LOOKING BACK | Tiếng Anh 8 - Tập 1 | Unit 6. FOLK TALES - Lớp 8 - Giáo Dục Việt Nam

Vocabulary

1. Think of an example for each type of story in the box.

legend                  folk tale                  fairy tale                  fable

Example:

The Adventures of Robin Hood is a legend.

2. Write the correct words under the pictures.

3. Put the words in the box into the correct columns.

woodcutter knight tortoise greedy

fairy witch hare wicked

generous giant cheerful kind

emperor cunning dragon fierce

brave ogre evil Buddha

eagle mean cruel

 

Characters	Personality

Grammar

4. The following people were at home at 5 p.m. yesterday. What were they doing? Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions.

1. Nam/play video games

A: Was Nam playing video games?

B: No, he wasn't. He was playing the piano.

2. Mrs Lan/ do the gardening

3. Mr Hung/write a letter

4. Hoa and Hai/ play table tennis

5. Duong/ listen to music

6. Mai/ do homework

5. What were you doing at the following times? Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions, as in the example.

1. At 10 p.m. yesterday evening

    A: What were you doing at ten o'clock yesterday evening?

    B: I was watching TV.

2. At 5 a.m. this morning

3. This time last week

4. At lunchtime yesterday

5. Two hours ago

6. Work in pairs. Make exclamatory sentences about your partner or other classmates.

Example:

What a lovely shirt you're wearing!

Communication

7. Number the lines of the dialogue in the correct order.

_______A. I tried to call you. What film did you see?

_______B. It's about a green ogre named Shrek. He rescues a princess named Fiona.

_______C. Shrek.

_______D. What were you doing yesterday afternoon around 3p.m.?

_______E. Not exactly. The characters are really funny and the story is surprising. You should see it.

_______F. I don't know it.

_______G. It sounds like a typical fairy tale.

_______H. It's a cartoon. It was really good.

_______I. Yesterday afternoon? I was watching a film. Why?

_______J. What's it about?

Finished! Now I can… .	✔	✔✔	✔✔✔
● use word and phrases for different characters in folk tales ● use the past continuous and distinguish it from the simple past ● use exclamatory sentences to express emotions ● talk about favorite folk tales ● write a narrative of a fairy tale