Buổi 01 · Read Lan’s day
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Recall 5 min; words and reading 25; questions and evidence 20; spoken description 15; writing and review 25.
Find one person’s times and activities.
Before you start: recall five useful words. Try your own answer before opening a model.
Useful words, patterns and pronunciation
| English | Example | Help |
|---|---|---|
| get up | I get up at six. | thức dậy |
| have breakfast | I have breakfast at home. | ăn sáng |
| leave | I leave home at seven. | rời đi |
| start | I start work at eight. | bắt đầu |
| finish | I finish work at five. | kết thúc |
| walk | I walk to the office. | đi bộ |
| usually | I usually cook dinner. | thường |
| sometimes | I sometimes take the bus. | đôi khi |
| every day | She reads every day. | mỗi ngày |
| at night | I study English at night. | vào ban đêm |
Present simple: I/you/we/they and he/she
Use the present simple for repeated activities. With I, you, we and they, use the base verb: I work. With he, she and it, many verbs add s: she works. Some add es, as in goes; have becomes has. Lan gets up, has breakfast and goes to work. Usually and sometimes often go before an ordinary verb: I usually walk. With be, they usually go after it: I am usually busy. Use at with a time: at six. If a paragraph is about she, check every verb, not only the first one.
- I start work at eight.
- She starts work at eight.
- He has breakfast at home.
- We usually walk to work.
- She sometimes takes the bus.
Use: She starts work at eight. · Instead of: She start work at eight.
Use starts after she in this positive statement.
Use: He has breakfast. · Instead of: He have breakfast.
Have becomes has after he.
Final s in everyday actions
Keep the final sounds in starts, works and lives. After /k/ in works, s sounds /s/. After /v/ in lives, it sounds /z/. Practise the word slowly, then in a sentence. Do not add an extra syllable after s.
- She works.
- He lives here.
- She starts at eight.
- He has breakfast.
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| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 6:00 | get up |
| 7:00 | leave home |
| 8:00 | start work |
| 17:00 | finish work |
| 20:00 | study English |
Read · Lan’s weekday
Lan is an office worker. She gets up at six and has breakfast at home. She leaves home at seven. She usually takes the bus, but sometimes she walks. She starts work at eight. At twelve, she has lunch with a colleague. She finishes work at five and goes home. In the evening, she cooks dinner. At eight, she studies English for thirty minutes. She reads a short text and says five sentences aloud. On Sunday, she does not go to the office. She visits her father and has lunch with him.
Practise
Try first. Then check full answers and reasons.
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Speak
Describe four of Lan’s activities in order.
Use key words. Ask a listener what they understood. Try again with one different detail.
Speaking example · after your attempt
Lan gets up at six. She leaves home at seven. She starts work at eight. She studies English at eight in the evening.
Write
Write five sentences about Lan’s day using the timetable.
Check the requested facts, word order and punctuation. Rewrite any unclear part.
Writing example · after your attempt
Lan gets up at six. She leaves home at seven. She starts work at eight. She finishes at five. She studies English at eight in the evening.