Tiếng Anh 8 iLearn Smart World Unit 1-2-3 PDF

## Unit 1: Free Time ### Lesson 1: Can you...? - Talk about leisure activities, likes, and dislikes. - Use verbs (to express preference) + gerund **Let's Talk!** In pairs: Look at the picture. What do the girls like doing in their free time? What do you do in your free time? How often do you do...

## Unit 1: Free Time ### Lesson 1: Can you...? - Talk about leisure activities, likes, and dislikes. - Use verbs (to express preference) + gerund **Let's Talk!** In pairs: Look at the picture. What do the girls like doing in their free time? What do you do in your free time? How often do you do it? **New Words** - Chat - Fishing - Hang Out - Jogging - Jewelry - Handball - Rock Climbing - Board Games **Practice** In pairs: Ask and answer using the pictures and prompts. Swap roles and repeat. - Do you prefer playing sports or games? I prefer playing sports. - What sports do you like playing? I love playing badminton. - Prefer/sports/games? Prefer/sports - What/sports/like? Love/badminton - Prefer/indoors/outdoors? Prefer/outdoors - Like/fishing? Not/really./Prefer/arts/crafts - What/arts/crafts/like? Really like/making jewelry - What/else/like? Enjoy/chat online **Speaking** **Survey: Free Time Activities** Your local youth center wants to find out what activities are popular. Complete the survey with your own information. In fours: Ask your friends about their preferred activities and complete the survey. | Do you prefer playing indoors or outdoors? | I prefer playing... | Do you enjoy doing arts and crafts? | What arts and crafts do you enjoy doing? | |---|---|---|---| | Indoors/Outdoors? | Indoors | Yes, I do. | Painting | | Arts and crafts? | | | | | Games | X | | | | Sports | ✓ | | Handball| | Other likes | | | Rock climbing | **Which activities should your youth center have next summer?** I think the youth center should choose... ### Lesson 2: Can you...? - Make free time activity plans with friends. - Use Present Simple for future meaning and prepositions of time. - Conversation Skill: Starting a telephone conversation **Let's Talk!** In pairs: Look at the picture. What plans do these kids have for the weekend? What activities do you and your friends do on weekends? **New Words** - Knitting: the activity of making things like clothes from wool - Karate: a martial art from Japan - Roller skating: the sport of moving over the ground wearing shoes with wheels - Sewing: the activity of making or fixing things made of cloth - Practice: a way of doing something again and again to help you become better - Shuttlecock: a sport played by kicking a plastic object with feathers to keep it up in the air OR the object players hit in a game of badminton - Cycling; the sport of riding a bicycle - Table tennis: a sport that two or more players hit a ball over the net on a large table **Practice** In pairs: Ask and answer using the pictures and prompts. Swap roles and repeat. - Do you prefer playing sports or games? I prefer playing sports. - What sports do you like playing? I love playing badminton. - Prefer/sports/games? Prefer/sports - What/sports/like? Love/badminton - Prefer/indoors/outdoors? Prefer/outdoors - Like/fishing? Not/really./Prefer/arts/crafts - What/arts/crafts/like? Really like/making jewelry - What/else/like? Enjoy/chat online **Listening** - Listen to two people making plans. What is their relationship? 1. New friends - Now, listen and complete the table. | Day | Activity | Time | |---|---|---| | Friday | Sewing Class | 1.6 - 8 p.m. | | Friday | | 5 - 7 p.m. | | Saturday | Competition | 9 - 11 a.m. | | Saturday | | | | Friday | School talent show | 9 p.m. | | Saturday | Action Movie | 10 p.m. | **Conversation Skill** To start a conversation on the phone with someone you know, say: - Hi, (Ethan). How's it going? - Hey, what's up? **In pairs: Which of the activities they mention do you like the most? Why?** I like the action movie the most. I love going to the movies. ### Lesson 3: Can you...? - Talk about your favorite hobby. - Write a passage about your favorite hobby. - Writing Skill: Writing basic descriptive passages **Let's Talk!** In pairs: What hobbies can you see in the pictures? What are some popular hobbies in your country? **Reading** **Read Linh's passage and choose the best beginning sentence.** - I love trying new cakes. - I have many hobbies, but I like baking best. I started this hobby when I was ten years old. First, my dad taught me how to bake chocolate cookies. He shared lots of recipes with me, and I liked all of them. Now, I bake with my little sister. I like teaching her how to bake things like brownies and cakes. We always bake in our lovely kitchen at home. We usually bake on the weekends. Weekends are the perfect time for baking. We have enough time to prepare everything and clean up the big mess after we finish. Baking also helps me relax after a busy week with lots of homework. I don't have to think much, and I can just follow the recipes. Baking is a great hobby, and I really love baking! **Now, read and answer the questions.** 1. When did Linh start her favorite hobby? When she was ten 2. What does the word them in paragraph 2 refer to? Recipes 3. Where does Linh do it? At home 4. When does Linh usually bake? On the weekends 5. What does baking help Linh do? Relax **Listen and read.** **In pairs: What's your favorite hobby? What do you like best about it?** My favorite hobby is playing soccer. I like playing in a team with my friends. **Writing** **Read about writing basic descriptive passages. Then read Linh's passage again and underline the topic sentence, five supporting ideas, and the concluding sentence.** To write a basic descriptive passage, you should: - Start with a topic sentence: tell the readers what your passage is about. (I have a lot of hobbies, but my favorite hobby is taking pictures. - Write about 3-5 supporting ideas to explain your topic. You can answer questions what, when, where, who, how, etc. about the topic to think of ideas to write about. (I started taking pictures when I was eight years old. I usually take lots of pictures with my friends and family. I take pictures at the park. I do it on the weekends.) - End with a concluding sentence: say your main topic again in different words. (I think taking pictures is lots of fun, and I love it.). **Unscramble the sentences and then number them (1-5). Use the Writing skill box to help you.** - My/with/swimming/dad./always/go/I. (I always go swimming with my dad.) - Best./hobbies,/I/many/like/swimming/but/have/I. - I/great/think/swimming/a/is/hobby. - Five/started/old./when/I/years/1/swimming/was. - Swimming/on/the/go/my/pool/near/We/weekends./house/the/at. **Speaking** **My Favorite Hobby** - In pairs: Discuss hobbies that are popular with your friends. - Now, choose your favorite hobby. In pairs: Use the questions to discuss the points on the table below and write in your own ideas. | What's your favorite hobby? | When did you start it? | Do you do it by yourself or with someone? Who? | Where and when do you often do it? | What do you think about it? | |---|---|---|---|---| | What? | When started? | Who with? | Where? | When? | Your opinion? | **Let's Write!** Now, write a simple passage about the hobby you discussed. Use the Writing Skill box and your speaking notes to help you. Write 80 to 100 words. ## Unit 2: Life in the Country ### Lesson 1: Can you...? - Talk about life in the country and the city. - Use countable and uncountable nouns with indefinite quantifiers. - Conversation Skill: Politely disagreeing. **Let's Talk!** In pairs: Look at the pictures. Which two places do they show? What are some good and bad things about each place? **New Words** - Entertainment: things people can use or do for fun - Nature: animals, plants, and things not made by people - Noise: unpleasant and/or loud sounds - Peace: the state of being calm or quiet - Fresh: clean or cool (e.g., water, air) - Vehicle: a thing used for transporting people or things from one place to another, such as a car or a truck - Room: available empty space to use - Facility: a building, service, piece of equipment, etc. with a particular purpose **Practice** In pairs: Say where you live, and why you like/dislike living there. I live in a small town. I like living there because there is lots of nature and fresh air. **Listening** - Listen to Joe and Mai talking about life in the city and in the country. What do they agree on? 1. The noise - Now, listen and fill in the blanks 1. Mai thinks the country is better because there is lots of _______ nature. 2. Joe likes the _______ city. 3. Mai thinks there's not enough _______ for all the people in the city. 4. She also thinks there is too much _______ in the city. 5. She doesn't like the city because there are too many _______. 6. Joe prefers living in the _______. **Conversation Skill** To politely disagree, say: - That's true, but... - Yes, but... - Really? (I...) **Read the Conversation Skill box. Then, listen and repeat. Now, listen to the conversation again and number the phrases in the order you hear them.** **Do you agree with Mai or Joe? Why?** I agree with Mai. I like the country more than the city because it's cleaner and quieter. ### Lesson 2: Can you...? - Talk about folk games and activities in the country. - Use verbs (to express preference) + to-infinitives and adverbs of frequency. **Let's Talk!** In pairs: Look at the picture. What are the children doing? What else can children do for fun in the country? **New Words** - Hometown: A person's place of birth. - Traditional: Traditional to a group of people or a place. - Tug of war: A game that two teams hold a rope and try to pull the hardest. - Jump rope: A game that two people hold a rope and one or more people jump over it. - Pick flowers: To take flowers or fruit from the plant or tree where they are growing. - Spinning tops: A game that players use wooden toys which spin very quickly. - Herd buffalo: To make animals move together as a group. **Practice** In pairs: Talk about what you like to do when you visit places in the country. - When I go to my hometown, I like to play soccer with my friends. - I prefer to play folk games with my family. **Reading** **Read Vy's blog post. What does she mostly talk about?** - Popular activities in her hometown. - Her family's favorite folk games. **Visiting Family in My Hometown** Hi, everyone! Sorry I didn’t post anything last week! I couldn't use my computer because I wasn’t at home. I visited my family in my hometown. It's a small village in the country, about 200 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City. My hometown is very different from the city. It’s smaller, and it's much more traditional. Here, the kids never play computer games, and they rarely watch TV. They prefer to play outdoors. They play sports and folk games. The girls love to jump rope and pick flowers. The boys love to play tug of war and soccer. I often play with the kids here, but I don’t like to run around during the day because the weather is usually so sunny and hot. I prefer to play chess because it’s more relaxing than some folk games. My uncle and I sometimes sit down and play it under a tree. What are your favorite activities? **Now, read and circle the correct answers.** 1. Where was Vy last week? **[B]** In her hometown. 2. What don’t kids do in Vy’s hometown? **[A]** Play computer games. 3. What do girls like to do in Vy’s hometown? **[B]** Pick flowers. 4. What do boys like to do in Vy’s hometown? **[B]** Play tug of war. 5. What does the word it in paragraph 4 refer to? **[C]** A place. **Listen and read.** **In pairs: Which folk games do you like? Why?** I really like tug of war because it’s exciting, and many people can play it together. ### Lesson 3: Can you...? - Talk about festivals in the country. - Write an announcement for a festival in the country. - Writing Skill: Writing long-form announcements. **Let's Talk!** In pairs: Look at the pictures. What traditional festivals can you see? What are some other activities people do during these festivals? **Reading** **Read the announcement. What is the main purpose of it?** - Say when and where the festival will be. - Say what you can do at the festival. **2023 Hiền Lương Village Tết Festival** We are happy to announce the 2023 Hiền Lương Village Tết Festival will take place on Lê Duẩn Street from January 21st to January 29th from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Come and celebrate the 2023 Hiền Lương Village Tết Festival next Saturday. This is a free event for everyone. There are lots of activities and types of traditional food to enjoy. Come to Hiền Lương People's Committee and play exciting folk games. Enjoy activities like street music performances and lion dances. Watch the amazing fireworks show on Tết Eve from Hiền Lương Bridge. Enjoy different types of traditional Tết food like bánh chung or candied fruit. Bring your family and friends! **Now, read and write True, False, or Doesn't say.** 1. The announcement is for the 2020 Têt festival in Hiền Lương Village. **False** 2. The festival will be on Lê Duẩn Street. **True** 3. The festival is only free for children. **False** 4. You can enjoy music performances from famous Vietnamese singers. **Doesn't say** 5. The festival will have some types of traditional Têt food like candied fruit and bánh chưng. **True** **Listen and read.** **In pairs: Which Tết activities do you like best? Why?** I like playing games with my family and friends because it’s fun! **Writing** **Read about writing long-form announcements. Then, read the announcement for the Tết Festival again and underline the place, time, cost, activities, and food for the event.** To write long-form announcements, you should: - Write a heading. Say what the event is. (The 2024 Culture Festival) - Write a summary sentence about what, where, and when the festival is. (We are excited to announce the 2024 Culture Festival will take place at King Park on Saturday, October 8th from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.) - Give a call to action. Ask the readers to take part or join in. (Come and celebrate the 2024 Culture Festival...) - Say the cost. (This is a free event for everyone; Tickets to the festival cost 50,000 VND.) - Say the different activities and food at the festival. (Enjoy activities like..., Take part in..., Eat many types of traditional food like...) **Reorder the parts of the announcement. Use the Writing skill box to help you.** - The 2024 Mid-Autumn Festival. - Come and take part in the 2024 Mid-Autumn Festival. - We are happy to announce the 2024 Mid-Autumn Festival will take place on Nguyễn Huệ Street on Tuesday, September 21st from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. - Take part in activities like a lantern parade. - Tickets to the festival cost 25,000 VND. **Speaking** **Planning a Traditional Festival** - In pairs: Discuss some common activities and food at festivals in Vietnam. - Now, imagine you are members of the cultural department of a small town in the country and are planning a traditional festival. In pairs: Use the questions to discuss the points on the mind map below and write in your own ideas. | Which festival should we celebrate? | Where and when should we celebrate the festival? | How much is it? | What activities should we have at the festival? | What food should we have at the festival? | |---|---|---|---|---| | Place: | Name of Festival: | Activities: | Date/Time: | Cost: | Food: | **Let's Write!** Now, write the announcement for the festival you planned in Speaking. Use the Writing Skill box and your speaking notes to help you. Write 80 to 100 words. ## Unit 3: Protecting the Environment ### Lesson 1: Can you...? - Talk about the effects of pollution. - Use First Conditional. **Let's Talk!** In pairs: Look at the pictures. What kinds of pollution can you see? Is pollution a big problem in your country? Why does pollution happen? **New Words** - Affect: make a change in somebody or something. - Cause: make something happen, usually something bad. - Pollute: make air, water, or land dirty and not safe to use. - Disease: an illness in a person, animal, or plant. - Wildlife: animals that live in a natural and free way. - Tourism: the business of hotels, restaurants, etc., for people who are traveling. - Environment: the natural world, where plants, animals, and people live. - Damage: harm something or change something good into something bad. **Practice** In pairs: Say which kinds of pollution affect tourism and cause diseases. - Air Pollution - Land Pollution - Water Pollution - Noise pollution I think land pollution badly affects tourism. ### Lesson 2: Can you...? - Give advice about how to reduce pollution. - Use conjunctions to make compound and complex sentences. - Conversation Skill: Encouraging the speaker to continue. **Let's Talk!** In pairs: Look at the pictures. What are the people doing? Do you think what they’re doing can help protect the environment? How? **New Words** - Recycle: make something new from things you have used before. - Reuse: use something again, e.g., a bottle, a bag. - Reduce: make something smaller or less. - Save: use more of something than is needed. - Waste: a machine that cools and dries the air. - Clean up: make a place clean and tidy. - Electricity: a form of energy that provides power for machines, computers, TVs, etc. - Air conditioner: avoid using something (e.g., time, energy), or use less of it. **Practice** In pairs: Look at the following items and say what you can/can't recycle, reuse, or save. - Clothes: We can recycle clothes. - TV: - Water: - Plastic: - Paper: **Listening** - Listen to Amy and Daniel talking about ways to reduce pollution. What are they working on? 1. A poster. - Now, listen again and fill in the blanks. 1. Amy thinks they should recycle _______ trash. 2. Daniel thinks they should _______ to school so they can reduce air pollution. 3. Amy thinks they should _______ plastic bottles. 4. Daniel thinks they should collect _______ and they shouldn’t _______. 5. Daniel thinks they should save _______. **Conversation Skill** To encourage the speaker to continue, say: - What else...? - Anything else? **In pairs: What do you do to reduce pollution?** I reuse plastic bottles and bags. ### Lesson 3: Can you...? - Talk about ways to protect the environment. - Write a short guide to make your school greener. - Writing Skill: Writing guides. **Let's Talk!** In pairs: Look at the pictures. What environmental problems can you see? What can people do to improve the environment where they live? **Reading** **Read the guide and write the correct heading for each section.** - Provide more trash cans. - Create some parks. - Teach people to recycle. **How to Make Our City More Eco-Friendly** The city of Cranford has lots of environmental problems. We have a lot of air water, and land pollution. Here are some simple things we can do to help our city's environment. 1. **Create Some Parks**. We should create more green spaces like parks and playgrounds. They would be great places to plant more trees. This will reduce the air pollution in Cranford. It will also provide more spaces for animals and birds to live. This should bring more wildlife to our city. 2. **Provide More Trash Cans**. We should put more trash cans on the streets and near the river. This will give people more places to put their trash. They will stop throwing trash in the river or on the streets. This will reduce our water pollution problem. 3. **Teach People to Recycle**. We should send people to schools to teach children how to recycle. They should also tell children how important recycling is. This will get more people to recycle in their homes and reduce land pollution in our city. **Now, read and circle the correct answers.** - Does the city have many parks or forests? **[C]** Doesn't say. - Will new parks bring more birds to the city? **[C]** Doesn't say. - Will more trash cans reduce water pollution? **[C]** Doesn't say. - Does the writer think people should clean the river? **[C]** Doesn't say. - The word provide in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to: **[B]** create. **Listen and read.** **In pairs: Do you have the same problems where you live? What other solutions could help improve the problems?** Our town doesn’t have many green spaces. I think that we should plant more trees in our town. **Writing.** **Read about writing guides. Then, read the guide from the reading again and circle the imperatives and underline the reasons for solutions.** To write a good, simple guide, you should: - Create a title. Tell everyone what this guide is for. - Write an introduction. Tell everyone what the topic is and that you are going to tell them how to do it. - Create clear, short headings. Begin each point with a clear heading. Remember to use imperatives. - Explain each step. Under your headings, give more information about how to do it or why it’s important. Your sentences should be clear and easy to understand. **Read the guide and write headings for each section.** **How to Clean Up Richmond Park** Richmond Park is very dirty. There is so much trash on the ground. Here are some simple things we can do to help clean up the park. 1. **Organize a Park Clean-Up**. We should get a group of people together and organize a park clean-up. This will remove a lot of trash and make the park safer for children. 2. **Use Less Plastic**. We should all try and use less plastic. Plastic pollution is a huge problem here. Using less plastic will keep the parks clean. 3. **Organize a Craft Fair**. We should get a group together and organize a craft fair. This will make some money, and we can use it to pay for some cleaners. 4. **Provide More Trash Cans**. We should provide more trash cans in the park. This will reduce the amount of trash on the ground and make cleaning up easier. **Speaking** **Make Our School Greener** - In pairs: Discuss some ways for your school to be greener. - Now, choose the best three to four solutions. In pairs: Discuss the points on the table below and write in your own ideas. | What should we do? | How can we do it/Why should we do it? | So, what do you think our school should do? | |---|---|---| | | | We should start a recycling program. | | | | How can we do it? | | | | We should put recycling bins in our school yard. | **Let's Write!** Now, write a guide to make your school greener using the ideas you discussed in Speaking. Use the Writing Skill box and your speaking notes to help you. Write 80 to 100 words.