I. WARM-UP. QUIZ. Give the
names of the following.
1. The city in Viet Nam where the International
Fireworks Festival is held annually?

Da Nang City

I. WARM-UP. QUIZ. Give the
names of the following.
2. A structure near Beijing, China, that is
one of the New 7 wonders of the world?

The Great Wall of China

II. Complete the following
sentences with. a, an, the.

a
1. Tam is …….student
in our class.

an apple
2. He often has bread and ……..
for breakfast.
the
3. Nell Armstrong landed on ……..moon
in 1969.

What will we learn today ?
ARTICLES

I. Review some words.
- varied (adj.)/variety(n) - đa dạng/ phong phú
- vùng nửa/bán sa mạc
- semi-desert (n)
- agriculture (n)

- nông nghiệp

- original (adj.)

- khởi đầu/ gốc

II. Grammar. Articles. Other uses
1. A/an is used.
- To talk about something that the listener
or the reader doesn't know about yet.
Eg. Ky Dong is a hill in Nhon My.
- To describe what something or someone
is.
Eg. Tourism is an industry.

II. Grammar. Articles. Other uses
1. The is used.
- When the listener or reader know what the speaker or
writer is talking about.
Eg. Give me the book, please!
- When the speaker specifies what or who they are
talking about.
Eg. The chair that I bought yesterday was broken.
- With things that are the only ones around us or things
that are unique.
Eg. The sun is shining and the weather is warm.
- When we refer to the world around us or things that we
all know about.
Eg. He is working in the city.

II. Grammar. Articles. Other uses
1. Zero article is used.
- With plural and uncountable nouns when we are talking
about things in general.
Eg. In our school students wear uniforms.
- With meals, months, days special times of the year.
Eg. The song is sung on New Year' Eve.
- With most names of people and places/ most countries,
states and cities.
Eg. Quy Nhon City is in Binh Dinh province.
- With geographical areas, lakes, mountains and islands.
Eg. We visited Lake Victoria. it' s in East Africa.

II. Grammar. Articles. Other uses
• Notes:
A uniform
A university
A unit
A unique structure.
……….
/juni/

a
the

the
the

the
the

ɸ
the

ɸ

ɸ

ɸ
the
an

ɸ

1. Which one is an imperial palace?
Eg: The Forbidden City
2. Which river runs through London?
- The Thames
3. Which one is the deepest lake in the world?
- Lake Baikal
4. Which one is considered one of the New7Wonders of Nature?
- Ha Long Bay
5. Which one is the largest cave in the world?
- Son Doong Cave
6. Which one is a tourist attraction in New York?
-The Statue of Liberty

b. Choose one item above and say what you know
about it as a tourist attraction.

Ha Long Bay is located in Quang Ninh province, in northern
Vietnam, 170 km from East of Hanoi. “Ha Long” means
“Bay of Descending Dragon”. It is famous for scenic ocean
and is recognized as one of natural wonder of the world. In
Ha Long Bay, tourists can experience diverse natural
landscape, varying from long sandy beach to thousand-yearold-lime karst. Ha Long Bay includes nearly 1900 islets of
different size, some very large such as Thien Cung Cave or
Surprise Cave; others as small as a few meters wide. Besides
the natural scenes, Ha Long also has many of man-made
attractions, such as: Sunworld Park, cinema or water park.
When coming home, tourists can buy some interesting
souvenirs there.

3a. Write
answers
to the
using
an, the to
orguess
zero article
b. Tell your
answers
to aquestions,
partner and
aska,him/her
which in
each
answer.
Give
three true answers, but two untrue ones.
answers
are not
true. 
1. What colour and type of bicycle would you like to have? 
A blue bike.
2. Which holiday destination do you prefer: city, mountains, seaside? 
Da Lat city.
3. Where would you like to go on holiday next? 
The USA.
4. What's your favourite time of the year? 
The spring.
5. Have you ever travelled anywhere by plane? Please explain.
Yes, I have. Da Nang city.

4. Make full sentences from the words/phrases, adding
articles as needed. Then mark them as true (T) or false (F).
1. original name/of/Ha Noi/Phu Xuan
- The original name of Ha Noi was Phu Xuan.
F
2. most famous/Egyptian pyramids/found/at Giza/in/Cairo
- The most famous Egyptian pyramids are found at Giza in Cairo.T
3. there/city/called/ Kiev/in/America
- There is a city called Kiev in America.
F
4. My Son/set of ruins/from/ancient Cham Empire/ UNESCO
World Heritage Site
- My Son, a set of ruins from the ancient Cham Empire, is
a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
T
5. English/first language/in/many countries/outside/United
Kingdom
- English is the first language in many countries outside
the United Kingdom.
T

HOMEWORK.
- Redo the exercises.
- Do more exercises in the workbook.
- Prepare part: COMMUNICATION

Thank you for your
attendance. Good bye!

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