Unit 1. A day in the life of

English
lesson
UNIT 1: A DAY IN A LIFE OF…
LESSON D: WRITING
passenger
immediate
district
pedal
park
purchase
cyclo
fellow
travel
continue
drop
office
ride
KIM’S GAME
You get 10 marks
VOCABULARY
thắt, buộc
cất cánh
1. take off
2. fasten
3. seat-belt
4. announce
5. air- hostess
6. land
hạ cánh
nữ tiếp viên hàng không
thông báo
đai an toàn
(v)
(v)
(n)
(v)
(n)
(v)
thắt, buộc
cất cánh
1. take off
2. fasten
3. seat-belt
4. announce
5. air- hostess
6. land
hạ cánh
nữ tiếp viên hàng không
thông báo
đai an toàn
Match these words with their meanings
Work in pairs. Read the passage in the book and find all the verbs that are used in past simple and the connectors (time expressions) in the story.
Simple past
S +V ed +…
2
land
landed
stare
stared
Regular verb
Irregular verb
announce
announced
begin
take
took
began
The verbs that are used in past simple
stared, was, arrived, got, took off, began, thought, were told, seemed, realised, were, screamed, thought, felt, announced, was, were, landed, was.
The connectors
on that day, on time, at first, then, then.
Work in groups. Identify the events, the climax, and the conclusion of the story. Then report your results.
The events: got on plane, plane took off, hostesses were just beginning to serve lunch when plane began to shake, plane seemed to dip, people screamed in panic.
The climax: we thought we had only minutes to live.
The conclusion: the pilot announced that everything was all right, we landed safely.
Use the prompts below to build up a narrative about a hotel fire.
Last year/ I / spend / summer holidays / a seaside town. / the hotel / be modern / comfortable. I have wonderful holiday until fire.
It / be / Saturday evening / and / everybody / be /
the discotheque / ground floor. It / be / crowded /with people. They / dance / and/ sing happily./ Suddenly / we smell / smoke. / Then / black smoke /begin/ fill the room. / Everybody/ start / scream / in panic. / People/ run toward / fire exists. / One door / be / block. / Many people / begin /cough / choke.
Then / just as we / think / we / have / only / minutes / live, fire brigade / arrive .Firemen / fight / their way / into / room / and soon / everyone / be / safely out of the building. / Luckily / nobody / be / seriously hurt. / It / be / most frightening experience / my life.
was
Example:
Last year , I spent my summer holidays at seaside town.
Use the prompts below to build up a narrative about a hotel fire.
Last year/ I / spend / summer holidays / a seaside town. / the hotel / be modern / comfortable. I have wonderful holiday until fire.
It / be / Saturday evening / and / everybody / be /
the discotheque / ground floor. It / be / crowded /with people. They / dance / and/ sing happily./ Suddenly / we smell / smoke. / Then / black smoke /begin/ fill the room. / Everybody/ start / scream / in panic. / People/ run toward / fire exists. / One door / be / block. / Many people / begin /cough / choke.
Then / just as we / think / we / have / only / minutes / live, fire brigade / arrive .Firemen / fight / their way / into / room / and soon / everyone / be / safely out of the building. / Luckily / nobody / be / seriously hurt. / It / be / most frightening experience / my life.
was
was
and
had
a
was
and
was sitting
in
on
the
was
x
were dancing
x
singing
x
,
smelt
,
x
began
x
started
to
to
x
x
ran
the
was
blocked
x
x
began
and
coughing
choking.
,
thought
x
x
had
to
arrived
fought
x
the
x
x
was
x
,
was
x
was
the
in


HOMEWORK
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That’s enough for today!!!