LESSON PLAN NUMBER: 26

NUMBER OF PERIODS: 3 NUMBER OF PERIODS TAUGHT: 75

Class
Date

 TITLE OF THE LESSON: Unit 7: Then and now

  
 OBJECTIVES: After the lesson, students will be able to:
 Know how to use past simple with irregular verbs
 ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS
 Students know only little about grammar items such as: past simple.
 PRACTICE

Talking About You

 Practice 1: Complete the sentences

Instructions:
- Complete the sentences with did, was, were.
 wereyou born?
1. Where ____

Where ____was
your mother born?

did you start school?

2. When ____

did you learn to read and write?

3. When ____

was your first teacher?

4. Who ____

was your favourite subject?

5. What ____

did you live when you ____

6. Where ____ were a child?
Did you live in a house or a flat?
7. ____
 Practice : Talking about you

Instructions:
- Work in pairs.
- Ask and answer the Qs in Exercise 1.
- Stand up and tell the class the information about
your partner.
Eg. Hoang was born in Nam Dinh.

His mother was born in Phu Tho.

He started school ……

…
Pronunciation
1. listen to 3 different pronunciations of -ed

/t/ /d/ /id/

worked lived started

T 7.6
Spelling of the past simple tense.
3 ways to pronounce –ed
1. /id/
 With the verbs are ended by /t/, /d/.
Ex: needed, started, …
2. /t/
 With the verbs are ended by voiceless consonant.
Ex: stopped, worked, …
3. /d/
 … voice consonant
Ex: played, stayed, …
2. Listen and write the Past simple verbs
on the chart.
/t/ /d/ /id/
worked lived started

looked loved wanted

danced retired acted
liked earned

T 7.7
THE YEAR I WAS BORN

Irregular verbs
Activity 1: Write the Past simple form

Instructions:
- Look at the list of irregular verbs on p158.
- Write the past simple form of the verbs in the
box.
- Which one isn’t irregular?
- Listen and repeat the verbs.
 T 7.8

Write the Past Tense form of the following verbs:

be was/ were die died

begin began become became
come came win won
get got make made
sing sang buy bought
leave left sell sold
have had
Activity 2: Listening: 1984…the year I
was born

Instructions:
- Study some vocabularies before listening.
- Watch a video clip and say:

+ Who were in the clip?

+ What were they famous for?

- Listen and complete the conversation.

Vocabulary:

- prime minister (n) - gold medal (n)

- president (n) - champion (n)

- leader (n) - album (n)

- athlete (n) - hit record (n)

Watch video clip and guess who were in
the clip and what they were famous for.
Listen to the conversation and complete
the sentences:

T 7.9
 James was born on 24 January, 1984 in Hong Kong.
His parents _____ Hong Kong that year and
left
back to Britain. His father _____ agot
_____came job in
London.

Politics
In Britain, Margaret Thatcher _____was
Europe’s first
woman prime minister. US President Ronald Reagan
began four years in the White House. The
_____ another
Soviet leader Yuri Andropov _____ after only
died a
year as a leader.

T 7.9
Sports
won four gold medals at
American athlete Carl Lewis _____
the Los Angeles Olympics. The Soviet Union didn’t go to
the Olympics that year. Tiger Woods became
_____ junior golf
champion at the age of eight.
Science
made a new personal computer and
Apple Macintosh _____
boughtone.
millions of people _____
Music
Michael Jackson’s Thriller _____
sold 43 million albums.
sang
Madonna _____ Holiday. And Paul McCartney, Tina
Turner and David Bowie all _____had
hit records that year.

T 7.9
 Activity 3: Ask and answer the Qs

Instructions:

- Work in pairs.

- Ask and answer the Qs about the year James

was born.
1. When did James and his parents leave Hong Kong?
1984.
2. Where did his father get a job?
In London.

3. How many medals did Carl Lewis win?

Four gold medals.

4. What did Apple Macintosh make?

A personal computer.
5. Which song did Madonna sing?
Holiday.
6. How many albums did Michael Jackson’s
Thriller sell?
43 millions.
 PRACTICE

What did it happen?

What did you do?
Which of the followings is incorrect?

Last Monday Yesterday morning

Last night Yesterday afternoon

Last week Yesterday evening

Last year Last evening

Last afternoon
 Practice: What did you do?

Instructions:
- Work in pairs.
- Ask and answer the Qs with When did you last…?
- Ask another Qs for more information.
E.g. A: When did you last go on holiday?

B: Last August.

A: Where did you go?

B: To Nha Trang.

A: Who did you go there with?

B: My family.
1. have a holiday
2. watch a DVD

3. go shopping

4. take a photograph

5. go to a party

6. talk on a mobile

7. write an email

8. get a present

9. eat in a restaurant
Check it: Tick ( ) the correct sentence

1. He bought some new shoes.

He buyed some new shoes.
2. Where did you go yesterday?
Where you went yesterday?
3. You see Jane last week?
Did you see Jane last week?
4. Did she get the job?
Did she got the job?
5. I went out yesterday evening.
I went out last evening.
6. He studied French at school.
He studyed French at school.
7. What had you for breakfast?
What did you have for breakfast?
8. I was in New York the last week.
I was in New York last week.
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NUMBER OF PERIODS: 3 NUMBER OF PERIODS TAUGHT: 78

Class
Date

 TITLE OF THE LESSON: Unit 7: Then and now 

 OBJECTIVES: After the lesson, students will be able to:
 Have some knowledge of famous people in history
 Know how to talk about famous people.
 Use the past simple to talk the things in the past.
 ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS
 Students lack of vocabulary relating to each topic so they may have some
difficulties in speaking.
 WRITING

Describing a holiday
Read about Daniella’s holiday. Put the
verbs in the Past Simple

had
Last October, I (1)______ (have) a very exciting
went
holiday. I (2)_______ (go) to Japan for 3 weeks to
travelled
stay with friends. I (3)___________(travel) by
was
plane. It (4)_______ (be) a very long journey but
met
fortunately my friend (5)_______ (meet) me at the
drove
airport and (6)________ (drive) me straight to

their house near Tokyo.

 stayed (stay) with my friends for the first
I (7) ______

visited (visit)
week. In the second week I (8) ________

took
Tokyo and then in the third week I (9) _______
saw
(take) the train to Kyoto where I (10) ________

(see) some beautiful temples and gardens. I (11)

enjoyed ( enjoy) the holiday very much indeed
________

didn’t see (not see) Mount Fuji. Next

but I (12) __________

time I want to climb it with my friends.

 Ask and answer the Qs

Instructions:
- Work in pairs.
- Make the Qs with the words and As the Qs.
Questions
When/ go When did you last go on holiday? Last year …
Where/ go
Where did you go? I went to Ha Long Bay …

How long/stay
How long did you stay?
I stayed there for a week. …
How/ travel
How did you travel? I travelled by train …
Where/stay
Where did you stay? I stayed in a hotel …
What/ do What did you do there? I did a lot of things there …
What/ see What did you see? I saw some beautiful places …

Enjoy/holiday Did you enjoy your holiday? I loved my holiday very much.
Write a paragraph to describe a your
holiday in 50 words.
READING AND SPEAKING

Two famous first

Instructions:
- Translate the words on p56.
- Complete the 2 sentences.
- Work in 2 groups to read about Amelia and Yuri.

- Answer the Qs about her/him with your partner.

Look at the texts and complete the sentences.

Amelia Mary Earhart

The first woman to fly across the Atlantic
 Yuri Gagarin
the first man in space
Group A: Read about Amelia Earhart

Group B: Read about Yuri Gagarin

 Do exercise 4/p56: Tick the true sentences

and correct the false sentences.

T 1. Amelia came from a rich family.

T 2. She had a short but exciting life.

F 3. She fought in a World War.

She worked in a hospital in World War I.
F 4. She wanted to be a pilot when she was a child.
She wanted to be a pilot when she was 23.
F 5. She flew fighter jets.
The text doesn’t mention about it.
T 6. She married but she didn’t have any children.

F 7. She traveled to Europe to talk about her experiences.

She travelled around the world.
T 8. She died in a plane crash.
 Yuri
F 1. Yuri came from a rich family.
His family was very poor.
T 2. He had a short but exciting life.

F 3. He fought in a World War.

He saw his first plane in World War II.
F 4. He wanted to be a pilot when he was a child.
He wanted to be a pilot when he was a teenager.
T 5. He flew fighter jets.

F 6. He married but he didn’t have any children.

He was a father.
F 7. He traveled to Europe to talk about his experiences.
He travelled around the world.
8. He died in a plane crash.
T
 - Find a partner.
- Compare Amelia and Yuri Gagarin.

E.g. - Amelia came from a rich family.

What about Yuri Gagarin?

- No, his family was very poor.

E 6.1: About Amelia
- Student B complete the questions about Amelia.
- Student B ask and student A answer them.
was she born?
1. S.B: Where ____
S.A: She was born in Kansas.
did she study first?
2. S.B: What ____
S.A: She studied nursing first.
did she first ____
3. S.B: When ____ go up in a plane?

S.A: She went up in a plane when she was 23.

 did she break
4. When ____ ____ her first record?
She broke her first record in 1921.
Did she marry? ____
5. ____ Did she ____
have any
children?
Yes, she did, but she didn’t have any children.
did she do in 1935?
6. What ____
She became the first person to fly across the
Pacific.
did her plane disappear?
7. Where ____

Near Howland in the Pacific Ocean.

E.6.2: About Yuri
- Student A complete the questions about Yuri.
- Student A ask and student B answer them.

8. Where was
____ he born?
He was born on a farm.
did he see his first plane?
9. When ____
He saw his first plane in World War II.
did he first ____
10. Why ____ join the Russian Air
Force?
Because his teachers thought he was
a natural pilot.
 did the doctor choose Yuri to be
11. Why ____
an astronaut?
Because he was the best in all the tests.
did he do in 1961?
12. What ____
He finally went into space.
did he travel
13. Why ____ ____ around the world?
To talk about his experiences.
did he die?
14. How ____
He died when his fighter jet crashed
on a testFlight.
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NUMBER OF PERIODS: 3 NUMBER OF PERIODS TAUGHT: 81

Class
Date

 TITLE OF THE LESSON: Unit 7 (CONT): THEN AND NOW

 OBJECTIVES: After the lesson, students will be able to:
 Know some compound nouns
 Know the two ways of saying dates
 ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS
 Students lack of vocabulary so they may have some difficulty in speaking
VOCABULARY AND LISTENING

Words that go together

 Verbs and nouns

Instructions:

- Work in pairs.

- Match a verb in A with a noun in B. (sometime

there is more than one answer)

become television
drink a sandwich
drive a bike
eat a pilot
break a car
cook a meal
play a lot of money
watch the guitar
win Spanish
speak a record
ride a cup of tea
earn a medal
BECOME A PILOT
DRINK/ HAVE A CUP OF TEA
 DRIVE A CAR

DRIVE A CAR
EAT/ HAVE A SANDWICH
BREAK/ SET UP A RECORD
COOK / PREPARE A MEAL
PLAY THE GUITAR
Vocabulary and Listening:

WATCH TELEVISION
WIN A MEDAL
SPEAK SPANISH
RIDE A BIKE
EARN/ WIN A LOT OF MONEY
 Vocabulary

become a pilot watch television

drive a car play the guitar

drink a cup of tea win a medal

win a lot of money
eat a sandwich speak Spanish
eat a meal
break a record ride a bike

cook a meal earn a lot of money

 Ask and answer Qs

Instructions:

- Work in pairs.

- Ask and answer the Qs, using the verbs go with

the nouns in Exercise 1/p58.

 E.g.

A: Do you drink tea in the morning?

B: No, I don’t. I drink coffee.

A: When did you last drink tea?

B: Yesterday morning.
 Prepositions
Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition
to music.
1. I like listening …………
to
2. I went …………..the with my friends.
beach ……………
3. We went to Spain……………
on holiday last year.
around the world.
4. She travelled …………….
at 11o’clock ………….
5. I get up ………….. on Sundays.
in
6. My father works ………an in
office ………town centre.
of tourists …………
7. Our town has a lot ………… in summer.
at home ……………..the
8. My parents are ………… at moment.
on television tonight?
9. What’s …………..
to
10. I wrote an email ………….my daughter.
 Compound nouns

Instructions:

- Work in pairs.

- Match a noun in A with a noun in B.

- Listen, check and repeat.

 Do we write one word or two?

post office homework

orange paper
railway room
swimming pool
hand juice
boy park
news star
film card
birthday station
washing machine
living friend
car bag
T 7.10
Listen and repeat

 orange juice  film star

 railway station  birthday card
 swimming pool
 washing machine
 handbag
 living room
 boyfriend
 newspaper
 car park
 Practice about compound nouns

Instructions:

- Watch a video clip.

 What do you see in the clip?

 Listening about compound nouns

Instructions:

- Listen to 4 conversations.

- Answer the Qs:

+ What are they about?

+ Which compound nouns do you hear?

 1. handbag - living room

2. chocolate cake - orange juice

3. boyfriend - washing machine

4. newspaper - post office

T 7.11
EVERYDAY ENGLISH

What’s the date?

Write the correct word below the numbers.
 Listen and practice saying the ordinals

1st first 12th twelfth

2nd second 13th thirteenth

3rd third 16th sixteenth

4th fourth 17th seventeenth

5th fifth 20th twentieth

6th sixth 21st twenty-first

10th tenth 30th thirtieth

T 7.12 31st thirty-first
Note:
1. Qs and As about the date.
Question: - What’s the date today?
= What date is it today?
Answer:
We write: - 3/4/1999

- 3 April 1999

We say: “ the third of April, nineteen ninety - nine”

Or: “ April the third, nineteen ninety - nine”
2. Notice how we say the years:

1900: “nineteen hundred”

1905: “nineteen oh five”

2001: “two thousand and one”

2012: “two thousand and twelve” or “twenty twelve”

 Practice 1: Saying the months

Instructions:

- Work in pairs.

- Ask and answer the Qs about the months of the

year.
E.g.: - What is the first month of the year?

- January.
 Practice 2: Saying the dates

Instructions:

- Practice saying the dates.

- Listen and check.

1 April 19 November 19/12/83

2 March 23 June 3/10/99

17 September 29/2/76 31/5/2000

15/07/2007

Listen and check

T 7.13
Practice 3: Listen and write the dates

Instructions:

- Listen.

- Write the dates you hear.

1. The 4th of January

2. May 7th, 1997

3. 15th of August, 2001

4. The 13th of July

5. November 30th

6. April 23rd, 1564 – April 23rd, 1616

T 7.14
 Practice 4: Ask and answer about the
dates

Instructions:

- Work in pairs.

- Ask and answer the Qs.

1. What’s the date today? -> it’s…….

2. When did this school course start? When does

it end? -> It started on….and ends on…

3. When’s Christmas Day? -> It’s on….

4. When’s Valentine’s Day?

5. When’s mother’s day this year?

6. When’s your birthday? It’s on …

7. What’s century is it now? -> It is….

8. What are the dates of public holidays in your

country?
 Workbook
Exercise 3: Complete Marco and Amma’s conversation with
had, did, was or were.
M: I had my English exam last week.
E :Oh, really! Was it difficult?
M: Yes, it was quite difficult.
E : Were you worried?
M: Of course! All my classmates were worried. We couldn’t
sleep the night before.
E: Did you pass the exam then?
M: Yes! We all did . We had a party last night! We were so
happy.
 Exercise 4: Complete the table with the verbs in the box.
Write the past simple forms.

begin start visit write leave

win buy do see enjoy

go take paint have drive

Speak travel come stay meet

 Regular Irregular
Infinitive Past Simple Infinitive Past Simple
start started begin began
travel travelled win won
visit visited go went
paint painted speak spoke
stay stayed buy bought
enjoy enjoyed take took
do did
come came
write wrote
see saw
have had
leave left
drive drove
 Exercise 5: Complete the sntences with the positive
form of the verb.
1. I didn’t go to New York. I went to Chicago.
2. We didn’t meet Jerry. We met Max.
3. He didn’t leave last Tuesday. He left last Thursday.
4. We didn’t see you. We saw Ann.
5. They didn’t buy a Volvo. They bought a Saab.
6. You didn’t know the answer. Elsa knew it.
7. I didn’t lose my passport. I lost my ticket.
8. We didn’t have white wine. We had red wine.
9. He didn’t write a letter. He wrote a postcard.
10. The film didn’t begin at 6.30pm. It began at 7.30pm.
Exercise 6: Put the words in the correct order to
make questions. Then write true answers.

1. school/ did/ when/ start/ you/?

When did you start school?

2. morning/ you/ time/ get/ up/ what/ this/ did/?

What time did you get up this morning?

3. dinner/ night/ have/ what/ you/ last/ for/ did/?

What did you have for dinner last night?

4. did/ train/ last/ you/ by/ when/ travel/?

When did you last travel by train?

5. do/ what/ Sunday/ you/ last/ did/?

What did you do last Sunday?

6. holiday/ did/ summer/ on/ go/ where/ last/ you?

Where did you go on holiday last summer?

7. visit you/ art gallery/ an/ last/ did/ when/?

When did you last visit an art gallery?

8. come/ today/ you/ how/ school/ did/ to/?

How did you come to school today?

Exercise 7: Complete the text using the correct
form verb in the box.

Lucian Freud was born in Berlin, but now come

he (1) lives in London. He (2) moved to live
Britain in 1993 when Hilton (3)came to be
Germany. His grandfather (4) was
move
Sigmund Freud, the famous psychoanalyst.
work
He is 83 years old now, but he still (5)paints
paint
loves every day.
works love
He (6) painting portraits of people.
He (7) on a painting for 8 or 9
He (8) studied at the central school of arts in become
London in 1938 and 1939. Then he (9) became a study
sailor in World War 2, but he (10) went to
win
hospital soon after. In 1942 he started
(11)
go
painting. He (12)
won a prize at the Festival
painted the Queen start
of Britain in 1951 and he (13)
in 2001. He (14)was married twice, but now paint
lives
he (15) doesn’t go out very Live
alone. He (16)
often. His paintings (17) sell for a lot of Not go out
money and people (18) think he is Britain’s Sell
best living painter.
Be
think
Write short answers to the questions.
1. Was Lucian Freud born in Britain?
No, he wasn’t.
2. Did he go to Britain in 1933?
Yes, he did.
3. Was his father the famous psychoanalyst?
No, he wasn’t.
4. Is Lucian Freud 90 years old?
No, he isn’t.
5. Does he still paint?
Yes, he does.
6. Does he love painting cats?
No, he doesn’t.
7. Did he study at the Central School of Arts in 1939?
Yes, he did.
8. Did he become a sailor in World War I?
No, he didn’t.
9. Did he paint the Queen?
Yes, he did.
10. Was he married?
Yes, he was.
Write questions for these answers.
1. Where was Lucian Freud born?
In Berlin.
2. Where does he live now?
In London.
3. When did he move to Britain?
He went there in 1933.
4. What does he do?/ What’s his job?
He’s an artist.
5. When did he start painting?
In 1942.
6. Who did he paint in 2001?
The Queen.
7. How much does his paintings sell for?
A lot of money.
Exercise 8: Complete the sentences with a
word below.
nice/ holiday/ party/ see/ near/ enjoy/ new/in/
warm/ earn/ barman/ on/ relax/ famous/ win/
1. My aunt lives in a nice old house near the sea.
2. Did you see Frank’s new car this morning? It’s red.
3. I play tennis with her on Sunday and she always wins.
4. I relaxed and watched TV yesterday evening. It was
so warm in front of the fire.
5. I saw a famous film star at Peter’s party.
6. He worked as a barman until he died and he only
earned $10,000 a year.
7. They had a holiday in Spain and they enjoyed it very
much.
Exercise 14: Complete the sentences with a
preposition below.
about after for in to over with at

1. My family left London and moved to a small

village.
2. People all over the world speak English.
3. Did you speak to the teacher about the
homework?
4. What do you know about George Washington?
5. Peter stayed with his grandmother at Christmas.
6. I often think about the day we met.

7. New Year’s day is one week after Christmas.

8. We arrived at the airport in New York at 5.45am.

9. Here’s the postman with a letter for you.

10. Speak to me in English. It’s good practice for us.

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PROGRESS TEST 2
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