Tiếng Anh 8 (Friends Plus) - Starter unit | Giáo Dục Việt Nam

VOCABULARY • Routines

I can talk about routines and say when I do things.

1. Study the words in the box. Which of these things do you do every day?

2. 1.02 Complete the interviews using the correct form of the verbs in exercise 1. Then listen and check.

Language Focus Reference p98

3. Look at the words in blue in the dialogues in exercise 2. Where do adverbs of frequency go in a sentence? Think of more adverbs.

4. USE IT! Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions to compare your daily routines. Use time expressions, adverbs of frequency, and the words and phrases in exercises 1 and 2. Are your routines similar?

5. USE IT! Use the information about your partner in exercise 4 to write a paragraph about their daily routine.

1. Study sentences 1–5 from the interviews on page 6. Then answer questions a–d.

1. What are you doing in town this morning?
2. I’m looking for a present for my mum.
3. I start school at nine.
4. I have some cereal or toast.
5. Do you always go shopping on Saturday mornings?

1. Which sentence refers to a scheduled action?
2. Which sentences refer to actions happening now?
3. Which sentence refers to a repeated action?
4. Which sentence contains a verb that we can’t usually use in the present continuous?

2. Write the negative forms of sentences 1–5 in exercise 1.

3. Read the interviews on page 6 again. Find examples of:

1. Negative forms of the present simple and present continuous.

2. Question forms of the present simple and present continuous.

3. Third person singular forms of the present simple.

4. Pronunciation: Consonant clusters

A consonant cluster is a group of consonants without any vowels between them. A consonant cluster can be at the beginning (school /skuːl/), in the middle (describe /dɪsˈkraɪb/), or at the end of a word (fact /fækt/).

Underline consonant clusters in the words below and pronounce them. Listen and check.

break   extra    gift   cold   scholar    history    text    discover    planet

5. Complete the phone conversation on the right using the correct present simple and present continuous forms of the verbs.

6. Work in pairs. Match 1–8 with a–h. Then ask and answer the questions with your partner.

7. USE IT! Work in pairs. Write another six questions using the question words in blue in exercise 6. Then ask and answer the questions with your partner. What do you both have in common? What are the differences?

1 🔊1.04 Complete the table with the infinitive and past simple forms of the verbs in blue in the quiz. Then listen and check.

2 Do the quiz. Compare your scores with a partner. Who has got the best memory?

How GOOD is your MEMORY?

What was the last film that you saw? When was the last time that you ate in a restaurant? When did you last go to a circus or a zoo? Where and when did you first ride a bike? Who taught you English at primary school? How old were your parents on their last birthdays? What was the last music that you heard? When did you last make something to eat? What mark did you get in your last English exam? At what age did you first have a mobile phone? What did you do on your last birthday? Who spoke to you first at school today? Who did you speak to last before you left home this morning? How many people gave you presents last year? What were they? How many people did you buy presents for last year? What were they?

3 🔊1.05 Listen to five short dialogues about some other memories and complete the Key Phrases.

 4 🔊1.05 Listen again. Write down the answers to the questions in the Key Phrases.

5 USE IT! Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions using the verbs in exercise 1 and the question words in the box.

Past simple

1 Complete sentences 1–5 with the words in the box. Then answer questions a–c.

1. I __________  scared, but I was nervous.
2. I __________  some new sport clothes.
3. I __________  see you at the sports centre.
4. What __________  you do last weekend?
5. She __________  to sing professionally when she was only six.

1. Which of the verbs in the box are regular and which are irregular?
2. How do we form the past simple of regular verbs?
3. Which verbs do we use to form questions and negatives?

2 Complete the interview using the correct past simple form of be.

Dan  How old __________   you when you moved to France?

Joe  I __________   four or five. I lived with my mum and my older brother and sister. My dad travelled a lot. He __________   at home much.

Dan  __________   your brother and sister happy to live in France?

Joe  No, they __________  . They __________   lonely because their friends __________   all in England.

Dan  __________    it a happy time?

Joe  No, it __________   a happy time for my brother and sister. But it __________  a great time for me!

3 Write sentences that are true for you using the past simple and the ideas in 1–6. Add a second sentence for each one giving extra information.

(go) to a football match last year

I went to a football match last year. It was between

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai and Hà Nội FC.

1. (watch) a good TV programme last night
2. (listen) to music yesterday
3. (meet) friends on Sunday
4. (do) homework yesterday
5. (play) video games this morning
6. (ride) a bicycle last week

Object and subject questions

4 Study the object and subject questions below. Then find two more examples of each question in the memory quiz on page 8.

5 Write object or subject questions using the past simple.

1. Who (buy) a present for Rachel?
2. What (they / get) her?
3. How many people (go) to her party?
4. Who (you / meet) there?
5. Why (you / leave) early?