Teacher: Huynh Phong Dinh
Lesson 7: LOOKING BACK
WELCOME TO OUR CLASS 9/1
Unit 9 - ENGLISH IN THE WORLD
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1. I don’t know any French. (speak a word)
I ____________________________________________.
2. I learned a few words of English on holiday. (picked)
I ____________________________________________.
3. My brother can speak Italian very well. (fluent)
My __________________________________________.
4. I can speak both English and French perfectly.
(bilingual)
I’m __________________________________________.
5. I speak enough German for holidays. (get by)
I ___________________________________ on holiday.
6. I haven’t practised my Russian for a long time. (rusty)
My __________________________________________.
3. Rewrite these sentences using the words/phrases in brackets.
can’t speak a word of French.
picked up a few words of English on holiday.
brother is fluent in speaking Italian.
bilingual in English and French.
can get by in German .
Russian is a bit rusty.
It’s normal to have a(n) (1)__________ when we speak English. It’s OK – other people can usually understand us. It’s a good idea to listen to CDs or watch DVDs and try to (2)__________ other speakers to make your pronunciation better. If you see a new word and you don’t know what it means, you can sometimes (3)__________ the meaning from words you know, or you can (4)__________ the word in a dictionary. A lot of good English learners try not to (5)__________ things from their first language. Translation is sometimes a good idea, but try to think in the foreign language if you can! It’s normal to make (6)__________. When your teacher (7)__________ a mistake in your writing or speaking, think about it and try to see why it’s wrong. But it’s more important to (8)____________, so don’t be afraid to speak!
accent
imitate
guess
look up
translate
mistakes
corrects
communicate
1. Those are the stairs I broke my arm.

2. There’s a shop you can buy English books and CDs.

3. The English couple live next to us can get by in Vietnamese.

4. There’s a shop near my house sells cheap DVDs.

5. Look up the new words in the dictionary has just been published by Oxford University Press.


Those are the stairs where I broke my arm.
There’s a shop where you can buy English books and CDs.
The English couple who live next to us can get by in Vietnamese.
There’s a shop near my house which sells cheap DVDs.
Look up the new words in the dictionary which has just been
published by Oxford University Press.
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sweets
soccer
nappy
pavement
highway
underground
rubbish
flashlight