Lesson 1: Words & Reading
1. Objectives
- Activities during last year (Hoạt động trong 1 năm)
- Matching sentences to picture (Nối hình với bức tranh)
2. Vocabulary
There are 4 steps for students to review the vocabulary at home:
- Step 1: Look closely at the picture, click on the sign (+) and read the word.
- Step 2: Open it and listen to the word carefully
- Step 3: Read the English meaning and Vietnamese meaning (it is helpful for Flyers Reading Part 1 test)
- Step 4: After finishing all the words, read the words one more time
3. Grammar: Past Progressive
The past continuous is made from the past tense of the verb be and the –ing form of a verb:
I was | working etc. |
We use the past continuous to talk about the past:
for something which happened before and after another action:
The children were doing their homework when I got home.
Compare: The children did their homework when (= after) I got home.
This use of the past continuous is very common at the beginning of a story:
The other day I was waiting for a bus when …
Last week, as I was driving to work, …
- for something that happened before and after a specific time:
It was eight o'clock. I was writing a letter.
Compare: At eight o'clock I wrote (= started writing) some letters.
- to show that something continued for some time:
My head was aching.
Everyone was shouting.
- for something that happened again and again:
I was practising every day, three times a day.
They were meeting secretly after school.
They were always quarrelling.
- with verbs which show change or growth:
The children were growing up quickly.
Her English was improving.
My hair was going grey.
The town was changing quickly.