Review 1 grade 7 – Skills
LIVE TO BE HAPPY (Live happily)
1. Reading
Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, or C. (Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B or C.)
What you choose makes what you are. Here are four things you can do to make you happy.
Enjoy adventures
Visit a new place, do a new thing, or talk to a new person. This brings you new knowledge and experience.
Laugh louder
Laughter makes you happy, and it has a magic power of making the hearer happy, too. Laughter is like medicine. It makes people live longer.
Love others fully
Express your love more often. Don’t keep it to yourself. You might not know how much you can make yourself and others happy by doing so.
Live positively
Remember that everybody has some valuable skills and abilities to contribute to life. Nobody is NOBODY. Learn to love and respect yourself and others. You’ll feel happy.
Translation:
What you choose makes you who you are. Here are 4 things you can do to be happy.
Adventurous
Visit a new place, do something new, or talk to someone new. This brings new knowledge and experience to you.
Laugh louder
Laughter makes you happy, and it has a magical power to make the listener happy. Laughter is like medicine. It makes you live longer.
Love others completely
Show your love more often. Don’t keep it to yourself. You may not know how much fun you can make yourself and others by doing it.
Live positive
Remember that everyone has some skills that are valuable and contribute to life. Nobody is nothing. Learn to love and respect yourself and others. You will feel happy.
Guide to answer
1. A 2. REMOVE 3. OLD 4. REMOVE
Translation
first. What can you do to gain more knowledge?
A. Visit a new place.
B. Use your skills to contribute to life.
C. Love the people around you.
2. What can you do to live longer?
A. Go adventure.
B. Laugh louder.
C. Live positive.
3. How good would it be if you had a positive attitude?
A. You can laugh more.
B. You can do more things.
C. You can feel happy.
4. What is the purpose of this reading?
A. To change people’s opinion about life.
B. To give a few tips on how to live happily.
C. To advise people to fully love others.
2. Speaking
Work in pairs. Interview each other to answer the questions. Then report the results to your class. (Work in pairs. Interview each other to answer the questions. Then report the results to the class.)
Guide to answer
first. Do you know of community activities in your area?
(Do you know of activities that serve the public interest in your area?)
=> Yes, I do./ No, I don’t.
(Yes, I know. No, I don’t know.)
2. Do you ever take part in a community activity?
(Have you ever participated in a community activity?)
=> Yes, I do./ No, I don’t.
(Yes, I do. No, I don’t.)
3. Are the community authorities the only ones to solve the problems in the area?
(Are local authorities the only ones dealing with problems in your area?)
=> Yes, they do./ No, they don’t.
(Yes, they do. No, they don’t.)
4. Should everybody take part in solving the problems in the area?
(Should people be involved in solving regional problems?)
=> Yes, they should./ No, they shouldn’t.
(Yes, they should. / No, they shouldn’t.)
5. Would you love to make a big contribution to your community?
(Do you want to contribute a lot to the community where you live?)
=> Yes, I’d love to./ No, I don’t.
(Yes, I like. / No, I don’t.)
3. Listening
Listen and tick (√) the correct answers. (Listen and choose the correct answer)
Click to listen
Guide to answer
1. A 2. REMOVE 3. REMOVE 4. OLD
Translation
Conversation 1
first. Why does Lan think she can’t come to Russia’s party?
A. She hasn’t finished her homework yet.
B. She doesn’t want to go to Russia’s party.
C. The party took place on her school day.
2. What did Lan decide to do?
A. She won’t come to Russia’s birthday party.
B. She can finish her homework first and then go to the party.
C. She can ask her sister to help with her homework.
Conversation 2
3. What’s wrong with Minh?
A. He doesn’t like to party.
B. He often lies to his friends.
C. He has no friends.
4. What consequences can Minh’s habits lead to?
A. He has no friends.
B. He will drop out of school.
C. His friends won’t believe him anymore.
Audio scripts:
Conversation 1
Lan: Nga’s having a birthday party tonight and I’m afraid that I can’t go.
Roof: Why not?
Lan: Lots of homework.
Roof: Why don’t you ask your sister to help. She’s so good at maths.
Lan: I don’t want to.
Roof: Oh no. You can still do your homework first and go to the party later.
Lan: Yes, it’s a better idea. I’ll do as you say.
Roof: Great. See you there.
Conversation 2
Lan: By the way, is Minh coming, too?
Roof: I saw his name in the list but I don’t know if he’s coming. Why?
Lan: I don’t like him. He often tells a lie.
Roof: Yes, I know. He lies to his friends and never says ‘Sorry’ when he’s discovered.
Lan: Does he know that lying leads him nowhere?
Roof: And he’s losing friends.
Lan: Yes. We can’t trust a liar, can we?
Roof: No, we can’t.
Translation
Conversation 1
Lan: Today Russia has a birthday party and I’m afraid I can’t go.
Roof: Why not?
Lan: Lots of homework.
Roof: Why don’t you ask your sister for help. She is good at math.
Lan: I don’t want that.
Roof: Oh no. You can still do your homework first and then go to the party.
Lan: Yes, that’s a better idea. I will do as you say.
Roof: Great. See you there.
Conversation 2
Lan: By the way, is Minh coming?
Roof: I see his name on the list but I don’t know if he’s coming. What’s wrong?
Lan: I do not like him. He often lies.
Roof: Yes, I know. He lied to his friends and never said ‘Sorry’ when he was found out.
Lan: Does he know that lying is not good?
Roof: And he lost his friends.
Lan: Yes. We can’t trust liars, can we?
Roof: No, we can’t.
4. Writing
Make complete sentences from the prompts below and match them with the pictures. (Complete the sentences given below and match them with the pictures.)
Guide to answer
Picture 1:
first. they/water/and/take great care/tree/during/first month.
=> They water and take great care of the trees during the first month.
They water and take care of the plants during the first month.)
5. activity/be often done/spring.
=> This activity is often done in spring.
(This activity is usually done in the spring.)
6. they/ dig/hole/ put/young tree/in.
=> They dig a hole to put the young tree in.
(They dug a hole to put the seedlings in.)
Picture 2:
2. they/carry/recycled bags/put/rubbish/in.
=> They carry recycled bags to put the rubbish in.
(They bring recycling bags to put the trash in.)
3. community organise/activity/once a month.
=> The community organizes this activity once a month.
(The community organizes this activity once a month.)
4. they/ walk/along/ beach/and/ collect/all/rubbish.
=> They walk along the beach and collect all the rubbish.
(They walk along the beach and collect all the garbage.)
5. Practice Task 1
Read the text and then choose the best answer (Read the article and then choose the best answer)
Every weekend is important to the Garcia family. During the week they don’t have very much time together, but they spend a lot of time together on the weekend.
Mr. Garcia works at the post office during the week, but he doesn’t work there on the weekend. Mrs. Garcia works at the bank during the week, but she doesn’t work there on the weekend. Jennifer and Jonathan Garcia go to school during the week, but they don’t go to school on the weekend. And the Garcias’ dog, Max, stays home alone during the week, but he doesn’t stay home alone on the weekend.
On Saturday and Sunday the Garcias spend time together. On Saturday morning they clean house together. On Saturday afternoon they work in the garden together. And on Saturday evening they watch videos together. On Sunday morning they go to church together. On Sunday afternoon they have a big dinner together. And on Sunday evening they play their musical instruments together.
As you can see, every weekend is special to the Garcia. It’s their only time together as a family.
Question 1: Mr. Garcia works at the _______.
A. post office B. bank C. factory D. book store
Question 2: Mr. and Mrs. Garcia don’t work on _________.
A. Saturday B. Sunday C. Friday D. the weekend
Question 3: During the week Jennifer _________.
A. goes to school. B. play cards. C. goes to the library D. plays the piano.
Question 4: On Saturday morning they ________ together.
A. play football B. go out C. clean house D. go shopping
Question 5: Who stays home alone during the week?
A. Jennifer B. Garcia C. Max D. All of them
Question 6: When do the Garcias work in the garden?
A. Saturday afternoon B. Sunday morning
C. Saturday morning D. Sunday afternoon
Question 7: On Sunday evening they play ________ together.
A. card B. tennis C. musical instruments D. piano
6. Practice Task 2
Write the sentences with the words given (Write sentences with the given words)
Question 1: Nga/ my/ younger sister.
A. Nga is my younger sister. B. Nga are my younger sister.
C. Nga my younger sister. D. Nga am my younger sister.
Question 2: She/ enjoy/ read/ books.
A. She enjoys to read books. B. She enjoys reading books.
C. She enjoys reading books. D. She enjoys to read books.
Question 3: She/ start/ the hobby/ when/ she/ 6.
A. She started the hobby when she was 6. B. She started the hobby when she will be 6.
C. She started the hobby when she was 6. D. She started the hobby when she 6.
Question 4: Our brother/ share/ the hobby/ her.
A. Our brother shares the hobby to her. B. Our brother shares the hobby to her.
C. Our brother shares the hobby with her. D. Our brother shares the hobby with her.
Question 5: Both/ them/ spend/ all/ pocket money/ buy/ books.
A. Both of them spend all pocket money to buy books.
B. Both of them spend all pocket money buying books.
C. Both of them spend all pocket money to buy books.
D. Both of them spend all pocket money buying books.
7. Conclusion
At the end of the lesson, students should practice the following skills:
– Practice reading and answering questions
– Practice talking about helping the community
– Practice listening and do related exercises
– Practice rewriting sentences with the given words
– Memorize the words:
- adventure /ədˈventʃə(r)/ trip, discovery trip
- laughter /ˈlɑːftə(r)/ smile
- respect /rɪˈspekt/ respect, respect
- contribute /kənˈtrɪbjuːt/ dedicate
- authority /ɔːˈθɒrəti/ authority
- solve /sɒlv/ solve
- lie /laɪ/ lie
- trust /trʌst/ trust
- discover /dɪˈskʌvə(r)/ discover, discover
- organize /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/ organize
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