LỜI GIỚI THIỆU

Bộ giáo trình English I được biên soạn bởi nhóm tác giả là các giảng viên Khoa Ngoại Ngữ,
Học viện Ngân Hàng. Đây là giáo trình lưu hành nội bộ, được sử dụng cho sinh viên năm thứ
nhất, khối không chuyên tại Học viện Ngân Hàng.

Với mục đích tăng cường phát triển toàn diện 4 kỹ năng Nghe – Nói – Đọc – Viết, đồng thời
giúp sinh viên định hướng phát triển năng lực ngoại ngữ đạt chuẩn đầu ra B1 theo khung tham
chiếu 6 bậc Châu Âu, giáo trình được thiết kế ở trình độ A2 (tương đương bậc 2) với các bài
luyện tập kỹ năng theo dạng thức chuẩn hóa đề thi quốc tế.

Bộ giáo trình gồm có Student‟s Book (giáo trình và sách bài tập dành cho sinh viên) và
Teacher‟s Book (tài liệu dành cho giảng viên). Sách Student‟s Book bao gồm 9 đơn vị bài học
theo các chủ đề khác nhau, cung cấp cho sinh viên từ vựng và ngữ pháp bên cạnh các dạng
bài luyện tập cho cả 4 kỹ năng Nghe – Nói – Đọc – Viết. Sau 3 đơn vị bài học có 1 bài luyện
tập thêm Further practice giúp sinh viên củng cố và tự đánh giá mức độ tiếp nhận kiến thức.

Bộ giáo trình được thiết kế một cách khoa học và hệ thống nhằm tối ưu hóa hiệu quả giảng
dạy và học tập, đặc biệt nâng cao khả năng tự nghiên cứu của sinh viên.

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Name: ……………………………………………
Student Number: ………………………………
Group: …………………………………………...
School year: …………………………………….

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CONTENTS

UNIT PAGE
1 Is he playing tennis now? 5
2 Where to visit? 11
3 Faster & cheaper 17
Revision 1 ( Units 1-3) 23
4 Shh! We must be quiet! 28
5 Such a great holiday! 34
6 Let’s watch it! 40
Revision 2 ( Units 4-6) 46
7 Outdoor activities 51
8 Stay healthy? 57
9 Technology 63

Revision 3 ( Units 7-9) 69

Grammar reference 77
Irregular verbs 86
Wordlist 88
Supplement Practice 94

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 MAP OF THE UNITS
Unit Topics Exam skills Grammar Vocabulary Functions
1 Is he playing Sport & clothes Reading: Part 4 Present continuous Sport Talking about what people
tennis now? Clothes Writing: Part 9 Present simple vs. Clothes are doing now
Listening: Part 1 present continuous Describing what people are
Speaking: Part 2 wearing

Places Past simple Places Describing places

2 Where to visit? Reading: Part 2
&buildings ago Talking about dates
Writing: Part 9 Days & dates
Time expressions Talking about events in the
Shopping Listening: Part 5
in/ at/ on past
Speaking: Part 1

3 Faster &cheaper Transport Reading: Part 3b Comparative adjectives Transport Making comparisons
Travel Writing: Part 7 Superlative adjectives Directions Asking for and giving
Listening: Part 3 directions
Speaking: Part 2
4 Shh! We must be School & study Reading: Part 1 must/ mustn't Education Expressing rules and
quiet! Entertainment Writing: Part 9 should/ shouldn't Musical obligation
Listening: Part 5 can/ could Instruments Giving advice
Speaking: Part 1 Talking about ability in the
Adverbs of manner
present and past

5 Such a great Holidays Reading: Part 4 Past continuous Holiday Talking about events in
holiday! Personal Writing: Part 8 Past simple & activities progress in the past
experien- Listening: Part 2 past continuous Adjectives of Giving opinions
ces Speaking: Part 2 opinion

6 Let’s watch it! Entertainment & Be going to Going out Making suggestions
Reading: Part 3b
media Talking about future plans
Writing: Part 6 Infinitives &-ing forrns TV programmes
Television Listening: Part 4 Word-building
Speaking: Part 1

7 Outdoor The natural world Reading: will, won’t & may The countryside Following instructions
Part 1
activities Making predictions about
Weather Writing: Part 8 First conditional Weather the future
Listening: Part 1 &seasons Expressing certainty and
Speaking: Part 2
doubt

8 Stay healthy Health & Present perfect The body Talking about recent past
Reading: Part 5
medicine events
Writing: Part 6 just Health & illness Talking about health
Personal feelings Listening: Part 3 yet/ already Adjectives problems
Speaking: Part 1
Present perfect with Discussing personal
for & since feelings

9 Technology Communication The passive: present Communication Describing simples objects

Reading: Part 5
& technology Checking understanding
Appliances Writing: Part 7 The passive: past
Listening: Part 2 Describing
Speaking: Part 2 objects

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Unit 1 IS HE PLAYING TENNIS NOW?
A GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY

Vocabulary – Sport
1 Look at the photos (A-F) below. Match them with the sports (1-6).
A

1 rugby ……. 3 skateboarding ……. 5 swimming …….

2 basketball ……. 4 table tennis ……. 6 volleyball …….
2 Which sports in the following and in I’m not haveing a good
Exercise 1 go with “go”, “do” and “play”? time. I’m bored. I’m siting 1 having
Put them in the correct circle. Then add outside the sports centre 2. ……...
more words. because I’m waitting for my 3 ……...
friends. Some of them are 4 ……...
swiming in the pool and 5 ……...
others are plaing basketball 6 ……...
What are you doing? Are
you listenning to music?

5 Complete the conversation with the

correct form of the present continuous or
present simple.

Tom: What (1) are you doing (you/do)?

Grammar – Present Continuous
Roz: I (2)………………(watch) the
basketball final with Sally.
3 Read the text. What sport are Leo and
Tom: (3)…………(the school team/win)?
Susan playing at the moment?
Roz: Yes, it (4)…………… . Max
Leo is carrying a racket and three small
(5)………………(play) really well.
yellow balls. Now he‟s hitting the ball with
Tom: (6) ……………(Ben/ sit) with you?
his racket. But what is Susan doing? She isn’t
Roz: No, he (7)…………….He
hitting the ball, she isn’t playing well today.
(8)……………… (buy) some water. Why?
Leo is winning 40-15 right now.
Tom: I‟m at his cousin‟ match. They
4 Exam candidates often make (9)………………(lose)
mistakes with the spelling of verb + -ing. Roz: Oh, no! I‟ll tell him.
Correct six mistakes in this message.
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B LISTENING

Part 1 EXAM TASK

1 Work in pairs. Read the instructions for
the exam task. Then complete these
sentences with the correct number.
1 There are ……..short conversations I this
part.
2 You have to answer ……..question(s)
about each conversation.
3 Each question has got ……..possible
answers. You have to choose the right one.
Track 02 You will hear five short
conversations.
You will hear each conversation twice.
There is one question for each
conversation.
For each question, choose the right
answer (A, B or C).
2 How much is Jenny‟s new tennis racket?

Exam tip
You hear information about all three
pictures but only one of the pictures
answers the question correctly.

2 Read question 1 from the exam task 3 What time does the hockey match start?
below and look at the pictures. Then
answer the questions.
1 What are the important words in this
question? Underline them.
2 What is Holly doing in the three pictures?

4 What is Simon drinking?

3 Track 01 Listen and answer question 5 Who is Maisie‟s table-tennis coach?

4 Listen again and match these questions
with the pictures (A, B, or C) from
question 1 above.
1 What‟s Holly doing now? A
2 What did Holly miss today? B
3 What does the boy think Holly C
is doing now?

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 C GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY

1 2 3

Vocabulary – Clothes
1 Work in pairs. What sports do you think 4 Underline examples of the present
the young people do? continuous and circle examples of the
present simple in the texts in Exercise 3.
2 Describe what the people are wearing. 5 Complete the sentences with present
Use words from the box. Then describe continuous or present simple.
what you and your friends are wearing. 1 We use the ……………….. to talk about
the things we do every day and our likes
boots jacket dress shirt shoes hopes and dreams.
T-shirt socks shorts jeans coat 2 We use the ……………….. to talk about
trainers helmet sweater things which are happening now.
swimming costume trousers 6 Complete the text with the present
simple or continuous of these verbs.
Grammar – Present simple vs. present
continuous love try come hope
know train prepare
3 Match the texts with the photos in
Exercise 1. Lin is an Olympic diver. He (1) ..comes..
a Adriana from China. He (2) ……….diving. At the
Adriana‟s the only girl on her ice-hockey moment he (3) ……….hard with his coach
team. She trains for eight to ten hours a week because they (4) ………. for the next big
and then she has to do her homework. Right competition at the Olympics. He (5)……….
now, she‟s getting ready for an international that winning at the Olympics is really
competition in Prague, Czech Republic. challenging, but he (6) ………. his best to get
ready. He (7)………. to win the gold medal
b Herman at the Olympics.
Herman comes from an island in
Indonesia, Asia. People say he‟s the best
teenager surfer in the world. Now he‟s
thinking about the next competition. He
wants to win!

c. Carolyn
Carolyn plays wheelchair basketball. When
she isn‟t at school, she goes to basketball
practice. She‟s feeling excited about her
team‟s next match. They hope to win a gold
medal.
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 D READING
Part 4
1 Work in pairs. Read the exam
task and answer these questions.
1 What type of text do you read in
this part?
2 Do you have to answer some
questions?
2 Read the title of the article in the
exam task and look at the photo.
What do you think the article is
about?
3 Now read the complete article
about Ben Charles. What’s special
about Ben’s sports shoes?
4 Find and underline the
information for sentence 1 in the
article. Then choose “Right”,
“Wrong”, or “Doesn’t say”.
Remember if there is not enough
information in the article, the
answer is “Doesn’t say”.
Exam tip
Read the sentence, find and
underline the information and write
the sentence number on the left.
This will help you to checkyour
work at the end.
EXAM TASK
Read the article about Ben Charles, a young
businessman. Are sentences 1-7 “Right” (A) or
“Wrong” (B)?
If there is not enough information to answer
“Right” (A) or “Wrong” (B), choose “Doesn’t say”
(C).
Ben Charles is an American teenager and like
many other sixteen-year-olds, he loves doing sports.
He’s probably playing basketball right now. He’s also
very interested in clothes and fashion. He enjoys
collecting sports shoes or “sneakers”. His collection
includes shoes for playing tennis and basketball, and
trainers for meeting his friends.
There’s a difference between Ben and his
friends. He’s got a small business which makes and
sells sports shoes. Ben doesn’t sell his shoes
because he would like to be rich; he sells them to
help others. All Ben’s trainers look the same and
they all cost $50. When you buy Ben’s trainers, he
gives a free pair to someone who hasn’t got the
money to buy them.
It all started two years ago when Ben found a
photo of a young child without shoes. At that
moment Ben understood that he’s very lucky. There
are a lot of young people around the world who can’t
buy trainers. Unlike Ben, they have to play sports
like baseball without shoes.
If you’d like more information about Ben and
his trainers, you can find him onf Facebook or visit
SavesByB website.
0. Ben Charles comes from the USA.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn‟t say
1. Ben‟s winning the basketball match right now.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn‟t say
2. Ben‟s got several pairs of shoes.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn‟t say
3. Ben wants lots of money so he‟s selling shoes.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn‟t say
4. Some people can get a pair of Ben‟s shoes for free.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn‟t say
5. Ben started his business when he was fourteen.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn‟t say
6. Ben has to play basketball without shoes.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn‟t say
7. Ben often visits the SavesByB websites.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn‟t say
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 E WRITING

Part 9 3 Match the teacher’s comments with

1 Read this Writing Part 9 exam task. answers 1-3 in Exercise 2.
Then answer the questions below. a
Read this email from your English friend, You answer the three questions but this isn‟t
Alice. an email and it is too short. Can you re write
it, please?
From: Alice
b
To:
It's really hot today. I don't know what This is an email and you use 30 words hut you don t
to wear or what to do. What are you answer all the questions. Please read the question
wearing? What are you doing? Who more carefully next time.
are you with?

c
Write an email to Alice and answer the Well done! You write a clear email, you use 27
questions. Write 25-35 words. words and you answer all three questions very well.
1 What type of text do you need to write?
Who to?
2 How many questions do you need to EXAM TASK
answer? What are they?
3 How many words do you have to write? Exam tip
2 Work in pairs. Read these students Remember to answer all three questions
answers. Then decide together on the best or you will lose marks.
answer and say why.
1
Read the email from your English friend,
Dear Alice, Dan.
l'm with my friend Ned and I'm wearing a T-shirt
and jeans. Would you like to come to my house
tomorrow? We want to watch a film.
From: Dan
Jason To:
We have to wear a school uniform at
school and I don’t like it. What do you
2 usually wear for school? What are your
Hi Alice, favorite kinds of clothes? What are you
It’s not very hot here. I’m wearing a red dress
wearing now?
and short boots. I’m listening to music at Tricia’s
house right now.
See you,
Write an email to Dan and answer the
Daniela
questions. Write 25-35 words.
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4 Work in small groups. Read each
1 I’m wearing a shirt and trousers. other’s exam task answers. Can you
2 I’m doing my homework. answer “Yes” to these questions? If so, it is
3 I’m with my sister. probably a good answer.
1 Is it an email?
2 Does it answer all three questions?
3 Are there 25-35 words?
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F SPEAKING

Part 2
1 Work in pairs. Look at the exam task below and talk together about what you have to
do in this part.
2 Look at this information about a fashion show and write some questions. Use words 1-
6 to help you.

Fashion Show
1. where?
2. how/ get there?
3. date?
4. what/ see?
5. cost?
6. more information

3 Track 03 Listen to Mariana and Jon and answer the questions.

1 Does Mariana ask the question correctly?
Exam tip
2 Does Jon answer the questions correctly?
Don’t just say the words on the question
card. You need to ask complete questions.

4 Track 04 Now listen to Kandela asking Jon the correct questions and check your
answers to Exercise 2.
EXAM TASK
Student A, answer Student B’s questions Student B, answer Student A’s questions
about the new sports shop. about the new magazine.

Student B – your questions Student A – your questions

Pete’s Sports Shop Teen Sports
 name/ shop?  for young people?
 open?  what/ read about?
 where?  price?
 what/ buy?  when/ buy?
 more information  more information
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