Unit 8
TOURISM

A Closer Look 2 

* Match the articles and the words

1. Articles

A
A

* Words

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1/ ............. apple
2/ ............... banana

An
An

3/................. shirt
4/ ................. Boy
5/ ................ orange

ARTICLES

M¹o tõ lµ tõ phô ®øng tr­ưíc danh tõ ®Ó bæ sung vÒ tÝnh x¸c
®Þnh hay ch­ưa x¸c ®Þnh cña tõ. M¹o tõ cã 2 lo¹i:
1. m¹o tõ ch­ưa x¸c ®Þnh: a vµ an.(tr­ưíc dt sè
Ýt)
2. m¹o tõ x¸c ®Þnh:
the( trư­íc dt sè Ýt & sè nhiÒu, ®Õm ®­ược & kh«ng ®Õm ®­
ượ
c). tõ ch­a x¸c ®Þnh(Indefinte article)
I.M¹o
1.Ng­ưêi & sù vËt ®ư­îc nh¾c ®Õn lÇn ®Çu trong c©u chuyÖn.
I have a flat and a house./ Can I have a chicken sandwich?
2.Nãi vÒ nghÒ nghiÖp.
I am a teacher. My husband is an engineer.
3.Côm tõ sè lư­îng.
a few, a little, an hour, once a week, a pair of, a couple
4.C¶m th¸n: What a lovely day! What a pity!

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II.M¹o tõ x¸c ®Þnh : The ( Definite article)
1.Ng­ưêi / vËt ®­ưîc nh¾c ®Õn lÇn 2, 3,...
-The house is big , but the flat is small.
-The sandwich is very delicious.
-Yesterday I saw a film. The film was about a girl and a
soldier. The soldier loved the girl, but the girl loved a teacher.
So the soldier shot the teacher.
2.Trư­íc tõ biÓn,s«ng,kh¸ch s¹n,qu¸n ­,nhµ h¸t,b¶o tµng,b¸o
-The Atlantic, the Pacific ocean, the British Museum, the Times
3.Ngư­êi / vËt duy nhÊt.
-The sun, the Queen, the Govermnent.
4.the+ tªn ngư­êi ë sè nhiÒu-> gia ®×nh.
-The Browns hit me.(Mr, Mrs Brown and children)
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5.The + tÝnh tõ-> líp ngư­êi.
-The old, the young, the big, the small.
-The good, the bad, the ugly./ Phim: “ The rich sob”
6.The + nhạc cụ
-I can play the piano.
7.The + tÝnh tõ so s¸nh nhÊt.
-He's the richest man in the world.
8.The + tÝnh tõ so s¸nh kép
- The bigger the better. Cµng to cµng tèt.
-The more we earn, the more we spend.
Cµng kiÕm nhiÒu, cµng tiªu nhiÒu.
-The more we get together, the happier we'll be.
Cµng gÇn bªn nhau, chóng ta cµng vui.
9. The + số từ thứ tự

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**Chó ý mét sè côm tõ cè ®Þnh:
-In the mountain, in the country, in the centre of..., in the
morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, the World

today, the BBC, the cinema, the theatre, the same, the rush
hour, …the capital of...
Where's the.......?It's in the.......
It's on the.......
It's under........

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III.No article

1.Nh÷ng ®iÒu nãi chung
I like potato.
Milk is good for you.
2.Trư­íc tªn n­ưíc, thµnh phè,®ư­êng phè,ng«n ng÷, t¹p
chÝ, b÷a ¨n, s©n bay, nhµ ga, nói.
Vietnam is a mountainous country.( nhưng The USA - nước
lớn)
I had lunch with Mai.( I had a big lunch)
3.Mét sè n¬i chç & pt giao th«ng
at home in/to bed at/to work at/to school/university
by bus by plane by car
by train on
She goes to work by bus.
foot.
4.C©u c¶m th¸n:What+ dt kh«ng ®Õm ®ư­îc
What beautiful weather! What loud music!
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practice

1. In pair find one mistake in each sentence.

nghề
1. He'√
postman,
so
he
has
breakfast
at
4
a.m.
a
nãi chung
2. The
x love is more important than money.
n¬i chç
x school by bus.
3. I come to the
lÇn ®Çu
a
4. I'm reading one
x good book at the moment.
vÞ trÝ x¸c ®Þnh
5. “Where's Jack? In the
axkitchen.
the
vÞ trÝ x¸c ®Þnh
√
6. I live in centre of town, near the hospital.
a
x lovely house in the
7. My parents bought the
lÇn ®Çu
country.

x
8. I don't eat the bread because I don't like it. nãi chung
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2. Complete the sentences with a/an/the or nothing
The boy is
1. I have two children,___
a boy and ___
a girl. ___
twenty two and the
___ girl is nineteen.
a soldier in the
0
2. Mike is ___
___ Army, and Chloe is at___
university.
0 work by___
0 train. She's ___
an
3. My wife goes to___
a job. I stay at ___
0 home and
accountant. I don't have___
the children.
look after___
a lovely day! Why don't we go for___
a pinic in
4. What___
the park?
___
5. What did you have for___0 lunch? “ Just___asandwich.
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1. Complete the text with a/an, the, or zero article (Ø). 
The Dominican Republic is (1) __ country
on the
a
island of Hispaniola, in (2)____Caribbean
region. It
the 
is (3)____ second
largest Caribbean nation after
the
Cuba, with nearly 10 million people, one million of
whom live in (4)____ capital
city Santo Domingo.
the
(5)____ second
largest city is (6)__ Santiago.
The
The
Φ
the 
geography of (7)____country
is varied, and ranges
from (8)__ semi-desert
plains to (9)__ lush
valleys
Φ
Φ
of tropical rainforest. (10)____ economy
depends
The
largely on (11)___agriculture,
with (12)__ sugar
as
Φ 
Φ
the
(13)____ main
crop. Tourism is (14)____ important
an
industry.

2.a Ask and answer the questions. Choose from the list. Use "the" if
necessary.  Lake Baikal Amazon River Thames Statue of Liberty
Lake Geneva Son Doong Cave Ha Long Bay Angkor Wat
Forbidden City
1.Which one is an imperial palace? The Forbidden City
2.Which river runs through London? The Thames
3.Which one is the deepest lake in the world? Lake Baikal
4.Which one is considered one of the New7Wonders of Nature?
Ha Long Bay
5.Which one is the largest cave in the world? Son Doong Cave

6.Which one is a tourist attraction in New York? The Statue of Liberty

b. Choose one item above and say what you know about it as a
tourist attraction.
Amazon River
Thames Statue of Liberty
Lake Geneva Son Doong Cave Ha Long Bay Angkor Wat
Forbidden City
Lake Baikal
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
_______

b. Choose one item above and say what
you know about it as a tourist attraction.
Ha Long Bay is located in Quang Ninh province, in northern
Vietnam, 170 km from East of Hanoi. “Ha Long” means “Bay of
Descending Dragon”. It is famous for scenic ocean and is
recognized as one of natural wonder of the world. In Ha Long
Bay, tourists can experience diverse natural landscape,
varying from long sandy beach to thousand-year-old-lime
karst. Ha Long Bay includes nearly 1900 islets of different size,
some very large such as Thien Cung Cave or Surprise Cave;
others as small as a few meters wide. Besides the natural
scenes, Ha Long also has many of man-made attractions,
such as: Sunworld Park, cinema or water park. When coming
home, tourists can buy some interesting souvenirs there.

3.a Write answers to the questions, using a, an, the or
zero article in each answer. Give three true answers,
but two untrue ones. 
3.b. Tell your answer to your partner and ask him/her
to guess which answer are not true.

1. What color and type of bicycle would you like to have?
=> I would like to have a normal black bicycle.
2. Which holiday destination do you prefer: city, mountains, seaside?
=> I prefer to have holiday in a mountain.
3. Where would you like to go on holiday next?
=> I'd like to go to Paris on next holiday.
4. What's your favourite time of the year?
=> I love summer.
5. Have you ever travelled anywhere by plane? Please explain.
=> I have never travelled anywhere by plane because I haven't any
chance.

4. Make full sentences from the words/phrases, adding
articles as needed. Then mark them as true (T) or false (F).
1. original name/of/Ha Noi/Phu Xuan

- The original name of Ha Noi was Phu Xuan.

F

2. most famous/Egyptian pyramids/found/at Giza/in/Cairo
- The most famous Egyptian pyramids are found at Giza in Cairo.

3. there/city/called/ Kiev/in/America
- There is a city called Kiev in America.

T

F

4. My Son/set of ruins/from/ancient Cham Empire/ UNESCO World
Heritage Site

- My Son, a set of ruins from the ancient Cham Empire, is a UNESCO World HeritageT Site.

5. English/first language/in/many countries/outside/United Kingdom
- English is the first language in many countries outside the United Kingdom.

T

- Phú Xuân (Phú Xuân): một địa danh lịch sử ở Huế, thủ đô của chúa Nguyễn, triều đại Tây Sơn
- Giza (thuộc đô thị Cairo ở Ai Cập): nơi có các kim tự tháp nổi tiếng nhất Ai Cập, và một số của các kim tự tháp và đền
thờ khác
- Kiev: thủ đô và thành phố lớn nhất của Ukraine

* Homework
• Learn by heart : Articles and Zero Article
• Prepare
: Skills 1/p26 ( 1 a + b/p26)
skills 2 /p.27 ( 1/p. 27)
* Do exercises on OLM