UNIT 1 : MY NEW SCHOOL

PART 1: PRONUNCIATION
Task 1. Put the words
smart into the correct columns.
cartoon stars cup charge

charge mother start heart come

Monday father path month mum
brother uneasy dough ask country
but unhappy blood Mars class

/a/ /ʌ/
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Task 2. Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently

1. A. cover B. go C. flow D. so
2. A. aunt B. ball C. call D. chalk
3. A. summer B. sun C. glue D. shut
4. A. Monday B. play C. carp D. stay
5. A. blood B. shoot C. shut D. flood
6. A. money B. sorry C. morning D. story
7. A. now B. grow C. down D. town
8. A. study B. student C. studio D. stupid
9. A. house B. about C. hour D. country
10. A. lunch B. fun C. judo D. sun
 PART 2: VOCABULARY
Task 3. Look at the pictures and complete the blanks with the words given.

books pen schoolbag ruler

eraser compass calculator notebook

1……………… 2………………… 3………………… 4…………………

5………………… 6………………… 7………………… 8…………………

Task 4. Look at the pictures and name the activities

1. reading 2.__________________ 3.__________________ 4.__________________

5. _________________ 6.__________________ 7.__________________ 8.__________________

Task 5: Put the words into the right column.

music lessons judo football housework homework history lunch

English aerobics vocabulary exercise the piano geography
breakfast sports science drawings badminton subjects English lesson
paintings dinner the violin basketball karate Maths

play do have study

Task 6 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

uniforms boarding library classmates calculator

equipment excited international creative lessons

1. Vy and Phong are_______________ about their first day at secondary school.

2. Phong and Duy are in the same class at school. They are _______________.
3. Most schools require children to wear school _______________.
4. My sister is very _______________. She is very good at painting pictures.
5. A _______________ school is a school where students study and live during the
school year.
6. AIS is an _______________ school in Vietnam. It provides American education.
7. The school gym has lots of new, modern _______________.
8. In the ____________, you can read books and papers or borrow them to read at home.
9. I left my _______________at home. Can you lend me your calculator?
10. Today is Tuesday and we have five ___________: math, literature, science, music
and art.
Task 7. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.

1. Listening to music is one of the most popular leisure __________.

A.kindergart B. activities C. hobby D. equipments
2. My son is just 2 years old and he is in __________ now.
A.kindergarten B. secondary school
C. overseas D. high school
3. I don’t like to __________ money from friends.
A.pay B. knock C.borrow D.help
4. We only have time for a snack at __________.
A.lunch B. gym C.meals D.break time
5. Do you know where our new __________ is? Our teacher wants to meet him.
A.poem B. classmate C. swimming pool D. gym
6. In order to keep __________, you should eat well and exercise regularly.
A.warm B. excited C.healthy D.quiet
7. My sister always has a lot of new ideas. She’s a __________ person.
A.creative B. hard-working C. quiet D.healthy
8. Don’t go climbing without the necessary __________.
A. uniform B. pocket money C. equipment D. share
9. Today is my son’s first day at school so he is very __________.
A. creative B. excited C.worry D.interesting
10.It’s impolite to go into someone’s room without __________.
A. riding B. playing C. knocking D. sharing
11.Students will get to live away from home if they study in a __________.
A.boarding school B. greenhouse
C. neighbourhood D. surround
12.In order to draw a circle, we need a pair of __________.
A. share B. compasses C. poems D. pencil sharpener
13.Students will be punished if they don’t wear __________ at school.
A. uniform B. kindergarten C. pocket money D. compass
 PART 3 : GRAMMAR

Task 1. Give the correct form of verbs.

1. She (walk)___________ to school every morning.

2. They (learn) ___________________ how to use the lawnmower in their free time.
3. Linda (go) ______________to the supermarket to buy some sugar.
4. Sometimes I (feel) _________________________ really lazy to do anything.
5. Phong and I (study) _________________________ English in my room.
6. I often (have) ____________________ breakfast at 7 am at home.
7. She (do)_________________ aerobics every morning to keep fit.
8. Nga (like) __________________playing basketball very much.
9. What time you (have) _____________________lunch every day?
10. She (not have) __________________ any pen, so I lend her one.
11.They ______________ (play) football and basketball at school.
12.My father ______________ (read) the newspaper every morning.
13.We ______________ (have) English, Maths and Science on Monday.
14.She never ______________ (do) her homework.
15.I ______________ (go) swimming twice a week.
16.Cars ______________ (be) more expensive than motorbikes.
17.Jane always ______________ (have) breakfast at 6 o’clock.
18 He usually ______________ (watch) TV after dinner.
19.London ______________ (be) a very big country.
20. I _____________ (be) a student and my parents ___________ (be) teachers.
Task 2. Put the adverb of frequency into the correct place. Then give the correct form of verbs.

1. My brothers (sleep) on the floor. (often)

____________________________________________________________.
2. He (stay) up late? (sometimes)
____________________________________________________________.
3. I (do) the housework with my brother. (always)
____________________________________________________________.
4. Peter and Mary (come) to class on time. (never)
____________________________________________________________.
5. Why Johnson (get) good marks? (always)
____________________________________________________________.
6. You (go) shopping? (usually)
 ____________________________________________________________.
7. She (cry). (seldom)
____________________________________________________________.
8. My father (have) popcorn. (never)
____________________________________________________________.
Task 3. Change these sentences into negative and interrogative form

1. They listen to English every day.

____________________________________________________________.
____________________________________________________________.
2. She plays badminton every afternoon.
____________________________________________________________.
____________________________________________________________.
3. We play volleyball every morning.
____________________________________________________________.
____________________________________________________________.
4. He does homework every night.
____________________________________________________________.
____________________________________________________________.
5. Mary and Peter go to work every day
____________________________________________________________.
____________________________________________________________.
6. He gets up at 9.00 every morning.
____________________________________________________________.
____________________________________________________________.

Task 4.Make questions in the present simple. Then write short answers.

1. you/ have/ an art lesson on Monday (no)

______________________________________?_____________________
2. they/ ride/ their bikes to school (yes)
______________________________________?_____________________
3. Jane/ play/ tennis at school (no)
______________________________________?_____________________
4. your parents/ at home now (yes)
______________________________________?_____________________
5. he/ have/ breakfast at 6 o’clock every day (yes)
______________________________________?_____________________
6. you/ a good student (no)
______________________________________?_____________________
 PART4: SPEAKING
Task 1. Match the questions and answer. Then practice.

1. Who are you waiting for? a. No, they are sleeping.

2. What do you do at break time? b. I go to school by bicycle.
3. Where are you going? c. To buy some bread
4. Do you play sports after school? d. I’m waiting for my friends.
5. Are they watching television? e. I go to school five days a week
6. Why is he going out? f. I’m going home.
7. How often do you go to school? g. Yes, I do
8. How do you go to school? h. I go out and play in the
playground.

Task 2. Write questions for the underlined words.

9. …………………………………… i. I usually play sports after school

10.…………………………………… j. My brother goes to the judo club
…………………………………… twice a week
11.…………………………………… k. My new school has four floors.
12.…………………………………… l. We have Physics on Monday
13.…………………………………… m. Phong and Nam are playing
…………………………………… football at the moment
14.…………………………………… n. They are going to the library
15.…………………………………… o. Sam is having lunch with his new
…………………………………… friends.
16.…………………………………… p. On Friday I have English, maths,
…………………………………… geography and history
 PART 5 : LISTENING
Task 1. Match the pictures with the names of the school activities.

C_________
A_____ B______

F__________
D________ E__________

1. Playing cricket 2. Dancing 3. Going camping

4. Singing 5. Playing football 6. Arranging flowers

Task 2. Now listen and decide which activities are mentioned. Put a tick next to it

Playing cricket ___ Dancing___ Going camping___

Singing___ Playing football___ Arranging flowers___

Task 3. Listen again and decide if the statements below are true (T) or false (F).

1. Students play football every Thursday afternoon. ..........

2. The headmaster hates songs. ..........

3. There is a singing contest each month. ..........

4. Only girls join in flower arranging competition. ..........

 PART 6 : READING
Task 1: Read and answer the questions.

1. What grade is Linda in?

___________________________________________________________________
2. Who does she go to school with?
___________________________________________________________________
3. How does they go to school?
___________________________________________________________________
4. Why does Linda feel scary?
___________________________________________________________________
5. What are her favourite subjects?
___________________________________________________________________
6. Does she enjoy her first day at school?
___________________________________________________________________

Hi, I’m Linda. I’m in the sixth grade. Today is my first day at secondary school. In the
morning I put on my new uniform and get my new bag.
My best friend and I walk to school together. We are both very nervous and excited.
When we get school, we are shown into our classroom with our new teacher. It is quite
scary because I don’t know most of the children. Then we go to our first lesson. We have
lots of different subjects and the lessons are really fun. My favourite subjects are art and
English.
I really like my new school, all my teacher are lovely, the lessons are really
interesting and I enjoy my first day. I can’t wait to go back tomorrow!

Task 2: Read the text and find 10 mistakes then correct them.

Example: live→ lives

Miss Lien live in a small house on Hanoi. She teaches English at a school there. She
usually is breakfast in seven in the morning and she has dinner at twelve o’clock in the
canteen of the school. She teaches his students in the morning. She teaches them
dialogues on Wednesdays to Fridays. On Mondays, she teach them grammar. On the
evening, she usually stays at home and listens books. She sometimes goes to the movie
theatre. She always go to bed at ten o’clock.
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1. ................... 2. ................... 3. ................... 4. ................... 5. ...................

6. ................... 7. ................... 8. ................... 9. ................... 10...................

T 7 : WRITING
Task 1. Reorder the words to make the correct sentences

1. secondary/ first/ your/ at/ school/ is/ how/ week?

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2. lessons/ many/ have/ on/ how/ you/ do/ Friday?
_____________________________________________________
3. art/ creative/ are/ drawings/ students/ the/ some/ doing/ in/ club
_____________________________________________________
4. school/ at/ English/ we/ have/ classes/ don’t/ today
_____________________________________________________
5. /in the evening/homework/ her/ do/ maths/ she/ Does?
_____________________________________________________
6. children/ first/ on/ most/ school/ excited/ are/ day/ of/ the
_____________________________________________________
Task 2. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first.
1. What is your favorite subject?
→ What subject_______________________________________
2. There are 35 students in my class.
→ My class__________________________________________
3. Mai live near her school.
→ Mai’s house isn’t____________________________________
4. Mary plays the piano very well.
→ Mary is good_______________________________________
5. Do you like physics?
→ Are you interested___________________________________
6. The school has a computer room and a library.
→ There_____________________________________________
Task 3. Write1.6 sentences
School’s name:
about your school. 2. School’s address:

3. Number of pupils: 4. Number of teachers:

5. Uniform colour: 6. Favourite activity: