D.O.

P: 20/09/2015
D.O.T:25/09/2015
UNIT 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
Period: 1
I. Objectives:
- Knowledge:
Students review knowledge and structure in Unit 2.
-Skill:
Students develop their own skills as doing different types of exercises on: Pronunciation,
Verb forms, Vocabulary, Reading comprehension, Rewriting sentences, Finding and correcting
mistakes, Rearranging sentences.
II.
Materials: Handouts
III.
Anticipated problems:
Students may not remember vocabulary, grammar knowledge, structures. Therefore, the
teacher should remind them some necessary instructions to assist them.
IV.
Procedure:
Teachers activities
Students activities
1. Greeting and checking the students Greeting and answer their teachers questions
attendance (2mins)
if necessary.
2. Practising (65 mins)
- Ask and guide students how to do each
exercise.
- Listen to their teacher.
- Ask sudentts to do Exercise individually - Do exercises and compare with their friends.
first and then compare with their friends.
- Move around the class and provide help if
necessary.
- Call some students to come to the board to - Come to the board to do each exercise and
do each exercise and check.
then listen to their teachers checking.
- Ask sts to explain the reason why the -Explain their answers.
verbs used in past perfect or past simple.
3. Homework (3 mins)
Do all the rest of exercises
-Write their homework on their notebooks.
V.
Exercise:
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
A. PHONETICS
Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1.
A. hand
B. bank
C. sand
D. band
2.
A. money
B. month
C. monkey
D. monitor
3,
A. change
B. hungry
C. stronger
D. singer
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Choose the best answer among a, B, C and D.

1. She glanced briefly ...his lapel badge.

A. in
B. on
C. at
D. up
2. my experience, very few people really understand the problem.
A. To
B. In
C. With
D. From
3. She made a big about not having a window seat on the plane.
A. complaint
B. fuss
C. excitement
D. interset
4. He ..to the spot where the house used to stand.
A. pointed
B. showed
C. directed
D. glanced
5. The boy glance at me and turned away.
A. close look
B. looked quickly
C. direct look
D. furtive look
6. The girl was so that she didnt look at him in the face
A. shy
B. confident
C. impatient
D. sneaky
7. I was taken by her story.
A. on
B. up
C. at
D. in
8. I think that pop star is the ..of countless teenagers.
A. image
B. figure
C. sample
D. idol
9. My most embarrassing happened a few years ago.
A. knowledge
B. experience
C. understanding
D. reality
10. A short part of a film or movie that is shown separately is called a .
A. picture
B. clip
C. holder
D. cartoon
11. She .. shyly at him and then lowered her eyes.
A. looked
B. stared
C. glanced
D. caught sight
12. This .girl was disliked by the rest of the class.
A. helpful
B. sneaky
C. unselfish
D. generous
13. He pulled a /an ..of 10 pound notes out of his pocket.
A. sum
B. amount
C. piece
D. wad
14. Something that is .makes you feel shy or ashamed.
A. careful
B. careless
C. sneaky
D. embarrassing
15. She stood in the mucky yard and hands plunged into the pockets of her coat.
A. floppy
B. soft
C. tough
D. gentle
16. We had an interesting journey. Accommodation is free and all we had to pay was meals.
A. of
B. for
C. to
D. back
17. I paid for the hat with the money you gave me for my birthday, of course, Dad I .. .
A. talked
B. told
C. spoke
D. replied
18. I was sure that the boy was a thief. He had my money.
A. given
B. gone
C. disappeared
D. stolen
19. The girl was busy ..how she would be when she grew up.
A. happy
B. nice
C imagining
D. imagine
20. Lan got .the bus and sat down next to the boy about her age.
A. on
B. in
C. at
D. up

C. GRAMMAR.
IV. Choose the best answer among A,B,C, and D.
1. When I to the party, Sally and Doug ., John ..drinks.
A. was coming/ had danced/ made
B. had come/ danced/ made
C. came/ were dancing/ was making
D. have come/ are dancing/ is making.
2. When I .there, dinner ..so I had a drink first.
A. get / is prepared
B. get / has been prepared
C. got / had been prepared
D. got / was being prepared.
3. We .your son in the school play last night. He .a terrific acting job.
A. saw / was doing
B. were seeing/ did
C. had seen/ had done D. have seen/ has done
4. ..him? Last night.
A. When do you meet B. When did you meet
C. When have you meet D. When will you meet
5. When we ..to see him last night he ..to music.
A. come/ is listening
B. had come/ listened
C. came/ was listening
D. were coming/ listens
6. She sometimes ..to turn off the computer before she goes home.
A. forgot
B. has forgot
C. is forgetting
D. forgets.
7. They good preparation before they their final examination yesterday.
A. made / had taken
B. had made / took
C. have made/ take
will make/ take
8. It ..quite often in Britain during the winter.
A. is snowing
B. snows
C. snowed
D. was snowing
9. He ..for London one year ago.
A. left
B. has left
C. leaves
D. had left
10. I .to the market with my mother yesterday.
A. go
B. went
C. have gone
D. was going.
11. I usually .to school by bus.
A. went
B. am going
C. go
D. have gone
12. ..you ..out last night?
A. Did / go
B. Do / do
C. Have / gone
D. Were / going
13. When they .in the garden, the phone
A. worked / was ringing B. were working / rang
C. worked / rang
D. work / rings
14. After they their breakfast, they ..shopping yesterday.
A. have / go
B. had/ had
C. had / had gone
D. had had / went
15. They ..tea when the doorbell .. .
A. have/ is ringing
B. were having/ rang C. had had / rang
D. having / ringing

D.

16. I .know how to dance when I .six years old.

A. dont/ was
B. didnt/ am
C. didnt/ was
D. havent known/ was
17. Nam is a careful driver but yesterday he carelessly.
A. drove
B. had driven
C. drives
D. was driving
18. He ..up at five every morning.
A. is getting
B. got
C. gets
D. was getting
19. What .he before you came?
A. does / do
B. had / do
C. had / done
D. has / done
20. While mum was watching TV, I .my homework.
A. am doing
B. was doing
C. had done
D. has done
V. Choose the underlined part among A,B,C or D that needs correcting.
1. The girl was very embarrassed when she realized that the money she had taken from the
A
B
C
D
boy bag was not hers.
2. I was really excited as I hadnt never been to London since I was 10.
A B
C
D
3. While I did my homework, I had a good idea.
A
B
C D
4. Johns friends had had a farewell party for him last night.
A
B
C
D
5. After she bought herself a new motorbike, she sold her bicycle.
A
B C
D
D. READING:
VI. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each of question.
Last Sunday was definitely not a good day for me. It all started when I got into my car and refused to
start. I immediately realised that I had left the lights on and the battery had gone flat. I telephoned my friend
George and he came round and helped me start the car. I then drove into town to see a friend. I had
arranged to meet him at six thirty, but by the time I got there, it was ten past seven and my friend was not
there. I waited for him for an hour despite the freezing weather, but he didnt come. When I returned to my
car, I saw that someone had broken into it, probably looking for the radio. Luckily, I never leave the radio in
the car. There was nothing I could do but get into my car and drive home. Later I spoke with my ftiend and
discovered that he had waited for only half an hour and left. He didnt even apologise for not waiting for
me longer!
1. Why wasnt the writers car started?
a. Because the lights had gone wrong.
b. Because the battery had gone flat.
c. Because it hadnt been serviced.
d. Because the battery had been stolen.
2. What was the weather like when the writer waited for his friend?
a. cold
b. hot
c. rainy
d. foggy
3. In the writers opinion, what did the thief want to steal?

2.
3.
4.
5.

a. money
b. camera
c. radio
d. wallet
4. What time did the writers friend leave after waiting for him?
a. 6.30
b. 7.00
c. 7.10
d. 7.30
5. Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE?
a. A friend of the writers helped him start the car.
b. A friend of the writers lived in town.
c. The writer had waited his friend until 7.30.
d. The writer apologised for not waiting his friends any longer.
E. WRITING
VIII. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same
1. 1. I have studied English for 5 years.
I began ..
2. The phone rang during the dinner.
While I
3. Sue left the house, but first she locked the doors.
Before Sue
4. Alan was skiing in Switzerland and met his old friend, Ken.
While Alan .
5. I did my home work and then went to bed.
After I .
Keys:
1. I began studying English 5 years ago.
2. While I was having dinner, the phone rang.
3. Before Sue left the house, she had locked the doors.
4. While Alan was skiing in Switzerland, he met his old friend, Ken.
5. After I had done my homework, I went to bed.
EXTRA PRACTICE
Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
MARIAS HOMECOMING
When the bus (1)...in a small square, Maria was reading her magazin and didnt realize that she had
arrived at her destination. This is Santa Teresa, Martin said. I suppose your cousin will be (2)
for us. Come on. Ill carry the bag. Maria thought, All those years when I (3).in
New York, I used to dream if this moment. And now it real, I cant believe it! Here I am, Im really standing
in the square. Santa Teresa was Marias birthplace, but she often left the town at the age of six. She had
some (4).of the town, and some photos, but did she belong here still? She didnt know.
Nobody was waiting in the square. Perhaps her cousin Pablo hadnt received Marias letter. What are we
going to do now? asked Martin. There isnt (5)a hotel here!.
1.
A. reached
B. got
C. stopped
D. came
2.
A. expecting
B. waiting
C. welcoming
D. receiving
3.
A. was living
B. have lived
C. live
D. am living

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5.

A. recall
A. even

B. memories
B. hardly

C. thinking
C. too

D. remembering
D. very

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