Rules:
For each group:
- Look at the pictures  use the body language to describe them.
- Don’t say anything.
For each participant:
- Raise your hand  Say it aloud.
- Don’t look back at the screen! + 5 seconds to think and give the answer.
The winner: The only person who’s got the most correct answers.
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6
5
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swimming
listening to music
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singing
playing the guitar
reading books
playing football
UNIT 13:
Lesson 1: Reading
Hobbies
Vocabulary
accompany (v)
modest (adj)
accomplished = skilled (adj)
To Huu is a very accomplished poet.
not large in size or amount, or not expensive
discard = throw away (v)
indulge in
keep sb occupied = keep sb busy
to allow yourself or someone else to have something enjoyable
Vocabulary
- accomplished (adj) [ə`kʌmpli∫t] : tài hoa
- accompany (v) [ə`kʌmpəni] : đệm đàn
- modest (adj) [`mɒdist] : khiêm tốn, nhỏ bé
- discard [diˈskaːd] = throw away (v) : loại bỏ
- indulge in [in`dʌldʒ] : say mê
- keep sb occupied /ˈɒk.jə.paɪd] : khiến cho ai bận rộn
Task 1: Read the passage. Then work in pairs to ask your partner the questions about it.

1. A: What is the writer’s first hobby?
B:…………………………….
2. A: Is the writer an accomplished guitarist?
B:…………………………….
3. A: What is the writer’s second hobby?
B:…………………………….
4. A: Which does the writer get more of, local stamps or
foreign stamps?
B:…………………………….
5. A: What does the writer do with the less common stamps
and with the common ones?
B:…………………………….

1.A: What is the writer’s first hobby?

2.A: Why does the writer admire his uncle?

B: (His first hobby is) playing the guitar.

B: Because he is very good at accompanying people singing with his guitar.
3.A: What is the writer’s second hobby?
B: It’s keeping fish.
p.2, lines 5-6
p.2, line 1
p.3, line 1
5.A: What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with the common ones?
4.A: Which does the writer get more of, local stamps or foreign stamps?
B: (He gets more of) local stamps.
B: He keeps the less common stamps inside a small album. The common ones he usually gives away to others or if no one wants them he simply throws them away.
p.4, lines 5-6
p.4, line 3
Task 2. Read the passage and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
1.The writer is an accomplished guitarist.
2. He bought some fish from the shop and collected some
from the rice field near his house.
3. The writer is an avid stamp collector.
4. He collect the stamps from discarded envelopes that his relatives and friends give him.
T F
Task 2. Read the passage and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
1.The writer is an accomplished guitarist.
2. He bought some fish from the shop and collected some
from the rice field near his house.
3. The writer is an avid stamp collector.
4. He collect the stamps from discarded envelopes that his relatives and friends give him.
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T F
His uncle
P.2, lines 1- 2
P.3, lines 2- 3
P.4, line 1
P.4, lines 2- 3
isn’t
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Work in groups. One asks and the others answer about one of their hobbies. Then report the answers in front of the whole class.
Ask-and-Report Form
E.g. My first group partner is Lan. Her hobby is reading books. She often does it in the school library. She sometimes does it with her friends.
My second partner is …….................. My third partner is .....................
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Lan
reading books
in the school library
in her free time
with her friends
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3
4
5
Homework
Learn all the new words by heart.
Write about your collection.
Prepare the next lesson.