Period 53 , 54

Unit 6: People and Places (cont)

I. Grammar: The past continuous tense (cont)3. Practice:Task 1: Match a line in column A to a line in column B to make

a complete sentence

A B1. Tom was having dinner

2. What were you doing

3. While I was working in the garden

4. Someone came to the house and left this note

5. I saw the accident

6. He had a bad fall

7. I was looking for my passport

8. He was cleaning his gun

9. When I arrived at the meeting

10. When the postman came

A. when I called you?

B. when his friend called.

C. while we were fishing.

D. she was phoning

E. I hurt my back

F. when it accidentally went off

G. while I was driving to the office

H. the manager was making a speech

I. while he was repairing his roof

J. when I saw an old photo

Task 2: Write sentences with the cues given, using the continuous past tense

1. When / I / meet / him / he / wear / boots / . /

When I met him, he was wearing boots.

2. What / you / do / 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon / ? /

What were you doing at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon ?

3. I / write / my report / 8 o’clock / last night / . /

I was writing my report at 8 o’clock last night.

4. Mary / do / homework / 5.00 o’clock this afternoon / . /

Mary was doing her homework at 5.00 o’clock this afternoon .

5. While / she / clean / the house / her husband / sleep / . /

While she was cleaning the house , her husband was sleeping.

6. It / rain / when / we / go out / . /

It was raining when we went out.

Task 3: Here is another story of an embarrassing incident. Complete the story. Put the verbs in the box in the past continuous or the past simple tense. Use some verbs more than once.

hide get into expect appear

go put down hear clean

help

look

ring

run

fall off

put on

Not get dressed

stand

Language focus: Adjectives in –ing and –ed

Example: embarrass (v)

~ embarrassing (adj)

~ embarrassed (adj)

► Adjectives in -ed:

I was terribly embarrassed by that incident.

I’m interested in the lesson.

=> Chúng ta sử dụng tính từ kết thúc bằng đuôi –ed để miêu tả cảm giác của con người

► Adjectives in –ing

That incident was embarrassing for me.

I find English interesting.

He is very boring. I don’t like him at all.

Chúng ta sử dụng tính từ kết thúc bằng đuôi –ing để nói về những thứ hay ai đó khiến chúng ta có cảm giác như vậy

Note: Tính từ kết thúc bằng đuôi –ing còn có chức năng bổ nghĩa cho danh từ và nó có thể đứng trước danh từ

He is very boring. I don’t like him at all.

= He is a very boring man. I don’t like him at all.

Choose the correct adjectives for each sentence

1. Most meetings are bored / boring

2. I feel very tired / tiring after that walk

3. I thought that Robin’s story was the most interested / interesting

4. Katherine felt very depressed / depressing after her husband left

5. David’s family were frightened / frightening by their experience

6. Why are we so interested / interesting in other people’s lives?

7. That was a shocked / shocking story

II. Vocabulary: Places and buildings

1. Look at the pictures and name the places and buildings

Church [ tʃə:tʃ ] Temple [templ] Cinema[‘sinəmə] Museum [mju:ziəm]

Railway station

[‘reilwei ‘steiʃn]Castle [‘ka:sl] Pub [p˄b] Post office

[pəust ‘ɒfis]

Market [‘ma:kit]

Supermarket [‘sju:pə ‘ma:kit]

Town hall

[taun hɔ:l]Library [‘laibəri]

School [sku:l] Cathedral [kə’Өi:drəl]

Nightclub[nait kl˄b]

Car park

[ka: pa:k]

Bank [bӕŋk] Bus station

[b˄s ‘steiʃn]

clock tower

[klɔk tauə]Park [pa:k]

Hospital

[‘hɒspitl]

Main square

[mein skweə]Hotel [həu’tel] Theatre

[‘Өiətə]

Leisure centre

[‘leʒə ‘sentə]

Police station

[‘pəlis ‘steiʃn]Garage [‘gӕra:ʒ]

2. Work in groups and arrange the words in the categories

church

clock tower

night club

pub

temple cinema museum railway station

theatre garagepolice station

hospitalcafe

car park

town hall

cathedral

leisure centre

park

school

marketpost officecastle

library

bus station

hotel

religion leisure governmentBuying things

transport

………….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………….…………………………………/…………………………/………………………………………………

………….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

supermarket

bank

main square

3. Positions

- On the right / On the left

-To the right of … / To the left of …

- In front of >< behind

- Next to

- Near

- In the middle of

- Between … and …

- Opposite

-Along

- Just before >< just past

Use the suggestions given to write complete sentences

1. There / a garden / next to / my house

There is a garden next to my house

2. My house / between / a museum / a shop

My house is between a museum and a shop

3. There / two photocopy stores / near / my school

There are two photocopy stores near my school

4. There / vegetable garden / behind / house

There is a vegetable garden behind the house

5. The bookshop / opposite / post office

The bookshop is opposite the post office

6. Theatre / in front / police station

The theatre is in front of the police station

Period 55 , 56

Unit 6: People and Places (cont)

III. Pronunciation : -a- ; word stress

1. The vowel –a-

The vowel –a- can be pronounced in several different ways

map

/ӕ/ /a:/

car radio

/ei/

all

/ɔ:/

signal

/ə/ castlelake aren’t stationpark

assistantagainrapidcalmsaw

naturalcamebaldancientwatertodayhandfatsmallway

startmanfinalwalk

Task 1: Write the words in the correct columns

/ӕ/ /a:/ /ei/ /ɔ/ /ə/

map

rapid

natural

hand

fat

man

car

castle

aren’t

park

calm

start

radio

lake

station

came

ancient

today

way

all

saw

bald

water

small

walk

signal

assistant

again

natural

final

Task 2: Work in pairs, find out some more words which have the vowel –a- pronounced in different ways

/ӕ/ /a:/ /ei/ /ɔ:/ /ə/

cat far say tall about

2. Words with three syllables

newspaper

together

understand

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IV. Reading: The roof of the world

► How do you understand “ the roof of the world”?

The roof of the world is the highest place of the world

► Where is “the roof of the world” ?

It is Nepal

1. New words

1. Hoot [hu:t]

Peacefully [‘pi:sfʊli]

Monkey [‘m˄ŋki]

2. Adventurous [əd’ventʃərəs]

Tourist [‘tʊərist]

Sightseeing [‘sait, si:iŋ]

Fascinating [‘fӕsineitiŋ]

Crime [kraim]

3. Rapids [‘rӕpidz]

Calm [ka:m]

Huýt còi , rú lên

Yên bình

Con khỉ

Phiêu lưu, mạo hiểm

Khách du lịch

Tham quan, ngắm cảnh

Hấp dẫn, lôi cuốn

Tội phạm

Thác , ghềnh

Yên, lặng, bình tĩnh

4. Recover[ri:’k˄və]

Experience [iks’piəriəns]

Guide [gaid]

Trek [trek]

Equipment [i’kwipmənt]

Luggage [‘l˄giʤ]

Spectacular [spek’tӕkjulə]

Return flight [ri’tə:n flait]

Souvenir [su:və’niə]

Luxury [‘l˄kʃəri]

Ensuite [en swi:t]

Hole [həul]

5. Include [in’klu:d]

Lấy lại, phục hồi, tìm lại được

Kinh nghiệm, sự trải nghiệm

Hướng dẫn viên

Chuyến đi vất vả

Trang thiết bị

Hành lý

Ngoạn ngục

Chuyến bay cứu hồi

Quà lưu niệm

Sự xa hoa

Đi liền với

Hố

Bao gồm

Fill in the blanks with a suitable word in the box

journey

luxuries fascinatingtrekscenery

experience sightseeing spectacular

1. If you’re bored with beaches, but you aren’t fit or adventurous enough to ______ through the Himalayas or the Sahara desert, try Alaska. The _________ to America’s largest and most northerly state was one of the greatest______________ of your life.

2. We spent two days in this _______________ city

3. The ________________ with the mountains and volcanoes was ____________

4. We took a _____________ tour around the city and then went to the airport

5. The rooms are quite small, but had lots of ____________

Unit 6:

People and Places (cont)

IV. Reading: The roof of the world (cont)

Task 1: Match the expressions in column A with their meanings in column B

A B1. The roof of the world

2. We were entering a different world

3. Rich in culture and natural beauty

4. White water

5. Heart-stopping

6. Don’t expect luxuries

a. The accommodation, etc. was basic

b. With a lot of culture and beautiful places

c. The highest area of the world

d. The rapids were white with spray

e. Extremely exciting

f. We were entering somewhere completely different from the world we knew

Task 2: Look quickly through the text and choose the correct answers

1. Where is the country?

A. between India and Tibet B. in Tibet to the south C. in India to the north

2. What is its capital city?

A. Trisuli B. Pokhara C. Kathmandu

3. How many days did the writer spend in the capital?

A. a week B. two days C. six days

4. Where did he stay?

A. in the 2-star Marshyangdi

B. in the 3-star Marshyangdi

C. in the 4-star Marshyangdi

5. Approximately how much did the holiday cost?

A. £2400 B. £3400 C. £1400

Task 3: Read the text. Which of these did the report writer do?

….. Take a sightseeing tour round Kathmandu

….. Visit the Chitwan National Park

….. Go by boat through the Trisuli rapids

….. Go on a trek into the Himalayas

….. Have a ride on an elephant

….. Spend seven days in India

….. Take a flight in a hot air balloon

….. Fly over Mount Everest

….. Sleep in a tent

….. Buy souvenirs

Task 4: Work in pairs and list adjectives and adverbs which the writer uses to give you a vivid impression of the places and his experiences

adjectives adverbs

ancient loudly

golden dramatic

colourful heart-stopping

rich (in culture) exciting

adventurous beautiful

fascinating spectacular

friendly amazing

wonderful

peacefully

suddenly

calmly

Task 5: Choose three adverbs or adjs that best describe: Kathmandu, the trek, the rapids, the holiday in general

Kathmandu The trek The rapidsThe holiday in general

Ancient

golden

Peacefully

Amazing

Spectacular

calmly

Heart-stopping

Suddenly

dramatic

Wonderful

Adventurous

fascinating

Rewrite the following sentences1. The floor wasn’t strong. We can’t dance on it

The floor wasn’t strong enough for us to dance on

The floor was too weak for us to dance

2. He is lazy. He won’t get up early

He is too lazy to get up early

He isn’t hard enough to get up early

3. He won’t get up early so he never catches the fast train

He won’t get up early enough to catch the fast train

He will get up too late to catch the fast train

4. We aren’t very high. We can’t see the summit (đỉnh)

We aren’t high enough to see the summit

We are too short to see the summit

5. The house was beautiful. I took a picture of it The house was so beautiful that I took a picture of it6. It was very dark. He couldn’t see anything It was so dark that he couldn’t see anything7.The blue whale is the biggest of all animals => No …… No animals are bigger than the blue whale / No animal is bigger …..8. The orange building is not as high as the blue one => The blue…. The blue building is higher than the orange one9. She is the most intelligent student in my class => Noone …… Noone in my class is more intelligent than her10. Peter studies English better than I do. => I …. I don’t study English as well as Peter