5. GAME Bingo! Work in groups.

(TRÒ CHƠI Bingo! Làm việc nhóm.)

1. Read the sentences that the teacher gives you.

(Đọc các câu mà giáo viên đưa bạn.)

2. Identify the mistake with article(s) in each sentence.

(Tìm các lỗi sai về mạo từ trong câu.)

3. Correct the mistakes.

(Sửa lỗi.)

4. Say Bingo! as soon as your group finishes.

(Nói Bingo! ngay khi nhóm bạn hoàn thành.)

5. The first group to come up with all the correct answers wins.

(Nhóm đầu tiên đưa ra tất cả câu trả lời đúng sẽ thắng.)

Grammar

Zero article (Không dùng mạo từ)

1. Choose the correct option in each sentence below.

(Chọn phương án đúng trong mỗi câu dưới đây.)

1. It takes more than a / an hour to drive to Can Tho.

2. It’s a / Ø tradition for children to wake up early on Christmas Day.

3. The Ok Om Bok Festival takes place in the / Ø October.

4. We went to Can Tho by an / Ø air.

5. A: Where’s a / the book?

    B: I thought you left it next to the TV.

2. Which of the underlined parts in each question is incorrect? Find and correct it.

(Phần nào được gạch chân trong mỗi câu hỏi là không chính xác? Tìm và sửa nó.)

1. The worshipping Kitchen Gods is a long-time tradition of the Vietnamese.

       A                                          B                                   C

2. People organise the worshipping ceremony at noon so that a Kitchen Gods can leave for Heaven at 12 o'clock.

                             A                                          B              C

3. Most families in the Viet Nam prepare offerings for the Kitchen Gods.

     A                      B                                C

4. The offerings include a set of flowers and fruits, a paper clothes, and three carps.

       A                          B                                     C     

5. The Vietnamese people believe that the Kitchen Gods go to Heaven on carps.

    A                                                    B                                                C

3. Complete the sentences with a, an, the, or Ø (zero article).

(Hoàn thành các câu với a, an, the hoặc Ø (không mạo từ).)

1. It is a custom in my family to have ___ breakfast at home on Sundays.

2. When visiting a family home in some countries, you should bring ___ small gift with you.

3. Our village festival is held on the 10th of ___ January.

4. Ancient Egyptians worshipped ___ Sun.

5. Many people think that hard work is ___ important Vietnamese value.

4. Complete the text with the or Ø (zero article).

(Hoàn thành văn bản với the hoặc Ø (không có mạo từ).)

A recent study in (1) ___ UK shows that family time traditions are good for (2) ___ teens. These traditions include family members playing card games, watching their favourite TV programmes, or performing (3) ___ karaoke shows at weekends with one another. These activities often lead to lots of laughter and (4) ___ fun conversations. By taking part in such activities, teens strengthen (5) ___ bonds with their family.

Grammar

3. Complete the sentences with a, an, the or Ø (zero article).

(Hoàn thành các câu với a, an, the hoặc Ø (không mạo từ).)

1. These days, many teenagers write ______ emails instead of letters.

2. My dad bought ______ ornamental kumquat tree for Tet.

3. I don’t like that restaurant. ______ food there isn’t very good.

4. Don't wear ______ hat when you go into a temple or a pagoda.

5. It's becoming a custom for us to stay out very late on ______ New Year's Eve.

4. Complete the text with a, an, the or Ø (zero article).

(Hoàn thành đoạn văn với a, an, the hoặc Ø (không mạo từ ).)

Here are two easy ways to raise children’s awareness of (1) _____ customs and traditions. First, it is (2) _____  good idea for parents to teach children to cook. By doing this, children can learn and preserve their family recipes. Second, parents can take children to (3) _____ local festivals. This helps them discover (4) _____ culture of their community and develop (5) _____ understanding of local traditions.

a. Read about articles and fill in the blanks.

(Đọc về các bài báo và điền vào chỗ trống.)

a. Read the examples above and unscramble the sentences.

(Đọc các ví dụ trên và xắp xếp lại các câu.)

1. population/of/about/have/Muong/a/The/million./1.5/people

The Muong people have a population of about 1.5 million.

(Người Mường có dân số khoảng 1,5 triệu người.)

2. often/on/girls/wear/and/baskets/backs./women/their/Ê-đê

                                                                                            .

3. people/to/of/like/The/lots/jewelry./wear/silver/Hmong

                                                                                            .

4. make/women/the/groups,/many/own/their/clothes./In/ethnic

                                                                                            .

5. products/pottery/ethnic/Mcking/traditional/a/several/of/groups/in/Vietnam./craft/is

                                                                                            .

6. collection/of/have/Nung/The/folk/a/large/songs./people

                                                                                            .

b. Fill in the blanks with aan, the, or zero article (Ø).

(Điền vào chỗ trống mạo từ a, an, the, hoặc (Ø).)

1. (Ø) Hmong women wear headscarves and (Ø) clothes with beautiful embroidery

(Phụ nữ Hmong đội khăn trùm đầu và quần áo thêu rất đẹp)

2.         E-de people mainly live in          Đắk Lắk,          Phú Yên, and           Đắk Nông.

3.          snails and               hearts are common patterns on Hmong clothes.

4.          Cham girls start learning how to make cloth from the age of 10-12.

5. Canh thụt is          traditional dish of tre M'Nông.

6. The Khmer people celebrate their new year in April. It's        important festival to them.

a. Practice the conversation. Fill in the blanks with the correct articles. Swap roles and repeat.

(Thực hành các cuộc đối thoại. Điền vào chỗ trống với những mạo từ đúng. Trao đổi vai trò và lặp lại.)

b. Make two more conversations using the ideas on the right.

(Thực hiện thêm hai cuộc hội thoại bằng cách sử dụng các ý tưởng bên phải.)

a. Fill in the blanks with a, the, or zero article (Ø)

(Điền vào chỗ trống mạo từ a, the hoặc (Ø))

1.                          Red Dao leave                         banana flowers at                          new mother's door

2.                          E-đê live in                          Central Highlands.

3.                          Hmong use                          corn to make lots of food.

4. Many ethnic groups like to eat                         sticky rice on                         important days.

5. Making pottery is                          traditional craft of many ethnic groups in                Northern Vietnam

6.                          women of many ethnic groups like to wear                          silver jewelry

a/an - the - zero article

4. Fil in each gap with a/an, the or - (zero article).

(Điền vào mỗi chỗ trống với a/an, the hoặc - (không có mạo từ).)

1. The students are going to take part in                      trip to plant trees.                    trip is on this Saturday.

2. Not many animals live in ____ Thar Desert in                   India.

3. There is                    important event at                   Acropolis Museum tonight.

4. My mum is               accountant and my dad is ____ scientist.

5. We are going to visit            Ba Bể Lake in             Việt Nam.

6. On                Montague Island in                 Australia, there are lots of wild animals like whales, sharks and blue penguins.

7.          Amazon is                   big river in                  South America.

8. He would love to visit          Himalayas, a mountain range in         Asia.

9.          Great Pyramid is         tomb in            Egypt.

10.        Phoenix Theatre is in              Charing Cross Road in            London.

5. With a partner, make sentences about places in Việt Nam using the phrases below and your own ideas. Add a/an/the where necessary.

(Cùng bạn của em đặt câu về các địa điểm ở Việt Nam bằng cách sử dụng các cụm từ dưới đây và ý tưởng của riêng em. Thêm a/an/the khi cần thiết.)

A: If we don't save the Mekong River, it will become polluted.

(Nếu chúng ta không cứu sông Mekong, nó sẽ bị ô nhiễm.)

B: I'm hiking in the Hoang Lién Son Mountain Range next week.

(Tôi sẽ leo núi Hoàng Liên Sơn vào tuần tới.)

5. Fill in each gap with a/an, the or - (zero article).

(Điền vào mỗi chỗ trống với a/an, hoặc (không có mạo từ).)

1. A: Do you know where ___ Nile is?

    B: Yes, it’s in__ Africa.

2. A: Does your school have                environmental club?

    B: Yes, it organises a lot of clean-up events.

3. A: Where did you go for holiday?

    B: We went to___ Côn Đảo islands in        Việt Nam.

a/an- the-zero article

5 Choose the correct options.

(Chọn các đáp án đúng.)

1 He wants to be                      animal nutritionist after he finishes university.

A a             B an                 C the              D _

2 We're organising                   clean-up day next weekend.

A a             B an                 C the              D _

3 We will help                         Earth if we stop climate change.

A a             B an                 C the              D _

4                       Nile is the longest river in the world.

A a             B an                 C the              D _

5 We are going to volunteer in                        Canada to plant trees this summer.

A a             B an                 C the              D _

6 Did you visit                         Natural History Museum on your holiday?

A a             B an                 C the              D _

7 Our plane is flying over                    Atlantic Ocean right now.

A a             B an                 C the              D _

8 If you have any questions, you can ask                    zookeeper over there.

A a             B an                 C the              D _

9 I love visiting                        Cô Tô Island.

A a             B an                 C the              D _

10 She's walking in                  Tao Đàn Park now.

A a             B an                 C the              D _

2. Read the Grammar box. Answer the questions.

(Đọc hộp Ngữ pháp. Trả lời các câu hỏi.)

1. What type of article is used before Mars and Earth in the above example sentences? (Kiểu mạo từ nào được sử dụng trước Mars và Earth trong các câu ví dụ trên?)

2. Why is an used in front of the phrase “an old planet”? (Tại sao an được dùng trước cụm từ “an old planet”?)

3. Choose the best option to complete the sentences.

(Chọn phương án tốt nhất để hoàn thành các câu.)

1. Scientists have not yet discovered _______ single alien on Mars.

a. the

b. zero article

c. a

d. an

2. _______ Saturn is larger than our Earth.

a. The

b. zero article

c. A

d. An

3. _______ universe includes the Milky Way Galaxy and all other galaxies together.

a. The

b. zero article

c. a

d. an

4. Mercury and Venus, like the other planets of our solar system, orbit _______ Sun.

a. the

b. zero article

c. a

d. an

5. Jupiter has rings, but many people don’t realize that, and so does _______ Uranus.

a. the

b. zero article

c. a

d. an

6. I wanted to be _______ astronaut, so I was into astronomy.

a. the

b. zero article

c. a

d. an

4. Fill in each sentence with a, an, the or zero article.

(Điền vào mỗi câu với mạo từ a, an, the hoặc zero.)

1. I can see _______ Moon from my home on _______ clear night.

2. How long does it take _______ Neptune to orbit _______ Sun?

3. _______ Little Dipper is the easiest constellation to see in _______ Milky Way.

4. I saw _______ science fiction movie lasr night about _______ alien from Mercury.

5. Did you know you could see _______ Venus without _______ telescope?

5. Work in pairs. Imagine Student A is a citizen from Earth. Student B is an alien from Mars. Student A asks Student B using the list of questions below. Student B looks at the fact file on page 102.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Hãy tưởng tượng Sinh viên A là một công dân từ Trái đất. Học sinh B là người ngoài hành tinh đến từ sao Hỏa. Học sinh A hỏi Học sinh B bằng cách sử dụng danh sách các câu hỏi dưới đây. Học sinh B xem tài liệu thực tế ở trang 102.)

1. What is the diameter of Mars? (Đường kính của sao Hỏa là bao nhiêu?)

2. How long is a day on Mars? (Một ngày trên sao Hỏa dài bao lâu?)

3. How long is a year on Mars? (Một năm trên sao Hỏa dài bao nhiêu?)

4. What is the gravity on Mars? (Lực hấp dẫn trên sao Hỏa là gì?)

5. What does the atmosphere on Mars consist of? (Bầu khí quyển trên sao Hỏa bao gồm những gì?)

6. What is the temperature on Mars? (Nhiệt độ trên sao Hỏa là bao nhiêu?)

7. How many moons are there on Mars? (Có bao nhiêu mặt trăng trên sao Hỏa?)

A: What is the diameter of Mars? (Đường kính của Sao Hỏa là bao nhiêu?)

B: It has a diameter of nearly 6,800 km. (Nó có đường kính gần 6.800 km.)

4. Fill in the blanks with a, an, the, or zero article.

(Điền mạo từ a, an, the hoặc zero vào chỗ trống.)

1. The astronauts went on _______ dangerous space mission to Venus.

2. The main character in the science fiction film is _______ astronaut.

3. Scientists explained that the UFO was actually _______ bright star.

4. A rocket transported the space telescope to _______ International Space Station.

5. Saturn has more moons than _______ Jupiter does. 

4. Complete each sentence with a, an, the, or 0 (zero article).

(Hoàn thành mỗi câu với a, an, the hoặc 0. (mạo từ không).)

1. I lost my wallet on _____ last day of my stay in Paris.

2. What are some things I should know about _____ Vietnamese table manners?

3. We often stay at home on New Year's Eve but this year was _____ exception.

4. My village holds an annual festival that welcomes _____ thousands of festival goers.

5. We went to _____ Chinese restaurant last night.

5. Some of the lines in the text below have an article which is incorrectly used. If the line has a wrong article, circle it and write the correct one on the right of the line. If the line is correct, put a tick (V).

(Một số dòng trong văn bản dưới đây có một mạo từ được sử dụng không chính xác. Dòng nào có bài viết sai thì khoanh tròn và viết bài đúng vào bên phải của dòng. Nếu dòng đúng, hãy đánh dấu (V).)

2. Fill in each gap with a, an, the, or 0 (zero article) to complete each sentence.

(Điền vào mỗi khoảng trống với a, an, the hoặc 0 (không có mạo từ) để hoàn thành mỗi câu.)

1. The Museum of Ethnology is _____ interesting museum in Ha Noi.

2. Whenever prices go up, _____ customers buy fewer products.

3. His aim is to get a place at _____ university in the United States.

4. It is the custom in this country to put flowers on _____ graves at Easter.

5. When you go there, you should watch how _____ locals do things and follow their examples.

4. Complete each gap with a/an, the or - (zero article).

(Hoàn thành mỗi chỗ trống với a/an, the hoặc - (không có mạo từ).)

1. Tina visited _____ Mount Fuji and other famous places in _____ Japan.

2. _____ Volga is the longest river in _____ Europe.

3. _____ Leaning Tower of Pisa is _____ famous landmark in _____ Italy.

4. My mum is _____ animal nutritionist.

5. – Gili Trawangan is _____ island in _____ Indonesia. It's _____ nice place to see and swim with green sea turtles.

6. They ate breakfast near _____Central Park in _____ New York.

7. _____ Gambier Islands are in _____ Pacific Ocean.

8. _____ Museum of Chăm Sculpture is one of the oldest museums in _____Việt Nam.

9. _____ Đà Lạt is famous for ____ Xuân Hương Lake.

10. We would love to visit _____ Hoàng Liên Son Mountain Range on holiday.

9. Fill in each gap with a/an, the or - (zero article).

(Điền vào mỗi chỗ trống với a/an, the hoặc - (không có mạo từ).)

1. Isabella applied for ___ volunteer programme. ___ programme starts in July.

2. ___ Taj Mahal is in ___ India.

3. ___ Hoàn Kiếm Lake is ___ popular tourist site in ___ Hà Nội.

4. Alex is ___ actor. He works in ___ National Theatre.

Underline the mistakes and write the correct words on the lines. Write “Ø” for zero article.

(Gạch chân những lỗi sai và viết những từ đúng vào các dòng. Viết “Ø” cho mạo từ không.

Write six sentences using each article (a, an, the, and zero article) about ethnic groups in Vietnam. Use the information in the Student’s Book to help you. Write 80 to 100 words.

(Viết sáu câu sử dụng mỗi mạo từ (a, an, the, và zero mạo từ) về các dân tộc ở Việt Nam. Sử dụng thông tin trong Sổ học sinh để giúp bạn. Viết 80 đến 100 từ.)

a/an – the – zero article 

8. Complete the sentences with a/an, the or – (zero article).

(Hoàn thành các câu với a/an, the hoặc - (mạo từ không).)

1. _____ Mekong River is the longest river in _____ Southeast Asia.

2. In _____ Etosha National Park in _____ Namibia, there're lots of wild animals like lions, giraffes, elephants and rhinos.

3. My dad is _____ zookeeper. He loves animals and takes good care of them very well.

4. We're going to visit _____ Côn Đảo Islands in _____ Việt Nam.

5. There is _____ important event at _____ National History Museum this afternoon.

9. Complete the sentences with a/an, the or - (zero article).

(Hoàn thành các câu với a/an, the hoặc - (mạo từ không).)

1. A: Do you want to be _____ animal nutritionist?

B: No, I want to be _____ landscape gardener.

2. A: Are you going to take a tour of _____ museum next week?

B: Yes, I would love to see _____ exhibition on endangered animals.

3. A: When did you take _____ boat ride on _____ Sài Gòn River?

B: We when in _____ April.

4. A: Is your school organising _____ tree-planting trip in _____ July?

B: Yes, it is _____ important event of our school environmental club.

5. A: Do you know _____ Sahara?

B: Yes, it's _____ large desert in _____ North Africa. I hope to visit it one day.