Learning Guide U1 Lesson 1
Learning Guide U1 Lesson 1
Learning Guide U1 Lesson 1
- Vocabulary for daily life activities and telling time - Writing portfolio 1: a paragraph
describing a daily routine
- Present simple and adverbs of frequency
- IELTS Writing: Express time & time
- Reading skills: Multiple text
periods
- IELTS Reading: Sentence completion
Hi Sam,
I’m having a great time here in France and I’m learning lots of French. My host family are
very nice. They _______ in an apartment in an area called Pantin, and they both _______ as
journalists. They _______ very early and _______ home before me. I _______ breakfast at
about 8 a.m. and then go to the language school. I usually _______ there, but if I’m late I
_______ a bus. Lessons at the school _______ at 4 p.m. The other students are very nice
and I have made lots of new friends. We _______ after school in a café or _______ in the
evening to the cinema.
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a.m after the time – morning (e.g. It’s 8 a.m now – Bây giờ là 8h sáng)
p.m after the time – afternoon (e.g. It’s 8 p.m now – Bây giờ là 8h tối)
E.g. I get up at 7.30 a.m. I don’t go to school on Sunday. I was born in November.
3. 06:45 c. It’s twenty past eight. 8. 10:05 h. It’s half past two.
Use
to discuss how often something happens.
to indicate routine or repeated activities
Structure Subject + Adverb of frequency + verb
Subject + to be + Adverb of frequency
E.g. Tom never flies. He always takes the bus.
Tom is always late for work. He never goes to work on time.
Common adverbs of frequency
In this kind of reading, you will read multiple texts about different people or topics. The
questions are rotate around the text, asking about which person or topic each question
talking about.
Skim the text. Remember who or which topic each part is about.
Identify the key words in each question.
Locate the key words or their paraphrases in the text and answer the questions.
Many people want to know how to work harder and feel better. How can you have a great
day at school or at the office? A good daily routine can help you to have a great day every
day.
A Get up early
Many people want to stay in bed in the morning, but it is best to get up before 7:00 a.m. If
you start working or studying early, you will have more ideas and you will be able to work
faster. Many well-known writers and musicians from the past believed that it was important
to get up early – and to go to bed early too. You should also try to get up at the same time
every day, because this is good for your body and brain.
B Eat breakfast
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. People often say that they don’t have time
to eat breakfast, but they will find it more difficult to start work, and they will soon feel very
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hungry. A healthy meal of toast, eggs, and fruit juice will help you to work well all morning –
and stop you from eating unhealthy food like crisps and chocolate later in the morning!
C Go for a walk
If you usually spend a lot of time in your office or in the classroom, it is very important to go
outside and get some fresh air. If you spend just 30 minutes a day walking outside, you will
feel less tired and you will be able to do more when you get back to work or school. A walk
in the park every day will make you feel much healthier and will help you to do your best
work.
Choose the correct paragraph to match the information. Read the text on the first screen
again to help you.
3. This will stop you from eating food that is bad for you.
4. In the past, famous people thought that this was a good idea.
Example: Worms
About a quarter of the world's population could have worms living in their guts. For many
years experts have recommended treating large groups at risk of infection - but is this mass
approach worthwhile?
Evidence showing the benefits of large-scale deworming projects has come under scrutiny in
recent weeks - the debate has even been dubbed "worm wars". Parasites, such as
roundworm, hookworm and whipworm could be living inside more than 1.5 billion people
according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
"People are usually infected through contaminated food but hookworm larvae can also
burrow into feet, get into blood vessels and make their way to the heart and lungs. From
there they can climb up to the oesophagus* and be swallowed, ending up in the gut where
they grow.
Worms are not usually fatal but in serious cases they can cause abdominal pain, diarrhoea,
loss of appetite, weight loss, fatigue and anaemia. In children, they can also contribute to
malnutrition, stunted growth, and absences from school. A nurse gives deworming
treatment to a boy in India.
*oesophagus – throat
Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for
each answer
3. Hookworm larvae might make his way to the _____________ and then be swallowed.
Step-by-step guide:
NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS (it means you are only allowed to use three words or
less for your answers)
Identify the key words in the options and try to predict the type of information for each
blank. Look at the following example:
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3. Hookworm larvae might make his way to the ______(noun- a place)_______ and then be
swallowed.
Scanning the key words or their synonyms in the paragraph and locate the answer.
About a quarter of the world's population could have worms living in their guts. For many years
experts have recommended treating large groups at risk of infection - but is this mass approach
worthwhile (Question 1)?
Evidence showing the benefits of large-scale deworming projects has come under scrutiny in recent
weeks - the debate has even been dubbed "worm wars" (Question 2). Parasites, such as roundworm,
hookworm and whipworm could be living inside more than 1.5 billion people according to the World
Health Organization (WHO).
"People are usually infected through contaminated food but hookworm larvae can also burrow into
feet, get into blood vessels and make their way to the heart and lungs. From there they can climb up
(=make their way) to the oesophagus* (Question 3) and be swallowed, ending up in the gut where
they grow.
Worms are not usually fatal (Question 4) but in serious cases they can cause abdominal pain,
diarrhoea, loss of appetite, weight loss, fatigue and anaemia. In children, they can also contribute to
malnutrition, stunted growth, and absences from school. A nurse gives deworming treatment to a
boy in India.
*oesophagus – throat
A giant panda at a zoo in the United States has given birth to twin cubs
Keepers at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC only discovered Mei Xiang was
pregnant during an ultrasound scan last week. The zoo said both cubs appeared healthy.
Giant pandas are one of the most endangered species in the world and are notoriously hard
to breed in captivity.
The National Zoo is one of only four zoos in the US to have pandas, which are on loan from
China. Mei Xiang, who has two other offspring, is one of the zoo's star attractions and a
Panda Cam on her enclosure crashed within seconds of the birth of the first cub being
announced because of the volume of interest.
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Female pandas are able to conceive for only two or three days a year, leading to a very low
reproduction rate. Mei Xiang was artificially inseminated with sperm from the zoo's resident
male Tian Tian and a panda named Hui Hui from Wolong, China. It will not be known for a
while which is the father, or what sex the cubs are.
It has previously taken months before Mei Xiang's cubs have been introduced to the public.
AP news agency reports that her first cub, Tai Shan, was born in 2005 and returned to China
in 2010; her second cub, Bao Bao, is two years old on Sunday and still lives at the zoo. The
panda population is threatened by habitat loss as land is increasingly inhabited by humans,
with about 1,800 pandas left in the wild in China. However, the number living in the wild in
China has gone up over the last 10 years.
Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage
for each answer.
1. Mei Xiang pregnancy was discovered with an ____________ last week.
2. Pandas from the USA National Zoo are ____________ from China.
3. Due to the short conceiving period, pandas have a low ____________.
4. Pandas are in danger because their lands are increasingly ____________.
Part 6. Expressing time and time periods
in before
for from - to / until
between – and after
during
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• At the beginning of the 20th century… • At the end of the 20th century …