UNIT 1 : MY NEW SCHOOL

A.Vocabulary
Từ mới Phiên âm Từ loại Định nghĩa
1. activity /ækˈtɪvəti/ n
2. art /ɑːt/ n
3. backpack /ˈbækpæk/ n
4. binder /ˈbaɪndə(r)/ n
5. boarding school /ˈbɔːdɪŋ skuːl/ n
6. borrow /ˈbɒrəʊ/ v
7. break time /breɪk taɪm/ n
8. chalkboard /ˈtʃɔːkbɔːd/ n
9. classmate /ˈklɑːsmeɪt/ n
10. calculator /ˈkæl·kjəˌleɪ·t̬ ər/ n
11. compass /ˈkʌmpəs/ n
12. creative /kriˈeɪtɪv/ adj
13. diploma /dɪˈpləʊmə/ n
14. equipment /ɪˈkwɪpmənt/ n
15. excited /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ adj
16. folder /ˈfəʊldə(r)/ n
17. greenhouse /’griːnhaʊs/ n
18. gym /dʒɪm/ n
19. healthy /ˈhelθi/ adj
20. help /help/ v
21. history /ˈhɪstri/ n
22. ink /iŋk/ n
23. ink bottle /iŋkˈbɒtl/ n
24. international /ɪntəˈnæʃnəl/ adj
25. interview /ˈɪntəvjuː/ n
26. judo /ˈdʒuːdəʊ/ n
27. kindergarten /ˈkɪndəgɑːtn/ n
28. knock /nɒk/ v
29. lecturer /ˈlektʃərər/ n
30. locker /ˈlɒkə(r)/ n
31. mechanical
/məˈkænɪkl ˈpensl/ n
pencil
32. neighbourhood /ˈneɪbəhʊd/ n
33. notepad /ˈnəʊtpæd/ n
34. overseas /əʊvəˈsiːz/ adj
35. pencil
/ˈpensl ˈʃɑːpənər/ n
sharpener
36. physics /ˈfɪzɪks/ n
37. playground /ˈpleɪgraʊnd/ n
38. pocket money /ˈpɒkɪt ˈmʌnɪ/ n
39. poem /ˈpəʊɪm/ n
40. private tutor /ˈpraɪvət ˈtjuːtə(r)/ n

41. pupil /ˈpjuːpil/ n

42. quiet /ˈkwaɪət/ adj
43. remember /rɪˈmembə(r)/ v
44. rubber /ˈrʌb·ər/ n
45. ride /raɪd/ v
46. schoolbag /ˈskuːlbæg/ n
47. school lunch /ˈskuːl lʌntʃ/ n
48. school supply /ˈskuːl səˈplaɪ/ n
49. science /ˈsaɪəns/ n
50. share /ʃeə(r)/ v
51. spiral notebook /ˈspaɪrəl ˈnəʊtbʊk/ n
52. student /stjuːdənt/ n
53. surround /səˈraʊnd/ v
54. swimming pool /ˈswɪmɪŋ puːl/ n
55. teacher /ˈtiːtʃə(r)/ n
56. textbook /ˈtekst bʊk/ n
57. uniform /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/ n

B. Grammar and practice

THÌ HIỆN TẠI ĐƠN ( THE PRESENT SIMPLE )
Exercise 1: Using the verb Tobe in present tense.
1) Tiffany and Uma (be) ____________________my friends.
2) Ricardo, John and I (be) ________________ watching a movie.
3) Hadil (be) ________________ kind.
4) Alisa (be) ____________________ young.
5) The hammer (be) _______________ new.
6) My mother and father (be) _______________ cooking dinner.
7) Rachel (be) ___________________ driving to school.
8) Nikos and Billy (be) _____________________ playing at the
park.
9) The students (be) ______________________ studying English.
10) The test (be) ___________________________ hard!
11) My best friend (be) _______________________ coming to my
house
Exercise 2: Using the Verb "To be" in present tense.
Example: I (be) am excited.
Jessica and Akbar (be) are happy.
The new car (be) is nice.
1/ The bag (be) ________ blue.
2/ The rocks (be) ________ hard.
3/ The children (be) ________ young.
4/ Thomas (be) ________ nice.
5/ The game (be) ________ difficult.
6/ They (be) ________ tired.
7) I (be) ________ thirty years old.
8) Susan and Juan (be) ________ married.
9) Teddy (be) ________ my friend.
10) We (be) ________ in English class.
Exercise 3: Write the correct form of the verb "to be" in
present tense
1/ The old man (be) ________ wise.
2) The sun (be) ________ hot.
3) The children (be) ________ eating bananas. They (be, not) ____
____ eating apples.
4) I (be) ________ happy. I (be, not) ____ ____ sad.
5) The bus (be) ________ fast. It (be, not) ____ ____ slow.
6) My friend (be) ________ buying a new car. Her old car broke
down.
7) I (be) ________ at the beach with my family. It (be) ________
hot and sunny outside. The ocean water (be) ________ warm.
8) Tom and Jacob (be) ________ very smart. Tom (be) ________ a
scientist and Jacob (be) ________ an engineer.
9) The library (be) ________ open until 9:00 p.m.
10) The school (be) ________ small. It (be, not) ____ ____ big.
11) The books (be) ________ new. They (be, not) ____ ____ old.
12) Tommy, Steven, and Teddy (be) ________ acting in the school
play.
13) Beatrice (be) ________ at her house.
14) It (be) ________ hot outside. It (be, not) ____ ____ cold
outside.
15) You (be) ________ finished with the quiz! 11
16) Judith (be, not) ____ ____ at home. She (be) ________ at
school.
Exercise 4. Choose the correct form of the verb in simple
present tense.
1) I (study) …………….English on Monday.
2) You (study) ………….English on Tuesday.
3) We (study) ……….English on Wednesday.
4) They (study) ……….English on Thursday.
5) He (study) …………….English on Friday.
6) She (study) ………….English on Saturday.
7) It (study) …………….English on Sunday.
Exercise 5. Choose the correct form of the verb in simple
present tense.
1) They (study) ………… English on Tuesday.
2) He (cook) …………….on Tuesday.
3) I (wash) …………the car on Wednesday.
4) We (cook) ……………on Sunday.
5) You (wash) ……………the car on Friday.
6) She (wash) …………… the car on Saturday.
7) We (study) ………… English on Sunday.
8) It (cook) ………………..on Thursday.
9) He (study) …………….English on Friday.
10) You (wash) ………….the car on Thursday.
11) They (cook) ………….on Wednesday.
12) She (study) ……….English on Thursday.
Exercise  6: Choose the correct form of the verb in  simple
present tense.
Example: I/ You/ We/ They (play) play the guitar.
Example: He/ She/ It (play) plays the guitar.
1) I (bake) …………………………….cakes.
2) You (work) …………………………….in an office.
3) We (take) …………………………….pictures of birds.
4) They (talk) …………………………….about cars.
5) He (think) …………………………….about school.
6) She (play) ……………………………. soccer.
7) It (rain) …………………………….here a lot.
8) I (like) …………………………….chocolate.
9) He (like) …………………………….chocolate.
10) You (watch) …………………………….movies.
11) She (watch) …………………………….movies.
12) The babies (cry) ……………………………. every night.
13) The baby (cry) …………………………….every night.
14) I (fly) …………………………….to Belize every year.
15) My father (fly) …………………………….to Belize every
year.
Exercise  7: Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in
simple present tense.
Example: I (play) play the guitar.
Example: Jessica (play) plays the guitar.
1) I (be) ____________________ sixteen years old.
2) Tommy (live) ___________________ at 107 Pine Lane.
3) Juana (cook) ______________________ dinner for her family.
4) They (eat) ________________________ lunch at 12:00.
5) Nina (take) ________________________ medicine when she is
sick.
6) I (like) _________________________ chocolate.
7) He (drive) _______________________ a nice car.
8) We (want) _____________________ to see a movie tonight.
9) Mr. Anderson (teach) _____________________ chemistry at
Hill High School.
10) They (study) ______________________ English at school.
11) I (want) ______________________ to go home now.
12) Bill and Calicia (drive) ______________________ to the
mountains every year. every year.
13) We (eat) ____________________ pasta once a week.
14) It (snow) _________________ here in December.
15) When Dax (take) ___________ a shower, he (wash)
__________ his hair with shampoo.
Exercise 8: Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in
simple present tense.
Example: I/You/We/They (play) play the guitar.
Example: He/She/It (play) plays the guitar.
1) Mary (be) ___________________ twenty-nine years old.
2) We (like) __________________ to eat fruit. It (taste)
____________________ good.
3) The football team never (score) __________________ . It (lose)
_____________ all the time.
4) Roberta and Betty always (talk) _________________ to each
other on the phone.
5) Jose and I (study) ______________________ chemistry
together.
6) The car (have) _________________________ a flat tire.
7) You never (make) ________ breakfast for me. I always (have)
_______ to make it myself.
8) The mechanic (fix) __________________ my car when it
breaks down.
9) Tom rarely (fly) _________________. He usually (drive)
___________________.
10) I usually (watch) ____________ TV, but tonight I (think)
__________ I will read a book.
11) Igor (call) ___________________ his mother on the phone
every day.
12) When he (be) _____________ alone at night, Beto sometimes
(get) ___________ scared.
13) I (be) _______________ tired. I (think) _________________ I
am going to take a nap.
14) Cakes (be) _________ hard to make. They (require)
_____________ a lot of work.
15) Joel (like) ____________ to play soccer. He (practice)
________________ every day.
Exercise 9: Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in
simple present tense.
Affirmative (+): Example: He (play) plays the guitar.
Negative (-): He (not, play) does not play the guitar.
1) I rarely (eat) _______ chocolate. I (not, like) _____ _____
_____the way it (taste) ______
2) We (like) ___________ to watch movies. My favorite movie
(be) __________ Titanic.
3) The ocean (sound) _______ like an airplane.
4) The flag (blow) _______________ in the wind every day. It is
getting old. It (need)_________ to be replaced soon.
5) The janitor at my school (empty) ________________ the trash
on Sunday.
6) Angelica always (try) ______________ to make new friends.
7) James (run) _________________ two miles every day.
8) Elizabeth often (march) _________________ with the band.
9) John and I (open) __________________ presents at Christmas.
10) When there is a fire, the firemen (rush) ______ to put it out.
After the fire (be)_______________ out, they (go)
_______________ home.
11) I (be, not) _______ _______ tired. I (think) _____________ I
will read a book.
12) Shelley (not, think) _______ _______ _______ this quiz is
hard. But I (do) _______!
Exercise 10: Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb
in simple present tense.
Example: I (play) play the guitar.
Example: Jessica (play) plays the guitar.
Example: He (not, play) does not play the guitar.
1) I always (eat) ___________ vegetables. Carrots (be)
____________ my favorite.
2) Randy (like) _______ swimming in the ocean, but he (be)
_______ afraid of sharks.
3) It (be) _______ really cold outside, and I (not, have) _______
_______ _______ a jacket!
4) We (think) _________________ it is fun to ride roller coasters.
5) Roberto and Kelly (hunt) ___________________ for eggs every
Easter.
6) The simple present tense (be) ___________________ easy!
7) My family (want) __________________ to visit the pyramids in
Egypt.
8) Donna (love) _______ the summer. She also (like)
_________________ winter.
9) Liz and Tommy (travel) _________________ to the coast every
year.
10) The baby (cry) __________________ every time it (want)
________________ to be fed.
11) You (need) _______________ to exercise in order to stay
healthy.
12) What time (be) _____________ Rubiela getting here? She (be)
____________ late!
13) Yoko (win) _____________ the science contest every year.
She (be) _______so smart!
14) Ken (be) __________ a baker. He (bake) _________ cakes and
pastries every morning.
15) Then he (sell) _______ them to his customers. Everybody
(love) _______ Ken's bakery
Exercise 11. Hoàn thành các câu sau:
1) Tom ………………… coins. (not/to collect)
2) You ………………… songs in the bathroom. (not/to sing)
3) Julian ………………… in the garden. (not/to work)
4) I ………………… at home. (not/ stay)
5) Tina and Kate ………………… the doors. (not/to open)
6) Adam ………………… French. (not/to speak)
7) His sister ………………… lemonade. (not/to like)
8) We ………………… to music. (not/to listen)
9) My father ………………… the car every Saturday. (not/ to
clean)
10) Johnny and Danny ………………… in the lake. (not/ to swim)
Exercise 12. Chia động từ ở thì hiện tại đơn.
1. What _____________________ for a living? - He is a
government official but he quit his job a few weeks ago.  (your
Dad do)
2. Where __________________________ from? (new neighbours,
come)
3. This cake _____________________ strange. What’s in it?
(smell)
4.  This medicine _____________________ a new substance
(contain)
5. The watch _____________________ to my grandmother.
(belong)
6. We _____________________ that the contents of this letter
should be changed.(feel)
7. The moon _____________________ round the earth. (go)
8. My father _____________________ everything about cars, but
nothing about bicycles. (know)
Exercise 13: Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb
in simple present tense.
Note: These sentences use verbs and adverbs. An adverb says
something more about the action of a verb.
Example: Joseph (always, climb) always climbs trees in his yard.
Example: Ernestine (usually, pick) usually picks flowers on
Mondays.
1) Julia (sometimes, sell) ___________ lemonade on hot days.
2) Thomas (often, play) ____________ baseball after school.
3) My neighbor (never, paint) ___________ his house; it looks
terrible!
4) The students (eagerly, leave) ______________ their classrooms
when the bell rings.
5) Mrs. Gomez (quickly, water) _____________ the plants when
she (get) _______home at five o'clock.
6) Each night, Serena (kindly, help) _____________her little sister
with geography homework.
7) Stuart (happily, play) ___________video games with his friends
on Saturdays.
8) Joan and Nate (patiently, wait) ____________ for the bus to
arrive each day.
9) The jazz musicians in our town (frequently, win) ___________
competitions.
10) The merry-go-round (slowly, come) ___________ to a stop
every five minutes