Underline the words which contain the ending sounds /nd/, /ŋ/ and /nt/ in the following sentences.
E.g.: Minh spent five thousand dollars buying a new computer.
1. Luke is playing football with his close friend, Mark.
2. Jack lent Julia some money.
3. The end of the film is more exciting that she thought.
4. He found the letter among his old books.
5. I want you to send me your report.
6. This movie is interesting.
7. He can sing a French songs.
8. I don’t understand what that student is saying.
9. Mark often goes shopping at the weekend.
10. We spend 30 minutes listening to music each day.
11. Mike doesn’t like drinking strong coffee.
12. Mark took second place in the long jump competition.
13. The band was playing an old The Beatles’ song.
14. She met her husband through a dating agency.
15. I spent one thousand dollars buying this wedding ring.
1. Đáp án: Luke is playing football with his close friend, Mark.
- playing /ˈpleɪɪŋ/
- friend /frend/
Dịch nghĩa: Luke đang đá bóng với bạn thân của cậu ấy là Mark.
2. Đáp án: Jack lent Julia some money.
- lent /lent/
Dịch nghĩa: Jack đã cho Julia mượn một ít tiền.
3. Đáp án: The end of the film is more exciting that she thought.
- end /end/
- exciting /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/
Dịch nghĩa: Đoạn kết của bộ phim hay hơn cô ấy nghĩ.
4. Đáp án: He found the letter among his old books.
- found /faʊnd/
- among /əˈmʌŋ/
Dịch nghĩa: Anh ấy tìm thấy lá thư này trong đống sách cũ của mình.
5. Đáp án: I want you to send me your report.
- want /wɒnt/
- send /send/
Dịch nghĩa: Tôi muốn bạn gửi cho tôi báo cáo của bạn.
6. Đáp án: This movie is interesting.
- interesting /ˈɪntrəstɪŋ/
Dịch nghĩa: Bộ phim này hay.
7. Đáp án: He can sing French songs.
- sing /sɪŋ/
- songs /sɒŋz/
Dịch nghĩa: Anh ấy có thể hát những bài hát tiếng Pháp..
8. Đáp án: I don’t understand what that student is saving.
- understand /ˌʌndəˈstænd/
- student /ˈstjuːdnt/
- saving /ˈseɪvɪŋ/
Dịch nghĩa: Tôi không hiểu học sinh đó đang nói gì.
9. Đáp án: Mark often goes shopping at the weekend.
- shopping /ˈʃɒpɪŋ/
- weekend /ˌwiːkˈend/
Dịch nghĩa: Mark thường đi mua sắm vào dịp cuối tuần.
10. Đáp án: We spend 30 minutes listening to music each day.
- spend /spend/
- listening /ˈlɪsnɪŋ/
Dịch nghĩa: Chúng tôi dành 30 phút nghe nhạc mỗi ngày.
11. Đáp án: Mike doesn’t like drinking strong coffee.
- drinking /ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ/
- strong /strɒŋ/
Dịch nghĩa: Mike không thích uống cà phê đặc.
12. Đáp án: Mark took second place in the long jump competition.
- second /ˈsekənd/
- long /lɒŋ/
Dịch nghĩa: Mark xếp thứ nhì trong cuộc thi nhảy xa.
13. Đáp án: The band was playing an old Beatles song.
- band /bænd/
- playing /ˈpleɪɪŋ/
- song /sɒŋ/
Dịch nghĩa: Ban nhạc này đang biểu diễn một ca khúc cũ của nhóm The Beatles.
14. Đáp án: She met her husband through a dating agency.
- husband /ˈhʌzbənd/
- dating /deɪtɪŋ/
Dịch nghĩa: Cô ấy đã gặp chồng mình qua một công ty mai mối.
15. Đáp án: I spent one thousand dollars buying this wedding ring.
- spent /spent/
- thousand /ˈθaʊznd/
- buying /baɪɪŋ/
- wedding /ˈwedɪŋ/
- ring /rɪŋ/
Dịch nghĩa: Tôi đã chi một nghìn đô la để mua chiếc nhẫn cưới này.
Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
European Union, almost 100 million citizens of all ages invest their time, talents and money to make a positive contribution to their community by volunteering in civil society organisations, youth clubs, hospitals, schools, in sport clubs, etc. For the Commission, volunteering is an active expression of civic participation which strengthens common European values such as solidarity and social cohesion. Volunteering also provides important learning opportunities, because involvement in voluntary activities can provide people with new skills and competences that can even improve their employability. This is especially important at this time of economic crisis. Volunteering plays an important role in sectors as varied and diverse as education, youth, culture, sport, environment, health, social care, consumer protection, humanitarian aid, development policy, research, equal opportunities and external relations.
Objectives of the Year:
1. To create an enabling and facilitating environment for volunteering in the EU;
2. To empower volunteer organisations and improve the quality of volunteering;
3. To reward and recognise volunteering activities; and
4. To raise awareness of the value and importance of volunteering.
The Commission expects that the European Year of Volunteering will lead to an Increase In volunteering and to greater awareness of its added value, and that it will highlight the link between voluntary engagement at local level and its significance in the wider European context.
(EU Citizenship Portal)
1. What does the word “their” in paragraph 1 refer to?
Volunteer work/ offer/us/ chance/ make/ difference/ people/ around/ them.
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Write a short paragraph (120 -150 words) about doing volunteer work.
You can use the following questions as cues:
* Why do people do volunteer work?
* Which volunteer activities do you like?
* What situations need volunteer workers?
* What benefits can you get from volunteer work?
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Listen to the information about Rosa Louise McCauley Parks and (decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F).
1. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was honored “mother of the modem civil rights movement” by the US Congress. 2. She became an international icon representing the movement against racism 3. She won a Nobel Peace Prize. 4. From 1965 to 1988 she worked as a seamstress. 5. She was voted as one of the 100 most influential figures of the 20th century by Time magazine |
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There/ be/ lots/ reasons/ people/ want/ volunteer.
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Volunteering/ interesting/ because/ it/ also/way/ meet/ make/ new friends
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They are going to treat drinking water and widen roads in_________areas.
Talk about something you shouldn’t do to protect the environment
You can use the following questions as cues:
• What is it?
• How often do you do it?
• Who don’t you do it with?
• Why shouldn’t you do it?
Useful languages:
Useful vocabulary |
Useful structures |
• littering, cutting down trees, using nylon bags, using private cars, ... • every day, once a week, three times a month, every week, ... • friends, family members, relatives, colleagues,... • damaging health, devastating ecosystems, causing flood, eroding soild, ... |
• Avoiding ... is what I do to protect the environment. • Saying no to ... is the way that I do to protect the environment. • I do it everyday/ once a week/ every time I go shopping, ... • My family members don’t..., either. • There are several reasons explaining for my decision. • I don’t do it because of some reasons. |
Complete the notes:
Structures of the talk |
Your notes |
What is it? |
__________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ |
How often do you do it? |
__________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ |
Who don’t you do it with? |
__________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ |
Why shouldn’t you do it? |
__________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ |
Now you try!
Give your answer using the following cues. You should speak for 1-2 minutes.
1. Protecting the environment is a primary concern of every one these days.
2. Saying no to ... is the way that I do to protect the environment.
3. I do it...
4. People around me such as my family members, my fiends do not...
5. I don’t do it because of some reasons ...
Now you tick!
Did you ...
q answer all the questions in the task?
q give some details to each main point?
q speak slowly and fluently with only some hesitation?
q use vocabulary wide enough to talk about the topic?
q use various sentence structures (simple, compound, complex) accurately?
q pronounce correctly (vowels, consonants, stress, intonation)?
Complete the following sentences using the given words in the box.
meaningful |
non-profit |
opportunities |
apply |
by chance |
handicapped |
employment |
donated |
priorities |
hopeless |
E.g.: Doing volunteer work helps me have a lot of __opportunities__to meet new people.
1. The special equipment is designed for_________children.
2. Fixing running water for people in remote areas is on their list of_________ .
3. I saw this job advertisement on the newspaper_________yesterday.
4. Jack finds it_________to help disadvantaged people.
5. Linda has been working for an independent_________organization since she graduated from university.
6. A generous businesswoman_________one million dollar to the charity last week.
7. It Is not easy for graduates to find_________today.
8. We need to_________for a visa to travel to Korea.
9. They searched the survivors in that earthquake but it was_________.