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 |
