UNIT 1: MY HOBBY
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

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MY HOBBIES
LESSON 1: GETTING
STARTED
My favorite hobby

WARM-UP

Answer the
questions:
1. What do you like doing in

HOBBY

your free time?
2. Do you like collecting dolls?
3. Do you like collecting glass

PRESENTATION

unusual
(adj)

/ʌnˈjuːʒuəl/
khác thường

PRESENTATION

creativity
(n)
/ˌkriːeɪˈtɪvəti/
sự sáng tạo

PRESENTATION

dollhouse
(n)

/ ˈdɒlhaʊs/
nhà búp bê

PRESENTATION

cardboard
(n)

/ˈkɑːdbɔːd/
bìa các tông

PRESENTATION

glue (n)
/ɡluː/
keo dán, hồ

PRESENTATION

making
models

/ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈmɒdlz/
làm mô hình

PRESENTATION
New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

1. unusual (adj)

/ʌnˈjuːʒuəl/

khác thường

2. creativity (n)

/ˌkriːeɪˈtɪvəti/

sự sáng tạo

3. dollhouse (n)

/ˈdɒlhaʊs/

nhà búp bê

4. cardboard (n)

/ˈkɑːdbɔːd/

bìa các tông

/ɡluː/

keo dán, hồ

/ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈmɒdlz/

làm mô hình

5. glue (n)
6. making models

PRACTICE

1 Listen and read.

Ann: Your house is very nice, Trang.
Trang: Thanks! let's go upstairs. I'll show you my room.
Ann: I love your dollhouse. It's amazing. Did you make it yourself?
Trang: Yes. I like building dollhouses very much.
Ann: Really? Is it hard to build one?
Trang: not really. All you need is some cardboard and glue. Then just use a
bit of creativity. What do you do in your free time?
Ann: I like horse riding.
Trang: That's rather unusual. Not many people do that.
Ann: Actually, it's more common than you think. There are some horse
riding clubs in
Ha Noi now. I go to the Riders' Club every Sunday.
Trang: I'd love to go to your club this Sunday. I want to learn how to ride.

PRACTICE

2

Read the conversation again and write T (True) or F (False).

1. Trang needs help with building dollhouses.
______

F
T

T
2. Trang uses glue and cardboard to build her dollhouse.
______

T

F
3. To build a dollhouse, you need to use your creativity.

PRACTICE

3. Write the words and phrases from the box under the correct
pictures.

3

1. making
models

4.

2. riding a
horse

3. collecting
coins

5. building

6. collecting teddy

PRACTICE

4 Work in pairs. Write the hobbies from Task 3 in the suitable columns.
doing things
riding a
horse
gardening
(others:
travelling,
skiing, doing
yoga, etc.)

making things

collecting things

making models

collecting
coins
collecting teddy
bears
(others:
collecting toys,
collecting
books, etc.)

building
dollhouses
(others:
painting,
making pottery,
etc.)

PRODUCTION

5

GAME: Find someone who likes…

CONSOLIDATION

1 WRAP-UP
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 identify the topic of the unit
 use lexical items related to hobbies
 identify the language features that are covered in
the unit

CONSOLIDATION

2

HOMEWORK

 Name a list of cheap hobbies,
expensive hobbies, easy and difficult
hobbies.
 Prepare for the project.