Unit 7:

TELEVISION
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

Read the following passage and decide if the
statements are true (T) or false (F).
Minh loves watching TV, and he has a good TV-viewing habit. He only turns on the TV when he
has free time. After dinner, he tries to finish his homework early, so he can watch his favourite
programmes. He likes educational programmes because they are good for his study. He can
improve his English skills through English in a Minute on VTV7. The Discovery Channel helps
him learn a lot about wild animals in their natural life. He can know new things when he
answers interesting questions in game shows like Children are Always Right or Who Wants to
Be a Millionaire? He is also interested in entertaining programmes, namely films, music talent
shows, etc.
Statements
1. Minh has a good TV-viewing habit.
2. He watches TV all the time.
3. He watches his favourite programmes before doing all his homework.
4. Game shows help Minh to know new things.
5. Films and music talent shows are examples of educational programmes.

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Choose the correct answer.
Television first came some sixty years ago in the 1950s. Nowadays, it is one of the most
(1)
brings (2)

sources of entertainment for both the old and the young. Television
for children, world news, music and many other (3)

If someone likes sports, he can just choose the right sports, (4)
for us to see why (5)
1. A. cheap
2. A. news
3. A. sets
4. A. athletes
5. A. it

. It is not difficult

is a TV set in almost every home today.
B. expensive
B. cartoons
B. reports
B. channel
B. this

C. popular
C. sports
C. channels
C. time
C. that

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D. exciting
D. plays
D. programmes
D. studio
D. there

Read the following passage and choose the best
option A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a popular TV game show in the world. We can see
this show in more than 100 countries. All the questions of this show are multiplechoice ones. Each question has four answer options, but only one option is correct.
You have to choose that correct option. You have three ways to get help in order to
find the correct answer. First, you can ask the show master to remove two wrong
answers. Second, you can ask the audience to tell their answers. Third, you can
telephone a friend of yours and ask for help. You can only do these things once.
There are fifteen questions in total. The show master asks the contestants to answer
the questions one by one. The first five questions are easy to answer, but the others
become more difficult. Obviously, it is very difficult to come to the last question, but
it's worth a try. In Viet Nam, you answer the last question correctly, and you can win
VND250,000,000.

1. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
B. A game show in the world
C. Difficult but worth a try
D. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in Viet Nam
2. What does the phrase “multiple-choice” in this passage mean?
A. having many questions
B. selecting many questions
multiple-choice: nhiều sự lựa chọn
C. selecting many options
D. having many options
3. According to the passage, which statement is NOT TRUE?
A. There are three ways for the contestants to get help so as to find the correct answer.
B. The contestant can call a friend to ask for help many times.
C. There are 15 questions in total.
D. The contestants have to answer the questions one by one.
Third, you can telephone a friend of yours and ask for
help. You can only do these things once.

4. According to the passage, which statement is TRUE?
A. The contestants can ask the show master to remove three wrong answers.
B. Each question has four answer options, and there are two correct options.
C. It's difficult to answer the first five questions.
D. The last ten questions are more difficult.
First, you can ask the show master to remove two wrong answers.
Each question has four answer options, but only one option is correct.
The first five questions are easy to answer, but the others become more difficult.
5. The phrase “worth a try” probably means ______________.
A. necessary to try
worth a try: đáng để thử
B. an important reason for trying
C. interesting enough to be a reason for doing
D. good to do

Choose a suitable word in the box to
complete the passage below.
competitions
comedy

interesting
television

programmes
world

television
Nowadays, (1) ........................
has become the most popular media of
programmes for children such as
human. There are so many (2) ........................
comedy
cartoon series, (3) ........................
and music. By sitting at home,
world
watching TV, you can get a whole look all over the (4) .........................
interesting people and places.
Through TV, children can see many (5) ........................
competitions in the world
They can also see many events and (6) ........................
without travelling anywhere.

Speaking
Talk about television.
You can use the following questions as cues:
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What are you watching?
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What programme do you often
watch?
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What do you like the most in
(show/film/… name)?
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How often do you watch television?

Useful languages:
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Useful vocabulary
game show, comedy, news
programme, cartoon, film,
weather forecast, national
television,
animal
programme, local television,
…
MC,
weatherman,
newsreader, viewer, …
remote control, television,
volume button, TV schedule,
…

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Useful structures
My favourite programme is …
It's on … channel
It's about …
I like it because …
I usually watch TV at/on/in …
This character is …

Complete the notes:
Structures of the talk
What are you watching?
What programme do you often
watch?
What do you like the most in
(show/film/… name)?
How often do you watch television?

 
 
 
 

Your notes

Assess your speaking
Did you ...
 answer all the questions in the task?
 give some details to each main point?
 speak slowly and fluently with only some hesitation?
 use vocabulary wide enough to talk about the topic?
 use various sentence structures (simple, compound,
complex) accurately?

Thank you!