Unit 3 MY FRIENDS

A Pronunciation
1 What can you see? Label the pictures (They all begin with p or b). Then
read the words aloud.

1. __________ 2. __________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. __________ 6. __________

7. __________ 8. __________ 9. _________ 10. ________ 11. _________ 12. _________

2 Practise these tongue twisters.

1. Plain bun, plum bun, bun without plum.
2. The big bug bit the big bear.
The big bear bit the big bug back!
3. Picky people pick plain peanut butter.
Plain peanut butter is the peanut butter picky people pick.

B Vocabulary & Grammar

1 Complete the table with the words in the box. Some words may belong
to more than one column.
arms big legs
has is
long shoulders small
Describing parts Parts of the Describing hands eyes fast
of the body body the person short cute strong
big arms big weak smart feet
ears tall hair
head slim sporty

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2 Read the definition and find an adjective to fill each gap. The first letter
of each adjective is given.
1. This person gives a lot of attention to what he / she
is doing so that he / she does not have an accident,
make a mistake, or damage something. c______________
2. This person has original and unusual ideas. c______________
3. This person is generous, helpful and thinking
about other people’s feelings. k______________
4. This person shows a lot of love towards other people. l______________
5. This person always does a lot of work. h______________
6. This person is nervous and uncomfortable with other people. s______________

3 Complete the following sentences with the adjectives in 2.

1. They were always hard-working at school. They care much about their study.
2. That’s a ______________ designer. She has a lot of new ideas.
3. Peter is so ______________. He often checks his writing twice before giving it to
the teacher.
4. Children are usually ______________ with people they don’t know.
5. Our teacher is very ______________. She is always ready to help us.
6. He loves his family a lot. He’s a ______________ child.
HTTD
4 Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous. am/ is/ are Ving
is taking
1. Could you call back? She (take) ______________ her dog out for a walk.
2. – Where’s Lisa? someone/everyone/ anyone/ noone

is helping
– She (help) ______________ Mum in the kitchen. somebody/everybody/anybody/nobody
3. Listen! Someone (knock) ______________
is knocking at the door.
4. – ______________
are doing
you (do)______________ your homework?
am writing a letter to my parents. letter: lá thư/ chữ cái
– No, I’m not. I (write) ______________
is he (talk) ______________
5. – Who ______________ talking about?
– His best friend.
are
6. – ______________ reading
they (read) ______________ books in the library?
-------------
– Yes, they are.

5 Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or present continuous.
is
1. This (be) ______________ my best friend, Nam.
is wearing a T-shirt and shorts today.
2. He (wear) ______________
3. Look! He (play) ______________
is playing football now.
likes
4. He (like) ______________ eating apples. like + Ving
are
5. Apples (be) ______________ good for our health.
6. Now he (look) ______________
is looking smiling
at me and (smile) ______________ at me.
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 6 Make sentences, using the words / phrases given and the present
continuous.
1. Our grandparents / watch / TV / in / living room.
are watching the
_________________________________________________________________________________

2. My sister / swim / in / pool / now.

is sswimming in the pool
_________________________________________________________________________________

3. My best friend / not learn / English / moment.

isn't ;earning E at the moment
_________________________________________________________________________________

4. I / not read / ; I / listen / music. I'm not reading; I am listening to music.

_________________________________________________________________________________

5. We / cook / dinner / in / kitchen / present.

we are cooking the at
_________________________________________________________________________________

6. What / you / do? – I / write / poem. bài thơ

_________________________________________________________________________________
what are you doing? I am writing poem.

C Speaking

1 Use the given words / phrases below to make a conversation between

two friends. Make necessary changes and add some words.
does
Mi: What / your sister / look like?
is and ;
Maya: She / tall / thin / with / long / black hair.
does
Mi: What / she / like? your
is and
Maya: She / friendly / hard-working. What / about / brother?
chu đáo kiên nhẫn
Mi: He / caring / patient. He / love / me / a lot.
is and he loves me a lot.
Now make a similar conversation with your friend.

2 Look at the picture. Describe what the students are doing.

Phong Nam
La n

Mi

Nick
Chau
Binh

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3 Describe one of your friends or your family members. Say why he / she
is special to you.

D Reading

1 Fill each blank with a suitable word from the box.

funny is kind time cook hair

My grandma is my best friend. She is my father’s mother. This year, she

(1) __________ 70 years old. She has a round face with long, white (2) __________.

She teaches me to wash the dishes and (3) __________ dinner. She is (4) __________
to other people. She helps them when she can. She is (5) __________, too. She
makes me laugh all the (6)__________. I love her so much.

2 Read the interview between a 4Teen magazine reporter and Miss Hong,
a teacher, about being a good friend. Then complete this sentence.
A good friend is ___________________________________________.
Reporter: So, Miss Hong, what do you think are the qualities of a good friend?
Miss Hong: I think good friends are reliable. They never lie to you. They always
listen to you. And they help you. They’re always there when you
need them, in good or bad times.
Reporter: But do we have to be similar?
Miss Hong: Not necessarily. It’s best if friends
have similar interests, you know, like
listening to pop music or playing
basketball, but we also respect the
di erences in others.
Reporter: Definitely. By the way, what do you
often do with your friends?
Miss Hong: Oh ... we do lots of things, like go
cycling, go swimming, ... and of course go shopping!

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 3 What does Miss Hong think a good friend should do? Circle the best
answers.

1. A good friend listens to you.

2. A good friend sometimes lies to you.
3. A good friend helps you.
4. A good friend always likes the same things as you.
5. A good friend shares happy and sad times with you.

E Writing
1 Phuc is writing his entry to “Your best friend” competition. Read his
entry.

(a) This writing is about my best friend,

Mai. We go to the same school, and
we’ve been together for three years.
(b) Mai is very pretty. She has short
black hair and big brown eyes. She is
clever and hard-working, and she is also
very funny. She makes jokes, and we
all laugh. She loves reading and writing
short poems. (c) I like being with her. We often do our homework
together, and she helps me a lot. I also like her because she
knows a lot about astronomy, and we can chat about it for hours.
At the moment we’re making a space minibook. We’re doing a lot
of searching on the internet. (d) I hope that in the future we’ll
still be best friends.

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 Put the parts (a, b, c, d) of the writing under the appropriate heading
(Beginning, Middle, End).
Beginning: ____________ Middle: ____________ End: ____________

2 Match the questions with the four parts in Phuc’s writing.

1. Who is your best friend? a
_________________

2. Why do you like him / her? _________________

3. What is he / she like? _________________

4. What does he / she look like? _________________

5. What does he / she like? _________________

6. What do you often do together with him / her? _________________

7. What is your hope for the future? _________________

3 Now write your own entry for the competition. Use the questions in 2
to guide you.

This writing is about my best friend ...

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

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TEST YOURSELF 1
1 Find the word which has a di erent sound in the part underlined. (1.0 pt)
1. A. writes B. makes C. takes D. drives
2. A. number B. calculator C. rubber D. subject
3. A. cupboard B. boarding C. biscuit D. climbing
4. A. classroom B. father C. canteen D. pass
5. A. plays B. talks C. remembers D. interviews

2 Name these activities. (1.0 pt)

cleaning the house doing exercise reading

studying new words playing chess skipping skip the rope

cleaning
studying
cleaning
playing
studying
playing

Example: skipping 1. ______________

2. ______________ 3. ______________

4. ______________ 5. ______________

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3 Read the following passage and decide if the sentences are true (T)
or false (F). (1.0 pt)

The colours you paint the rooms in your

house can make you more comfortable.
The following colours can help you to eat,
sleep, study and relax in your own home.
The dining room
The colour orange can make you feel
hungrier at mealtime. It also encourages
more interesting talk between family
members.
The bedroom
The perfect colour for your bedroom is
blue. It is a very relaxing colour, and can
make you feel happier and more positive
when you wake up in the morning.
The study
Yellow is a good colour for this room: it makes you feel happier and helps you
to think. It also makes dark spaces a little brighter.
The living room
The perfect colour for your living room is pink. Don’t use such colours as red,
purple, and black because they don’t help you to relax.

T F
1. Orange in the dining room makes people eat and talk more.
2. A blue bedroom helps you to wake up earlier.
3. A yellow study helps you to work better.
4. You feel relaxed in a red or black living room.
5. Di erent colours are good for di erent rooms in your house.

4 Choose A, B, or C for each gap in the following sentences. (2.0 pts)

của ai máy tính
1. – Whose is this calculator? mom's book

– It’s ______________.
A. of Trung B. Trung’s C. Trungs’
2. ______________ bored in the English lessons.
A. I am never B. I never am C. Never I am đúng giờ
3. She is a good student. She ______________ does her homework on time.
A. never B. rarely C. usually
4. There are some pictures ______________ the wall in the living room of my house.
A. in B. at C. on

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 trò đùa
5. Laura is very ______________. She is always entertaining us with jokes and stories.
A. confident tự tin B. funny C. caring chu đáo
6. It’s cold. The students ______________ warm clothes.
A. wear B. wears C. are wearing
7. Phuong is very good at English and history, but she ______________ maths much.
A. doesn’t like B. not like C. don’t like
giỏi về
8. My friend Tania is very ______________. She is good at learning things.
A. creative sáng tạo B. smart C. patient kiên nhẫn
9. Look! The girls are ______________ rope in the playground.
A. dancing B. playing C. skipping
10. – What are you doing this afternoon?
– I don’t know, but I’d like to ______________ music. listen to music
A. go B. do C. play

5 Put a word in each gap in the following dialogue, then practise it with
a partner. (1.0 pt)
Duong: What are you doing, girls?
Chau: We’re (1) ______________ a movie for our English class. It’s going to be an
old story, you know, like a fairy tale.
Duong: Cool! Who’s (2) ______________ to be in the movie?
Chau: Well, I’m going to be a princess, and Khang will be a prince.
Duong: That’s a good choice. Khang looks like a prince. (3) ______________ else
will be in the movie?
Chau: Let’s see ... Phong’s going to (4) ______________ a poor farmer.
Duong: Phong? A farmer? I don’t know. Don’t you think he’s a little too young?
Chau: But no one is older than him. Ah ... there’s also a bear (5) ______________
the story. Would you like to be a bear?
Duong: Wow! Can I? That’s wonderful! Let me have a try.

6 Match the first halves in column A with the second ones in column B to
make sentences. (1.0 pt)

A B
1. Tam is washing the dishes, a. but I’m not.
2. My friends are going away for
b. and he drives it to work every day.
holiday this summer,
3. My uncle has got a small car, c. but there is only one bathroom.
4. My father likes raw fish, d. and Hien is helping her.
5. There are three bedrooms in
e. but my mother doesn’t.
my new house,

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7 Look at the picture and read the description of
Phuc’s pen friend, then find five mistakes. Underline
the mistakes and write the correct words. (1.0 pt)
This is my pen friend – Simon. He live in Liverpool, England.
He is thirteen years old. Simon is good-looking boy. He is
short, straight dark hair and blue eyes. He has a round face.
As you can see, he is slim and very tall. He wears glasses.
He likes to do sports. At the moment he is wearing black
shoes, and he is going to play rugby in the playground.

Example: dark (hair) → fair (hair)

1. ______________________ → _______________________
2. ______________________ → _______________________
3. ______________________ → _______________________
4. ______________________ → _______________________
5. ______________________ → _______________________

8 Write full sentences to make a paragraph, using the

suggested words / phrases given. (2.0 pts)
1. Annette Walkers / my pen friend.
_________________________________________________________

2. she / live / Sydney / Australia.

_________________________________________________________

3. she / 13 years old / and / grade 8.

_________________________________________________________

4. she / have / fair hair / blue eyes / very lovely.

_________________________________________________________

5. like / music / swimming / and / the cinema.

_________________________________________________________

6. have / younger brother / name / Bruce Walkers.

_________________________________________________________

7. we / first meet / last summer / when / come to Ha Noi / her parents.

_________________________________________________________

8. often email / each other / have a chat.

_________________________________________________________

9. come / Ha Noi / again / a tour / next summer.

_________________________________________________________

10. hope / have a good time / together / then.

__________________________________________________________

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Unit 4 MY NEIGHBOURHOOD

A Pronunciation

1 Find the word which has a di erent sound in the part underlined. Say
the words aloud.
1. A. advice B. price C. nice D. police
2. A. express B. exciting C. expensive D. excellent
3. A. co ee B. see C. agree D. free
4. A. city B. cathedral C. central D. cinema
5. A. treat B. clean C. great D. beach

2 Give the names of the following pictures. Then read the words aloud
(The first letter of each word is given).

1. b______________ 2. s______________ 3. g______________

4. s______________ 5. c______________

B Vocabulary & Grammar

1 Find one odd word A, B, C, or D. Then read them aloud.

1. A. grocery B. restaurant C. café D. cathedral
2. A. better B. smaller C. worker D. hotter

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 3. A. candy B. bread C. cake D. juice
4. A. baker B. grocer C. neighbour D. barber
5. A. factory B. park C. theatre D. cinema

2 a. What are these places? Write the answers in the spaces.

Example: It’s a place where we go for a walk, play and relax. (It is) a park.
1. It’s a place where we go to buy stamps or send letters. ______________

2. It’s a place where we borrow books. ______________

3. It’s a place where trains stop for people to get on or o . ______________

4. It’s a place where we can do physical exercise, often with

equipment. ______________

5. It’s a place in an open area in the centre of a town or city. ______________

6. It’s a place where we can see paintings and other works

of art. ______________

b. Now match the places you have written in a with the following
pictures.

a. b.

c. d.

e. f.

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3 Complete the sentences with the correct comparative form of the
adjectives in the box.

narrow cold important dangerous fast

1. It’s ______________ in the north of Viet Nam than in the south.

2. Is a snake ______________ than a dog?
3. Doing homework is ______________ than playing video games.
4. The streets in my neighbourhood are ______________ than in your
neighbourhood.
5. Travelling by air is ______________ than travelling by bus.

4 Complete the sentences with the phrases in the box to make

comparisons.

she was a child 1. My brother is more confident ______________.

than it was when I bought it 2. My watch is much older ______________.

than he used to be 3. She is more attractive than when ______________.

than they were ten years ago 4. I’m happier in my new school ______________.

than I was before 5. Today, houses in the city are much more
expensive ______________.

5 Write sentences, using the comparative form of the adjectives.

Example: Son / tall / Hung.
Son is taller than Hung.
1. Mai / intelligent / Kien.
_________________________________________________________________________________

2. My brother / strong / my sister.

_________________________________________________________________________________

3. My school / big / my brother’s school.

_________________________________________________________________________________

4. Living in the city / exciting / living in the countryside.

_________________________________________________________________________________

5. Peter’s exam results / bad / Nick’s exam results.

_________________________________________________________________________________

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6 Write sentences comparing the two cars. Use the comparative form
of the adjectives in the box.

long expensive fast

heavy fashionable economical

LUXUREX TINEX
$120,000,000 $20,000,000
1,600 kg 600 kg
350 km/h 220 km/h
3.8 m 2.5 m
8 km per litre 15 km per litre

Example: The Luxurex is longer than the Tinex.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

C Speaking
1 Look at the map and complete the following dialogues. Then practise
them with a partner.
1. A: Can you tell me the way to the post o ice?
B: _____________________________________________ S T R E E T
You are here

2. A: _____________________________________________?
S T R E E T

B: Yes, there is one on Nguyen Du Street. First BAKERY

GROCERY
D U

go straight, then turn left. It’s on your right. BUS STATION

N G U Y E N

3. A: Excuse me, is there a bank near here?

L O I

POST OFFICE

B: _____________________________________________ MARKET
L E

4. A: _____________________________________________? CINEMA

INTERNET CAFÉ
B: First take the second turning on your left. BACH LIEU STREET
Then keep straight. It’s on your left.
5. A: Where can we see a film in this neighbourhood?
B: _____________________________________________

6. A: _____________________________________________?

B: There’s an internet café on Le Loi Street. First go past the tra ic lights,
and then turn left. Go to the end of the street. It’s on your right.
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2 Complete the following conversations about your neighbourhood.
Then practise the conversations with a friend.
1. Stranger: Excuse me, is there a post o ice near here?
You: ______________________________________________________________________

2. Visitor: Excuse me, where is the bus stop?

You: ______________________________________________________________________

3. Visitor: Excuse me, I need some medicine. Is there a chemist’s near here?
You: ______________________________________________________________________

4. Visitor: Excuse me, where is the bakery?

You: ______________________________________________________________________

5. Visitor: Excuse me, I’m lost. Where is the hospital?

You: ______________________________________________________________________

3 a. Make notes of what you like and dislike about your neighbourhood.

What you like What you dislike

– a school near my house _________________________________

_________________________________ _________________________________

b. Work with your friend. Take turns asking and answering about
what you like and dislike about your neighbourhood.
You: What do you like about your neighbourhood?
Your friend: _______________________________________________________

You: And what do you dislike about it?

Your friend: _______________________________________________________

D Reading
1 Complete the letter using the words in the box.

turning so meet number until get

Dear Ha,
Let’s (1) ______________ on Sunday evening at Quynh Café on Tran Quang Dieu
Street. There’s a post o ice on the corner of the street. The café is next to the
post o ce. There’s a cinema opposite the café (2) ______________ we can see a
film after we have co ee.
To (3) ______________ to the café, take bus (4) ______________ 8 to Truong Thi Street.
Get o at the bus stop in front of a park. Go along the street (5) ______________
you get to the tra ic lights and then turn right. Take the first (6) ______________ on
your right. Go straight ahead – just about 500 metres and it’s on your left.
See you there!
Khang
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2 Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D for each of the gaps to complete
the following text.
OAK CITY
Oak City is a great city. There’s so (1) ______________ to do! There are
cinemas, parks and discos. It’s got some great clothes and music shops
(2) ______________.
Oak City is very modern and beautiful. There aren’t any (3) ______________
buildings and there’s some beautiful (4) ______________ around the city.
Is there any pollution in Oak City? There isn’t much pollution (5) ______________
there isn’t much tra ic. Everyone travels (6) ______________ bike and walks, so
there aren’t many accidents.
1. A. much B. many C. some D. any
2. A. neither B. either C. too D. so
3. A. beautiful B. ugly C. pretty D. unpleasant
4. A. scenery B. scene C. view D. sight
5. A. so B. because C. although D. if
6. A. on B. in C. with D. by

3 Read the email and answer the following questions.

1. Where is Nam staying now?

_______________________________

2. Why is it very noisy around his

Dear Phong,
hotel?
I’m sorry I couldn’t write to you earlier
because I was very busy. Now, we’re _______________________________
staying in a small hotel near a shopping
area in District 10. Near my hotel, there’s a 3. What are the streets in his
cinema, a post o ice, a supermarket and
neighbourhood like?
some cafés. There are some big shops at
the end of the street. It’s also very noisy _______________________________
here because there’s always a lot of tra ic,
day and night. 4. Is there a park in his
In my home town, I live in a quieter street. neighbourhood?
There are some small shops, a school and
a post o ice in my neighbourhood but _______________________________
there isn’t a park or a cinema. The streets
are narrower but they are cleaner and 5. What is the air in his
there isn’t so much tra ic. The air is much neighbourhood like?
fresher, too.
Love, _______________________________

Nam

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E Writing
1 Rearrange the words / phrases to make correct sentences.
1. There / many things / my / I / about / neighbourhood / like / are / .
_________________________________________________________________________________

2. It’s / because / big supermarket / very convenient / there is a / near my house / .

_________________________________________________________________________________

3. There / shops, / many / and cafés / here / restaurants, / are / also / .

_________________________________________________________________________________

4. The / are / and / clean / streets / wide / .

_________________________________________________________________________________

5. The / very / friendly / are / here / and / helpful / people / .

_________________________________________________________________________________

2 Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets. Do not change the
meaning of the sentences and do not change the form of the words.
1. Quang is lazier than Ha. (HARD-WORKING)
_________________________________________________________________________________

2. A city is noisier than a village. (PEACEFUL)

_________________________________________________________________________________

3. There’s a post o ice on one side of my house and a café on the other. (BETWEEN)
_________________________________________________________________________________

4. Please tell me something about your neighbourhood. (CAN)

_________________________________________________________________________________

5. Oranges are cheaper than apples. (EXPENSIVE)

_________________________________________________________________________________

3 Write a paragraph about your neighbourhood (about 60 words), using

the cues below:
– Where is your neighbourhood? (in the city, near a city, in the country, in the
mountains, etc.)
– What can you see in your neighbourhood? (streets, houses, trees, hills,
shopping centres, schools, cinemas, etc.)
– What are the streets / the houses / the shops, etc. in your neighbourhood like?
– Do you like living in your neighbourhood? Why / Why not?

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

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Unit 5 NATURAL WONDERS OF
VIET NAM

A Pronunciation

1 Read the following words. Pay attention to the underlined sounds.

1. down – town 4. do – to
2. bed – bet 5. around – about
3. ride – write 6. food – foot

2 Read the following sentences aloud. Underline the words having the
sounds /t/ or /d/.
1. The island is too large to go round by motorbike.
2. I want to go down the town to buy some food.
3. David doesn’t do the dishes often.
4. Are you ready for the boat trip around the bay?
5. Tam didn’t study last night. She talked to her friend for two hours.

B Vocabulary & Grammar

1 Fill each gap with a word / phrase from the box to complete the sentences.

remember backpack sun cream plaster compass

1. When you go out in this weather, you must use ______________ to protect your
skin from the sun.
2. Take some ______________ with you. You may need it if you get hurt.
3. We’ll have a long walk, so don’t put so many things in your ______________.
4. I don’t think you need to bring a ______________. The town is small, and you can’t
get lost.
5. When you climb the Fansipan, ______________ to bring an umbrella. It’s sunny there.

2 Choose the word di erent from the other words in each line.
1. A. island B. mountain C. bay D. building
2. A. long B. deep C. wonderful D. high
3. A. rock B. waterfall C. river D. lake
4. A. watch B. see C. enjoy D. look
5. A. must B. have C. should D. can
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