LESSON 3

READING 1: FLOW-CHART COMPLETION, SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS

LISTENING: NOTE COMPLETION
READING 2: TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN
VOCABULARY: WORKING OUT THE MEANINGS OF WORDS
READING 1
 BEFORE READING

You are going to read a passage about Freya Stark, a woman who travelled a lot.
Before you read, answer these questions.
1 Do you like travelling? Why? / Why not?
2 Do you think it’s better to travel alone or with friends? Why?
BEFORE READING: PRACTICE SCANNING

Read the passage quickly again and underline all the languages
Freya could speak.
FLOWCHART COMPLETION

Flow chart
completion tests
students’ ability to
scan a passage to
locate specific
information using
words on the chart
to help them.
LOOK AT THIS FLOW CHART. WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION DO
YOU NEED FOR EACH GAP?
Read the passage again and complete the flow chart. Choose
NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from
the passage for each answer.
SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS

Exam advice
• Underline the key ideas in each question.
• Read the passage quickly to find where each key idea is dealt with, then
read carefully.
• Copy the words and/or numbers you need from the passage exactly.
VOCABULARY

 distant area – distant region  Assassin

 European  award
 extensive  account
 formal education  custom
 nurse corps  politics
 Oriental Studies  establish
 eventually  commentary
 Mountainous area
 Muslim sect
READING 2: TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN
 READING 2: TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN

Exam advice
• Find words and phrases in the passage which are the same as or similar to words and
phrases in the statements.
• Choose TRUE if the question says the same as the passage.
• Choose FALSE if the question says something which is the opposite of information in the
passage.
• Choose NOT GIVEN if you cannot find anything in the passage about the information in the
question.
TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN 
Answers:
1. True (Mau was the only man alive who knew how to navigate just by observing the stars, the wind and
the sea..)
2. False (he had never before sailed to Tahiti…)
3. Not given (the passage says he did it without a compass or chart, but not what he thought of them.)
4. Not given (the passage says his grandfather began the task of teaching him, but doesn’t say he was his
only teacher …)
5. True (Later mau used a circle of stones to memorise the positions of the stars …)
6. Not given (the passage says Hawaii’s first inhabitants navigated by reading the sea and the stars, but
not that they could read or write.)
7. False (he allowed them to write things down because he knew they would never be able to remember
everything …)
VOCABULARY – WORKING OUT THE MEANINGS
OF WORDS
VOCABULARY – WORKING OUT THE MEANINGS OF WORDS

 Theatre goer
 Weight-watcher
 Animal lover
 Eco-friendly
 WHAT IS A COMPOUND WORD?

A compound word is made up of 2 (or more) words:

-foot + ball = football
-hot + dog = hotdog
-break + through = breakthrough
-down + fall = downfall
-old + fashion(ed) = old fashioned
-absent + mind(ed) = absent minded
-half + dead = half dead
-foot + ball = football
-hot + dog = hotdog
-break + through = breakthrough: bước đột phá
-down + fall = downfall: sự sa sút
-old + fashion(ed) = old fashioned: lỗi thười
-absent + mind(ed) = absent minded: hay quên
-half + dead = half dead: cực kì mệt mỏi
COMPOUND NOUNS

aircraft courthouse eggplant

marketplace armchair cowboy
mealtime eyebrow backlash
crybaby firefly fishbowl
earthworm fireman flashback
 COMPOUND NOUNS

Aircraft: phi cơ Courthouse: toà Eggplant: cà tím

án
Marketplace: Armchair: ghế Cowboy: cao bồi
thương trường bành
Mealtime: giờ ăn Eyebrow: lông Backlash: phản
mày ứng dữ dội
Crybaby: người Firefly: đom đóm Fishbowl: bể cá
mít ướt
Earthworm: giun Fireman: lính cứu Flashback: kỉ
đất hoả niệm cũ, sự hồi
tưởng
COMPOUND ADJECTIVES

1. Kind-hearted 11. Well-informed

2. Old-fashioned 12. Open-minded
3. Deeply-rooted 13. Tight-fisted
4. Labor-saving 14. Well-earned
5. Left-handed 15. Self-centered
6. Short-sighted 16. Ever-lasting
7. Long-sighted 17. Heart-broken
8. Easy-going 18. Narrow-minded
9. Brand-new 19. Absent-minded
10. Well-paid 20. Middle-aged
21. High-spirited
Kind-hearted: kind; generous Well-informed: knows a lot
Old-fashioned: not modern Open-minded: flexible
Deeply-rooted: difficult to change Tight-fisted: mean; not generous with money
Labor-saving: making work easier Well-earned: deserved
Left-handed: uses left hand for writing ≠ Right- Self-centered: selfish
handed Ever-lasting: eternal
Short-sighted: unable to see far things ≠ Long- Heart-broken: depressed
sighted Narrow-minded: inflexible
Easy-going: easy to accept things without worrying Absent-minded: forgetful; likely to forget things
Brand-new: completely new Middle-aged: around 40-50 years old
Well-paid: providing or receiving good payment High-spirited: with a lot of energy
READING SKILLS - SKIMMING

 Skimming a passage is reading quickly and superficially to get a general

idea of the contents ad the structure of a passage without trying to
understand in detail or deal with difficult vocabulary or concepts.