Lesson 1
Getting started – A closer look 1
Unit 1: My new
PHONG’S MOM
VY
DUY
PHONG
Activity 1: Listen to the dialogue and correct the
false sentences (Books closed)
T
1. Vy and Duy are early.
T
2. Phong is eating
F
Vy
3. Duy is Phong’s
friend.
T
4. Duy lives near Phong
F
5. Phong isn’t
is wearing a
school uniform.
Activity 2 (Ex 1b): Find these expressions in the
conversation. Check what they mean.
1. Oh dear
3. Come in
2. You’ll
see
4. Sure
1. Oh dear
Express surprise
(negative)
2. You’ll see
“ You’ll find out”
3. Come in
invite somebody in
4. Sure
“yes”/ alright”.
Let’s check what are there in Duy’s school bag
compass
book
eraser
ruler
paper
calculator
textbook
pencilcase
pen
b. Pencil
e. compass
j. school bag
sharpener
d. rubber
c. calculator
h. textbook a. bicycle
i. pencil case
g. ruler
f. notebook
Activity 3:
Work in group
of 6 students,
match the
pictures with
their names
(3 mins)!
ANSWER KEY
Swap with
other groups
to check. Give
results to the
teacher
Some EXTRA
VOCABULARY
will be noted
in red circles
Activity 4: a.Put these words in the right colunms (pairwork)
physics
history
judo
exercise English
football homework
music
school lunch
play
do
have
vocabulary
lesson
science
study
football
homework
school lunch
physics
music
judo
lessons
English
exercise
history
vocabulary
science
b. Put one of this words in each blank
lessons
football
science
judo
homework
homework
1.I do ____________ with my friend.
football
2.Duy play ____________
for the school team.
lessons
3.All the _________ at my new school are interesting.
judo
4.They are healthy. They do ________
everyday.
science on Mondays.
5. I study maths, English and _________
Activity 5: Pronunciation /əʊ/ and /ʌ/
5a.Listen and repeat.
Pay attention to the sound /əʊ/ and /ʌ/
1. /əʊ/: judo
2. /ʌ/ : brother
/əʊ/
going
Monday
homework
mother
/ʌ/
open
month
/əʊ/
We pronounce /əʊ/ when:
-“o” is usually pronounce /əʊ/ when it is the last letter of the word:
go, no, …
-“oa” is pronounce /əʊ/ when in the word has one syllable and
ends with a consonant or consonants: coat, road, …
-“ou” can pronounce /əʊ/: soul, dough, …
-“ow” are pronounce /əʊ/: slow, know, …
/ʌ/
We pronounce /ʌ/ when:
-“o” usually pronounce /ʌ/ when it in one syllable word and in
stress syllables in words with many syllables: come, some, …
-“u” usually pronounce /ʌ/ when the word end with “u +
consonant”: but, cup, …
-“oo” can pronounce /ʌ/ in these circumstances : blood, flood…
-“un” are pronounce / ʌ / when it’s the begin of the word :
unhappy, untidy…
-“ou” usually pronounce /ʌ/ when the word end with “ou + one
consonant / two consonants”: country, couple, …
5b. Listen to the words
and put them into two groups
/əʊ/
/ʌ/
rode
some
don’t
Monday
hope
month
homework
come
post
one
rode
don’t
hope
Monday
homework
month
come
post
one
some
ACTIVITY 6: WRITING
Exercise 1:
Copy down this timetable into the notebook in English language [
Exercise 2:
Is the underline pron0unce /əʊ/ or /ʌ/?
/əʊ/
/əʊ/
/ʌ/
/ʌ/
Go
No
Coat
Road
Slow
Dough
But
Cup
Blood
Flood
Country
Couple
Go
Blood
Coat
Couple
No
Slow
But
Road
Cup
Flood
Country
Dough
ACTIVITY 7: CHAIN GAME (SPEAKING)
5 students go to the board. Take turn to retell the dialogue in their own words. The one
who can stay till the end will be the winner.
Example: S1: Today is their first day to a new school.
S2: Today is their first day to a new school. Phong is having breakfast.
S3: Today is their first day to a new school. Phong is having breakfast. ……..
HOMEWORK
1.Write newwords
2.Find 3 words with /əʊ/ and /ʌ/
3.Do exercises in workbook
See you next time