LESSON 2

PREPOSITIONAL VERBS
REVIEW IN / ON / AT
PAGODA

GRAVEYARD
LOCAL MARKET

HAIR SALON FLOWER STREET SHOPPING MALL

 SEND send sth to sb (send sb sth)

GIVE give sth to sb (give sb sth)

BUY buy sth for sb (buy sb sth)

PREPOSITIONAL PRAY Pray to sb, pray for sth

VERBS PAY pay sth for sth

SUGGEST suggest sth to sb

PREPARE Prepare sth for sth

SMILE smile (laugh) at

 SEND Do you, wishes, parents

GIVE Do you, lucky money, children

BUY What do you, yourself

PREPOSITIONAL PRAY Who do you, luck

VERBS PAY How do you, a kumquat tree

SUGGEST Where do you, a foreigner on Tet

PREPARE What do you, New Year

LAUGH When, last time, at something

Fill in the blanks with the correct words
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send sth give sth buy sth pray for pay for suggest take care laugh at
to sb to sb for sb sth sth sth to sb of

1. Vietnamese people usually go to the pagoda on Lunar New Year ’s eve to

pray for health and success.
________

2. My friends are willing to pay for

_______expensive fl ight tickets to get back home on
Tet holiday.

suggestedmany
3. It was my fi rst visit to my husband’s hometown so he ________
to me for exploring.
interesting places ____

laughing at
4. I can’ t stop ____________Nha Ba Nu, a movie by Tran Thanh.
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send sth give sth buy sth pray for pay for suggest take care laugh at
to sb to sb for sb sth sth sth to sb of

sends
5. My neighbor always ______some to my family as small gif ts
candied fruits ____
for Tet holiday.

buy
6. Parents always ____new clothes for
__ their children before the new year comes.

prepare
7. Tet holiday is also a good chance for us to ____________our for
plans ________ a
new year.

8. My coworkers and I had a charity trip to the Nor th of Vietnam where we

gave to
_____warm clothes ___the children before Tet holiday.
FURTHER PRACTICE

• Work in pairs.
• Make questions with prepositional verbs
and answer
 Talk about 3 places that you like

the most on Tet holiday.

SHARING Suggesting questions:

CORNER 1. What are the places?

2. What can you do there?

3. Why do you like them?