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Listen to the song and answer the questions
How many planets are there in the solar system?
 There are 8 planets

Unit 12: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
Part: A closer look 1

I. Vocabulary
- Mercury (n) : Sao Thủy
- Venus (n) : Sao Kim
- Saturn (n) : Sao Thổ
- Mars (n) : Sao Hỏa
- Neptune (n)

: Sao Hải Vương

- Jupiter (n) : Sao Mộc
- Uranus (n) : Sao Thiên Vương

Ex 1: Use the name of the planets in the box to label the
diagram of the solar system

Mercury
Mars

Venus
Neptune

A

Saturn
Jupiter

E

B

C

D

F

Ex 2: Now scan the passage and check your answers

A

E
F
B

C

D

Ex 3: Write the names of the planets that match the Roman God
The planets in the solar system are named after the Roman Gods. Mercury is
the smallest and closest planet to the Sun. It is named after the Roman God
Mercury, who was the fast-flying messenger of the Gods, because it moves very
fast. Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is named after the Roman
Goddess of love and beauty. Mars if the fourth planet from the Sun and the
second smallest planet. It is named after the Roman God of war. The fifth planet
from the Sun is Jupiter. It is also the largest planet. The Romans named the
planet after the Roman God of thunder and lightning. Saturn is the sixth planet
from the Sung and the second largest planet. It is named after the Roman God
of agriculture. Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It
is named after the Roman God of the sea.

1. Neptun
2. e
Saturn

God of sea

3. Mars
4. Jupiter

God of war

Venus

God of agriculture
God of thunder and
lightning

Ex 4a: Add suffixes –ful or –less to the words in the box. Note that some
words can use either suffix

When we want to form an adjective, we can add suffixes –ful or –
less to a noun or a verb
- ful means 'full of' or 'having the quality of the noun'
Example:
care 
careful
help 
helpful
- less often means 'without'
Example:
care 
careless
home 
homeless
1. Weight
2. Water




Weightless
Waterless

3. Beauty



Beautiful

4. Wonder
5. Resource
6. Air





Wonderful
Resourceless/ Resourceful
Airless

Ex 4b: Now use the topic of space to make a sentence for each new
word. Compare your sentences with a partner.
Weightless

Waterless

Beautiful

Wonderful

Resourceless/ Resourceful

Airless

Example:
- Earth looks beautiful from space
- Venus is a dry and waterless planet.
- The Earth is a wonderful planet.

Pronunciation
Stress in words ending in –ful or - less
When we add –ful or –less to nouns or verbs to form adjectives, the
stress of the words remain unchanged.
Example:
'water 
'hope 

'waterless
'hopeless/ 'hopeful

for'get 

for'getful

Ex 5: Put the stress in the corret place in the words. Then listen and
check

thoughtless

meaningful

helpless

meaningless

helpful

thoughtful

useless

plentiful

useful

Ex 6: Read the following sentences and mark the stressed syllable on
the words in italics. Then listen and repeat
1. Her speech on the environment was 'meaningful.
2. My teacher is so 'helpful when we don't understand something.
3. I was 'helpless to stop the dog biting me.
4. This dictionary is so 'useful.
5. There is 'plentiful water for life on Earth.

-Learn by heart vocabulary.
- Prepare for the next period.