Unit 9 At home and away

Where is it?


Unit 9: AT HOME AND AWAY
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A HOLIDAY IN NHA TRANG.
-Talk about Liz’s vacation
-Using the past simple tense and telling
about their holiday or a picnic.


A1.Listen. Then practice with a partner.
Vocabulary:
- Vacation (n): kỳ nghỉ
- Wonderful (adj) = great: tuyệt vời
- Delicious (adj): ngon
- Buy (v): mua -> bought
- Return (v): trở lại
Now answer. Number the sentences.
3,2,4,1,5


A1.Listen. Then practice with a partner.
• Tense: Past Simple
Ex: -“Liz went to Nha Trang.”
- “Liz returned to Ha Noi.”
- “What did you think of Nha Trang?”
- “Did you buy any souvernirs in Nha Trang?’
- “Were you tired after the trip?”
Structure:

S + was/ were + 0.

S + V2/ed + 0.

S + wasn’t / weren’t + 0.

S + didn’t + 0.

Was/ were + V0 + 0 ?

Did + S + V0 + 0 ?


A2. Listen and read. Then answer the
questions.
Vocabulary:
- Aquarium (n): thủy cung, bể nuôi cá
- Turtle (n): rùa
- A food stall: một cửa hàng thực phẩm
- Instead (pre): để thay thế


Past simple tense
Regular

Irregular

Visit

Visited

Go

went

Look

Looked

See

saw

Remember

Remembered

Think

thought

Are

Were

Is

Was

Buy

Bought

Have

Had

Wear (mặc)

Wore

Put

Put

Eat

Ate


A2. Listen and read. Then answer the
questions.
• a/ Her parents.
• b/ They saw sharks, dolphins, turtles an and
many different types of fish .
• c/ They bought a cap and a poster.
• d/ Yes, she did. Liz wore a cap all day.
• e/ Yes, they ate fish and crab.
• f/ Because She remember the beautiful fish in
the Aquarium.

A2. Tell the story of Liz’s trip to Tri Nguyen
Aquarium.

Lunch, sea
food,
noodle

Tri Nguyen
Aquarium

Shark,
turtle,
beautiful
fish…..

A cap,
souvenir
shop, all
day

A poster


A2. Tell the story of Liz’s trip to Tri Nguyen
Aquarium.
• 1. The Robinson family went to Tri Nguyen
Aquarium.
• 2. They saw many type of different fish.

• 3. They went to a souvenir shop.
• 4. Mrs Robinson bought a poster and Mr Robinson
bought cap with a picture of a dolphin on it.
• 5. They had lunch at a food stall. Mr and Mrs
Robinson ate sea food, but Liz didn't. She ate
noodles instead.


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Matching.
to buy
to see
to go
to think
to be
to wear
to eat
to have
to take

saw
bought
was/ were
had
went
ate
took
thought
wore


A3. Listen. Write the letter of the sentences
you hear.
" you are going to listen to a tape about the trip
of Liz's family to Nha Trang. You listen to it and
choose the sentences in each pair which contain
the similar information to the tape“
• Answers:
• b, d, e, h, j.


A4. Read Ba’s diary.
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Answer the questions
Who is Liz? (Ba’s friend)
Is she English? (No, she isn’t)
When did Liz and her parents arrive in Hanoi (this
year)
What dose Liz’s father do? (a teacher)
Where do Liz and Ba like? ( playing)
Dose Ba know English?( yes)
Who collects stamps? ( Ba)


A4. Read Ba’s diary.
Vocabulary:
• calm (a) : bình tĩnh,lành
• peaceful (a): bình n
• roadside (n): lề đường
• peanut (n): lạc,đậu phộng
• (to) rent(trans): thuê
• ( to ) keep in touch: giữ liên lạc
• (to) be about one's age : trạc tuổi ai
• collection(n)(example): bộ sưu tập


A4. Read Ba’s diary.
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Answer
a.Liz lived next door to Ba.
b.Liz learned Vietnamese in Vietnam.
c.Ba collects stamps.
d.Liz’s aunt lives in New York.
e.,The Robinson moved to the other side of Hanoi.
f.The Robinson moved now Ba is sad.
g.Ba will see Liz next week.