My father used to tell us stories.
e) The best one was The Lost Shoe.
f) Traditional stories are great.
U n i t 4: our past
Lesson 1: Getting started & Listen and read
F O
√
√
√
√
√
√
Fact: sù thËt
Opinion: ý kiÕn c¸ nh©n
1. I am a teacher of English.
2. English is interesting.
Eg
1. Practice the dialouge with a partner
2. Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions
3. Fact or opinion ? Check (√) the boxes
Listen and read
Listen and read
Getting started
Getting started
Lucky numbers
1 2 3 4
5 6 7
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2
1020
304050
60
70
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10
2030
40
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Did Nga’s grandmother go to
school?
a. Yes, she did
b. No, she didn’t
c. Yes, she does
X
X
√
Nga’s grandmother look after her
younger brothers and sisters
a. use to
b. uses to
c. used to
X
√
X
Nga’s great-grandmother had to

do everything the help of
modern equipment.
a. without
b. with
c. in
X
X
√
The Lost Shoe
an old folktale
a. is
b. is not
c. are
√
X
X
Nga thinks traditional
stories are
a. horrible
b. great
c. boring
X
X
√
U n it 4: our past
Lesson 1: Getting started & Listen and read
Structures:
(+) S + used to + V_infi …

(-) S + didn’t +use to + V_infi …
(?) Did + S +use to + V_infi … ?
Newwords:
1) Great-grandma (n) :
Cô bµ
2) without (prep) :
kh«ng cã
3) modern equipment (n) :
thiÕt bÞ hiÖn ®¹i
4) light – lit/lighted (v) :
th¾p , ®èt (®Ìn)
5) folktale (n) :
truyÖn d©n gian,
truyÖn cæ tÝch
tale (n) :
Traditional story :
Homework:
1. Learn by heart new words and structures.
2. Finish writing exercise 2 & 3 (p.39)
3. Complete exercise 4 (p.28 – Workbook)
4. Prepare new lesson: Speak (p.38,39)
Unit 4 : ou r pas t
Lesson 1: Getting started & Listen and read.

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