Period: 1st

EXERCISES ON VOCABULARY IN UNIT 1. LIFE STORIES

I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
Review and do exercises on vocabulary, stress and pronunciation in unit 1.
Get some tactics in doing exercises (word form, word choice, .... )
Develop skills in doing English tests.
II. HANDOUTS
1. achievement /əˈtʃiːvmənt/(n): thành tích, thành tựu
2. anonymous /əˈnɒnɪməs/(a): ẩn danh, giấu tên
3. dedication /ˌdedɪˈkeɪʃn/(n): sự cống hiến, hiến dâng, tận tụy
4. diagnose /ˈdaɪəɡnəʊz/(v): chẩn đoán (bệnh)
5. distinguished /dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/ (a): kiệt xuất, lỗi lạc
6. figure/ˈfɪɡə(r)/ (n): nhân vật
7. generosity /ˌdʒenəˈrɒsəti/(n): sự rộng lượng, tính hào phóng
8. hospitalisation /ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃn/(n): sự nhập viện, đưa vào bệnh viện
9. perseverance /ˌpɜːsɪˈvɪərəns/(n): tính kiên trì, sự bền chí
10. prosthetic leg /prɒsˈθetɪk leɡ/(n.phr): chân giả
11. reputation/ˌrepjuˈteɪʃn/ (n): danh tiếng
12. respectable/rɪˈspektəbl/(a): đáng kính, đứng đắn
13. talented/ˈtæləntɪd/ (a): có tài năng, có năng khiếu
14. waver /ˈweɪvə(r)/ (v): dao động, phân vân
A. PRONUNCIATION
1. a. diagnose b. achievement c. talented d. anonymous
2. a. prosthetic b. reputation c. dedication d. respectable
3. a. distinguished b. result c. generosity d. respectable
4. a. waver b. reputation c. creativity d. character
5. a. perseverance b. generosity c. talented d. judgement
6. a. congestion b. ambition c. influential d. reputation
B. STRESS
7. a. perseverance b. experience c. dedication d. influential
8. a. generosity b. hospitality c. encyclopedia d. creativity
9. a. celebrity b. charitable c. anonymous d. respectable
10. a. overcome b. incident c. dedicate d. currently
C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
11. Before passing away, President Ho Chi Minh left the Vietnamese people with the ___ Testament (chúc thư).
a. important b. essential c. historic d. historical
12. Her ___ to medicine was so great that she had little time for anything else.
a. importance b. dedication c. emphasis d. reputation
13. Tran Hung Dao was a great ___ to lure the enemy to enter deeply into his land, then attacked to destroy them.
a. strategy b. strategist c. soldier d. king
14. In spite of having a peasant ___, Nguyen Hue had proved that he was really an excellent general, only gained victories.
a. situation b. experience c. condition d. background
15. In 1921, Phan Boi Chau studied socialism and the Soviet Union in ___ assistance from the Soviet Union or socialist groups.
a. hope to gain b. hope of gaining c. the hope of gaining d. the hope to gain
16. Bill Gate’s ___ in donating large sums of money towards welfare activities is remarkable.
a. generosity b. politeness c. wealth d. talent
17. Nguyen Hue invited ___ scholars at that time: Nguyen Thiep, Tran Van Ky, and Ngo Thoi Nham.
a. ɸ b. that c. some d. the
18. At first, Microsoft had ___ hyphen in the name “Micro-soft”, combination of microcomputer and ___ software.
a. a-the-a b. a-a- ɸ c. the-the- ɸ d. ɸ-a-the
19. Dr. Jane Luu ___ the huge telescope at the University of Hawaii while she ___ for any bodies beyond Neptune.
a. was using-searched b. used-had searched c. used-was searching d. had used-searched
20. I first met her four years ago when we ___ at a middle school.
a. had been studying b. are studying c