Anh văn Tự chon 8 (HKI)

Lesson Plan: Elective subject 8
Period: 1, 2 TENSES
Date: August 12
th
2008
1/ Objective: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to use teneses.
2/ Language content:
• Grammar: The present simple and the present progressive, the simple future ( review)
• Vocabulary:
3/ Techniques: pair work, group work, individual work, correction
4/ Teaching aids:
5/ Procedure:
TIME &
STAGES
CONTENT NOTES
* Warm-up:
( 3 minutes)
* Questions:
1/ How are you today?
2/ What’s the weather like today?
3/ Are you happy to see me again?
4/ What time do you often get up?
5/ Do you always go to school on time?
6/ What are you doing now?
T: asks Ss some questions.
Ss: answer.
T: asks Ss to remark the tenses used in
these questions and answers
Ss: tell.
T: remarks and leads in the new
lesson.

1/ Activity1:
( 15 minutes)
PRESENT SIMPLE
* Form:
1. Be:
2. Ord. verbs:
* Uses:
Ex: 1. Hai is 14. He is a student.
2. I often play video games on Sundays.
* Cues: always, often, usually, frequently,
sometimes, rarely, seldom, never and every …
* Practice:
Put the verbs in these sentences with the
present simple
1/ You ( be) are at school.
2/ Lan sometimes ( visit) visits me.
3/ My parents ( want) want to go to Dalat on
holidays.
4/ They always ( play) play soccer in the afternoon.
5/ Hai and I often ( go) go swimming.
* More practice:
Change these ones above into the negative
and interrogative:
T: asks Ss to give an example.
Ss: remark and remind the form and
uses of the present tense.
T: remarks and give them the notes.
Ss: gives examples.
Ss: tell all the cues.
T: remarks and gives more.

T: tells Ss the request.
Ss: + read and do.
+ exchange the result with their
friends.
T: calls to check.
T: tells the request to Ss.
Ss: change in groups.
T: takes feedback.
2/ Activity 2 :
( 15 minutes)
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
* Form:
* Use:
Ex: We are studying English now.
T: asks Ss to give an example.
Ss: remark and remind the form and
uses of the present tense.
T: remarks and gives Ss the notes.
Ss: gives an example.
Teacher: Nguyen Minh chinh School: Truong Chinh Secondary School
S + am/ is/ are
S + V ( s/ es)
S + am/ is/ are + V- ing
Lesson Plan: Elective subject 8
* Cues: now, at the present, at the moment.
* Practice:
Put the verbs in these sentences with the
present progressive tense.
1/ You ( study) are studying at school now.
2/ Lan ( watch) is watching TV at the moment.

3/ My mum ( cook) is cooking lunch at the present.
4/ They ( play) are playing soccer at the stadium.
5/ She ( help) is helping her mum with cleaning the
floor.
* More practice:
Change these ones above into the negative
and interrogative:
Ss: tell all the cues.
T: tell Ss the request.
Ss: + read the sentences and do.
+ exchange the result with their
friends.
T: takes feedback and corrects.
T: tells the request to Ss.
Ss: change in groups.
T: takes feedback.
3/ Activity 3 :
( 15 minutes)
SIMPLE FUTURE
Ex: I will go to Nhatrang next week.
She will stay at home tomorrow.
*Form:
* Cues: tomorrow, next …,
* Practice:
Put the verbs in these sentences with the
present progressive tense.
1/ We (play) soccer tomorrow afaternoon.
2/ She (come) to Vietnam next month.
3/ Mrs. Smith (help) us finish this book.
4/ They (fly) to Paris this month.

T: gives Ss two examples.
Ss: read, remarks them and remind the
form, cues, use of it.
T: remarks.
T: gives Ss an exercise.
Ss: work in pairs.
T: takes feedback.
Consolidation
(10 minutes)
Put the verbs in parentheses in the correct
form:
1/ They ( not be) farmers. They ( be) workers.
2/ She ( do) her homework now?
3/ Peter ( live) in London.
4/ Be careful! The children ( sleep).
5/ What you ( do) now? – We ( play) chess.
6/ Nam often ( come) to the park on weekends.
7/ A: Let’s go out.
B: Look, it ( snow) outside. It ( come) down quite
hard.
* Answer keys:
1/ are not/ are 2/ Is she doing…?
3/ lives 4/ are sleeping
5/ are you doing…/ are playing… 6/ comes
7/ is snowing…/ is coming…
T: + gives more exercise.
+ tell Ss the request.
Ss: work in groups.
T: takes feedback and gives the
answer keys.

* Homework:
(2 minutes)
write down all ones in the
notebooks.
notice all ones.
write 5 sentences for each one.
Check
Teacher: Nguyen Minh chinh School: Truong Chinh Secondary School
S + will/ shall + Inf
Lesson Plan: Elective subject 8
Period: 3,4 STRUCTURE
Date: August 26
th
2008 S + be (not) + adjective + enough + (for O) + to inf

1/ Objective: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to use the use the structure in real life.
2/ Language content: S + (not) adjective + enough + (for O) + to inf
3/ Techniques: pair work, individual work, correction
4/ Teaching aids:
5/ Procedure:
Stages Contents Notes
Warm up Listing words Play a game
thin
Body build slim
fat
short ≠ tall
Group work
blond
Hair color dark/black
curly ≠ straight

long ≠ short
Activity 1: Ex1: Thien is short
He can’t reach the ceiling
 Thien isn’t tall enough to reach the ceiling
Giving examples on board
Explanation
Ex2: The weather isn’t very cold. We can go
swimming
 The weather isn’t warm enough for us to go
swimming.
(Another)
a. adjectives
b. verbs
c. the position of “enough”
Formation:
S + be (not) adj + enough (for + O) + to inf Students give the form.
When we use it?
Activity 2: Practice: Individual work
Answers:
1. Lan is young. She can’t see the horror film.
1. Lan isn’t old enough to see the horror film.
2. My brother is short. He can’t reach the top shelf
2. My brother isn’t tall enough to reach the top
shelf.
3. Chi is unwell. She can’t go on the picnic with her
classmate.
3. Chi isn’t well enough to go on the picnic....
4. The water here is unsafe. We can’t drink it.
4. The water isn’t safe enough for us to drink.
5. The candlelight is dim. We can’t read with it.

5. The candle light isn’t clear enough for us to
read.
6. We are young. We can’t vote in the coming
election.
6. We aren’t old enough to vote
7. My uncle’s eyesight is bad. He can’t join the army.
7. My uncle’s eyesight isn’t good enough to join.
8. Theses paintings are good. They can enter for the
competition.
8. These paintings are good enough to enter...
9. The room is large. It can hold 80 people.
9. The room is large enough to hold 80 people.
10. The plane is fast. It can reach the island in two
hours.
10. The plane is fast enough to reach the
island...
Correction
Homework - Rewriting exercise in notebook.
- Reminding the form
Remember
Period: 5 PRACTICE
Teacher: Nguyen Minh chinh School: Truong Chinh Secondary School
Lesson Plan: Elective subject 8
Date: August 26
th
2008
1/ Objective: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to use the use the prepositions.
2/ Language content: Prepositions
3/ Techniques: pair work, individual work, correction
4/ Teaching aids:

5/ Procedure:
Stages Contents Notes
Warm up * Questions
How are you? Answering
Would you like to come to the cinema with me?
How about playing chess?
Activity 1: Prepositions:
1. Children are fond ______ picture books.
2. My sister is good ______ Moths and English.
3. Why don't you get acquainted ______ them first?
4. Tom is different ______ his parents.
5. Are you interested ______ that topic?
6. It’s very kind ______ you to say so.
Reminding the usage of
prepositions
(position, time)
Answers:
1. of
2. at
3. to
4. from
5. in
6. of
Activity 2: Read and answer questions:
Pablo comes from Venezuela. He lives in an
apartment near school. Abdul and Pablo go to the
same school. They take English classes. Abdul
speaks Arabic as his first language and Pablo speaks
Spanish. They communicate in English. Abdul
enjoys having Pablo as his roommate, but he misses

his family back in Saudi Arabia.
a. Where does Pablo come from?
b. Does he live in a house or an apartment?
c. Which language do they ace to communicate with
each other?
d. Do Abdul and Pablo go to the same school?
Answer the questions in pairs
a. He comes from Venezuela
b. He lives in an apartment
c. English
d. Yes, they do
Correction.
Homework - Rewriting exercises in notebook
- Reviewing grammar notes Remember
Period: 6 PRACTICE - VOCABULARY
Teacher: Nguyen Minh chinh School: Truong Chinh Secondary School
Lesson Plan: Elective subject 8
Date: August 26
th
2008
1/ Objective: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to remember and consolidate some
vocabularies in other meanings.
2/ Language content: tenses, structures
3/ Techniques: pair work, individual work, correction
4/ Teaching aids:
5/ Procedure:
Stages Contents Notes
Check up
Activity 1: Put words in the right column: Extra board
Build Hair Character Discuss in groups to

outgoing short straight list them in each
sociable curly shy column
fair slim generous Correction
long kind grey Build: short, tall, fat,
tall small easygoing slim, thin, small
fat mean blond Hair: long, short,
black short thin brown, black, curly,
brown reserved humorous straight.
Character: outgoing easygoing,
kind mean, sociable, generous,
humorous.
Activity 2: Remind kinds of words (Adj, adv or verb) Repetition
Students tell the way to change
one word in other kind.
ex: happy  happiness
humor  humorous
Exercise:
1/ Money as well as fame doesn’t bring ___ to man.
(happy)
2/ He’s not in a ___ mood. (sociability)
Mai is a ___ student, so she always gets good mark
at school. (industry)
4/ We like Nam’s sense of ___. His jokes always
make us laugh ___ . (humorous - happy)
5/ She is two years ___ than her husband (young).
6/ This book has an interesting ___ (introduce).
Asks students to do this exercise
in groups.
Feedback
Answers:

1. happiness
2. sociable
3. industrial
4. humor - happily
5. younger
6. introduction.
Students can make some
sentences they want.
Homework - Rewriting exercise in workbook
- Reviewing vocabularies
Remember
Period: 7,8 S + be going to + V(Inf)
Teacher: Nguyen Minh chinh School: Truong Chinh Secondary School
Lesson Plan: Elective subject 8
Date: Sep 1
st
2008
1/ Objective: By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to talk about intention with “be going to”.
2/ Language content: Intentions with be going to - V (inf)
3/ Techniques: pair work, individual work, ask and answer, correction
4/ Teaching aids: extra board 5/ Procedure:
STAGES CONTENTS NOTES
* Warm up * Chatting
What are you going to do this summer? Answering
Where are you going to go? Lead in the lesson
* Examples:
1/ I’m going to visit my parents at weekend.
2/ She’s going to enter English Club
* Note: “Be going to + To Inf”
To express an intention in the future

Introducing new
formation
1/Activity 1: 1/ “Be going to” or “will”:
1. Have you decided what you ___ (do) this weekend?
2. We (have) ___ a quiet day and then on Sunday we (take) ___ a bus up
into the mountains and do some walking.
3. He ___ (come) on Friday.
4. I think I (phone) ___ him up tonight and arrange something.
Ss: work in pairs.
Keys:
1. Are going to do
2. will – will
3. is going to come
4. I’m going to phone...
2/Activity 2: 2/ Making sentences with be going to or will.
Ex: - I’m going to buy you a new book tonight.
- I’ll see you tomorrow morning.
Ss write in a paper
and hand on.
Teacher corrects.
3/Activity 3: 3/ Choose the correct form of the verbs:
1/ A: Why are you working so hard these days?
B: Because I’ll buy/I’m going to buy a car, so I’m saving as much as I
can.
2/ What will you buy/are you going to buy Jill for her birthday a CD
She hasn’t got a CD player.
Oh, I’ll buy/I’m going to buy her a book, then.
3/ I’ve an appointment with the bank manager this morning.
Why will you see/are you going to see him?
Because my husband and I will start/are you going to start our own

business and we need some money.
4/ I haven’t got enough money to get home.
I’ll lend/I’m going to lend you some if you like. How much do you want?
Two pounds is enough. I’ll give/I’m going to give is back tomorrow
Extra board
Students work in pairs
Answers:
1. I’ll buy
2. Are you going to buy
3. Are you going to see
Are going to
4. I’ll lend
I’ll give
Feedback information
4/Activity 4: 4/ Look at the pictures and answer “What’s going to
happen?” Then make sentences with “be going to”.
* Pictures:
1) It’s going to rain.
2) She’s going to learn French.
3) The cat’s going to catch the bird.
4) They’re going to plant the tree.
5) He’s going fall down.
6) He’s going to build a bookshelf.
Speaking drill.
Practice
Individual
Feedback
Repetition
*Homework - Reviewing be going to + V
- Making sentences with be going to + V

- Reviewing grammar notes
Remember
Period: 9,10 S + be going to + V(Inf) (cont)
Teacher: Nguyen Minh chinh School: Truong Chinh Secondary School
Lesson Plan: Elective subject 8
Date: Sep 9
th
2008
1/ Objective: By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to talk about intention with “be going to”.
2/ Language content: Intentions with be going to - V (inf)
3/ Techniques: pair work, individual work, ask and answer, correction
4/ Teaching aids: extra board
5/ Procedure:
STAGES CONTENTS NOTES
* Warm up * Chatting:
- What are you going to do this summer?
- Where are you going to go?
Reminding the structure “be
going to + Inf”
1/Activity 1: 1/ Make up questions for the following
statements. Use the words in brackets.
1/ I’m very thirsty. (What/ you/ drink?)
→ What are you going to drink?
2/ I’m very hungry. (What/ you/ eat?)
3/ We’re going to the cinema. (What/ you/ see?)
4/ My brother is going to university in September.
(What/ he/ study?)
5/ My grandparents are coming for dinner tonight.
(What/ you/ cook?)
6/ Mr. and Mrs. Smith are going to shopping. (What/

they/ buy?)
7/ Ba is working hard for his exam. (When/ he/ have
exam?)
8/ It’s my birthday next week. (You/ have a birthday
party?)
9/ Hoa’s not going by bike. (She/ go/ bus?)
10/ We are going to have a meeting on Friday. (You/
have a meeting/ Sunday?)
Ss: work in pairs.
T: corrects.
2/Activity 2: 2/ Write sentences about your plan for this
summer. You may use the following ideas.
Are you going to
- visit your relatives or friends?
- attend a summer course of English?
- help your parents with some work?
- go for a picnic with your friends?
- play some sports?
- read your favorite books/ novels?
- go to the movies or watch TV?
- listen to music?
→ I am going to … .
T: guides.
Ss: write in a paper.
T: corrects.
*Homework - Reviewing be going to + V (Inf)
- Making sentences with be going to + V (Inf)
- Reviewing grammar notes
Remember
* Check:

Period: 11 PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE
Teacher: Nguyen Minh chinh School: Truong Chinh Secondary School
Lesson Plan: Elective subject 8
Date: Sep 16
th
2008
1/ Objective: By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to remember and use the prepositions of place
well.
2/ Language content: prepositions of place
3/ Techniques: pair work, ask and answer, substitution, correction
4/ Teaching aids: real things, pictures
5/ Procedure:
STAGES CONTENTS NOTES
* Warm up * Playing a game: “What and where”
 stove  oven  fridge
 towel rack  disk rack
 shelf  lighting fixture
 cupboard  rug  stereo
Asking and answering
Pictures of household
Repetition
1/ Activity 1: * Reminding the prepositions of place:
Ex: - The book is on the table
- The table is next to the window.
* List of prepositions of place:
in, on, under, next to, near behind, beside,
opposite, in front of, above, beneath, to (on) the
right (left) of, in the middle of, at the corner of,…
* Practice:
Describe the things around the classroom:

Ex: - To the left of the room, there are two
windows.
- The picture of Uncle Ho is above the board.
T: Gives Ss examples and
reminds.
Ss: list
T: writes on board.
T: asks Ss to describe
everything around the
classroom.
- gives examples.
Ss: notise and work in pairs.
T: takes feedback.
T: corrects.
2/ Activity 2: * Picture of the living room:
- The rug under the table, in the middle of the
room. The lamp is on the cafe table, next to the
couch.
- The television is on the shelf
- The cushion is on the couch
Making sentences
correction
3/ Activity 3: * Fill in the blank with one word:
1. The chairs are ___ the left of the table
2. The table is ___ the couch ___ the armchair
3. The picture is ___ the stove.
4. In the ___ of the kitchen, there is a lighting-
fixture.
5. ___ front of my house, there is a police station.
T: Guides.

Ss: work in groups.
Answers:
1. to (on)
2. between.... and
3. above
4. middle
5. In
* Homework: - Reviewing prepositions of place
- Describing your kitchen
Remember
* Check:
Period: 12 MODEL VERBS
Teacher: Nguyen Minh chinh School: Truong Chinh Secondary School
Lesson Plan: Elective subject 8
Date: Sep 16
th
2008 MUST/ HAVE TO/ OUGHT TO
1/ Objective: By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to use the modals: must, have to or ought to
2/ Language content: Grammar: The modals ( must/ have to/ ought to)
3/ Techniques: pair work, group work, ask and answer, correction
4/ Teaching aids: exercise book
5/ Procedure:
STAGES CONTENTS NOTES
* Warm up * Naught and drawn:
late toothache fat
cold headache thin
* Use “ought to” to make sentence - give
advice.
T: guides.
Ss: works in groups.

T: takes feedback.
1/ Activity 1: 1/ Complete the sentences with the correct
form of “ have to or must” and a verb given.
work get up take (2) leave
call help get
1. You ___ me with my homework
I can’t do it by myself
2. The doctor gave me some pills
I ___ them 3 times a day
3. Thanks for a great evening! We now or we’ll
miss our bus.
4. I’m sorry I couldn’t come yesterday. I ___
late.
5. Harry’s unemployed. He ___ a job as soon as
possible.
6. Last night Don suddenly became ill. We ___
the doctor.
7. I’m going to bed now. I ___ early tomorrow
morning.
8. We couldn’t repair the ourselves. We ___ it to
a garage.
T: tells Ss the request and guide
Ss how to do.
Ss: work in pairs.
T: takes feedback and corrects.
* Answer keys:
1. have to help
2. must take
3. have to leave
4. must get up

5. have to get
6. have to call
7. have to get up
8. have to take
2/ Activity 2: 2/ Write the second sentences, using ought to:
1. It’s past the children’s bedtime. (they/be/in
bed)
2. These windows are dirty. (you/ clean/ more
often)
3. Peter drives too fast. (he/ drive/ more
carefully)
4. The hotel is too expensive (we/ not stay/
there).
5. He owes you a lot of money (you/not lend
him/ any more)
Answers:
1. They ought to be in bed.
2. You ought to clean more
often.
3. He ought to drive more
carefully.
4. We ought not to stay there.
5. You ought not to lend him
any more.
Individual
* Homework - Reviewing the modal verbs: must, have to,
ought to
Remember
* Check:
Period: 13 WHY - BECAUSE

Teacher: Nguyen Minh chinh School: Truong Chinh Secondary School
Lesson Plan: Elective subject 8
Date: Sep 23
rd
2008
1/ Objective: By the end of the lesson students will be able to practice asking and answering with
“Why- Because” well.
2/ Language content: Grammar: Why - Because
3/ Techniques: pair work, ask and answer, correction
4/ Teaching aids: exercise book
5/ Procedure:
STAGES CONTENTS NOTES
* Chek up: * Modal verbs: ought to, must, have to Ss: make sentences or say with
must / have to/ ought to.
T: remakrs and gives marks.
1/ Activity 1: 1/ Make sentences with one in the column A with
one in the column B:
A
1. make any noise after 11.00
2. have guests in your bedroom
4. look your room at night
5. arrive back late
6. smoke in bed
B
a. because it gets full very quick
b. because you could cause a fire
c. because you’ll wake the other guests
d. because they must b e entertained in the lounge.
e. because the thieves might be into your room.
f. because the front door’s locked at midnight

* Answers:
1. You mustn’t make any noise after 11.00 because
you’ll wake the other guests.
2. You must take a seat in the dining room because
it gets full very quick
(go on)
T: tells Ss the request and
guides Ss how to do.
Ss: work in pairs.
S1: Why......?
S2: Because.........
T: takes feedback and corrects.

2/ Activity 2: 2/ Make up questions and answer them with
suggested words:
a/ you / get up / early / everyday?
→ I / want / revise / all my lessons
b/ You / should / go to bed / late?
→ I / want / keep / good health
c/ You / learn / English?
→ I / want / read / books in English.
d/ I / shouldn’t / watch / too much TV?
→ You / harm / your eyes.
T: tells Ss the request and
guides Ss how to do.
Ss: work in pairs.
S1: Why......?
S2: Because.........
T: takes feedback and corrects
* Homework - Reviewing Why - Because

- Preparing writing test 1.
Remember
* Check:
Teacher: Nguyen Minh chinh School: Truong Chinh Secondary School
Lesson Plan: Elective subject 8
Period: 14 FUTHER PRACTICE
Date: Sep 23
rd
2008
1/ Objective: By the end of the lesson students will be able to remember some grammar notes.
2/ Language content:
3/ Techniques: pair work, group work, ask and answer, substitution, correction
4/ Teaching aids: exercise book, extra board
5/ Procedure:
STAGES CONTENTS NOTES
1/ Activity 1: 1/ Give advice for pictures from 1 to 5, using
ought (not) to and an expression given.
learn hard / tell the police / look for another one /
send her some flowers / smoke cigarettes or cigars.
1. I’ve lost my passport.
2. I’ve got an exam tomorrow.
3. I hate my job.
4. I want to be healthy.
5. It’s my friend’s birthday on Saturday.
Asking and answering
Feedback
Ex 1: I’ve lost my passport.
 You ought to tell the police
(repetition)
2/ Activity 2: 2/ Fill in each gap with an appropriate

preposition:
1. I received a letter ___ my pen pal in London this
morning.
2. What does she look ___? She’s very pretty?
3. ___ Christmas, people usually send cards and
presents to their friends and relations.
4. It’s very kind ___ you to help me ___ my
English.
5. My mother is working ___ a local orphanage.
6. Tam spends most ___ his time gardening.
Extra board
Reminding some prepositions
Doing exercise
Answers:
1. from
2. like
3. At
4. of
5. at
6. of
3/ Activity 3: 3/ Rewrite sentences, beginning as shown, so that
the meaning stays the same:
1. Ann can’t carry that suitcase because it’s too
heavy.
 That suitcase isn’t___
2. We can’t go to the movie because it’s too late.
 It isn’t ___
3. Sue can’t go to school because she’s too young.
 Sue isn’t___
4. I can’t hear the music because it’s too loud.

5. I can’t buy this book because it’s too expensive.
Guiding
Correction
* Homework - Reviewing grammar notes
- Preparing writing test 1
Remember
* Check:
Period: 15,16 VOCABULARY - GRAMMAR
Date: Sep 31
st
2008
Teacher: Nguyen Minh chinh School: Truong Chinh Secondary School
Lesson Plan: Elective subject 8
1/ Objective: By the end of the lesson students will be able to remember and use some words or
phrases and grammar notes correctly.
2/ Language content:
3/ Techniques: pair work, group work, correction
4/ Teaching aids: exercise book, extra board
5/ Procedure:
STAGES CONTENTS NOTES
1/ Activity 1: I/ Choose the most suitable words or phrase to
fill the blanks.
1/ The children are old enough to look after ______ .
(themselves; ourselves; for themselves; herself)
2/ We ought ______ the wardrobe in the corner opposite
the bed. ( put; push; to put; to push)
3/ Take two ______ of this medicine after each meal.
(teaspoons; spoonful; spoonsful; teaspoon)
4/ You’ll ______ cook dinner yourself. ( ought to; must;
should; have to)

5/ The calendar is ______ the clock, ______ the picture
and the lamp. (on/ next to; under/between;
behind/between; above/on)
6/ She worked hard ______ she could pass the final
exams. (so that; in order to; as result; so as to)
7/ Did you succeed ______ the problem? (to solve; on
solving; in solving; solving)
8/ What was wrong with you? Why ______ go to
hospital? (had you to; did you have to; must you; did you
must)
T: tells Ss the request and
guides Ss how to do.
Ss: read and work in groups.
T: calls some Ss to check and
gives Ss the answer keys.
* Answer keys:
1. themselves
2. to put
3. teaspoons
4. have to
5. under/between
6. so that
7. in solving
8. did you have to
2/ Activity 2: II/ Supply the correct form of the verbs in
brackets.
Although I (1)_____ (have) a car. I prefer (2) _____
(travel) by train, especially if I have to (3)_____ (make)
along journey. As the train (4)_____ (travel) at full speed
through the countryside, I can (5)_____ (relax), drink a

coffee, read a book, or just (6)_____ (look) out of the
window, sometimes the movement of the train (7)_____
(keep) me asleep, something you couldn’t do while
(8)_____ (drive) a car. The trouble (9)_____ (be) that I
hate (10)_____ (wait) in cold stations and I (11)_____
(get) angry when I have to waste time on (12)_____
(look) for a taxi or a bus at the beginning or the end of
my journey.
T: tells Ss the request and
guides Ss how to do.
Ss: read and work in groups.
T: calls some Ss to check and
gives Ss the answer keys.
* Answer keys:
1. have 9. is
2. traveling 10. waiting
3. make 11. get
4. travels 12. looking
5. relax
6. look
7. keeps
8. driving
3/ Activity 3: III/ Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions:
in, at, on, after, under, between, beside, out of,
above, beneath.
1/ There is a bus station _____ the end of this road.
2/ Keep those medicines _____ the children’s reach.
3/ I lost my keys somewhere _____ the car and the
house.
T: tells Ss the request and

guides Ss how to do.
Ss: read and work in groups.
T: calls some Ss to check and
gives Ss the answer keys.
* Answer keys:
1. at
Teacher: Nguyen Minh chinh School: Truong Chinh Secondary School