TRƯỜNG CAO ĐẲNG CÔNG NGHỆ Y – DƯỢC VIỆT NAM

UNIT 3
Places

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 Contents
1 Warm-up:
2 Vocabulary 1: Places in a city and common adjectives
3 Grammar 1: There is/ there are and prepositions of places
3 Listening:
5 Speaking:
6 Reading:
7 Vocabulary 2: THINGS IN A HOUSE
8 Writing: Writing a short paragraph describing your room
 Warm-up
1 Warm-up
A Talk about the pictures with a partner.
What can you see?

B. Is your hometown big or small? Do you prefer small towns or big cities?
2 VOCABULARY 1 Places in a city &
common adjectives
I can talk about places in my city
 Vocabulary
1 Match each place with a number in the picture.
__ art gallery __ post office
__ cinema __ library
__ park __ town hall
__ bus stop __ shopping centre
__ car park __ leisure centre
__ museum __ theatre
__ bank __ train station
__ church __ police station
__ concert hall __ tourist information centre
 Vocabulary

1
Cinema
/ˈsɪnəmə/
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2
Church
/tʃə:tʃ/
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3
Town hall
/taʊn ‘hɔ:l/
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4
Train station
/trein 'steiʃn /
 Vocabulary

Tourist information centre

/,infə'mei∫n 'sentə/
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6
Library
/'laibrəri/
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7
Car park
/’kɑ: pɑ:k/
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8
Theatre
/'θiətə/
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9
Bank
/bæηk/
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10
Shopping centre
/'∫ɔpiη'sentə/
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11

Museum
/mju:'ziəm/
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12
Art gallery
/'ɑ:t,gæləri/
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13
Police station
/pə'li:s stei∫n/
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14
Leisure centre
/'leʒə,sentə /
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15
Concert hall
/ 'kɔnsət hɔ:l /
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16
Park
/pɑ:k/
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17
Post office
/ˈpəʊst ɒfɪs/
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18
Bus stop
/'bʌs stɔp /
 Vocabulary
1 Match each place with a number in the picture.
__
12 art gallery 17__ post office
1__ cinema 6__ library
__
16 park 3__ town hall
__
18 bus stop __ shopping centre
10

7
__ car park __ leisure centre
14
__ museum __ theatre
11 8
__ bank __ train station
9 4
__ church __ police station
2 13
__ concert hall __ tourist information centre
15 5
 Vocabulary
2 Listen, check and repeat.

1 – park 2 – cinema 3 - church

4 – town hall 5 – post office 6 – museum
7 – library 8 – department store 9 – tourist information office
10 - theatre 11 – car park 12 – police station
13 – art gallery 14 – railway station 15 – bank
16 – bus station
 Vocabulary
3 Listen and identity the places in town.

1 – car park
2 – art gallery
3 – theatre
4 – tourist information centre
5 – post office
6 – train station
7 – library
8 – bus stop
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4 SPEAKING.

Take the second right Go straight on Take the first left Go past the church
Work in pairs. Take turns to be A and B.
Student A: Give directions to three other places on the map.
Student B: Follow the directions on the map. Say where you are.

First go straight on, then take the I’m at the tourist information
first left. It’s on your right, centre.
opposite the church.
 Vocabulary
A: Can you show me the way to the museum, please?
B: Take the second right. It’s on the right, opposite the concert hall.
 Vocabulary
A. Match each place with a picture.

1. _____ a cinema 6. _____ supermarket

2. _____ a bank 7. _____ a restaurant
3. _____ a hotel 8. _____ a post office
4. _____ a library 9. _____ a coffee shop
5. _____ a train station 10. _____ a shopping mall
 Vocabulary
A. Match each place with a picture.

a coffee shop
(a) ……………… a library
(b) ………………… a cinema
(c) …………………

a post office
(d) ……………… a bank
(e) …………………
 Vocabulary
A. Match each place with a picture.

a supermarket
(f) ……………… a shopping mall
(g) ………………… a restaurant
(h) …………………

a hotel
(i) ……………… a train station
(j) …………………
 Vocabulary
Adjective to describe city life and country life.
boring modern cheap dangerous slow noisy
busy unfriendly relaxing exciting dirty expensive
friendly safe clean fast quiet old

B. Match each adjective with its opposite.

Adjective Opposite Adjective Opposite

fast slow dirty clean
old modern unfriendly friendly
expensive cheap exciting boring
dangerous safe busy relaxing
quiet noisy
 Vocabulary
C. Ask a partner what he/she can do in these places.

What can you do in a coffee shop?

I can buy and drink a cup of coffee

in a quiet coffee shop.
3 GRAMMAR There is/ There are
Prepositions of places
I can talk what it is in a room and where it is.
 Grammar
Look at the photo. Where are the girl and the man?
What do you think the relationship between them is?
Read the text and check your ideas.
 Grammar
Complete the table with the words in italic in the
text.
There is (singular) There are (plural)
affirmative affirmative
There’s a teacher. 1There are some students.
________
negative negative
2 _________
There isn’t a television. 3There
__________
aren’t any CDs.
interrogative interrogative
4 _________
Is there a notice board? 5 Are
________
there any children?
Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t. Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t.
 Grammar

Structure:
(+) Affirmative: There is + N-singular
There are + N-plural
(-) Negative: There isn’t + N-singular
There aren’t + N-plural
(?) Interrogative: Is there + N-singular?
Are there + N-plural?
-Yes, there is/ are
- No, there isn’t/ aren’t
 Grammar
3 Look at the photo. Complete the questions with
Is there a or Are there any.
1 ___________________
Is there a bed?
2 ___________________
Are there any chairs?
3 ___________________
Is there a desk?
4 ___________________
Is there a computer?
5 ___________________
Are there any shelves?
6 ___________________
Is there a TV?
7 ___________________
Are there any books?
8 ___________________
Is there a wardrobe?
 Grammar
3 Look at the photo. Complete the questions with
Is there a or Are there any.
9 ___________________
Is there a window?
10 ___________________
Are there any CDs?
11 ___________________
Are there any posters?
12 ___________________
Are there any plants?
13 ___________________
Is there a lamp?
14 ___________________
Is there a curtain?
 Grammar
a, some and any
1. We use a/ an with singular nouns.
Example: a house, a dog, an apple
2. We use some with plural nouns in affirmative sentences.
NOTES

Example: I have some apples.

3. We use any with plural nouns in negative sentences and in
questions.
Example: I don’t have any apples.
Do you have any apples?
 Grammar
Complete the sentences with a/an, some or any.
a
1. There’s __________ picture on the wall.
a
2. Is there __________ dictionary on your table?
some
3. There are __________ plants near the window.
any
4. Are there __________ eggs in the fridge?
a
5. There isn’t __________ whiteboard in our classroom.
any
6. There aren’t __________ flowers in the garden.
an
7. There is __________ umbrella near the door.
 Grammar
C. Rewrite the sentences. Make the affirmative sentences negative
and the negative sentences affirmative.
1. There isn’t a chair in this room.
- There is a chair in this room.
2. There are some students in the classroom.
- There aren’t any students in the classroom.
_____________________________________.
3. There are some pencils on the desk.
_____________________________________.
- There aren’t any pencils on the desk.
4. There is a car near the tree.
_____________________________________.
- There isn’t a car near the tree.
5. There aren’t any plants in the garden.
_____________________________________.
- There are some plants in the garden.
6. There are some books on the shelf.
- There aren’t any books on the shelf.
_____________________________________.
7. There is a bin near the desk.
_____________________________________.
- There isn’t a bin near the desk.
 Grammar
D Match the prepositions below with the pictures.
Prepositions of places:
between behind in front of near in opposite on under

near behind in in front of

between opposite on under

 Grammar
E. Look at the pictures and complete the following
sentences with prepositions in exercise B.
near

in front of

behind

opposite
 Grammar
E. Look at the pictures and complete the following
sentences with prepositions in exercise B.

under

in

on

between
4 LISTENING
I can listen to the tape
 Listening
A. Listen and answer with “Yes” or “No”
1. Is Uyen’s new bedroom big? Yes
2. Is the poster about famous people? Yes
3. Is her bookshelf small? Yes
4. Is there a light in the room? Yes
5. Are the curtains blue? No
6. Is there a laptop in her room? No
7. Is her mom at home? Yes
 Listening
B. Alex is helping Uyen clean up the house. Where should he put the items?
Listen and choose the correct answer.
1. The magazines
a. On the bookshelf b. In the bookshelf c. In the dictionary
2. The remote control
a. Beside the TV b. On top of the TV c. Beside the program guide
3. The keys
a. On the desk b. Inside the box c. Inside the drawer
4. The baseball cap
a. On the hook b. Next to the papers c. On the coffee table
5. The glasses
a. Inside the suitcase b. Next to the TV c. Behind the water bottle
6. The belt
a. On the sofa b. Under the sofa c. On the floor next to the window.
5 SPEAKING
I can talk about my neighbours
 Speaking
A. Make a list of three things you like and three things
you don't like about your neighbourhood. Then tell
your partner.
Things I like about my neighbourhood Things I don't like about my neighbourhood
They are …
1. ____________________________ 1. ____________________________
2. ____________________________ 2. ____________________________
3. ____________________________ 3. ____________________________
 Speaking
B. Complete the questionnaire. Then interview a partner.
In your neighbourhood

Is there.... Are there any...

You Your You Your

partner partner
a big park?   great restaurants?  
a bank?   friendly coffee shops?  
a post office?   department stores?  
a small library?   convenience stores?  
a bus or train station?   good, cheap hotels?  
a good supermarket?   expensive stores?  
a busy shopping mall?  
a movie theater?  
 Speaking
B. Complete the questionnaire. Then interview a partner.
In your neighbourhood

Where can you...

go out with your friends?

_______________________________
get a good pizza?
_______________________________
use the internet?
_______________________________
study English?
_______________________________
play sports?
_______________________________
 Speaking
 Label the pictures with the following words

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g)

1. go through (a)
_______
2. go along (c)
_______
3. go past (b)
_______
4. go down (e)
_______
5. go up (d)
_______
6. turn right (g)
_______
7. turn left (f)
_______
6 READING
Da Nang city – a worth-living city in Vietnam
 Reading
Read the text, and find the places in Da Nang city as
many as you can.
- Truong Son mountain range. /ˈmaʊntən reɪndʒ/
 Reading
Read the text, and find the places in Da Nang city as
many as you can.
- Son Tra peninsula. /pi´ninsjulə/
 Reading
Read the text, and find the places in Da Nang city as
many as you can.
- Hai Van pass. /pa:s/
 Reading
Read the text, and find the places in Da Nang city as
many as you can.
- Da Nang international airport. /´ɛəpɔ:t/
 Reading
Read the text, and find the places in Da Nang city as
many as you can.
- Tien Sa port. /pɔ:t/
 Reading
Da Nang city – a worth-living city in Vietnam

Interesting places
Do you want to visit Da Nang city for the weekend? There are a lot of
interesting places like Dragon Bridge, My Khe Beach and Ngu Hanh Son. It
is fantastic to look at Dragon Bridge at night.

Shopping
Do you like to go shopping? There are a lot of department stores and
supermarkets in Da Nang city. There are also some shopping centres. You can
find everything you want. You can go shopping every day.
 Reading
Da Nang city – a worth-living city in Vietnam
Outdoor activities
There are some golf courses and tennis courts so you can play golf and
tennis. You can ride a bike or walk around the streets to look at the city.
Food and drink
You can enjoy fresh seafood in Da Nang city. There are a lot of restaurants
here. The food is good and the service is good too. There are also some nice
coffee shops.
Friendly people
People in Da Nang city are honest and friendly. They are willing to help other
people. Many tourists like the people here.
 Reading
A. Read the tourist information leaflet above and
write nouns that refer to places.
Dragon Bridge
1. ……………………………… My Khe Beach
2. ………………………………
Ngu Hanh Son mountain 4. ………………………………
3. ……………………………… department stores
supermarkets
5. ……………………………… shopping centres
6. ………………………………
golf courts
7. ……………………………… tennis courts
8. ………………………………
restaurants
9. ………………………………
coffee shops
10. ………………………………
 Reading
B. Read the leaflet again and answer the following
questions.
1. What are some interesting places in Da Nang city?
- They are Dragon Bridge, My Khe Beach and Ngu Hanh Son…
…………………………………………………………………………………
2. Where can you go shopping in Da Nang city?
-…………………………………………………………………………………
I can go shopping in department stores, supermarkets and shopping centres.
3. Where can you play golf and tennis?
-…………………………………………………………………………………
I can play golf and tennis in golf courses and tennis courts.
4. How is the food in Da Nang city?
-…………………………………………………………………………………
The food in Da Nang city is good.
5. Why do many tourists like the people in Da Nang city?
-…………………………………………………………………………………
Many tourists like the people in Da Nang city because they are honest and
friendly.
7 VOCABULARY 2 THINGS IN A HOUSE
I can list things in my house.
 Vocabulary
A. Match each description with a photo.

1. ………………bed 2. ………………pillow
3. ………………TV 4. ………………flower
5. ………………chair 6. ………………table
7. ………………wall 8. ………………aim-chair
9. ………………lamp 10. ………………carpet
 Vocabulary
A. Match each description with a photo.

a TV
a. ………………… a pillow
b. ………………………… a carpet
c. …………………………

a wall a flower
 Vocabulary
A. Match each description with a photo.

a chair
f. ………………… an arm-chair
g. ………………………… a bed
h. …………………………

a lamp
i. …………………… a table
j. ……………………
 Vocabulary
Work in pairs. Which sports and hobbies can you do:

A: Is there a TV in the room? B: Yes, there is. There’s a TV on the table.

A: Is there a bed in the room? B: No, there isn’t. There isn’t a bed in the room.
9 WRITING
I can write to describe my room.
 Writing
Write a short paragraph describing your room and include
the following information in your writing.

- Things in your room and their positions

- What you usually do with those things
- What you like most in your room
- Why you like those things