8.Order the words to make sentences. Then match the sentences with the questions below.

(Sắp xếp các từ để tạo thành câu. Sau đó nối các câu với các câu hỏi bên dưới.)

Enid Blyton

1. British / writer / was / Enid Blyton / a

2. born / was/ 1897/ England / in / She / in

3. sixteen / when / was / she / writing / She first / started

4. became / Enid Blyton / eventually / the / famous / most / of / writer / children’s stories

5. loved / People / her work / were / her mysteries / because / exciting / so

A.Who was Enid Blyton?

B.What did she become?

C.Where was she born?

D.Why were her books popular?

E.When did she first start writing

Exercise 3. Listen to the sounds. Match the people in column A with the actions in column B. Then write sentences using the present continuous.

(Nghe các âm thanh. Nối mỗi người ở cột A với hành động tương ứng ở cột B. Sau đó viết câu sử dụng thì hiện tại tiếp diễn.)

1 – d: A young child is speaking to his mother.

(Đứa bé đang nói chuyện với mẹ.)

1G. get

1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of get. In your notebook, match the sentences to  the correct basic meaning (a-e) in the Learn this! box.

(Hoàn thành các câu sau với dạng đúng của get. Trong vở của bạn, nối các câu trên với đúng các nghĩa cơ bản (a-e) trong hộp Learn this!)

LEARN THIS! Basic meanings of get

(Các nghĩa cơ bản của get)

The verb get has several basic meanings.

(Động từ get có một vài nghĩa cơ bản.)

a. to receive – What did you get for your birthday?

(a. nhận – Bạn đã nhận được gì cho sinh nhật của mình?)

b. to buy or collect – He went out to get a newspaper.

(b. mua hoặc thu nhặt – Anh ấy ra ngoài để mua một tờ báo.)

c. to catch or take (transport) – Which train did she get?

(c. để đón hoặc bắt (vận chuyển) – Bạn đã bắt chuyến tàu nào vậy?)

d. to arrive - We got home at midnight.

(d. đến – Chúng tôi đến nhà vào nửa đêm.)

e. to become - I'm getting hungry.

(e. trở nên – Tôi đang đói.)

1. It was dark when we _____ to the hotel.

2. It was too far to walk so we decided to _____ a taxi.

3. We live on the equator, so it _____ dark at the same time every evening.

4. On the way to the hospital yesterday, we _____ some flowers for my aunt.

5. My brother is really excited because he _____ a new phone for his birthday.

3. QUIZ: Match the sentences with the pictures. Then match them with the countries.

(Câu đố: Nối các câu với ảnh tương ứng. Sau đó nối chúng với quốc gia tương ứng.)

1. They go to Times Square to watch the New Year's Eve Ball drop.

(Họ đến Quảng trường Thời đại để xem Vũ hội đêm giao thừa.)

2. They bathe in an ice hole.

(Họ tắm trong một hố băng.)

3. They eat mochi rice cakes.

(Họ ăn bánh gạo mochi.)

4. They throw water on other people.

(Họ tạt nước vào người khác.)

4. Read the text. Match sentences A-D with gaps 1-4 in the text. Use your answers from exercise 3 to help you.

(Đọc văn bản. Nối các câu A-D với khoảng trống 1-4 trong văn bản. Sử dụng câu trả lời của bạn từ bài tập 3.)

A. Back in 2005, cloud storage was quite a new idea.

B. If you met him, you probably wouldn't realise that he is a multi-millionaire.

C. Most people of his age would lead an extravagant lifestyle if they had so much money.

D. He only goes to expensive restaurants if an important customer wants to eat there.

Aaron Levie loves tinned spaghetti. He lives in a small apartment. At the age of 27, his biggest luxury is his smartphone. (1) _____. However, as co-founder and CEO of Box, a successful IT company, he is worth about $100 million. He loves his job and works hard. Most days, he does not leave the office until after midnight.

Levie and his friend Dylan Smith started Box in 2005 while still at university. It offered a better way of storing data, cloud storage.

Like most new businesses, Box did not bring in much income at the start. When it began, Levie and Smith looked for funding, but couldn't find any investors. (2) _____. For that reason, nobody wanted to risk lending them money. Eventually, a well-down entrepreneur called Mark Cuban agree to put money into Box. Soon, Box grew quickly and had contracts with many of the biggest companies in the USA.

Now, Box has grown a lot and so have its profits, making Levie a multi-millionaire. (3) _____. But Levie says that it doesn't interest him. "I'm certainly not into money." (4) _____. Otherwise, he has lunch meetings in burger bars. "And l still like tinned spaghetti. I'd be happy if I had it every day.”

1. Check the meanings of verbs 1-10. Then read the text and sentences 1-4. Match verbs 1-10 with the past simple forms in blue. Listen and check.

(Kiểm tra nghĩa của các động từ 1-10. Sau đó, đọc văn bản và các câu 1-4. Nối các động từ 1-10 với các thì quá khứ đơn có màu xanh lam. Nghe và kiểm tra.)

X GAMES SUPERSTARS

Sports in the X Games are always exciting and often dangerous. The games started in 1995 when 500,000 fans travelled to Newport in the USA and watched sports like BMX, skateboarding and motocross.

Our programme today looks at two skateboarders who decided to leam to skateboard when they were very young. They competed in the X Games and became big stars - Tom Schaar, the youngest gold medallist in the history of the games, and Alana Smith, the youngest silver medallist.

1. She/ He learned to skate when she/he was…………………

a. four                          b. seven                        c. nine

2. She / He first went to the X Games in…………………

a. Barcelona                 b. Miami                       c. Shanghai

3. She/ He did a trick called…………………

a. 900                           b. 108               c. 540 McTwist

4. She / He won an X Games   medal when she/he was…………………

a. ten                            b. twelve                      c. fourteen

3. Study the example. Match sentences 1—5 with reasons a-e. Then combine the sentences using because.

(Nghiên cứu ví dụ. Ghép câu từ 1 đến 5 với lý do từ a đến e. Sau đó kết hợp các câu sử dụng bởi vì.)

It's cool and wet because it's in autumn.

(Trời mát và ẩm ướt vì đang vào mùa thu.)

1. I hope it will be hot tomorrow.

2 We’re going to pack our suitcases.

3 My brother wants to buy a guidebook.

4 Samir lives in France.

5 Were going to take our waterproofs.

a. His dad works there.

b. We're going to go away tomorrow.

c. lt will be rainy on Saturday.

d. He's going to travel to Japan in the summer.

e. I want to go to the beach.

4. Match 1-5 with a-e and make second conditional sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

(Ghép 1-5 với a-e và tạo thành câu điều kiện loại hai sử dụng dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc.)

1. If I _____ (need) money, a. I _____ (ask) my dad to buy one for me.

2. lf tablet computers _____ (not cost) so much, b. if I _____ (shop) at the charity shop.

3. I _________ (be) upset c. I ______ (get) holiday job.

4. I _______ (can) buy clothes really cheaply d. I _____ (use) my mum's laptop to send messages.

5. If I _______ (not have) a mobile phone,e. if the coffee shop in my village _____ (close)

Exercise 1. Check the meanings of the words in the box and match them with pictures 1-9. Then complete the text with the correct words.

(Kiểm tra nghĩa của các từ trong khung và nối chúng với bức tranh 1-9. Sau đó hoàn thành văn bản với các từ đúng.)

Vertebrates

Vertebrates are animals with backbones. The following groups are the different types of vertebrates.

Fish

Fish are cold blooded animals and they live in water. They have got scales and (1)………… . They haven't got lungs. They have got (2)………… instead.

Mammals

All mammals are warm-blooded and they feed their babies milk. Most mammals live on land, for example, humans and dogs. However, some mammals, like whales, live in water, but they haven't got gills. Mammals have all got (3)………… .

Birds

Birds live on land, but some of them look for food in the water. They have got (4)………… , two legs

and two (5)………… . Some birds, like ostriches and kiwis, can't fly. All birds lay eggs.

Amphibians

When amphibians are young, they live in water and they haven't got lungs. When they are adult, they have got lungs and four (6)………… - for example, frogs and toads.

Reptiles

Most reptiles live on land. They have got lungs and (7)………… but not gills. They haven't got any wings or feathers and they haven't got any (8)………… . They are cold blooded animals and many of them live in warm places.