Write a letter to your pen pal. Use the information given below
- Chiristmas and New Year holiday.
- first semester report/ last week.
- good grades/ English/ Math/ Physics
- teacher/ tell/ improve Chemistry/ Literature
- in a few weeks/ Tet holidays or Lunar New Year Festival
- help my parents/ clean/ decorate/ the house
- send you/ some photos.
Write a letter
* Christmas and New Year holiday
* first semester report / last week
* good grades / English / Math / Physics
* Teacher / tell / improve Chemistry / Literature
* In a few weeks / Tet holidays on Lunar New Year Festival
* Help my parents / clean / decorate / the house
* Send you / some photo
* Use the cue words to complete each sentence in the letter ( Hòan thành lá thư sau với những từ gợi ý):
1. We/ our/ second semester/ report/ last month./ I/ good grades/ Math/ English,/ but/ my/ Literature/ Physics/ results/ poor.
2.Mid- Autumn Festival/ come/ a few/ week./ That/ the moon/ in/ Vietnam.
3. I/ think/ I/ you/ about/ it/ in/ my/ last letter./ I/ Da Lat/ my/ aunt/ and/ uncle/ bus/ this afternoon.
4. I/ send/ you/ postcard/ there. Write/ and/ tell/ me all your news.
*Use the cue words to complete each sentence in the passage ( Dùng từ và cum từ gợi ý viết thành một đọan văn hòan chỉnh):
1. Last year / I / be / bad / English
2. My teacher / tell / me / work harder / improve / English
3. I / listen / cassettes / every day
4. I / also practice / speak / English / my friends
5. Last week / I / get / a mark 10
6. Teacher / say / she / be / happy / because / I / make / progress / English. .................................................. .................................................. ..........................................
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Write a letter to your friend using the given words or phrases ( 80-100 Words) -Mother's Day - second semester report /last month -good grade / English / Math - in a few weeks / Mid-Autumn Festiva / moon festival - Hue / parents / train / next week.
Write a letter to friend using the words below.
a) I/receive/letter/yesterday
b) I/glad/you/well.I/fine/too
c) I/get/school report/last week
d) I/good grades/ history ang english/but/math/result/bad
e) Teacher/ask/me/improve/it/next school year
F) I/look forward to/hear/news/soon
Dear....
V. Read the passage.
Tet holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh chung, which is the traditional cake, and kinds of jam. On the New Year's Eve, the whole family get together for the reunion dinner. Every member of the family should be present during the dinner in which many different kinds of dishes are served. On New Year morning, the young members of the family pay their respects to the elders. And the children receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes. Then people go to visit the neighbors, friends and relatives
a. True or false.
1. Vietnamese people clean their houses some weeks before the New Year.
2.A week before Tet, people make Chung cake.
3. The young members of the family pay their respects to elders.
4. The elders receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes.
b. Answer the questions.
1. When is Tet holiday celebrated in Viet Nam?
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2. Do they make Banh chung three days before the festival?
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3. What do they do on the New Year's Eve?
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4. Who receives lucky money?
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5.Do they visit their neighbors, friends, relatives on New Year morning?
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VI. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1. I don't have a motorbike.
I wish ......................................................
2. It takes long two hours to do his homework every day.
Long spends .......................................................................
3. My sister started learning english 5 years ago.
My sister has .........................................................................
4. Finding an apartment in a big city is not easy.
It is not .......................................................................................
Exercise 2: Read the passage and answer the questions
TET holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh Chung, which is the traditional cake, and kinds of jam. On the new Year’s Eve, the whole family get together for a reunion dinner. Every member of the family should be present during the dinner in which many different kinds of dishes are served. On the New Year morning, the young member of the family pay their respects to the elders. And the children receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelops. Then people go to visit their neighbors, friends and relatives.
1. Is TET holiday celebrated on the second day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam?
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2. What do the Vietnamese often do some weeks before the New Year?
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3. Who do people often visit on TET holiday?
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4. How many kinds of dishes are served in the reunion dinner?
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Exercise 1: Put the verbs in the correct form.
1. The manager suggested that we should _________ (try) to find another hotel.
2. Mary ( talk ) __________ , Hoa, on the phone at 9 o’clock yesterday .
3. He (go) __________ to school yesterday.
4. While I ( cross) __________ the street to go work last night, I (step) _________on a banana and (fail) __________ heavily.
5. He (go) __________ to Ha Long Bay for 2 weeks since then.
6. When Mary (arrive) __________, the teacher (be) __________there.
7. At 2 o’clock in the afternoon yesterday, I (make) __________tea for everyone
8. In Vietnam, children have to (bow) their head when greeting old people.
9. The monkey (climb up) __________ the trees when we (visit) ________ them yesterday
10. You _________( not have) to dress up for the party. Wear whatever you feel comfortable in.
Exercise 1: Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined
1. | A. leisure | B. eight | C. celebrate | D. compliment | |||||
2. | A. spread | B. spring | C. street | D. espresso | |||||
3. | A. floated | B. worshipped | C. planted | D. needed | |||||
4. A. television | B. procession | C. generation | D. tradition | ||||||
5. | A. | straw | B. | stray | C. | behave | D. | commemorate |
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6. | A. | followed | B. | considered | C. | believed | D. | looked |
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Exercise 2: Find the word which has a different stress
1. | A. anniversary | B. celebration | C. ceremony | D. politician |
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2. | A. lantern | B. princess | C. emperor | D. incense | |
3. | A. concentration | B. composition | C. consideration | D. conversation | |
4. | A. civilian | B. grammarian | C. politician | D. Shakespearian | |
5. | A. application | B. congratulation | C. recreation | D. education | |
6. | A. cunning | B. unkind | C. greedy | D. generous | |
Tìm 10 lỗi sai rồi sửa lại cho đúng:
Tet holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Some weeks after the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are buyed for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh Chung, who is the traditional cake, and other goodies. At the New Year's Eve, the whole family gets together for a reunion dinner. Every members of the family should be present during the dinner in which much different kinds of dishes is served. On the New Year morning, the yound members of the family pay them respects to the elders. In return they receive lucky money wrapped by red tiny envelopes. Then people go to visit their relatives, friends and neighbourhoods.
ĐỌC RỒI TRẢ LỜI CÂU HỎI
Tet holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh chung, which is the traditional cake, and kinds of jam. On the New Year's Eve, the whole family get together for the reunion dinner. Every member of the family should be present during the dinner in which many different kinds of dishes are served. On New Year morning, the young members of the family pay their respects to the elders. And the children receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes. Then people go to visit the neighbors, friends and relatives.
* QUESTION
1. What do they do on the New Year's Eve?
2. When do people make Chung cake?
3. When is Tet celebrated?
4. What do the Vietnamese do before Tet?
5. Do people receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes?
Tet or Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a festival which happens in late January or early February. Before Tet, people usually clean and decorate their homes. They go to the market to buy candy, jams, or dried watermelon seeds. They also get new clothes which are worn at Tet. They often buy peach blossoms and marigolds which are traditional flowers on Tet holiday. Tet is a time for family members to gather and have special food such as sticky rice cakes. People often visit relatives and close family friends on the second of the holiday.
*) Answer the questions:
1/Which flowers are traditional on Tet holiday?
2/Who do people often visit on the secound day of the holiday?
*TRUE(T)or FALES(F)
........1/Tet is the most important celebration in vietnam.
........2/Tet happens in early January.
