Unit 5: London Was
Great!
Lesson 5a – Vocab
Expansion
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Unit 5

Lesson 5a

Lesson Outline
Warm-up
Vocabulary
Speaking
Writing
Consolidation
Wrap-up

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Objectives

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to…
- learn words related to transport: plane, helicopter, bus,
car, train, motorcycle, tram, taxi, ship, bike/bicycle and
use adjectives: boring, exciting, cheap, fast, expensive,
boring, relaxing to compare the means of transport.
- describe an imaginary situation.
- prepare a quiz about the London Transport Museum.

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WARM-UP

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Hidden
picture

bus

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Hidden
picture

taxi

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Hidden
picture

bike

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Hidden
picture

plane

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Work in pairs
1. How do you go to school?
2. Can you think of any transport around you?
3. Which transport do you like most?

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It's time to learn …

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Match the word with the
correct means of transport:
helicopter
bike
bus
taxi
tram
ship
car
motorcycle
train
plane
Listen and check.

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Match the word with the
correct means of transport:
helicopter
bike
bus
taxi tram
ship
car
motorcycle
train
plane

Listen and check.

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Extra Practice
WB page 44

bus

ship

helicopter

taxi

motorcycle

train

tram

plane

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Extra Practice

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Put each kind of transport in the right category.
helicopter
ship
car

Air
helicopter
plane

bike
bus
motorcycle

Land
bike
bus
taxi
tram
car
motorcycle
train

taxi
train

tram
plane

Water
ship

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helicopter

bike

bus

tram

ship

car

train

plane

taxi
motorcycle

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New words
fast >< slow
exciting >< boring
relaxing >< tiring
cheap >< expensive

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Listen and repeat. Click each phrase to hear the sound.

slow (adj) /sləʊ/ chậm
fast (adj) /fɑːst/ nhanh
boring (adj) /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/ chán nản, buồn tẻ
exciting (adj) /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/ thú vị, hứng thú, phấn khích
tiring (adj) /ˈtaɪərɪŋ/ mệt mỏi
relaxing (adj) /rɪˈlæksɪŋ/ thư giãn, giải trí
cheap (adj) /tʃiːp/ rẻ
expensive (adj) /ɪkˈspensɪv/ đắt, mắc tiền

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Remember the opposite:

fast >< slow
exciting >< boring
relaxing >< tiring
cheap >< expensive

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Extra Practice
WB-p. 44

ast
xpensive
xciting
iring

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Suggested Answer
Trains are slower than planes.
Helicopters are more exciting than buses.
Trains are more relaxing than cars.
Bikes are more tiring than cars.
Ships are more boring than planes.
Buses are cheaper than taxis.
Planes are more expensive than trains.

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Extra Practice

Choose the word whose main stress is different from the rest.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

a. actor
a. unhealthy
a. writer
a. exciting
a. singer
a. relaxing

b. actress
b. difficult
b. museum
b. interesting
b. boring
b. exciting

c. painter
c. transport
c. physicist
c. parade
c. island
c. expensive

d. arrive
d. later
d. station
d. stateswoman
d. interactive
d. rainforest

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Extra Practice

Choose the word whose main stress is different from the rest.
1. a. actor

b. actress

c. painter

d. arrive

2. a. unhealthy

b. difficult

c. transport

d. later

3. a. writer

b. museum

c. physicist

d. station

/ˈæktə/

/ʌnˈhelθi/

/ˈraɪtə/

/ˈæktrəs/

/ˈdɪfɪkəlt/

/mjuˈziːəm/

/ˈpeɪntə/

/ˈtrænspɔːt/
/ˈfɪzɪsɪst/

/əˈraɪv/

/ˈleɪtə/

/ˈsteɪʃn/

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Extra Practice

Choose the word whose main stress is different from the rest.
4. a. boring

b. interesting

c. parade

d. stateswoman

5. a. singer

b. boring

c. island

d. interactive

6. a. relaxing

b. exciting

c. expensive

d. rainforest

/rɪˈlæksɪŋ/

/ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/

/ɪkˈspensɪv/

/ˈreɪnfɒrɪst/

/ˈbɔːrɪŋ/
/ˈsɪŋə/

/ˈɪntrəstɪŋ/

/ˈbɔːrɪŋ/

/pəˈreɪd/
/ˈaɪlənd/

/ˈsteɪtswʊmən/

/ˌɪntərˈæktɪv/

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Extra Practice
WB-p. 44

ships

actor
planes
author/
writer
motorcycle
trains

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Speaking

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Pre-speaking

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Where is it?

It is in London.
It has over 450,000 items.
It first opened in the 1960s.
It has means of transport from
London history.

London Transport
Museum

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Pre-speaking

Rearrange these words to make a complete sentence:
1. are / on / London / a / holiday / week / in / We / for
We are on holiday in London for a week.
2. transport / I / of / all / see / kinds / can
I can see all kinds of transport.
3. London / are / underground trains / there / buses / red / and
There are red London buses and underground trains.
4. I / train fan / I'm / excited / because / very / a / feel
I feel very excited because I'm a train fan.

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Whilespeaking

I am in the London Transport Museum with ………….
We are on holiday in London for …………… (time)
I can see ……………………………………………………………….
There are ………………………………………………………………
I feel very happy/excited/……… because ………………

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Post-speaking

Present your idea with the class.
Suggested Answer Key
I am in the London Transport Museum with my family.
We are on holiday in London for a week, so we are
tourists. I like going to museums. I can see all kinds of
transport, both old and new. There are red London
buses and underground trains. I feel very excited
because I'm a train fan.

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Writing

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- Ask students to work in small groups for 20 minutes.
- Research online and prepare a quiz on the London Transport
Museum for their classmates.
- Review the text on p. 88 again if necessary.
- Read your quiz aloud for your friends to guess the answer.

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Suggested Answer Key
1 Where is the London Transport Museum?
A) near the River Thames
B) far from the River Thames
2 How old are the exhibits in the museum?
A) over 100 years old
B) less than 100 years old
3 What was the Covent Garden site first used as?
A) a vegetable, fruit and flower market
B) a train station

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4 On which day is the museum closed?
A) the International Day of Free Public Transport
B) Christmas Day
5 Where was the Museum first opened?
A) in a market
B) in a garage

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CONSOLIDATION

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Imagine you are in London Transport Museum. Write some
sentences about it. Try to answer the following questions:
1. Who do you go with?
2. What do you know about the museum? (first opened?
Where? It first opened …)
3. What do you see there?
4. How do you feel?

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WRAP-UP

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Today's lesson
Vocabulary
Nouns: plane, helicopter,
bus, car, train, motorcycle,
tram, taxi, ship,
bike/bicycle
Adjectives: boring,
exciting, cheap, fast,
expensive, boring, relaxing

Speaking
Describe an imaginary
situation.
Writing
Prepare a quiz about the
London Transport Museum.

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Homework
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Practise the vocabulary and make sentences using them.
Do the exercises in TA 6 Right on WB (p. 44).
Do the exercises in TA 6 Right on Notebook (pp. 46 & 47).
Prepare for the next lesson (p. 90 SB).

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Enjoy your day!