STARTER UNIT

I.       TÓM TẮT LÝ THUYẾT

Vocabulary: Social media and the internet; Connect, download, update, etc. Key phrases: Frequency expressions.

Language Focus: Present tenses; Question words before to-infinitive.

II.   BÀI TẬP ÁP DỤNG

VOCABULARY: Social media and the internet

Check the meaning of the verbs in blue in the internet survey. Then complete it with the words in the box.

1. How much time do you spend online each day?

2. How often do you check your phone to see if you have any new messages      or friend ______________?

3. How often do you update your social media ______________?

4. How many ______________ do you normally take and upload every week?

5. What websites do you normally look at?

     Do you share ______________ to telling which you like?

6. Do you ever post ______________ on blogs or news websites?

7. Do you follow any ______________ on social media?

     Who do you follow?  

8. How often do you play games online?

     Do you chat to the other ______________?

9. Do you usually download ______________, TV shows and films or do you stream them?

10. Are hackers a problem? How often do you reset your ______________?

11. When you meet friends, do you usually go to places, where you can connect to free ______________?

Complete the dialogue using the correct form of the verbs in blue. Then listen and check.

Rob: Look – it’s another picture of Alicia Vikander.

          Every time I __________ my Facebook, I see a new picture of her!

Eve: Well, she is very cool. I __________ her on Twitter. Yesterday, she __________ a link to the trailer of that new film she’s in. It looks amazing!

Rob: Yeah – I want to see that, too.

Eve: Hey, are you online right now? I’m trying to __________ to the Wi-Fi but it’s not working.

Rob:That’s because they __________ the password here every day.

          It’s Coffeetime200 today.

Eve: Oh, OK … great. I’m online.

Rob: We should go now. The bus is about to leave!

Eve: Hang on! I’m just __________ my profile picture. There -do you like my latest selfie?

Rob: I love it. Now come on! Let’s get out of here!

Study the Key Phrases. Make sentences using

KEY PHRASES

Frequency expressions

I never download films.

I (don’t) usually play games online.

I (don’t) often look at news websites.

I (nearly) always go to places with free Wi-Fi.

I watch films two or three times a week / every day.

Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in the internet survey. Then choose a description from A – C for your partner.

A. You don’t live much of your life online. What’s life like in the real world?

B. You seem to have a good balance of real-world and internet life.

C. You’re living your life online. Come back to the real world!

LANGUAGE FOCUS: Present tenses; Question words before to-infinitive

Read answers a – c from the internet survey on page 6. Complete them with the time expressions in brackets.

a. I don’t _____________ follow celebrities on social media, but _____________     I’m following Daisy Ridley because she’s here in Ireland making a film. (at the moment / usually)

b. I _____________ reset my password, but _____________ I’m beginning to think that it’s a good idea. (never / now)

c. I write a blog _____________ but I have problems because my sister is borrowing my laptop and I can’t find it. (always / every week)

Match rules 1 – 3 with examples from a-c in exercise 1. Then complete the rules with present simple or present continuous.

RULES

1. In general, we use the _______________ with frequency adverbs and expressions like sometimes, usually and every week.

2. We normally use the _______________ with time expressions which indicate an action in progress, like now and at the moment.

3. We can also use the _______________ with always when we talk about a   habit or repeated action which annoys us.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the present continuous or present simple.

1. I ____________ (read) Paper Towns by John Green at the moment and I ____________ (enjoy) it.

2. My friend Sal (update) her profile photo quite often but I normally      ____________ (change) mine once a month.

3. This phone is fast. It usually ____________ (download) a film in minutes.

4. What ____________  (you /listen) to now?

5. I ____________  (not /usually /spend) much time reading blogs.

6. Our Wi-Fi is really slow because my brothers ____________               (always / play) games online.

Order the phrases to make meaningful sentences.

1. show Oanh / to get help / where / I will /. /

2. tell me / find / Could you / a Vietnamese restaurant I where to / ? /

3. for technical support / who / Yen asked me / to contact /. /

4. to learn a / lent me a good / My brother / new language quickly / book on how   /. /

5. a healthy diet / to me how / The doctor explained / processed foods for / to avoid /. /

6. know when / environmentally friendly project / to start our/ Do you / ? /

Complete the sentences with to-infinitive of the verbs in the box. There are two extra verbs.

1. We can’t decide whether a _____________ presentation on renewable energy or not.

2. Minh asked his teacher how _____________ his public speaking skills.

3. Could you show me who _____________ to if I want to rewrite my assignment?

4. It’s not easy for him to learn how _____________ golf.

5. Thanh is still at home because he hesitates about whether _____________   his ex-girlfriend’s graduation ceremony.

6. My best friend always plans in advance where _____________ during her summer break.

Use the question words and the verbs in the box to write down five questions about a tourist attraction in Viet Nam.

Do you know how to get to Lung Cu flag tower in Ma Giang province?

VOCABULARY AND LISTENING: Digital technology

Match eight words from the box with photos 1 – 8.

Listen to a conversation. Which things from exercise 1 do the people mention?

Listen again and write true or false.

1. Zoe’s grandmother is watching an old TV.

2. Zoe’s grandmother really likes video calling.

3. She thinks that people had more skills in the past

4. She didn’t use a calculator when she was younger.

5. Zoe knows how to make coffee

Work in pairs. Study the words in exercise 1. Ask and answer the questions

1. Which are necessities and which are luxuries?

2. Which are the three most useful?

3. Which are the three least useful?

4. Which are the most and least expensive?

5. Which do your grandparents use?

LANGUAGE FOCUS: Question tags; used to

Match 1-5 with question tags a – e.

1. You really love golf,                                                      

2. The picture’s great,                                             

3. That didn’t exist.

4. We’re very lucky,                                                           

5. People don’t think so much now,                                    

a. did it?

b. aren’t we?

c. don’t you?

d. do they?

e. isn’t it?

Write true or false tor rules 1 – 4.

1. We use question tags after a question form. ______

2. We use the auxiliary verb do in all question tags. ______

3. When a sentence is affirmative, we use a negative question tag. ______

4. When a sentence is negative, we use an affirmative question tag. ______

Complete the sentences.

1. _________ an app for that, isn’t there?

2. _________ swim, can you?

3. _________ use my laptop, did she?

4. _________ got that new console, hasn’t he?

5. _________ buying his old console, aren’t you?

6. Your parents _________ watch TV, do they?

Write question tags for sentences 1-5.

1. We’ve got geography next lesson, _________________?

2. You don’t like her new film, _________________?

3. The new VR headsets are good, _________________?

4. Paul’s got a 3D projector, _________________?

5. They went to the USA last year, _________________?

Study the examples and choose the correct options in rules 1 – 4.

TV didn’t use to have color pictures.

Life used to be more difficult.

Did people use to have more skills?

1. We use used to + infinitive when we talk about a habit or state in the past which is different / the same now.

2. After used to we use the base / continuous form of the verb.

3. The negative form is didn’t use to I used to.

4. The question form is Did + subject + use to I used to + verb.

Complete the sentences and questions about life in the 1960s with the correct form of used to and the verbs in the box.

In the 1960s, …

1. we ____________ with real maps instead of GPS.

2. people ____________ to music on vinyl records.

3. people ____________ games consoles.

4. satellite TV ____________.

5. teenagers ____________ different clothes.

6. ____________ people ____________ letters instead of emails?

7. what ____________ teenagers ____________ afterschool?

Write questions about your habits when you were younger. Use used to and the words in the box. Then ask and answer your questions with a partner.