SUMMARY OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

1. Vocabulary
Unit Learnt vocabulary

Unit 1: That’s Explicit:

my digital ● Everyday technology
world! battery cable charger earphones plug selfie stick speaker tablet
● Adjectives of opinion
boring clever cool normal strange ugly useful fun unusual
● Time
second, 1minute, hour
6.00 a.m., 10 p.m
in the morning / the afternoon / in a weekday/
on a schoolday / at midnight / Sunday(s)
at the weekend / once / mealtimes /
lunchtime / twice / three times a day / a week /
a month / a year
Implicit:
● Activities with phones
chat with friends
download songs
go online
listen to music
make / film a video
play games
read e-books
send / get instant messages
share photos
text friends / parents
upload pictures
watch music videos
● Technology
speaker remote control electronic dictionary iPod printer digital camera
● Adjectives of opinion
entertaining reliable money-saving convenient time-saving useful
● Adjectives of opinion
to get updated
to stay connected
to learn about
to stay tuned
 to keep informed of
to entertain

Unit 2: Wild Weather conditions: boiling, chilly, condition, degree, foggy, freezing, mild, minus,
nature rainy, snowy, stormy, sunny, thunder, storm, sunshine, sunset
Natural disasters: burst, drought, earthquake, erupt, flood, hurricane, landslide,
lightning, storm, strike, tsunami, typhoon, volcanic eruption
Environmental features: bank, cave, coast, dam, dust, ground, hilly, landscape, rock,
path, peninsula, valley
Human-related: survival, victim
Miscellaneous: natural disaster, open air, outdoor, rainfall, shady, spot, wild, wildlife
Collocations: make / build a fire, sit / sleep outside, make / build a shelter, learn about /
listen to the wildlife, see / watch the stars, look for/ find wild animals, grow / discover
unusual plants
Implicit: cyclone, fascinating, foothill, frightening, glacier, pinkish-orange, shortage,
surround, water tank, volcano, volunteer, pioneer

Unit 3: Explicit:
Leisure
activities ● Types of films:

action film; cartoon; comedy; documentary; fairy tale; fantasy; romantic film; sci-fi;
thriller;

● Film and TV:

Audience; character; episode; hit; reviews; screen;

series; special effects; dramatic; scene; childish; serious; scary; star; family
party/vacation; act; action; actor

● Entertainment:

Musical; costume; excitement; make-up; mime; stage; performance; performer; hip-hop;

story; entertain; entertainers; produce; producer; production; workshop, hands-on;
reviews; star;
 Implicit:
interpretation; carnival; traditional; international; jewellery, escape

Unit 4: A Explicit:
teenager’s life ● Stages in life:
childhood, teenage, adolescence, adulthood
● Thinking and behavior:
goal setting, abstract thinking, peer influence, physical changes, mental changes

Implicit:
● Reading:
Bullying: bullying, violence, rumours, hopeless
● Grammar:
Teenage problems: break down, cheer up, get along, get together, give up, grow up, hang
up
● Listening:
(be) around (somebody)
compare
spend family time
get better
get over
(be) interested in (somebody / something)

2. Pronunciation
Unit Learnt pronunciation

Unit 1 /ɒ/: block, novel, photography, technology, iPod

/ɔː/: reporter, perform, awful, your, pour, roar

Unit 2 Stress in words ending in -oo, -oon, -ese, - eer, -ee

Unit 3 Stress in two-syllable nouns and verbs.

Unit 4 Stress in words ending in -hood, -ous, -er, -ed, -ing

 3. Grammar
Unit Learnt grammatical structures

Unit 1 ● Present Simple, Present Continuous and state verbs

● verb + ing / verb + to-infinitive

Unit 2 Regular and irregular verbs

Time adverbials: yesterday, last week/year, two hours/days/ weeks/years ago, in April,
in 1595
 Past Continuous:

● The Past Continuous describes an action at a particular point in the past.

E.g. It was raining heavily at 9.00 p.m. yesterday.

● The Past Continuous describes an action interrupted by an event.

E.g. A few people fell off the road while they were riding motorbikes from work.

● The Past Continuous describes two long actions taking place side by side.

E.g. People were repairing their houses while it was still raining.

Unit 3
● Comparatives and superlatives

Comparatives:
- Short adj + er than
- More + long adj than
Superlatives:
- short adj + est
- The most + long adj
Special adjectives: good, bad, adjectives end with ‘y’ or ‘e’

● Countable and uncountable nouns

Countable nouns: people, animals, places, things or ideas that can be counted. Singular
or plural. Use “How many”.
Uncountable nouns: Names for abstract ideas
or qualities that cannot be counted. Singular. Use “How much”.

Unit 4 1. Too, so, either, neither:

- Use too / so to agree with a positive sentence:
+ S + aux. V, too: 32% of American teenagers use Snapshot or Youtube and
British teenagers do, too.
+ So + aux. V + S: 90% of the teenagers in the UK have access to computers and
 so do the teenagers in the US.
- Use either / neither to agree with a negative idea.
+ S + aux. V + not, either: 10% of the teenagers in the US do not play video
games, and a few of the teenagers in the UK do not, either.
+ Neither + aux. V + S: 11% of the teenagers in the UK are not online more than
three times a day, and neither are those in the US.
2. Phrasal verbs:
Phrasal verbs are made from a verb plus a preposition or adverb:
Break down, get along, get together,...

4. Reading
Unit Learnt reading skills

Unit 1 Identify specific details in an article.

Unit 2 Identify specific details in an article.

Unit 3 Understand the main points of an article.

Unit 4 Identify specific details in an article about bullying among teenagers in Việt Nam.

5. Listening
Unit Learnt listening skills

Unit 1 Identify specific details in a radio programme and talk about using technology.

Unit 2 Identify specific details in a conversation.

Unit 3 Identify specific details in an interview.

Unit 4 Identify main points and recognize hesitation devices and fillers in a conversation.

6. Writing
Unit Learnt writing skills

Unit 1 Write a paragraph about the use of technological gadgets in life.

Unit 2 Write a report about a natural disaster.

Unit 3 Write instructions for young people on how to spend their free time.

Unit 4 Write an email to ask for advice from a columnist about teenage problems.