Làm bài · bản nhẹ
A2 LS Ch5 L2 · Describing a Structure
Trang này dùng khi trang học trên máy không mở được. Số câu giống hệt trang học. Làm xong phần nào bấm «📤 Nộp phần này» — biết điểm ngay.
Phần 1/3 · ✍ Put them in order · câu 1–8
📘 Học trước khi làm · Today's plan
Lesson 2 · Speaking
Today’s plan · 60 minutes
🏛
Warm-up
Al-Khazneh · 5 min
📁
Vocabulary
Nine words · 5 min
📐
Skill
Three points · 8 min
✍
Grammar
Order & commas · 12 min
🎧
Listen
Aqueducts · 16 min
💬
Speak
Your talk · 14 min
📘 Học trước khi làm · 🏛 Warm-up · Al-Khazneh
Getting started · 🏛 think, then tell the class
What is this building for? 🏛
Think alone for 30 seconds. Your teacher will call 2–3 students.
Tự nghĩ 30 giây: công trình này trông thế nào, dùng làm gì, làm bằng gì? Thầy gọi 2–3 em.
📝 Notes for discussion · not graded
1 · What do you see? Describe it in three words.
2 · What do you think it was used for?
3 · What is it made of? How was it built?
🌏 Culture note · Petra was an ancient trading centre in the desert. The people who carved these tombs and temples were the Nabateans — skilled builders, and good at saving water.
📘 Học trước khi làm · Skill · Three points
Speaking skill · describing objects completely
Describe it in three points 📐
By describing objects completely, listeners understand how and why they are useful.
Ba điểm: công dụng · bộ phận · đặc điểm (bộ phận: bắt đầu từ phần lớn nhất). Hàng cuối là bài mẫu.
1 · Function 🎯
What was it used for? religious · financial · business · entertainment · safety
2 · Parts 🧩
Doors, windows, steps, rooms, roof — largest part first.
3 · Characteristics 🎨
Size · shape · color · material.
It’s used for…
It has…
It’s… / It’s made of…
entertainment · business · safety · religious purposes
one / two floors · a center door · straight stairs · a curved staircase · large windows · a steep or flat roof
size: large · medium-sized · wide · narrow
shape: circular · triangular · rectangular · square
material: wood · stone · glass · metal
shape: circular · triangular · rectangular · square
material: wood · stone · glass · metal
🏛 The model · Al-Khazneh in Petra, Jordan (the building from the warm-up)
This building was used as a tomb for important people. It is one of the most important temples in the ancient city of Petra.
It has an entrance way in the center, and several columns. It is two floors tall. It has several statues and figures.
Ancient people carved this building out of a rock wall. There are large, rectangular doors and circular columns. The building is the color of sand.
📘 Học trước khi làm · ✍ Grammar · adjective order
Grammar for speaking · p.96
Adjective order + one comma rule ✍
article + adjectives + noun → the | old blue | car
Thứ tự tính từ cố định; không dùng quá ba tính từ trong một cụm. Dấu phẩy chỉ khi hai tính từ CÙNG một nhóm.
1 · Opinion
2 · Size / shape / condition
3 · Age
4 · Color
5 · Origin
6 · Material
beautiful
boring
famous
interesting
nice
plain
boring
famous
interesting
nice
plain
large
small
rectangular
circular
broken
small
rectangular
circular
broken
old / new
ancient / modern
ancient / modern
black
orange
white
colorful
orange
white
colorful
African
Asian
Chinese
European
Peruvian
Asian
Chinese
European
Peruvian
concrete
glass
steel
wood
glass
steel
wood
Same category → comma
It has small, rectangular doors.
both are size / shape / condition ↘ intonation falls
Different categories → no comma
That is an interesting old wood home.
opinion + age + material → intonation stays the same
Game 2 · which order? comma or not?
Put the adjectives in order ✍
Câu 1–6: chọn thứ tự đúng cho hai tính từ trong ngoặc. Câu 7–8: có dấu phẩy hay không? 🔑 chấm điểm.
1 We lived in a ______ apartment building. (glass, tall)glass talltall glass
2 The bridge is a ______ one. (long, steel)long steelsteel long
3 That museum has ______ windows. (colorful, big)colorful bigbig colorful
4 Many cities have very ______ apartment buildings. (large, concrete)large concreteconcrete large
5 I really like ______ homes. (modern, interesting)modern interestinginteresting modern
6 This structure has very ______ walls. (wood, thin)thin woodwood thin
✍ Questions 7–8 · Comma or no comma? Choose the correct one.
7 The temple has ______ columns. (tall, thin)tall thintall, thin
8 It is ______ bridge. (old, stone)an old stonean old, stone
💡 opinion → size / shape → age → color → origin → material
Phần 2/3 · 🎧 Listen · Roman aqueducts · câu 9–15
Audio · a short lecture in Segovia
Play the lecture
Professor McCormick · Roman aqueducts
💡Professor McCormick is in Spain. He talks about the Romans and their aqueducts. Listen for the parts of the system.
Questions 9–15
Questions 9–11 · Multiple choice
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C
9What does the professor say an aqueduct is like?
A · modern plumbing
B · a modern road
C · a modern bridge
10Where did the tunnels or pipes run?
A · along the top of the city wall
B · underground
C · inside the mountains only
11What supported the water when it came out of the ground?
A · large arched bridges
B · wooden boats
C · tall stone towers
Questions 12–15 · Note completion
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer
👉 Nghe lại rồi điền MỘT từ hoặc MỘT con số vào mỗi chỗ trống. Chú ý chính tả.
🏛 Why did the Romans need aqueducts?
12Many people know the Romans for their early , bridges and huge buildings like the Colosseum.
13Whenever possible, the Romans built a city near clean water for drinking, and other needs.
14When there was no clean water nearby, aqueducts carried water from as much as miles away.
15Aqueducts also carried water away from the city.
Phần 3/3 · EXTRA · ✍ Find the mistake · câu 16–21
📘 Học trước khi làm · 📐 Organizer · aqueducts
Step 1 C · complete the organizer
Structure: aqueducts 📐
Dùng thông tin vừa nghe, điền ba ô. Đây là khuôn em sẽ dùng cho bài nói của mình.
📝 Notes for discussion · not graded
🎯 Function
What was it used for?
🧩 Parts
Three parts from the lecture.
🎨 Characteristics
Size · shape · material.
📘 Học trước khi làm · 🗣 Speaking 1/4 · model
Speaking · step 1 of 4 · model
How a three-point description sounds 🗣
Ba ý theo thứ tự: công dụng → các phần → ít nhất hai tính từ đúng thứ tự.
0:00 / 0:00
A · asks
“Describe the Great Wall of China.”
B · answers
“The Great Wall was used for protecting China. It has long walls and many towers. It's a huge old wall.”
💡 Function → parts → at least two adjectives: size → age → material (no commas)
📘 Học trước khi làm · 🗣 Speaking 2/4 · prepare
Speaking · step 2 of 4 · prepare
Choose two structures. Plan the three points. 🗣
❓ What was it used for, what does it have, and what is it like?
Keywords only, except for your opening sentence2 min + 30 sec practice
Chọn HAI chủ đề em thích nhất, mỗi ô ghi vài TỪ KHOÁ. Lát nữa em nhìn từ khoá rồi tự nói thành câu. Riêng câu MỞ ĐẦU thì viết đủ câu.
📝 Not graded
It was used for … It has … and …
It's a [size] [age] [material] … (at least two)
🧱 The Great Wall
used for protecting China · walls, towers · huge old
🏛 The Colosseum
used for games and shows · seats, arches · huge old stone
🛕 Angkor Wat
used for praying · towers, walls · huge old stone
🌉 Hội An Japanese Bridge
used for crossing a stream · a roof, a small temple · small old wooden
🤫 Try one answer quietly. Use your keywords.
📘 Học trước khi làm · 🗣 Speaking 3/4 · answer
Speaking · step 3 of 4 · answer
Listen, then answer 🗣
Em làm MỘT MÌNH: bấm 🔊 nghe câu hỏi ở chủ đề em đã chuẩn bị, rồi trả lời thành tiếng. Nghe lại bao nhiêu lần cũng được. Mở đầu bằng câu em đã viết ở bước 2.
📝 Từ khoá em đã ghi ở bước 2
Chưa có từ khoá nào — quay lại bước 2 ghi vài từ đã nhé.
Sample: “The Great Wall was used for protecting China. It has long walls and many towers. It's a huge old wall.”
It was used for … It has … and …
It's a [size] [age] [material] … (at least two)
💬 Tap 🔊, listen to the question, then answer out loud.
🧱 The Great Wall
Describe the Great Wall of China. What was it used for?
🏛 The Colosseum
Describe the Colosseum. What was it used for?
🛕 Angkor Wat
Describe Angkor Wat. What was it used for?
🌉 Hội An Japanese Bridge
Describe the Japanese Bridge in Hội An. What was it used for?
📘 Học trước khi làm · 🗣 Speaking 4/4 · check
Speaking · step 4 of 4 · check
Check your answer ✅
Em tự kiểm: tick những gì em ĐÃ làm, rồi trả lời lại một câu cho rõ hơn.
📝 Notes for discussion · not graded
1 · What did you do?
✅ Tick what you did.
An empty box means “not yet” — try it in your next answer.
An empty box means “not yet” — try it in your next answer.
2 · Your answers from step 3
Chưa có ghi chú nào — quay lại bước 3 ghi vài từ đã nhé.
Compare with the model in step 1. What can you add to your answer?
3 · What would you like to know more about? Why? (if you have time)
🔁 Go back to step 3. Tap 🔊 again and answer one question more clearly.
Game 3 · fix the sentence
Find the mistake 🔎
Mỗi câu sai một chỗ. Chọn câu đã sửa đúng. 🔑 chấm điểm.
16 She lives in an old beautiful city.She lives in a beautiful old city.She lives in an old, beautiful city.
17 I prefer ancient, Egyptian buildings.I prefer Egyptian ancient buildings.I prefer ancient Egyptian buildings.
18 The Chinese built a long, stone wall.The Chinese built a long stone wall.The Chinese built a stone, long wall.
19 The Chrysler Building is a steel famous skyscraper.…is a steel, famous skyscraper.…is a famous steel skyscraper.
20 The Roman Pantheon is a concrete large structure.…is a large concrete structure.…is a concrete, large structure.
21 The Pantheon is a brick ancient building.…is a brick, ancient building.…is an ancient brick building.
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📚 Bài tập về nhà · Lesson 2
Bài tập về nhà 📚
📚 Việc cần làm ở nhà
📒 Ghi vào vở: từ vựng + ngữ pháp (chép tay)
🔁 Làm lại các câu em làm sai
⭐ Làm phần Extra
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