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WARM-UP:

Chatting

What’s the problem?

Do you have this problem in your hometown?

According to you, how to solve this problem?

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NEW LESSON

Unit 7:

TRAFFIC

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Vocabulary

1. What do these signs mean? Write the meaning below each sign. Then put them into the correct box.

No cycling

Traffic lights

School ahead

Hospital ahead

Cycle lane

Parking

No parking

Left turn only

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1. Now put them into the correct box.

Prohibition signs	Warning signs	Information signs

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2. Write the names of means of transport in the word web below. Then draw lines joining the correct verbs to the transport.

ride drive fly�sail get on get off

a car

a plane

a motorbike

a boat

a train

a bycicle

a taxi

ride

drive

fly

sail

drive

get on/off

get in/off

get on/off

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3. Change the sentences according to the prompts in brackets.

Grammar

1. You used to go to school on foot. (?)

2. Mr Van used to ride his motorbike dangerously. (-)

3. The streets used to be cleaner and more peaceful. (?)

4. I didn’t use to go out on Sundays. (+)

5. They used to go on holiday together. (-)

🡪 Did you use to go to school on foot?

🡪 Mr Van didn’t use to ride his motorbike dangerously

🡪 Did the streets use to be cleaner and more peaceful?

🡪 I used to go out on Sundays.

🡪 They didn’t use to go on holiday together.

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4. Write sentences using these cues.

1. over 100 km / my hometown / Ho Chi Minh City

2. about 25 km / my grandparents’ house

3. I / used to / small bike / the yard / outside / flat

4. There / used to / bus station / city centre / but / it / move / the suburbs

5. Children / must / learn / road safety / before /�allowed / ride / bike / road

🡪 Children must learn about road safety before they are allowed to ride a bike on the road.

🡪 It is over 100 km from my hometown to HCM City.

🡪 It is about 25 km to my grandparents’ house.

🡪 I used to ride a small bike in the yard outside my flat.

🡪 There used to be a bus station in the city centre, but it was/ has been moved to the suburbs.

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COMMUNICATION

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5. Match the questions 1–6 with the answers a–f.

1. How does our English teacher go to work every day?	a. It means that you can’t go into this road.
2. What does this road sign mean?	b. By motorbike.
3. Is it far from our school to the central gym?	c. No, he didn’t. He cycled to work.
4. How long does it take to go from Ha Noi to Con Dao by air?	d. About two and a half hours.
5. What games did you use to play when you were 10 years old?	e. No, it’s only about a kilometre.
6. Did your father use to take the bus to work?	f. Marbles, and hide-and-seek.

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Finish! Now you can	✓	✓✓	✓✓✓
talk about road signs and�means of transport
use it to talk about distance
use used to to talk about a�past habit or a state
write a paragraph about traffic problems

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PROJECT

ROAD SIGNS DISPLAY

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2. Make some of these traffic signs of your own�out of paper, cardboard or other materials.

In groups, think of some traffic signs to display around your school. Use the following prompts or your own ideas.
Should there be a speed limit in the playground?
Should there be a ‘one way’ sign in the corridors?
Should there be a traffic light sign at the school gate?

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3. Show them to your group or class and say:

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Well, this is ‘school ahead’ sign. It warns people about children crossing the road.

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Well, this is ‘No left turn’ sign. This traffic sign indicates that left turns are prohibited.

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Well, this is ‘No parking’ sign. This traffic sign warns people that they must not park here.

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4. Display your signs in the appropriate places�in or around school.

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- Review all the new words again.

- Review the grammatical points again. (“it” for distance; “used to” to talk about past habits or states)

- Do the project about traffic signs, then present it to the class in the next period.

- Prepare for unit 8: GETTTING STARTED – LISTEN AND READ

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