UNIT 9: LOOKING BACK & PROJECT

A. Vocabulary:
I. Underline the correct word in each

sentence: Ex1-P40

1. I'm from Viet Nam. My first / foreign 
language is Vietnamese.
2. She spoke English with a strong 
accent / intonation that I couldn't understand.
3. The Yorkshire dialect / language is one of
many in England.
4. Most students learned English as their 
official / second  language..
5. Canada has two foreign / official  languages:
English and French.

2.Fill each blank with a phrase in the boxes:
Ex2-P40

can also get by am reasonably good

picked up

My first language is Vietnamese, but I live in a
neighbourhood where there are a lot of English
families, so I (1)_______________________  at
English. I (2)_____________________  in French.
We went to Paris last summer and I 
(3)_______________the basics.

also fluent in
am bilingual

can have a conversation
it's a bit rusty

I (4)____________  because my father is French and
my mother is Spanish.
I'm (5)_____________  English because I work in a
multinational company. I (6)
_____________________ in Italian,
but (7)______________.

know a few words
can't speak a word
am quite bad at

To be honest, I (8)_______________languages.
I (9)__________________of English that I
learned from my grandfather, but I (10)
____________________of anything else.

3. Rewrite these sentences using the words/phrases in brackets.

1. I don't know any French. (speak a word)
I ____________________________________________.
can't speak a word of French.
2. I learned a few words of English on holiday. (picked)
I ____________________________________________.
picked up a few words of English on holiday.
3. My brother can speak Italian very well. (fluent)
My brother
__________________________________________.
is fluent in speaking Italian.
4. I can speak both English and French perfectly. (bilingual)
I'm __________________________________________.
bilingual in English and French.
5. I speak enough German for holidays. (get by)
I ___________________________________
on holiday.
can get by in German .
6. I haven't practised my Russian for a long time. (rusty)
My __________________________________________.
Russian is a bit rusty.

accent
It's normal to have a(n) (1)__________
when we speak English. It's OK –
other people can usually understand us. It's a good idea to listen to CDs or
imitate
watch DVDs and try to (2)__________
other speakers to make your
pronunciation better. If you see a new word and you don't know what it
guessthe meaning from words you know,
means, you can sometimes (3)__________
look
or you can (4)__________
theup
word in a dictionary. A lot of good English
learners try not to (5)__________
things from their first language.
translate
Translation is sometimes a good idea, but try to think in the foreign language
if you can! It's normal to make (6)__________.
When your teacher
mistakes
(7)__________
a mistake in your writing or speaking, think about it and try
corrects
to see why it's wrong. But it's more important to (8)____________, so don't
be afraid
to speak!
communicate

1. Those are the stairs I broke my arm.

Those are the stairs where I broke my arm.

2. There's a shop you can buy English books and CDs.

There's a shop where you can buy English books and CDs.

3. The English couple live next to us can get by in Vietnamese.

The English couple who live next to us can get by in Vietnamese.

4. There's a shop near my house sells cheap DVDs.

There's a shop near my house which sells cheap DVDs.

5. Look up the new words in the dictionary has just been published
by Oxford University Press.

Look up the new words in the dictionary which has just been published by
Oxford University Press.

D

C
A
E
B

pavement
highway
sweets

underground
soccer

nappy

rubbish
flashlight

HOMEWORK:
- Learn by heart vocabulary.
- Review all knowledge in unit 7, 8, 9.
- Prepare: Review 3 (Language)

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