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Teacher : Tr?n H?ng H?i
CAU QUAN SECONDARY SCHOOL

Subjects
at school
Network
STUDY HABITS
UNIT 5:
LESSON 1: LISTEN AND READ
1. Vocabulary:
- report card (n):
- be proud of ( sb/sth) :
- improve (v):
- try one’s best + to V :
- semester (n) = term (n) :
phiếu điểm
tự hào, hãnh diện (về ai/ cái gì)
cải thiện, tiến bộ
cố hết sức
học kỳ
- pronunciation (n):
cách phát âm
- excellent (adj) :
rất tốt, xuất sắc, ưu tú
- Spanish (n) :
Tiếng Tây Ban Nha
I’m trying my best to learn Spanish.
Set the scene:
What are they talking about?
Mom: Tim? Tim? Are you home?
Tim: Yes, Mom. I’m in the living room. What is it, Mom?
Mom: I went to your school today and Miss Jackson gave me
your report card.
Tim: Oh, is it a good report?
Mom: Don’t worry. It’s excellent. You did very well.
Tim: May I see the report?
Mom: Sure. I’m proud of you, Tim. I know you worked very hard
this semester.
Tim: Thanks, Mom.
Mom: But there’s one thing you need to improve.
Tim: What’s that, Mom?
Mom: Miss Jackson said you should work harder on your Spanish
pronunciation. She asked me to give you this dictionary.
Tim: Yes, I know. Some of those Spanish sounds are really hard.
I’ll try my best to improve them.
Mom: I believe you can do it, Tim.
2/True or false? Check the boxes:
a. Tim was when his mother called him.
b. Tim’s mother met his teacher at school.
c. Tim’s report is
d. Tim’s mother wants him to improve one thing.
f. Tim promised to try his best in learning Spanish.
out
at home
excellent.
poor.
pronunciation.
e. Tim needs to improve his Spanish
grammar.
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T
F
T
F
T
T
F
a/ Who is Miss Jackson?
b/ What did Miss Jackson give Tim’s mother?
c/ How did Tim study this semester?
d/ What did Miss Jackson say Tim should do?

e/ What did Tim’s mother give him at the end of the
conversation?
3. Answer the questions:


a. Who is Miss Jackson?

She is Tim’s teacher.

b. What did Miss Jackson give Tim’s mother?
She gave her Tim’s report card.


c. How did Tim study this semester?
He studied very well this semester / He worked really hard this semester.

d. What did Miss Jackson say Tim should do?
She said Tim should work harder on his
Spanish pronunciation.
e. What did Tim’s mother give him at the end of the conversation?
She gave him a dictionary.
a. Miss Jackson/ She is Tim’s teacher.
b. She gave Tim`s mother his report card.
c. He studied very hard.
d. She said that Tim/ he should work harder on his Spanish pronunciation.
e. She gave him a dictionary.
 Answers:
4. Grammar note: Reported speech.
“Can you give Tim this dictionary?”
She asked me to give you
this dictionary.
AT SCHOOL
AT HOME
She asked me to give you this dictionary.
AT SCHOOL
AT HOME
Miss Jackson said you should work
harder on your Spanish pronunciation.
“ Tim should work harder on
his Spanish pronunciation.”
- Miss Jackson said you should work harder on your Spanish pronunciation.
Reported speech: (Câu gián tiếp)
Advice in the reported speech:
“Tim should work harder on his Spanish pronunciation.”
Miss Jackson
Learn new words and grammar by heart.
Practice the dialogue again.
Prepare: reported speech
*HOMEWORK: