unit 12 : language focus

Make as many sensible sentence as you can by joining the elements in the following pattern table. A B C -My mother -His family -They -A postman -These young children -climb -like -deliver -sleep -do -meet -housework everyday -Everest mountain 2 days ago -his uncle at the airport -letters and magazines to customers. -history • My mother does housework everyday. • They like history • His family climbed Everest mountain 2 days go. • These young children are sleeping • A postman delivers letters and magazines to customer. • His family met his uncle at the airport. ['histri] [di'livə] ['fæmli] ['poustmn] A. PRONUNCIATION: 1.What is elision? It’s the act of leaving out the sound of part of a word when you are pronouncing it. 2. The rules of elision: a. Loss of weak vowel after p, t, k Ex: potato [p'teitou] ; tomato [t'm :tou]ɑ Canary [k'neəri] ; Perhaps [p'hæps] Today [tə'dei] b. Weak vowel + n, l, or r Ex: tonight [tə'nait]; police [pə'li:s] correct [kə'rekt] c. Avoidance of complex consonant clusters. Ex: acts [æks] Looked back [luk bæk] *Listen and repeat: grandmother; castle; family; awful; history handsome ; postman; garden; interest; Edinburgh *Practice reading these sentences: 1. My grandmother is very interested in history. 2. There are a lot of old castle in Edinburgh. 3. I saw a handsome postman entering the garden. 4. My family paid a visit to that castle two years ago. 5. The meal was awful this evening. Look at the following sentence again then give remark for the verb in each sentence: 1. My mother does housework everyday. 2. They like history 3. His family climbed Everest mountain 2 days go. 4. These young children are sleeping 5. A postman delivers letters and magazines to customer. 6. His family met his uncle at the airport. Verb + Obj Verb + Obj Verb + Obj Verb + Obj Verb + Obj Verb Verb + Object -> transitive verb Verb + no object -> intransitive verb. Transitive verbs Intransitive verbs -A transitive verb requires a direct object to complete its meaning in the Sentence. In other words, the action of the verbs is transferred to the object directly. -An intransitive verb does not have a direct object. The action ends rather than being transferred to some person or object or is modified by an adverb phrase. -Typically, an adverb or prepositional phrase modifies an intransitive verb or the verb ends the sentence. -To determine whether a verb is transitive, ask whether the action is done to someone or something. -To determine whether a verb is intransitive ask whether the action is done in some way, in some direction or to some degree. Ex : The judge sentences the man to five years in prison. Ex: Alice complained bitterly. -> the subject the judge applies an action sentence to a direct object the man. -> The subject Alice did something to a particular degree. Notes: - Many verbs may be transitive or intransitive depending on their functions and meanings. Transitive: The judge turned the pages quickly. V( t) Od -> The subject was engaged in an action turned and that action transferred to a direct object the pages. Intransitive: The car turned suddenly at the corner of the street. -> The subject was engaged in an action turned and that action was done in a particular way suddenly but not to someone or something. Identify the underlined parts of speech: 1. The children were asked to tidy up the kitchen. a. transitive verb b. intransitive verb 2. Trung turned around when he heard a strange noise behind him. a. transitive verb b. intransitive verb 3. His ability to concentrate is marvellous. a. transitive verb b. intransitive verb 4. Her brother likes classical music ,but she likes rock’ n roll. a. transitive verb b. intransitive verb a b b a [...]... object, and which cannot? sleep read write lie meet occur grow help arrive rain exist climb Transitive verbs sleep Read write occur lie arrive rain climb meet help Intransitive verbs exist die Exercise 2 : Which verbs in the following sentences are transitive ( T ) and which are intransitive ( I ) T 1 2 3 4 5 6 A serious accident happened yesterday The customer bought a lot of butter Our team won the game... resort hotel in San Antonio, Texas 7 The wind is blowing hard today 8 I walked to the station with my friends I Choose the sentences that have object and then change them to the passive voice Number 1: An will pay the bill -> The bill will be paid by An Number 3 • The hotel supplies towels -> Towels are supplied by the hotel Number 5 • Everyone noticed my mistakes -> My mistakes were noticed by everyone... didn’t surprises me -> I wasn’t surprised by the news Number 9 An old man told the story -> The story was told by an old man How paper is made? Using the cues to write the process of paper production: 1 Trees / cut down 2 They / take / paper mill 3 Bark / remove 4 Wood / break / small chips 5 Chips / mix with water 6 Mixture / make / pulp 7 Chemicals and dyes/ add to the mixture 8 Pulp / press / rollers . PRONUNCIATION: 1.What is elision? It’s the act of leaving out the sound of part of a word when you are pronouncing it. 2. The rules of elision: a. Loss of weak vowel after p, t, k Ex: potato [p'teitou]. [p'teitou] ; tomato [t'm :tou]ɑ Canary [k'neəri] ; Perhaps [p'hæps] Today [tə'dei] b. Weak vowel + n, l, or r Ex: tonight [tə'nait]; police [pə'li:s] correct [kə'rekt] c clusters. Ex: acts [æks] Looked back [luk bæk] *Listen and repeat: grandmother; castle; family; awful; history handsome ; postman; garden; interest; Edinburgh *Practice reading these sentences: 1.