Getting Started | Tiếng Anh 8 (Global Success) | Unit 1: Leisure Time - Lớp 8 - Global Success & Bộ Giáo Dục - Đào Tạo

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   THIS UNIT INCLUDES: 
   Vocabulary
   • Leisure activities
   • Expressions about likes and dislikes 

   Pronunciation
   Sounds: /ʊ/ and /u:/

   Grammar
   • Verbs of liking/disliking + gerunds
   • Verbs of liking/dislikind+ to-infinitive

   Skills 
   • Reading about leisure activities with family
   • Talking about leisure activities with family
   • Listening about leisure activities with friends
   • Writing an email about leisure activities with friends

   Everyday English
   Inviting and accepting invitations

👉 GETTING STARTED

I'm keen on doing DIY (do-it-yourself)

1. Listen and read. 🎧
   
   Tom: Hi, Trang. Suprised to see you. What brings you here?
   Trang: Oh, hello Tom. I'm looking for a knitting kit.
   Tom: A knitting kit? I didn't know you like knitting.
   Trang: Actually, I'm keen onmany DIY activities. In my leisure time, I love knitting, building dollhouses, and making paper flowers.
   Tom: I see. So, you like speding on time on your own.
   Trang: Yeah. What do you do in your free time?
   Tom: I'm a bit different. I usually hang out with my friends. We go to the cinema, go cycling, or play sport in the park.
   Trang: You love spending free time with other people, don't you?
   Tom: That's right. By the way, would you like to to go the cinema with me and Mark this Sunday? There's a new comedy at New World Cinema.
   Trang: Yes, I'd love to. Can I ask Mai to join us?
   Tom: Sure. Let's meet outside the cinema at 9 a.m.
    
     
   
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2. Read the conversation again and compete the sentences.
   
   1. Trang is looking for a ______.
   2. She likes doing DIY in her _____.
   3. Tome loves spending his free time with _____.
   4. Tome and his friends usually _____ together.
   5. Tom, Mark, Trang and Mai are going to see a comedy with _____.
   
      
    
   
   
3. Work in pairs. Write the activities from the box under the correct picture.
   
   

   doing DIY                    cooking doing puzzles              playing sport surfing the net             messaging friends

         
4. Work in pairs. Read the word and phrases, and guess which activities in 3 are decribed.
   
   1. improve memory, a mental exercise
   2. save money, increasing creativity
   3. improve physical health, make friends
   4. keep in touch, relaxation
   5. learn something about IT, computer skills
   
   
5. Work in group. Ask one another the question below. Then report your friend's answer to the class.
   
   If you have some free time this weekend, what will you do?