WELCOME ALL OF THE EXAMINERS

_Teacher: Chu Thi Hong Tuyen_
WARMLY WELCOME TO OUR ENGLISH CLASS

ENGLISH 8

UNIT 1: LEISURE ACTIVITIES
Period 3:

Unit 1: LEISURE ACTIVITIES

_A CLOSER LOOK 1 _
UNIT 1: LEISURE ACTIVITIES – A closer look 1

I. Vocabulary

- socialise (v)

- communicate (v)

- average (a)

giao tiếp để tạo mối quan hệ

giao tiếp

trung bình

thi ca

- poetry (n)

- novel (n)

tiểu thuyết

- reality (n)

thực tế, sự thực
1. Look at the following pie chart on leisure activities in the US and answer the questions.

2. What did they do in their leisure time?

3. What were three most common activities?

1. How much leisure time did people in the US have on an average day in 2012?

I. Vocabulary
1. How much leisure time did people in the US have on an average day in 2012?

- People in the US had 5.1 hours for leisure

time on an average day in 2012

2. What did they do in their leisure time?

- They did a lot of activities in their free

time such as: watching TV, socialising

and communicating, reading, doing sports

and exercise,using computers, relaxing

and thinking and other leisure activities.

3. What were the three most common

activities?

- They were watching TV, socialising and

communicating, and using computers.

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2. Complete the table with information from the pie chart.
Name of activity

Verb
relaxing
relax
communicating

socialising

reading

watching

doing

using

thinking

communicate

think

use

do

watch

read

socialise

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3. Look at the words. Match them to the category labels.

1. skateboarding, football, badminton 2. a novel, poetry, a magazine 3. the news, a reality show, a comedy 4. a new language, a skill 5. collecting stamps, making origami 6. going to local performances, visiting museums 7. visiting relatives, going shopping, doing DIY 8. texting, going to the cinema, hanging out

c. Spending time with family

d. Having hobbies

e. Playing sports

f. Watching TV

g. Socialising with friends

h. Going to cultural events/ places

a. Learning something interesting

b. Reading

1. skateboarding, football, badminton

e. Playing sports

Example:

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ANSWERS

e. Playing sports

b. Reading

f. Watching TV

a. Learning something interesting

d. Having hobbies

h. Going to cultural events/ places

c. Spending time with family

g. Socialising with friends

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1. skateboarding, football, badminton

2. a novel, poetry, a magazine

3. the news, a reality show, a comedy

4. a new language, a skill

5. collecting stamps, making origami

6. going to local performances, visiting museums

7. visiting relatives, going shopping, doing DIY

8. texting, going to the cinema, hanging out
4. How much time do you spend a day on leisure activities? What are the three activities that you do the most? Share you ideas with a partner.

Model 1: I usually spend 3 hours a day for leisure activities. I often watch TV,

play badminton and read book most. I also play computer games, play

piano, relax...

Model 2: I usually spend 2 hours a day doing leisure activities. I often listen to

music, watch TV or play volleyball. I also like to travel with my family at

the weekend and on summer vacation. If I have more money, I will go

shopping regularly. 

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III. Pronunciation.

Clusters: /br/ and /pr/

5. Complete the words under the pictures with /br/ or /pr/.

Listen to check your answers and repeat.

br

pr

br

br

pr

pr

pr

br

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6. Listen and repeat.

1. She loves making apricot jam.

2. My dad likes making bread in his free time.

3. Hien is our club president.

4. Mai keeps all her bracelets in a beautiful box.

5. You will need a brush if you want to paint your room.

6. This is a wonderful present. Thanks so much!

HOMEWORK

- Learn the new words by heart.

- Practice pronunciation “br”, “pr” again.

- Do exercise 4 ( textbook) again.

- Prepare for Unit 1: Closer look 2.

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Goodbye!

See you again!

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!