UNIT 7
UNIT 7: ACTIVITIES
WARM-UP
A. Talk about the pictures with a partner.
What can you see?
Where are the people?
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B. Match each activity below with a picture.
_______drink coffee in the café
_______ learn in the room
_______ work in the office
_______ ride a motorbike on the road
VOCABULARY 1: DAILY ACTIVITIES
A. Match each activity with a picture.
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1. _____ wash the dishes
2. _____ watch a movie
3. _____ play basketball
4. _____ play a computer game
5. _____ make a cake
6. _____ study English
7. _____ make the bed
8. _____ do homework
9. _____ iron the clothes
10. ____ go shopping
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B. Ask and answer questions with a partner.
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GRAMMAR FOCUS 1: PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
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Grammar point |
Present Simple Present Simple is used to describe habits, truths and fixed arrangement. |
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Affirmative |
He always gets up early. |
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Negative |
He doesn’t like coffee. |
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Interrogative |
Does the train leave at 7 a.m.? |
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Present Continuous Present Continuous is used to describe actions happening at the moment of speaking. |
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Affirmative |
She is making a phone call. |
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Negative |
He isn’t talking on the phone now. |
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Interrogative |
Is your brother learning in the room? |
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A. Complete the conversation with the Present simple or Present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
Rose: Hi Anne. (1)_____ (you/enjoy) the song?
Anne: Not very much. I (2)_____ (like) pop songs. This one is not my style.
Rose: It’s my mother’s favourite song.
Anne: Oh, really? The band (3)_____ (not play) badly now. Lots of people (4)_____ (dance) and (5)_____ (sing). Who is your mother’s favourite singer?
Rose: This one. She (6)_____ (wear) a red hat.
Anne: Great! But I (7)_____ (not know) her name.
Rose: She’s Christina. She (8)_____ (perform) very well.
LISTENING
A. Steven is talking about his activities. Listen and
check (ü) the activities he does or does not do.
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Steven’s activities |
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does not do |
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1. Playing video games |
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2. Going camping |
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3. Hiking |
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4. Shopping |
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5. Surfing the Internet |
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B. Listen again and answer the following questions
1. What do the speaker and his friends want to do in their free time?
2. Why doesn’t the speaker love going shopping?
3. What is his favourite indoor activity?
SPEAKING
Complete the questionnaire. Then interview a friend.
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Your friend’s answer |
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1. What time do you usually get up? |
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2. Do you always have breakfast? |
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3. What time do you go to school? |
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4. Are you often late for class? |
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5. What time do you have dinner? |
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6. What time do you often do your homework? |
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7. Do you study at night? |
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READING
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Read the letter and check (ü) your answers about Susan.
Yes No Don’t know
1. Susan is enjoying her vacation in Dalat city. o o o
2. She’s staying in a hotel. o o o
3. Susan’s aunt has two sons. o o o
4. She is watching cartoons on TV now. o o o
5. She’s going swimming. o o o
6. Vietnamese culture is hard to understand. o o o
7. She can read and write in Vietnamese very well. o o o
8. Vietnamese food is good. o o o
9. She likes the weather. o o o
10. The photo of Dalat city is beautiful. o o o
4.Top of Form
Bottom of Form
Top of Form
GRAMMAR FOCUS 2: VERB + INFINITIVE OR –ING FORM (GERUND)
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In English: |
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1. Some verbs are followed by the infinitive of another verb. Mary wants to learn Vietnamese. 2. Some verbs are followed by the –ing form (gerund) of another verb. Mary enjoys learning Vietnamese. |
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Verb + infinitive |
Verb + -ing form |
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agree, arrange, ask, decide, expect, hope, learn, offer, plan, promise, refuse, want |
avoid, consider, enjoy, fancy, keep, mind, practice, postpone, finish, dislike |
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Verb + infinitive or –ing form (with little or no change in meaning) |
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begin, continue, hate, like, love, prefer, propose, start |
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A. Complete the sentences with the infinitive or –ing form of the following verbs.
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1. I’m very confident. I usually expect ______ any games.
2. John is very generous. He always offers ______.
3. Susan is a big fan of films. She enjoys ______ to the cinema every weekend.
4. She is so talkative. She keeps ______ even when no one listens.
5. He is very busy, so he refuses ______ me with the homework.
6. My brother really enjoys sports, so he likes ______ tennis almost every morning.
7. I begin ______ English today.
B. Complete the sentences with the infinitive or –ing form with your true information. Then tell your classmates.
1. I usually avoid…
2. I don’t mind…
3. I really want…
4. Now I decide…
5. I enjoy…
6. I sometimes keep…
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VOCABULARY 2: PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES
A. Match the personality adjectives in A with their opposites in B.
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B. Fill in each gap with an appropriate adjective in Exercise A .
1. John is very ______. He keeps doing things until he is successful.
2. Mr Jackson usually gives some of his money to the poor. He is so ______.
3. When I was at high school, I was too ______ to speak before the class.
4. My sister always says “thank you” when someone helps her. She is ______.
5. Peter never finishes his homework before class. He is so ______.
6. Tom is very ______. He always thinks about bad results before doing something.
WRITING
Imagine you are at breaktime at school. Write a short paragraph about current activities of your classmates and yourself using Present simple and Present continuous. Include the following information in your writing.
1. Note where you and your friends are .
2. Note the estimated number of people you can see at breaktime .
3. Mention what you and your friends are doing.
4. Mention how you and your friends feel.