ANH 12: unit 4 school education system - language focus

Look at the following examples then infer the general form of the passive voice.... People are building a house for an old woman.[r]

September , January, chemistry, February ,October , November,

computing

LANGUAGE FOCUS

algebra carefully politics physical

chemistry academic primary statistics

computing cinema compulsory September

A Pronunciation:

Stress in more than three-syllable words

Stressed Syllables Stress before following syllables

-OO

-OO  Cartóon Cartóon

-EE

-EE  Refugée Refugée

-EER

-EER  Enginéer Enginéer

-ESE

-ESE  Vietnamése Vietnamése

-ETTE

-ETTE  Cassétte Cassétte

-SELF

-SELF  Mysélf Mysélf

-CUR

-CUR  Occúr Occúr

-DICT

-DICT  Predíct Predíct

-IVE

-IVE  Expénsive Expénsive

-ION

-ION  Nátion Nátion

-IAN

-IAN  Musícian Musícian

-OUS

-OUS  Fámous Fámous

-ITY

-ITY  Abílity Abílity

-IC

-IC  Económic Económic

-ICAL

-ICAL  Chémical Chémical

-ORY

-ORY  Compúlsory Compúlsory

-URY

-URY  ‘injury ‘injury

-ANCE, -ANT

-ANCE, -ANT  im’portance im’portance

-ENCE, -ENT

4 The GCSE stands for the General Certificate of secondary education

5 English, Maths and Science are compulsory in the national examination at certain stages of the school education

system.

3.The national curriculum is usually set by the government.

2.The typical school day normally finishes at 3.00 p.m in England.

1.The academic school year generally commences in September

Stress in three-syllable words

II Practise reading these sentences:

Find the word whose stress pattern is different from the others:

1 A chemistry B statistics C government D primary 2 A general B normally C carefully D computing 3 A September B physical C national D cinema

chemistry statistics government primary

general normally careful computing

UNIT 4

LANGUAGE FOCUS

B Grammar:

SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM

Review the passive voice

Look at the following examples then infer the general form of

The dog bit the boy

The boy was bitten by the dog

My cat catches a mouse

A mouse is caught by my cat

People are building a house for an old woman. A house is being built for an old woman.

UNIT 4

LANGUAGE FOCUS

B Grammar:

SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM

Form: S + be + PII Active:

Passive:

S +

S + BE + PII

V + O

(+ by O)

* Matching: Match the tenses or verbs in A with the passive forms in B.

A B

1 Simple present (HTĐ)

2 Simple past (QKĐ)

3 Simple future (TLĐ) 4 Present progressive (HTTD)

5 Present perfect (HTHT) 6 Modal verbs ( can, must…)

7 Past progressive (QKTD)

a S +have/ has + been+ PII b S+ am/ is / are +PII

c.S+ am/is /are+ being + PII

e S+ was/were + PII

d S+ will ( shall) + be + PII

f S + was/were+ being + PII g S+ can( must…)+ be+ PII

II Grammar: PASSIVE VOICE

a S +have/ has + been+ PII b S+ am/ is / are +PII

c.S+ am/is /are+ being + PII d S+ will ( shall) + be + PII

e S+ was/were + PII

II Grammar: PASSIVE VOICE

1 The academic school year in England _ into three terms (devide) 2 Each term by a one-week break ( separate)

3 The national curriculum _by the government

and _ in all state schools ( set, must follow)

4 The national curriculum of more than ten subjects (make up) 5 The state school system _ for by the state (pay)

6 The advanced students to take part in the annual International Olympic Competition (select)

is devided

Exercise 1: Fill in each blank with the simple present passive form

of the verb in brackets.

is separated

is set must be followed

is made up is paid

are selected

1 They first published this dictionary in 1870. 2 They are painting the kitchen now.

3 Shakespeare wrote “ Romeo and Juliet” in 1605.

4 They have just built a new primary school in my village. 5 They will speak English at the conference.

6 Jane hasn’t cleaned the floor yet.

7, They have translated Shakespeare’s tragedies into many languages.

Active: S + V + O Passive: S+

They built this school in 1997.

→This school… be + P

II… + (by+ O)

How to change an active sentence into a passive one.

They built this school in 1997.

→This school was builtwas built in 1997 in 1997.

Exercise 2: Change these sentences into passive voice.

Exercise 2: Change these sentences into passive voice

This dictionary was first published in 1970. The kitchen is being painted now.

“Romeo ans Juliet” was written by Shakespeare in 1605. A new primary school has just been built in my village. English will be spoken at the conference.

The floor hasn’t been cleaned yet.

Exercise 3: Fill in the spaces of the following passage with the

correct tense in the passive voice of the verbs in brackets.

• The world’ first electronic computer…(1.build) by the University of Pennsylvania in1964 However, computers.…(2.sell) commercially for the first time in the 1950s Much progress on computers …(3 make) since 1950 Computers are now much smaller and more powerful and they can be bought much more cheaply

• Computers …(4.use) in many fields-in business, science, medicine, and education, for example They …(5.can use )to forecast the weather or to control robots which make cars The computer’s memory is the place where information … (6.store) and calculations …(7 do) A computer cannot think for itself – it…(8.must tell) exactly what to A lot of difficult calculations can be done very quickly on computers 1) A is built B was built C has been built

2) A have been sold B was sold C were sold

3) A have been made B has been made C was made

4) A are used B is used C use

5) A can use B can be using C can be used

6) A is stored B are stored C stores

7) A is done B is doing C are done

8) A must tell B must be told C must be telling

Science History

Music Arts

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others:

A usually B.September C statistics D computing

Use the correct form of the verb in bracket:

In England, schooling (complete) between the ages of 15 and 16.is completed between the ages of 15 and 16.

Find and correct one mistake in this sentence:

In England,the state school system can divide into two levels A B B D

of education: primary education and secondary education.

be divided into two levels. C D

January september

English Maths

Turn into a passive sentence:

Homework:

- Revise the grammar on the passive voice

- Do the exercises ( handouts)