UNIT 4 : OUR PAST

I. LISTEN AND READ :

1. - (to) look after : chăm sóc= (to) take care of 10. modern ≠ old (adj) : mới ≠ củ
2 used to (v) : đã thường , đã từng
3 equipment (n) : trang thiết bị  (to) equip : trang bị
4 folk tale (n) : chuyện dân gian
5 traditional (adj) : truyền thống  tradition = custom (n) : sự truyền thống , phong tục
6 great- grandma (n) : bà cốc
7 story (n) : câu chuyện
8 poor (adj) : nghèo # rich (adj) :giàu
9 (to) light – lit - lit : thắp, đốt (đèn, nến)
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II. LISTEN :
1 foolish (adj) : ngốc nghếch
2 greedy (adj) : tham lam
3 gold (n) : vàng
4 (to) lay – laid – laid : đặt, để, đẻ (trứng)
5 (to) discover : khám phá
6 excited (adj) : hào hứng  (to) exicite : làm phấn khởi
7 amazement (n) : sự kinh ngạc
8 (to) die of: chết vì điều gì
9 (to) discover : khám phá
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III READ :
1 cruel (adj) : độc ác
2 (to) upset : buồn phiền , thất vọng 11 broken heart (n): bệnh tim
3 fairy (n) : cô tiên, bà tiên 12 prince ≠ princess (n) : hoàng tử ≠ công chúa
4 rag (n) : quần áo rách 13 (to) appear ≠ disappear (v): xuất hiện ≠ biến mất
5 (to) marry : kết hôn 14 (to) drop : đánh rơi
6 magically (adv) : kì diệu 15. immediately (adv): ngay lập tức
7 festival (n) : lễ hội
8 (to) fall in love with : yêu, thương (ai)
9 (to) change: thay đổi
10 (to) lose – lost - lost : lạc, mất
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IV. WRITE
1 (to) escape: trốn thoát 9. nearby (adv) : gần bên = next
2 (to) gaze : gặm (cỏ)
3 (to) tie : trói, buộc 10 (to) burn : bỏng  burn (n): vết bỏng
4 wisdom (n) : trí khôn 11. (to) leave - left-left : rời khỏi
5 master # servant (n) : ông chủ # đầy tớ 12 (to) say -said -said : nói
6 straw (n) : rơm rạ
7 stripe (n) : có sọc, có vằn
8 rope (n) : dây thừng
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V. LANGUAGE FOCUS:
1. Prepositions of time : giới từ chỉ thời gian
Giới từ Cách dùng ví dụ
at Dùng với giờ, một số buổi trong ngày hoặc các dịp lễ At 7 o'clock
At noon , midday : vào giữa trưa
At night : vào ban đêm
At middnight : vào lúc nữa đêm
At sunset : vào lúc hoàng hôn
At sunrise : vào lúc bình minh
At Christmas : vào lễ Giáng sinh
At Easter : vào lễ phục sinh
 At the weekend : ngày cuối tuần

in Dùng với tháng , mùa , năm, tháng năm, buổi, , thập In October : vào tháng 10
niên , thế kỉ, In 2016 ,2017 .....
In Spring , Summer ,...: vào mùa xuân, mùa
hè
In the morning , afternoon, evening
In November 2017 ....
in the 1990s : vào thập niên 1990
in the 21th century : vào thế kỉ 21
on dùng với thứ trong tuần, ngày tháng năm, ngày lễ ( có On Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
từ Day), kì nghỉ, sinh nhật , buổi của thứ , ngày trong On October 16th ...: ngày 16 tháng 10
tháng, ngày cuối tuần On the weekend : ngày cuối tuần
On Christmas Day , Christmas 2017 ,
Christmas Eve
On New Year's Day
on 12 March 2008
on Tet , holidays
on Monday evening.
after Dùng trước hầu hết các từ chỉ thời gian, trước các buổi After middnight
ăn After 9 p.m : sau 9 giờ tối
After Easter : sau lễ phục sinh
After breakfast , lunch , dinner
before Dùng trước hầu hết các từ chỉ thời gian, hoặc trước các Before 8 a.m : trước 8 giờ sáng
buổi ăn Before noon:, midday trước buổi trưa
Before summer : trước mùa hè
Before dinner , lunch
between Dùng trước giờ, thứ, ngày, tháng, năm...và thường Between 9 and 11 o'clock : giữa 9 và 11 giờ
dùng kèm với "and" Between Monday and Thursday : giữa thứ
hai và thứ năm
Between September and December
Between 2014 and 2017
EXERCISE
I Điền giới từ
1. What do you do on Sunday.
2. I was born ……January 1st , 1965.
3. When did you meet him ? - … Lunch today.
4. It often rains ……October in Vietnam.
5. What are you going to do …… 2004.
6 I don’t know but I am going to to college …… September this year.
7. You want to watch the sky ……Sunset ?
8. Sure. And I like to go for a walk ……… sunrise too.
9. Well, let’s go for a walk ………the weekend.
10. I don’t know what’s he doing ………this moment.
11. What did she do ……… the ninth of April, 2007 ?
12. Does it rain ………. Spring ?
1. The mailman delivered the letter ………1:45 p.m
2. I woke up …… four o’clock ……the morning.
3. Hoa’s birthday is ………… February 18.
4. I saw Mr Tuan in Ha Long Bay ………… December.
5. We are leaving for Vung Tau ………Sunday.
6. The flight from Da Lat arrived in Hue …… noon.
7. Mr Tam graduatedfrom the university ……1980.
8. My English class starts …… ten minutes after three.
9. Are you going to study …… the afternoon or …… night.
10. We had a wonderful time at that party …… Monday night.
11. Our friends will arrive in this city a week … now.
12. The course begins ………..10 February and May
13. Hoa and I went to the meeting ……night
14. Did you phone your uncle the day … yesterday.?
15. My parents will get back from their holiday ….Sunday afternoon.
16. They will work in the hotel…………tomorrow.
18. The festival starts …………..7p.m and 11p.m
19. My sister goes to work from 6:30 ………5p.m
20. My parents will get back from their holiday ……… Friday.
II/ Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. match b. pan c. transmit d. safety
2. a. equipment b. upset c. end d. help
3. a. folk b. hold c. photo d. neighbor
4. a. fairy b. train c. afraid d. wait
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
5. a. fairy b.appear c.cruel d.master
6 a. after b.servant c.grandpa d.nearby
7 a. farmer b.village c.escape d.sister
8 a. festival b.excited c.traditionnal d.immediately
9 a. magicall b.buffalo c.everyone d.equipment
10. a excited b. prince c. once d. escape
III. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blanks:
11. His siste was born ………………………………. 1992.
a. in b.on c. at d. by
12. My birthday is …………………………………. May 28th.
a. in b. at c. on d. by
13. They came here ………………………… 8a.m. and 9a.m.
a. at b. before c. after d. between
14. Springs come ……………………………… Summers.
a. at b. before c. after d. between
15. When he say young, he ………………………………….. fishing with his brother.
a. uses to go b. used to go
c. was used to go d. is used to going
16. What did they do …………………………………
a. yesterday night b. the night of yesterday
c. last night d. the night in yesterday
17. Yesterday morning she ………………... absent from clas because she was ill.
a. is b. was c. will be d. would be
18. The man left the room just a few minutes………………….
a. before b. after c. yet d. ago
21. We’ll leave Moscow for London ……………… half an hour.
a. on b. for c. in d. by
21. Have you done your homework ………………………………..?
a. already b. yet c. just d. ago
22. _____ is a story passed on in spoken form from one generation to the next.
a. Novel b. Fiction c. Folktale d. Legend
23. When I was a child, I _____ follow my Mom to the market.
a. used to b. like c. get used to d. usually
24. We must be there _____ 7.30 and 10.30.
a. at b. before c. between d. after
25. They’ll arrive _____ Monday, 14 July.
a. in b. at c. during d. on
26. I like folktale and _____ does my sister.
a. neither b. so c. too d. either
27. They wanted to know ____ she left early .
 a. why b. what c. when d. where
28. My father used _____ us to the zoo when he was alive.
a. took b. taking c. to take d. take
29. Oh, that’s nice. where _____ it?
a. do you buy b. are you buy c. did you buy d. you buy
. *Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlinded word(s) in each of the following questions.
30. My father came back from Australia last week.
a. finished b. borrowed c. returned d. remembered
31. We will go to Nam's house after noon. a. middnight b. night c midday d. evening
*Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlinded word(s) in each of the following questions.
32. She is both beautiful and intelligent . a. cruel b. greedy c. foolish d. difficult
33. Her daughter is a dentist . a. son b. boy child d brother
*Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
34. The course begins in 12 May and ends sometime in August.
A B C D
35. Bob lived in Rome three years ago ; now he was living in Amsterdam.
A B C D
36. There used to be a movie theater here but it close a long time ago.
A B C D
37. On Christmas, neighborhoods are beautiful with many bright Christmas lights
A B C D
IV. Reading
1: Choose A, B, C or D to complete the passage below:
(38)____ the United States and Canada, (39)_____ a popular legend about a monster. People say that it is very
big and that it has a lot of hair. (40) _____ name is Bigfoot, (41) _____ there are big footprints in the snow. The
footprints are 60 cms (42 _____ and 20 cms wide. But (43)______Bigfoot really exist? We don’t know!
38 a.In b.At c.On d.From
39 a.there is b.there are c.have d.having
40 a.Its b.It c.It’s d.It has
41. a.so b.because c.so that d.although
42. a.length b.width c.height d.long
43 a.do b.does c.did d.are
2 Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions
about it.
Legends are stories about the past. Some of the stories come from ancient history. But not all legends are
ancient. There are modern legends too. They are often called urban legends, because the stories happen in
modern cities. Ten years ago, there was a rumor that there were crocodiles under New York. The rumor was
soon a newspaper story, and the newspaper story was soon a legend. So, today, many people in New York
believe that there are crocodiles under the ground there!
rumor (n) : tin đồn
44. What does the word ‘legends’ in line 1 mean?
a. stories b. history c. people d. newspapers
45. Which of the following does the word ‘they’ in line 2 refers to?
a. stories about the past b. modem legends c. modern cities d. people
46. Another name of ‘modern legends’ is ______ .
a. urban legends b. modern cities c. rumors d.crocodiles
47. We can replace the word ‘believe’ in line 7 with _____ .
a. ‘know’ b. ‘say’ c. ‘think’ d.’appear’
48. Which of the following is true?
a. All legends are about the past.
b. Modern people still believe in legends.
c. There are crocodiles under New York.
d. Now many New Yorkers don’t believe that there are crocodiles under the ground of New York.