Grade 11

Unit 1: Friendship
 Grade 11

PART A: READING
I. BEFORE YOU READ
 I. VOCABULARY

1. selfishness (n) /ʌnˈselfɪʃnəs/ sự ích kỷ

2. constancy (n) /ˈkɒnstənsi/ sự kiên định
- constant (a) /ˈkɒnstənt/ kiên định
3. loyal to (a) /ˈlɔɪəl/ trung thành với
– loyalty (n)
4. trust (n) /trʌst/ >< suspicion (n) /sə'spi∫n/
>< suspicious (a) /səˈspɪʃəs/
5. sympathy (n) /ˈsɪmpəθi/ lòng cảm thông
6. acquaintance (n) /əˈkweɪntəns/ người quen
7. give – and- take (np)
8. mutual (a) /ˈmjuːtʃuəl/ chung, hỗ trợ
9. (be) incapable (of) (a) /in'keipəbl/ không có khả năng
>< be capable of
10. last (v) /lɑ:st/ kéo dài
- lasting (a) /'lɑ:stiη/ bền vững
11. quality (n) /'kwɔliti/ chất lượng, phẩm chất
12. in common (with) /'kɔmən/ có điểm giống với
13. concerned (a) /kənˈsɜːnd/ quan tâm, âu lo
14. constancy (n) /'kɔnstənsi/ sự kiên định
 constant (a) /'kɔnstənt/ kiên định
15. lifelong (a) /'laiflɔη/ cả đời
16. rumour (n) /'ru:mə/ tin đồn
17. gossip (v) /'gɔsip/ mách lẻo
18. influence (v) /'influəns/ ảnh hưởng
Everyone has a number of acquaintances, but no one has many friends, for true friendship is not
common, and there are many people who seem to be incapable of it. For a friendship to be close
and lasting, both the friends must have some very special qualities.
The first quality is unselfishness. A person who is concerned only with his own interests and
feelings cannot be a true friend. Friendship is a two-sided affair; it lives by give-and-take, and
no friendship can last lone which is all give on one side and all take on the other.
Constancy is the second quality. Some people do not seem to be constant. They take up an
interest with enthusiasm, but they are soon tired of it and feel the attraction of some new object.
Such changeable and uncertain people are incapable of a lifelong friendship.
Loyalty is the third quality. Two friends must be loyal to each other, and they must know each
other so well that there can be no suspicions between them. We do not think much of people
who readily believe rumours and gossip about their friends. Those who are easily influenced by
rumours can never be good friends.
Trust is perhaps the fourth quality. There must be mutual trust between friends, so that each can
feel safe when telling the other his or her secrets. There are people who cannot keep a secret,
either of their own or of others’. Such people will never keep a friend long.
Lastly, there must be a perfect sympathy between friends - sympathy with each other’s aims,
likes, joys, sorrows, pursuits and pleasures. Where such mutual sympathy does not exist,
friendship is impossible. 
 Task 1. Fill each blank with a suitable word/phrase

give- and- take loyal to unselfish acquaintance

incapable of mutual friend suspicious

mutual
 Good friendship should be based on _________
understanding.

 The children seem to be ____________

incapable of
working quietly by themselves.

 He is a(n) ___________
unselfish man. He always
helps people without thinking of his benefit.
 acquaintance is a person one simply
 A(n) _______________
friend is a person with whom
knows, and a(n) __________
one has a deeper relationship.

 You can’t always insist on your own way –

there has to be some ________________.
give-and-take

 Despite many changes in his life, he remained

loyal to his working principles.
__________

suspicious when she told

 He started to get _____________
him that she had been to Britain for many times.
II. WHILE YOU READ

Listen to the reading passage.

(Page 13 and 14, English 11)
 ACTIVITY 1: COMPLETE THE
True friendship CHART BELOW

unselfishness
constancy

5 qualities loyalty
trust

sympathy
Base on the above chart do task 2, page 14
ACTIVITY 2: DO TASK 2 (PAGE 14)
TASK 2: WHICH OF THE CHOICES A, B, C, OR D MOST
ADEQUATELY SUMS UP THE IDEAS OF THE WHOLE PASSAGE?

A A friend in need is a friend indeed

B Conditions of true friendship
C Features of a good friend
D Friends and acquaintances
 TASK 3: ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS.
1. What is the first quality for true friendship and
what does it tell you ?
2. Why are changeable and uncertain people
incapable of true friendship ?
3. What is the third quality for true friendship and
what does it tell you ?
4. Why must there be a mutual trust between
friends ?
5. Why can’t people who talk too much keep a
friend long ?
6. What is the last quality for true friendship and
what does it tell you ?
① What is the first quality for true friendship
and what does it tell you ?
It is unselfishness. It tells me that a man who is
concerned only with his own interests and
feelings cannot be a true friend. (lines: 5-8)

 Why are changeable and uncertain people

incapable of true friendship ?
Because they take up an interest with
enthusiasm but they are soon tired of it and they
feel the attraction of some new object.(lines: 9-
12)
 What is the third quality for true friendship
and what does it tell you ?
It is loyalty. It tells me that the two friends must
be loyal to each other, and they must know each
other so well that there can no suspicions
between them. (lines: 13- 17)
 Why must there be a mutual trust between
friends ?
If not, people cannot feel safe when telling the
other their most intimate secrets. (lines;18- 20)
 Why can’t people who talk too much keep a
friend long ?
Because they cannot keep secrets either of
their own or those of others. (lines: 20- 21)
 What is the last quality for true friendship
and what does it tell you ?
It is sympathy.It tells us that to be a true friend
you must sympathize with your friend. Where
there’s no mutual sympathy between friends,
there’s no true friendship. (lines: 22- 24)
III. AFTER YOU READ
“Summarize the 5 qualities for true friendship?”

constancy unselfishness

Qualities for true

friendship
sympathy loyalty

trust
 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Describing
People
PERSONALITIES
 Height

Build Eye
Physical
Characteristics

Face Appearance

Nose
 Height
Tall

Medium

Short
 Build

skinny slim of normal muscular obese

build
 Face

Oval Round Square Triangle

Brown Green

EYE

Black Blue

Big Small
black brown red blonde grey

HAIR

straight crew-cut curly pony tail

beautiful pretty handsome

Appearance
plain good-looking

Appearance
NOSE

 Straight: thẳng
 Crooked: khoằm

 Flat: tẹt

 Big

 Small
 She is about 20 years old.
 She is slim.

 She has long straight black

hair.
 She has an oval face with big
eyes, a straight nose and
heart-shaped lips.
 She’s very beautiful
 TASK 1

Look at the people in the textbook (p.15)

and describe their physical characteristics
 PERSONALITIES
 Caring: chu đáo
 Hospitable: hiếu khách
 Modest: khiêm tốn
 Sincere: chân thành
 Generous: hào phóng
 Honest: trung thực
 Helpful: hữu ích
 Understanding: thông cảm
 Pleasant: dễ chịu
 Friendly: thân thiện
 Humorous: hài hước
 Quick-witted: nhanh trí
 Good-natured: tốt bụng
 Studious: chăm chỉ
 Intelligent: thông minh
 Patient: kiên nhẫn
 Calm: điềm tĩnh
 TASK 2

Discuss and number the following personalities

in order of importance in friendship:
Caring Sincere Helpful
Hospitable Generous Understanding
Modest Honest Pleasant
 Task 3
Talk about your best friend:
- His/her name
- His/ her age
- His/ her physical characteristics
- His/ her hobbies
- His/ her personalities
- Why you like him/ her
 SINCERE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
GENEROUS 1 T Q W S I N C E R E E

MEDIUM 2 A G E N E R O U S W H

3 L M E D I U M V I I A
PRETTY
4 L S R T Y U I H P A N

BEAUTIFUL 5 D P R E T T Y O O R D

GOOD-LOOKING 6 F N V A S N R N P Y S

7 G H J K H L Z E X C O
TALL
8 I D K E O M L S C O M

SHORT 9 R E X G R K J T Z I E

HONEST 10 B E A U T I F U L G L

11 G O O D L O O K I N G
HANDSOME
UNIT 1: FRIENDSHIP

Writing
 Activity1: Reoder the sentences
1. is/ she/ pretty/very.
She is very pretty.
2. is / also/ she/ very/ and/ intelligent /studious.
She is also very intelligent and studious.
3. not/ is/ very /she/ tall /quite /and /slim
She is not very tall and quite slim.

4. has/ a /she/ face /round.

She has a round face
Activity 2: Matching
 MY BEST FRIEND’S NAME IS “SAO MAI”, WHICH
Her personalities MEANS “MORNING STAR” IN ENGLISH. SHE IS THE
SAME AGE WITH ME, AND WE HAVE KNOWN EACH
OTHER SINCE WE WERE IN GRADE 4.
IF I WERE TO DESCRIBE HOW SHE LOOKS, I WOULD
SAY SHE IS VERY PRETTY. SHE IS NOT VERY TALL AND
QUITE SLIM. SHE HAS A ROUND FACE WITH LONG
What I like BLACK HAIR, BIG EYES AND REGULAR WHITE TEETH.
about her THAT’S WHY MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT HER SMILE
CAN BRIGHTEN UP EVEN THE CLOUDIEST DAY.
SHE HAS A VERY NICE PERSONALITY AND A
WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMOUR. SHE IS ALSO VERY
INTELLIGENT AND STUDIOUS.
THE FIRST THING I LIKE ABOUT MAI IS THAT SHE
Her Physical SHARES THE SAME INTERESTS WITH ME. WE BOTH
Characteristics ENJOY LISTENING TO MUSIC AND COLLECTING
STAMPS. IN ADDITION, SHE IS VERY GOOD AT MATHS
AND SHE HELPS ME A LOT WITH DIFFICULT
EXERCISES. HOWEVER, PERHAPS THE BEST THING
*Name LIKE ABOUT HER IS HER KINDNESS. WHENEVER I
*Age HAVE A PROBLEM, SHE ALWAYS ENCOURAGES ME OR
*When and Where GIVES ME HELPFUL ADVICE. I HOPE THAT OUR
I met her FRIENDSHIP WILL LAST FOREVER.
 WRITING PRACTICE
Write about a friend:
- His/her name
- His/ her age
- When and where you met him or her
- His/ her physical characteristics
- His/ her personalities
- Why you like him/ her
CAN YOU READ THE FOLLOWING
“CODED MESSAGE”?
CE ON A TIME, WAS LONELY, LOO
SOMEBODY, WHO BE LIKE ME IN
EVERY , SO THAT WE HAD
SOMETHING IN COMMON DO AND
SAY. THEN I FOUND ONE AND
SAID, “ WILL MY FRIEND EVER”.
MADE ME SO HA ,
BRIGHTENED MY DAY. E GOT
ALONG SO AND HAD A LOT OF FUN.
 OUR FRIENDSHIP
Once upon a time, I was lonely,
looking for somebody, who would
be like me in every way, so that
we had something in common to
do and say. Then I found you one
day and said, “You will be my
friend forever”. You made me so
happy, you brightened up my day.
We got along so well and had a
lot of fun.
 /dʒ/ /tʃ/

jam ‘children
joke ‘changeable
‘January cheese
‘dangerous ‘mutual
‘passenger church
‘village which
 Practise reading aloud these sentences.
1. Just outside the village, there’s a bridge.
2. Jane always enjoys George’s jokes.
3. Two jeeps went over the edge of the bridge.
4. Which picture do you think the child wants to
change?
5. Mix the mushrooms, chilli and cheese.
6. Do you like French salad and fish and chips?
1. She has five children and a husband to
feed.
2. I am very surprised to know that you
have painted this picture
3. It is exciting to listen to his jokes .
4. He saw some passengers get on the bus.
… to feed
… to know Infinitive with to

… to listen

…get Infinitive without to

1. Infinitive with to (to inf.)

She has five children and a husband to feed.

S V N(O)
to inf.

have + sb/sth + to inf

I am surprised to know that you have painted
this picture.

It is exciting to listen to his jokes.

S+(be) + adj + to inf

She decided to go swimming.
Our parents want us to study harder.
My teacher told me to read the text.
My friend advised me to take a short rest.

S+ V + (O)+ to inf
2. Infinitive without to (bare inf.)

He saw some passengers get on the bus.

S V O
bare inf.
She heard the boy sing her favorite song.
S V O bare inf.
 See
Hear + sb/sth + bare inf
Feel
Watch
The film makes her cry.
Will you let me use your pen?
Can you help me open the door?
I have the boy close the door
make
let
help
+ sb+ bare inf
have
Who wants something to eat?

I have some letter to write

I am delighted to hear the news

My mother has some shopping to do

You always have too much to talk about

It is lonely to see you again

It is too cold to go out

I am happy to know that you have passed the exam

The police watched them go out of the car

They let him write a letter to his wife

I heard they talk in the next room

The customs officer made him open the briefcase

The boy saw the cat jump through the window

Do you think the company will make him

pay some extra money?

I felt the animal move towards me

Do you think her parents will let her go for a picnic?