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UNIT 13: LANGUAGE FOCUS
My father lives on farming in the village

Pronunciation
/f/: voiceless sound
/v/: voice sound
/f/: fan, fiction, first, form, , photograph, enough.
/v/ : van, vine, view, vote, Stephen, leave.
Practice these sentences
He feels happy enough.
I want a photograph for myself and my wife.
We used to live in a village in the valley.
Stephen is driving a van full of vines
Grammar and vocabulary.

Vocabulary:
fascinate: (v)
experience: (n)
Astronomy:( n)
làm say mê, quyến rũ
kinh nghiệm
Thiên văn học
Adjective of attitude
Ex: He is interested in this film.
Ex: The film is interesting.
Form :v-ing (adj) -active meaning
v-ed (adj)-passive meaning
Exercise 1 : Write the adjective forms of the verbs below.

1. fascinate :.........................
2. excite :.............................
3. bore:..............................
4. surprise:............................
5. amuse:...............................

fascinating, fascinated
exciting, excited
boring, bored
surprising, surprised
amusing, amused
Exercise 2 : Complete two sentences for each situation. use an adjective ending –ing or - ed
1. Astronomy is one of Tan’s main interests. (interest)

a. Tan is..................... in astronomy.
b. He finds astronomy very
.........................
2. I turned off the television in the middle of the program. (bore)
a. The program was .................
b. I was ..................... with the program.
interested
interesting
boring
bored

3. Lan is going to Singapore next month. she has never been there before. (excite)
a. Lan really .................. ..... about going to Singapore.
b. It will be an ...................... experience for her.

excited

exciting

2. It is / was not until ........that.......
Ex: He doesn’t wait for his friends until the bus comes
→ It is not until the bus comes that he waits for his friends.
Ex: The cinema did not become an industry until 1915.
→ It was not until 1915 that the cinema became an industry.
FORM: It is /was not until +phrase / clause

Form : It is /was not until
phrase / clause +that....
Exercise 3. Rewrite the following sentences.
1. She didn’t become a teacher until 1990.
→ It was not until
.............................................................
2. They didn’t begin to learn English until 1980.
→ It was not until
............................................................
1990 that she became a teacher.
1980 that they began to learn English.

3. He didn’t know how to swim until he was 30.
It was not until
..........................................................................

he was 30 that he knew how to
swim.

3. a /an and the
A. a /an : Indefinite articles( mạo từ bất định) using for singular noun.
standing before singular noun (job).
Ex: my brother is a teacher.
standing before singular noun (the first introducing noun). Except for( in the room, in the afternoon , in the village...)
Ex: This is a new computer.

standing before singular noun (meaning one).
Ex: He bought a book
Using in : What + a/ an + adj + n , there is a/ an...., there was a/ an.....,a lot of..., a little...,a few..., an hour.....
EX: What an interesting play!


B. the (definite article- mạo từ xác định)
Standing before the definite noun, a clear situation.
Ex: He went to the hospital in the town.
Standing before a unique thing
Ex: the sun , the earth, the moon, .....
Standing before the name of the river, ocean, newspaper, hotel, cinema .......
Ex: There is a good film on the Odeon Cinema.
Standing before the sort of the musical instruments
Ex: He plays the piano very well.

Standing before the superlative the and ordinal numbers
Ex: Who is the tallest in your class?
Ex: My class is on the second floor.

Exercise 4. put a(an) or the in the numbered blanks:
1. This morning I bought(0)......... newspaper and (1)............ magazine. (2).................. newspaper is in my bag, but I don’t know where I put (3) ......... magazine.
a
a
the
the
2. I saw (4)............. accident this morning. (5)............. car crashed into (6)........... tree. (7)........ driver of (8)........... car wasn’t hurt, but (9)......... car was badly damaged.
an
a
a
the
the
the
Game: Lucky number





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Homework
learn voc., a/ the, it is /was not until....., v-ing, v-ed as adj by heard, doing exercises again
prepare unit 14 (reading)
doing exercise



Dolphins are (..................) most intelligent animals

a /
the
Doing exercise
This picture is........................

interesting
/ interested

The football match didn’t start until the lights were on.
It was not until
.....................................................
the lights were on that the football match started
Doing exercise
Lucky number
Doing exercise
He is ........................ about football match
excited
/ exciting