Unit 13: Language focus

: mê hoặc, quyến rũ: kích động : làm khiếp sợ, làm kinh hãi : làm phát cáu, chọc tức : làm khiếp sợ, làm kinh khiếp Giving the meaning of the following verbs :... Unit 13: LANGUAGE FOCU

Choose one of the following pictures

Can you write 10 adjectives ?

(Time allowed: 2 minutes)

Choose the correct answer:

A a B an

C the D A&B are correct

D all are not correct.

A a B an

C the

2 Mrs Nhung is ……English teacher.

1 I have got……… cat.

: mê hoặc, quyến rũ

: kích động

: làm khiếp sợ, làm kinh hãi

: làm phát cáu, chọc tức

: làm khiếp sợ, làm kinh khiếp

Giving the meaning of the following verbs :

+ 1 into your test

A GIFT

Unit 13: LANGUAGE FOCUS

Grammar and vocabulary

1 Adjectives of attitude

2 It is /was not until …that…

3 a /an /and the

1 excite ………

2 terrify ………

3 irritate ………

4 horrify ………

5 bore ………

6 surprise ………

7 amuse ………

8 embarrass ………

9 frustrate ………

10 fascinate ………

Exercise 1: Write the adjectival forms of the verbs below

Model: interest interest ing

1 excite ………

2 terrify ………

3 irritate ………

4 horrify ………

5 bore ………

6 surprise ………

7 amuse ………

8 embarrass ………

9 frustrate ………

10 fascinate ………

Exercise 1: Write the adjectival forms of the verbs below

Model: interest interest ing

excit ing

terrify ing

irritat ing

horrify ing

bor ing

surpris ing

amus ing

embarrass ing

frustrat ing

fascinat ing

Model: The movie wasn’t as good as we had expected (disappoint)

a) The movie was disappoint ing

b) We were disappoint ed with the movie.

Exercise 2: Complete two sentences for each

situation 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 interests

(interest)

a) Tan is……… …… in astronomy

b) He finds astronomy very………

depress

ing

depress ed

ing

exhaust exhaust

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 job

(exhaust)

a) Huong often finds her job………

b) At the end of the day’s work she is often………

excited exciting

excite excite

boring bored

bore bore

exhausting

exhausted

Unit 13: LANGUAGE FOCUS

Grammar and vocabulary

1 Adjectives of attitude

2 It is /was not until …that…

3 a /an /and the

Exercise 3: Rewrite the following sentences

It is not until

It was not until

It is/was not until TIME that CLAUSE

Form:

1915 that the cinema really became that

you become a mother that your judgment that

Model 1: Your judgment doesn’t slowly turn to compassion and understanding until you become a mother.

Model 2: The cinema did not become an industry until 1915

slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

an industry.

+ This structure means the same as not … before It refers to the commencement

point of an action or event in the past.

+ This structure is used to emphasize the commencement point of an action or event

Meaning:

Exercise 3: Rewrite the following sentences

1 She didn’t become a teacher until 1990.

It was not until………

2 He didn’t know how to swim until he was 30

It was not until………

3 They didn’t begin to learn English until 1980.

It was not until…… ………

4 The boy didn’t do his homework until his father came home.

It was not until………

1990 that she became a teacher

he was 30 that he knew how to swim

1980 that they began to learn English

his father came home that the boy did his homework

Unit 13: LANGUAGE FOCUS

Grammar and vocabulary

1 Adjectives of attitude

2 It is /was not until …that…

3 a /an /and the

3 Articles A / AN /THE

* a +

singular countable noun beginning with a consonant

a) A/an:

a) A/an:

* an +

singular countable noun beginning with

a vowel Form:

+ We don’t use a/an together with

another determiner: My, his, their…

+ vowels: h, u depend on pronunciation.

Example:

a house but an hour

a university but an umbrella……

NOTE:

Use: Indefinite articles are used to refer

to “one of a class”

a) We don’t use “the” together with

another determiner: My, his, their…

b) We pronounce “the” as /ﻬi:/

before a vowel

NOTE:

Example:

The earth, the eggs, the apple, the oranges,

the eyes, the umbrella…

Exercise 4: Put a (n) or the in the

numbered blanks.

magazine (2)………… newspaper is in my bag, but I don’t know where I put (3)……… magazine.

crashed into (6)……… tree (7)………… driver of (8)………… car wasn’t hurt, but (9)………… car was badly damaged.

(11)……… grey one (12)………… blue one belongs to my neighbours; I don’t know who (13)………… owner of the grey car is.

small village There is (16)……… beautiful garden behind (17)……… house I would like to have (18)

………… garden like that.

an

Unit 13: LANGUAGE FOCUS

Grammar and vocabulary

1 Adjectives of attitude

2 It is /was not until …that…

3 a /an /and the

 Learn the attitudinal adjectives, the structure “ It was not until…that…” and the articles by heart.

 Write the exercises into your notebook carefully.

 Do drill 2, 3 in textbook page 77 & 78.

 Prepare unit 14: THE WORLD CUP

 Reading( Vocabulary )

 Collect picture about sports.