Unit 7:
Traffic

LESSON 1: GETTING STARTER
Warm up: Miming game
Presentation
• Vocabulary
• Listen and read.
Practice
• Task 1: Read the conversation and choose the correct
answer.
• Task 2: Write one word from the conversation to complete
each sentence.
• Task 3: Look at the pictures and write a word under each.
Production
• Task 4: Game: Find someone who …
Consolidation
• Wrap-up
• Homework

Warm Up

VIDEO 1

How do you go to
school everyday ?

Vocabulary

cycle (v)
/ˈsaɪkl/
đạp xe

VIDEO 2

traffic jam (n. phr.)
/ˈtræfɪk dʒæm/
tắc đường

cross the road (v. phr.)
/krɒs ðə rəʊd/
băng qua đường

rush hour (n. phr.)
/ˈrʌʃ aʊə(r)/
giờ cao điểm

VIDEO 3

New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

cycle (v)

/ˈsaɪkl/

đạp xe

traffic jam (n. phr.)

/ˈtræfɪk dʒæm/

tắc đường

cross the road (v.
phr.)

/krɒs ðə rəʊd/

băng qua đường

rush hour (n. phr.)

/ˈrʌʃ aʊə(r)/

giờ cao điểm

Review
Vocabulary

VIDEO 4

Motor Racing
Rules:
- Class will be divided into 2 teams. Take
turn to play.
- There is a sentence with a picture beside
- Read the sentence and choose YES or NO.
- If you're correct, you will get 1 star for
your team.

A ______ is a situation where many vehicles are stuck
and moving very slowly or not at all on the road.

A. traffic jam

B. rush hour

NEXT

______means to ride a bicycle or move
in a regular, repeating pattern.

A. cycle

B. rush hour

NEXT

VIDEO 5

_____ is the busiest time of day for traffic, usually in the
morning and evening when people are commuting.

A. Cross the road

B. Rush hour

NEXT

______ means to go from one side of the street to
the other by walking or moving across it.

A. Traffic jam

B. Cross the street

NEXT

Reading

VIDEO 6

1 LISTEN AND READ.
Lan: Hi, Mark. How are you?
Mark: Good, thanks. And you?
What did you do last Sunday?
Lan: I'm fine. Last Sunday afternoon, I
cycled round the lake near my home.
Mark: That sounds really healthy.
By the way, do you often cycle to
school too?
Lan: Yes, but sometimes my mum
takes me on her motorbike.
Mark: How far is it from your home
to school?
Lan: It's about two kilometres.
Mark: How long does it take you to
cycle there?

Lan: About 10 minutes. Sometimes,
when there are traffic jams, it takes
longer.
Mark: You should be careful, especially
when you cross the road.
Lan: Right. The roads get really
crowded.
Mark: Hey, how about going cycling
round the lake this Sunday?
Lan: Great! Can you come to my house
at 3 p.m.?
Mark: OK, Lan. See you then.A

2

Read the conversation again and choose the correct answer.

1. How does Lan often go to school?
A. By bicycle.
B. By motorbike.

C. On foot.

2. It normally takes Lan ___ to get to school.
A. two minutes
B. ten minutes

C. twenty minutes

3. Lan and Mark agree to go cycling ______.
A. tomorrow
B. every day

C. at the weekend

3 Write one word from the conversation to complete each
sentence.

1. Last Sunday afternoon, Lan ______
cycled round the lake near her home.
2. Mark says to Lan: “You ______
should be careful, especially when you cross the road.
3. Traffic ______
jams are a problem in big cities.
4. – ______
How does your mum go shopping?
– She often walks.
5. This road is very __________
crowded during the rush hours.

Review
Reading

Obstacle Game

Lan cycled around the
lake last Sunday
afternoon.

A. True
B. False

Lan's mum sometimes
takes her to school
on a bicycle.

A. True
B. False

The distance from Lan's
home to school is about
two kilometers.

A. True
B. False

It takes Lan 15
minutes to cycle to
school.

A. True
B. False

Lan and Mark plan to go
cycling next Sunday
at 3 p.m.

A. True
B. False

4

Look at the pictures and write a word under each.

bicycle
1. _______________

car
2. _______________

bus
3. _______________

motorbike
4. _______________

3

Look at the pictures and write a word under each.

5. _______________
plane/ airplane

train
6. _______________

boat
7. _______________

ship
8. _______________

4 Find someone who … Write your friends' names in the
blanks. Then report to the class

1 WARM-UP
Topic of
the unit
Vocabul
ary

TRAFFIC

MEANS OF
TRANSPORT

TRAFFIC
PROBLEMS

2

HOMEWORK

⮚ Do exercises in the workbook.
⮚ Prepare the vocabulary for the
next lesson: A closer look 1
⮚ Prepare for the Unit's project.

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YOU