Unit 8 sports and games

(A.1 - Pronunciation trang 9) (Phân nhóm) Write the following words in the correct column

(A.2 - Pronunciation trang 9) (Trả lời tự luận) Read the sentences aloud, paying attention to the underlined words

1. The match was not so bad.

2. My elder brother ran in a marathonyesterday.

3. Please send my congratulations to the chess winner.

4. Phu Quoc Island is a great traveldestination.

5. This sports shop sells equipment at a competitive price.

(B.1 - Vocabulary trang 9) (Điền khuyết) Write the past form of the following verbs 1. read [ ___ ] ; 2. write [ ___ ] ; 3. wear [ ___ ] ; 4. begin [ ___ ] ; 5. make [ ___ ] ; 6. hear [ ___ ] ; 7. swim [ ___ ] ; 8. ride [ ___ ] ; 9. beat [ ___ ] ; 10. see [ ___ ] ; 11. speak [ ___ ] ; 12. tell [ ___ ] ; 13. buy [ ___ ] ; 14. hold [ ___ ] ; 15. put [ ___ ]

(B.2 - Vocabulary trang 10) (Lựa chọn) Wordsearch: Find the irregular past verb forms in the table.

(B.3 - Vocabulary & Grammar trang 11) (Lựa chọn) Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1. At the weekend we can play a [ ___ ] of badminton or join in a football match. 2. Football is an [ ___ ] game. 3. Kien is not very [ ___ ]. He never plays games. 4. Thanh likes [ ___ ] weather because he can go swimming in the river. 5. Vietnamese students play different sports and games [ ___ ] breaktime. 6. As it doesn’t snow in Viet Nam, we cannot [ ___ ] skiing. 7. Many girls and women [ ___ ] aerobics to keep fit. 8. It’s very [ ___ ] to swim there. The water is heavily polluted. 9. “[ ___ ] do you go to the gym?” – “By bus.” 10. “What’s your favourite [ ___ ]?” – “I like swimming.”

(B.4 - Vocabulary & Grammar trang 12) (Lựa chọn) Find the odd word 1. A. took B. walk C. borrow D. cook (1) [ ___ ] 2. A. eat B. went C. got D. drank (2) [ ___ ] 3. A. driving B. running C. skipping D. swimming (3) [ ___ ] 4. A. music B. pastime C. interest D. hobby (4) [ ___ ] 5. A. study B. play C. relax D. rest (5) [ ___ ]

(B.5 - Grammar trang 12) (Sắp xếp) Put the words / phrases in correct order to make questions.

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(B.6 - Grammar trang 13) (Điền khuyết nhập từ phím) Put the verbs into the correct tense to finish the following passage. The Tigers won the Gold Cup last week. They (1. play) [ ___ ] fewer matches than the Lions or the Leopards, but they (2. score) [ ___ ] more points. In fact, the Tigers (3. lose) [ ___ ] only five matches during the season. The Zebras (4. beat) [ ___ ] the Lions and (5. take) [ ___ ] second place. They (6. score) [ ___ ] 30 points from 22 matches. The Zebras (7. have) [ ___ ] a very strong team. They (8. win) [ ___ ] a lot of matches, and not many teams (9. beat) [ ___ ] them. The Pandas (10. be) [ ___ ] at the bottom of the league. They lost most of their matches this season.

(B.7 - Grammar trang 13) (Trả lời tự luận) What do you say in these situations?

Example: Your friend is riding his bicycle carelessly.

You say: “Ride carefully. / Don’t ride carelessly.”

1. Hung is putting his feet on the bench.

2. You don’t want your friend to tell anyone about this.

3. Your mother doesn’t want you to go out at night.

4. Duy doesn’t say “Thank you” to people who helped him.

5. Phong is watching TV for a long time and doesn’t go out.

(C.1 - Speaking trang 14) (Trả lời tự luận) Make a mini conversation to congratulate your friend.

1. He (She) gets first prize

2. He (She) finishes the project early

(C.2 - Speaking trang 14) (Kéo thả vào chỗ trống) Read the conversation and fill each blank with a suitable word. Then practise it with your friend. Giang: David, you look quite sporty. David: Do I? You know I (1) [ ___ ] karate twice a week, and I go (2) [ ___ ] a dance class, too. Giang: Do you play any ball (3) [ ___ ]? David: Yes, I play football every Sunday. We won the last Sunday’s game 3 – 1. Giang: Congratulations! Is there any sport you like to (4) [ ___ ] only? David: Yes, I’d like to watch motor racing on TV. It’s really exciting. Giang: And is there any (5) [ ___ ] you’d like to try? David: I’d like to try horse riding.

(D.1 - Reading trang 15) (Kéo thả vào chỗ trống) There are two main kinds of sports: (1) [ ___ ] sports and individual sports. Team sports (2) [ ___ ] such sports as baseball, basketball and volleyball. Team sports require two separate teams. The teams play (3) [ ___ ] each other. They compete against each other in order to get the best score. (4) [ ___ ] example, in a football game, if team A gets 4 points and team B (5) [ ___ ] 2 points, team Awins the game. Team sports are sometimes called competitive sports.

(D.2 - Reading trang 16) (Điền khuyết chọn từ danh sách) Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1. He [ ___ ] 15 seasons in the NBA. 2. Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player [ ___ ] all time. 3. The spirit of Michael Jordan [ ___ ] that he never gave up. 4. We [ ___ ] try our best. 5. He is a very [ ___ ] person.

(D.3 - Reading trang 17) (Lựa chọn) Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Rebecca Stevens was the first woman to climb Mount Everest. Before she went up the highest mountain in the world, she was a journalist and lived in south London. In 1993, Rebecca left her job and her family and travelled to Asia with some other climbers. She found that life on Everest is very difficult. “You must carry everything on your back,” she explained, “so you can only take things that you will need. You can’t wash on the mountain, and in the end I didn’t even take a toothbrush. I am usually a clean person but there is no water, only snow. Water is very heavy so you only take enough to drink!” Rebecca became famous when she reached the top of Mount Everest on May 17, 1993. After that, she wrote a book about the trip, and people often asked her to talk about it. She got a new job too, on a science programme on television. 1. Where was Rebecca Stevens from? [ ___ ]. 2. Before she climbed Everest, she was a [ ___ ]. 3. Why did she become famous? [ ___ ] 4. Life on Everest is difficult because [ ___ ]. 5. After 1993, she had a [ ___ ].

(E.1 - Writing trang 18) (Trả lời tự luận) Finish the following sentences, using the past simple and the cues given. Look at the example.

Example: I usually get up late on Sunday, but this morning I got up early.

1. We often win against class 6D at football, but yesterday ...........

2. I frequently write diary, but last night ...........

3. Those old people usually have a walk in the morning, but this morning ...........

4. My dad always goes fishing on Saturday, but last Saturday ...........

5. Now my brother rarely plays badminton, but last year ...........

(E.2 - Writing trang 18) (Trả lời tự luận) Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the sentence before it.

1. My brother can run very fast.

→ My brother ............

2. Hien is a bad swimmer.

→ Hien swims ............

3. Nga likes table tennis the most.

→ Nga’s favourite ............

4. Mike is not so interested in music as his sister is.

→ Mike’s sister ............

5. Students at our school take part in a lot of outdoor activities.

→ Students at our school do ............

(E.3 - Writing trang 19) (Trả lời tự luận) Write a paragraph of 50-60 words to describe a football match that you watched recently, using the prompts.

– Time

– The two sides

– The start of the match

– The first half of the match

– The second half of the match

– The result