Language Focus Unit 14

PRONOUNCIATION • .Listen and repeat 1. Listen and repeat /f/ /v/ fan fiction van vote first photograph vine Stephen form enough view leave 2. Practice reading the sentences. 1. He feels happy enough. 2. I want a photograph for my self and my wife. 3. Would you prefer a full photograph or a profile? 4. Stephen is driving a van full of vines. 5. We used to live in a village in the valley. 6. They arrived in the village on a van. A. Adjectives of attitude or Adjectives ending in ‘-ing’ or ‘-ed’ (Các tính từ tận cùng bằng ‘-ing’ hoặc ‘-ed’) a) Một số động từ khi thêm “-ing” hoặc “-ed” được dùng như tính từ. Các tính từ tận cùng “- ing” và “-ed” thường có ý nghĩa tương tự, nhưng cách dùng thì khác nhau. Ví dụ: _Learning English is interesting. _Many students are interested in learning English *Tính từ “-ing” thường có ý nghĩa “gây ra” (thường dùng cho vật hoặc sự việc) *Tính từ “-ed” thường có ý nghĩa “bị / được” (thường dùng cho người). A. Adjectives of attitude or Adjectives ending in ‘-ing’ or ‘-ed’. b) Một số tính từ tận cùng “-ing” và “-ed” thường gặp: – (amaze) amazing / amazed (= kinh ngạc) – (amuse) amusing / amused (= vui nhộn) – (bore) boring / bored (= chán) – (confuse) confusing / confused (= rối trí, khá hiểu) – (disappoint)disappointing / disappointed (= thất vọng) – (excite) exciting / excited (= hồi hộp, hào hứng) – (fascinate) fascinating / fascinated (= hấp dẫn) – (frighten) frightening / frightened (= sợ hãi) – (interest) interesting / interested (= thú vị) – (please) pleasing / pleased (= hài lòng) – (shock) shocking / shocked (= choáng, sốc) – (surprise) surprising / surprised (= ngạc nhiên) – (tire) tiring / tired (= mệt nhọc) – (worry) worrying / worryed (= lo lắng) 1.1. Write the adjectival forms of the verbs below. Ex: interest interesting 1.fascinate 6. bore 2. excite 7. surprise 3. terrify 8. amuse 4. irritate 9. embarrass 5. horrify 10. frustrate exciting terrifying irritating horrifying boring surprising fascinating amusing frustrating embarrassing 1.2. Use an adjective ending – ing or –ed form of the verb in brackets to complete each sentence. 1. It’s been raining all day. I hate this weather. (depress) a.The weather is b.This weather makes me 2. Astronomy is one of Tan’s main interesrts. (interest) a.Tan is in astronomy. b.He finds astronomy very depressing depressed interested interesting 3. I turned off the television in the middle of the program. (bore) a.The program was . b.I was with the program. 4. Lan is going to Singapore next month. She has never been there before. (excite) a.Lan is really about going to Singapore. b.It will be an experience for her. 5. Huong teaches small children. It’s a hard jod.(exhaust) a.Huong often finds her job . b.At the end of the day’s work she is often . boring bored excited exciting exhausting exhausted [...]... is 4 My friend live in (14) old house in an There is (16) (15) small viilage a a beautiful garden behind (17) house I the would like to have (18) garden like that a 3.3 Choose the best answer : 1 I have been waiting for _ hour and a half A an B a C the D Ø 2 My father told me he was soon going to visit _ A the United State C the United States B United States D United State 3 We often go... Mekong River, the Nile, , theAmazon, the Pacific, the Red Sea •Không dùng “the” trước tên quốc gia, thành phố, ngọn núi, hòn đảo,… *Dùng trước tên 1 số quốc gia mà tên là tập hợp nhiều từ Ex:the United Kingdom, the United States, … 3.2 Put a – an – the in each blank if necessary 1 This morning I bought a newspaper and (1) magazine (2) newspaper is in a The my bag, but I don’t know where I put (3) ... _ Mississippi is _ longest river in _ USA A Ø/ the/ the B The/ the/ the 1 Good luck chuck 2 2012 3 Sherlock holmes 4 Iron man 2 5 What happen in Vegas 6 Transformers 2 7 The eye 8 Superman returns 9 140 8 10 Mr Bean’s holiday 11 It’s a boy girl thing 12 Up 13 300 What is the name of the film? exit Science fiction films . ngọn núi, hòn đảo,… *Dùng trước tên 1 số quốc gia mà tên là tập hợp nhiều từ. Ex:the United Kingdom, the United States, … 3.2. Put a – an – the in each blank if necessary. 1. This morning. to my neighbours; I don’t know who __(13)__ owner of the grey car is. 4. My friend live in __ (14) __ old house in __(15)__ small viilage. There is __(16)__ beautiful garden behind __(17)__