Unit 05. The media. Lesson 5. Language Focus

Unit 7 The mass media Language focus.. II.[r]

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Unit

The mass media

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Unit The mass media

Language focus

I Pronunciation: Read the sentence:

My small boy doesn’t like playing with toys. What sounds are we going to study today? / eI / : stay, fail, grey, potato, break

/ aI / : fly, high, height, buy, kite,

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Unit The mass media

Language focus

I Pronunciation: * Listen and repeat

* Practise the sentences

* Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

1 decision excite alive spite

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Unit The mass media Language focus

II Grammar:

The present perfect( review)

Make examples using the present perfect tense

Work out the form and the use of the present perfect tense

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II Grammar:

1 The present perfect( review)

EX:

We have learnt English for years. We have learnt English since 2000.

We started learning English years ago.

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II Grammar:

For ( present perfect ) + duration of time:

months, days, hour,…

Since ( present tense + point of time : yesterday,

last year, Christmas,…

Ago ( simple past tense ) + duration of time:

some years ago, a long time ago,

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II Grammar:

Exercise 1:Complete the letter, using the present perfect tense of the verb

1 have been has lived have met have done have had have taken

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II Grammar:

Exercise Complete the sentences, using for, since or ago since

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Unit The mass media

II Grammar:

2 2 Because ofBecause of and and in spite ofin spite of::

Ex:

She didn’t go to school

She didn’t go to school because ofbecause of her her illness

illness

She went to school

She went to school in spite ofin spite of her illness her illness What are the uses of

What are the uses of because ofbecause of and and in spitein spite of

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Unit The mass media

II Grammar:

2 2 Because ofBecause of and and in spite ofin spite of::

* Because of / In spite of + noun / noun phrase /

gerund

* Because of : shows the cause

* In spite of = despite: shows the confession

Ex:

In spite of having a lot of money, she is very mean.

Because of having a lot of money, she always helps

the poor.

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Unit The mass media

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II Grammar:

Because of and in spite of:

Exercise Complete the sentences, using the information in the box

1 Because of the cold weather, we kept the fire burning all day

In spite of the cold weather, we all wore shorts

2 Because of his illness, he had to cancel the appointment

In spite of his illness, he managed to go to school

3 Because of the large crowds, we could not see what was going on

In spite of the large crowds, there were enough seats for everyone

4 Because of the meat shortage, everyone is living on beans

In spite of the meat shortage, we have managed to get some beef

5 Because of the bad condition of the house, the council demolished it

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Unit The mass media

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More practice

Choose the best answers

1 It looks like they are going to succeed…….their present difficulties a despite b because of

c even though d yet

2 Tim can’t reach the ceiling……he isn’t as tall as Mark a because of b because

c though d in spite of How long ….you ….him?

Since we were kids

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Unit The mass media

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Summary

* The sounds / eI / , / aI / , / Ɔ I/ * The present perfect tense.

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Homework

Rewrite the sentences

1 We didn’t buy the colour TV because of its high price

Because the colour TV………

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