UNIT8 -E 12- LANGUAGE FOCUS

UNIT 8: Life in the UNIT 8: Life in the future future LESSON 5:LANGUAGE FOCUS Friday, December 10 th ,2010 - Pronunciation: Contracted forms of auxiliaries (cont). - Grammar: 1, Prepositions. 2, Articles. Read the following phrases. Pay attention to how the full and contracted forms of the auxiliaries are pronounced: Full forms Full forms Contracte d forms Contracte d forms I have You have He has She has It has I ve’ You ve’ He s’ She s’ It s’ I have not You have not You haven t’ He has not He hasn t’ She has not She hasn t’ It has not It hasn t’ I haven t’ • I’ve got something for you. • You’ve got something for me? • We’ve failed and they’ve passed. • I haven’t always lived in this cottage, you know. • Haven’t you? You’ve not been here long, of course. • I haven’t. but I’ve grown to love it already • He’s left, and she’s gone to work, too. • Hasn’t the doctor come yet? • No. The doctor hasn’t been called. PREPOSITIONS- Giới từ 1 On time: Đúng giờ In time: Kịp giờ 2. To die of: Chết vì (To die of a disease/hunger/thirst) 3. To be on business/ to go on business:Đang / Đi công tác 4. To believe in sth/sb: Tin tưởng 5. To warn sb about/against /of sth: Cảnh báo ai về cái gì 6. To be famous for sth: Nổi tiếng về cái gì 7. To get married to sb: Kết hôn với 8. In the end = finally: Cuối cùng At the end of sth: Phần cuối 9. True to: Trung thực 10. Agree with: Đồng ý 11.Give up: Từ bỏ Choosing the appropriate prepositions. 1. Luckily, you are /ON time for the meeting. 2. Many people are dying /BY various types of cancer. 3. I will not be here next week. I am going to be /IN business in Mexico. 4. /IN the end of the book, they get married and live happily ever after 5. Thank you for everything you’ve done. You are a true friend OF/ me. 6. I can’t believe /TO you. You always let me down 7. I have warned you ON/ the difficulties you have to face when applying for the job. 8. Britney Spears is famous BY/ her beautiful face and sweet voice. 9. The bookshop is AMONG/ the chemist’s and the butcher’s and ACROSS/ the library. 10.Next year, I’m going to get married /WITH John and we are going to move to Bristol. IN OF ON AT TO IN ABOUT FOR BETWEEN OPPOSITE TO The Article 1.The indefinite article- Mạo từ không xác định USAGE: a, A: Trước danh từ đếm được ở số ít bắt đầu bằng phụ âm: a cat, a pen Note: a university An: Trước danh từ đếm được ở số ít bắt đầu bằng nguyên âm: an orange, an apple Note: an hour b, Trước từ chỉ nghề nghiệp; eg: teacher, doctor, nurse c, Danh từ chưa xác định và có nghĩa chung chung: an accident, a taxi d, Danh từ chỉ bệnh tật: a headache, a cold e, Từ chỉ số lượng: a lot of, a little,a few The Article 2. The Definite Article – Mạo từ xác định: a, Trước tên đại dương, nhạc cụ, một số nước, sông : Eg: The Atlantic, The United State, the violin, the guitar b, Danh từ chỉ sự duy nhất: Eg: The sun, The moon, The world, The earth,The Queen, The capital, The monitor c, Tính từ so sánh hơn nhất: Eg: the tallest, the most important d, Trước số thứ tự và những từ: Eg: next. last, same, right, wrong, first, second, third The Article 3. No article – Không dùng mạo từ: a,Không đi với danh từ trìu tượng, số nhiều,danh từ không đếm được với nghĩa chung chung: Eg: Milk , music, poetry,people b, Trước danh từ riêng chỉ tên người,quốc gia, đường phố, thành phố, ngôn ngữ, bữa ăn: Eg: lunch, dinner, breakfast, English, Viet Nam, Le loi street c, Trước từ chỉ trò chơi,môn thể thao, phương tiện,từ chỉ thời gian: Eg: by bus, by train, by air, by car, football, yesterday, last year,… d, Trước một số danh từ: bed, school, hospital, university EXERCISE 2: Put a/an, the, Ø in each space to complete the following sentences. 1. We went by ……train to the west of England. 2. …….people who live in…… Scotland are called……… Scots. 3. ………Columbus was one of ……first people to cross… …Atlantic. 4. Davis learned to play…….violin when he was at … university. 5. Did you read ……book I lent you …….last week? ∅ ∅ the ∅ ∅ the ∅ ∅ ∅ the the . UNIT 8: Life in the UNIT 8: Life in the future future LESSON 5 :LANGUAGE FOCUS Friday, December 10 th ,2010 - Pronunciation: Contracted forms of auxiliaries (cont). -