Pronunciation
1. Listen and circle the words you hear in the sentences.
Lắng nghe và khoanh tròn những từ bạn nghe được trong các câu.
Click tại đây để nghe:


KEY
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. B
6. B
AUDIO SCRIPT

1. Look at that ant.
2. He didn't mend that.
3. They have just built a new ice rink in the area.
4. The houses in this area stink of carbon dioxide gas.
5. The banks lent money to the poor people in the village.
6. We spent our last summer holiday doing volunteer work in a mountainous province of Vietnam.

 
Vocabulary
Choose the words from the box to complete the following sentences.
Chọn các từ trong ô để hoàn thành các câu sau.

1. Before he joined our volunteer team, he felt his life was boring. Sometimes he thought it was __________________.
2. They all got __________________ about the trip to Ha Long Bay, so they had a sleepless night.
3. The donation of warm clothes from the donors last winter was really __________________ to those poor children.
4. The charity music night was ________________. All the audience thought it was interesting.
5. The public service announcement called for volunteers to _______________ time to look after sick people in the local hospital.
6. Those volunteers spent a sleepless night preparing gifts for __________________ children in Cao Bang.

KEY
1. meaningless
2. excited
3. meaningful
4. interesting
5. donate
6. disadvantaged
 
Grammar
1. Write the sentences. Use the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs.
Viết các câu. Sử dụng dạng quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn cho động từ.

1. The telephone / ring / while / we / have dinner
2. I / wait / at the bus stop / when /1 / receive / his text message
3. It / start / to rain / while / we / walk home /from school
4. You / listen / when / the teacher / call / your name?
5. He / walk along / the corridor / he see / a job advertisement / on the notice board

KEY

1. The telephone rang while we were having dinner.
2. I was waiting at the bus stop when I received his text message.
3. It started to rain while we were walking home from school.
4. Were you listening when the teacher called your name?
5. He was walking along the corridor when he saw a job advertisement on the notice board.

 
2. Read the text about Tilly Smith and put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous.
Đọc bài viết sau về Tilly Smith và viết các động từ trong ngoặc dưới dạng thì quá khứ đơn hoặc thì quá khứ tiếp diễn. 
Tilly Smith was born in 1994. She came from Surrey, England. At school, she was very interested in her Geography classes. On 26^thDecember, 2004 Tilly ____________ (1. have) a holiday with her family in Thailandwhen she ____________ (2. realise) thatGeography was not only an interesting school subject but also helped to save people's lives.
While Tilly______________ (3. sit) on MaikhaoBeach in Phuket,Thailand, the sea water suddenly receded from the shoreline. Tilly ____________ (4. recognise) the symptoms of a tsunami because two weeks before her holiday she learnt about tsunamis in a Geography lesson from her teacher at school. Tilly ____________ (5. want) to leave thebeach quickly because she knew what ____________ (6. happen), but the people on the beach didn't seem to care. She wasvery worried and ____________ (7. tell) herparents about it immediately.
When Tilly's father warned others on the beach and the staff at the hotel where they were staying about the possibletsunami, she ____________ (8. run) to a safeplace with her mother and sister. The tsunami ____________ (9. be) a terrible disaster forthousands of people, but it ____________ (10. not kill) anybody on Maikhao Beach thanks to Tilly.
KEY
1. was having    
2. realised
3. was sitting     
4. recognised
5. wanted           
6. was happening
7. told  
8. ran
9. was  
 
10. didn't kill
 
3. Read the text again and answer the following questions.
Đọc lại bài viết và trả lời các câu hỏi sau.
1. Who was Tilly Smith?
2. Which school subject was she interested in?
3. What happened when Tilly was sitting on Maikhao Beach?
4. What did she do to help people on Maikhao Beach at that time?
 
5. Do you know anyone in your community who saved others' lives? Talk about that person.
1. Tilly Smith là ai?
2. Cô ấy thích môn học nào ở trường?
3. Chuyện gì đã xảy ra khi Tilly đang ngồi ở bãi biển Maikhao?
4. Cô ấy đã làm gì để giúp mọi người ở biển Maikhao lúc đó?
5. Bạn có biết ai ở nước mình đã cứu mạng những người khác? Hãy nói về người đó.
KEY

1. She was a school girl from Surrey, England.
2. She was interested in Geography.
3. The sea water suddenly receded from the shoreline, which is a symptom of a tsunami.
4. She told her parents about a possible tsunami, and her father warned other people on the beach and the staff at the hotel where they were staying about it.
5. Students’ own answers.

 
Tilly Smith was born in 1994. She came from Surrey, England. At school, she was very interested in her Geography classes. On 26^th
December, 2004Tilly________________
(1. have) a holiday with her family in Thailand
when she______________ (2. realise) that
Geography was not only an interesting school subject but also helped to save people's lives.
While Tilly______________ (3. sit) on Maikhao
Beach in Phuket,Thailand, the sea water suddenly receded from the shoreline. Tilly
(4. recognise) the symptoms of a tsunami because two weeks before her holiday she learnt about tsunamis in a Geography lesson from her teacher at school. Tilly
_____________ (5. want) to leave the
beach quickly because she knew what
(6. happen), but the people on the beach didn't seem to care. She was
very worried and............................... (7. tell) her
parents about it immediately.
When Tilly's father warned others on the beach and the staff at the hotel where they were staying about the possible
tsunami, she ............................ (8. run) to a safe
place with her mother and sister. The tsunami
               (9. be) a terrible diaster for
thousands of people, but it
(10. not kill) anybody on Maikhao Beach
thanks to Tilly.