Teacher: Bùi Thị Kim Miên
WARM-UP:
Chatting
What’s the problem?
Do you have this problem in your
hometown?
According to you, how to solve this
problem?
NEW LESSON
1. What do these signs mean? Write the meaning
below each sign. Then put them into the correct
box.
Traffic lights
Parking
School ahead
No parking
Hospital
ahead
Cycle lane
Left turn only
No cycling
1. Now put them into the correct
box.
Prohibition
signs
Warning
signs
Information
signs
2. Write the names of means of transport in the word
web below. Then draw lines joining the correct
verbs to the transport.
ride
a
fly
drive
a plane
motorbike
a car
get on/off
get on/off
get in/off
sail
a boat
drive
get on/off
a taxi
get in/off
drive
a train
ride
get on/off
a bycicle
get on/off
ride
sail
drive
get on
fly
get off
3. Change the sentences according
to the prompts in brackets.
1. You used to go to school on foot. (?)
Did you use to go to school on foot?
2. Mr Van used to ride his motorbike dangerously. (-)
Mr Van didn’t use to ride his motorbike
dangerously
3. The streets used to be cleaner and more peaceful.
(?)Did the streets use to be cleaner and more
peaceful?
4. II didn’t
use
goon
outSundays.
on Sundays. (+)
used to
gotoout
5. They used to go on holiday together. (-)
They didn’t use to go on holiday together.
4. Write sentences using these cues.
1. over 100 km / my hometown / Ho Chi Minh City
It is over 100 km from my hometown to HCM City.
2. about 25 km / my grandparents’ house
It is about 25 km to my grandparents’ house.
3. I / used to / small bike / the yard / outside / flat
I used to ride a small bike in the yard outside my
4. There / used to / bus station / city centre / but / it /
flat.
move / the suburbs
There used to be a bus station in the city centre,
but it was/ has been moved to the suburbs.
5. Children / must / learn / road safety / before /
allowed / ride / bike / road
Children must learn about road safety before they
are allowed to ride a bike on the road.
5. Match the questions 1–6 with the answers
a–f.
1. How does our English
teacher go to work every
day?
a. It means that you
can’t go into this road.
2. What does this road sign
mean?
b. By motorbike.
3. Is it far from our school to
the central gym?
c. No, he didn’t. He
cycled to work.
4. How long does it take to go
from Ha Noi to Con Dao by
air?
d. About two and a half
hours.
5. What games did you use to
play when you were 10 years
old?
e. No, it’s only about a
kilometre.
Finish! Now you can
talk about road signs and
means of transport
use it to talk about distance
use used to to talk about a
past habit or a state
write a paragraph about
traffic problems
1. In groups, think of some traffic signs to
display around your school. Use the following
prompts or your own ideas.
•
Should there be a speed limit in the
playground?
•
Should there be a ‘one way’ sign in the
corridors?
• Make
Should
thereofbe
a traffic
light
signof
at your
the own
2.
some
these
traffic
signs
school
gate?cardboard or other materials.
out
of paper,
3. Show them to your group or class and say:
Example:
Well, this is ‘school
ahead’ sign. It warns
people about children
crossing the road.
Well, this is ‘No left turn’
sign. This traffic sign
indicates that left turns
are prohibited.
Well, this is ‘No parking’
sign. This traffic sign
warns people that they
must not park here.
4. Display your signs in the appropriate places
in or around school.
- Review all the new words again.
- Review the grammatical points again.
(“it” for distance; “used to” to talk about
past habits or states)
- Do the project about traffic signs, then
present it to the class in the next period.
- Prepare for unit 8: GETTTING STARTED
– LISTEN AND READ