Unit

4

REMEMBERING THE PAST
LESSON 7: LOOKING BACK & PROJECT

WARM-UP

BRAINSTORMING

- Work in teams.
- Members of each team take turns and write as many
vocabulary in Unit 4 as possible in ______ minutes.
- The group having more correct answers is the
winner.

VOCABULARY
1 Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.
1. In keeping with ______, we cook
five-colour sticky rice on the first
day of a lunar month.
A. tradition
B. habit
C. ritual
D. practice

2. Sam is very interested in
history, and he remembers a lot
of historical ______and dates.
A. traditions
B. events
C. anniversaries
D. practices

VOCABULARY
1 Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.
3. The fire of London in 1666
destroyed thousands of old ______
and damaged a large part of
London's centre.
A. organisations
B. structures
C. associations
D. connections

4. This practice was more
common in ______ times than it
is now.
A. beginning
B. antique
C. historic
D. ancient

VOCABULARY
1 Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D
5. This complex of buildings was ______ by foreign troops during the
war.
A. received
B. busy
C. occupied
D. filled

VOCABULARY

2 Finish the sentence by completing each blank with a word. The

first letter of each word is given.
1. The custom of w_________
orshipping ancestors is a beautiful and rich
tradition in Vietnamese culture.
2. The custom of sending a greeting card has become a d_______
eep-rooted
tradition in many western countries.
3. A country's cultural h______
eritage is a valuable resource
4. Festivals, which are handed down from one g_________
eneration to the
next, are an important way to promote tourism.
5. Besides the key i_________,
ngredients another secret to achieving the
perfect fish and chips is the temperature of the oil.

GRAMMAR
3 Put the verb in brackets in the past continuous to complete
each sentence.

1. Luckily, the sun (shine) ___________
was shining brightly when we reached
the campsite.

were building Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum from
2. They (build) ____________
1973 to 1975.
4. When their mum came home, they (not study)
were chatting
were not / weren't studying they (chat) _____________
___________________________;
noisily.

GRAMMAR
PAST CONTINUOUS
S + was/were + Ving
=> He was eating rice.
S + was/weren't + Ving
=> They weren't playing football
Was/Were + S + Ving?
=> Was she studying all night?

GRAMMAR
3 Put the verb in brackets in the past continuous to complete
each sentence.

4. ______
waiting when the tour guide arrived?
Were they still (wait) ________
5. I (think) ______________
was thinking of my grandmother for years after
she died.

GRAMMAR
WISH + PAST SIMPLE
Subject + wish + subject + past simple
I wish I had enough money to travel around the
world.
I wish (that) my mother didn't have to work so hard.

GRAMMAR
4 Rewrite the following sentences, using wish
1. She doesn't have an iPhone. She'd like to have one.
She wishes (that) she had an IPhone.
2. I'm sorry that I don't have a three-month summer holiday
as my grandma did.
I wish I had a three-month summer holiday as my
grandma did.

GRAMMAR
4 Rewrite the following sentences, using wish
3. I want my parents to let me make my own decisions, but
they don't.
I wish (that) my parents let me make my own decisions.
4. Mike wants to play musical instruments, but he can't.
Mike wishes (that) he could play musical instruments.
5. My dad is very busy. I want him to have more time with me.
I wish (that) my dad was / were not very busy, and (that)
he had more time with me.

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PROJECT
Task 1: Collect information and pictures about life in your area
about 40 years ago.
- Ask your grandparents and / or old people, and / or read books or
search the internet to find the information you want.
Information
+ Means of transport (on foot, on horseback, by bicycle, …)
+ Home life (electric devices, cooking, …)
+ Community services (electricity, running water, library,
communal house, …)
+ way of cooking
…

PROJECT
Task 2: Make a poster. Write or print the information and stick
the pictures on the poster.

- Work in groups to make a poster to introduce the
information you have prepared.

PROJECT

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NOW I CAN...
Complete the self-assessment
table.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Review the vocabulary and grammar of Unit 4;
 Apply what they have learnt (vocabulary and grammar)
into practice through a project.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Prepare for the next lesson.

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