1. UNIT 2:
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
Speaking

2. Work in pairs: Match the things you might have done or experienced in
box A with how the experiences might have affected you in box B:
A B
1. Speaking English to a native
English speaker .
2. Being seriously ill.
3. Travelling to other parts of
the country.
4. Failing an exam.
5. Talking to a famous pop star
a. Makes you love your country more.
b. Teaches you a lesson and makes you
study harder.
c. Makes you appreciate your health
more.
d. Makes you more interested in
learning English.
e. Changes your attitude to pop star
1-d 2-c 3-a 4-b 5-e

3. * make somebody do something
Eg: Sad movies make her cry.
* make somebody + adjective
Eg: The noise makes him tired.
* to- infinitive or V-ing can be used as a subject.
Eg: “To speak English to a native speaker makes you more
interested in learning English’’
or: “Speaking English to a native speaker makes you more
interested in learning English’’
Notes:

4. Work in pairs. A student is talking to her friend about one of her past
experiences and how it affected her. The lines in their conversation are
jumbled. Put them in the correct order, then practise the dialogue.

5. a) I was walking along Trang Tien Street when an English girl came
up to me and asked me the way to Hoan Kiem Lake. I told her, then
we started talking about the lake.
b) Have you ever spoken English to a native speaker?
c) How did the experience affect you?
d) Yes. I talked to an English girl last summer.
e) What did you talk about?
f) Well, it made me more interested in learning English.
g) Everything about the lake : its name, the great turtles in it, etc..
h) How did you meet her?
Answer: 1-b 2-d 3-h 4-a 5-e 6-g 7-c 8-f
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Task 2:

6. A: Have you ever spoken English to a native speaker?
B: Yes. I talked to an English girl last summer.
A: How did you meet her?
B: I was walking along Trang Tien Street when an English girl
came up to me and asked me the way to Hoan Kiem Lake. I
told her, then we started talking about the lake.
A: What did you talk about?
B: Everything about the lake : its name, the great turtles in it,
etc..
A: How did the experience affect you?
B: Well, it made me more interested in learning English.
Task 2:

7. * Present perfect: sử dụng với “ever’’ để nói về trải
nghiệm trong quá khứ.
Eg : “ Have you ever been to Nha Trang?”
* Past simple: được sử dụng khi người đó tiếp tục
hỏi về trải nghiệm đó.
Eg : When did you go there ?
Who did you go with?
Did you enjoy your visit to Nha Trang?
Notes:

8. Task 3 : Work in pairs. Underline the structures used to talk about
past experiences in the dialogue in Task 2, then use the
structures and the ideas in Task 1 to make similar dialogues.
* Useful structures:
 Have you ever … ?
 How did it happen?
 When did it happen?
 How did the experience affect you?

9. A:Have you ever been seriously ill?
B: Yes, I was badly ill last year.
A: How did you become so ill?
B: I was caught in the rain in a winter afternoon.
A: How did that happen?
B: Well, I went for a picnic and didn’t bring my rain
coat with me.
A: How did the experience affect you?
B: It made me appreciate my health more.
Task 3: Model sample 1

10. A:Have you ever travelled to other parts of the country?
B: Yes, I did last summer.
A: Where did you travel?
B: I travelled to Ha Long Bay.
A: How did you travel?
B: Well, by coach.
A: How did the experience affect you?
B: It made me love my country more.
Task 3: Model sample 2

11. A:Have you ever failed an exam?
B: Yes, I did once.
A: What exam did you fail?
B: I failed in an entrance exam to high school.
A: Why did you fail the exam?
B: Well, I didn’t study very well for it.
A: How did the experience affect you?
B: It taught me the lesson and made me work harder.
Task 3: Model sample 3

12. A:Have you ever talked to a famous pop star?
B: Yes, I did two years ago.
A: How did you talk to him?
B: Well, I went to my friend’s birthday party and met
him.
A: What did you talk about?
B: Well, about his songs.
A: How did the experience affect you?
B: It changed my attitude to pop stars.
Task 3: Model sample 4

13. HOMEWORK
Write a short paragraph about a past event
that has had an influence on you.