Unit 11. Traveling around VietNam. Lesson 6. Language Focus

A present participle can be used as an adjective to qualify a noun with active meaning... + Ba/sitting under the tree. + Lan/standing by the table.. 5)Further practice: Gap- filling S[r]

1.How many people are there in the picture ? 2.Who are they ?

3.Where is Ba ? What is he doing ? 4.Who is Nam talking to ?

5 What is Hoa and Nga doing ?

1 There are seven

2 They are Mr Quang,Ba,Nam,Lan,Miss Lien, Nga and Hoa

3.He is under the tree.He is reading a book

4.He is talking to Miss Lien

I.Present participles:

The boy reading a book is Ba

The man walking/going up the stairs is Mr Quang

Reading/going/walking are called present participles 1.Grammar: a)Form : V-ING b)Use:

2)Practice:

a)Say who each person is:

+ Miss Lien/carry a bag

+ Nam/talking to Miss Lien + Ba/sitting under the tree + Lan/standing by the table + Nga and Hoa/ playing

chess

EX: S1:Who is the woman carrying a bag?

S2:The woman carrying a bag is Miss Lien

The boy talking to Miss Len is Nam

The boy sitting under the tree is Ba

The girl standing by the table is Lan

The girls playing

2)Model sentence

•The old lamp made in china is five dollars

Past participle

3) Grammar:Past participle a)Form: V

ED/V3

B)Use: A past participle can be used as

an adjective to qualify a noun

4 Practice: Fill in the gaps with suitable past

participles

• The box………(1)……… green is one

dollar

• The truck…(2)…….from cans is two dollars •The doll (3) in red is two dollar • The flowers…………(4)………….in yellow paper is one dollar

• The toys …………(5)…………in a cardboard box is ten dollars

painted recycled

dressed

5)Further practice: Gap- filling Stand break water sit

1- The girl ………over there is my sister 2- The garden………every morning is full of flowers

3- The vase ……….yesterday is my favorite one

4- The woman……… next to my teacher is my mother

standing watered broken

III) Polite requests:

Would you mind moving

your car?

1) Structures:

Would /Do you mind +V-ing………?

2) practice: b) Put out / cigarette 

Would you mind putting out your

cigarette?

No, of course

1) Structures:

Would /Do you mind +V-ing………?

2) practice: c) get/ coffee x

Would you mind getting me some

coffee ?

I’n sorry, I’m busy

now

d) Wait /moment x

Would you mind waiting a moment ?

Sit down smoke

Postpone our meeting

Turn off the radio

Air conditioner

Model dialogues:a) Request:Do you mind if I sit down ?

Reponse: Please

b) Request : Would you mind if I Smoked? Reponse: I’d rather you didn’t

Structures: a) Do you mind if I + V( simple present) …? b) Would you mind if I +V(simple past ) …?

b)Responses: a)Request:

• Agreement :No, I don’t mind/ Not at all / Please …

Practices:

Ex: S1 : Would you mind opening the door?

S2: Not at all

S3:Would you mind if I sat here ?

Practices: Would you

mind if I smoked ?

Practices:

Practices:

Would you mind if I turned off the

radio ?

Practices:

Would you mind if I Turned on the air –

Practices:

Do you mind if I watch TV white eating

lunch ? No,of course

HOMEWORK

- Write sentences using present participles,2 sentences using past participles.