TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC CẦN THƠ

TRUNG TÂM ĐÀO TẠO TỪ XA
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TÀI LIỆU HƯỚNG DẪN HỌC TẬP

Anh văn căn bản 2

Biên soạn: Ths Đào Minh Trung

Lưu hành nội bộ
Năm 2010


Lời mở đầu
Giáo trình Anh văn căn bản 2 được biên soạn nhằm giúp sinh viên tự
trao dồi kiến thức tiếng Anh ở mức độ căn bản. Giáo trình này cung cấp cho
sinh viên nền tảng tiếng Anh dùng cho giao tiếp hàng ngày. Bên cạnh đó, các
đề mục ngữ pháp căn bản cũng được giải thích rõ ràng với các bài tập ứng
dụng. Ngoài ra, các bài đọc sẽ giúp sinh viên làm quen với kỹ năng đọc
trong tiếng Anh.
Đề thi mẫu ở cuối giáo trình giúp sinh viên làm quen với dạng đề thi khi
kết thúc môn học. Phần đáp án ở cuối giáo trình sẽ giúp sinh viên kiểm tra
kết quả các phần bài tập sau khi làm xong.
Để việc tự học đạt hiệu quả cao, sinh viên nên tra cứu các từ mới và
thường xuyên đọc lại các bài đã học để ôn lại từ vựng và ngữ pháp.
Mong rằng giáo trình này sẽ phần nào hỗ trợ việc tự học tiếng Anh của
sinh viên được tốt hơn.

Table of Contents

Unit 1: Fruit is good for you

page 01

Unit 2: Can you swim?

page 08

Unit 3: What are you going to do?

page 15

Unit 4: Did you have a good weekend?

page 23

Unit 5: How much is it?

page 32

Unit 6: What does he look like?

page 39

Sample Test

page 47


Answer Keys

page 52

References

page 64


Unit 1

FRUIT IS GOOD FOR YOU
CONVERSATION
Read this conversation.
Jean: OK, what do we need?
Tony: We need some fruit and vegetables.
Jean: How about some oranges ?
Tony: OK, and we’ll have some bananas.
Jean: Yes, there aren’t any bananas. And let’s get some apples.
Tony: OK, apples. And we haven’t got any onions.
Jean: A kilo of onions. That’s enough. And some carrots.
Tony: That’s right, we haven’t got any carrots. And let’s get some meat.
Jean: Yes, OK. You like chicken, don’t you ?
Tony: Yes, chicken’s great. And we need some tomatoes.
Jean: OK two kilos of tomatoes. Anything else?
Tony: OK, and we’ll have some bananas.
Jean: No, we need a couple of litres of water and let’s get some juice. That’s it.
GRAMMAR: SOME and ANY
SOME được dùng trong câu xác định, ANY dùng cho câu hỏi và câu phủ định. Cả
SOME và ANY được dùng cho cả danh từ đếm được và không đếm được.

We need some fruit and vegetables.
Have we got any water?
We haven’t got any onions.
Đôi khi SOME được dùng trong câu hỏi khi diễn tả lời mời, sự gợi ý.
How about some oranges? (gợi ý)
Would you like some coffee? (lời mời)
Practice 1: Complete the sentences with SOME or ANY. (Điền vào khoảng trống bằng
SOME hay ANY)
1. I need _______ water.
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2. Have you got _______ onions?
3. I need to do _______ shopping.
4. We need _______ fruit and vegetables.
5. They haven’t got _______ potatoes.
6. He wants _______ grapes.
7. How about _______ coffee?
8. There isn’t _______ rice.
9. We don’t have _______ milk in the fridge.
10. She buys _______ food for her family.
Practice 2: Complete the conversation with SOME or ANY. (Hoàn thành bài hội thoại
với SOME và ANY)
A: Let’s not buy 1_______ potato salad. Let’s make 2_______ at home.
B: OK. So we need 3_______ potatoes. Is there 4_______ mayonnaise at home?
A: No, we need to buy 5_______
B: OK. And we need 6_______ onions, too.
A: Oh, I don’t want 7_______ onions in the salad. I hate onions!
B: Then let’s buy 8_______ celery. That’s delicious in potato salad.
A: Good idea. And 9_______ carrots, too.

READING
Read this passage.
Eating habits are very informal. You sit at a table or in a circle on the floor
around the food. All the food is put out on different plates at the start of the meal.
You take what you want. Most people eat with a spoon and a fork. You can use
your fingers to make rice balls which you dip in various sauces. Chopsticks are
only common with the Chinese population in Thailand. There isn’t usually any salt
because they use fish sauce.
Thais can eat and drink anything. There are no social taboos. Drinking alcohol
is a normal social activity for men. Smoking is common among men and women.
Thais eat early in the evening. They usually have their evening meal at about
six o’clock. Most traditional Thai restaurants close at about eight o’clock. So if you
go early, it is crowded, noisy and hot and if you go late there is no food left! These
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restaurants are very relaxed. You can even take your own drink into a Thai
restaurant!
Decide these statements are true (T) or false (F) (Xác định các câu sau đúng hay sai)
____ 1. They sometimes sit on the floor when they eat.
____ 2. They often use chopsticks.
____ 3. They don’t use their fingers.
____ 4. They can’t drink alcohol in public.
____ 5. Smoking is common.
____ 6. They don’t put salt on the table.
____ 7. They eat early in the evening.
____ 8. Restaurants are very formal.
GRAMMAR: COUNTABLE NOUNS and UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Countable Nouns (danh từ đếm được) là các danh từ mà ta có thể đặt các số đếm phía
trước chúng.

One book, two pens, four cars, ten students.
Uncountable Nouns (danh từ không đếm được) là danh từ mà ta không thể đặt số đếm
trước chúng được.
Water, sugar, milk, oil (NOT one water, two sugar, three milk, four oil)
Practice 3: Write C for countable nouns or U for uncountable nouns. (Viết C cho danh
từ đếm được, U cho danh từ không đếm được)
wine

_____

carrot

_____

yoghurt _____

bread

_____

onion

_____

rice

_____

milk


_____

pasta

_____

beef

_____

oil

_____

salt

_____

butter

_____

steak

_____

lemon

_____


apple

_____

water

_____

egg

_____

tea

_____

3


pork

_____

soup

_____

banana

_____


cheese

_____

Practice 4: Complete the conversation with SOME, ANY or A/AN. (Hoàn thành bài
hội thoại với SOME, ANY hoặc A/AN)
A: I’d like 1______ vegetable soup with bread, please.
B: I’m afraid we haven’t got 2______ soup today, madam. But we’ve got 3______
potato salad.
A: I don’t like salads. I’ll have 4______ cheese omelets.
B: Cheese omelets. And for the main course?
A: Roast chicken with boiled potatoes.
B: I’m sorry, but we haven’t got 5______ chicken. But you can have 6______ steak.
And there is pasta or chips instead of boiled potatoes.
A: All right. A steak and chips. Have you got 7______ wine or is there only water
or tea?
B: Of course, madam. We’ve got 8______ good Bulgarian red wine.
A: Haven’t you got 9______ white wine?
B: Yes. It’s German.
A: That’s fine. And cheese. I’d like 10______ cheese and 11______ ice cream.
B: Do you want 12______ water?
A: Yes, please. A bottle of spring water.
VOCABULARY
Put the words below into the columns below. (Sắp xếp các từ phía dưới vào các cột
phù hợp)
cream

oil


beans

strawberries

butter

potato chips

cheese

apples

candy

milk

nuts

potatoes

chicken

yoghurt

tomatoes

bananas

fish


carrots

beef

mangoes

cereal

lettuce

noodles

pasta

bread

rice

bacon

broccoli

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cucumber

grapes

Meat and Protein


lemon
Fruits

lamb

Vegetables

Grains

MORE READING PRACTICE

EATING FOR GOOD LUCK
On New Year’s Day, many people eat special foods for good luck in the new year.
A. Some Chinese people eat tangerines. Tangerines are round. Round foods end
and begin again, like years.
B. It is a Jewish custom to eat apples with honey for a sweet new year.
C. Greeks eat vasilopitta, bread with a coin inside. Everyone tries to find the coin
for luck and money in the New Year.
D. In Spain and some Latin American countries, people eat twelve grapes at
midnight on New Year’s Eve – one grape for good luck in each month of the
New Year.
E. On New Year’s Day in Japan, people eat mochi - rice cakes – for strength in the
New Year.
F. Some Americans from southern states eat black-eyed peas and rice with collard
greens. The black-eyed peas are like coins, and the greens are like dollars.
Correct the information of these statements according to the passage. (Chỉnh sửa các
câu sau theo nội dung của bài đọc)
1. Some Chinese people eat tangerines. Tangerines are sweet, like years.
2. Some Jewish people eat apples with candy for a sweet new year.

3. Greeks eat vasilopitta, bread with beans inside.
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4. In Europe, people eat twelve grapes for good luck in the new year.
5. The Japanese eat chocolate cake for strength in the new year.
6. Some Americans eat black-eyed peas. Black-eyed peas are like dollars.
Read the passage below. (Đọc bài viết dưới đây)

ORANGES
Everybody loves oranges. They are sweet and juicy. They are in sections so it is
easy to eat them. Some oranges do not have any seeds. Some have a thick skin and
some have a thin skin.
The orange tree is beautiful. It has a lot of shiny green leaves. The small white
flowers smell very sweet. An orange tree has flowers and fruit at the same time.
There were orange trees twenty million years ago. The oranges were very small,
not like the ones today. The orange tree probably came from China. Many different
kinds of wild oranges grow there today. Chinese started to raise orange trees around
2,400 B.C. Chinese art has lovely old pictures of oranges and orange trees.
Farmers in other parts of Asia and the Middle East learned to raise oranges from
the Chinese. Then, they taught Europeans. The Spanish planted orange trees in the
New World (North and South America). They took them to Florida first. Oranges are a
very important crop in Florida today.
“Orange” is both a fruit and a color. The color of oranges is so beautiful that in
English we use the name of the fruit for the color.
A. Comprehension
Circle the letter of the best answer. (Hãy chọn câu trả lời đúng)
1. Oranges are _________.
a. shiny and green


c. sweet and juicy

b. old and wild

d. thin and wild

2. Some oranges do not have _________.
a. seeds

b. flowers

c. sections

d. a skin

3. Orange leaves are _________.
a. shiny

b. sweet

c. thick

d. wild

4. There are many _________ orange trees in China today.
a. shiny

b. thin

c. wild

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d. thick


5. Europeans learned to plant orange trees from _________.

6.

a. the Middle East

c. North and South America

b. Florida

d. the Spanish

Oranges do not grow in _________.
a. India

b. Mexico

c. Sweden

d. North Africa

B. Main Idea
Circle the letter of the best answer. (Chọn câu mang ý chính của bài đọc)
1. Oranges are sweet and juicy with seeds and a skin.
2. Orange trees went from Asia to the Middle East to Europe to the New World.

3. Oranges probably came from China, and today people all over the world like
them because they are sweet and juicy.
4. Oranges are tasty fruit and people grow them in many places.
C. Vocabulary
Fill in the blanks with provided words. (Điền vào khoảng trống các từ cho sẵn)
around

wild

sections

lovely

skin

oranges

raise

smell

seeds

shiny

thin

sweet

1. Chinese started to __________ orange trees __________ 2400 B.C.

2. They are __________ and juicy.
3. Some have a thick __________ and some have a __________ skin.
4. Many different kinds of __________ oranges grow there today.
5. They are in __________ so it is easy to eat them.
6. Chinese art has __________ old pictures of oranges and orange trees.
7. Some oranges do not have any __________.
8. It has a lot of __________ green leaves.
D. Questions
Answer the questions below. (Trả lời các câu hỏi sau)
1. Do all oranges have seeds?
2. Where did the orange tree probably come from?
3. Who planted orange trees in the New World?
4. What else does the word “orange” describe?
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Unit 2

CAN YOU SWIM?
CONVERSATION
Read the conversation. (Đọc bài hội thoại sau)
Katherine: Oh, look. There’s a talent show on Saturday. Let’s enter.
Phillip:

I can’t enter a talent show. What can I do?

Katherine: You can sing really well.
Phillip:

Oh! Thanks … But you can, too.


Katherine: Well, no. I can’t sing at all – but I can play the piano.
Phillip:

So maybe we can enter the show.

Katherine: Sure. Why not?
Phillip:

OK. Let’s start to practice tomorrow!

GRAMMAR: CAN
CAN được dùng để chỉ khả năng làm được việc gì (năng lực). Nó luôn theo sau chủ từ
và đứng trước động từ chính.
I can swim.
She can sing.
Trong câu phủ định, NOT được đặt sau CAN: CANNOT = CAN’T
I can’t sing at all.
Trong câu hỏi, CAN được đặt trước chủ từ.
Can you dance?
What can you do?
Practice 1: Change these statements into negative ones. (Chuyển các câu sau sang
dạng phủ định)
1. I can speak English.

_________________________________

2. He can cook very well.

_________________________________


3. She can dance all night.

_________________________________

4. We can play the guitar.

_________________________________

5. They can enter the talent show.

_________________________________
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GRAMMAR: YES-NO questions
Câu hỏi YES – NO được tào thành từ câu xác định bằng cách đem động từ TO BE hay
trợ động từ CAN ra trước chủ từ.
She is a student. => Is she a student?
I can cook curry. => Can you cook curry?
Đối với câu chỉ có động từ thường, trợ động từ DO/ DOES được sử dụng, và đặt trước
chủ từ. Lúc này động từ chính trở về hình thức ban đầu.
She likes music. => Does she like music?
They go shopping every weekend. => Do they go shopping every weekend?
We need some bananas. => Do we need any bananas?
Practice 2: Change these statements into Yes-No questions. (Chuyển các câu sau sang
câu hỏi Yes-No).
1. He loves watching films.

_________________________________


2. They study French in the evening. _________________________________
3. She buys flowers every Sunday.

_________________________________

4. We play football every day.

_________________________________

5. She can play chess.

_________________________________

6. He is a doctor.

_________________________________

7. We can go swimming on weekend. ________________________________
8. I can watch TV here.

_________________________________

9. This fruit is good.

_________________________________

Practice 3: Write 5 sentences with things you can do, and 5 sentences with things you
can’t do. Use the words and expressions below.(Viết 5 câu về những việc bạn có thể
làm, và 5 câu về những việc bạn không thể làm. Sử dụng các cụm từ cho sẵn)

play football

draw a picture

play badminton

write a poem

play volleyball

fix cars

play basketball

cook very well

play golf

play the piano

go skiing

sing very well

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go ice-skating

repair tvs


go swimming

use a computer

go bike riding

drive a car

go for a walk

dance

Things you can do

Things you can’t do

1. I can play football.

1. I can’t go skiing.

2. _______________________________

2. _______________________________

3. _______________________________

3. _______________________________

4. _______________________________


4. _______________________________

5. _______________________________

5. _______________________________

6. _______________________________

6. _______________________________

CONVERSATION
Read the conversation. (Đọc bài hội thoại sau)
Marie: You’re really fit, Paul. Do you exercise very much ?
Paul:

Well, I almost always get up very early, and I lift weights for an hour.

Marie: You’re kidding !
Paul:

No. And then I often go Rollerblading.

Marie: Wow! How often do you exercise like that?
Paul: About five times a week. What about you?
Marie: Oh, I hardly ever exercise. I usually just watch TV in my free time. I
guess I’m a real couch potato! So, what else do you like to do, Paul?
Paul: Well, I like video games a lot. I play them every day. It drives my mom
crazy!
Marie: Hey, I play video games all the time, too.

Paul: Well, listen, I have some great new games. Why don’t we play some
after class today?
Marie: OK!

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GRAMMAR: Adverbs of Frequency
Trạng từ chỉ sự thường xuyên là những từ chỉ tính năng diễn của hành động, ví dụ như
luôn luôn (always), thường xuyên (usually, often), thỉnh thoảng (sometimes), mỗi ngày
(every day), hiếm khi (seldom), không bao giờ (never).
Trong câu, các trạng từ này đứng sau động từ TO BE và CAN, trước động từ chính.
Riêng cụm từ every day, twice a week, many times a month thường đứng cuối câu.
I always get up early.
I play them every day.
He is usually on time for class.
They never stop talking.
Trong câu hỏi, trạng từ thường đứng sau chủ từ, trước động từ chính.
Do you often play video games? _ Yes, I do.
What do you usually eat for breakfast?
Trạng từ ever (có bao giờ, từng) thường dùng trong câu hỏi YES-NO.
Do you ever ride a horse?
Đặc biệt trạng từ chỉ sự thường xuyên thường trả lời cho câu hỏi HOW OFTEN.
How often do you exercise like that? - About five times a week.
How often do you watch TV? – Every evening.
Practice 4: Put the adverbs in the correct place. (Điền các trạng từ vào đúng vị trí của
nó trong câu)
1. A: What do you do on Saturday mornings? (usually)
B: Nothing much. I sleep until noon. (almost always)
2. A: Do you go bicycling? (ever)

B: Yeah, I go bicycling on Saturday. (often)
3. A: How often do you play sports?
B: Well, I play tennis. (twice a week)
4. A: What do you do after class? (usually)
B: I go out with my classmates. (about three times a week)
5. A: How often do you do your exercise?
B: I exercise. (seldom)

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READING
Match the items with their descriptions. (Ghép các vật dụng với phần miêu tả về
chúng)
Items
____ 1. a camera
____ 2. a bed
____ 3. a mirror

Descriptions
a. It is often in the bedroom. You can sleep in it or just lie
on it.
b. This is often in the sitting room. You can put it on and

____ 4. a fire place

watch a program. You can also use it to watch a video.

____ 5. a television


c. This thing can take pictures. It is not very big and you can
carry it in your bag.
d. It is often in the sitting room. It is hot. You can sit in front
of it when you are cold.
e. If you look in it, you can see yourself. It can be on a wall
in any room of the house. There is always one in the
bathroom.

Read the passage below and decide whether these statements are True or False. (Đọc
đoạn văn sau và quyết định các câu theo sau đúng hay sai)

SMART MOVES
It won’t surprise fitness freaks to learn that aerobic exercise does more than
raise the heart rate: It lifts the spirit and builds confidence. But many brain
researchers believe that something else happens, too. Just as exercise makes the
bones, muscles, heart, and lungs stronger, researchers think that it also strengthens
important parts of the brain.
Research suggests that aerobic exercise helps you learn new things and
remember old information better. Aerobic exercise sends more blood to the brain
and it also feeds the brain with substances that develop new nerve connections. If
the exercise has complicated movements like dance steps or basketball moves, the
brain produces even more nerve connections – the more connections, the better the
brain can process all kinds of information.
Scientists still don’t fully understand the relationship between exercise and
brain power. For the moment, people just have to trust that exercise is helping them
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to learn or remember. Scientific research clearly shows, however, that three or
more workouts a week are good for you. A study in the Journal of the American

Medical Association, for example, shows that walking four to five miles (6.5 to 8
km) an hour for 45 minutes five times a week helps you live longer. So don’t be a
couch potato. Get out there and do something!
____ 1.

Exercise makes you feel happier.

____ 2.

Exercise makes you feel more self-confidence.

____ 3.

Exercise strengthens the body.

____ 4.

Exercise can increase your height.

____ 5.

Exercise can help you learn things better.

____ 6.

Exercise helps you remember things better.

____ 7.

Exercise gives you better eyesight.


____ 8.

Exercise helps you live longer.

Read the following passage and choose the best answer. (Đọc bài đọc dưới đây và
chọn câu trả lời đúng nhất)

In 776 BC the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus
to honor the Greek’s chief god, Zeus. The Greeks emphasized physical fitness and
strength in their education of youth. Therefore, contest in running, jumping, discus
and javelin throwing, boxing, and horse and chariot racing were held in individual
cities, and the winners competed every four years at Mount Olympus. The Greeks
greatly honored their winners by having olive wreaths placed on the winners’ heads
and sang poems about their victories. Originally, Greeks considered the Olympic
Games as games of friendship. Any wars which were happening were stopped to
allow the games take place.
The Greek attached so much importance to these games that they calculated
time in four years cycles (periods) which were called “Olympiads” starting from
776 BC.

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1. Which of the following is not true?
a. Winner placed olive wreaths on their own heads.
b. The games were held in Greece every four years.
c. Wars were stopped so that people could participate in the games.
d. People sang poems to glorify the winners’ deeds.
2. Why were the Olympic Games held?

a. to stop wars.
b. to honor Zeus.
c. to crown the best athletes.
d. to sing songs about the winners’ victories.
3. Approximately how many years ago did these games begin?
a. 776 years.

c. 2,770 years.

b. 1,205 years.

d. 2,277 years.

4. Which of the following contests was not mentioned?
a. discus throwing.

c. skating.

b. boxing.

d. running.

5. What conclusion can we draw about the ancient Greeks?
a. They liked to fight.
b. They were very athletic.
c. They liked a lot of ceremonies.
d. They couldn’t count, so they used “Olympiads” for calendars.

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Unit 3

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
CONVERSATION
Read the conversation. (Đọc bài hội thoại sau)
Ann: Are you going to do anything exciting this weekend?
Phil: Well, I‟m going to celebrate my birthday.
Ann: Fabulous! When is your birthday, exactly?
Phil: It‟s August ninth – Sunday.
Ann: So what are your plans?
Phil: Well, my friend Kate is going to take me to a restaurant.
Ann: Nice! Is she going to order a cake?
Phil: Yeah, and the waiters are probably going to sing “Happy Birthday” to me.
It‟s so embarrassing!
GRAMMAR: To Be Going To + Verb
Thành ngữ Be going to được dùng để diễn tả ý định, dự tính sẽ được thực hiện trong
tương lai. Dùng Be going to + Verb trong câu xác định. Trong câu phủ định, thêm
NOT vào sau TO BE: To Be + NOT + going to + Verb
I’m not going to buy a new motorbike.
She is not going to move to a new boarding house. (is not = isn’t)
We are not going to stop smoking. (are not = aren’t)
Trong câu hỏi, TO BE được đặt trước chủ từ và sau từ để hỏi (WH-word).
Are you going to present tomorrow?
What are we going to do next?
When is she going to get married?
Practice 1: Complete the conversation the correct verb forms. (Hoàn thành bài hội
thoại sau với hình thức đúng của động từ)
A: What are you going to do for Halloween? (do)
B: I don‟t know. I ____________________ anything special. (not do)

A: Well, Peter and I _____________________ a party. Can you come? (have)
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B: Sure, I can come. Where ______ you _______________ the party? (have)
A: It __________________ at Peter‟s house. (be)
B: What time ______ the party ______________? (start)
A: At 6:00. And it _____________________ around midnight. (end)
B: Who ______ you _________________? (invite)
A: We ______________________ all our good friends. (ask)
Practice 2: Read the conversation below and do the task that follow. (Đọc bài hội
thoại và làm bài tập bên dưới)
Interviewer: Good evening. I‟m Ali Right with KTX News Radio. I‟m talking with
people waiting for the bus tonight. I‟m finding out how they‟re going to
spend their evening. What‟s your name?
Michelle:

It‟s Michelle.

Interviewer: I bet you‟re going to go to the gym tonight.
Michelle:

No, not tonight. I‟m going to meet a friend. We‟re going to run together
in the park.

Interviewer: And what‟s your name?
Kevin:

Kevin


Interviewer: Are you going home now, Kevin?
Kevin:

No, not right now. First, I‟m going to go to the video-game arcade.

Interviewer: Oh, so you‟re going to play video games.
Kevin:

Yes, I am.

Interviewer: Can I ask your name?
Robert:

Yes. My name is Robert.

Interviewer: Are you going to do anything interesting tonight?
Robert:

Well, my friend Chris is going to have a party, but I‟m going to work at
home. I have all my work right here in my briefcase.

Interviewer: So you can‟t go to the party. You‟re going to work tonight.
Robert:

That‟s right.

Interviewer: And what‟s your name?
Jane:

I‟m Jane.


Interviewer: Do you have any plans for this evening?
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Jane:

I just bought some new CDs, so I‟m going to listen to music tonight.

Interviewer: What kind of music is it?
Jane:

I always listen to jazz.

Write sentences to tell what each person is going to do.(Hãy mô tả lại dự định của
những người sau)
1. Michelle is going to run with a friend in the park.
2. Kevin is ________________________________________
3. Robert is ________________________________________
4. Jane is __________________________________________
READING

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ON YOUR BIRTHDAY?
How do people usually celebrate birthdays in your country?
A. Elena Brown: “My twenty-first birthday is on Saturday, and I‟m going to go out
with some friends. To wish me a happy birthday, they‟re going to pull on my
ear 21 times, once for each year. It‟s an old custom. Some people pull on the
ear just once, but my friends are very traditional!”
B. Yan-Ching Shi: “Tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday. It‟s a special birthday, so
we‟re going to have a family ceremony. I‟m probably going to get some money

in „lucky‟ envelops from my relatives. My mother is going to cook noodles –
noodles are for a long life.”
C. Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki: “My husband is going to be 60 tomorrow. In Japan, the
sixtieth birthday is called kanreki – it‟s the beginning of a new life. The color
red represents a new life, so we always give something red for a sixtieth
birthday. What am I going to give my husband? I can‟t say. It‟s a surprise!”
D. Philippe Joly: “I‟m going to be 30 next week, so I‟m going to invite three very
good friends out to dinner. In France, when you have a birthday, you often
invite people out. In some countries, I know it‟s the opposite – people take you
out.”
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Correct these statements in according to the reading. (Sửa các câu sau cho đúng với
nội dung bài đọc)
1. To celebrate her birthday, Elena is going to pull on her friends‟ ears.
2. Yan-Ching is going to cook some noodles on her birthday.
3. On his birthday, Mr. Suzuki is going to buy something red.
4. Philippe‟s friends are going to take him out to dinner on his birthday.
5. The green color usually represents for a new life.

Read this passage carefully. (Đọc kỹ bài đọc sau)

CARS OF THE FUTURE
What kind of car will we be driving in 2020? Rather different from the type
we know today, with the next 20 years bringing greater change than the past 50.
The people who will be designing the models of tomorrow believe that
environmental problems may well accelerate the pace of the car‟s development.
Their vision is of a machine with three wheels instead of four wheels,
electrically powered, environmentally clean, and able to drive itself along

“intelligent” roads which are equipped with built-in power supplies. Future cars
will pick up their fuel during long journeys from a power source or store it in small
quantities for traveling in the city.
Instead of today‟s seating arrangements - two in front, two or three behind, all
facing forward - the 2020 car will have an interior with adults and children in a
family circle.
This view of the future car is based on a much more sophisticated road
system, with strips built into motorways to supply power to vehicles passing along
them. Cars will not need drivers, because computers will provide safe driving
control and route finding. All the driver will have to do is say where to go and the
computer will do the rest. It will become impossible for cars to crash into one
another. The technology already exists for the car to become a true automobile.

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Decide these statements are True or False according to the reading. (Quyết định xem
các câu sau đúng hay sai dựa vào nội dung bài đọc)
____ 1.

Future cars will have three wheels.

____ 2.

Cars in the future will have seats in a circle.

____ 3.

Future cars will not have drivers.


____ 4.

Cars in the future will not crash into one another.

____ 5.

Future cars will pick up their fuel in the shop.

Read the passage and choose the best answers of the questions followed. (Đọc đoạn
văn sau và chọn câu trả lời đúng)
When you put a letter into the postbox, do you know what will happen to it?
First of all a postman will come in a van to collect all the mail from it. The
mail is collected at fixed times; usually once in the morning and once in the
afternoon. These collection times are shown on each postbox. The van will then
take the mail to the nearest post office. The mail going to place in the same district
will be put together. A machine will chop the stamps so that they cannot be used
again. Then postmen will arrange the letters into bundles and pack them into their
postbags.
The work of postman is not easy. He often has to get up very early. He has to
work outdoors in all weathers. He must be strong in order to carry his heavy
postbag. He sometimes has to read bad hand writing.
Can you read the address on this envelope? It is very difficult for postmen to
deliver mail quickly and correctly when addresses are not written clearly.
Do you know the proper way to send a letter? If you are writing to someone in
Hong Kong, you should use a white envelope. If you want to send a letter to a
country outside Hong Kong, you should use an envelope bordered by red and blue
stripes. Also, you should write the name and address clearly and correctly on the
envelope. Letters and small parcels can be posted in postboxes or at a post office.
However, you must take large parcels to a post office. It costs more to send a heavy
parcel than a light one. It is also more expensive to send mail overseas.


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1. When is mail collected from a postbox?
a. Usually twice a day.

c. Only once in the afternoon.

b. At any time in a day.

d. Twice in the morning.

2. How do we know the collection times?
a. A policeman will tell us.
b. They are shown outside the mail vans.
c. They are written on the postbags.
d. They are shown on the postboxes.
3. What does a machine do to the mail collected in a post office?
a. It takes the stamps off for use again.
b. It puts a chop on the stamps.
c. It sticks more stamps onto them.
d. It arranges the letters into bundles.
4. What does the writer think about a postman’s work?
a. It is really very easy.
b. He has to work in good and bad weather.
c. He has to walk all the time.
d. He often works inside a post office.
5. What kind of envelope should you use when you send a letter to a local
address?

a. A white envelope.
b. A red envelope with blue stripes.
c. A white envelope with red stripes.
d. A blue envelope with red stripes.
GRAMMAR: Future with WILL
Will + Verb để diễn tả hành động sẽ xảy ra trong tương lai. Động từ theo sau WILL
luôn ở hình thức nguyên mẫu.
We will have a test at the end of the course.
She will be 16 years on next week.
They will go home after class.
Để diễn tả câu phủ định, thêm NOT vào phía sau WILL: will not = won‟t.
I won’t travel to Da Lat alone.
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She will not become a singer (because she sings so badly).
They won’t come to class on time.
Trong câu hỏi, WILL sẽ đứng trước chủ từ và sau từ để hỏi (WH-word).
Will you go to my party?
What will you do tomorrow?
When will we finish this course?
Lưu ý: Phân biệt WILL + Verb và BE GOING TO + Verb
WILL + VERB diễn tả hành động sẽ xảy ra trong tương lai (không rõ lúc nào)
BE GOING TO + VERB diễn tả 01 ý định, dự định sẽ được thực hiện trong tương lai
(xác định rõ thời gian).
I am going to buy a new computer next week. (I’m sure because I need one)
We will travel to Da Lat this year. (We don’t know when we will go)
WILL + VERB còn diễn tả một quyết định tức thì (không dự tính trước), 01 lời đề
nghị giúp đỡ ai.
A: Who wants to erase the board? Are there any volunteers?

B: I will do it!
Đôi khi cả WILL và BE GOING TO cùng diễn tả cùng ý nghĩa, khi đó cả 02 đều có
thể sử dụng được.
A: What do you want to be when you grow up?
B: I will (am going to) be an engineer.
Practice 3: Use Will and/ or Be Going To with the verbs in parentheses. (Điền vào
chỗ trống với WILL hay BE GOING TO)
1. Sue _______________ graduate in June.
2. Fred _______________ be at the meeting tomorrow. I think Jane
_______________ come too.
3. A: Can you give Ed a message for me?
B: Sure, I _________________ see him at the meeting this evening.
4. A: This letter is in French, and I don‟t speak a word of French. Can you help
me?
B: Sure. I _________________ translate it for you.

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5. A: Do you want to go shopping with me? I ________________ go to the
shopping mall downtown.
B: Sure. What time do you want to leave?
6. A: It‟s hot in here.
B: I agree. I _______________ turn the air-conditioning on.
A: That‟s a good idea.
7. A: It‟s really cold in here. My nose is cold and my fingers are cold.
B: I __________________ make you a hot cup of tea.
A: Thanks. That sounds good.
8. A: Paul, do you want to go with me to the shopping mall?
B: No thanks. I have some things I have to do today. I ________________

wash my car and then clean out the basement.
9. A: Let's make something easy for dinner. Got any ideas?
B: I _________________ make some hamburgers. Why don't you make a
salad?
A: Sounds good.
10. A: Why did you buy so many tomatoes?
B: I __________________ make a lot of spaghetti sauce.
VOCABULARY & WRITING
Write sentences by using Be going to with the words below. (Viết câu dùng cấu trúc
Be going to với các từ cho sẵn)
see a movie

have a picnic

cook a meal for family

go out with friends

go to the countryside

chat with friends

play video games

go fishing

run in the park with

buy some new clothes


shop in supermarket

friends
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What are you going to do this weekend? What are you going to do tonight?
1. I‟m going to see a movie tonight.
2. I‟m _________________________________________.
3. We _________________________________________.
4. I‟m _________________________________________.
5. We _________________________________________.
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