UNIT 1 TUTOR’S HANDOUT

UNIT 1
TUTOR’S HANDOUT
PART 1. VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION

bag/bæɡ/

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married /ˈmærid/

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dictionary/

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magazine

spell/spel/

student/ˈstjuːdnt/

ˈdɪkʃənri/

/ˌmæɡəˈziːn/

live /lɪv/

teacher/ˈtiːtʃə(r)/

newspaper

job/dʒɒb/

language /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/

/ˈnjuːzpeɪpə(r)/

learn /lɜːn/

letter/ˈletə(r)/

cinema/ˈsɪnəmə/

orange/ˈɒrɪndʒ/
camera/ˈkæmərə/
ticket/ˈtɪkɪt/

EX1. Where is the stress?
orange

newspaper

magazine

camera

dictionary

married

cinema

cinema

student

teacher

ticket

language

EX2. Complete the words in column A with the definition given in column B.

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6.
7.

Column A
S_ _ _ _ _ _
T_ _ _ _ _ _
N_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
C_ _ _ _ _
D_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
M_ _ _ _ _ _
L_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

8. M_ _ _ _ _ _ _
9. S_ _ _ _

10. L_ _ _ _ _

Column B
a. a person who is studying at a university or college
b. a person whose job is teaching, especially in a school
c. a large printed sheets of paper containing news, articles,
advertisements
d. a building in which films/movies are shown
e. a book that gives a list of the words of a language in
alphabetical order and explains what they mean
f. having a husband or wife
g. the system of communication in speech and writing that is
used by people of a country
h. a type of large thin book with a paper cover that you can buy
every week or month, containing articles, photographs...
i. to say or write the letters of a word in the correct order
j. a message that is written down or printed on paper and usually


put in an envelope and sent to somebody

PART 2. GRAMMAR
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Ask students to review the grammar they learned in the class

EX1. Fill in each blank with word.
Hi! I (1 Super) ________ man. (2) _________ real name is Clark Kent. I am 5 years old. (3)
_______ am from a planet called Krypton. (4) ________ favourite actor is Tobey Maguire. This (5)
_______ my newspaper, The Daily Planet.

EX2. Complete with suitable Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
1. Maria is a woman. ______ loves ________ son.
2. Lola is very friendly. _______ hugs_________ husband.
3. Martin likes reading. _________ father tells______ the story.
4. Dumbo is an elephant. _________ is 2 months old. Today is ________ birthday.
5. Hello, ________name is John. This is________ lover. I love_________ very much
6. This is _________ teacher, Robert. _________ subject is Physics._______ is very nice.
7. Lola is a teacher in my school. ________teaches ________ English.
EX3. Order the following sentences. Don't forget to write the full stop!
1. is /car/ fast/ Her /very .
2. notebooks/ tables /Your /are/ under /the .
3. from/ are /Where /you ?
4. old /your/ How/ mother /is?
5. friendly/ cat/ not/ very/ is /Their .

EX4. Fill suitable to be


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9.
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I _______ a teacher

Our father _______ 55 years old
Where ______ they from?
What _______ their jobs?
That _________ my grandpa
We _________ friend each other
______ you a student?
______ he your brother?
They _____ twins
How old _______ their parents?

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11. What _____ their names?
It _____ very fine.
She _____ from Japan
Lan and Dung _____ my best friends
Their names ____ Van and John
This _____ our table
We ____ in the kitchen
Your bag _____ on the table
Your name _____ Van
My parents _______ farmers

PART 3. READING
EX1. Complete the dialogues with the given words.
Name

this is(2)

hello

my

sorry

nice

a. - Hello, I’m Angela. What’s your___________?
- Charlie.
b. - Hi, I’m Lewis.
- _____________ , I’m Grace.
c. - Hi, I’m Toby Logan.
- Hello, I’m Chloe Jones. ___________ to meet you.
d. - I’m Malgorzata.
- __________ ? What’s your name?
e. - John, _________ Hiro Shiga. Hiro, _________ John Mason.
- Hello, John.
- Hello, Hiro
f. - Hello, I’m Sandra. What’s your name?
- ___________ name’s Hiro.
- Hello, Hiro.
EX2. Read and answer the questions

My name is Alisa. I am 30 and I am from England. Now I live in a small house in Spain because my
husband works there. I have two children, one daughter, Laura and one son, John. Laura is 8 and
John is 5, they are very lovely. They live with their grandparents in England. I work at the
supermarket on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. I love my job.


a.
b.
c.
d.

How old is Alisa?
How many people are there in her family?
Where does she work?
What days does she work?

EX3. Read and answer the questions
This is a photo of Michael Douglas and his wife. Michael is from United States. He’s fifty-seven
and he’s married to Catherine Zeta-Jones. She’s thirty-two and she’s from Wales. They’re both
actors. They have one child. Their son’s name is Dylan. He’s two. Michael and Catherine have the
same birthday – 25th September.
a. How many people are there in Michael’s family?
b. How old is his wife?
c. What is his son’s name?
d. Is his son twenty-two?
EX4. Read and decide whether the sentences are T (True) or F (False)

People don’t like unlucky numbers
In some buildings and hospitals in U.S, there is no 13 thfloor because the number 13 is unlucky.
In Asia people don’t like the number 4 so buildings skip the 4 th floor. In Hong Kong the number

4 is so bad that buildings with 50 floors only have 35 floors because they don’t have floors with
the number 4. For example, they skip floor 4,14,24,34, and 40-49. Hotels and hospitals in Japan
also skip number 9. And in Italy, the number 17 is very unlucky, but in some places in Italy the
number 13 is very lucky!
1. 13 is unlucky number in the US.
2. Number 4 is good in Hongkong.
3. In Japan, 50-floor buildings just have 35 floors.
4. In Japan, 9 is a good number.
5. 13 is a very lucky number in some parts of Italy.
PART 4. SPEAKING
Ask students to review “Questions and Answers”
Activity 1. Work in pairs. Ask and answer about yourself. Then change the role.
Question
Name (tên)

What’s your name?

Answer
My name is .....
I am .....


Age (tuổi)

How old are you?

I’m ............... years old

Hometown (quê quán) Where are you from?

I’m from ....

Address (địa chỉ)

What’s your address?

My address is ....

Where do you live?

I live in/ on/ at .....

What’s your job?

I’m a/ an ....

Job (nghề nghiệp)

What do you do?
Phone number (SĐT)

What’s your phone number?

My phone number is............

Married? (lập GĐ)

Are you married?

Yes, I’m

No, I’m not

Activity 2. Talk about you:
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Name
Age
Hometown
Address
Job
Phone number
Married?
Reason(s) for learning English:

Activity 3. Use the cued information then talk about him:
Name:
Age:
Hometown:
Address
Job
Phone number:
Married
Reason(s) for learning English

Ymarisko
25
Japan
126, Parkon street, London
Teacher
123 7009 775

No
Interesting
Good for job
An international language

PART 5. WRITING
EX1. Sentence building


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b.
c.
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f.
g.
h.

To/ you/ nice/ it’s/ meet
Her/ what/ name/ is?
His/ is/ Dung/ name.
They/ are/ from/ where?
It/ Hanoi/ is/ from.
She/ children/ has/ is/ three/ Linh/ married.
good/ learn/ it’s/ English/ I/ because/ job/ to/ for/ want/ my.
Ngoc/ is/ lives / a / flat/ Hanoi/ this/ She/ in

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