UNIT 6 TEACHER’S HANDOUT PLACES

UNIT 6
TEACHER’S HANDOUT
PLACES
PART 1. VOCABULARY

New words

Phonetics

Meanings

A church

/ə tʃə:tʃ/

Nhà thờ

A pagoda

/ ə pə’ɡəʊdə/

Ngôi chùa

A museum

/ə mju:’zɪəm/

Bảo tàng

A park

/ə pɑ:k/

Công viên

A restaurant

Nhà hàng

A river

/ ə ’rɛst(ə)rɒnt/
/ ə ’rɛst(ə)r(ə)nt/
/ə ‘rɪvə/

A cinema

/ ə ‘sɪnɪmə/

Rạp chiếu phim

A market

/ ə ‘mɑ:kit/

Chợ

A hotel

/ ə həʊ’tel/

Khách sạn

A lake

/ ə leik/

Hồ nước

A mountain

/ə ’ma ʊntin/

Núi

A rice field

/ ə raɪs field/

Cánh đồng lúa

Con sông

Examples
They go to the church every
Saturday
There is a pagoda near my
house
My sister likes going to the
museum
She often goes running in the

park
Do you often eat in a
restaurant?
In the country, the boys
often swim in the river
I go to the cinema every
weekend
My mother buys food in the
market
There are a lot of hotels in
town
We sometimes walk by the
lake
In summer, my friend and I
like climbing mountains
There are a lot of rice fields
in Vietnam

Exercise 1:
Complete the words with one vowel (i,e,o,u,a) in each blank. Write the words in the
boxes.


Example:
M_ s_um ⇒ Museum
R_c_ f_ _ld 
P_g_d_

R_st_ _r_nt 
M_ _t _ _n 

M_rk_t


C_n_m_ 
H_t_l

R_v_r

B_ _ch

P_rk


Exercise 2: Complete the words with the given letter.
1. A p_ _ _ is a place where you can go walking.
2. A c _ _ _ _ _ is where can watch films with your friends.
3. You can buy meat, fruits, and vegetables here. M _ _ _ _ _.
4. When having holidays, you can stay in a h _ _ _ _ _.
5. A r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a place where you can have a meal.
6. A large area for growing rice is called r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
7. Many people go there at Christmas. C _ _ _ _ _.
8. You often go to the b _ _ _ _ in summer.
9. It’s a place where you can go climbing. M _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
10. It’s the flow of water that continues in a long line across land to the sea. R _ _ _ _.
PART II. GRAMMAR
I.

Plural Nouns

*** Most N + s

Ex: A river  2 rivers
A lake  2 lakes
A hotel  2 hotels
A mountain  2 mountains
*** Nouns ending in s, ss, sh, ch, x, o
Ex: A church  2 churches


A bus  2 buses
A class  2 classes
A dish  2 dishes
A box  2 boxes
A tomato  2 tomatoes
*** Nouns ending in a consonant + y: the changes to ies
Ex: A university  2 universities
*** Nouns ending in a vowel + y: +s
Ex: A key  2 keys
*** Irregular nouns
Ex : A man  2 men
A woman  2 woman
A child  2 children
A person  2 people
A fish  2 fish
A sheep  2 sheep
A foot  2 feet
A tooth  2 teeth
Exercise 1: Write down the correct form of plural
1.
2.
3.

4.
5.

A desk →
A pencil →
A bike →
A cat →
An invitation
→

6. A watch →
7. A game →
8. A cage →
9. A cake →
10. A box →

11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

A life →
A family →
A boy →
A house →
A city →

16. A man →
17. A child →

18. A sandwich

→

19. A nurse →

20. A shelf→

Exercise 2:
What is the correct plural of the word?
1. These (person) ______________ are protesting against the president.
2. The (woman) ______________ over there want to meet the manager.
3. My (child) ______________ hate eating pasta.
4. I am ill. My (foot) ______________ hurt.
5. I clean my (tooth) ______________ three times a day.
6. The (student) ______________ are doing the exercise right now.


7. The (fish) _____________ I bought is in the fridge.
8. They are sending some (man) ______________ to fix the roof.
9. Some (policeman) ______________ came to arrest him.
10. Where is my (luggage) ______________?

In the car!

11. They ate some (tomato) ______________.
12. You can put (sugar) ______________ in your tea.
13. We have to buy new (furniture) ______________
14. I need to wash my (hair) ______________.
15. We had lots of (fun) ______________.

16. The Milfords have a lot of (money) ______________.
17. How many (people) _____________ were at the cinema with you?
18. Could you give some (information) ______________ on your project?
19. In this hotel, (family) ______________ are very welcome.
20. Those (man) ______________ seem to be very tired.
I.

There is/ there are

(+) There is + singular noun
Ex: There is a church in my village
There are + plural noun
Ex: There are some famous lakes in Hanoi
(-) There is + not + singular noun
Ex: there isn’t any water in the bottle
There are + not + plural noun
Ex: there aren’t any cinemas in my hometown
(?) Is there + singular noun …? – Yes, there is/ No, there isn’t
Ex: is there any sugar in the kitchen?
Are there + plural noun …?
Ex: are there any parks near your house?
Exercise 1: Choose the best option

_________a police car.

__________two kids.


A: There is
B: There are

_________some cherries.
A: There is
B: There are

__________ a butterfly.
A: There is
B: There are

__________many flowers.
A: There is
B: There are

A: There is
B: There are

__________a monkey.
A: There is
B: There are

__________a few birds.
A: There is
B: There are

__________three children.
A: There is
B: There are

Exercise 2: Fill in the gap: there is, there are, is there, are there.
ten girls in the classroom.

1.__________ an apple in the box.
2.__________ a restaurant in the city?
3. __________ a hotel in Berlin.
4. __________ many restaurants.
5.__________ a pupil in the school?
6. __________ chairs in the classroom?
Exercise 3: Write sentences using suggested words and is, are, a, an, some, any
Ex: There/pencil/ in/ the/ box. ==> There is a pencil in the box.
-----There/ bananas/ in/ the fridge.==> There are some bananas in the fridge.
1. There/ book/ on/ the table. ==>
2. There/ shoes/ under/ the chair. ==>
3. There/ not/ TV/ in/ his room. ==>


4. There/ not/ pens/ on/ my desk. ==>
5. There/ boy/ behind/ that tree. ==>
6. There/ girls/ in front of/ the house. ==>
7. There/ not/ telephone/ in her office. ==>
8. There/ not/ chairs/ downstairs. ==>
PART III. LISTENING

Listen and choose the words to fill in the blanks to complete the sentences.
Write the letter A - H in each box.
A. restaurants
B. park
C. things
D. hotel
E. places
I.

F. beach

G. road

H. lake

I. mountains

1. There’s a beautiful __________near the town.
2. There’s only one __________
3. There are lots of__________to do in the evening.
4. Is there a__________?
5. There are lots of__________.
6. And there aren’t any__________.
7. There’s a nice__________.
8. Are there any cheap__________to stay?
9. There isn’t a__________near our flat.
II.

Do the people like the cities they live in? Listen and tick the correct
answer.
Likes it a lot

Likes it a little

Doesn’t like it

1
2
3

4
5
6

III.

Listen to people talking about cities. What is each city like? Circle the
correct answer
1. A. great
B. safe
C. cheap
2. A. crowded
B. quiet
C. polluted


3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

IV.

A. noisy
A. boring
A. small
A. boring
A. ugly

A. expensive

B. clean
B. great
B. crowded
B. small
B. dangerous
B. large

C. crowded
C. cheap
C. noisy
C. lovely
C. safe
C. small

People are comparing two cities. Listen and circle the city each person
prefers.
1. A. Washington, D.C
B. New York
2. A. Los Angeles
B. San Francisco
3. A. Singapore
B. Hong Kong
4. A. Sydney
B. Melbourne

PART IV. SPEAKING

Activity 1: Instructions:

-Work in pairs.
Ask and answer the Qs about the things in Suzie’s living room
“ Are there/ Is there………………….?


a cat a dog a DVD player a fireplace
a mirror

a clock a coffee table a rug plants

pictures

shelves

curtains

newspapers photos

cushions

DVDs

Activity 2: Instructions:
-

Work in pairs.

-

Ask and answer the Qs about the things in Suzie’s kitchen. “ Are there/ Is

there…?”

-

apples

-

cupboards

a cooker
cups

a fridge
flowers


Activity 3: Instructions:
-

Use structure THERE + BE and prepositions to describe your living room.

-

Come to the board and tell to the class.

Ex: My living room is small but it’s very beautiful. There is a plant next to the window.
There are some pictures on the wall. There is a TV on the table. …
PART V. WRITING

Instructions:
Write a paragraph to describe where you live in 50 words.