Unit 4
Unit

ETHNIC
ETHNICGROUPS
GROUPSOF
OFVIET
VIETNAM
NAM
LESSON
3:3:
AA
CLOSER
LOOK
LESSON
CLOSER
LOOK 2
2

Unit

HOBBIES

Who's faster?
Gong
Communal house

Topic:
Ethnic
groups of
Viet Nam

Wooden statue
Terraced field
Folk dance
Musical instrument
Bamboo house
Costume
Five-color sticky rice
Stilt house

YES / NO AND WH-QUESTION

role (n)
/rəʊl/

vụ mùa,
vụ trồng trọt

YES / NO AND WH-QUESTION

waterwheel (n)
/ˈwɔːtəwiːl/
bánh xe nước

YES / NO AND WH-QUESTION

1

Change the sentences into Yes / No questions.

1. Women play an important role in a Jrai family.
→ Do women play an important role in a Jrai family?
2. Mua sap is a popular folk dance of the Thai people.
→ Is mua sap a popular folk dance of the Thai people?
3. We didn't have boarding schools for minority students in 1950.
→ Did you have boarding schools for minority students in 1960?
4. I attended the Ban Flower Festival in Dien Bien last year.
→ Did you attend the Ban Flower Festival in Dien Bien last year?
5. We will watch a documentary about the Khmer.
→ Will you wach a documentary about the Khmer?

YES / NO AND WH-QUESTION

2

Choose the correct question word for each question below.

1. A: ______ do you like best about Sa Pa?
B: I like its local markets best.
A. Why
B. What
2. A: ______ can we find the most beautiful terraced fields?
B: In Mu Cang Chai.
A. When
B. Where
3. A: ______ is the Ban Flower Festival?
B: It's in spring.
A. When
B. Why

YES / NO AND WH-QUESTION

2

Choose the correct question word for each question below.

4. A: ______ tall is an average stilt house?
B: About 5 - 6 metres tall.
A. How
B. What
5. A: ______ festival is more important for the Kinh: the MidAutumn
or the Lunar New Year?
B: The Lunar New Year.
A. What
B. Which

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

3

Write C (countable) or U (uncountable) for the underlined words.

Some minority (1) groups are
farmers. They do not have much (2)
land and they use simple farming
techniques. After finding an (3) area
for a garden, the men cut the (4)
trees down and burn them. The (5)
ash they collect helps enrich the soil.
They then grow a few (6) crops like
rice and corn.

1. ____
C
2. ____
U
3. ____
C
4. ____
C
5. ____
U
6. ____
C

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

4

Fill in the blank with a, much, many, a little, or a few.

a
1. My uncle has _____coffee
plantation in Kon Tum.
2. How _______
many ethnic groups live on the Hoang Lien Son mountain range?

a few waterwheels left in my village.
3. There are only _______
a little more water to your noodles. It's a bit dry.
4. You should add ________
5. How ______
muchinformation about the Van Kieu have you collected?

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

5

GAME: WORD GAMES
Work in groups. Think of six nouns related to each of the topics
below, in which 3 nouns are countable and 3 nouns are uncountable.

Film
Leisure
time

Living in
the
mountain

Stilt
house

Warm up
Grammar: - Yes / No and Wh-questions
- Countable and uncountable nouns