Unit 1 Life stories Lesson 2 Language

Unit 1. Life stories
Lesson 2: language


I. Vocabulary


1. Write the words given in the box next to their meaning.
Distinguished
Talented
1
2

Talented

achievement

respectable

generosity
Gifted, having a natural ability to do
something well

Distinguished

Very successful and admired by other
people

Respectable

Regarded by society as acceptable,

proper and correct

3
4

Kindness or willingness to give

Generosity
5

Achievement

Something that has been obtained by
hard work, ability or effort


Distinguished /dis'tiɳgwiʃt/ (adj) ưu tú, xuất sắc , lỗi lạc
Achievement /ə'tʃi:vmənt/ ( n) thành tích, thành tựu
Talented
/'tỉləntid/ (adj) có tài
Respectable /ris'pektəbl/ (adj) đáng kính, đứng đắn
Generosity /,dʤenə'rɔsiti/ ( adj) rộng lượng , khoan
hồng


2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
words in 1 ( do it at home )


II. Pronunciation

Homophone – từ đồng âm
1. Definition

– định nghĩa

Homophone are words ( or combinations of words) that have
different spellings and meanings but the same pronunciation.

Two- too – to (strong form)
Piece – peace

Board – bored
Your – you’re

There – their
Father – farther
Whose – who’s
Genes - jeans

There’s – theirs
Knew – new
Whether – weather
Council - counsel


2. Listen to pairs of sentences. Write the correct words in the gaps.
2

3

a. His father is a guitarist, but he wasn’t ___________
allowed to play any
musical instrument until he was 15.
b. Please read the letter __________to us

aloud

a. You can ___________your life story and post it on this website.
b. I hope we’rewrite
doing the __________thing.

right

4

a. J.K. Rowling’s _____________novel will come out next month.
b. I_________wherenew
he was hiding, but I didn’t know why he was
knew
wanted.

5.

a. Beethoven composed some of his finest works ___________in this
here
house.
b. Did you _________the latest news about Steven Spielberg’s film ?

6.

hear
a. She has __________
involved in many community projects.
b. Yan has just
posted his latest ________soup recipe on the internet. You
been
should try it on.
bean


III. Grammar
1.The past simple and the past continuous
Eg: They were sleeping when the dam broke.
The past continuous is used to talk about a past action in progress,
and the past simple to talk about a shorter action that interrupted it
Eg: Hoa was always playing game on cell phone.
That past continuous can be used with always, constantly to describe
repeated or irritating actions or events in the past. It is similar to “
used to” , but usually has negative meaning.


Put the verb in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

went

This morning when the alarm clock ( go) ____________
off, I ( have)
was having
________________
a sweet dream.
met
Carol (meet) ___________her
husband while she ( travel)
was travelling in Europe.
_________________
I (work) ___________________
on my computer when there ( be)
was working
____________
sudden power cut and all my date (be) __________lost.
was
When we (share) _______________
a room two years ago, Lin (always,
shared
take) ____________________my
was always taking things without asking.
When Tom ( call) ___________yesterday,
I ( do )
called
_________________the
washing up in the kitchen, so I ( not hear)
was doing
_________________the
phone
Didn’t

hear


2. Definite articles and omission of article
a. Definite articles. – The
The definite article ‘the’ is generally used before a singular or plural noun
when we talk about a specific thing or action.
Eg: The man you met yesterday is a famous writer.

b. ‘The’ is used

- ‘the’ is used before name of musical instruments.
- Before names of oceans, rivers, seas, deserts, ranges of mountains,
islands groups.
-

Before geographical areas, name of countries with ‘kingdom or state’.
Before name of organizations, museums, hotels, important building,
newspaper, mass media, the unique objects, transport systtems.
Before adjectives used as nouns, people of a country.


The is not used before;
- sports, means of transport.
- streets, lakes, bays, mountains, islands, most countries, states, cities,
continents.
- Academic subjects nationalities and languages.
- Magazines.

Complete the gaps with the where necessary. If an article is not
necessary, write a cross (x)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

7.

Here’s ___________book
you asked to borrow.
the
There are some reports on ________
x oil slick in ____________
the
Mediterranean Sea.
x
________
Australia.
x kangaroos are found only in ______________
x
Angelina is working for a charitable organization that helps ___________
people with disabilities.
the
Is _____
East ?
the united Arab Emirates part of South Asia or _______Middle
Last summer, we travelled to many places. We visited ______Taj

Mahal in
the
x India, climbed ________Mount
x
______
Everest in ________
the Himalayas
and took a cruise to __________Bahamas.
the
I love ______
very friendly, but I can’t say
x Spain. I find _______Spanish
the
much in ________________Spanish
x


IV. Homework
- Learn by heart vocabulary
- Do the exercise 3, 4 on page 10
- Prepare the next lesson