UNIT 7: TRAFFIC
Lesson 3: A Closer look 2
New words:
- Youth Club: (n) Câu lạc bộ thanh niên
- open- air market (n) chợ trời
- airport (n) sân bay
- the Earth (n) trái đất
- the Moon (n) mặt trăng
- vehicles (n) xe cộ /ˈviək(ə)l/
- hide and seek (n) trò trốn tìm
- pond (n) ao
- buffalo (n) con trâu /ˈbəf(ə)ˌlō/
Look at the pictures and write the names of places.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
places
school
Airport
market
The Earth
Bus station
The Moon
Supermarket
River


GRAMMAR: 1. Write sentence with IT .
EX: My house/ 500 metres/ nearest shop.
→ It is about 500 metres from my house to the nearest shop.

700 metres/ my house/ Youth Club.

Five km/ my home village/ nearest town.

120 km/ Ho Chi Minh city/ Vung Tau.

384,400 km/ the Earth/ the Moon.

Not very far/ Ha Noi/ Noi Bai Airport.

→ It is about 700 metres from my house to Youth Club.
→ It is a bout five km from my home village to the nearest town.
→ It is not very far from Ha Noi to Noi Bai Airport.
→ It is a bout 384,400 km from the Earth to the Moon.
→ It is a bout 120 km from Ho Chi Minh city to Vung Tau.
→ “It”: nói về khoảng cách
2. Ask and answer about the distance.
Oanh: How far is it from ……………. to ……….?
Mai: It’s about ……… kilometers.
your house
school
two
Form: How far is it from + địa điểm 1 + to + địa điểm 2?
→ It’s (about) + khoảng cách + kilometer(s)/ meter(s)
Use: Dùng để hỏi và trả lời xem khoảng cách từ một địa điểm này đến một địa điểm khác bao xa.
Practice asking and answering about the distance.
your house / the Youth Club. // 700 meters


Your home village / the nearest town. // five kilometers


Ho Chi Minh City / Vung Tau. // 120 km


The Earth / the Moon. // 384.400 km


Ha Noi / Noi Bai Airport. // not very far.
A: How far is it from your house to the Youth Club?
B: It’s about 700 meters (from my house to the Youth Club).
A: How far is it from your home village to the nearest town?
B: It’s about five kilometers.
2. Used to: (đã từng)
Ex: I used to go on foot when I was in primary school.
(+) S + used to + V(inf) + O
(-) S + didn’t use to + V(inf) + O
(?) Did + S + use to + V(inf) + O ?
→ Yes, S + did./ No, S + didn’t.
Use: Diễn tả những hành động đã từng xảy ra thường xuyên
trong quá khứ nhưng không còn diễn ra ở hiện tại.
Example:
Mr Brown often went to school by bike, but now he doesn’t any more.
→ Mr Brown used to go to school by bike.
Vocabulary
- (to) ride a buffalo:
- (to) play hide-and-seek:
- (to) feel worried about:
Traffic jams:
Traffic accident:
A tricycle:
Vehicles (n) :
A desk job:
cưỡi trâu
chơi chốn tìm
thấy lo lắng về
ùn tắc giao thông
tai nạn giao thông
xe ba bánh
xe cộ, phương tiện giao thông
công việc bàn giấy
3. Complete the sentences with used to or use to
and the verbs in the box below.
Be ride play go feel
I …..……………. a tricycle when I was a child.

There ………………. fewer people and vehicles on the road.

My father ………………. to work by motorbike. Now he cycles.

….. you ……………. hike-and-seek when you were small?

Five years ago people in this town ……… not..…………
worried about traffic jams.
used to ride
use to feel
used to go
use to play
Did
used to be
did
My mom lived in a small village when she was a girl.

2. There are more vehicles on the roads now.

3. We cycled to school two years ago.

4. There didn’t use to be many traffic accidents before.

5. My uncle was a bus driver some years ago, but now he has a desk job.


→ My mom used to live in a small village when she was a girl.
→ There did not use to be many vehicles on the roads.
→ We used to cycle to school two years ago.
→ Now there are more traffic accidents.
→ My uncle used to be a bus driver some years ago, but now he has a desk job.

4. Rewrite the sentences using “used to”
5. Work in pairs. Did you use to do those things?
Ask and answer.
play marbles
play football in the street
swim in the pond
near my house
ride a tricycle
ride a buffalo
A: Did you use to play marbles?
B: Yes, I did.
- Do exercises: 2, 3 in your exercise book.
- Prepare Unit 7: Skills 1 + 2.
HOMEWORK
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