Full name:………………………….

Class :……………………………… Date:……………………………………

LESSON 3: SPEAKING+ WRITING+ PRACTICE UNIT 1

I. Speaking
a. Vocabulary
Words meaning
1. Creativity (n) Óc sáng tạo, sự sáng tạo
2. Develop your creativity Phát triển sự sáng tạo
3. Stress (n) Áp lực, sự căng thẳng
4. Reduce stress Giảm áp lực, giảm căng thẳng
5. Work well Hoạt động linh hoạt
6. Help sb do sth Giúp ai làm gì
7. Strong (a) Khoẻ mạnh
8. Make sb + adi Khiến ai đó như thế nào
9. Benefit (n) Lợi ích

b. Exercise: Match each hobbies with its benefits.

a. Develop your creativity
b. Make you strong
c. Help you be more patient
d. Help your hands and your eyes work well together
e. Reduce stess
1. Riding a horse 2. Making models 3. Collecting stamps

c. Speaking
- What is your favourite hobby?
- What are its benefits?
For example:
My sister loves making models, because it develops her creativity.

II. Writing
1. Make a note about your hobby
2. Write a paragraph about 70 worđs about your hobby. Use the below notes.
My hobby is …………………………………………………………………………..

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3. Complete the following sentences with given words.

1. I/like/garden/ because/ I/love/ plants/ flowers.
_________________________________________________________________.
2. Make/ models/develop/your/creativity.
__________________________________________________________________.
3. Collect/ stamps/ help/you/be/more/ patient.
__________________________________________________________________.
4. Jog/ make/ you/ strong/ and reduce/stress.
__________________________________________________________________.
5. My sister/ not love/ horse riding/ because/ she afraid of/ horse.
___________________________________________________________________ .

III. Practice
A. Phonetics
Ex 1: Put the words into the correct column
bird cinema neighbour badminton world
collect arrange prefer learn word
common first favourite surfing occasion

Ex 2: Choose the word whose underlines part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. burn B. hurt C. birth D. singer
2. A. love B. colour C. opinion D. above
3. A. mother B. badminton C. learn D. picture
4. A. hobby B. about C. collect D. player
5. A. surfing B. future C. person D. girl

B. Vocabulary

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Ex 1: Match the words with the verb list
Stamps, coin, computer games, chess, judo, swimming, yoga, camping, teddy bears, toys, basketball,
the guitar, old books, pictures.

collect

play

go

do

Ex 2: Fill in each blanket with a word or phrase from the box.

making models painting swiming collecting postcards and stamps
playing computer games palying football listening to music
watching tv gardening taking photos

1. He enjoys sitting on the sofa in the living room and ______________ at the weekend.
2. My father loves ____________. He says that it is a simple way to get more fresh fruits and
vegetables.
3. Jack’s favourite hobby is ________________. He plays football when he is free. He started to
play it when he was 11 years old.
4. Peter’s hobby is __________________ . She likes many types of music, especially she is
interested in chinese songs.
5. My grandpa has followed __________________ as a hobby for over 30 years. He used wood
and tissue paper to make his models.
6. Lots of kids like______________________, but playing computer games too much may lead to
health problems.
7. A great hobby to start is ______________. We need to buy a canvas, some basic paint colours
and some paintbrushes.
8. My personal hobby is___________________. I love it more than anything else. I always want to
be in a pool, a sea or a lake.
9. Mary’s hobby is _________________. she has 30 postcards and 10 different countries’stamps.
10. I love __________________. photogarphy is the best of my all possible hobbies.I sat for a
handful of minutes, taking a couple of pictures.

Ex 3: Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.

1. We sometimes play ___________ at school.
A. stamps. B. photos C. glasses D. chess
2. When did you start _______ postcards?

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 A. playing B.cooking C.collecting D.listening
3. My brother wants to _______ roses and orchids in the garden.
A. watch B.make C. planting D.plant
4. What kind of music do you like __________ to?
A. listen B. listening C. playing D. hearing
5. Paul thinks ________ coins is an interesting hobby
A. picking B. collecting C. playing D. having
6. Mr. Smith loves to do a bit of _______ in his spare time
A. gardening B. fishing C. swimming D. skiing
7. He won’t ______ the wall in contrasting colours
A. take B. go C. collect D. paint
8. She is going to play the ______ to a big audience.
A. dolls B. bottles C. piano D.models
9. Kelly enjoys taking _____ and posting them on facebook.
A. paitings B. judo C. photos D music
10. ____ fish is one of the most interesting parts of fishing.
A. Going B. Catching C. Taking D. Making

D. GRAMMAR
EX 1: Put the verbs into the correct form of the presen simple tense.
1. Mary __________ (want) to put all of her dolls in her dollhouse.
2. This _______ (be) the first horse riding progamme in her city.
3. Water ______ (boil) at 100 degree celsius under normal pressure.
4. _____ Brown ________ (practice) playing the guitar for the concert at school?
5. Their neighbours ______________ (not/have) a healthy body.
6. They ____________ (not/do) much in the evenings but watch TV in the living room.
7. The school bus ________ (leave) at 6 and won’t wait for us.
8. Peter ___________ ( play) soccer with his friends every weekend.
9. We want to go to the cinem, but the tickets ____________ ( not/be) cheap.
10. Some of my friends ___________ (dislike) doing maths homework. They find it quite difficult.

Ex 2: Complete the sentences with correct form of verbs from the box

play take paint listen paint ride watch collect do go

1. My brother and I have a common interest, we both like ___________ stamps.

2. They dislike ___________ both TV channels and youtube.
3. Joe loves _________ photos, but he doen’t like bad photos.
4. My mum dislikes yoga, but she loves __________ aerobics.
5. You need to buy some paint brushes before you can start ______________.

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 6. Do you enjoy ___________ the guitar or the piano? - The piano.
7. Robbert really likes ___________ a bike in the early morning.
8. My father likes _________ fishing whenever he has free time.
9. Susan’s favourite hobby is______________ comic books in spare time.
10. My sister enjoys ____________ to music after doing her homework.

Ex 3: Choose the best answer to complete the sentences

1. Building dollhouses is quite difficult, but Michael ______ it a lot.
A. love doing B. loves do C. loves doing D. llove to do
2. Hana and Sahra _________ badminton twice a week.
A. plays B. playing C.play D.doesn’t play
3. Doing judo _______ one of my hobbies.
A. be B.is C. are D. being
4. Emily ______ every day at 6, regular as clockwork.
A. arrive B.arrived C. arrives D. is arriving
5. My younger sister _______ with dolls so much.
A. loves playing B. likes play C. is loving playing D. love playing
6. Many groups ______ models of their house or their school.
A, makes B.doesn’t make C.make D.maiking
7. Every year, they _____ to Japan for two weeks.
A. travels B.travel C. doesn’t travel D. not travle
8. I think horse-riding ______ to learn, and it is not popular here.
A. isn’t easy B. be easy C. not easy D. easy
9. ____ he _____ the english exam with high marks?
A.do-often pass B.does-often pass C.does-often passes D. does-pass often
10. When the weatheris good, we _______ camping in the mountain.
A. goes usually B. usually goes C. usually go D. go usually

Ex 4: Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

1. In her spare time, she likes practice the piano.
A B C D
2. Swimming has become an hobby and a profession for millions of people.
A B C D
3. She enjoys to build dollhouse and posting pictures of them on social media.
A B C D
4. He gives me some useful tips for playing the guitar and sing at the same time.
A B C D
5. Reading books are a good activity for your educational and mental growth.
A B C D
E. Reading
Ex1 : Read the following text and answer the questions.

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 Hobby is a particular and interessting habit. Hobby is necessary because it helps us relax and get
rid of stress from study and work. I also have a hobby. My hobby is reading. It started when I
was a little girl. As soon as I could learn to read, I often asked my parents to buy me some books
and fairy tales. Up to now, I have read story books, magazines, newspapers and any kinds of
material that I find interesting, especially knowledgable books in my free time. I absolutely love
reading.
Reading enables me to learn about so many things that I don’t know. I can learn about how
people lives in bygone days, the wonders of the world, space travel, human achievements, huge
whales, tiny viruses and other fascinating things of our world. Reading also helps me discover
new things and widen my knowledge. Books provides me with so much information and many
facts. They have ceritainly helped me in my daily life. I am better aware of coping with living.
Libraries are the source from which I get the books I need. My relatives and my friends also give
me books on special accasions. I will continue my reading hobby. Beside being more informed
about the world, also spend my time profitably. It is needed a good hobby.

New words:
1. In bygone days : trong những ngày qua, trong quá khứ
2. Cope with: đương đầu với
3. Informed (a) : thông thạo, hiểu biết
4. On special accasions: vào những dịp đặc biệt
5. Widen your knowledge: mở rộng kiến thức
6. Provide sb with sth : cung cấp cho ai cái gì
7. Provide sth for sb : cung cấp cái gì cho ai
8. Get rid of = remove : loại bỏ
9. Ask sb to do sth : yêu cầu ai làm gì
10. Buy sb sth= buy sth for sb: mua cái gì cho ai.

1. According to the passage, what is hobby?

____________________________________________________________________.
2. Why is hobby necessary?
____________________________________________________________________ .
3. What has the writer read?
_____________________________________________________________________.
4. How much does she enjoy reading?
_____________________________________________________________________.
5. What does reading enable her?
_____________________________________________________________________.
6. What does reading help her?
_____________________________________________________________________.

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7. Where can she get the books?
_____________________________________________________________________.
8. Does she want to give up her reading hobby? ______________________________.

Ex 2: Fill in each blank with a word from the box

are because but growing buy plants us of

Most of us have a hobby or some, (1)_______ hobbies differ from person to person. Gardening is
a re;axing hobby that can be enjoyed by people from any age group. There (2)____ various ways
by which gardening can offer us relaxation.
Gardening gives (3)_______ an opportunity to refresh our mind after working or studying time. It
brings us the green (4) _________ and flowers and fills our lungs with pure oxygen. The outdoor
environment and fresh air are good for our health. We can get great pleasure from gardening, (5)
________ flowers and some vegetables of the season. Gardening not only offers us the beauty
(6)______ flowers and palnts but also brings us benefits. A family with a vegetable garden can
save a lot of money when they grow vegetables rather than (7)__________ them from outside.
Vegetbale gardening is very rewarding (8)__________ it makes us feel better, less stressed, and
produces delicious vegetables for us to eat.

F. Writing
Ex 1: Completes sentences using the prompts given.
1. Her collections/ be/ exciting/ and /really/ attract/me.
_____________________________________________________________________.
2. My mum/ not/like/watch/ films/ TV.
_____________________________________________________________________.
3. He/ usually/ take/ a lot of/ beautiful photos.
_____________________________________________________________________.
4. I/love/ keep/ the bottles/ after/drink / the/ water.
_____________________________________________________________________.
5. Danny/ be/ creative/and/ he/ paint/ very well.
_____________________________________________________________________.
6. I/not /think/ collecting teddy bears/be/ boring hobby.
_____________________________________________________________________.
7. It/ be/ exciting/when/you/catch/fish/for/ dinner.
_____________________________________________________________________.
8. He/ have/ much/ free time/ for/his passion/for/ garden.
_____________________________________________________________________.
Ex 2: Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one.

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 1. I think that collecting stamps is interesting.
I find ____________________________________________________________.
2. He feels excited whenever he watches a football match.
He thinks _________________________________________________________.
3. Her dollhouse has seven rooms
There ___________________________________________________________.
4. They are interested in drinking tea after meals.
They like ________________________________________________________.
5. Howw about going to see a volleyball game together?
Why don’t we ____________________________________________________.
6. It is not good to stay up so late to listen to music.
You shouldn’t ____________________________________________________.
7. Making pottery is not easy, but she enjoys it.
Although making __________________________________________________.
8. Can you tell me the way to the central park, please?
Would you mind ___________________________________________________.

1. S+ find (chia thì) + sth (N/ ving) + adj: ai đó thấy cái gì/ việc gì như thế nào
2. S + find( chia thì) + it + adj+ to do sth: ai đó thấy như thế nào để làm gì
3. S+ V1+ O1, but S+ V2 + O2 = Although/ even though S+ V1+ O1, S+V2+ O2
4. How about + V-ing = what about + V-ing= why don’t we + V( nguyên thể): (đưa
lời gợi ý, rủ rê)
5. Shouldn’t + V( nguyên thể): không nên làm gì

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