What are they doing ?What are they doing ?

walking

What number is this?

four

What is this?

box

[wɔ:k] fɔ:] [bɔks]A. walk B. four C. box C

Period 24 Part E:Language Focus

Monday, October 21st, 2013Monday, October 21st, 2013

I. Pronunciation / ɒ / - /ɔ: /

The letter “o” precedes one or two consonants (except for “r”) are often pronounced /ɔ /, while the letters or, ou, our, ar, au, al are often pronounced /ɔ:/

* Notes:

top

boss

doctor

wrong

job

box

call

sport

four

walking

more

talk

/ ɒ / /ɔ: /1. Listen and repeat:

* Practise the sentences:

1. Put the socks on the top of the box. / ɒ / / ɒ / / ɒ / / ɒ /

2. He lost his job as a doctor in the hospital.

/ ɒ / / ɒ / / ɒ / / ɒ /

3. Is walking called a sport? / Ɔ: / / Ɔ: / / Ɔ: /

4. Four of us have walked for fourteen miles.

/ Ɔ: / / Ɔ: / /Ɔ:/ / Ɔ:/

They are blind people.

= They are the blind.

They are young people.

= They are the young.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

blindAdj.

1/ The + Adjective = Noun, plural

Ex: The young have the future in their hands .

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

- disabled (adj.)

- injured (adj.)

- sick (adj.)

- unemployed (adj.)

- wrong (adj.)

-> the disabled (n)

-> the injured (n)

-> the sick (n)

-> the unemployed (n)

-> the wrong (n) = wrong things

The youngS

haveV

* The subject “the + adj” is followed by a plural verb form.

* “the + Adjective” refers to a group of people/ things as a whole

Exercise1: Complete these sentences, using the + one of the adjectives in the box:

injured poor rich sick unemployed

1. Julia has been a nurse all her life. She has spent her life

caring for ……………

2. In England there is an old story about a man called Robin Hood. It is said that he robbed …………… and gave the money to …………….

3. Ambulances arrived at the scene of the accident and took …………………to hospital.

4. Life is all right if you have a job, but things are not so easy for ………………………..

the injured

the unemployed

the sick

the richthe poor

2. Used to

Tom(now)

Tom (4 years ago)

Tom used to be fat 4 years ago because he didn’t use to take any exercise.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

2. Used to

S + used to + V (bare inf.)

S + did not use to + V (bare inf.)

Did + S + use to + V (bare inf.) ?

a. Form: +

-

?

b. Usage: to express a past habit, action or state

Eg:Tom used to be fat 4 years ago because he didn’t use to take any exercisebe

V(bare infinitive)

+ bare inf. (đã từng, đã thường hay)

* be / get used to + V-ing/ N: (quen với) to express a present habit, action or state

Ex: I’m used to riding my bike to school every day.

Exercise 2: Choose the best answer:

1. In the old days, people used to ……… every where.

A) walk B) walking C) to walk2. Dennis …… smoke 40 cigarettes a day two years ago A) is used to B) used to C) get used to

3. English people ……… driving on the left.A) didn’t use to B) used to C) are used to

4. I …….. ice-cream when I was a child.A) am used to eating B) used to eat C) get used to

eating

5. When you lived in Hanoi, ……. to Hoan Kiem lake?A) are you used to going B) do you used to goC) did you use to go6. I ………. listening to music while doing homework. I hate it.A) didn’t use to B) am used to C) am not used to

A)

B)

C)

B)

C)

C)

Eg:Our car has broken down. It means we can’t go away now.(1)

->Our car has broken down, which means we can’t go away now.

• The connector “which” refers to the whole preceding clause. It is preceded by a comma. “Which” is followed by a singular verb form.

3/ “Which” as a connector:

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

(2)

Exercise 3: Find out one mistake in each sentence:

a) The street I live in is very noisy at night, this makes it A B Cdifficult to sleep. D b) Neil has passed his examinations. Which is good news. A B C D c) The teacher smiles, who means we have learnt well. A B C Dd) Anna has just come, which make the discussion more A B C D interesting.

C

B

B

C

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642 A B

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1010

101010101010

-Practise pronouncing the sounds: / ɔ / - /ɔ: /

- Do exercises 1,2 ,3 again- Prepare Unit 5 - (Reading)

Look at the picture and give a plural noun: ………………. (n, plu.)the old?

Give the plural noun of this adjective:

- brilliant (adj.) -> ……..………….. (n, plu.)the brilliant?

I used to……….. to play the guitar when I was young.

A. learned

B. learning

C. to learn

D. learnD. learn

The old …………. help from their children.

A. need

B. needs

C. is needed

D. was needed

“Nam often talks in class. This makes his teacher angry” means:

A. Nam often talks in class, who makes his teacher angry.

B. Nam often talks in class, which makes his teacher angry

C. Nam often talks in class whom makes his teacher angry

D. Nam often talks in class which makes his teacher angry

He is used to…………. football after school.

A. play

B. playing

C. to play

D. plays